The Worcester spy., 1899-04-16
COMING: Hla {. Perkins. in MY FRIEND FROM INDIA"

ure. The critics spoke kindly Of the
production, but found the play tedious
and lOng-drawn out
Julia Arthur appeared as juliet last
Wednesday night in Chicago. much 10
the Chicagosns' delight. The Tribune
says: Hers was Juliet Of flesh and
blood, Of fire and passion. not the per
functory maunderings Of d faded act
ress. Chicago always did Ike flesh
and blood.
Murray and Mack's company. az Lo-
throp's, this week, has the distinction
of brand new bride and groom among
its members. Comedian Charles Barry.
who. by the way, is a son Of the late
Billy Barry, and Hulda HaIvsrs. the
prettiest Of the group of soubrettzs.
were married in New York last week.
and came to Worcester 10 spend their
honeymoon-the very best place IN all
the world
Manager George c. Tyler, Of The
Christian and a newspaper man
named Burns. had a fstic encounter in
a New York resort yesterday. on &C
count Of an article that appeared IN
Burns paper, which Tyler took violent
exceptions to. The article made the
statement that Viola Allen would mar
ry Jack Mason as soon as the Isrrsr
could be legally freed from his present
VIE and that Miss Aleus parents
WeGa heartily in favor Of the match.
Walter Perkins, with the same com
pany which has supported him for the
past two seasons, will present My
Friend from India" next week at I.o-
throps
Rose Melville has left Mathews and
Bulger, and on the oath will begin a
lohg engagement at Keith's New York
theatre, in a Sis Hopkins" sketch.
New York has taken so kindly to
Hackett in Rupert of Hentzau" that
Daniel Frohman has arranged for him
10 open the Garden Theatre next sea-
son in the Hope play
Olga NethersOle's illness has proved
| so serious that her dates have been
cancelled for three weeks ahead.
! William Courtleigh of the Lyceum
company will be leading men with W.
/ h. Crane next season. Mr.. Crane will
nave new costume play, written by
| Bronson Howard
/ Mrs. Henry A. Abbey has written
/ from London to friends of her late hus-
/ pand, in New York. telling them that
| she is dying of consumption, and is in
4 very Strengthened circumstances. She
/ was well known on the stage as Flo
renee Gerard when Abbey married her
IN 1886. Although of American birth
she made her debut in England, and
! pay GU Lllelt SIX years with COnEiueFa
] Ole success before appearing in Amer
/ lea. After her marriage to Abbey, she
retired from the stage and devoted her
self to assisting him in his huge man
I agerlal enterprises. She entertained
! the foreign stars who came to Ameri-
ca and England with Abbey, was in
] Varlably present in a box on opera
/ nights, and was in many ways a con
4 spicuous figure in the operate world
/ After living with her husband on ap-
| parently the best Of terms for near
/ ~ ten years, she left him six months
/ before he died and brought suit for q
/ separation, charging him with neglect
/ and cruelty. When her husband
/ many troubles came, however, and his
! subsequent Illness, she made Oyerture'
! for a reconciliation. which was parti'
/ ally effected before he died. His
/ death left her practically penniless.
4 An actor who is thoroughly convinc.
/ ed Of the vindictiveness Of women re
/ lates this anecdote in support Of his
/ opinion: II had woman enemy
once. She was leading woman in th'
company when I was leading man. or
/ the stage We were lovers. on thi
stage we didn't even speak when VIZ