The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-29
ing La. Boheme' so SOON 1t is the last Inn
portant town in America to hear 1t.

ing La Boheme'' so soon 1T is the last Inn
portant town. in America to hear 1t.
Sadie Marthot cruelty throws it back at
Hoyt that the first s. he made with his
pen in Boston was for poem about her.
Grace KimbaI is now Mrs. Lawrence NJ.
D. Mcguire. Mr.. Mcclure is said to be a
well-known man about town in New York.
For successor to Anton seidl as conductor
of the New York Philharmonic Emile Baur
received 55 votes, against for Walter Dam
rosch.
De Pachmann has retired from public
life and taken to teaching. His former
wife is now wife Of a French lawyer most
conspicuous in the lola trial.
Sarah Bernhard is certainly under an un-
lucky star this season. Her new piece by
Roman Coolus, .Lysiane." has proved a
failure at the Paris Renaissance,
The story goes that Rose Coghlan made
100000 on Wall street the fluctuations
preceding the war with Spain. Still she
seems to be playing in vaudeville.
Willie Collier will in all probability pro-
duce his new comedy about the middle of
next January during his engagement in San
Francisco. 1t enjoys the brief but pecu-
harly odd title of Mr.. Smooth"
Alice Nielsen is said to have quit the Bos-
tonians in a fury of rage. She accuses Mr.
Barnabee of having treated her badly. The
statement is rather surprising in view of the
fact that she has been considered a protege
of Barnabee.
One firm in New York confesses to the
possession of twelve new plays on the SUBJ
ject of Cuba. At least eleven, if produced
in Cuba, would result in the instant evacua-
ton of the island by the Spaniards There
are some things more deadly than Yankee
bullets
A new joke is played on the audience in
a Boston vaudeville theater. A yelled crea-
ture wearing an obstructive hat declines
when asked by an usher to remove it, He
brings aid, and, after an alteration, the
millinery is grabbed off and the Wearer
proves to be bald man belonging TO the
show.
'Cyrano de Bergerac" has scored a great
apparent success in Toulouse and Brussels.
The Tolouse correspondent of lie Figaro
writes Of the first performance at that city:
Not seat was empty and the whole the
alter is engaged for the ten next evenings.
All of whatever is intelligent and of the
world in Toulouse was at a performance
which will remain the great artistic event
of recent years"
Richard Mansfeld's valet went before the
curtain at the end of the third act Of "The
First Violin in New York and said: LA
dies and gentlemen, Mr.. Mansfield begs me
to say he appreciates your generous APP
pause, and will make speech at the con-
clusion OF the play" WAS the audience
man after the last curtain for the prom
ised speech. This is another of Mansfeld's
press agents stories.
Sir Henry Irving has courted a. second fail
ure Greater than that of his Peter the
Create, says an Eastern exchange, in "The
Medicine Man." the modern clothes melo-
drama by Messrs. Trail and Hichens Sir
henrg roll OF DR.: Tregenna, a hypnotic
while Ellen Terry'S Hon. Sylvia Wynford
Is farcical caricature in essence, rather
than a character fitted for her. talent. The
piece was lavishly staged and will be a
heavy loss to Irving. Not less than $4,000
was expended before the curtain rose.
The attempt to abolish the "claoue" at
the Vienna Opera House, says the London
Chronicle, has been followed by some lively
times. An instant result was that each per-
former provided band of private support
ers. Not content with applaudng their en-
ployers, these hirelings thought it necessary
70 Mss all rival singers, and the auditorium
became almost as lively a place as the
Reichsrath. Accordingly the administration
posted up notice forbiddng any applause
whatever, but this arbitrary degree was not
worded as to prohibit signs of disapproV-
al. Thus it came about that the prima dom
ma Frau kupferstein, had to face a storm
or misses next night. when she appeared as
Desdemona, nor could the authorities inter-
fere.
Sarcey, in the course of his weekly dis
cussion of the current Paris plays in lie
Temps, touches upon several interesting
points, one Of which applies here He says:
1T is admitted now by the new school of
dramatists that it is out of style to plead
the cause of duty. Duty A ridiculous preju-
dice! M. Roman Coolus (author of Lysiane,
produced recently by Sarah Bernhard)
would, perhaps, not have dared to put such
simple arguments in the mouth of his NOR
alst, even If he had thought of it, But it is
more than likely that he didn't think of it.
Formerly it was said: 'Lhoneur parle; il
Suffit ce sont la mes oracles.' There is no
longer an oracle for the nervously degener-
ate the prevented, the Unbalanced people
oracle of amorouS passion"
saint-Saens is shortly to go to Buenos
Ayres and reorganize the musical conserva-
tory there and superintend the production of
his Samson and Delilah," in which Tamag-
will appear. He has left Beziers after
having completed arrangements for the pro-
duction there of his new music drama later
in the summer. 1t is said to be a peculiar
composition. The actors are to speak the
lines in rhythm with the music, and there
will be large chorus to illustrate the ac-
ton of the story, after the fashion of the
old Greek chorus. There are also ballets to
Illustrate other phases of the work and
the last of the three divisions will consist
entirely of ballet performed by dancers
from the opera in Paris. Only five charac-
tiers appear in this tragedy, which is called
"Dejanire." Three of these are women and
two are men.
Toys.
My little son, who look'd from thoughtful ewes