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Show The ividow of the late Edwin Forrest, For-rest, the great tragedian, is, again before be-fore the public with her domestic relations. re-lations. This time, the lady will probably be successful in gaining her dower rights. Tho Senate of the New York Legislature now entertain a bill that will give to her tho fullest rights that she can claim. If brother Edwin can look down upon the Colons at Albany, the pleasure of his glances may well be queslinncd; ho can no, well forget the years of litigation that cott him so much personal annoyance and lawyers' fees. A voi'SG man named Sylvester, a a trapeze performer, met his death last week in tho Thirty-Fourth Street Theatre, New York. The performance perform-ance had been very suecerul and the audience was delighted. Encouraged by their plaudits young Sylvester essayed es-sayed "the leap for life," and missed the rope foiwhich ho aimed, lie only fell a height of seven feet; but his head came in contact with a projection pro-jection from a private box and ho was at once rendered insensible and died soon after. These performances arc daring enough, and probably to some they may be pleasant to witness, but the great 'mass of the people sulfur more from nervous fear of the risk of life to the perfcrmcr than can be compensated com-pensated by the pleasure of seeing tho act done. In most theatres, this trapeze performance is excluded unless the , actor is protected by net work into which he might fall without injury. |