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was true except as to some particu-
lars. A young man-not wealthy
killed himself. The actress mentioned
in the case never knew the young man.
The antipathy shown to the truth by
various newspapers is as amazing as
is their fondness for fakement, and
the theater continues to be their fav-
| orite topic for mendacity. Nothing
else-unless 1t be something like the
Maine disaster-can even for a mo-
| ment distract the fabricating atten-
| ton of sensational journals from the
stage and stage people.
| Frau Stavenhagen has joined the
Jean de Reszke troupe at ST. Peters
burg, where her husband, a well known
pianist is one of the conductors, and as
Sieglinde in "Die Walkure" she has
been much praised. Frau Malten was
Brunnhilde and Nine. Olitzka a capital
Fricka. Nine. Olitzka has also played
| Ortrud to the Elsa Of Nine. Litvinne
die MeiStersinger, with the De
Reszkes, Malten and Olitzka, was given
recently and Tristan und Isolde" un-
der DR.. Richter. is in preparation.
| In 1876, a few weeks before the first
Bayreuth festival, when the late An
ton Seidl was only rs years old, Rich
ard Wagner recommended him for a po-
sition as conductor at the Mainz opera
in the following letter, recently printed
for the first time: II have just read
of the vacancy Of the dictatorship OF
the orchestra at Mayence. I urge you
to use all your influence to see that this
place goes to my young friend and as
sistant, Anton Seidl, who is at present
here. He conducts splendidly, is young
and energetic, and will be responsible
for him in every possible way. He can
begin on September 1st. I have under
taken to procure a good place for him.
and 1t would be a great mark OF friend
ship to me II through your Intervention
he should secure the position"
The Figaro" gives some amusing
details about Pinero, whose play, 1.-The
Magistrate" Is being rehearsed at The
ater Cluny in Paris. Their truthfulness
is, Of course, open to question, as the
imaginative qualities Of the French
mind have fullest scope in descriptions
Of foreign people and affairs. Pinero.
the Figaro" AYERS, was a clerk in a
booksellers store, law student and an
actor. He spends his afternoons on a
bicycle or playing cricket. He is fond
of transplanting to the stage types of
his friends, and he never assists at the
first performance of any Of his plays.
Pineros sense of humor is we'll known,
and it is to be hoped that the number
of the Figaro which gives this inter-
esting information about him will fall
! into his hands
Those who put any faith in Ignatius
DOnnelly's theory that Francis Bacon
wrote Shakespeare's dramas, would do
| we'll to remember that there are nearly
100 copies of the first folio edition OF
the plays in existence, twenty-five OF
which are owned in this country. A
| biographical sketch of the author Of the
| plays inserted in the folio would have
conferred great boon upon mankind.
| A new opera appertaining to the mod
ern Spanish school, entitled, La Rev
oltosa," the libretto by FERNANDEZ
Shaw and Lopez Silva, the music by A.
Chapi, was brought out some weeks
ago at the Royal Opera, Madrid. with
immense success. NJ Camille Saint
Saens, who was present on the occa-
sion, was greatly struck with the mer-
| its Of the work, which he pronounced
veritable chef d'oeuvre.
| The tenor Broulik, who had been
summarily dismissed by the manage
ment Of the National Opera at Buda
Pest some months since for declining
to appear for the fourth time within
~
part, has been awarded 25,OOO francs
damages and his costs by. the Court
of Appeal.
Shortly before he was sent to the
| mad house where he died, Maupas-
SAINT sent for the manager Of Paris
theater and said to him: IT am the
author of $50 short stories. On each
| could be founded a play that would
run a year. There is, therefore, no
need of your looking for new plays for
some time
Alice Nielsen. the young prima donna
whose success with the Bostonians has
| been SO pronounced, Is to star next sea-
son under the management Of Frank l..
Perley. She will appear in new
comic opera now being written, but as
| yet unnamed. A company first-class
in every particular will support Miss
Nielsen.
| Nine De Navarro MARY Anderson),
in an interview published in the Febru-
ary number Of the Young Woman
| announces that she will never return
| to the stage. and dilates upon the "re-
lief and happiness Of the calm and
peace Of the simple. quiet life" that she
now enjoys.
| Despite the war scare there is opera
In Madrid, at the Prince Alfonso The
ater Puccini's La Boheme" has won
brilliant success. with Stehle, Rubbio.
Garbin, Hernandez, Romero and Coline
as the leading artists.
| The death Of the Oldest chorister in
England is chronicled. She was sc
years old, and was titular leader Of the
| music at ST. Thomas Church. Ryde.
Isle Of Wight. She had been a member
of the choir seventy-nine years, and
had never missed a service.
Genoa has heard lately Rossini's
| ''Stabat Mater at the famous Church
of the Annunziata, and later at the
Politeama Theater, the "Inflammatus'
and Ella Mater" being encored at the
latter performance.
Madame Calve is likely to pass from
the Paris Opera Comique to the Grand