The record-union., 1897-08-01

| The new farce written by H. A. Du-
Souchet for May Irwin will be called
The Swell Miss Fitz Swell" and will
be presented at the Bijou Theater, New
York, November 18th, with the follow
ing well-known people in the cast: May
Irwin, who will play the part of
fashionable modiste; Joseph NJ. Sparks,
Ignatius Martinetti, Raymond Hitch
cock. William Burress, Roland Garter,
William. IL Post, Marion Giroux, Jane
Busby and Evangeline Irving.
3. B. Valentine has dramatized Dora
Higbfe's novel, 'ln Gods Country The
play will be called A Kentucky Ro-
nance, or Love Story OF the South"
and will be produced at the Fifth Ave
nue. Theater, New York, in October, by
| Max Bleiman. Miss Higbie in au-
| thoriZing the dramatization, stipulated
/ that her story should be followed as
| closely as possible and that no devia-
ton would be permitted without her
sanction. Mr.. Valentine is said to have
| succeeded in carrying out her wishes
/ to the letter.
One of Buffalo Bills periodical visits
to Paris has given Rosa Bonheur. who
is now 70, and has for years done lit
! tie work, an opportunity to study
the bison, and the result was a large
! picture representing a herd browsing
on a snowy plain.
| Miss Clara LipnIan, Louis Mann, and
| Charles Dickson, who recently secured
the rights of Theodore Kremer's com
edy, THE Prince and the Prma DON
ma, have signed a contract with
| George w. LDederer to manage them
| The piece will be produced on the road
| during autumn.
The Banda Rosa di San Severe,
which is We'll known in Italy, will make
concert tour of the United States and
| Canada, beginning with ten concerts
/ in the Metropolitan Opera house in
New York, the first of which will take
place October 18th. The band numbers
sixty men, conducted by Signor Sorren-
| tino. Twelve soloists will assist, in
/ Guiding the girl violinist, Clara Stuben-
rausch, 13 years of age. The concerts
are under the personal direction of Carl
and Theodore Rosenfeld and Henry
| Resented of No. I'LL Broadway, New
| York is the general manager.
! The death is announced at Lemberg.
/ of the eminent pianist Charles Mikuli,
at the age of 16. He was perhaps. the
last surviving pupil of Chopin and
while his own compositions are mere
limitations of his masters, he has done
the world a useful service by correcting
many errors in the printed works of
Chopin by means of numerous auto
/ graph notes and personal remarks of
his master In 1853 Mikuli accepted
the post of director of the Lemberg
/ Conservatory, which he has held ever
since.
Henri Meilhac, the well-known French
playwright who died in Paris on July
! 9th. was born there in 1882, and be
! gan his career as a dramatist in 1850.
! But it was not until six years later
| that he became popular through lie
Vertu de Celimene,'' written in collab-
Grafton with Arthur Delavigne With
! Ludovic Halevy he wrote the librettos
Of Offenbachs La Belle Helene" La
Vie Parisienne," "Barbe Bleu," and LIE
Perichole," and of Bizet's Carmen"
and of LIE Petit Due" and also "Frou-
Frou," Il L'EtinceHe," and other plays
His best play, written without collab-
orator, is "Decore," and with it may
/ be classed "Margot" and "Brevet Su-
perieur" His other works, written
singIy, or in collaboration. include La
! Boule" La RouSsotte." La Cigale,"
and" Nam zele Nitouche." NJ. Neil
| Ioa T
Honor in 1869, and was elected to the
Labiche.
Miss Julia Arthur who is to make a
tour next season in the stage version
of Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnetts "A
Lady of Quality" is now on her way
to this country. She is on the new
German steamer Koenigin Luise, which
, is due this week. Miss Arthur has
gained more or less pronounced favor
here from time to time, notably when
she played the title part in Thomas
Bailey Aldrich's Mercedes at Pal
mer's Theater. She has been for two
years a member of Henry Irving's
company, and she acted in several of
the plays given by him here the winter
before last. After spending few days
in New York, Miss Arthur expects to
go to the country with Mrs. Burnett
to study her part in the play.
|
! OF Melba's temperance in London
| the Daily Telegraph" spoke as fol-
| lows: Critical remarks upon Nine.
Melba's singing are scarcely demanded.
She is not one of the artists who are
creatures of mood, and vary according
to the humor of the moment AS she
renders any given piece on one occa-
sion so she may be trusted TO give it on
every other. provided, Of course no
physical disability intervenes. Enough,
then, that Nine. Melba again exempli-
fed the qualities which have raised her
so high and given Australia a name in
art of which that young country has a
right to be proud
Ferdinand Gottschalk, one Of the
leading men of Charles Frohman's COM
pany, now playing Never Again" in
Chicago. is compelled to give up his
work and return to England on ac-
count Of his health. His physician as
sures Mr. Gottschalk that his condition
is not serious, but if he would avoid a
long siege of illness he must have rest
from the worry caused by his work.
Obedient to the physicians order. Mr..
Gottschalk will sail for London next
week
Julius Schutze has discovered among
the Ute Indians OF Colorado a sort of
t-Ia