Omaha daily bee., 1899-07-02

MS colleague Norkinemau named
Mawdesley. secretary to the biggest trasc.
union in Lancashire The election Is b.ine
fought with great spirit by churchill who
| is displaying much Of his fathers dash and
ability.
Lady Randolph having produced the first
number Of her new quarterly, has gone
| electioneering for her son, who is generally
believed to have a brilliant career before
him
Great amusement was occasioncd here by
the news from Simla that Niccreino Cur2cn
is exacting to the uttermost every tribute
that etiquette at any time claimed TO be due
from the vceregal court to the viccrc!uc,
Wherever Lady CurAon goes, even to in
formal parties, no one takes seat till she
sets the example, and even her sisters.
Misses Letter, when the vicereno rises from
her seat have to get up and remain stand
ing as long as she does or else leave the
room. The court officials, who gain per-
sonal Importance from the viccreines strin-
gent notions on etiquette, naturally cucour-
age her in every way and the latest order
.ssued is that in whatever company the
vccrcine may be no member of it ehall
leave her presence otherwise than walking
backward, with a respectful inclination Of
the head in her direction. This is an hom-
age only exacted hitherto by the queen
herself.
Wcck In the Thcntcrs.
The only theatrical novelties of the last
week were the special matinees of Nance
O'Neill, when she played Leah Tuesday,
with Mckee Rankin and curious company
recruited from Americans in London Crit
les expressed agreeable surprise at her per
formance, several crediting her with more
i,,tp
American actress yet seen here. Julie Ring,
music hall singer. and Carleton of the
Belle of New York" created involuntary
amusement by attempting to play serious
parts with impressive gravity. The other
matinee was a trial performance at Terrys
theatcr of a new play called THE Weather
Hen" with Madge Mcintosh in the leading
role. The plot shows a restless wife who
decides to elope with her lover and goes to
the rendezvous with him and is there per-
suadod to change her mind. This Is the
same silly story as set forth in Mars"
Why Berte Thomas and Granville Barker
the authors of Weather Hen" felt i'm
PEELED to tell it again and why it should
meet with encouraging criticism are ques-
tons not easy to answer.
Sydney Grundy's fertility as a providcr
Of attractions for leading theaters is quite
uuIlNdlleu. After y Marriage OF tOnNen-
ience" THE Silver Key" and The Muske-
teers' the autumn season promises three
moro plays from his pen in rapid success
sion. Mrs Langtry will make her reappear-
ance in September at the Haymarket in a
new Grundy play yet unnamed. This will be
followed at the same theater by Grundy's
BLACK Tulip with Winifred Emery and
Cyril Maude and in January George Alex
ander announces a production of another
Grundy play, in Honor Bound"
Rejane witnessed the performance of Pi-
nero's Gay Lord the other day and was so
impressed with the part of the manicure
girl that she will have the work translated
into French for her own use. Negotiations
are now afoot and Londoners are elated at
the idea of turning the tables on the French
Rejane had announced a sort of London sea-
son, with "Zara" as the chief novelty, but
she was obliged to abandon it, the reason
given being that Charles .Frohman, who
holds the English rights to "Zaza," would
not allow her to appear. Mrs. Potter and
kyrle Bellew have been engaged to play the
leading parts in Ghetto" which is to be
produced at the Comedy theater in Septem-
Der. This Is not Zangwills play, but
from the Dutch of Herman Hyer-
man. The story shows a Christian grr
''i"i ieu w " souHS Jew, WHO keeps the mar
riage secret for fear of his fathers anger.
His father learns the truth and sends the
son away on pretext and persuades the
Christian girl he is never coming back.
whereupon she browns herself All the char
acters except the girl are Jews. Meanwhile
Mrs. Potter's place in Trees company will
be hlled by Julian Nelson, who is to play
constance in Shakespeare's king John.
which is announced as Trees first production
next season