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BTL THE PENNY ILLUSTRATED PAPER
studied parts. A word of praise is but the due
also of Miss Angela Cudmore as Mabel Sea-
brook ; of Mr. Charles Allan as Michael Ryan,
the detective; and of Mr. Hamilton Clarke’s
excellententr’acte music.
The new Society skit, ‘‘ The Duchess of Bays-
waterand Co.,”” formsa very amusing ‘‘curtain-
litter’? at the Haymarket. With much inge-
nuity, Mr. A. M. Heathcote has dovetailed a
little love - story into a bright, entertaining
travestie of the new aristocratic “fad,” that of
going into trade. Mr. Charles Brookfield, the
Duke of Bayswater, and the haughty Duchess,
his mother. (Miss Rose Leclercq) vie with each
other in their eager pursuit of trade. com-
missions, and so utterly disenchant a petulant
eld invalid, Sir Jeremy Jobs (Mr. Charles Allan),
with the aristocracy that he gladly withdraws
his opposition to his daughter’s marriage with
the son of a man who has made a fortune out of
tinned meats; the latter two parts falling to the
lot of Miss Cudmore and Mr. 1’, Harrison. ‘The
Duchess of Bayswater and Co.,’’ briskly and
well acted by all I have mentioned, was quite
deservedly applauded with warmth, as the
humorous trifle elicited much laughter.
of Clowns, Harry
Payne, has already
commenced organis-
ing those rollicking
rallies which are to
sct Old: Drury roar-
ingon Boxing Night.
Apropos, I wonder
whether the gay
plumages to be seen
in the “Zoo”
aviaries suggested
to Mr. Augustus
Harris the ‘Ballet
of Lirds,’”? which is
to be tke most
brilliant feature of
the Drury-Lane
antomime?
Another novelty will be a moving wood for ** The
Babes” to lose themselves in. . One’s risible
faculties are at once tickled by the fancy figures
conjured up of Harry Nicholls and Ilerbert
Campbell as ‘f The Babes in the Wood.’
It may not be generally known that the King
Leading ballet-house in Europe, the Alhambra
. Theatre of Varieties presents our friends up for
the Cattle Show this week with a pair of its
grandest terpsichorean spectacles in “ Antiope”’
and ‘‘Ideale’? (to say nothing of Herbert
Campbell’s mirth-moving ditties, the ‘* Beau-
tiful Geraldine,” and ‘Mr. Harry .Randall in
the successful new ‘hit’? of Geoffrey Thorn,
“Who Killed Cock Warren?’’), Mr. Charles
Morton, most experienced ‘of managers, informs
me that the Christmas novelty is due early.
lt is called ‘“Irene,’’. this “fresh fantastic
ballet, and it is in four: tableaux. Music
by the always-melodious Jacobi; figures
by Signor Casati. In addition to the usual
premiéres .danseuses and the captivating corps
de ballet of the Alhambra, charmingly costumed
by Alias from the designs of Crédat and Lavigérie,
there will be a new choregraphic star: not in-
aptly named Signorina Leynani, ‘Irene’? ix
announced for next Monday night. Meantime,
the neighbouring Empire rejoices in a seductive
and triumphant novelty in the lovely poetical
ballet of ‘*Diana’!—a masterpiece of. chore-
graphic and musical art. : .
Mr. Burnand’s irresistibly droll.and fuony
“ Betsy” still fills the Criterion-with laughter,
and at a Criterion matinée on Vriday week a
vigorous attempt was: made to secure~another'
farcical triumph in, the. shape of ‘Lhe Deputy
legistrar,”” by Mr. Ralph Lumley and Mr.’
Horace Sedger.’ Many'a big success has been
built on.a worse foundation. - Indeed; consider-
able ingennity was shown by the authors in con-
triving a succession pf perplexing complications,
which in a manner compelled the bibulous
“ Deputy Registrar’? to mate two ladies to the
wrong ‘husbands, the result being one of the
most confusing wedding: breakfasts ever secti:
In the end, the uncongenial knots are ‘untied by
the deputy’s discovery that his license to marry
had expired ‘for some days, Carefully revised, and
thoroughlyamended asto its last act, ‘ TheDeputy
Registrar,” well acted in every part, might yet
be a ‘‘go.’? ! Miss Annie Hughes as an artless
“Crrasina Sitver.”—All diflculty.in keeping silver,
electro-piate, &c,, untarnished and with a brilliant polish,
may be obviated by using, Govparn’s- Nox-Merccrta
Prate-Powner, Sold everywhere, in Boxes, Is., 23, éd.,
and da.¢d. Vive gold medals awarded.—[Aovr.] .
schoolgirl bride was admirable; and Mr. Ashley
as the Earl of Stokepole, Mr. Alfred Maltby as
the Deputy-Registrar, and Mr. W. II. Denny as
the fiery O’Brady did their best for the piece.
