Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-03-13
ITEMS OF THE WEEK.

William Mcdonald California basso,
! has received an offer from the Bosto-
mans to understudy Eugene Cowles and
probably to replace that artist next sea-
son when it is said Mr.. Cowles will be a
member of Alice Nelson's company
C. B. BunneL recently returned from
trip with cargo Of living freaks and
| shipped them to the Barnum-Bailey
show in London. These freaks have
been under Mr.. Bunnells control for
| several years, and one of them, the orig
| inal Barnums What Is It?'' now the
| been managed by Mr.. Bunnell for 33
years Although the what Is It?" has
all these years been on exhibition, this
| will be his first visit abroad.
| Milton Aborn has blossomed out again
as manager There is a firm known as
Milton Aborn & Co., Which will run an
| opera troupe and a dramatic company
next season through New England ter
| Titory exclusively, presenting we'll
known successes in operas and plays.
Mr.. Aborn will superintend, stage and
| costume all productions and book all en-
gagements.
| Augustin Daily and ]. G. Duff have Sc
| cured the professional rights to R. A.
Barnet's latest, THE Queen of the Bal
| let"
Stuart Robson celebrated his SD
birthday last Friday at Richmond, Va,
| where he made his professional debut
in 1858.
Marie Dressler's tour in "Courted Into
| Court" ended last night in Kansas City,
and ill-health will compel her to rest
for some time.
Joseph Haworth will star next sea-
son. He will give spectacular pro-
| duction of Macbeth as we'll as Ham
| let" Romeo and Juliet" 1.-THE Lady of
Lyons and "a Romance of Mexico"
| The next production by E. H. Sothern
will be, "The Courtship of Morris Buck
| ler," by j. c. Clarke, part author of
'Heartease."
Arthur E. Moulton, comedian who
| has often appeared in this city. was COM
! mitted to the insane ward of Bellevue
Hospital last week
The past week will be noted for the
death of three well-known and popular
player-folk-W William J. Seaman, the
! once-popular Irish minstrel and author
of plain Molly o." "Peek-a-boo" and
100 other songs; John Wild, Harrigan's
famous negro comedian, who had a rec
ord of over 80 years continuous service
on Broadway. an envied record that no
other actor holds; and Charlotte Beh-
rens, Robert MantelRs wife and leading
support.
Josef Holman, who ten years ago
was electrifying America as a child pro-
| dizzy, made his second American appear
ance last week, and instantaneously
| won recognition as true artist Young
Hofmann has spent the money he earned
on his first tour, in hard study ever
| since, and his work on the piano now
| bears evidence of his arduous training.
Ada Rehan has made marvellous
success in New York with her revival of
| "A Country Girl but it will soon be
taken off and THE Geisha" revived on
| Days stage. Miss Rehan is far from
being well woman. In the Is years
that she has been with Mr.. Days com
pany, she has missed less than a half
! dozen performances, and now her ener-
| gies are quite exhausted. Her physi-
clan, however, tells her that the excite
ment of the theatre is the best thing
for her. The production of "The Mer-
! chant of Venice" which was to take
| place this season, had to be abandoned
on account of Miss Rehan's illness.
Novelli, the greatest of italian actors.
is going to appear at Paris. He has all
ways refused to accept engagements
for the United States, setting his terms
far above what our managers could
guarantee. Strange to say, however, he
makes frequent visits to South America.
where he is a great favorite, and brings
away fortune after every visit. An