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Show H i - H P BBJj Before and bbhiiid the Foovli!ghi?s. if i 1 )l "Niomx" j Th flnt rroeDtatlon of "Nlolm" at H! )f Hi Theater Uit nlclit wi vrltnuseJ H ! by a Utci auillenrit, eTerjr att ol tlio l " houae belnK well filled. Anil tlie play i) i wu thoroughly mJojcJ by overylody. H'j ' That "NloU" Ii among tho llueet d) coraeJks ireaenM to thn publloat j! l tueut, wt prulibly the unanlmoui Hl 1 verdict ct latt nlghl'a audlunce. Tho Hf K very Idea of bringing the itatuu o( tho H ) heroins of an old llomirlo legend In B;' j contact with an oltrtrlo wlro, thereby K.j rovlTlng her, and l IbcIub her In tho 1 I loldit ot a matter oMaot Yankee faml. B! J ly, with the puttr jamtHui of which V 1 ! 1 the Innocently falla lu lovr, l B j Lj unique enough In itself. And the Rj J whole ttructure reared on this (ground Kpj woik la admlrablr, "Mobe" U a Bh genuine comedy, pure and lnotlen H! ' alvo to thoao whoso mludi aro pure. B ' Theplay Ulntcrireted by an excel- B i j lent company. Mill Ieabello Cue, ait B ' "Nlobc," Ij a moit charming iat- H auce on the tlne, and her acting Is Bi' alwaye correct. Her beautiful feature! Bj I and tlgure make her ada ted to the Hp claulo roloiho playi, Mr. I'.Jieunaud B Mr. Coots are genuine comedlanr, and l theauirliiclalcharcUra are ably iup- H i ' potted by tho whole cait. Ample i aplauae rewarded the ilayorslaat H' rho play will be repeated tonight. B 1 lllb Till ATHl NEXT VFriC. Bj The appiarancoof Ulara Morrla at BJBm j ths Theater will, at uaual, be a aoolety BBjl oTeut. Kowetage laTorlteaarshold In i i ths high tltcem and regard which aro H accorded Clara Morrla. Hhe preaenu) H' on Monday "Odettr,"and on Tuiadny i her own adaptation from thoUerman, i "Clalto." H ' l'ATTI 1103A B ; comet to the Theater with two per K formancea. matinee and eeulng, on H' Saturdaj.Kovembor 10. Hr ' On the lnUrtatlng subject, how Bonm B . famous actora camo to go on tho stage, B 1 tho New York feoorrter has an article, i extracts of which are given below. H'i 1IUMC MAU'S STURV. B It wag at theold CallfornlaThcatcr lu ' San l'ranclaio more than thirty years Ht j ago, Junius Ilmtus llosth, Jr., ilho ' brother of l.dwlu, was then leading , mau, or stock star, at the California, H and l was the youthful super who had H not yet risen to tho dignity of si taking i parts. One day 'lllchard III" was B annouueed for prodiictlouud, tlorloua iBMK i moment, I found that I had teen cut for tho part of Trcssel, anil thereafter was to be heard lu the mlmlo world wherein I had heretofore been but a llent apeclator and looker-on. I had uo wardrobe, tut was au lied with a gorgeoua outfit by the stage manager, riila outfit conalated of ellk trurks and arm elaatlcs and a vein t tunlo. It waa given to me the altirnoou before the play, and when I came to dreaa in the evening 1 found that some envious fellow super had aplrlte I away oue of the truuka, I was In dewpalr whin I made the discover)) but ths other supers urged me to dress aud go on without the mining trunk. They assured me that the audience would nut notluu Its abicuco, addlug, that even If they did ll'dld not matter, as history showed that bare lega wtro quite the fuahlon lu ltlchnrd'a day,and so In thuoud I jlelded to their adviee, and preurud to make my entrance w Ith oue leg bars and the other null encasod In silk. Troeiel, jou know, Is the messenger who brings, to ltlcharJ ths tidings of ths defeat of tils army at rewkabury, nnd Ms entrancu usual ly creates a sensation. I did so on this occasion. The audience', when tlioy raw how I was dressed, howled, und the Itichard, Mr llootti, cursed mo under his breath, and or. dertd mu to leave the etnt,t. However, How-ever, I was thire to elellvir n mi'sage, and much to the audleuiea amuae menl, refuted to go until I tiki! performed per-formed in) errand. Wheu the lurialn lull llooln hunted me up, rated me soundly for lii) rtunldlty, and ordered my Instant illtinluul from thu torn-p.my. torn-p.my. I felt thnt my fortunes were broken beyond rejalr, but my dls-ehurgu dls-ehurgu pioved a blessing In Ulngtilae. Dear old lieu lluker, who was then stagu manager of thu California, i-avo ii su letter to tho