The herald., 1897-06-27

seaeon after that he will fill farewell
engagement OF six weeks, which will be
his last appearance on the stage.
"An Irish Gentleman" by J. L. Shine
and David Christie Murray, Is the nov
city at the London Globe.
Florence Ziegfeld, Jr., the manager OF
Anna Held, intends to star that actress
in play next season and make another
American tour.
The recent performance Of Ibsen's
wild Duck in the Globe Theater Is
noted as one Of the most successful
achievements Of the London Independ-
ent Theater.
H. C. Miner will start for Chicago to-
day to see James A. Herne. He will re-
turn Thursday. 1t is said that Mr..
Miners profits from "Shore Acres" fol
the four years the piece has been played
amount to 100000.
Among the newcomers next season
will be Nine. Alexandra Viarda, Polish
actress of tragedy, who will be seen in
Mary Stuart" "Medea." Deborah"
and other plays. She will act in English
and In German, and will be supported
by an American company.
American operettas are becoming
quite the thing in Germany. Perhaps
the American composers will find this
the entering wedge to serious recogni-
ton over there. However. the Germans
always did think us funny, and have
loa ,o1; tn cd n folxa SeriOllSlV
ton. 1t is French in scenes and char
acters, and is said to be of a Sardou kind.
Marie Shotwell, who found that the Ly-
ceum stage was not big enough to hold
her and Mary Mannering comfortably,
will have the conspicuous part OF
royal favorite. Henry Jewett and Mel
bourne Mcdowell will be in the cast.
This is the play about which Miss Dav-
enport was 80 mysterious during last
season.
"Iiis Majesty Menelik Of Abyssinia
does not intend to be any longer be-
hind other monarchs in the matter OF
military bands" says the London Musi-
cal Times. HE has lately engaged a
Russian artist, M. Miliovslxy, for the
purpose of organizing number of bands
among his regiments, and is sanguine
that one or the other of these will be
able to render a good account of itself
at the Paris exhibition of the year 1900"
Suppe, the composer of "Fatinitza," !"
is having posthumous honors heaped
upon him. The other day his remains
were transferred to a place in the musi-
cal corner of the Viennese cemetery
next to Herbecks grave, where monu-
ment by the sculptor Tautenhayn had
been placed. The Viennese made this
the occasion of one of those impressive
musical funeral services of which, paro-
doxically enough. they. who revel in
Strauss and gaiety, seem to be SO fond.
George Rignold has been very success
full in Australia in play called Joseph
of Canaan" written by the Rev. George
Walters of Sydney. He wanted to pro-
duce it in London, and visited England
to make the necessary arrangements,
but the Lord Chamberlain's office re-
fused to give him license, and he has
returned to Australia with the manu-
script in his pocket. The Rev. Mr.. Wal
ters complains that he has been most un-
fairly treated, inasmuch as the author
tiles made no objections to 1.-THE
Daughters Of Babylon" or "The Sign of
the Cross" but the examiner Of plays,
Mr.. Redford, in his own defense, can
offer the unanswerable plea that there
was nothing Scriptural in Mr.. Bar
rett's so-called Biblical dramas.
A London journal boldly prints an in
terview with theatrical costumer, who
says he padded Sir Henry Irving fer
the role of Napoleon in Mime. Sans
Gene" Says this communicative per-
son: "Sir Henry said: I want you to
make my legs six inches shorter, and
want my neck taken away. Can you do
this for me?' He was then feet II
inches high, SS inches round the chest
SO inches round the waist, 10 inches
round the thigh of each leg, and his arm
was 20 inches long. Now, you know
some actors are filled out with airbags
and some with baeketwork. But by
neither of these means can we obtain
good figure. Cottonwood is the best
material, and this 1 used" "How has
Sir Henry become shorter?' THAT is
my secret"