The record-union., 1897-11-28

I was acted lately at the Porte St. Mar
tin Theatei, and history is said to be
on the side of the descendants.
| Our Alameda correspondent. Harold
Francis, is wholly solely, morally, ie-
gally and otherwise responsible 5or
+, this skit on a scene in the Play in
| Cav New York" now on at che OF the
San Francisco theaters
| There was a blare of trunpets; the
chorus girls separated ana Fhflssle
| Peachblow. the popular souhfette'
| tripped down TO the footiights amid a
storm of applause
| Gertie Flirt-Lawd, Mag, wouldn
she give any one a pain. She thinks
she can sing, but oh, l wisht I'd her
! chance.
/ Mag Chirp-Same here. What are
| the idiots applauding at::'
| This remark was made when the f1rst
verse of the soubrette's ditty came ID
a close. Unaware of the criticism OF
her dear friends" she stepped back
to them, while the orchestra was play
| ing an interlude, and asked careiessly:
.Is my hair on straight, Mag"
| You look delightful, Chrissie," an
| ing. as soon as Chrissie was out of
| hearing:
Il say, Cert, wonder if she thinks
I'm her mirror? If 1 had to make up
| like her. I wouldn't venture near the
! footlights.'
| Chrissie Peachblow was bowling
gracefully before the storm of ap-
plause of the audience, gathering up
floral tributes, and running off with a
kiss
Here was where the heavy work of
the chorus girls came H.. The lime
| light was thrown on them, and the ice
ballet began. Gertie and Maggie were
in the first row, incased in the regula
ton ballet costume, tights. tinsel and
smile.
They had just come down to the
footlights and were pirouttin@ about,
when The following conve satior took
place:
Gertie Flirt-For Lawd's sakes. Mag,
] thought / felt something snap. What's
wrong?
Mag Chirp-I like your nerve. You
take me for mirror too, do you?
And as they retreated TO the back
of the stage, swaying to and fro, she
said. laughingly:
you'll never make an understudy
for Ch4issie Peachblow. You amt
slick enough, see? Sneak off, you
farmer: your calf has turned around,
and your legs amt mates
Sacramentans who know Mr. Higgins
so we'll Will be pleased with this. The
New York Dramatic Mirror says:
THE assumption OF the leading role OF
Jack Rose in AT Piney Ridge by its
author, David Higgins, is upon lines
so absolutely unconventional as to
prove most captivating. The work Of
Mr.. Higgins is lofty, consistent, clear,
and intellectual enough to stand on
pedestal by itself, and the entire pro-
duction deserving of high praise
If Bach Handel, Haydn and Mozart
could be brought back TO life to hear
an opera of Wagner's. how would it
affect them? Norway's greatest com
| poser, Edward Grieg, asks that question
in charming article on Mozart which
appears in the November Century"
He does not attempt to answer for
the first three, but thinks it safe to say
! that Mozart would not only open his
! eyes wide, but would be as delighted as
a child with all the new acquisitions
! in the departments of drama and or
chestra." Grieg is glad that Wagner
engraved Mozart's name on his
shield but he is highly displeased with
the Wagnerites who look down on Mo-
zart as being antiquated, and whose
chief delight is to drown themselves in
a sea OF orchestral color He is par
ticuiarly grieVed by the negligent way
in which Mozart is performed at Ger
man opera houses. This was one of
| Wagner's constant complaints and is
being rernedied at presently How Of
ten," says Grieg, have / heard in Ger
many perfect performances of Wag-
ners music dramas under the direction
of the same conductors who huddle
a Mozart opera in a workaday manner,
| Nay. here aad there these operas are
even intrus4ed to second-ratc conduct
oIs, the chief being reserved for Wag
ner" He makes an exception in favor
of Arthur Nikisch (banished from Bos-
! TOM to whom the great is great,
| whether its name is Wagner or Mo
zart.'
A new drama in verse by Armand
Silvest,e, founded on the story Of Iris
| tan and Yserit, has just been produced
at the Theater Francais. One Of the
| features of the representation was the
| success won by a recent addition to
I the company. Mile. Lara, who appear
! ed as fairy The performance Of the
part Of the heroine by Mile. Bartet is
| also praised warmly.
| The Important and unexpected an
| nouncernent comes from Vienna that
| Goldmark has composed a new opera
| at Gmunden. He had the libretto five
years ago. but put it aside for a time
| in order To complete the Cricket on
| the Hearth The name Of the new
| opera is Die Kriegssfangene" C'The
! Captive Girl'o, the heroine being the
| Princess Briss,is. Achilles favorite
/ slave Goldnlark is now putting TIE
| last polish on the score. and ii is ex-
| pecJed that the opera Will be produced
in Vienna next spring.
| IN recent speech al Eardif Sir Hen
| ry Irving safd that be once suggested
| to Lord Tennyson that ne sholiid wrire
| a play ON the subject of Dante. ara
| that the laureate replied that the sub
| ject was good one. but that it would
| require a Dante to treat it.
| New York Dramatic News: A music
| publisher during the course OF a con-
versation last week. surprised me. He
was talking of royalties when he re-
| ma ked: We have money waiting for
the authofsS of several f,anonnSitiopc