manager of a theater In tjacramouto, and 1 teeured an on-gagtmont on-gagtmont there, In u few mouths I wsa playing leading busluesr, aud I have beeu ai It ever aluce. EDWIN uoulll, l.dwln Booth 'a first appearance on any stage was also made In the i art of Trweel. Itwasat thelloatou Muirum, onrieptember 10, 184J, and the tragedians trage-dians slater, Mra Asia llooth Clarke, has somuwheru related the clriuiu-stances clriuiu-stances under which It oceurred. l.dwln llooth was the n acting at torn-1 torn-1 anion anddrctser to hla father! aud a half hour lifo n the lay waa tu le-glu wasstandlm In the wtne,sf the stage, whero Ja(iu Ihomaii, tho pruni tor, was arrant lug some details of theplay, Thoiuau was ulso cast tor f resaul, and annoyed at tiiu double task ImiKiteJ upou hlu, turned to J.dwln, and urt,ed him to take his luoa on the stage. The lad (he was then but 10) finally con eentnd, and, driaalug for ths (art, ought his father's Ureailng room, where he found the elder llooth dresred for thx part of lllchard, and waiting the summons of ths cill-boy. lhi father surMyenl ths son critical!) for a moment, and then asked abru lly: " bo waa TreaielJ" "A rueaeii2er from thd field of Tewl sbury." "What was hl mission?" "To bear the news of the defeat of the klng'a ar!y." "How did he mako the Journcy7" "On honeback." "Where are your spurs?" Ulanclng dow n the aon noticed their abreuce, and said he had not thought of them. "Here, taks mine " IMwIn uu lid his father's spurs mid tied them on his own boots. When his wcrk on ths stage was sudsd hs again sought his father's dressing room, and found him sitting seemlug-ly seemlug-ly lu deep thought, as before, "Havu Jou done well?" !. the question that greeted him us he entered. "I think so," waa the re ply. "Then, give me my spurs," and Tre sail replaced the spurs oil dlou-eeater'a dlou-eeater'a feet. It waa thus that ths greateat layer of his time mads bis Ilrat bow to the public, of which lu ten short years he waa tu become the Idol. JOUKlll JIH-H130N, Joaoph Jellerson la now CI, but his active stage tarier covers a period of slit) years. lNo other Aim Minn actor still oil the stage, not even the venerable vener-able O. W. Couldock, can boast of a record like this. When he was a child of S ) ears old ho was the child of Cora lu "1'lzarro" at the Washington The liter, and at the same playhouae he had prevloualy given Inrautllu Imlla. Hone of I letcticr, thctritatueMan. Ills llntsieaktng (ait tame to him also at tho Washington riitater, when he had reached the maturu age of 4 "This occasion, 1 suppose," said Mr. Jetler-son Jetler-son not long ago, "may Justly be termed my debut proper." Ills (arents were living lu Washington then, and oue elay 1, I). Itlce, or Jim Crow, as he was litter known, burst upou the town, lllcu wss the cleverest man whoxveriut ou burnt e.uik, and the finlattlo figure he tut had a great In-llucnco In-llucnco iiiii mu. I danced Jim Crow from the garret tu the cellar. I he comedian saw my Imitation of hlm,and Imlatid that I should appear for his benefit, to on the occaelou I was duly blacked upaud drorsed as a coni leto miniature llkenera of tbeurlglnal. He ut me In a tag, which almost smoth ered me, and carried mo upon the stago on his shoulder. ISuwurdof tills rereading had been mentioned In the bills, and the audience were rea much In the daik as I was. After dauclug and aluglug thu first stanu ho began ths second, the following being the two Hues which Introduced me. () talcs and vtiiUeineii, Id bale 70a to lb 1 1 to rot s Imlo daisy t era tliat Jump Jim Croiei and, turning tho lag tialde down, he euitlod muout htad tlrot before the e)i sot ths rcktonlshcd audience The nlcturu must huvu been 11 curious one. Itlce was very tall, I wasfour years old, and as we stood there, dretse I exactly alike, the audience roared with laughter, ltlco and I now sang alter-nats alter-nats ttanias, and the excitement In-created. In-created. Hhowers of iieiinlea, six lences and shllllugs, and evtn larger colna wete to-it-J from the pit aud thrown from ths galleries upon the stage. At the fall of the turtalii 321 waa licked up and given Into my delighted handa. 