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Show r Flcahea from lite Footlights. William Ananias McConnell. the humorous hu-morous advance representative of "The Fakir," has accepted a similar position for next season lor Katie Kinmett. A new ballet with the curious title, "The Landing ol Garibaldi at Marsala," is in preparation at Naples. Among the artists engaged for the ballet are twenty horses. It is said that Mrs. James l!rown Potter and Kyrle Bellew made a great deal of money during their Australian and Indian tours They are returning to England via Africa. Lida Darrell, .a chorus girl In the Wilbur Opera company, horsewhipped A. L. Wilbur at Minneanolla the other A. L. Wilbur. -it Minneapolis the other day for refusing to stop gossip in tho company concerning her. Rose Coghlan will produce a new play, called "Dorothy's Dilemma," early next season. It is by Leopold Jordan, and Miss Coghlan has secured the American and Australian rights. Great interest attaches to Sibyl Sanderson's San-derson's apjiearanca at the Covent garden, gar-den, London, in "Nanon." She is said to be the only living singer who can accomplish the feat of touching high G. Theodore Thomas and his orchestra orches-tra will make a sjiring tour. The famous loader has secured as an additional addi-tional attraction Rafael JoselTy, who stands in the front rank of the great pianists pi-anists of the day. Irene Kent will be one of next season's sea-son's new stars. Sho will be seen In "The Hunchback." an emotional drama entitled "The Child of Destiny" and one or two other plays. She is said to be very handsome. It is said that ninety-two farce-comedy organizations will start out from New York at the beginning of the coming season How many of them will start back afoot after reaching Ycnkers or Hoboken nobody has dared to say. Geraldine Ulnier has returned to the cast of La Cigale at the Lyric theater, London, though sho positively announced an-nounced on her marriage to Ivan Caryll a few months ago that she would uot sing again in public for at least a year. Charles Fisher, the veteran actor of Augustin Daly's company, who left his old manager after their last season in London, intending to settle down in England for the rest of his days, has returned to New York. Ho says he found England too slow. |