The times., 1898-06-19
BRIEFLY TOLD.

T z. Rice. the well-known burIasque
manager. viii have charge Of the Casino
Roof Garden this summer, where Gus
tay Kerker the composer. viii lead the
orchestra.
The Litho-Marble Decorating Com
pany last week btained judgment against
Harriet s. Bline Arthur L. Shreve ".
Robinson Molinard, John W. Albaugh
and Triah Painter. OF the Lafayette
Square opera House, FOR the sum Of
sI3lI50. II the amount Is not paid III
twenty days the theater viii be sold.
Jake" Rosen- hal, manager OF last sea
son : What Happened TO Jones com
pany. and hatheryn Ostermau, Of the
same organization. were married a week
ago Thursday in New York And that's
what happened 10 Rosenthal.
Charles E. BIaneys new farce. The
Female Drummer, will open in Boston
shortly. II is 10 be hoped tiat the Drum
mer'' will know how TO beat records as
well as hotel bills.
At a meeting Of the Actors Fund last
week in New York resolutions were in
troduced and unanimously passed extend
ing the coincidence OF the society to the
widow and family Of the late Thomas
Heene-
over sixty Cuban war plays viii be on
the road next season. This gives excel
lent opportunities for money making with
some dainty, sweet. homeopathic. Sunday
school comedy with a minister and lots OF
rural scenery John Drew might even
succeed under such circumstances.
An advertisement in last weeks Ora
matte Mirror read: Here's Hot Town
Wasn't that specific at that time?
''Cyrano de Bergerac,'' the great French
success. viii be taken to London shortly
by Coquelin and his company. thus fore
staIling Sir Henry Irving's production Of
the piece.
Augustin Daly's London presentation Of
'1The Greek Slave" viii probably open the
season at his New York house. If the t.
lie role is costumed ike the figure in the
Cochran gallery it would seem that the
production had best be handed over to
Sam T. Jack
A metropolitan dramatic paper publish
ed last week a portrait of Henry r. DiXey
with d halo around his head The sacred
mark was only caused by flaw in the
cut used but ii seemed funny Just the
same.
Anna Held has gone to Europe The
second good result Of this war after the
Dewey victory would be Miss Helds cap
ture by the Spanish and Imprisonment un-
I'll American managers had forgotten her.
Lillian Russell has completed arrange
ments for a Summer abroad and sailed
last Tuesday. She will visit the continen-
tai resorts, returning TO Berlin in time for
her opening in August.
Viola Allen left last week for the Isle Of
Man, the home Of Hall Caine. in whose
play, The Christian" she viii make her
stellar debut. Author and actress will
consult upon the characterization of the
heroine. Glory.
Blanche Walsh was arrested last Sun
day for riding a bicycle after dark with
out a light combination of Trilby and
Romeo up in the Police Court, How's
that for the romance Of reality?
AdoIphe D'Ennery, author of The Two
Orphans and other famous melOdramas
celebrated his eighty-seventh birthday on
Friday. He must have begun writing
young-it seems quite eighty-seven years
since Kate Claxton first produced THE
Two Orphans"
Last Wednesday a memorial window to
Edwin Booth was placed in the Little
Church Around the Corner by the Play
ers' Club. Ii is the work of John La
Fargo and is spoken of as being mas
terpiece Of its kind.
Richard Mansfield threatens to retire
from the American stage because of harsh
newspaper criticism. If Mr.. Mansfield
does carry out his threat there are plenty
OF financial Thespians here who are will
ing TO pay some band to play Say Au
Revoir But Not Goodbye" at the dock
from which the actor leaves.
James Young, who was seen here at the
Academy few weeks ago has signed for
five years with Augustin Daily. This was
exactly what The Times advised. and the
course will undoubtedly change Mr..
Young from a clever recruit to the stage
into a full fiedged and able star
Grayce Scott. late of the Columbia
Stock Company, played the title role in a
new farce, entitled Matilda" last week
in Minneapolis.
J r. TooIe viii next season add Rip
Van Winkle' and '-She Stoops to Con-
quer' to a repertoire at present consisting
of Killarney and the Rhine" and The
Gypsy German" And vet people have
called Richard Mansfield versatilei
Ada Jones has sued Andrew Mack for
SIS alleged TO be due her for salary earn
ed while playing in Irish Royalty" From
its delinquency perhaps that Irish should
be Spanish.
The Castle Square Opera Company cele-
brated its two hundredth performance in
New York recently. The organization has
made a great hit there ana promises to
be really permanent
Grace Golden sailed for Europe yester-
day.
Eleonora Duse will not play in Paris this
year.
The Bostonians' new opera Is from the
pens Of w. y. Neidlinger and Roland L.
Phillips. 1t will be entitled Ulysses