111N1IV IHMNU, Henry Irvlug had to undergo a long and elrenuoue apprsuttceahlp before hs gained recognition as thu leading l.ngllah actor of his time. Ills parents, Corulah eople, of excellent repute, Intended him lor mercantile carter, and when hs left school, a place waa found for him In a London counting room, but ho had already become Imbued Im-bued with a love for ths stage, and all his esro hours were epeutln the study of theatrical literature, while all Ins scanty saving were expended ou (canons (ca-nons In elocution, which wtro given him by an actor at the Haddler's Wells theater. In Ihla way ho formed the acquaintance of Hamuel 1'lieli, then the mauager of the Haddler's Wells, ami was by that sterling actor ollered small engagement. Others would have cagcrlyacitittdio Inviting au oiler, but young Irvlag, Iwllevltig that he could nlford to wait, and that thu I rovlnces were, alter all, thu beet lace for abtgluner, very sensibly declined It. In this way It tarns about that hlu lllt appvaranrs on any stage was an the Uukoot Orleans In "lllchlleu" at Huthcrland In the north of Hng. land lnHetemberl856 It Is recorded that this maiden ellort was well received, re-ceived, and hit clover work In other roles led to Ida engagement In the following fol-lowing year at thu rheuter lloyal In K llnburgb,! where he prollled by i-suclatlou i-suclatlou with audi acoom) Uabc-d players play-ers us Chailotte Cushman, Helen Fauci), ( harlee James Mathews, llenjamlu Wclater aud 1 rcderlok Itotwou. Hut fifteen years of labor and study, marked by one metropolitan failure, had pasted, and he had enacted en-acted more than MO rolea, before, lu November, Ml, ho atartled the Loudon Lou-don theatrical world by hla powerful and thrilling personation of Mathlas III the "He Hi." JIAiu ANUfcHSo"'. whoas beauty aud genius now eeem 1 ermnneiitly lost to thu stage, had been making 1 reparations for u brll liant dramatic career for jeara liefore her Ilrat entrauce 011 the boarda. When aheleltachool at the early age of Id, she Ucanie an ardeut student of Hhakeipearc, who opened tu her a world full of fascination and charm and also 11,011 the careful cultivation of her voles, llefore she ha J passed her fourteenth birthday she made hor Ilrat vliit to the theater, whero alio saw 1 dwlu llooth In "itichard III," and her dwtlny waa seal, cd Charlotte Cuahmau wheu she vlalted that great actresi, Bvs her cordial cor-dial encouragement, and, after n I rlef terlod of Initiuctlon under the lato Georgo VaiidenlioiT, l' Jfclelu I to euter upun a professional career. Mary Andereon'a Ilrat ai earance on auyetagenat at Macaulvy'a Theater, Louisville, 011 Jov. .?i 1875. Hhe was then aoruethlt,g over If. "J lle cb"' acter In which she was teen fpr thu flrat thee waa Juliet, Iho pla) -t III read-lug read-lug "by a Louisville yuK au,3-" Cureful ciltlm, who wltnesaed this Initial lerformance, declsred that a really great actres had at tared, and events sttcolly cuiiUm-"1- thutr Judgment, LI AHA MOUUH. Thtrsarsfew lay-goers of twenty odd years ago, who do not remember that beitcmbcr night In 1S7U, when Clara Morrli, until then almost unknown, un-known, took the New Vurk publlo by storm. Previous to that tlma she hu I been n valued leading lady lu Cleve-laud, Cleve-laud, l.oulsvlllo aud other wetlirn cities, and had layed all sorts of roles, from rt soubroltcs to tragedy queen-, tut her career may be Justly said to dale from the night of which I speak. Auguitlti Daly, acting upon tho suggestion of James Lewis, had brought her from Cluclnnatl to play subordinate rolra lu Ills Klfth ave'iue ciiiniany. Wllkle Collins' "Man and Wife" was about In be produced, and at the loat moment the rolo of Annu Sylvestre waa declined de-clined ly Agnes l.tliel, who was then Mr. Daly's leading In ly. In the natural course of ovsuts thu role would then have fallen to Ioue lluike, but tLul lad), without consulting her manager, had of a sudden decided to marry and leae the stage, and so, as a last resort, the art, not without nr loin managerial misgivings, was assigned to the raw aud unknown recruit from the West. Mlts Morris had little time for study or pro) arntlon, but she saw that the 0iorunlty uf a llfetliuohad suddenl) I sen p,esentad to her, and shu rose equal to the otcaslou. On lbs opeuliig night she proved a revelation, und wllhlu a mouth shu hail become thu moat popular aud most eager!)