The preceding little play of ‘Only a Dream,”
by Mr. Jocelyn Brandon, proved a poetical trifle,
sustained by Miss Olga Nethersole and Mr. Marius.
The perilous nature of the play-critic’s voca-
tion, followed in draughty or overheated theatres,
has been sadly exemplified by the premature
death of Mr. Clifton’s faithful colleague and
friend, Mr. Richard Spicer, one of the brightest
and most gentle of assiduous ‘“ first-nighters.”’
“Au Revoir!’ was the eloquent motto on the
wreath Mr. Clifton placed on the coffin of his
poor friend McNiell barely a twelvemonth ago;
and_one can well imagine that he would pay a
similar tribute to his adler ego, who has left him
desolate.
I sincerely agree with Miss Marie De Grey in
the cordial tribute that clever and handsome
actress (too rarely seen on the stage herself) paid
on Monday night to Miss Kate Vaughan. ‘This
dainty, graceful, and bewitchingly-pretty comé-
dienne tairly surprised ‘one by her histrionic
improvement. Miss Kate Vaughan, as the sorely~
tried heroine of Mr. Campbell Clarke’s adaptation
from Dumas’ ‘‘Loveand Honour,” displayed great
dramatic ‘‘ grip’? at the new Grand ‘Theatre,
Islington, and roused the house to a genuine out-
burst of enthusiasm in her strong and moving
scene in the second act. That she looked perfectly
charming goes without saying. But it was a
gratifying surprise to find Kate Vaughan rising
to the height of every varying sentiment and
passion. ‘‘ Love and Honour’? was also capably
acted by Mr. H. J. Lethcourt as M. de Montaglin,
by Mr. C. Fulton as M. Octave, by Mrs.
Campbell Bradley as Madame Guichard, and by
Miss Gracie Noble as Adrienne. ‘Che captivating
grace and sparkling ,beauty and vivacity of Miss
Kate Vaughan in the artistic and chie dancing-
lesson monologue of ‘How It Jfappened,””
literally caused the house to rise at the gifted
actress, and to vociferously encore the final
valse—the poetry of motion realised. There
should be a rush to the Grand to see and admire
Kate Vaughan. .
Chat of the Zondon Gossips.
—_-e—
{ Wuat tue World says.”
Tue urbane and able
Earl of Winchilsea
and Nottingham is
genially limned as this
’s World ‘* Cele-
brity at Home,’? the
home being at Haver-
holme Priory, Slea-
ford :—
“There is a great
deal in the delicate
features, expressive
countenance, and dark
eyes of the present
master of Haverholme
to remind you both of
Sir Christopher Hatton
and the first Earl of
Nottinghau.... Lord
Winchilsea can turn
his hand. to most
things. - His skill at
cricket is still remem-
AN ered; there was a
fi time when he diligently
followed both the Belvoir and the Blankney Hounds;
he is able to play the organ. creditably. if, the
necessity arises ;-and he once astonished the Sleaford
glazier by putting in the painted windows of the
parish church, .The popularity of Lord and, Lady
Winchilsea in Lincolnshire is unbounded ; and it is
the earnest hope of their many friends that they
may yet be spared to sce Kirby Hall restored to its
pristine splendour, aud to divide ‘their time between
Lastwell and Haverholme.” > -
The memorial service in the Frozmore Mausoleum
on Friday morning will be attended by the Queen,
the Empress Frederick and her daughters, the [’rinco
and Princess of Wales and their family.
_ The Queen leaves Windsor next Tuesday morning,
accompanied by'the Empress Frederick, the three
Princesses of Prussia, and Princess Beatrice, for
Osborne, +. ~ . : “os
~-Lady Ampthill has gone to Windsor as Tady-in-
Waiting to the Queen, in. succession to Lady
Churchill, instead of Lady Ely, who has been staying
at the castle on a visit to her Majesty, and who i3
going to Osborne. for Christmas, pry :
“) The Quecn last week significil her approval of the
appointment of. Sir Anthony \Hoskins to the coms
mand of the Mediterranean Squadron, in succession
to the Duke of Ldinburgh, who has intimated his
Dec, 15, 1888
intention of resigning in the spring. The Duke is
not likely to accept another command in the English
Navy, and he will probably find it expedient to pass
the greater part of each year in Germany. '
The Prince of Wales goes down next Sunday by
special train to Wadhurst, where he will remain for
two days as the guest of the Marquis and Marquise
de Santurce. ‘The Duchess of Manchester, Lady
Mandeville, Lord and Lady De Grey, and Mr. and
Mrs. Arthur Sassoon are amongst those who have
been invited to meet him. H.R... will shoot on
both days during his stay in Sussex.
