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gMMMMMWiaMfrtwfcww HW 12 THE KANSAS 01TY JOURNAL.. SUNDAY. JANUARY IS, 1895. -"afcUNMUtrxitma 1 HE WEEK AT THETUEATERS ostv dm: m-:w m.av wt i:i:itAt. i.ti:ri:.ti.mi ni.it m:, 'Mm nml Womrn" In ll "em Merc for the I lrt ritne'Miiiirtliliiir About the t'c of 1 nn p t'ninril) 1 lie ".Spit ttiiiiiun" Intrrrttlng nml t'omnirtit. Somewhere In one of his ess on nrl, Mr. Itnmlln Onrltnd lln.l rtl front to the American M.iro from tlio temporary fiiprenncy of farce comedy. Hut for the liberal license Brunteil by the public nml nciepteil by the farceurs, he think', wc would Mill be wccplni? over the mink Ish entlment nml hovvllmt ocr the nrtl nclal nilvcntmesof the HiiRllnh melmlrninii. He llniM tn the biirlefipie roiiteilHn the chief deotrojpr of the nrtlll lil In Mnpo art. To him, lie m)s, vvc owe Ihr prccnt dlorpi!lt of itpntlmenUI heroines, linposl' ble heroei nnd ptiiftcy vltliiln, nnd the tin dr-ncy toward nil form of verily. 1'erhnp Mr. Onrlnnd I rlRht. We nil know the potency of the liiirlcviuer wlietli cr we t.ike nny stock In Ingcrolt or not. There li probably not a man UvIiik, nnd certainly not n vvotiiin, who would not rather be abused than ridiculed. If, then, farce comedy hni created it din and raled a duct onl lo itear the ntiiiO'phere of much that wnt Kltrlimly fulie or elupldly traditional, the pulti hive Instilled the method", especially when the meatm cm plojed are of nerojltv ephemcrtt. Whatever has been the c.iii.e, the public lia eertnlnly outiiroun Its note for many old nml unnatural form Whit Ik true of the dram i li tnort .tppnrpiit In liter itnre, nnn pomenh.1t tiinnlfit In art. ,Vht liter primary factor's In the evolution or not, rertilnly the btirlepuuer, the '.itlrlit and the r..i toutil.it, who liuvo contributed po much tj the entertainment of the people of then tluies, have wielded .1 powerful In fluency. There w 111 alwayi be onie extreme tenden cies on tho HtaBe.however.lo ciikiikc the bur lequcri, and of course builen,ue and farce will live in lon n the Mane live-, for there will iilvvirjs be a prolltable con tingent of playRoeip to care only for amusement. It Is to be hoped, however, that lis time bom on there will be ."v.inul a hlsher st.ind.iril of purity In the frlvolou entertainments of the mugf. Some one mlRht aptly rale the iiicttlon whi'ther we mlRht not bettn weep at fNo Heiitlmcnt than l.uiRh at vtilsnr jokes Ptrlinpi i-onm time lilislni; hall bei ome perntllhle and commendable In the Ameitean theater. If It docs, the coare lomedlan will have his revv.uU. Tor one, I plimild like to nee the "itlrlst turn his attention to the "new woman." Not the new woman ns he nctuall ex ists for she Is all right except In rare In stances, where the momentum of sinlden proRres throws her u little out ot line but the new woman ot the dramatists. Dumas, the .voiiiikci, beRnn bj showltiR us pcveral blemished heroines weeping their llvet. away beeaue of the Inexorable laws of society which forbade their standlnR on tho same morai-or shall I ?ij Immoral platfomi with men, and Dumas was eiip poeil to havo none pretty f.11 even for Trance, nnd he was cotisldertd at the time of his advent wholly unlit for the InRen liousnets of tho American audience, liut It remained for the niiRllsh dramatists to so pervert some laudable ambitions of the modem woman In political nnd social affairs Into the most unwomanly of all de minds. 1'lnero Insisted on sympathy for the conscienceless Mrs. Tanqucrav. tlruu dy took tenable rioiiihI when he made his heroine the helpless result Instead of the wIllliiR medium ot Illicit love Hut Henry Arthur Joncs.who tailed with a mind pure enousli to conceive "Saints and Slnneis," "Judah" nnd "The Middleman, ' has h id the effrontery to exploit a woman con FentliiR to place herself and her child ns a prize to be drawn for by her Impoverish ed husband and her milium lover, nnd an other who, dlooveiinK some of tho In trlRiies of her husband, assumes nnd lakes the rlRht to go and do likewise. The form er woman is u character in "The Mas jucradcrs" and the latter n character In The Case of Rebellious Susan." Dumas hud the Rood Brace to keep Tran I'lllon fiont canylnR out her threats; but Jones sends Husun to Cairo Tor pl.ilnlj avowed purposes and when they are ful filled brlnss her back anil effects a recon ciliation with her husband, just ns he would have reconciled the husband lo Susan had ho been to Cairo. The deduction of this exposition would be that Mr Jones believes the new woman Is not nppljliiR to the court of Mrs Grun dj for the annulment of her husband's li cense but looking for one for herself. There are other dramntlsts, more or less Hklllful, tivInR to Ret snap shots of some eccentrlcltv or the cult without serlouslj consldeiuiK the cult itself Since rlrltt ule is mor powerful than nr Kumcnt let the satirists nnd