-sought eager!)-sought after leadlog lady lu New Yolk, rwo years later sho was starring aud drawing crowded audiences wherever she appeared. soANi an's nuccnavjii. Owing to the Illness of V. J. Bosnian, Bosn-ian, which subsequently develoied Into In-to paresis, the Irish comedy "iforour-ncen" "iforour-ncen" had to bo withdrawn at tlie height ut Its succesn. Hut Augustus l'ltou will scud It out again. The tour commenced In Youkers on ISov. in, aud tho role created by Heanlsn was filled by Mr. Chaumey Olcott. It will be Mr. Olcott's first a ) earance lu an lriili part. Ha Is a native of IU1II11I0, In which city hu was born about thirty yenra ago, Hu has a hand solus face and form, aril for along tlmo figured In mlu.tr.l tompanlea Hu has suiig In comlo opera with Lillian Hue-ell, nud was n meial c r of thu McCaull aud Dull organization-, lu Loudon hu appeared with distinguished dis-tinguished success lu "Mltn Declina." known hero as "Mhw Hslyttt " Hlnce singing for "Mavoiirneeii" Mr, Olcott received leveral oilers for London engagements. en-gagements. Tbeeu oilers ho declined. In addition to Mr. Hcanlan's souga Mr. O colt will slug "dhu and I lu. Hither," by Kellle, and 'Nov,. Da i'ouHeef"an orlulnal composition of his own. lAUOL'a roil iiLAtm, There has been In New York sevor-al sevor-al weeks an Lugllah actiers who la famous all over John Hull's hlond and far out on tho contlueut aa well' for herlesuty. Mlna Dorothy Deno oamo over ou the Fervla Just at thu waus of the cholera scare, and bcoiusu tin boat carrlel only cabin )rsengiis Mlis Deno was uot cast upon a detert Island, as weru somo other tiavelers from Luroie Mlis Dune's debut wai mJ as 1'aullne lu tho dramatlntiou of "Called Hack." lu ISSo, at the Addnh Theater, Loudon, Hhe aj km red with Ucneviovu Ward lu "Forgot-Me-Not," and In I'. 11. Ilenton'a production ol "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Hhe ha played In nearly tcry Hhske apearlan 1 lay that has receutly been lutupon tbuatage. rtiu older Halvlnl said other Juliet that "It had seldom been equalled, never auriamd." Mlaa Deuetomeauf a thiatrtualfam II). llesldea Miss Hctt), who la with her here, there ore two)ouuger alNtere, Kathleen and Lena, now acting In London, and Kdlth, who until Iicently actid, hut la now thu wlfu of an Lng llsti artl't and has retired from the atags. The flvoalatcrsaraaUbeautllul, and a painting of tin 111 In a group will t e among the art contributions of Lug-land Lug-land to tiiu World's lair. A Nl MAU OIIAMA. Thero has btou I reduce I lu thu Lat a new war play called "U. H. Orant." It Is said to lis historical, r-enaatloual, emotional, humorous nnd I lctuieue. Its tost Includes historical 1 Imractcrs In Urant, Hhorldan, Leu aud Htouewall Jackson, and the Incidents take In the I stllu of ths Wilderness, the doath uf Jackson nnd tho surrender of Lei, A love story ruus through the piece, and tbero are both 1 ederal and Confederate heroes AS ro BTACIk M umiAtir?. An exolinngo Is resiunstblo for the statement that lu Wisconsin a marriage mar-riage eeremon) performed lu a play Is Just as binding as if It were performed by a minister In a church. If a man and woman acknowledgu tliem-elves to bu man and wlfu lefuru competent witnesses, that settles It according to law, and thercforulf two plujcrs, during dur-ing a performance, refer tu each other as husband and wife thoy uro legally married, UlIlICieMOt CAVALLriltA IIU3TICANA. Here la u 'recent tiltlclam of Mas cagnl, written by the Italian critic, ( ulanttl. "A chemlat woul I any that the mualn of 'CuvuHorta Itiiatlcaua' was a reclpltate of I'earmen,' a water seller would my It was 11 squeezed lemon. It la a novel.) , porhiis, llho all adaptations, but it Is nticoud baud novelty of good, but a neutral hind. Maacagnl, howover,haj merits, he has quick percitlon, and has followed nature rather than tradltlou. Holms mads a new coat out uf au old drisa and out of many roads has chosen thu shortest aud safest. The Ideus of thu young victor arc not new, they are old acquaintances, which one hear ngalu with pluinuru. l'letro