Evening star., 1898-10-29


This has been rather an off week in the
atricals for none of the theaters have
done big business. Neither Jeff de Angels
nor Della Fox has developed an individual
drawing power equal to that which they
possessed when united and the Byrne
Brothers new piece does not seem to have
the staying qualities that characterized
Eight Bells. The Academy of Music.
with the Prisoner of Zenda," has proba
bly, been as successful as any play house.
and quite a number of people have wit
messed The Finish of Mr.. FRESH
Next week Tim Murphy, a Washing
tonian and an excellent character come
dian, will be seen at the Columbia in
new play, entitled The Carpetbagger,"
which has been highly praised elsewhere.
1t is said to afford Mr.. Murphy even better
opportunity than did "A Texas Steer" At
the Lafayette an English play and an Eng
lish company will be seen. "A Brace of
Partridges," which is the title of the play.
has made a decided success in New York
and should prove popular here. At the
National The Bostonians.' the oldest
English opera organization in the country.
will make their annual visit and WILL of
course. be greeted by their large number
of admirers here. Mr.. VIM II. Vests
MINISTRIES Will be seen at the Academy. and
the Lyceum will present a good extrava-
Sanza company.
Frank Perley. who manages the Bos-
tonians, was talking recently of his man.
aSerlaI success. Il think l have reason to
be proud or my Judgment he said, be
cause where 1 have consulted that alone
and have mad my own way | have been
successful. Take the Bos;onians. for in
stance w hen l took charge of the Organi-
2dtlon 1t was many thousand dollars in
the hole. ana since l have controlled its
destlnleS II has made over hundred thou
sand dollars. l took the Sporting Duchess
against Inc advice of a good many. and
Yet while i had the play it made money
You may think that The Bonnie Briar
Bush was an exception, but | believe there
Is money IN that piece yet. l produced it
before 1t was properly in shape, and when
L found that the public was not quite
ready for it quietly took it off to bide my
time. If Mr.. McIaren comes over
Esrt next winter l may get him to
make some suggestions as to alterations.
and If he does. l am satisfied that when |
LrlrS II out again with more opportunity
Tor Mr. Stoddart The piece will be a pro-
H' uHced success.
4 took Alice Nelson" he continued
on my own judCm ent. | was satisfied that
sh" would win il she only had the proper
NcIhcle and the proper surroundings. Many
oi the older managers said that l was max
ing mistake. that she didn't have the
clements Of stellar attraction in her but
l thought diff ftreHtiy. l had faith in her
abilities II l could get the proper vehicle in
i
Herbert and Harry Smith and the result
was The Fortune Teller and YOU know
what success Miss Nelson has been in
that opera l only wish l could stay at
Nallack'S, for | believe l could run the
opera all the season. I'm trying to buy
OF Julia Arthur's time now but | don't
know If | shall succeed. I've surrounded
Miss Nelson with an excellent company
VI given the opera a splendid production
ana you have seen the successful result
Tim Murphy is very much troubled be-
cause he cOuli rot take an active part in
the Spanish difficulty. As far as gun
goes. h. couldn't hit THE wide wide
world. but he's all right with the sword
He says that he grew up utterly neglecting
the art of killing people. but when his new
play was given to him. with a magnificent
duel scene. he devoted himself heart and
soul. to fencing. ani has become very skill
ful. He had an idea at one stage of the
late scrap with the Dons that he could
camp somewhere in the vicinity of San
tago and invite the Spanish officers out to
little tea parties Of his own, 50 he COM
m@nCed To study the requirements for en-
H>tment, but he didn't seem to fit in any
where. I'm six feet one. and about six
teen inches across the narrows'' he said
and they wouldn't have me afoot or on
horseback
I'd like t. have You state in your paper"
said Comedian Fra NIX Daniels to a news
paper man in his dressing room the other
l4i-i4t- tll'l tilt lldittSr S"tttNtdTtS, IN
am"ritf lovers. unhappy SWANS. or what
they are pleased to call themselves of the
bevy OF beauties it is my duty to kiss so
much in the second act of The Idols Eye
l wish you would state for the benefit of
their jumping. jealous hearts that they
nav bid tn, 50 Fearts sit still. Moreover
tnat they may co such bidding in full con-
t,eUc" and that | am giving them a
straight tip when l say their loved ones
on the stage lave no thought of me. To
be sure, they seem TO enjoy. or at least
TOT To object to, the de!uge of kisses with
which / shower them. But that's because
their thoughts are with the aforesaid jump
il <. jealous hearts on the other side of the
f0otliEhts. How do l know? Easy. The
girls nut their eyes when | kiss them.
When girl shuts her eyes, you may be
sure she is thinking Of some one else. and
is kissing yOJ Terely as d matter Of bust
ness as in my case. for instance, or to
change her luck Her thoughts are else
where. and the individual who is else
where Il, in the Imagination Of the shut
eyed lass, the individual she is kissing. /
hope that this statement will be balm to
the young gentlemen whose feelings. to
judge from the threatening begging sar-
castle letters | receive from them daily are
more OF less lacerated by my nightly oscu-
Iatlous.'
There is not an actor before the public
with perhaps the exception of Sol Smith
Russell Who plays 10 so many ministers
and priests as Tim Murphy This goes to
prov" tfisii an actor Work Is cOlOrcG to
great extent by his private character 1t
hasn't been 50 very many years since this
weII-kuowu com, dian was In the habit of
painting lurid streak from New York
to san Francisco. but during the past six
or seven years he has become completely
absorbed in his work. and now doesn't
gamble. doesn't drink. doesn't play the
races. entirely neglect his church. and,
combined with all Of these don'ts. he does
great deal that Is prompted by a kind
charitable heart. This disposition Of Mr.
Murphy has undoubtedly Influenced his
work the stage to great extent,
which possibly accounts for his immense
popularity with the divines.
The sunday Night Music Club played at
Mr.. Tlke's. on : street. and devoted the
evening TO the Zwei Poonaisen of Chopin
Op. ~. and the Schubert quintet. Op. ia
together with the aria when a Lad
Comes" from Webor's Der Freschutz, -
and The Expectation song Keucken),
both by Miss Lucia NoIa, with piano and
string quartet accompaniment.
TIE m6st important musical events an
nCuUCed for tn season soon to open are
the five concerts to bc given on Tuesday
afternoons during December. January,