The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-03-06

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| and dramas. when Lent begins the re-
ceipts Of such entertainments invariably
tumble.
An attack Of vertigo caused Ada Rehan
TO be out of the cast % The country
! Girl in New York ON Monday last.
Ed1a May has ambitions which point 10
! legitimate comedy. The Chicago Dispatch
SAYS she IS the daintiost soubrette since
! Rosini Vokcs.
/ Lillian Russell. Nat Goodwin. Mans
field and Sousa's band will be among the
! attractions at the American Theatre ut
the Paris Exposition I'm 1900.
PLAYS that the Elizabethau Stage So
F, cicty are 20 revive are Middleton span
J ish GYPSY" Ford's Broken Heart ana
! Ben Johnson's "Sad shepherd
3 over $4,000 was taken in M the New
York Tclcgraph's benefit performance TOT
, the widows and orphans OF the victims OF
. the Maine disaster which took place last
! Sunday night.
Edward y Morgan. Of The Frohman
! company. was married on December zlth
TO Adelaide Cushman. % daughter Of the
, late Judge Cushman. of Detroit The iaot
became known on Monday last.
Nine. Patti has ordered %
orative plaque. in memory of her hus-
band. Nicolni. TO Doe placed in the parish
| church nearest her castle of Craig-y-
: Nos. I'm Wales.
VI. a. Bungert. who made "a great stir
in not long ago with his opera.
"The Return OF Ulysses, has just pro-
duced the second opera of his Homeric
cycle.
THE Secret Agent s. the name of
the new musical piece which IS
ly 10 succeed LA P0unee' in London. II
is the work of the same writer and COM
poser-Ordonneau and Audran.
Thomas Q. Seabrooke Will soon bloom
forth as a manager in London. HAVING
found "a capitalist who is willing 10 build
a theatre for him, at which will be pro-
duced not only comic opera but other
PLAYS.
The Fortune Teller" is the name Of the
I opera which Herbert and Smith are writ
ing for Alice Nelson. The scene is la'd
I'm Hungary. and the plot deals with the
Hungarian war for independence. NJ SIS
Nelson IS 20 play the part Of the gypsy
fortune teller.
Very soon after the regular perform
ance al the Solodownikow Theatre, Mos
COW. where Marie Van Zandt was plav-
ing a brilliant ENGAGEMENT. fire broke
out I'm ,he auditorium. The stage was
preserved by means Of the iron curtain.
Two hrcmen We're killed.
Rev. DR.. McClvnn. Rev. Dir. McCre4dy
and several other clergyman witnessed
last Monday NIGHTS performance of I'm
der the Red Robe" or New York Father
McGIvnn's nephew. Frank McGlynn, or
San Francisco. took a leading part.
In "The Head Of the House a dram
atization of T~hackeray's Henry. rs
mond." Beatrix is I'm O with Esmoha
from the first, and the play ends WIN
their marriage IN sight. r1ere Is no MINT
of any love. other than the oua-'maleI""
of Beatrix's mother for Esmono.
rbe rowing life Of an actor is inimical
to domestic relationships, and that Is al
there is in his hfe. or profession ina
IS preindicial to matrimouv with "a nom
professional The same is true OF the lIdN-
cling salesman. Actors. as "a rule. BEHAVE
themselves as well as other people.-baI-
timore Herald.
PATHS ACCOMPLISHMENT of the 100000 leII
her bv Nicolini Is only "a piece or Justice.
Nicolini-whose real name was Nlooia-
deserted his wife and children l"r ,n'
great soprano. Patti IS oniy doing lhe
rioht tbine. Bv the way. the lady may
nav MS "a visit. and I'm widow weeds
New York Telegraph.
Lillian Rurkhart's new fairy play, The
LADY of the Rowan Tree. has evidently
made tho biggest hit OF any piece yet pro-
dpccd IN the vaudeville. says the Spring
field Union. The Philadelphia papers de-
voted an unusual amount of space 90 "a
!. consideration of the little play. the con-
sensus If opinion among the critics Dcing
OF the most favorable character.
Tho one th|ousandth number of the ORA
matte Mirror was ISSUED last week. Zee"
journals devoted TO any profession or ac-
tivity and of am age represented by the
thousandth number Of that paper have
achieved "a success like that Which the
Mirror enjoys. and 70 is safe 20 say tnat
mo- journal devoted to stage interests has
ever in "a like time won a position at an
comparable with the position which the
Mirror holds to-day.
Marie Wainwrichts father was Com
mander Wainwricht. of the navy, who
was killed i'm action al Galveston. Tex
her brother. Lieutenant j. NJ. Wainwright.
was killed by pirates of the coast of
Mazatlau. sixteen years ago, and her only
remaining brother, r. l. +. wainwright
is at present stationed at Fort Sheridan
with the First Cavalry. q which be- s.
senior captain. A first cousin. Lieutenant
Commander Wainwright, was executive
officer OF tho Maine.
Charged with giving an immoral show.
tho nineteen women and men OF the
Back Crook" company were arrested
and placed IN Jail for three hours al Mon
treal last week. The performance was
stopped after Kitty Wells completed her
turn. Complaints had been lodged by
Archbishop Bruchesi. Ada Murlals az
was given as 26. and she announced that
she IS a Catholic. Nine OF the nineteen
are Catholics: Presbyterian. .; Protestant.
J. Methodist. 3: Lutheran, /; Episcopal
Ian. J. Hebrew. ..
Chirgwyn. the white-eyed Kanir. will
make his American debut al Roster q
Balls. IN New York. on March T.. He talks
with a cockney dialect and sings negro
songs. when questioned regarding his
"act' he said. "Wcll. / have been doing
1t FOR about twenty wears. One day my
brother and / We're doing a specially per-
Torrance with BACKED faces az a coun-
try fete in England. As we were leaving
the grounds ! got a clnder in my eve IL
caused tars 10 flow. and IN CONSEQUENCE
the black around one eve was washed
away Then the CROWD hootea and laughed
az me and called ne n white coon. and
finally one Sonhisticated nerson alluded
20 me as a 'white-cved Kafar.' This last
statement made a deem impression on me.
and shortly af-erwara~ ufsdo IN IN hlack
with a white diamond over the right eye.
and so appeared az the music halls"
The meet pronounced dramatic siccees
IN New York AZ the present tine Is 90.
VIRGINIA Courfship " which Is being pre-.
scented at the Knickerhocke~ Theatre hv
William n. Craze. Durirg the FIRST rnor'h
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