The age-herald., 1898-03-13

Brown? He falls asleep on the soft and wakes up after all the noise and excitement caused by Garrick's drunken scene, and says: Much obliged to you for the very quiet evening I've had From that time. some twenty years ago, until I played the part of Garrlck in Brooklyn, a few weeks since, have never appeared in the play.
 Il have one vivid recollection of my ap- pearances in this play with Sothern. You remember that in his scene of simulated drunkenness Garrick pulls the cover off the table, on which ther are cups and a pair of candlesticks. Well, in one theater where we played it, the stage was very small, and the sofa on which I, as MT. Brown slept was very near the table. As I lay there with a handkerchief over my face, feigning sleep, but really watching the scene, l used to speculate as to which one of the candlesticks would hit me on the head some fine night. I felt morally certain that sooner or later the disaster would occur One evening the conviction was so strong that in a spirit of instinetiYe self-preservation, just before Sothern snatehed at the cloth, I turned, as if in my sleep, and threw one arm oyer my face. Sure enough, the candlestick came my way. It hit me on the elbow and glanced off l am afraid my face would not have escaped so easily.
 "As nearly as I can remember, I have reproduced the Sothern version. I have made trifiing alterations in the text. In one place a IeW extra lines aDOut SpranBef Barry, Garrick's rival are introduced, to add local color to the piece, but none of the additions are important. The Romeo and Juliet minuet music runs all through the piece, just as it did when Sothern played it."
 The Mirror says Americans, as rule, do not look to London for Improvements in the incidental service in theaters. In fact, American enterprise has enforced several reforms in London theater service. Irving and other managers who have visited this country being the agents of such reforms. Beerbohm Tree has introduced a feature that would be considered novel here. The programme at Her Majestys theater now contains an interesting resume of the news of the day.
 A young girl, an ardent admirer of Madame Melba, at a reception given for the latter, was completely overcome when it came her turn to have a word with the prima donna that blushing crim- son and looking up with a sweet smile, she murmured You sing, I believer"
 Hanotaux, the French minister of for eign affairs has sent circular letter to the representative of the French republic in foreign countries requesting them urgently to prevent by all the means at their com mand any glorifcation of ex-Capt. Drey- fus on the stage. It is said that this cir cular has been successful for the repre- sentations of the French minister at The Hague resulted in the immediate stoppage of the performance at Amsterdam of a sensational drama about Dreyfus, which had been playing to full houses for several weeks. In Belgium all Dreyfuss plays have been forbidden, among them the drama by the Paris journalist, Sanzie "Retribution,' which was to have been performed in Brussels. The theatrical company of Cinadori, now giving perform ances at San Reno on the Riviera, was not permitted to bring out the new play by Rosina, called "Dreyfus on Devils Isle,' which was stopped by the police.
 Victorlen Sardou. the French dramatist, has recently been presented with a bust of Sarah Bernhardt about one-half life size. It is the work of the academician, Gerome. It is described as resembling the head of Sarah when she makes up for the stage in the character of Gismonda, with red- blonde hair combed up high and fastened with a branch of scarlet red blossoms.
 Mark Twain has written a new comedy entitled "Is He Dead?" which will be pro- duced simultaneously in New York and London.
 Tomaso Salvini, the great Italian trage- dian, is living in comparative retirement at his home in Florence.
 Marie Wainwrights father was Commo- dore Wainwright of the navy who was killed in action at Galveston, Tex. her brother, Lieut.. J. M. Wainwright, was o$o$c%C%c%,%c%,