The record-union., 1896-11-22
Clemintina De-Macchi, pianist, who is
at present on tour with Nordica.

daughter, who was evidently an OBJ
servant listener to the pre- election talk
at home. day or two after the cleo
ton she tapped her little savings bank
to buy new toy that had caught her
fancy. Her mother observing her, said:
You ought not to spend your pennies
that way. You have plenty of toys.
You should try and save your mon
| ey."
But, ma replied the child, "ain't
| we going to be rich now?"
'Rich?" echoed the mother, question
| ingly.
| Yes" answered the little girl. "Ain't
Mckinley elected?"
| Francis Wilson's new opera, Half a
| King" possesses that fortunate and
| invaluable attribute of lending itself
readily to all sorts of current illusions
and incidents, and in that way obtains
| a vast amount of free advertising.
| Among the cartoons which the New
| York Herald put out on it's bulletin
board on election night, before $4,000
| or more people, was one of Bryan seated
on a barrel, after the manner of Will
| SON, and underneath was the line, IF
"@AC ACoAiy q Ming. luC verse lIltAl
went with it was-but it would be un-
fair to state at this late day what the
Democratic candidate said he would
have done under such circumstances.
Rubenstein once said that music is
an aristocratic art. and this seems to
| be becoming true, too, in a different
sense from that intended by him. Who'll.
books have been written on Frederick
the Great and other musical monarchs
of Germany and Austria The musical
proclivities of the English royal family
| have been frequently commented upon,
and the list might be extended indef7-
| nitely. The latest addition to this list
| is Prince Mirko of Montenegro; he has
written string quartet, an operetta CT
| two, and is now at work on a grand
| opera.
Otis Skinner enjoys an enviable and
| peculiar distinction among the mem
bers of his profession. He is the first
actor in this country who, by virtue
of his professional work, has been hon.
ored with a college degree. He was
made a Master of Arts by Tufts Col
| lege of Massachusetts last summer, ten
days prior to the comforting of a similar
dignity upon Joseph Jefferson by Har-
ward.
| Charles II. Hoyt has completed the
new comedy in which Harry Conor will
be starred. He states that 1t is not
based on the Massachusetts debtor law.
| 1t has already been named, and begins
| with an "a More than that will
| not be made public for the present
He wants to feel absolutely secure that
| it is the most fitting title before he
| divulges it.
John Hare seems to have achieved one
| of the greatest successes of his artistic
career by his performance of E1ccles in
| Caste" in which he follows the lire
suggested to him by Tom Robertson.
| The Grand Theater, Islington, was
not large enough to hold the crowd
which collected to see him.
In spirit of patriotism and curiosity,
excited by the knowledge that Loie
Fuller goes to China to appear before
the Emperor, the management of the
Chinese Theater on Jackson street, San
Francisco, has offered La Loie $500 for
one performance at that house.
|
| Fanny Davenport was greeted by a
large an enthusiastic audience on the
occasion Of her temperance in Bos-
ton last week. The famous actress re-
ceived several curtain calls during the
performance Of Fedora" and floral
tributes were in abundance
Marie Celeste, the beautiful bur-
lesque artistic and one Of the shapeliest
| women on the stage, will be seen here
with Palmer Cox's Brownies" Ida
Mule, so long favorably connected with
| the American Extravaganza Company,
will also make her temperance here
with this organization.
The Diamond Breaker" went broke
in Louisville recently, and a benefit was
rendered the stranded members Of the
| company, who were in need of some
thing more substantial than play
| diamonds
Richmond on the Thames, the home
and burial-place of Edmund Kean, is
to have new theater of it's own, which
will be opened in due season by SIR
Henry Irving. 1t will be directed by a
board consisting of three actors, an au-
| thor and a journalist
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall have a new play
called Flash in the Pam" which they
have just tried in Dublin, with results
as yet unreported.
His Little Dodge is the title selected
for Justin Huntly McCarthy's adapta-
ton OF lie Systeme Ribardier" at the
London Royalty Theater.
A new comedy called "The Wishing
Cap is the result of collaboration be-
tween Wilson Barrett and Elwyn Bar
row. 1t may be tried soon at the Lon
don Comedy Theater
|
Mr.. Pinero's new play for George AL
exander Is to be a comedy of manners in
fcur acts. OF somewhat brighter quail
ity than "The Benefit of the Doubt"
"Cymbeline" is so great a success at
ahe London Lyceum that 1T has been
iound necessary to give additional mat
inee performances.
Their Stock in Trade.
A stranger came to Jedburgh one day.
or as the natives call it, Jeddart. He
looked somewhat Of an invalid, and he
asked one of the casual inhabitants to
oirect MN to chemists shop