The sun., 1898-01-25
LIE rorrcs lsour row.

/ 1lmos NOTu1Ohb utnoEFolNloub Wtth bhao Aoa-
ton Symphony Orchestra, which. led her to de-
scribe that organization as lot OF ''Kalama-
roo musicians" did not have its beginning at
the Gated session held last week on the stage
| Of tho Metropolitan Opera House. Its real
start dates back moro than year. Tho Bos-
| ton players arrived IN town one morning after
| . nights travel and wanted an opportunity to
rest. Mme. Noriica, who was to sing with
them at the New York concert, insisted on
rehearsal. SO they went directly TO the Metro
politan and waited for tho prima donna to ar
rive. But there were no signs Of Mime. Nor.
iations between. Nine. Nordice and the musi-
AZ fASS Se ssSn Il Last week
was not pleased to find that Mr.. kneisel, eminent
musician as he is had come to direct @ The p,0 or
else. But she started in with the rehearsal Of
other did not go just as well as Nine, Nordica
thought Il should. There was some discussion
Of the subject between Mime. Nordica and Mr..
well, in the way way tho eecompanimsSst s is Is
played ~ certainly % does not show oil my
art. answered Mr.. Kneisol, II cannot alter
great the Improvement might be-.
Il was shortly after this that kalamazoo and
S to B I'd IN SS sSy
sphere Of the Metropolitan.
Ono Of tho recent sales held at an uptown
auction room called attention to the decline in
the popular liking for marble statuary intend
cd for household decoration. At this particu.
lar sale, which was typical Of many others,
some works by the best-known American sculp-
tors were sold at astonishingly low p ices Two
busts signed by st. Gaudens sold for $40 each,
and works by Barkalowicz, Gaubault, Egusqui-
70, and J. II. Hazeltine brought prices ranging
from $1.5O to $40. or these the maximum price
was paid for only one. Two sold for $15. and
four for $40. These were not exceptional in
tained throughout the evening. All OF the
marbles were bought by dealer In speaking
Of the low prices they brought he said: Mar.
has gone completely out Of fashion. Bronzes
are bought by persons who buy expensive OBJ
the porcelain groups and single figures made
BY the potter'cs Of Italy and Germany. Mar.
Suited to- tho I present @ % aShion Of furnshnr and
Il is not possible to make It harmonize with
tho present, methods of decorating houses.
though the old.fashioned houses, which were
roomy and spacious. could accommodate
into any house furnished with regard for tho
6sst pat contemporary fashions Almost as sig.
at he sale is Ss
the hest piece of work in a well-known wom-
ans collection was bought for hotel, when,
sold"
The insurance companies print lis:s of tho
rates at which persons in certain professions
are insured, and in tho catalogue Of one of
them there appears the entry: ACTRESS mot SOU
brettel" followed by the figure at which insur
ance will be undertaken for that class of pro-
fessionals. The discrimination marked by tho
brackets shows the low estate into which tho
become SO far removed from stage life that its
original meaning Is little understood outside
81 t professional circles &c e. Nobody would suppose
term was any more liable 20 accident in
Jury than an actress given over to serious roles.
to that use of the word which came into vogue
throughthe medium Of the police courts.
Mannering Of the Lyceum. may or may not
act with her in that theatre next winter. II he
does. tho situation will bo a novel one for,
popular as both Of these young persons are, 1t
will require an effort for some in their audi
ences TO watch even 80 attractive a man and
his wife making love to each other. In all the
plays In which they have appeared at the Ly-
ceum, except one. these two have appeared as
lovers. When they are married in real life
the situation may seem very domestic and pro-
Interested in them. Not in many years has a
New York theatre had stock company In
which the two leading actors were man and
wife, and the experiment might prove rather
dangerous. So Mr.. Hackctt will probably
exhibit his undoubted talents in other places
while his wife continues to increase her popu-
siderable trouble with the matrimonial tenden- |
cies OF his actors. That may be one penalty OF |
other condition which would go far toward !
counteracting their managers good advice on |
the subject or remaining single. In the COM |
pany are Mr.. and Mrs. WaIcot, who have long |
been one of the notably happy married couples |
on the stage. and Mrs. Whiffen Is widow of |
several months after long life of ideal do !
mesticity. Mr.. Frohman would have to talk |
to overcome such examples to his |
younger actors. They were too much for Miss |
Florence and Fritz Williams. and for the latest |
married two in the company. |