burlesqueis turn iheir weapons on these creatures whom the dramatists are exploiting In the disguise of the new woman, Mr Onen I'erree. the advance represent ative of Jit'.'b LIU, as In a reminiscent mood the other dnv "Slilla Ilonlfate, who Is pl.ivini' In Mi Kus'-ell't, compnn) at the Com k he said "was a member of the ver) Hist null) Rood travellm; theatri cal companj She was then very )ounh'. of coun-i. but tiaveleu with hti parents, 3Ir and Mrs (Lome Honlface The corn pan) was oallr 1 Kurdish' 1'lfth Avenui' Theater f'ompanv ami the llret play taken on tho roa I v. us "1 he Two Cirphans.' lle pldes the people named the orRanlzatlon in rludeil Minnie .Monk, I'lank Hvans, then n durbnR IptIIiir m in. Harry Hank, the comedian the elder I.elUmtw. II. a capita! actor, (icurRe It)er ami (Spoirp Itvler, dls-tlliRUI-l'eil impdsonators of old men chnr mters. Man 1 kens, the- famous 'old wo man' and l'ratik SuiRer. the well known thenin t1 mamiKci The combination s)i tem is of eomp.iiatlvely recent orlRln In 1575 there vveie only three IravellnR eom IMiiles t.auRrishcs', which plnji'il exelu blvely in the West; Sherij's Theater Com pnny, which pla)pi the smallei cities In tho Uant, und Kurblsh's " Contrar) to expeditions till season his been a haid r one than last la thei theat rical biisliu-i, Thi piomlxo of l)etter times led to a Rood many HI advised Iheatrle.il adventures, and It Is estimated that more rompaulLi left New York last fall than ever before, nlthoush some of thein were lain In stuitlnirou! A New ork paper says that 0 per cent of these nrjiniiU illons havo come In, and that the in are now 110 less than 3,(jO unemplei)(il adorn and acti esses In the metropoll- Aside fro-n the fact that ependlnR money Is not plentiful, it Is gen erally conceded nmonR actors ami man ngers alike that the. profession Is over crowded, as a result of the faiee comedy rrise, which attrtded to the bUro a lot of people clever f nouRh to do 11 Rood turn, but with little 01 no k'tneral adaptability to the exactions of tho profession. S'ovv that farce eorntdy has wtin'd, thero Is no place for them. ARaln. It Is said Incidentally whereas. It bIiquII be bald primarily that there arc too many theaters Hut fpr ths overbuilding of pt;i houses there toulil not h ' -1 miny InvellnR companies, an I 31 1 fewer people who should be " H'lnR else would havo been a 'ootllRhts. There Is scarce- ' 1 in the I'ouuti) that has not tuu man) theaters New York, Ho, ton anil ChUaRO have twice ns many as they had ten jeara aeo, and tho same may be said of smaller cities, Hveryone knows that the population of theso pluces has not doubled In that time, 1 nr tan there be sufficient Rain In the vruwIiiK tendency towanl pla)i;olnir The result of the whole thing will probably bei a reversion to the old stoclt and variety system, with u low scale of prices on tho pm of managers of second ami third (lass theuters, and (he eradual lovveilng of ticket prlcea and act ors' salaries. "I have been In the theaters of every large city of the United States," suld Sir, Ous Krohman, at the Co.ites tho other day, 'and I note a great difference In the op Piarance of the audience. The beet drcas- ed people are lo be found tn the Philadel phia Inciter, except for some extraor illnar) event In New York Chicago people are ilre'ffnR more than formerly, but not so much a thcnterRoetP In Hit IMt. I was nt the Coite lo sec .Mr Huse)I, and found a hplcnl Western nudieiice little cv pnlng dfc nnd lot of big hit. Here and there, honpvpr, I paw a woman with Hie good rmcp lo rpmovo obstructive1 headge.tr.whlle many other wore nmll Iheater bonnetP." AfSTIN IiATCHAW. Till! lVI'.nlt'S Al ritAOTIONS, "Men nnd Women." lon Murphy and "Yon tmiMiu" on the Hoard. Tho Ninth Street opera house will this week have nn ntlrnctlon of unusual PttPllRth nnd character. It will be ".Men and Women," rcRanled by some crlllts nn the beiil work of Heliipco nnd Do Mllle, nil. thor of 'The Charity Hall," "The Wife." "t.otd Cliumlej" nnd other Miccee. "Men and Women" has never been seen on the local stnRc. nllhoiiRh It was one of the bel plajs In the repertory ot Daniel I'toli mati'p I.K'Piim Thentct Company for a long time, and ha plnce been prevented In va rloiip cities under oilier management I'n like pome of the other pln)s from the pnme B 1' m 4 f... W3k TmTK$ MISS DOHOTIIY t'SNnit source, It requires 11 largo cast. Its peo ple, too, arc Pild to be more thin or dinal lly interesting. The ptory Is n strong one. culminating In a powerful net, which Is said to be the stiongcst p lssngo writ ten by Hel.iFco and De Mllle, and one of the strongest scenes of the modern drama This ponc Is the midnight meeting of the bank dlicclors to pass upon the nlleged guilt of nn officer of the bank. Connected with this dramatic episode and woven Into the vvhoh! stoty Is n ery pretty and alto gether interesting tomancc. While