The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-07-30


blackmailer in why Smith Left
Home" Thirty-five well-known news
papers in the great British metropolis
give La petite Americana" very COM
plimentary notices and she is just bust
ness woman enough to send them PACK
in a handsome press sheet bearing ner
portrait and autograph.
II
An elaborate production of "Vlr-
ginus'' is in preparation at the Dewey,
Oakland.
S. F. Music and Drama: Jimmy
Barrows, as he was Familiarity known
in old California days, before he be-
came an important figure in the Froh-
man staff of character comedians ana
had created a dozen or more eccentric
roles, is manager of a stock company
at Peaks Island, off the Maine coast.
James has been in stock companies
for a long time, but having secured
THE Gilded Age John T. Raymonds
old play, will try it this summer ana
if it is a go may star with it next sea-
son.
Indigestion is one of the terrors OF
the vaudeville performer and in fact no
man who makes his living on the stage
can do himself justice when his
stomach is out of order. Soggy pies,
heavy biscuits, tough meat badly
cooked, and a hundred other things
that find their way into the actor $
stomach ruin his digestion, spoil his
temper and hurt his reputation. One
of the best performers in the business
has lost hundreds of dollars through
being laid off with dyspepsia while at
the Imperial Hotel in Portland and is
only now recovering, after long
course Of medical treatment.
The astonishing price of f51O was
paid at Sotheby's in London, few
days ago for a copy of that very rare
play, 1.-THE Troublesome Raigne of
John King of England, 1881" The
only other copy of this play which is
known to exist is in the library of
Trinity College, Cambridge. 1t was
from this play that Shakespeare wrote
his version of the Life and Death OF
King John,'' This is said to be a high
er price than has ever been given for
any quarto of the work of Shakespeare.
A correspondent writes to London
paper in connection with the subject
of kissing in theaters, that on one oc-
casion French theatrical manager
turned the tables on his audience. He
was touring the provinces with bad
play, but it demanded a heavy cast.
The house, though thin, expressed its
disapproval of the performance, and
Kissed. Ladies and gentlemen" he
said as he came forward to the foot
lights, two can play at that game.
He called on his whole company, and
they out-hissed the original hissers.
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The manager of Wisconsin theater
has refused to allow an actor to ap-
pear in his house because he eloped
with a young woman Of the vicinity,
and the 'Chicago Post is a little I'M
decided as to whether the manager is
tagging behind or is ahead Of the pro-
cession. Or, possibly the same theories
of advertising that apply to actresses
do not apply to actors 1t certainly has
been held in some circles heretofore
that an elopement is almost as valu-
able as a divorce from business point
of view, but it is likewise true that
this has been so only in the case of
feminine opponents Of dramatic art
''Biff' Hall says that after the duel
in Paris which was to settle the ques-
ton of Hamlet's avoirdupois a Chi
cago newspaper wired all the prom
inent actors of the land, asking their
opinion on the mooted question. The
returns, he says, shows that the his
torians leaned toward the lean (no joke
intended) at the ratio of about two to
one. A few opinions are cited, namely.
Willie Golfers, that he thought Ham
let the latest part ever written. not
to mention May TWINS slap back at
Bernhard. OF course, our May thought
the Dane was fat.
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The next ballet to be given at the
Grand Opera in Paris is to be called
THE Dance of the Jewels" In one
scene the dancing will not be done by
living beings, but by inanimate OBJ
jects, representing various precious
stones and Illuminated by electricity.
The mechanism devised to manipulate
these is said to be most ingenious. Any
tain to be we'll done 1t is, in fact,
the only place where ballets with story
and original music are given, and
where the embracing, lovely dance can
be seen according to the traditions Of
art The Dance of the Jewels will
not be merely spectacular. There will
be poist and plot to the scenes, and
the music has been written by a cont
poser worthy of the Grand Opera.
Chesterfield Bailey Fernald is the au-
thor of the English version of Her
man Heyerman's play, THE Ghetto"
which is to be produced in the Lon
don Comedy Theater early in Septem-
Der. The story deals with the hered-
itary conflict between Jew and Chris
tan, typified in this case by the male
and female lovers, who are to be i'm
personated by Kyrle Bellew and Mrs.
Potter. Experimental performances
will be had in the provinces
recent International Congress OF
Women did not have anything very
new or important to remark about
women ana the Drama. some or the
most pertinent and sensible observa-
tons We're made by Miss Genevieve
Ward, who said that the requisites Of
success included "a good memory, a
good temper and a faculty for work
An idle, complaining, nervous, in other
words, bad-tenlpered woman was of
little use anywhere, but especially val
ueless on the stage, where continuous
effort and untiring industry We're