The times., 1898-02-06
BRIEFLY TOLD.

There are sixty theaters running in
New York and Brooklyn.
A benefit rendered Dan DAILY at the
Casino, last week. netted IS, 149 for the
jovial comedian.
Jerome Sykes. the talented comedian
of the Broadway Theater Company,
was born in Washington
Henry Miller will present Stewart
Ogilvie's The Master" on February
21, at the Garden Theater, in New
York.
Matthews and BuIger. with their
farce. AT Gay Coney Island" viii be
under the management of Will j. Block
next season.
"A Southern Romance" will be re-
Yived shortly, with Isabel Eyesson as
the star and Al LipInan in the role of
the generous, whole-souled adventur-
er.
The Columbia Theater. in st. Louis.
is nearing completion, and viii proba-
bly, be opened about the last of this
month. A stock company Will be tried
there as an experiment.
A press sheet reports that Hilda
Clark draws $450 2 week from Manager
A. A Mccormick. and calmly adds, 'at
present she is resting" Is that meant
to have any special significance?
Camille D'Arville replaced Hilda
Clark in THE Highwayman' at the
performance last Tuesday. The opera
is having a very successful run at the
Broadway Theater. in New York
E E. Rice will take the Ballet Girl
away from the Manhattan Theater, in
New York, and present il for month
in Boston. beginning this week. The
piece broke no records in Gotham.
The strike of mill hands in the coun-
try through which AIR. and Mrs. Edwin
Milton Royle had booked Captain I'm
pudence," has caused this pair of ex-
cellent actors to close temporarily.
Murray and Mack deny that they
have decided to separate, and are MAX
ing arrangements TO revive ''Finngan's S
Ball. next season. They will remain
under the management OF Joseph ".
Spears.
Victor Herbert has begun work on a
new opera which he and Harry b.
Smith have contracted TO furnish Alice
Nelson. she viii make her debut as a
star soon. using the new piece as her
vehicle.
Mary Mannering was injured during
performance of "A Tree OF knoWl-
edge" at the Lyceum a week ago
Thursday, through extra embracing.
gerous thing.
Pauline Hall has signed to sing in the
Castle Square Opera company's reviv-
al of -.Erminie, in New York and other
cities This is only temporary, Miss
Hall preferring to remain in vaudeville
for some time yet.
Margaret Mather announces that for
next season she is preparing reviv-
al of.A Winters Tale" quite as elab-
orate as that of ''Cymbeline,' With
which she astonished lovers of Shakes
peare sbme little time ago
Rose Coghlan has received an offer
to play Mrs. Malaprop in Joseph JET
ferson's revival of The Rivals next
season. Miss Coghlan may be expected
to play the part exceptionally well
should she decide to accept the offer.
1t is announced that Carrie Whyte, a
daughter of Isadore Rush, will short
Iy make her debut with Roland Reed.
Had Miss Whyte been a child of most
actresses she would probably have re-
mained a silent partner for some years
yet.
Joseph Physioc has completed the
scenic models for Beside the Bonnie
Briar Bush in which j. III. Stoddart is
to begin starring at an early date. un-
der the management of Frank J.. Per-
at once.
1t is reported that after his engage
ment in vaudeville, Maurice Barry
more. who was with the ill-fated
Ward of France" company, will go 10
london TO assume William Terriss' role
in Secret Service at the Adelphi
Theater there.
Charles Coghlan held a professional
matinee the other day for the express
purpose of explaining that he did not
mean certain things he said, against
his craft, in "A Royal Box" Evident
ly Clement Scott's affair has proven
good example.
Digby Bell is to present Augustus
Thomas beautiful drama, THE Hoo
sier Doctor" at the Fourteenth Street
Theater, in New York. next month,
"The Victoria Cross an English melo-
drama. will also be translated into
American for a run at that house.
THE Old Coat" Lieutenant w. III.
Allderdice's comedy, which was pro-
duced in this city last month, Will be
put on for a run in New York early in
April. Frederic Bond and other mem
bers of the MY Friend From India"
company will be seen in the play
III. A. Du Souchet's comedy, ''The
Man from Mexico" with Willie Collier
limited success on the Pacific coast,
even San Francisco having temporarily
suspended her policy of reversing
Eastern decisions during its run there.
Cora Tanner viii star next season
under the management of William De
Shelley in the old English melodrama,
Alone in London" 1t is to be hoped
that Miss Tanner will not be forced to
spend the greater part of the time dur
ing her performances alone in the the
alter.
Clifford and Huth, who were seen
here with Marie DRESSER in the farce
.Courted Into Court have decided
from-or. rather in spite of-that ex-
perience that the legitimate is better
than vaudeville. and will star next sea-
son in a comedy entitled "A High-Born
Lady"
z. Fl. Sothern's new play. "The Head
Of the House." by Glen McDonough and
Louis Evan Shipman. will have its first
production in Rochester. N. T., on Feb
ruary "a. The drama is based upon
Thaekeray's novel. Henry Esmond." I"