It might not particularly Interest theatergoers lo know all the details of such 11 promising piny In ndvance, It must also bo rcini'tnbercd that among plays of recent writing et new to this city, fen are betti r advertised than thlj one, on ac count of tho Rient situation already men tioned and on account of the popularity of tha other dramas of the same diss. The company that will appear in the play this week, beginning this evening. Includes those who uppeiied nt the same theater lapt week In "The Chailty II ill," together with pome additional people mndo necessary b) the unusually largo cast, The parts are paid to have been well ns slRiied and c good performance is prom ised, espcelall) for the pi Ices, which nre the same as have hltheito prevailed at this house. The cast will be as follows: Isiael Cohen, incident of the Jeffer son National bank . Hmllo Ii Croix William l'rescott, the cashier Louis A. Mnbb Hdvvaid Seabuiy, assistant cashier... Ilenjamlu Howard Mr. I'endleton, a director D (Inge Clarke C.ilvln Stedm.in, counsel. Ki.incis Klngdon Stephen Hodman, governor of Ail- zonn John Snlnpolls Colonel Zachery T. Kip, bank exam iner Slorg.m filbncy Sam Delalleld, Kate Delalleld's step son John Ktapleton Arnold Kirk, stock niokur ... l'innk Cage Mr. He) nobis, director II. (. Keen. in Mr. Wa)ne, director I. II. Closby Messengd Jesse JIny Ariics Hodman, daughter of the gov ernor Hcienice henler Dora l'rescott, William l'icscotts sister Nellie Cllbney Mrs. Kate Delalleld, Sam's step mother Dorothy Usner Margeiy Knox, our cousin from the Wnst Mabil StiP-kland Mrs. Jane l'rescott, William l'res- cott's mother Helen Tracy Mrs. Kirk, wife ot Arnold Kirk.. M)rtle May Joe. Murphy Again, One of the stroiiRest attractions that come with regularity to the Coates Is Mr. Joseph Miuphy, one of the most popu lar and one of the richest of living platers Mr. Murph), however, calls to this thea ter a class of plaj goers that generally tlnd their amusement at other houses and a good man) whose theatergoing is lim ited to Mr. Murphy's engagement Thero is perhaps not nnother nctor In the coun try whose following Is quite so unique as that of Joseph Murphy He bus been bo long Identified with wholesome Irlbh pla)S and his personality has gono out In sucn a way ns to endear him to a very large contlnRcnt of the pla) going public There is nothing new to say about Mr Murphy's plays, and as he will be sin this week In the same bills that have been In his reper torie for from twelve to elRhtcen vtars Monday and Tuesday evenings lie will play "Shaun Ithue," Wednesday and Thursday evenings, "Kerry Cow," and Kilday and Haturdny evening nnd Satur day matinee, "Tho TJanngh," The sup porting company Is said to be up to Mr. Murphy's former standard. "You Yemsou" at the (Irind, An event of more than ordinary Interest to certnln theater-goers will be the ap pearance this afternoon nt the flrand opera houso of Jacob I.itt's company of come dians, headed by Mr. flus Iicege, who will be seen in the ever welcome comedy, "Yon Yonson " The coining engagement will, It Is snld, be chaiacteiUed by a scenic display sm passing nny pre vious piesent.itlon of tho piny In this city, and tho lntioductlon of new ami novel specialties of singing nnd danc ing by clever artists, will be a welcome mil ai's nnnon. feature The lumberman' quartette In Its picturesque backwoods costumes will ren der Dplcul melodies in n manner lo lend an air of realUin to tho lumber cump scene, which still remains it piomluent feature of the production, The pluy itself Is a sili ring plctuio of 11 novel phase of American life, nnd It has been ono of the most successful comedies ever produced on the American stage Air. (lus Heege, the author of the pl.i), is the originator uf Hcnndlnuvlan-Amtilciiii comid), aa "Yon Yonson" Is the orlRlual medium by whuh It was brought befoie tho public, "Yon Yonson" presents entliely new and int.i estlng features of life mid character in .Minnesota lumber regions, and presents them amid suirnundliigs Ihut have Ihhh commended ever) where for their otlginal Ity and plcturesqiieness. Tho humorous, Hie pathetic und the spectacular e tt . ta ure skillfully blended. It Is tiue to natuie, devoid of exaggeration, und Is a counter feit presentment of what Is met in every-, day life In the lumber regions of the North, msl The Lornpany supporting Mr. Hcege stems to be an excellent one, llbi Cora Mncy, a talented nnd prppoeslnR ac tress, play Yor sister. Ml Daisy t.ov crlng. list "i lure with "The i:nlgn," I the llileicstlt t book pgent. Ml Sadie Connelly ret s the character which Phe ortRlnnlpd-thnl of the lrlh litidlad) and will nRnln have her amulng speclattle. Others In Ihp company nre Jule S. lviisel, J. C Huffman, Clinton Maynnrd, I'rankl' Jones, Jason Down, fi.vdney Craven, W. T. Com nnd the lumbermen's quartette. The I lrt Sulxtrlptlon t'nneerl. The lteelhoven Club will give Us first subsctlplion concert nt Mason .x; Hamlin' next Trldny afternoon. The rerlc of nb perlptlon concerlp 1 limited to three nnd the subscriptions nre limited lo out) nml no subscription or tickets will be sold for single intircrl. On Hit first programme IIk re will be two big number by an or chestra of thirty pieces under the direction uf Mi John 1lehr, who tins hnd his men in lehenrsnl for several week". There will be a number hv string orchestra and four numbers by Mrp. (Ilena WrlRht-llollenlmck, The prngtntmne I one of exceeding Inter est The principal number will be Hee ihoveii'p first p)mphony, but no le pop ular will be the Massenet sfilte which hn given sevcial seasons 11R0 by the l'hll liarinonli. oichcstra. The programme will be 11 follows; I'lrst pjinphony, C major, ndnglo motto, nlbgto, con brio, andante cntnblle con tnolto, mlnUelto, allegro motto e vlvncc, iidlngo allegro, e vivace (Heethoven), Hee thovpii orchcplra, Scene nnd aria from "Adl.t" (Vcrdl), Mrs. Hollenback. "March Tuncbre," arranged by J. Ma galdl (Chnpln), ptrlng nrcbeslrn. Songs, (a) "Die Krehe" (Schubert); (M "Vlolnti" (Woodmuii); (c) "love's Woe" (Aioun), Mr Hollenback. Hulte, "Scene t'lttercsquo," march, bal let, angclus, "Kcle Hoheme" (Matsonct), Heethoven nrchetrn. Temirs mid Their Ways, .Most tenors in 11 accidents, That I to say, the men who have made the most stir In the woild In this line ot vvoik have had a natural gift that was little suspected until they weio pretty well along In life. I.efianc, the phenomenal tenor, who made quite n stir here about twenty )cnr ago. was 11 railroad porter at Mar seilles, und wns singing lo his fellow workmen nt the depot ut Marseilles one nlRht, when Oounod arrived on the train nnd happened to hear him. He Invited him to his hotel nnd ndvised him to cultivate his voice. The result wns that the rail way porters nt Marseilles contributed a small sum weekly to rend him to Paris Thcte Oounod got him nn entry nt the Consciviitolre, and the result we all know. He was probably the Rre.ttest favorite Marseilles ever knew, nnd It Is n great opera town. Camp.uiliil wns lowlv born. He wn at one time a blickinlfh. His voice nt tractcd somebod)'s attention we forget who and the result we know. Jean de Ilesku was never Intended by nature to a tenor at ull Vp to middle lire he was a baritone and attracted no particular at tention. He may be snld to have almost forced his voice Into a tenor register. Tor many )cais be sang In small towns of Hurope without particular notlco, nnd It was his sister, .Mile, de lteszke, who made the tlrst hit of the family at the Orand opera house In l'.nls She was a so prano singer of great gifts. She Is now dead, but her influent 0 got the de Iteszke to I'uiis, and there Je.m de He"- made his lirst hit singing with I'atti. The papeis at the time ptalcd the tenor more than they did the gieat prima donna, nnd It Is a mattei of operatic history that when she was here under the engagement of Abbey bhe icfused to sing with Jean. She alwa)s prcfeired towering above smaller people. Tamagno was the son of nn innkeeper, near Tin in. In l'ledmont, Italy, and lie used to seive at his futhcr's tables. It Is a curious fact that thero nre two men at present In the chorus of the Metiopolltan who havo in their time given him tips as a waiter. Tamagno is a wealthy man. He Is computed to be woith 7,000.000 finncs, or about Sl.UWOuO He has never been able to Ret ovei bis oilglnal habits of frugality, which largely accounts foi the gieat sum of money he Is woith'to-da) Ho looks Into the smallest expenses and loves the acquisition of money. A few nights ago nt the Metiopolltan he was thirsty after the 111 st act and gave a bo) 1'j cents to go and get him some beer. Tho boy came back with a bottle of Milwaukee and 10 cents change. Tani'igno would not bear of such 11 thing. "Only that for 15 cents," he ex claimed. "Go b.uk and change It" He gave the boy his water pitcher, which he got tllb el with beer from the spigot, and when tho messenger came back after his dual trip TamiiRiio, It Is said, put the 10 cents change In his pocket. Hesldes his $1,;oo 11 night Tamagno In sists on so many tickets He used to be given eight on evciy occasion he appeared. Now he gets four. It Is a custom with Italian opera The tickets are supposed to be Riven to friends to work up tho ap plause Hut Tamagno, It is sild, very sel dom gives his tin ay. He prefers sellln? them to speculators, bo 'tis snld, and, of course, he gets his price for them. When he. last sang In Rome, where he got 6,000 frnncs, or say Jt.000, his pi lv liege was to get lltteen tickets. Here, as usual, he ued to sell them, very much to the dis gust of the management. On one occnslon the tickets fulled to arrive so ho took a cab for " francs and went to the theater to get them himself At the end of the