The herald., 1897-04-18

/ having this treasure field practically for
| his own,to take the best and leave be-
| hind the mediocre it is no wonder that
he gathers all the golden apples and
| finishes each season with string Of tri-
umphs.
Never Again" is Frohman's latest
success in New York. Hundreds are
said to be turned away every night and
! the play will be kept on until the season
closes, when it will be taken to London.
Hammersteins latest New York ex-
travsganza. mentioned in these columns
last week, has made such big hit that
the author manager has decided to run
it all summer. Hard times do not affect
the vaudeville at all, while high class
drama may be played to empty seats.
To give an Illustration of what some
audiences like we quote the description
of one vaudeville performers act. She
sings a song a dozen years old, which the
audience does not object to, its attention
being concentrated on 1.-The most start
ling suit of underwear seen here since
Iona Barrison did her disrobing act.
The unmentionables received a double
encore at every performance, so it
doesn't matter much what song the wo-
man sings as long as the aforesaid gar
ments are brought into view"
1.-TWO of the best malapropisms I ever
heard" says Mr.. Howard Paul in the
Philadelphia Times, 'were uttered by an
old lady of obscure origin, who lived in
the west. She had two daughters being
educated in Paris. She desired them to
return, and they pleaded for longer So
journ. Them girls she said. has been
so long in Paris they begin to think
themselves Parasites
These same girls were warmly de-
voted to private theatricals, and often
took part in them. Somebody told the
old lady that one of her daughters had
engaged herself to Frenchman. one of
the actors, whereupon she exclaimed:
I always said no good would come of
them amatory theatricals.'
''The Wife of Scar1i," by Giuseppe
Gracosa. was produced in New York for
the first time last week in the Garden
theater. 1t is an intensely realistic
drama of the italian school. and as NOR
bid and tragic as are usually plays deal
ing with Illicit love The wife of Scarli.
played by Olga Nethersoe. is in love
with her husbands friend. She is an
uncontrolled creature, torn by the emo
tions of affection for her little daughter.
duty to her husband and a desire to fay
with her lover. At the last, by means of
the child the catastrophe is averted and
the curtain falls upon reunited family.
Miss Nethersole is said to act her part
admirably. in a quick but strong man
ner and has the assistance of fine sup
port. The whole play is characterized
by extreme simplicity. and the tragic
{ lements are heightened by minor and
al )parently trivial domestic details. The
&C ton is confined to one day, and to the
humble dining apartments of the Scar
lis.
Sp eaking of Minnie Maddern- Fiske's
success in Tess of the D'Urbervlles.
the Bookman says: Mrs. Fiske finds
in the part of Tess a means of forcing
a recognition of her genius even from
those who, in spite of her remarkable
performances in previous years have
been inclined to be ekeptical Mrs. Fiske,
small keenfaced. long headed is not
for orne moment the Tess of Hardys
novel; but the Tess that she does pre-
sent is none the less an extraordinarily
strong and vivid personation.
An original fve-act comedy drama en-
titled The Deacon" is to be presented
by amateurs at Swinfords Hall, San Pc
dro, April Goth.
The lot al the junction of Grand ave-
nue.. Pico, Twelfth and Hope streets,
upon which the Fiesta tribunes are
erected, is to be enclosed after the event
and converted into public resort under
the name of Fiesta park. The managers
of the enterprise intend to give a spec
tacular production of Faust" as their
first Offering. Two hundred and fifty
people are to be employed in the COM
pany, and as everything else is on the
same large scale, the event will be one
of considerable importance in the
amusement line.