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Morosco of the Grand, but in obedience
to her physicians advice declined it.
Miss Norton has been under medical
treatment for bronchial trouble for sew
eral months, but is rapidly GONZALES
cling.
J. K. Tillotson, author of The Plant
er's Wife" and "Lynwood,' has writ
ten new war play and commissioned
L. H. Winnett to contract for it's pro-
duction in London and America
The International Grand Opera Com
pany booked for appearance at the
Baldwin Theater San Francisco this
season, will come with a repertoire Of
fifteen operas. Three entirely new
works are promised.
Lily Post who is pleasantly remem-
bered for excellent work on the operatic
stage, is arranging to appear in vaude-
Vile in a number of new sketches, one
of which is entitled "A Dull Day in
Dawson" written especially for her by
K. Beers Loos, the humorist.
New York Dramatic News: Just now
New York is thronged with operatic
organizations employing over 400 sing
ers and nearly all the principals in
the comic opera field. With De Wolf
Hopper and Francis Wilson on upper
Broadway, with Alice Nielsen and the
Runaway Girl" nearly opposite each
other at Broadway and Thirtieth street
with the Castle Square Company and
~ ankee Doodle Dandy" there is a
supply sure to satisfy the public The
competition is rather keen just now
and with the arrival of Miss Nielsen in
a new opera, the field is we'll covered
Papinta has scored another big hit
at keiths Bijou, Philadelphia, where
she is playing a four weeks engage
meht.
Advices from Berlin regarding Lillian
Russell's recent appearance there seem
to show that her non-success was due
to mismanagement. The Wintergarten
IS music hall, where variety perform
ances are given, and neither the vast
auditorium nor the class that patron
ICES the place are suitable for concert
singing purposes.
Queen Victoria has been cinemato-
graphed at the Braemer games No
doubt the pictures will be on view at
the music halls shortly
The theatrical season for 1S9S-99 in
Paris is rich in new plays. At the
opera, says the "Criterion," the first
new work will be "Attila," lyric
drama, by Emile Berger; at the Ca
mile de Sainte-Croix, the music by
Paul Vidal; then will come the Jos
eph" of Mehul, and the "Briseis" Of
Chabrier. The Comedie Franchise an
nounces the "Struensee" of Paul Meu-
rice, the Torrent" of Maurice Dom
nay and the "Fossiles," by Francois de
Curel. The new Opera Comique opens
in October; Massenet's "Cendrillon"
and "Beaucoup de Bruit pour Rien," by
Paul Puget, are announced. The
Odeon will open with the 'Therese de
Rouvray" Of NJ. Lenotre; Mile. Yahne
will create the principal part. "Zaza"
will continue its profitable career at
the Vaudeville. The "Vieux Jeu." by
Victor de Cottens and Paul Gavault. is
billed for the Gymnase. At the Renais-
sance Nine. Sara Bernhard will play
the ''Medee" of Catulle Mendes, for
which Vincent d'Indy has written the
musique de scene. "Cyrano de Berge-
rae" will hold the boards at the Porte
st. Martin until Jules Lemaitre's new
piece, "Aventurier,'' is ready. Emile
Bergerats Plus que RENE" will fol-
low
Henry E. Dixey has produced his
new monologue, The Mystery OF the
Mortgage" written for him by Charles
| HorwitZ, at the Fountain Square Thea
ter Cincinnati, o. It made a big hit.
and the popular actor received three
curtain calls. In his new entertain
ment Dixey plays five distinct charac-
ters.
Rudolph Aronson has just completed
arrangements with Charles A. E Har-
rfss, manager of Dan Godfrey's British
Guards Band, for an American tour by
| that famous organization during the
/ coming season under the joint direction
Of the gentlemen named The brief en-
gagement of the band in New York
early last month, during extremely hot
! for concerts, was an overwhelming
success, a veritable triumph, indeed,
for the world famed bandfnaster. who
received the warmest praise from both
press and public for the magnificent
work of his organization.
Lillian Russell's latest husband wants
a divorce becausefs she plays poker. The
atrically, however, Lillian doesn't al
ways fill on the draw nowadays.
Pity the sorrows of stock companies
playing in Chicago theaters. A lead
ing journal of that city apologies for
| them as follows: IF a stock company.
doing duty twice every day, and learn
ing new play every week. occasion
ally becomes a trife jaded. there Is
small occasion for wonder" And Chi
! cago is not the only city where the
actor people have TO work thus hard.
| And yet the rush to get into the pro-
| fession continues with una bated en-
ergy.
! Helene Mora, the female baritone. in
tends to elevate the tone Of vaudeville
by playing the closet scene from "Iam-
let this season with Hyde's comedians.
She vii. play Hamlet herself, and will
be assisted by Miss Booth, as the
| Queen, and Edmund Hayes of Hayes
and Lytton, as the ghost
1t is perhaps not generally known
that the members of military bands
/ are expected to fight in case of neces-
sity, and for that reason are put
through regular course of rifle prac
/ tice. The good old times when The