New-York tribune., 1902-08-25
NOTES OF THE STAGE,
MUSIC AT MANHATTAN BEACH-UNEXPuR-
GATED EXCERPTS FROM THE PASSION
ATE PRESS AGENTS PENS.

ATE PRESS AGENTS PENS
The first of q series Of three Sunday concerts. to
close the season at the Manhattan Beach Theatre
was given yesterday. Nine. Selma kronold'
soprano; Signor Edgardo Zerni, tenor and a chorus
of nifty voices assisted Shannon's I'D Regiment
Band. Two programmes were given. but that Tor
the evening did not differ materially from the al
ternoon concert operate selections prevailed eaoh
time The size of the audiences was somewhat
melancholy reminder OF the chilly season out
their enthusiasm succeeded IN Iha~lng "a OUT Hnjred
III Trovatore" furnished the most popular selec-
tions. The 'Miserere" duet was sung with me
soprano and nal: the orchestra on the sage age ana
S sseh IL the aans hs s II 70
electric anvil: snd swinging the close Int Into Ths i16
a salute OF twenty-one guns. It was pleasantly
thS5hF Texf sunday aih viii Be- tabet Mater Night with
Eleanna Cumming soprano: Isabelle B1nton; ,,fi f1r
aasso as the quartet.
There have been few passionate press agents At
once 50 long winded. truthful and so passionate
as the first and greatest. Boswell But the class
has become far more numerous. and, In these days
OF strenuous advertising, more important. till no
actor can hope for success without one, and few
authors The press agent is unknown to the public.
He sends the product OF his teening typewriter
TO the papers and there such Of II as the dramatic
editors deem facts Is sorted out and printed Much
81 ,,a hs of tSe fruits Of his hard worked imagination
never see the light Of publicity. And when he does
words as their own This is manirestly unfair The
press agents should now and again be heard speak
Ing their own language Here goes
Charles Frohman says that The Marriage OF
Kitty with Marie Tempest drew the largest sec
oud night audience. etc. II Is not stated who
gave Miss Tempest away
4 prass agent inspired no doubt by London, Is
conducting imaginary conversation with DuSs
,,f-n Of f,ar1.a COYl
ducted on lines So foolish that II is wonderful
how thinking men tolerate them My little daugh-
ter is In a boarding school / went to see her the
other day ! was entertained most Hospitality. But
when / asked the head OF the school If my daugh-
ter had had her dress afre she looked horriiied
and said No I was serious. asked her of what
benefit It would be 10 TO have my daughter be
able r 10 speaE s reach the age Of eighteen
and then have her dress Gaten ale dH and pqi hen 1
make her the flames and put them out we
s h Know roya VIA DO DO h9 We get excted rush out
rto the air and burn To death Set her dress a1re.
her mind so shc will not be caught unaware"
Miss Gertrude Coghlan. so her press agent states,
is an accomplished artist and will exhibit self
nortrait at the coming Woman's Exhibition at the
Garden. Miss Coghan says he declares that
it is comparatively easy to Reproduce the the features fd
ana the foloT OF t sns tba hsiF If Is eItremeS cuit
get the exact flesh tint ... +. oo,,,.
SHOWS that Miss rochlan does not keep OILS IN her
makeup box a fact we humbiy submit TO the wonl-
ans department.
Nor are the press agents in spite of their occu-
pa ton. ignorant of the drama The Boswell OF
Miss Blanche Walsh says that she is now in pos
session Of The Sacred Veil of Tant, kept on the
altar of the Moon Goddess. 1t belonged at one time
to famous ajah India before the English oc-
cupaton and there is enough legendary history at
tached to il to make another Arabian Nights
story As Othello says of the handkerchle he gives
81.
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This must be old friend. the veied allusion.
The second act of THE Rogers Brothers at Har-
ward" so the word is sent out will show the 'Har-
ward Campus" Campus, indeed Other colleges
may have campuses; Harvard has only Yard