The record-union., 1898-09-18

whom Napoleon reSembled." The OH
GERS have a penchant for bracing and
embra cling. The bar and the armory
furnish all the bracing required, while
an exceptionally lot of pretty girls give
opportunity for the other exercise.
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Commissioner Scott of the Internal
Revenue Department says: THE spe-
cial tax stamp issued to the proprietor
or manager of the theatrical company,
it is held, covers only the exhibition
given by one company Where he has
several companies playing at the same
time, in the same State, a separate
special tax stamp must be taken out
for each. The stamp issued to him is
good for any one company in State
playing under his mana cement; and it
matters not what changes are made in
the personnel of the company, or in the
plays which it presents to the public.
1t may be used in the State for which
it is issued for all of his several COM
panies if not more than one Of these
companies is playing in the same State
at the same time.
Jacob Lift is one of the most enter
business, and will be, possibly, the en-
ployer of more high priced actors and
actresses than any other single theatri-
cal manager the coming season. Here
is a partial list and in each instance
the salary is well in the three figures.
Elita Proctor, Otis and Robert Hilliard
will play the leads in Sporting Life. "
Henrietta Crosman and Charles Dick
son will head Mistakes Will Happen"
and Mary Hampton and Maurice Bar
rymore go with Shenandoah" Marie
Wainwright is also on Mr.. Lifts sal
ary list, and will present Shall We
Forgive Her?" and East Lynne"
Colonel J. n. Halliday, who had the
Gilbert opera company last season, is
now at the head of the "Merrie Belp'
opera company, and is writing for dates
| through South Dakota this fall.
| Jane Hading is said to expect a great
personal triumph in the part of jose
] phine in the play which has been writ
| ten for her by Emile Bergerat. The
part of Napoleon will be played by NJ.
Desjardins.
w. s. Penley of "Charley's Aunt"
fame, is trying his new play, "A Little
Ray of Sunshine in the English prov
inces.
Sir Henry Irving, who is becoming
almost as popular as a public speaker
in London as he is as an actor, laid
the foundation Of the new theater at
Kensington the other day and said that
he welcomed the increase of suburban n
theateTs because he believed that they
would stimulate public interest in the
drama, and SO indirectly benefit the
whole profession.
George w. Monroe, the well-known
comedian, will be seen the coming sea-
son in a new farce comedy, Her Maj
esty, the Cook" written by William r.
Carroll.
OF Maneinellis opera Cor opera
torio,'' as Truth" wfttily calls IT'D "Ero
Leandro,' which recently had its first
performance in London as an opera (t
had been previously been sung as an
oratorio at a Norwich festivaD, the
"Athenaeum" says: 1.-The result was
rather disappointing, the music not
making the effect that was expected
One impression conveyed was that the
composer had imported much Italian
warmth into his writing, but that the
score displayed more eclectic feeling
than originality. Various styles are
copied with ingenuity, and, of course
without the slightest desire for plagiar-
ism, and yet the general result cannot
be pronounced very satisfactory" The
Times" says the opera suggests
Boito's "Mefstof1le," and that while
less original than that opera, at is the
work Of a far more accomplished mu-
sician.
Victor Maurel who is a discerning
critic as we'll as an admirable singer,
has favored London with a lecture
recital, in which he made some sensi-
bic remarks about vocal style and the
frequent lack Of taste and sense Of
congruity shown by Italian composers.
Speaking of Stradella's "Pieta Sig
nore," he said that the dominant idea
is the lifting up of the soul of God; but
unhappily. in the middle there are en-
bellishments quite unsuitable for asso-
citation with prayer.
Wolodia Roujitzky is the name Of
the latest child pianist. He gives con-
certs abroad, assisted by a harpist,
Fraulein F1ugge. who, although only
sEa