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Show latter have almost wholly taken to renting rent-ing their establishments, and the plan has a wholesome tendency to bar out irresponsible enterprises at least. It h:is become a fashionable fad to see Russell's comedians in "Tho City Directory." Di-rectory." One night last week tho Duehes of Marlborough and a party of her friends occupied boxes at tho Bijou Theater, New York, and fairly shouted with laughter over tho many amusing scenes aurt incidents iu this funny musical mu-sical comedy. While so many ambitious actors are preparing to tempt fortune on the road as stars, William Redmund, who for the past four years has been starring with Mrs. Barry, lias come to tho conclusion that a steady salary is better' than percentage per-centage of unsteady receipts. Mr. Redmund Red-mund has decided to accept engagements engage-ments for leading parts next season. Last week Miss Kate Pursoll appeared ap-peared at the Lyceum theatre in Brooklyn Brook-lyn in her equestrian drama "Queen of tho Plains," and created quite a pleasurable pleas-urable excitement. Tho largo audiences audi-ences were enthusiastic over her statues-quo statues-quo ligure, handsome face and her daring dar-ing horsemanship. This actress has certainly replaced tho famous Ada Isaacs Menken. The Edwin Forrest Lodge, of tho Actor's Act-or's Order of Friendship of New York, is a thriving organization. It was formed in May last by thirty-eight members mem-bers of the pareut lodge iu Philadelphia who withdrew to start the new lodge. Among the original members of this society so-ciety are such well-known stars as Edwin Ed-win Booth, Lawrence Barrett, and Stuart Stu-art Robson.' The order has a benevolent benevo-lent provision, by which members who are ill and out of funds are furnished with $10 a week during their sickness. Stuart Robson, Uhj Lamb of "The Henrietta," tells this story of his early life: "When I was in a high school the students got up a dinner which was presided over by a college professor who was supposed to preserve order. The butter served on this festive occasion occa-sion was of the rankest kind. Tho professor pro-fessor happened to leave the banquet room for a few minutes. While he was out a dare-devil student picked up the cake of butter in his hand and hurled it against the wall of the- room, whero it suck fast. Tho professor upon returning return-ing discovered this and Was terribly shocked. He asked every student "AVho did that?" The guilty one was loth to answer. Finally, after much questioning, he replied: "Professor, I should think that butter was old and strong enough to speak for itself." The "Prof." was overcome, as were all the students, with laughter and stopped his investigation. Many incidents are told of tho late John McCullough, but it is doubtful if the following has ever been iii print : E. L. Walton was acting as stage manager man-ager of a company some years ago that was sent out by John Piper, of Virginia City. The play was "Richard III," and McCullough was "Richmond;" Barrett Bar-rett was "Richard." There was a great dearth of supers and the only article to obtained was a little fellow of the name of Butch, a sort of hanger-on about the theater. When tho forces of Richard went to tho front, Walton sent on Butch, who marched after his Lord (Barrett) in great style; the trtim- iilil WORLD. I f Koto Fast Present and Future V fore and Behind the Curtain.' WOELD'S A STAGE." , Amusements During the Past f eek and What is to Come. i , in London" was produced at ', ()1(.ia house last Monday, ,i.,ved to f'lir business until '.vcveninR. when the company ';, Francisco. Wednesday . "there was a first performance nhv culled "A Domestic Com-i,v Com-i,v Arda La Croix uud 4 ,y the Do Shelley company. ',l,a'9 considerable merit in its ,iUs told on (he stago it requires L'l of priming. evening the Haulous, with ,i " began a three nights' and .'. nati,i-e engagement, and i hou.es have marked its pro-,lie pro-,lie piece abounds in funny nc gorgeous scenery, uiagniii-mns uiagniii-mns :iinu.ing tricks and a s vlldeiined plot, all of which d before the audiences with fectiou of skill peculiar to the 'v evening Mr. James O'Neill Iii an engagement of six nights Itunlay matinee at the Grand. ,. be "Monte Cristo," and 'who have read Dumas' delight- it is needless to say a iii ' praise of the drama, follows the story closely in '. mid scenic incidents. Mr. :4 a voting actor who has early ,m,i( for himself an enviable on the stage, and his merit has I very flattering recognition. Christo" will iill the. house at i vfonnaiice. ,,lt Lake theatre was closed dur-:irst dur-:irst four evenings of the week, j'riilay the Hyde Specialty eom-au eom-au a two-night's engagement. ;1 tailed "Away Down South," h most of the characters are ne-ivith ne-ivith variety interludes of idinary attractiveness, make entertainment; it is tho mo of tho kind that has oihiced in Salt Lake for a long Monday and Tuesday evenings week." "A Soap Bubble" will ii, and the piece is very favora-mmi'iitcd favora-mmi'iitcd on by eastern ex--. The theater will bo closed die remainder of the week. iranmtlc and .Musical Notes. :iin (iillctt's new play is to be Xitiety day After Date." closes her season about July 15, s to Europe for a brief vaca- lii'm's will really and truly roll? ro-ll? end of the present season, he taulons' two Fantasma' com-liavo com-liavo made nearly $7j,000 this e Palmer has bought the Anieri-" Anieri-" dit to a new London success The Fool's Mate." Inbrois Thomas' opera, "A Mid-i Mid-i Niglit'sDreani," Shakespeare is utedas making love to Queen ill. Maud Wliitacre, a Brooklyn l ow in Loudon, is to marry Dr. a celebrated English physician, null. pet sounded and the tramp of Richmond's Rich-mond's heroes came to the front. Walton Wal-ton grabbed Butch as he came off and in a twinkling transferred him into one of Richard's men; on to the front they marched. Richmond turned as he faced the footlights and looked at Butch, and Butch looked at Richmond. "Are you the. al my V'quoth Richmond. "Yes I am,' said Butch, for ho was all worked up and worried, and answered defiantly. "All right, come on and you and I will lick all Kngland." As the roar went up from that audience Walton skipped to the other side of the stage and tor the rest of the play kept out of McCul-lough's McCul-lough's sight. James O'Neill has aj, last decided to put the well-worn but very remunerative remunera-tive "Monte Cristo" aside, and tempt fortune in a new play. He has purchased pur-chased from Henry Irving the right to play "The Dead Heart," and will give the first presentation in Chicago about the middle of May at Hooley's theater. It is in "LaPerichoIe" that Otl'enback so eleverlv takes off tho prison sceue in "Monte Cristo" the old prisoner wdio appears to. Piquillo and his sweetheart through a hole iu the wall and offers them a nail. "Fifteen long years," he says; "I have been working on this wall'. Take this nail and work, too, and' in lii'toen yeai's wc'will lie free." We have got past Victor Hugo; , but Dumas is' just as brilliant and iuterest-ino- as ever. When a few years ago they revived "Ruy Bias" in Paris, tho stilted character of it made a failure before be-fore a modern audience. They are still talking of reviving "Dumas, theLlder, and in America he has still a popularity which makes it profitable to put his works on the stage. James O'Neill has for six seasons played " Monte Cristo without tiring his audience. He has grown a little tired of it himselt, however how-ever and this will probably be the last season that he will play it. because lie has decided on an elaborate production of "The Dead Heart;" a scheme which is receiving emphatic encouragement from the newspapers everywhere. nili' of reformed robbers have Ml hy a Chicago museum man opra a safe on his stage two or imos a day. mil .Mrs. Edmund Russell, the :ms now in this country, are ''ugagciiieiits to return to Eng-"ly Eng-"ly next month. walli, the greatest of all jug-"'i' jug-"'i' in America, has undergone a operation which, in all proba-" proba-" ill mar his professional future. Njii and Taylor's "Hands Across company is making its second N'l'w England. It is proving to "prolitable than their lirst. mum and Helen Bancroft have S.'d by Manager E. D. Price of the company which is lt Mrs. Leslie Carter next v Grundy's new comedy, "A Spectacles," which opens the guhr season at the Madison llicater. New York, is a great m London. ason Edward E. Rice will not manager of Henry E. Dixey. Hl practically manage himself, '; of Barclay Warburton, of ''ipnia. i,; ''"ins of the Zurich theatre tho ;llSL'overed a little bundle, ;,J' hod up, containing the score nlutuser, written "entirely in ''sown hand. .rtion, now playing "Our 'w' wthe leading comedian of wll Opera company, in place 'ult Hopper, next season. Strain has been engaged as Il''pletoii begins her season as ''ttwT the direction of William august 4th, at Proctor's "'"'ii street theater. Xow York, H' ls 'woked for an engagement -;ks, opening iu a new comic Robb has engaged several ;01 'h:s comedy, "A Package of m Three Puffs." Among filled are Alfred Rivers, Witty Vu Ru.v Stuart ami the m sisters. The seasou of this opeus in August. LlJt'Ii' from America." by Ru-Jtaliau Ru-Jtaliau dramatist, is a success 01 ' side. That uncle should Jlit over here, for if he is as e l'le average American as '"rage French, and English aim out he would prove "drer curiosity than a museum are fast becoming the managers in cities of thesec-' thesec-' Heretofore only metropolitan 'flave exacted certainties, the |