The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-02

difficult to imagine how tileys manage
to convey the droll dialect Of the South
to their Gallo audiences How long the
negro fashion is to last is altogether a
matter of conjecture. The public is
tickle and il some new novelty, say
Philippine class of songs, comes into
favor, the negro, the coon song and
the cake walk. will doubtless soon sink
into oblivion again just as the trilby
and a thousand other crazes have done
before.
John C. Fisher. manager for Madame
Modjeska, announces that the elaborate
productions which he had in view fors
next season are now well under way.
Thomas Moses. the well known scenic
artist who was able to undertake the
contract by the courtesy of Jacob Lift,
with two assistant artists is now at
work at Mr.. Fishers theater in San
Diego, where the productions are being
built. The scenic outfit for Mac
! BETH Mary Stuart" and Much
ADO will be new and complete in
every way. The feature Of Modjeska.s
repertoire next season and for which
| the most elaborate preparations are be-
| ing made, will be her new play OF
Marie Antoinette" In this direction
! Mr.. Moses has been given carte
blanche, and if all accounts prove true
| it will almost compare from a pro-
duction standpoint at least with Henry
Irving's much talked of success, "Ro-
bespierre." The two plays, by the way,
will have many points of resemblance,
for Modjeska's play of Marie Antoi-
nette," of course, belongs to the same
period as "Robespierre,' and naturally
concerns many of the same exciting
events incident to the fall of the French
monarchy. Clinton Stuart, the author,
is said to have made all the dramatic
material possible out of the characters
of Mirabeau, Marat, Robespierre and
King Louis, and in the character of
Marie Antoinette, the noblest victim Of
the bloody revolution he is said to have
furnished Modjeska with one of the
best opportunities of her long and
eventful career. John E. Kellerd, who
is to be featured as Modjeska's leading
support next season, is now in Europe
for pleasure and study, and while
abroad he is to get the designs for his
many costumes. 1t is not yet known
| which character he will elect to play
in Marie Antoinete," but in other
plays of the repertoire he will be seen
as Macbeth, as Leicester in Mary
Stuart as Benedict in Much ADO
and as Mark Antony in antony and
Cleopatra" Charles D. Herman, who
was with Modjeska last season, will
continue as a member of the
company, as also will George Spen-
Ger, Wadsworth Harris and Lynn Pratt.
+ +
San Francisco Music and Drama:
Mrs. Emma Sterrett, who was asso-
ciated with the late Gustav Walter in
the founding of the Orpheum in San
Francisco, has withdrawn her claim
against the Walter estate in consider
alton of $4,000. Mrs Walter and the
heirs receive $4,000 1t has been err
roneously stated that Mrs Sterrett re-
ceived $36, 1000.
| One of the things which show what
a broad-gauge and genuine charity the
Actors Fund is was shown by the an
nual report. Less than ) per cent of
the number of people aided last year
were members of the fund. There are
no questions asked when charity is
called for, as long as the applicants
make their living on the stage CT by
giving performances elsewhere.
! San Francisco Music and Drama:
The local critics, who felt none too