Ma-cagul la rather a collector than an ilectrlo. Ho takes what suits him and utea It al hla leliure, that Is all. Without schoUatlupreJudlcoor national pride, ho walks Indifferently over the body of Illiet, Mcyetbeer, ur Vcrdl,tloiinod, Ponclilelll, Hchumann or Maaaciiet,thu latter by jirejudlcc." JIU610 at Tin: wow n'fl 1 All . There will I10 plenty of miscellaneous miscellane-ous muilo at Iho World's alr besides that efllclslly provided bj riicodore Thomas Dr. leglold will upon, nt reasonable rates of ndmhfdoii, tho Tro-cadero, Tro-cadero, or International Templo of Muslo, "for the 1 uri oaoof giving nopu. lar concerts of u high grndo " riiu inacloua armory of tho 1 Irst Illinois regiment has luen secured It la on Michigan nvonue, seats huOO persons, and will bo duly arranged, furnished and decorated for tho puri osc. Orchestral Orches-tral compoiltlons b) native writers will rtcelvo si'cclal attention, If written (iiiclally f"' tnito Trocadero concerts and If the composer will furulah the core and orchestral parta free of ix lienti. Manuscript must he sent In leloio Al rll next. The budding composer com-poser will thus havo au opportunity of hearing his worL produced "by thu Hau on Hulow Orchestra, under the direction of the great conductor, 1-rltx Hcheel, uf Hamburg, Clermany." ThtM) quotinl wonl aro from n letter written by Dr. Zlegfeld. Why I-rltz Heheel'amualclaue should be culled "a on llulow Orehvatru",ls not very clear to thu uninitiated. Sport, .VkkIo und Drama, W.CIIN1 1111 1NWTATI0V. Tho great musicians, Urn tuns and Joachim, have both declined tho Invl-tatlon Invl-tatlon of thu World's Columblau Ilitio. sltlou to visit Chicago next) ear. Ih.y I plh give as tho chief reason their In. ability to undertake such n fatiguing ond exhausting Journe). JUiiu i.ani.a. The (Jueon hu tomniandod the Carl lloaa company to perform Donizetti's "Daughter of the Iluglment" at Hal. mural eaatle. Thla should lutto real Inatantly and (never the batu rumors that Victoria Wettln was a Wagueilte. Among whose enra can endure "L lille uu Iteglmeut" lu this year of grace 1802 la not likely to I o violently smitten with thulatter-day music drama of the Wagnerian lyi e. J. H.WIIlnrd will In gin his New Yoik engagement at tho Htar 1 heater, No "niter 21. Mr. Wlllard hi still under Mr. Palmer's management, Tho open lug pla) will! o " Tho Middleman." l'udetuwski will positively make his first 1 ubllo oppearaiicu thla eeaaou at Haul rancljc 0 Dee emlxir 8. Under the bending "Uue Scandal" Charlc Laurent tells a etranro story lu IbWuur. Actreaa Jeanne May, who la the wlfu Of on odor, ban a daughtor 12)tarauld who la lulug educated at thu Lyctu llaolne. After thu holidays Mme. May took thu child back to schoul and wan about to fill up tho usual form arid sign It. riiu little girl said "Mamma, uru you going to sign your nom du theatro?" "Certalul) ," answered the mother. "Don't do that, mamma, for just I o-foru o-foru thu hullduys tho principal of thu school asked ma If my parenta wero actors When i told her )ou wero they forbado mu telling this to tha other girls, and threatened to puulill nic, and, purhapn, expel mu tf they found out)ou weraanactreas " , A comical rtago eplaode, giving an unintentional turn to her stagu luver'd lines, and which broeipht down tha hou-e, was related by Miss Cralgen In tho play, "A Scrap of Paper," bo comes tlpplug gnyly ou, In riding habit, to meet her lovorfora morning canter, Hhoktruol: hur too against n lurking doorBlll and fell, facedown wurd, lull length ou ths stage. A tutor ran through thu audience, which waa soon r-upprunted by tho radiant dexterity dexteri-ty with which alio righted herself. Her lover hastened Id assist hor, mid, as a coincidence, his first speech Wn. Ah, Mlaa Marie, I aco you nro up already." The Audluncu simply shrieked with laughter, Manager Hantz'a "Frleuds" torn-pany torn-pany will play lu Cleveland for Thanl sglvlng week oa Intended, do spltu the fact that flro destrnjod the Manager Theater In that ell). Thu Lyceum Theater was at onto secured for ths attraction, at"a heavy ox euso, Mr. Ilantz desiring to keep faith with his fellow citizens. BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBl |
