The herald., 1896-04-26
Green Room Chat

sure to be an artistic and hndnclal sue
cess.
Green Room Chat
He would be Indeed confirmed mis-
anthrope who could sit through one of
Pete Dailey's performances and not fall
under the spell of that clever fun
maker Mr.. Dailey's fun would seem to
be spontaneous. and it is difficult for
one to imagine him as calmly sitting
down and giving part serious study.
1t seems more natural to think of him
as giving new performance each even
fng, from the stores of his ability. ac-
cording as the different moods of his
audience impress him. 1t has always
been noticeable fact that Mr. Daley
is at his best when there is some one
of his acquaintances in the house that
ne can play to, he seeming to require
that sense of sympathy in his work
which puts most of us a t our best
Miss Jennie Yeamans of the Pete
Daley company, has chosen her modiste
well. No one but an artist could con-
ceive of the ultimate happy effect result
ing from the combination of the many
colors in Miss Yeaman's gowns. There
is premeditation about those same
frocks. that produces admiration. as for
instance the subtle arrangement of
draperies to produce certain figure eff
fects. the knowing prominence of bow
to emphasize lovely shoulder the dis
posal of flower to call attention to
dimple, the predominance of a color to
br1ng out the pearly tint of a snowy
throat all these things indicate the
nand OF one capable of placing her or
MS patron in that state of mental, moral
ana physical contentment, which re-
suits from the consciousness of being
thoroughly bien mise. Miss Yeamans
style of entertaining her audience diff
hat
fected by condolences She has a
1ght-hearted, happy way of getting
through her business which, like the
efforts of her fellow star. Mr. DALEY.
seems to spring from her own enjoy
ment OF the various situations in which
she is placed. Her limitations are always
good showing as they do very close OBJ
servat1on of the different types in
tended to be presented
IN an article on the late Ambrose
THOMAS Hans Wachenhusen recalls
some interesting circumstances connect
ed with the early appearance of Chris
tine Nilsson. Thomas was fifty-five years
old before he had real success-with
Mignon. This encouraged him to write
Hamlet, but when it was done he la
mented that he had no Ophelia. one
DAY the publisher Cloudens introduced
MN TO handsome blonde girl as the
person he wanted 1t was Nillson. who
had not up to that time sung in grand
opera. Thomas gave her a rehearsal.
aitef Whlch he ran to Claudens and eX-
claimed. Il have found nv Ophelial'
The price of tickets for the first night
was up to 800 and the success was enor-
nous. ''
They are talking of abolishine the
PAID claque tfhc Paris theaters In
Chlcago the official members of the
cidque draW their salaries as ushers
tating revival of Katherine and Pc
truchio for next season. 1t is probable
that he is not guilty.
Maxine Elliott has signed to join the
Frawley Stock company of San Fran
cisco. Cal
Louis Frechette, the Canadian poet
laureate. who has translated some of
Shakespeare's works into French. is
writing play for Sarah Bernhardt.
which is to be finished the latter part of
May.
Corinne receives all of Mrs. Jennie
klmballs estate. valued at 81, 900, save
$looo which goes to cousin. by the
terms of a will which was admitted to
probate in Philadelphia. Pa. April II
George B. Mcclellan has signed a con-
tract to manage Nat Goodwin for his
Australian tour and his following sea-
son here. Agnes Miller now in John
DreW's company, is to be Goodwins s
ledul1S lauN.
1t IS now announced that Richard
Mansfield has changed his mind and
VIII not be under the management of
Daniel f'rohman next season. 1t an
pears that Mr.. Mansfield asked for Ger
tam concessions which Mr.. Frohman
could not allow. and as Mr. Mansfield
seemed to be dissatisfied, Mr.. Frohman
suggested that the whole plan be aban-
doned, a suggestion that was at once
accepted, and 'C.-B. Dillingham; has
signed contract to manage Mr. Mans
field for four Years.
At the conclusion of ]. X. Ep,n,et,s
performance in Fritz in Love. Aprjl iO
at the Leland oDra house, Albany N
N.' sheriff's officer attempted to lew
upon his effects to satisfy the claim Of
n. Is. and NJ. w Tebbutts, undertal,ers
Inc Messrs. Tebbutts al1ege that when
Mr., Emmet's father died. a few Years
ago theF transferred the body from the
railroad station to the cemetery at Al.
pahE at the expense of S66.44 Interest
on TINS amount has increased the hin to
$So.'l. When the sheriff appeared at the
theater Mir. Emmett said he was penni-
less that he was playing on a salary.
ana that all the property of the com
pany belonged to Mir Sullivan. the man
ager. The sheriff concluded that his
statements were correct and left the
theater