12
 

THE  NEW  YORK  CLIPPER  ANNUAL.
 

16—Barnett II. Simons and Lou C. Martin married, Phil¬
adelphia; Fred Waldmann and Jessie Hall married,
Newark.

17—Memphis  Theatre  burned......."Geoffry Middleton,

Gentleman," by Martha Morton, oritrinally acted.
Grand Opera House, .Minneapolis. ___People's Thea¬
tre, New Orleans, dedicated.......Pearl Bradburn and

August Bark (non-professional) married, (Chicago; E.
J. Holden and Mona Pierce married. San Francisco.

18—Ralph Cummings and Blanche Douglass married.

19—"The Vagabond" originally acted, Fairbury, Neb.

21—Alvin Theatre, Pittsburg, dedicated......Parlor Opera

House,   Bridgeport,   reopened   as   Stewart's   Bijou.

......"Nero," by T. Russell Sullivan, originally acted.

Garden Theatre, N. Y.....St. John, N. B.,"Opera House

dedicated.......McCasland   Opera    House,   East   St.

Louis, Mo., dedicated......Queen's Theatre, Montreal,

dedicated......"Another Man's Shoes," by John Har¬
rison, acted first time in America, Park, Philadelphia,
Geo. Barrett making American stellar debut.

22—Grand Opera House, Carthage, Mo.,  fledicated......

"Gabrielle," Mrs. Ettie Henderson and Mathilde Est-
van's dramatization of the French novel, "(jermaine,"
acted under that title, Johnstown, Pa.; the piece was
done in 1890 by Nadage Doree as "Nata.squa."

-----Patrice and W. H. Gunning married, Akron, O.

25—Dot Lathrop and C. C. Allen married. New Castle, Pa.

26—Butler, Pa.. Opera House burned.

28—Lacona Twins seen first in America, Worth's Museum.
......Frank Cafl'rey made American debut, Tony Pas¬
tor's Theatre, N. Y......Buckeye Museum and Theatre,

Akron, O., dedicated    ___Lissetta Hall divorced from

Thos. Henry Hall, Brooklyn ___People's Theatre, Du¬
luth, reopened as New Parlor......Sadie Scanlan made

stellar debut. Grand Opera House, New Haven, when
"Eily," by the late Fred Marsden, was originally
acted. .•___"The Marquis' Wife," Sidney Bowkett's dra¬
matization of Selina Dolaro's novel, "Belle Demonia,
or the Marquis' Wife," originally acted Columbus
Theatre N  Y

29—"Jack Royal," of the 92d," by A. C.Wheeler ("Nym
Crinkle"), originally acted Park, Philadelphia; first in
N. Y., People's, Nov. 23.

30—John P. Bruce and Minnie Merrill (non-professional)
married, Seattle; John J. Kett and Burdie Bartram
married, Missouri Valley, la.
 

OCTOBER.

1—Edgecomb Avenue Theatre, Atlanta, Ga., dedicated.

......Joseph Kainz made American debut Amberg, N.

Y......"The American Girl," by H. Grattan Donnelly,

originally acted Albany Theatre......"Quack, M. D.,"

by "the late Fred Marsden, originally acted Proctor's
Opera House, New Haven, Ct.: first in New York, 20,
Columbus.

2—"A Lesson in Love" originall.y acted Lyceum Thea¬
tre, Philadelphia.......Wm. Morris and Etta Hawkins

married.

3—Grand Opera House, Kansas City,-dedicated.

-----Thos. Wintermuth  and Ada Hall (non-professional)

married, Nova Springs, la.

4—Mrs. Frank Leslie and W. C. K. Wilde married.

5—"The Man in Black" originally acted Fort Wayne, Ind.
......"Little Lord MacLeroy," by Ed. Chrissie, orig¬
inally acted Nyack, N. Y..'.. ."Thermidor," by Vic¬
torien Sardou, acted first time in America, Proctor's
Twenty-third Street, N. Y.;  originally acted Theatre

Francais, Paris, Jan. 24......B'^dford Avenue Theatre,

Williamsburg, dedicated .....Poll's Eden Musee, Troy,

■opened......Columbia Theatre, Boston, dedicated.....