week his manager found 2 francs ndded to his expense list for Signer Tamagno's call. On one occnslon he w.13 singing at the Andltoilum, In Chbngo, nnd was In ver) bad volie, so he ordered several numbers ot the opnr.i to be cut. Tho stage man agement went to the front of tho house nnd leported the fact to Messrs. Abbey and Orau. They naturally took the ground that as Slgnor Tamagno was paid n big sum of money then $2,000 the public had a right to the full opera. Though qulto unequal to It, Tamagno snld "all right," and he sang every number, with the result that be lost his voice and at the same time six ptiformnnces. He mndo J2.C00 that night, but he lost $12,000 by It. Dramatic nnd Musli it Note. Hlanc'io Walsh has joined Nat Good win's company. Maud Harrison lias taken the role of Miss Ken) on In "Tho Girl I Left Hehlnd Me." Alexander Snlvlnl will pliy "Hamlet" for tho 111. st time at Louisville Kebru aiy 11. ViiKlnla Harned has been selected by A. M. Palmer to pity Trilby In tho stage version ot DuMnurler's novel of that name. Sadie Connelly and Frnnhla Jones nre pla lug their oilglnal roles In "Yon Yon son,' which will bo the attraction at the Orand this week. Sir Arthur Sullivan's nevy opera will be called "The Chieftain" Instead of "C'on tiabaiidista," as llrst announced, because of tho whole score of "Contrabandlsta" piaducod In 1OT, only six numbers have been retained Among the Into Tschalkovvsk)', effects have been found 1111 entliely finished piano 1'oneeito and a dun scene between Itointo and Juliet, for soprano and tenor, with or chistinl iiccumpauluicllt, the whole t-akl to be a work uf eiiemo beauty. llariy 1. ui Is doiiiR a new plero called "A Man 1'ioni tho West," In which ho Is palng the title part The living piulo typo of the ehui aider Is not revealed, but It may bo presum. d ihat it is Hill Cook, ex-dovfinor Wutte 01 sumo other outlaw Ous lie cue, the uuihor and star actor of "Yon Yonson," whiih will b seen at the Orand this woik, lias written a new play In Scandinavian dlalut 1 ailed "A Yenuluo Yuutlunan," It U the puiposo of Man nRor Jacob I.ltt to aim Mr, Heege In the play next season Wilton l.ickaye, Hunk Mordiunt, Oeorga Kawcett. Odell Williams, Olmiles Abbe, Annie Itlsh, Hlllo Shannon and Adcdc It'tchle will play the leading ioles In "Tho District Atlurni)," the uew play by Charles Klein ami Harrisju drey Kiske, which will be produnl at the American theater, New York, Juuuaiy 21, At tho Metropolitan uper.i, New York, capital bus been inane of tha occupants of tho boxes by publWiliig m the programmes iv plan of the box's with the names of the occupants euh night Ho far thero seems to have been no protest on the part of tho box holders atalust being mado to waul- feslly and consciously n. part of the great show . . Hopkins Trnnsoceanlcp will follow "Yon Yonon" at the tlrnnd. The company, Manager Hopkins pays, 1 the strongest he hn ever rent out under this mime, The Wnr ot Wealth" Is the rather strlk Ing title ot the new play Just completed for Jacob I.ltt by c. T. Darey, nulhor of "In Old Kentucky," nnd which will be pro duced Upon a very elaborate pcale the tal ler part of next month, Mr, I.ltt declares Hint It will bo bis most Important produc tion for the lenr, ami his confidence In It I phown, by the fact that the preparations will cot tr.,000. Connod wns a beautiful Blnger. Sulnl Sieiis speaks with deep feeling of the ex quisite quality of his tone, when nt the Inauguration of (lip organ In the music room, Place Maleherbe, S.ilnl-Saen opened the new Instrument nnd Oounod "sang divinely." He was unsparing In the matter ot expressing sentiment In sonp, and hi vivid exhortations given lo sing ers of his fltPt production were worth their weight In gold, Musical Courier. rannle Davenport hn taken to her heart a new affection. It Is ft big black eat which came upon the stage while the over ture wn playing for the llrt eurliiln lhal ever toe on her new play, "Olsmondn." Ono loud "meow" attracted the attention of the nclrcs, who vvn nervoti to nn ex Heme aver the trial at hand, and governed by a prong upcrtltlon of the tnRe In fa vor ot black cats, she el7ed the Inky fe line nnd then nnd there adopted It ns a li.il blnger of good luck. Dcnmnn Thompson staged "The Old Homcptend" nt Hie Star theater, New Ydrk, on Monday evening, In handsome ptyle, but It would pecm thit the metrop olis hn had enough ot the rural drama, snyn Theatrical Tidings. "The Old Home Mend," "Old Jed Prouty" nnd "The Coun try Pair" had their day, nnd while It lasted they had a poldcn harvest, but "The New Woman" hn tossed the old oaken bucket Into the side scenes and Is holding tho center of the Binge against all comers. Vide "The Second Mrs. Tan qucray," "Sowing the Wind" and "Tho Mnsqueraders." The Parry Manufacturing Compiny hn bought WW seats for the perfomancc of "Von Yonsosn" at the Otand Tuesday evening. January 