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Show ' STRAY DRAMATIC NOTES. Mary Howe lanu at a private reception recep-tion given by a wealthy New York "society "so-ciety lady." Of course b was ap- ; plaiided, and a member of the JllO" ie- , marked to the hosier "She su( like a canary." "Yes," replied the lady, "but her bill is a thousand times larger." Thomas W. Keen says he intends to produce next mason a "new semi-re, i o-ioiis- historical play," of which he lia-Kreat lia-Kreat hopes, as it appeals largely to a mass of pntronaire that now but rarely timls its way into the doors of a theater. Just how a "seini-reiijfioiis" play wi. take can be only problematic. At Mrs. John Wood's Court theater, London, "The Lata Lamented."- the ritijfiish version ol "ten Touplne" known in this country under tho title of "iMr.VVilkluson's Widows" is running to very bitr business. At the Garrick "Al'air of Spectacles," which was unsuccessful un-successful in New York, is prospering. It is preceded by a coinedielta hy Charles Coghlan, entitled "A Q.iie't Rubber." I Marcus Mayer and Ceorpo Loiko-er w:tt try a novt-tesperrrhetit witti their Dickson Comedy company next ieon. Their principal play will be called "Itieos," but they will precede this tvilh a "curtain-raiser" in (ieruian. Ellen llurg, late of Amber's theate-i company, Charles IHckson and Clara Lipmati will appear in the (ieruian comediettas l'ud afterward p'ay tho lettdinn; parts in tho English piece. The meiubers of tiie Emma Juch Opera cotiipany have mamiKud to reach New York, iiiey have reorganized under un-der the name of the Metropolitan Opera company, ntol will appear at tlieColum-Idis tlieColum-Idis theater. Miss Juch is not with the c'.nnpaiiv. It liad a stonnv season, and '.. .... ii.. i;.,..D ;.. eauie near iniiiiieuit eevei;n liinen in the far we.-t. Afier a fairly successful trip tluoiiirh Mexico it linaily went upon the t-hoals ou the bleak coast of the Mississippi, in a town culied fcit. Louis. Kansas City's new grand opera hnnso wiil be a hcautiltil theater. It is to lie ready for opening Septemtier 1 . Tiie location is at Walnut and Seventh streets, on the site of the old Mid and tiieater. It will bo lUO by lilii feel, with exterior of brick aud brown stone (rim uungs, and will have a seating capacity for '00(1 persons. Every modern improvement im-provement will be used in the wsy of statre mechanism and the auditorium will be beautifully decorated. Comedians' Com-edians' retiring rooms will be provided and the foyers will bo separated from the body 'of the house by arcades of richly . draped arches. The lower boxes will he finished in cherry and the upper ones in bronze relief. The end. il is predicted, wiil be the liaud-est liaud-est theater in Kansas Ciry. |