The record-union., 1898-08-14

leading business with the James-Kid-
der Warde combination. The veteran
actor Harry Langdon will also be
prominent in the supporting company.
Pearl Etyinge has been engaged to
play Mercedes in the revival of Monte
Cristo at Boston.
Bertha Waltzinger is engaged as
leading singer for the Jefferson de An
gels opera Company.
Dan" Daily has been engaged to star
IN '.The Belle of New York." which is
to begin a tour on September 10Th.
In 1.-The Devils Island" $50 supers
will be used in the scene derived from
the Dreyfus case showing the public
degradation of the hero. Maurice de
la Tourne. Cora Tanner and William
Harcourt will be in the cast
Pol Plancon received from Queen
Victoria, after singing at the Windsor
Castle recently, a beautiful Souvenirs
large pair of enameled vases, forty
centimeters in hight, in a handsome
Russian leather cover, lined with GRIM
son satin
De Pachman is again playing in Lon
don. We remember that terribly
stormy night in Sacramento years ago
when De Pachman had but fifty peo-
ple in the house-all in the dress cir
Gle Coming to the footlights, rubbing
his hands and bowling, he said Ladies
and chentlsmen, be pleased all COON
down into de orchestra. I cannot play
'cross re chasim. COON down and wes
ali hat goot dime" And they did, and
De Pachman never gave better con-
cert and an audience never enjoyed II
self more, for as he played he chatted
with the hearers in laudatory criticism
of Chopin, and the people thought it the
most unique thing imaginable.
Among the promised novelties Tor
next season are the Mariorettes or the
Brothers Parandi of Milan. These fig
ures are seen in operas, plays and spec
tacres, and are said to be exceedingly
ingenious and interesting They We're
exhibited with considerable success IN
England at the Sydenham Crystal
Palace.
Thomas Thorne. after an absence Q.
six years, has resumed his place among
the London managers. He took pos
session of Terry Theater and on the
11th of July gave the three-act COM
edv "The Wears Dilemma" in which
he had acted already, and with sue
cess, in the English provinces.
New York Post: The announcement
is made that Rose Coghlan, for many
years the leading lady of the first the
eter in the country. is to descend to the
music halls. 1t might be made the oc-
casion for some rather melancholy ano
obvious reflections, if it were worth
while There is precedent, unfortun-
ately, for her decision, but it is nol
pleasant to see her following course
which artistically can only be regarded
as downward.
New York POST The American COM
poser is receiving considerable encour-
asement in the way of prize compost
tjons. The National Conservatory has
given several large prizes for sympho-
mics and cantatas, and the Musical Ar
Society not long ago announced sevefa
IIizes for vocal pieces. Some years
ago Paderewski left $4,000 for musica
prizes, which no doubt will some day
IL. assigned. And now comes the Bos
$1,000 in prizes for cantatas, piano
scios and songs The competition Is
obAn to all. without restriction as tC
age. sex or nationality. The judges
will be two Of the leading American
composers, Arthur Foote and H. W
Parker. The criterion of judgment j:
10 be solely musical beauty, and tht
warning is appended that ambition:
writer's are too prone to display tech
nical skill or a straining after novelty
at the expense of, or a S a substitute for
musical beauty, freshness and spon'
taneity."
Carl Rost succeeded in making Eng
lish opera pay in England. He founc
it more profitable TO train young sin
gers at $50 a week than to pay sou
a. week. to some veteran with more famt
than freshness Of voice. Since his deatf
the company has not prospered, las
years deficit having been over $4,000
SO that now the life of the company is
trembling in the balance
Faust and Carmen" "Trovatore'
and the Bohemian Girl' are the favor
lite operas of the English provincial au
diences who attend the performance:
of the smaller travelling companies.
There are rumors that the real reason
why Sir Arthur Sullivan gave up the
plan of writing a new oratorio for tbs
Leeds Festival is that he will cooper
ate once more with Mr. Gilbert il
writing comic opera for the Savoy.
Hamburg. with it's Brooklyn" (Al
tona). had 269 operatic performance:
last year. Sixty-six different operas
were sung. Wagner leading with hft,
performances OF ten operas.
Many persons labor under the delu
sion that the bad habit-no doubt 1t 4
bad habit-of making operas last fv'
hours originated with Wagner. AS
matter Of fact, Rossini and Meyerbce
were the first culprits. William Tell,
.sRobert the Devil" and other operas
of this type last five hours when givei
without cuts. as they are in Paris
During Abbey & Grau's first seaso'
at the Metropolitan a performance q
Robert" began at and lasted unit
nearly 2.
Cologne is to have a new opera
house. The city gives the ground an'
100000 in cash. Soon the two loca
theaters will be subsidized by the city
The reopenug next season or IN