The sun., 1898-06-19

bands writings, plays. compositions,
paintings or sculpture. Moeover,thongh
divorced, the wife continues to be a bnsi-
ness partner. and must he made a party
To all future contracts involving any use
OF authors rights in works produced
during the period of wedlock.
B. F!Keith, the widely known theat-
rical manager. was a mess boy on the
steamship Ashland in lS6S. II made
him Quit the sea. said Captain Norton,
''because he was always terribly seasick
in heavy weather We have kept up
lout friendship ever since, and indulge in
an occasional correspondence. Keith is
patriotic American, and he has no use
| fnr Europe, with all sides OF which he
made himself familiar during a recent
| Journey covering eighteen months OF
| time abroad, Here is paragraph nom
one Of his recent letters to me, showing
tha, he is abreast OF the times in general
matters, as well as in those pertaining to
| his business as a theatrical manager:
When we learn to respect ourselves and
what we have in as proportiona,e and
dignitied wav and manner as foreigners
do themselves and what they have, We
! shall be vastly more respected abroad.
Admiral Dewey has driven n great enter.
ing wedge in a naval way in this respect,
which can be successfully followed mp by
Americans generally, in private as well
as in public life, y
OF that dismal success, The Beauty
Stone" which Arthur sullivan, A. W,
pinero and ]. Comyns Carr lately evolved
as a Savoy production, the London Daily
News gives this summary: Laine, the
crippled daughter OF poor weaver and
his wife, psays for beauty in order that,
she NAV win the hand ot the Lord oi
Mirlemont, The petition is overheard
bv satan. " no; as in tnoethe's play JUS dis
ouisei as monk, and who hands the
girl the Beauty Stone The Princess
Saiia has eoaxexi the Beauty Stone from
the old weaver. But the Bord vi Mirie-
mont has returned from the wars
wounded and blind, so tn; beauty so
him is nov unmeaning. lie, therefoTe,
declares that he viii marry the aos,
yirtuous iamsel in his doninions. and
in the market place again the cripple
carries OFF the prize, despite the Princess
Saida's possession oi the Beauty Stone
This IS the third serIoas opera Sir Ar4hnr
sullivan has composed. Its immediate
predecessor, of course. was ''lvanhoe. :"
Sir Auhur's earliest opera. however, was
The sapphire Necklace written as tar
back as 1864. 1t was never prndnccd,
owing tN the feeble nature ef Chorlev' ;
libretto, bnt most oi the music has since
been utilized in the composers >nbse-
Quent operas and cantataS.
The following scientific statement
appears in the current Issue ot the Ora
matte News and Dramatic Times: The
3itor ana publisher al the New York
Dramatic News and Dramatic Times
hereby state. thai all the publications
that have appeared in this parer during
the past eight months of 0errcatnry
character respecting Mrs. Minnie Mad
iern FiSke and Harrison Grey fisSe
have been wholly ant"undcd ana un-
justitiabe ana il takes tniS opportunity
to apologize publicly f8r Spch pnbica.
tons Mr.. Fi>ke is the editor and
proprietor al the Dramatic Mirror. Pre-
VioR> 10 he recent eicc1inn ri officers III
the Actors Fund, & New York evening
paper declared apparRtly anthoritativclr
wtl}d he followed bv the designations ol
the men at the bead oi The theatrical
syndicate which controls probably -
TC.T cent. al the best Theatres and cuEl-
I.anie> iu America. fI>kc Wf> reelected
and ErNhnjan et al, il l. SAID, 1ecIded
that neither thcii companies nor thea
tnr> WuGG contribute 60 the Actors
FnHG. Mr.. Fiskr has been called 1'"
prWrv d, The theatrical profession. tof
hc ha> iught the ''>vuaicatg' graGi-
CALI anaide8 during tho pas ten months
Minnie Naadr1u Fi>Fr ll> VIE, al
Though kcIt o1t al ihe syndicate hr1sr>.
ha> crlrrca q season nf exceptional ll11~-
perity.
">hrnaduah" ha> been su oag stage
InG near'y a decade. and y. l.at lime lar
earned. have been told. mnrc Than
$4,000 in rovahir> i.r r. amhnf. To-
daH. the play j s. tea. A. lbt TnaVo'-
hin, clntr mai s. far ~ q J c'tE and
Gotham a~r concerned In the >lE week
during which Il was in inca. rcvsra. a.
the y Gri Fr1aa street house. The play
uIn>i have hrrn witnessed ~ 50 many
pnpnlr that the futnrp will find pa
audience irh lry It IN PM,ad"5pIrIa
Back in the spring ii l>S9. ">hrnan-
dnah Wa pronounced iaj,urr by Tn"
B,>t ID r1jtir> when tb}y ,hsr"wca H.
Dumlnrr hy IN cNr"'tnnl cast. at lhelr
hcinvrd Mu>nnm Il Wa offered 10 A.
VI. Palmer. who saw urrhjng tempting
in il: and Irr q white 1t appeared Tint q
chang had come iI the IncK Than had
hnpn a>>aciatna witt tho arIhor Of "The
Bankers Daughter. sara oga.
Young Mr.. Winthrop. and "The
Henrietta" At than time. Charlie, troh-
man position IN i've world wa
that at y Hnokjng agent and satarird
rabaT.r H. ikrd Toward play. and
~.'ggrsr"0 some revision. lad hr h""h
,i possession pi the sum. hc comic have
oong3t he piav irr SlNHha. it = SAID
BrU he innt il uI rDraiTt engage 81 "a-t
ri 9. od PLAYERS. and tai0 lhr inundalr.
70, t}tr lo1Gnr that l.ae enabled him g.
h.rpmr tb" most lannon's and most cn0Ar
prl>lDg nj prraDrnu> mauar"r> .--
:. D. ,lunagnDv, IN Philadelphia Tine.
rrnyp-r~S frSnt~It ,-ItS.~