The record-union., 1899-01-08

are said to be remarkably effective,
but the ending seems to be rather vague
and weak.
Isabella Evesson, in going into vaude-
vile, had planned to play but brief
season. as she wished to take out her
own comedy, "a Puritan Romance"
early in the spring. She has been SO
successful, however, and SO many Of
fers have been made to her for her
new sketch, that she will probably con-
tinue to play in vaudeville until we'll
into the summer.
Several well-known London theaters
are doomed to destruction by the re-
Gently adopted plans for street i'm
provements. Among them is the Gaiety
Theater, which was opened under the
management of John Hollingshead on
December 81, 1896. With the Gaiety
also disappears the Globe Theater,
opened in 1860, on November 18th, with
Byron's comedy "Cyril's Success" The
theater was built by Seton Parry on
the site of Lyons Inn, the dwelling
place-No. 2-of William Weare, who
was murdered by Thurtell at ellis Hall,
in Hertfordshire, and whose gig was
subsequently used on the stage of the
old Vic in a lurid drama based on the
Weare murder The new Olympic also
goes, but this is a comparatively mod
ern theater, built on the site of the old
playhouse in which the elder Farren,
Frederick Robson, Charles Mathews,
and Alfred Wigan won some of their
greatest triumphs. The new house has
been consistently unfortunate, and no
body will regret its demolition.
Atlanta Constitution Just before
the curtain rose on an amateur per-
Torrance of Richard the Third" the
local manager stepped before the kero-
sene lights and made this announce
ment: Ladies and Gentlemen! / am
sorry to inform you that Bill Spurlin.
who was to take off Mr. Richard, broke
his leg while trying to outjump the
Mayor of the town, and that the play
will have to go on without him. Rich
ard. however, is said to have been a
bad character so I don't think the play
will lose anything by leaving him out
of it. So, here goes!" And he hauled
up the curtain.
Womens antics in regard to theatcr
hats have brought upon them the I'M
flattering appellation of the selfish
sex" Quite number of American
cities have now made laws to suppress
this extraordinary selfishness, so mex
plicabe in the sex which is supposed
to be the conservator and representa-
tive Of good manners. In London, too.
according to the Daily News" "the
only plan which has proved effectual is
that adopted this season for the after
noon performances at the opera, when
ladies were compelled to leave their
hats in the cloakrooms" In France at
| the opera-house of Lille complaints
have been SO numerous lately, that the
Marie has issued a special edict for
bidding the wearing of large hats.
| New York Times: It is not likely
that the following will be believed by
many, Notwithstanding that it is per-
fectly true: An educated Italian gen.
| tleman, who had learned his English
| from a well known Oxford professor So
journing in Rome, went the other night
| to see a so-called farce-comedy at one
OF the second-class theaters of New
York. The piece was funny. deluged in
a myriad of situations where the wit
consists in unexpected comparisons
The players were not good actors, and
| that may account for the fact that
while the audience was holding its
sides with laughter. the Italian sat like
| a sphinx Could it be possible that he
who had prided himself on his exquisite
! diction and his exhaustive knowledge
of English grammar did not under
stand what was spoken on the stage
He leaned over to his American friend
and whispered: will you be so. good
/ as to translate? L should like to
/ laugh His friend looked puzzled, b,i
complied to the best of his ability At
| ter the play the italian said to his
friend, Il caught a few Celtic words
in there, but not as have heard them
pronounced in Dublin, What Language