13, to be distributed to the Implement dealers of Kansas nnd Western Missouri, who will be In conven tion In this city at that time. This Impos ing theater party will be given to cele brate the opening In this city o the Parry Company' wholesale house, The tickets will be distributed by Secretary Hodge, of the Western Ilotall Implement nnd Vehicle Deal ers' Association, nnd to each delegate will also be Riven a gold badge of char acteristic design. Oradually but surely J2 I Retttlng to be the 01 tllnary price of a. llrrt-rla seat nt Nov York theaters, pav tho Morning Journal, of that city.' Pour or five )ears ago Jl.fiO was unlrcril. Dalv was the first to Inaugurate the tJ price, and then came the L)ceum. A couple ot weeks ago the Herald Square theater advanced the price of a large number of seats to 12; at the Em pire theater they also charge 2, and nlso at Abbey's. A good many managers con tend that they cannot give .1 big pioduc tlon for less, and thev point to the fact that the only big capital In the world where seats are a low ns 11 CO at a ilist-class theater is New York. They nre certainly higher In London, Paris, Merlin nnd St. Petersburg. If given at nil, Padeiewskl's opera, which is )et unnamed, will piobably be In Italian, sas the London Dally News, and ns the music ot the tenor hero de mnnds a robust voice, it will most likely fall to Slgnor Tamagno.' The libretto Is at present In Polish, nnd Is from the pen of 11 young author well known In his own land, but the text will b translated Into German for ptcscntatlon at the rtoyal opera, Dresden, under Herr Schuch In the autumn, and Into Hunguilnn for pto ductlon under M. Nikls b nt Hudupcsth. Messrs. Abbey & Grnu will probably havo the llrst rights for the United States. The opera Is In four i ts, and the story Is modern, the scene Ik ing laid In the Carpathians, on the Hungarian frontier. The music in piano s, ore has been fin ished for some little time, and M. Pader ovvskl is now occupjlng his leisure on thn orchestration, which h expects to com plete early in the spring. London Theatrical News. London, Jan. 12 -Thp report that May Yohe, the American actress, has been mar ried to Lotd Pr.incl? Hope, brother of the Duke of Newcastle, turns'out to be correct. The Hampstead Parish register shows that Miss Yohe nnd Loid I'rancis Hope were married there November 27 last. Ixird Francis Hope was born February 3, ISM, and Is the only brother of the Duke of Newcastle. He Is heir-presumptive to the dukedom of Newcastle, ns the duke has no children. The latter was married in 1SS0. Lord Francis Hope was originally named Henry Francis Hop- Pelhnm-Cllnton. but In 1SS7, by royal license, he assumed the additional surname of Hope in order to acquire a fortune left him by his grand mother, the wife of a rich diamond mer chant of Amsterdam, Henry Thomas Hope. For two year past stories have been in circulation to the effect that May Yohe was married to Lord Trancls Hope and they have been ns frequently denied. It Is said that the family of Lord Tranels Hope once offered him 11 0,000 If he would "ever all relations with the American burlesquer. The register gives Miss Tohe's name as May Augusta Yohe, 25 years of age, spins ter. The residence of both parties Is entered In the regWtry ns being at Cooks, 213 Marcslleld Gardens. Miss Yohe has been Hying very high since she made a suc cess in George Daney's "The Lady Slavey" at the Avnue theater As detailed In the dramatic nnd musical letter of the As sociated Ps to-day, William Greet Is now In sole possession of that theater, Fied Harris having withdrawn fiom the management b) reason of a quarrel Miss Yohe had with Hlancho Harnett, Mr. Har ris wife Miss Yohe drives to the theater nightly In the neatest of broughams with n. coachman In liver)- and accompanied by her maid. She treats the lest of the com pany with the greatest distance She Is said to be Intensely Jealous of an) body get ting applause besides heuelf and Is re pot ted to havo repeatedly threatened to leave the company, Loid Francis Hope hns long been the devoted cavalier of .Miss In he. He Is constantly with her and the pair may be seen nearly every Sunday din ing at the Savoy. There Is no doubt thai Miss Yohe Is a great favorlto with tho London theater-going publlo nnd sho has hustled "The Lady Slavey" Into prosperous business. The Countess of Clancarty, for merly Mis' Hell Hilton, of music hall fame, will, nccoidlng to report, soon return to the stage. It appears that the finances of the Karl of Clancarty have not been pros pering. Tho countess on December 27, ISO!, gave birth lo twins. The eldest of her two boys benia the title of Lord KUconnet nnd the other son Is the Hon Power Francis Wil liam Lepoer 'Clench, that being the family name of the llarl of Clancarty, London Is still discussing tho sensation ally hostllo teceptlon which Henty