Show STAGE CHOWCHOW The reports which have been clrcu laCed to the effect that Julia Arthur would return to the stage are denied by her husband B F Cheney who says that his wife is perfectly satisfied with domestic life A r Fishers Concert hall San Francisco Is to bo converted into a stock burlesque house at a cost of 50000 It will be 1 I j conducted by S IT Frlendlandcr rand I patterned after Weber and Fields New York > a George Primrose states that In the minstrel business this season It is far more difficult to secure popular ballads than to furnish theatergoers firstclass balladists lie says new songs which take with audiences are scarce this year e n p Annie Russell has scored a big hit at the Lyceum New York in Clyde Fitchs new play The Girl and the Judge produced for the first time December De-cember 5th p p u H S Northrup will play the role of the Count de Vanllle In Mary Man = nerings forthcoming production of Camille u Viola Allen Is to accompany Mr and Mrs Hall Cuine to Rome in the spring with a view to studying for the comfng production of The Eeternal City a P S James H Decker renewed his contract con-tract as manager Primrose and Dock aders minstrels at Omaha last week tfr Decker Is one of the successful theatrical managers S a r i The Dramatic News San Francisco devotes half a column to the appearance appear-ance of Emma Lucy Gates being an extract from one of the local papers and appearing under the headlines Salt Lake lias a Phenomenal Singer IS V O Daniel Frohman had three of the ushers employed at Carnegie hall arrested ar-rested last week on the Charge of selling sell-Ing seats to admission ticketholders Mr Frogman announces that this prac tice must stop in all theaters controlled rolled by him S It S People who were In the vicinity of the Clock corner yesterday noon when the minstrel troupes were on parade saw the two sides of stage life social and business brought out in a very Impressive way When the Primrose and Dockstader contingent met the rlaverly boys at the intersection of Main and First South streets the music which had before been the customary street music began to Increase in yol ume until there was an almost deafening deaf-ening conglomeration of sound While the musicians blew to the limit however how-ever to down if possible their opponents oppo-nents those who had a free hand waved a warm greeting to their fel owprofessionals Both companies wanted the business and blew for ill but the brotherly professional feeling was there just the same |