"A Yorkshire Lass," by Wilton Jones, acted first in
America, Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Mary Eastlake
making  American   stellar   debut;   originally  acted

Olympic, London, Feb. 18, 1890 ....."Paradise'Flats,''

by Hubbard T.  Smith,  acted  first by professionals,

Howard Auditorium, Baltimore......DockDownie and

Ella J. Davis (non-professionaf) married, Monticello,
Ind.

6-"The DwarPs Wedding at the Court of St. Peter the
Great," by Hans Gross, acted first in America, Thalia,
N.Y.

7-Seraphine Detschy made American debut, .Amberg,
N. Y.

8—W. H. Howard (McDougall) and Bertha A. Lovell (non¬
professional) married, Meadville, Pa.

D—"A Son of Thespis," by Milton Nobles, originally acted

Worcester, Mass......Pearl Inman divorced......"Gal-

eoto," Paul Lindau's version of Jose Echegaray's "El
Grau Galeoto," acted first in America, Aniberg, N. Y.

......Lottie B. Conklin and Floyd H. Fox married,

Chicago.......Olympic Theatre. St. Paul, burned.

10—Temple Theatre, Owensboro, Ky.,  burned......Chas.

A. Mendum and Mrs. Georgiana Doyle married, Bos¬
ton .....Eijyptian Hall, Philadelphia, dedicated.

11—Nina Lansing and Barton H. Couse married, Nyack,

N. Y.
12—^Violet Raye made American debut as Mrs. Mildmay,

in "Still Waters Run Deep," Star, N. Y......"Beautiful

Star," by Wm. H. Day, originally acted Niblo's, N. Y.,
when Mrs. Nina Farfington made American debut as
Fairy Queen......"Little Maverick," by C, T, Dazey,
 

originally acted Amphion, Williamsburg..... Uvalde,

Tex., Opera House, dedicated......Joseph Anzo and

Annie Hoffman (non-prolessional) married, Colum¬
bus, O.

13—Augustin Neuville and Lillian Barlow married, Col¬
umbia City, Ind.; Augustus L. Heckler and Josephine
E. Harlow married, N. Y.

-----Dr. John H.  Higgins divorced  from  Helen Russell,

who, Nov. 4; married Thos. A. Sweeney, Burlington, la.

14—Lulu Nichols and C. A. Small married, St. Louis; Her¬
bert Pierson and Edith Paulscraft married, Hughes-
ville, Pa.

15—Phil J. Stre.ssinger and Rose Hart (Rose Fernandez^
married, Albany, N. Y.

16—"The   Better   Part," by E.  S.   Belknap   and   Mason

Carries, originall.y acted. Mad i.son Square, N. Y.......

Geo. W. Pange and Lillian Rentfrow married. Napo¬
leon, O.

17 -"Donnerwetter," b.y G. Harris Eldon, originally acted

Tipton, la......Fitzgerald Murphy made stellar debut,

Hazleton, Pa., when "Neil Agrah," by Mr. Murphy,
was originally acted.

18—Grand Forks," N. D., Opera House burned .....Edward

Aylward and Kate Byrnes (non-professional) married,
Cincinnati.

19—Mme. .Marazzi-Diligenti made American debut.Walnut

Street Theatre, Philadelphia.......Laurel, Del., Opera

House dedicated.....Davis' Opera House, Forest City,

Pa., dedicated ___Theatre Comique, Canton, O., dedi¬
cated......Bell's New York Museum, New Haven, dedi¬
cated; another museum, under same management,
opened at Waterbury, Ct., same date.

20—Maggie Sheridan and Walter F". Bean married, San
Francisco.......Granburg, Tex., Opera House opened.

21—Vida Croly and Fred W. Sydney married, N. Y.