James' phi), "Ouy Domvllle." met 011 Satin day night last at St. Jajnes' theater. In much that lias been written on the subject, those who should be best Informed seem to agree that the hostility referred to was some thing tn the nature of an organized vnbal against Mr James, It Is noted as curious fact that thero were fclgus of dlsappiovol lit the cud of the llrst and second acts, but the btorm bioke out at the end of the play, which Is in three acts, und tho persistence Willi which the pit and gallery Insisted that the. author should appear, and the way In which they Insulted him when he did leluetuutly appear before the curtain cer tainly pointed to bomethlng beyond dislike of the play Itself. The hooting, gioanlng, hissing und Insults which greeted Mr, Junius when ho was led before) tho foot, lights by Mr, Alexander was most bitter, und it seems Impossible to believe that they were not the outcome of some pre ui ranged plot. It is some )i-ars since Mr. James contrib uted uuy thing to Hngllbh dramatic ait and his absence from tho Loudon boards has been a mattei for regiet, as he has nlvvuys been regurded as a dramatist of line In tellectual attainments. George Hdwards has engaged for his next production at Daly'b theater "The At list's Model" the following, up to date; MUs I A MEDlCAUUTrlOR. Dr. ttsrttnan Wrllps on Chronic Catarrh. Cough, t'ntil, t.it tlrlppe nnd Con- sumption, n follows) Chronic cnlnrrh Is the bane of American civilization. There Is ho organ of the hu man body that It cannot destroy, nor lic ense It doe not Imitate. Calnrrh prevail In all seaons nnd spares no calling of vocation, No "locality Is entirely free from It ravages! ho amount of vitality can withstand It attack. Neither childhood nor old age Is exempt from It presence, and It does not respect sex, color, or na tionality, Summer nnd winter, spring nhd autumn, chronic catarrh ceae not to nllllcl n large per cent of the Inhabitant of this country. Hut It I especially dur ing the winter season that catarrh does It mot deadly work, Every cold wave, every wintry nllrrard, every slrom of sleet, snow or rnln ndds thousands to the annual llt of victim of chronic catarrh. Catnrrh I liable lo nttack nny organ ot the human body. I'nfortunntely, however, catarrh of rrtot of the organ I not cnlled cnlnrrh, and many people nre led nslroy ns lo the real nature of their disease. If the catarrh happen to be locnted In the head or throat It 1 then generally cnlled cntiirrhj but If It Is located In the bron chial tubes It 1 called bronchitis! If In the lungs, consumption; It In the stomach, It Is called dyspepsia! cnlarrh of Ihe kldnev Is called Plight' dlsene! while catarrh of the pelvla or gan Is called female weakness nnd n rlous other names. Catarrh medicine nre of two clise lho"e that cure and those that relieve. Those that cure arc called specific! those that only relieve are called palliatives. The effect of catarrh palliatives Is often Immediate, but always temporary. They never cure. This kind of cntarrh medi cines Include sprays, snuffs, Inhnlants, gargles nnd local applications of all kinds. They seem to cure for awhile, but the disease Is sure to return, Pe-ru-n 1 belongs to the class ot catarrh medicines called specific. Pe-ru-na doe not palliate the symptoms, but cures the disease. It Is sometimes slow In Its no tion In old enses of chronlo catarrh, but It I sure, and Its effects arc permanent. Thousands of cures are reported every )enr. It Is also an unfailing remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis, la grippe, con sumption In Its early stages, and nil the chronlo diseases of winter. An excellent treatise on catarrh will be sent free to any address by the Pe-ru-na Drug Manu facturing Company, of Columbus, O. Tempest, Letty Llnd, Lottie Venne, Kate Cutler, Alice Davis and Kntio Adams nnd Messrs. Hayden Collin, Erie Lend, Fnrrcn Soutnr, Flshcr-Fnrko, Gilbert Porteous, L. d'Orsay, W. Itobson, York Stephens and Dlakely. Madame Pnttl left Cralg-y-Nos castle lost Tuesday on her way to Derlln, where she 1 to ping on January 18. Thence sho goes to Vienna, Lclpslo and Dresden, her dates for thoso cities being the 22d, ,20th and 29th respectively. She will be sup ported by nn orchestra nnd her repertoire will Include both of the Wagner pieces sung by her In London. Mme. Pnttl sings at Nlco on February 4 nnd during her en gagement thero will appear In four of her well known operatic roles. In London, as understood by the metro politan police namely, fifteen miles In any direction from Charing Cross G.0O0.000 peo ple are permanently housed the year round. This population and the Hood of strangers continually pouring through' the metropolis furnished the 400 odd places of entertain ment nightly open, audiences each week which do not totnl less than a million peo ple, for these 50,000,000 pleasure hunters during tho year. "Little