The record-union., 1896-12-06


movements which inevitably lead to
early wrinkles on the brow. OF course
this would not apply to the hat in the
theater or to wearing the hat to and
from the theater.
New York World: If Daniel Frohman
cannot be altogether congratulated
upon the new four-act play, "The
Courtship of Leonie," with which he
inaugurated his tenth annual season at
the Lyceum last night, he has good
cause to be proud of the new leading
lady he discovered last summer playing
in provincial English company Miss
Mary Mannering, who acted Leonie
Grey in Henry U. Esmonds comedy
drama, is a distinct acquisition to any
star The impression which she made
upon large and fashionable audience
last night was more than a favorable
one. 1t is not saying too much to de-
clare Miss Mannering to be one of the
best emotional actresses seen here in
a very long time. In addition to youth,
beauty and marked talent she possesses
temperament, repose, feeling and deli
cacy. In a role that is only well drawn
in the sense that it's possibilities are
clearly outlined, Miss Mannring by
her own personal talent filled it in with
such a surety of touch, such a wealth
of pertinent detail and with so many
delicate and convincing nuanees that
Leonie became at her hands a human
being who ELECTED deep sympathy and
forced artistic conviction.
The highest paid choir singers in the
world are two American ladies, Miss
Clementina De We're, at the Paxton
Church. in this city. who receives $4 500
year. and Miss Dutton, at a Baptist
church, also in New York, who receives
$4,000 for her services. The men in the
choir of Westminster Abbey receive
salaries ranging from S4O0 to $500.
There are about go, 900 singers i'm the
choirs of various places of religious
worship throughout the United King
| dom.
| Rabbi Wolfers, the Jewish musical
historian, says that during divine serv-
| ice at the Ancient Temple of Jerusa-
| lem, full choir consisted of $4,000
men, divided into three great bands,
| and separated from one another upon
vast platforms. The choir of the great
| Mormon temple at Salt Lake City is
| the largest in the world, numbering
$50 trained voices.
Nine. Sarah Bernhard seems likely
att this somewhat late day to take ad-
vantage of woman's undoubted prerog-
ative, that of changing her mind. Hith
erto, SO intense has been her sentiment
| in regard to Germany that she has con-
sidered an invitation to perform in Ber-
| lin almost in the light Of an insult.
| Quite recently a very fattering offer
| has been renewed for the I-don' t-knOW-
| how w-manyeth time, and, wonder Of
wonders, here is her reply:
Il am very sorry not to be able to
give you at once such an answer as
you would like. But T am not only an
| artist, but, as such, French woman
and a patriot, and the grief of my
| fatherland is also mine. Even If / con-
| fess that time has toned down much in
my feelings, yet it has not been able to
/ bring about change Of sentiments. I
| follow with the greatest interest every
thing that is being performed in the
| Berlin theaters, and I am still ambi-
| tious enough to think that later on I
may perhaps, after all, play once In
| Berlin. I leave everything to time"
| Very pretty, is it not? But, oh, Ma
man! what has come over the spirit
of Nine. Sarahs dream?
| New York World: The theater hat is
doomed. 1t, like other American nuis-
ances, has withstood the protests of
suffering citizens for years. It has been
worn in spite of ridicule, it's plumage un-
| ruffied by storms of abuse and un-
damped by oceans of argument. 1t has
prosecuted in the face of prosecution.
But at last fashion has come to the
| rescue of the victims Of this abomina-
ton. Society has taken off it's hat and
appeared bareheaded in a playhouse.
The finest looking audience ever assem-
bled in this country was present at this
seasons first night of grand opera in the
Metropolitan Opera-house. 1t con-
tanned members of every set of fashion
ables in New York City. 1t represented
every crust and fringe Of society.
And there was not 'theater hat in
sight! The management had requested
that ladies appear without hats" and
the request was generally observed
Old time. opera-goers agreed that no
previous gathering in the handsome
house had ever looked half as well.
|
In order to signalize the return of
Nine. Lilli Lehman to America this
winter Mr. Damrosch has decided to
give cycle Of all the Wagner operas,
beginning with the Flying Dutchman"
and ending with the "Nibelung Tril-
ogy," including the prelude "Das
Rheingold." This will neeessitate the
extension of the season to four weeks
for which arrangements have been
made with Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau,
and with the directors of the Metropol-
itan Opera a-house Company The sea-
son will therefore begin on March Sth.
and not on March 10Th. as originally
announced For "Das Rheingold" Mr.
Damrosch has ordered exact duplicates
of the new machinery used in Beyreuth
last summer, including remarka bly,
ingenious system of invisible machin
cry for the three swimming Rhine
maidens in the first act Nine Lilli
Lehman will give one song recital at
Carnegie Hall IN January, previous to
her appearance in opera.
/ Plays and Players: The home Of Ban
croft. the magician, is princely
abode, completely filled with magical
and electrical effects. Almost every OBJ
| ject in the house has some apparent oc-
cult problem of its own. A persons foot
/ touching the door mat starts a set of
chimes a-ringing, the door opens myste-
riously and rack suddenly appears for
your hat and coat. You place yourself
in a seat and box playing the sweetest