-----Herrmann Riotti made professional debut, (Jerman

Theatre, Cincinnati, when "En Neuss Nach Amerika,"
from his own pen, was originall.y acted.

22—"Lettarblair,"  by Marguerite   Merington, originally

acted   Lyceum......Emma Olson made professional

debut as Eva in "Uncle Tom's Cabin," North Man¬
chester, Ind......Lancaster, Ky., Opera House burned,

24—"Newport," by ('linton Stuart, originally acPed David¬
son Theatre, Milwaukee, Wis^___.J. B. Morris became

manager of Gaiety Museum and Theatre, Montreal,

Can......Germ.ania Hall, Lacrosse, \^ is., burned.

"Christmas Bells," John A. Stevens' revised version of
"A Narrow E.scape," originally acted Bedford Avenue
Theatre, Williamsburg, N. Y......"The Country Cir¬
cus," b.v Chas. Barnard and C. B. Jefl'erson, originally
acted, Walnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia, when Rich
& Harris assumed control of that house and the Park,
same city .....Geo. P. Bourke and Eva Brown mar¬
ried, Detroit......Prof Emmett made American debut

Gaiety Museum, N. Y....."The Wolves of New York" by

Leonard Grover,  acted first in New York, Windsor.

......Chas. C. Stumm, liUlu Ellers and Stewart Sisters

made metropolitan debuts. Miner's Bowery, N. Y......

"The Prima Donna," by Maj. Page McCarthy, original¬
ly acted Richmond Theatre.... ."The Southerner," by

Chas. Nevin, originally acted Ottawa, Kas.......Violet

St. Clair divorced from Deu Ha we, Tacoma, Wash.....

"Bouchal Baun," by M. J. Nerney, originally acted,
Greenwich, (/I.

"Cupid's Messenger" originally acted O'Neill's Opera
House, Charleston, S. C.

29-"Falsche Heilige" ("Sham and Profli.gate") Oskar
Bluraenthal's free  adatation of A. W. Pinero's "The

Profligate," acted first.in America, Amberg.....Opera

House, Franklin, Tenn., burned......Lillie Meers and

Thos. Judge (Moses Dupliney) married, Camden, N. J.

-----Lennie Wertheimer made professional debut. Monu¬
mental Theatre, Baltimore.
 

•26
 

28.
 

NOVEMBER.

2—"The Tragic Mask," by E. C. Reynolds, originally
acted, (jh)be Theatre, Boston......"Lady Jess/'Syd¬
ney Grundy's adaptation of Terrill and White's novel,
"Lady Delmar," originally acted,  Boston Museum.

......"A Crazy Lot" acted first in New York, Harlem

Theatre......(xazella Bruckner made her New York

debut, London Theatre......Nellie Lingard and Her¬
bert Albini made American debuts, Tony Pastor's The¬
atre, New York......Tanner and Dowley, and Jim and

Tom Dalton made metropolitan debuts. Miner's Eighth
Avenue......Hagan Opera House, St. Louis, dedi¬
cated......De Remer Opera House, Pueblo, Col., re¬
opened  as Wonderland  Musee......"The Man With a

Hundreds Heads," by Carl and Hugo Rosenfeld, acted
first in America, Herrmann's Theatre, New York.....
Chas. C. Miller and Lizzie Welsh married, Baltimore.
......Madison Square Garden Tower, N. Y., opened.

3—Crystal Dime VTvlseum, Erie, Pa., opened.......Owens-

ville, Ky.,   Theatre dedicated.

4—Prof C.'H. Pendy and Delia Austin (non-professional)
married, Medina, N. Y.; Frank C. Clark and Mary
Murphy married. Hot Springs, Ark.

5—Adalbert Matkowsky made American debut as Karl
Von Moor in "Die Raeuber," Amberg Theatre, N. Y.

6—Aurora, 111., Opera House dedicated.

7—Kate Russell divorced from John H, Russell, Phila-