Dick Whlttlngton," by George II. Sims and Ivan Caryl, will be the next pro duction nt the Avenue theater, when the "Lady Slavey" shall have exhausted her usefulness. Miss Yohe will have the title part and In the support will be found J. L. Sheridan. Lovers ot novelty havo not been over looked by the directors of the Philhar monic Society In mnklng arrangements for next season The following ure announced for production: 1., a new s)mphony In D (No. 5), "L'AHprto et II Penreioso," com posed by Trofeshor Vilciers Stanflrd, who will conduct Its performance; 2, an over ture "Fiom the Scottish Highland," by Mr. Frederick Lamond, which has already been heard In several towns; 3, a new over ture, "Leonntus nnd Imogen," by Dr. George G. Dennett; 4, n new pianoforte concerto by Mr. Stax'enhagen, who will play the solo part; C, Caesar Frank's sym phony, nnd for tho first time In England (i, Itublnsteln's Inst suite In five move ments; 7, two new pieces for orchestra by tho society's conductor. Sir A. C. Mac Ken7le. Marie Brema, who Is to appear in the German opera season in New York next February, Is now studying her parts with Frau Coslma 'Wagner nt Bayreuth. She will pay a short visit to London before leaving for the United States. Sydney Grundy's "Slaves of the Ring" disappears from the Garrlck theater on Wednesday next. His "Pair of Spectacles" will be mounted as a stop-gnp until the now Plnero play Is ready to run. Sir Walter Scott's Doss. Sir Walter Scott was a great lover of dogs, and always had fine ones around him. One day, In conversation with a friend, he said: "Those dogs," pointing to two flno hounds lying" on the heai-th, "understand every word I say." The friend expressed his doubts of this statement. Sir Walter, to prove It, took up a book and bejran thus to read aloud: "I have two lnzy, good-for-nothing dogs, who lie by the fire asleep and let tho cattlo ruin my Burden." noth dogs In stantly sprang up and ran out of the room, and, finding no cattle In the gar den, returned and lay down by the fire. The bnronet np;aln rend from the book the story. Airaln tho dogs ran out and again returned disappointed nnd lay down. Tho thiol tlmo their master told the story, when Instead of fToIiir out tho dog's came up to him nnd looked him in the face, whined (tnd'wagged their tails, ni much as to say: "You havo made game of us twice, you cannot do It for tho third time." BRIEF ITEMS BY WIRE. New York, Jan, 12. The expected ship ment of 1S0O00O In gold by Hoskler, Wood ti Co. on French line steamer La Cham pagne to-day, was reduced to lioo.noo, Luz urd Freres shipped M.MO.IW, making a to tal of 12,100,000. New Yoik, Jan. 12. The building at 118 We-st Tneiity-sUth street collapsed shortly nfter noon to-day, bur) Ing several men. Our man has been removed from the ruins, bidly Injured, and four other men are sup posed to be In the debris. New York, Jan, 12. Three men who were walking un the tracks of the New York CV m nil railroad, near Illverdala station, were struck by a train last night. Two of them were Instantly killed and the third so badly injured that he will die, Pueblo, Col., Jan, li L. M. Hill, iiwnltlng trial for petit larceny, was found dead In ,1 cell nt the county Jail this morning. Ho committed suicide by hanging himself with a dog chain. Hall had stolen dry Rood4 from Nathaniel Dunning, his employer, disgrace following exposure prompted his suicide He originally came fiom De ment, 111. Denver, Jan. 12. A resolution has been introduced In the houso which will be taken up for consideration Monday declaring1 that no person bhould be sent to the United States senate from Colorado who will not pledge himself to sever all relations with corpointlons and trusts. The resolution Is nlmed nt Senator Wolcott and will receive tho support of some ltcpubllcan members, It is said, Clnclnnutl, Jan. 12. Judge Wilson to-day found the extradition papers In the case of Charles Murt'antle'ld, wanted in Virginia for tho robbery of the Adams Express Com piny, at Aqula cicek, to be regular, und that the evidence adduced bhowed the prisoner to be the man Indicted In Virginia for that offense. The order to deliver him to tho Virginia officers Is deliyed until Wednesday next to allow time for uppeal, Denver. Jan. li Major James W Pad dock, of Omaha, government dlreotor of tho I'nton Pacltio railroad, Is lying dangerously 111 in his private cir at the Union depot u this city, He left Omuha Thursday with .1 party of friends for La. Junta, Col. On his arrival here yesterday he was not feeling well and his car was sidetracked. To-day his trouble developed into a beiious al. tack of pneumonia. He will be taken back to Omaha. GRAND Jacob Lltt's Comedy Sensation, YON YONSON! . IUI-iTJgTK,ATB3P WITH A CARLOAD OF SCENERY! GUS AND A llltll.l.tANT COMPANY OF COMEDIANS! Till: l.OO JAM! 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