The record-union., 1898-09-18

16 years old, is said to take rank al.
ready with the most distinguished
harpists of the day In Cologne, her
native town, she is known as a COM
poser and as the "Paganini of the
harp"
There are intimations across the At
lantic that Signor Campanari, now that
he sings with ease up to G, may dis
cover ere long that he is a tenor.
Plunket Greene will go to Germany
next October for fresh laurels. He will
appear at one of Mr.. Nikisch's Gewand-
haus concerts in Leipsic and at an or
chestral concert with the Dresden
Hofkapelle, among other things.
Jean Gerardy will accompany Nine.
Patti on her provincial tour in Eng
land next October Nine Patti does
not appear to sing anywhere now ex-
cept in England.
According to a correspondent of the
London Telegraph" there is an opera
house in Madrid which was built up by
the State, and is let to any manager
who, being presumably capable of the
work, offers more for the concession
than his competitors. The result is la
mentable. The finances of the manage
ment are highly unsatisfactory, and
three lessees have ruined themselves in
succession.
Mrs. Brown-Potter is to join the
forces Of Beerbohm Tree, at Her Majes-
tvs Theater, London. She will play
Miladi in THE Three Musketeers," for
which she is well suited, and, possibly,
Constance, in King John,'' for which
she is not suited at all. Kyrle Bellew,
in the meanwhile, is to play one Of the
principal male parts in the new play
by Murray Carson and Louis Parker,
which Charles Wyndham is to produce
at the Criterion.
The London Daily Mali says that
obespierre'-Sardous new play for
Sir Henry Irving-has one great, one
tremendous surprise. Sardou's genius
for construction has led him to invent
a son for Robespierre! The son will be
played by Laurence Irving-who has
been conferring with Sardou at Marli-
fall by the hand Of this son!"
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Among the new plays in the posses
sion of George Alexander of the Lon
don st. James Theater, are "a Debt of
Honor" a modern piece by Sydney
Grundy, and Anthony Hopes Rupert
of Hentzau,'' a sequel to 1.-THE Prisoner
of Zenda." This latter piece will be
presented in this country by Daniel
Frohman.
Apropos Of the success of ''The Lit
tie Minister" and of "Cyrano de Ber-
gerac," Clement Scott calls triumphant
attention to the fact that the romantic
drama is not dead-"It is a refreshing
thought that the trumpeters Of the
epoch making Drama which has been
strangled in it's birth, are the first to
shout aloud for the well-made play and
the deathless school Of dramatic ro-
nance. 1t was inevitable, and some of
US said so.''
Miss Katherine Grey, who will play
Celia Pryse in THE Royal Box" next
season, spent two months in Paris this
summer. She comes back with no love
for Paris. She relates many interest
ing and instructive incidents Of public
insults to Americans in that city. Pro-
Spanish feeling was very strong for
the first two or three weeks after the
war broke out" and many excitable
Frenchmen sought opportunities to dis
play hostile feelings toward Americans.
This so disgusted Miss Grey that she
returned to America a. month sooner
that she had planned to return, en-
phatically proclaiming that there is no
place on earth like America.
"Casey's Wife" under the direction
of Fred Peel, will be one of the funny
farce comedies Of the coming season.
It is by Robert J. Donnelly and mixes
I'D the Hibernian and the Hebrew ele-
ments in a humorous manner. Yorke
and Adams, Mark Murphy J. P. Sulli-
van. Dancing" John McVeigh, Jennie
Reiffarth, Claude Gillingwater, Allie Gill
bert, Maym Kelso and May Donohue
are the clever people who will make all
the trouble.
Modjeska is enjoying much better
health than she has in years. Her
company is Of her own selection and
the madame is congratulating herself
upon having made no mostake.
Chicago Tribune: You referred to
me this morning, SIR" howled the emf
nent actor "as the Algol of the theat-
rical profession!' Allow me to ask you,
sir, IL that is miserable attempt to
play upon the word alcohol as a re-
minder, sir, that I was once addicted
to the excessive use of the intoxicating
bowl?' "By no means, SIR" protested
the newspaper man. II meant by that
expression to convey the idea that you
were a variable star'-sometimes brill
liant and at other times not so bril-
liant" With a muttered apology the
eminent actor turned on his heel and
stalked away And this" bitterly ex-
claimed the newspaper man when alone
again, lis what comes of giving a dra-
matte assignment to an astronomer"
At Evansville, Ind, W. H. Crane dis
covered that the suite of rooms reserved
for him at the hotel was numbered 13.
He wouldn't have it, even when the
hotel proprietor endeavored to reassure
him. "All the star actors have used this
suite. Why, John T. Raymond died
in that very bed" AS there was no
other vacant suite he left the hotel and
engaged sleeping car that was side