The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-07

fo~ GRAND opera IN New York. but the
~. r1-es M the Metropolitan are nothing
n, fbs rates wh.oh are being charged al
IA scala in Milan for the nr5t pciii tn. II
800 ia tne new ballet, La Sport, COM
r,sod bv Manzotti Orchestra chairs are
Sd francs $40, Sl2 Is charge1 70 ,V Gallery
seats downstairs, and for the Top sal-eIy,
,rrf.h is on the second tier, the prices
are S. and g extra for the seat peihs
,rhe dividend on the entire paid-up cap
ffol OF "a London music hail last year ~os
en- ner cent. BY far the greater NUMBER
~ the important amusement enterprises
ri Great Britain are owned by synul-
zoos g,here IS no difficulty at all IN
making I'D these pools over teIe. ~
america ii IS different MoneyeI peopsls e
here not alone possess no coihluenss -, -,
amusement schemes. but can rarely DC
i~Jucod 10 consider them for investment
purposes.
,rhe Arilarsse are at last awakening 70
tro disgusting syctem or hlacKinali tlN.
r.revafls I'm their theatres ana OPP
forea The Coiriero della Sena writes
'tThe programme of the claqueurs Is SIM
rfc-fo applaud the artist WHO pays, 70
hiss the artist who does not. AS soVh %
au artist arrives the chief OF inc cia'iue
.rlis and saws: 'Mllano is a pretty llshy
r.i9ce for artists. An artist who does hot
please may as we'll ronOunoe Nls 80 =
We represent the claque. your l"'o ue
Ponds on u.s.
.1'hs fmpersoration OF tragic emotion
IS cvhausting," says Julia Marlowe bu'
no matter how much / feel, never iot
o.f myself entirely, as | have heard II
rlfd that some actors DO, know tn1e
tn. times when / have felt most keehIy
tn1 nathos or the tragedy OF the parts
nl.tved were The times when l dld pest.
f,-, sim I never for a moment forgot that
was Julia Marlowe and not the heroine
/ ronresented. At such times there Is a
-rrt OF double consciousness Wlthlh me
7 foresee something in this trust bus
ire-s which may not appear III cte'
r-.a's horizon | discern In II the nrst
...o toward resumption or the locdi
stock company of the long ago. beheEe
d .rn see the dawn breaking when VIII
restore 10 Us those good old days ,wneh
r.lavers made regulations in locahtles'
,.-e1 trev had habitations; when
ftev became citizens; when they knew
r.+cfrr of the ROmany existence mat
i,rffs men and women for domestic IRE
y.lopment Of their best gifts.-lne us
agreeable man IN Baltimore Herald
A player whose art and personality are
attractive only TO men mas Heslo III ~,
flfne or fortune. It IS the women "uV
establish and maintain the prosperity o,
fhe drama. and opera, and the actors ana
SINGERS who catch the FAVOR Oh on. S ia
tors cousins. and aunts nave ho.iliils
f, fa1r from men folk. or course theic
ar. executions to this rule. Henry Irving
Jrhn Hare and Beerbohm Tree In Eng
f4rI Nfounet-Sully and the elder Coquellh
I'm France POssdrt IN Germany; ana Jel-
far-on francis Wilson. DE Won Hopper
ana Nat Goodwin in this country But,
-..-..,.,if, considered. an actor who - OF
the fdol-of-the-ladies order earns douDle
tno salary and renown or an ACTOR VINO
f.n'f There for example, - +. >. heh-
iov ono Of the best actors in this coun-
~ but who has never caught the idVor
of women and who. consequently re
mains I'm hard luck.-Hillary Bell jill Ne"
York Press.
Nine Nordlca has told her friends here
tfr+ she expects 20 be in London |hen
f.e season at Covent Garden opens ana
e. ready to sing the roles for which hei
CONTRACT with Mr.. Grau calls; ana as 7ht
usually sticks 90 her own programme, li
h. not impropable that she Will be en-
ICED next spring IN the same militant
rpurse which she has pursued mere since
1,et autumn. She has never indicated
tse least disposition to yield any one OF
her claims and only the last episode IN
her quarrel betrayed any inclination 10
natch M a peace. But when Jean &c
p.ez<e returned her letter without hav-
Inc opened IL overtures for peace from
her came 10 an immediate end. me ar
fareuce with the tenor has made her the
hest advertised woman IN the united
states to-day. When she asked walter
pamrosch $500 performance Tor -FOUR
anuearances with her company IL showed
ffslt she is not unaware OF the Value OF
her Widespread advertisement.