The record-union., 1899-09-03

only among Japanese artists is that
all his posters are designed with the
strictest consideration for the needs of
the object which they are destined to
advertise. Everything is arranged and
harmoniZed in view Of the place the
poster is going to occupy The com
position is simple in design. and ex-
plains the subject at once, even at
distance, while the lettering, either fill
ing the empty spaces, or used as a
frame, or even, though rarely, inter
woven with the design, is merely there
as an indication. With Cheret every
thing seems to- be in cloudland as in
happy dream; imagination, high spir-
its, charm, and humor are everywhere;
the faces are smiling, the attitudes ex-
plain themselves, and the feminine pos
es are full Of a true French grace
The vitality of the rural play is al
most as great as that of the Irish dra-
ma on the American stage, says the
New York Sun" There have been
popular examples of it almost contin-
uously on view since the earliest days
of our stage. "Solon Shingle" was
succeeded by "The Old Homestead, >"
and the profits of that piece have done
more than anything else to inspire dra-
natists to equal its success. None
has rivaled it yet, but the efforts con-
tinue and are often remunerative. A
new one this year is to be farce, with
slight serious interest. extending
through four acts, while another called
''The Dairy Farm is to exploit elab-
orately a new phase of farm life Way
uyloi -
managers for some months, proved at
tractfve when it got before the pub
lie. The success or failure of rural
plays is not always easy to understand.
Sometimes it seems to the casual spec
tator that they should all do we'll if
the quartet of farm hands sings often
enough, the scenery is pretty and the
dialogue is literally seasoned with Gee
whiz" and by gosh" But that can
not be true.
very clever Interpolation was work
| ed recently on the patrons of New
York roof garden When a young wom-
an had concluded her song, a man, who
| sat at table, started up applauding
loudly, waving his handkerchief and
calling for an encore. He was well
dressed and good looking An usher
| quietly requested him to sit down,
which he did with some apparent en-
barrassment. Everybody turned to
| look at the cause of the commotion.
The young man moved from his chair
as though annoyed by the attention he
had attracted, and walked, with a hint
of unsteadiness in his gait, to another
! table. In a short While he was on his
feet again, waving his applause in the
most extTavagant fashion. Again he
| changed his seat. The audience was
| thoroughly interested in him. They
smiled and followed him with their eyes
| around the roof. They laughed at his
enthusiasm. They enjoyed it more
! than the work Of the stage people. 1t
was all a clever trick, and it served the
! purpose of interesting and amusing the
audience and sending them home with
| the consciousness that they had had a
good time.
I'm Old Kentucky goes out this sea-
| son with new production. This play
is now in its seventh season. and there
are no signs Of its popularity waning.
The soprano with the Maurice Grau
Opera Company that will be heard in
America next season are Mines. Calve
Sembrich, Nordica, Adams and Susan
Strong.
Lawrence Irving and Thomas Hessel-
wood are writing a new historical play
for Robert Taber, who engages to pro-
duce it in London in two years or for
felt the rights
E. H. Sothern has arranged to pro-
duce next season Leo Dietrichsteins
play. "AlIs Fair in Love and War"
which was tried at the end of last sea-
son in Providence.
AT the last London season of grand
opera there We're twenty-five works
performances, Faust" and 'fLohen-
grim being the favorites.
pertinent. She will appear in a play
in which she will impersonate herself.
The experiment is expected to excite
curiosity, if not sympathy
1nefe was once an r IN DION Bou-
cicault's name. The last time it ap
peared spelled Bourcicault was in the
cast of Green Rushes,'' presented at
Laura Keene's Theater, New York
4
George rockingham has been TWEEN
ty-three years with the Bostonians. One
year he tried to go out as a star in an
arrangement by Colonel Frank Burr of
Philadelphia, but was glad to go back
to hn oil