The Empress Frederick and her daughters came
up from Windsor on Friday (last week) to pay their
visit to the Throat Hospital in Golden-square. ‘The
Empress had promised that it should be her first
visit, and made a condition that it was to bea private
one; consequently only Sir Morell Mackenzie, Dr.
Iiowell, and the staff actually going round the wards
were present. ‘lhe Empress inscribed her name in
the visitors’ book and went over the hospital,. speak-
ing kindly and sympathetically to some of: the
patients. She looked very pale and sad, and it was
evident the visit was a great effort to her.
The meeting'of the Empress Frederick and Sir
Morell Mackenzie at the ‘Throat Hospital on the
Friday, was not, as has been generally supposed, the
first which has taken place since her arrival in Isng-
land. Sir Morell was summoned to Buckingham
Palace some days ago, and there had avery prolonged
interview with the Empress.
The Empress Frederick spoke feelingly of her
affection for the Duke of Sparta, and the pleasure
which the projected marriage afforded her. Princess
Sophia quite won the hearts of all her hearers by the
modest reply she made to Mr. Stephen Ralli's
eloquent congratulations.
Lord Randolph Churchill leaves England for South
America during the last week in January, and wiil
not return till the middle of May, Under the friendly
guidance of Colonel North, he will visit the privcipal
towns of Chiliand Peru, remaining some little tiie
at Tarapaca, Iquique, and the other principal places
in the realms of nitrate.
The new Governor of Queensland, Sir Ienry
Norman, is a general on the active list, representing
the Bengal Staif Corps.
Mr. W. IL. Smith and his family leave on Saturday
for the Riviera, where they Will remain until
Parliaent again mects,
( Zruth ro Trx1.?}
The State portrait of the Queen, by Angeli, which
was painted last year to commemorate the Jubilee,
has been hung in the private apartments at Windsor
Castle, at the top of the visitor’s staircase. It is
not nearly so successful a picture as Angeli’s former
portrait of her Majesty, which was painted about
fifteen years ago. .
The Duchess of Albany is to stay for the next two
months at Arolsen with her father, the Prince of
Waldeck-and-Pyrmont, whose health is in a very
unsatisfactory state.
Prince Louis of Battenberg is to return from the
Mediterranean next spring, and in the course of the
year he will be appointed to one of the Royal
yachts. Prince Louis will inherit the Schloss and
estate of Heiligenberg, in the Bergstrasse, on the
leath of his father, Prince Alexander of Hesse, and
ultimately a fortune of about £1000 a year...
The Grand Duke Paul of Russia, the youngest
brother of the Czar, has announced his intention of
presenting do/s to a hundred young women at Athens,
to celebrate his betrothal to the Princess Alexandra
of Greece. It is understood that the wedding will
take place towards the end of May at St. Petersburg,
and the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh will pro-
baby represent the Royal family of England on this
oceasion.
The Grand Duke is building a splendid palace on
anestate near Athens, which he purchased a few
months ago, and ha willin future pass half of cach
year in Greece, as the climate suits his health,
Sir Charles and Lady Dilke reached Karachi on
Nov. 6, and met. Sir Frederick Roberts. With the
Commander-in-Chicf, they went up at once, withont
changing carriages, to Quetta by the new broad-
gauge high-level line, through the Bolan Pass, visiting
Sir Charles Elliott, the Minister of Public Works, on
the way. . 4 :
Sir James Tannen intends to reside in Devonshire
as muchas possible in future, and he has just
arranged to lease Holne Cott, near Ashburton, a
pretty place on the verge of Dartmoor, © « .
. The Dean of St. Paul’s has left town for Torquay,
where he intends to passthe winter.’ .
Mrs. Ernest Ilart’s exhibition of Irish embroid-
eries, art-fabrics, lace, needlework, &c., at her honse
in Wimpole-etreet, aflords most instructive evidence
of the artistic and industrial capabilities of the Irish
peasant, Che show comprises almost every form of
textile. art, aud .among the latest noveltics ‘re
reproductions “of ' Cretan, Italian, and Japancse
embroideries.
« Ramway | Seravayrs,— Signalmen, Engine « Drivers
Porters,and others, wiv have frequently long intervals o
work between meals, should drink Capsury’s Covva, a
sustaining beverage, agreeable and comforting, during long
VT.)
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