Stageland and Melbourne Theatre Scene Amid Plague Woes
Melbourne crowds enjoy a varied program including Nellie Stewart in Sweet Nell of Old Drury and The Runaway Girl while theaters report two plague related seizures among performers. Miss Nance O Neill is praised though not yet a new American sensation. Anthony Hope debuts Pillkerton's Peerage at Garrick with Mrs Macsmore Morris in the cast.
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Melbourne
Nell
Old Drury
Princess
Nellie Stewart
Harcourt Beatty
Charles 11
John F. Sheridan
Chicago
Royal Vaudeville
New Opera House
Her Majesty's
Bijou
Anthony Hope
David Glassford
Notable Theatre Figures and Designs Across the Atlantic
The London Morning Leader profiles Frank Latona as a seasoned American artist returning from Australia to holiday near his White Mountains estate in New Hampshire. It notes Sir A. E. Greenaway in The Broken Melody and mentions Phil May’s illness delaying a Harlem appearance. Miss Lole Fuller recounts the serpentine dance origin, inspired by an Indian gift, while Sardou jokes about shoes. Marguerite Henderson shines at Queen's Hall, and Ada Reeve remains London’s top paid actress. Ada refuses $1,040 weekly to tour America. Ailsa Craig’s costume design prowess rises at the Lyceum, Im perial and Worth, with Miss Katie Vesey in Glasgow and D’Oyly Carte connections. Leslie Stuart tours the U S with Florodora, recounting a piano-led performance in a US town due to an inept local orchestra. The piece blends theatrical gossip with career milestones and fashion touches.
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Frank Latona
London “Morning Leader
Eliase
Hippodrome
Australia
Avet
Latona
White Mountains
New Hampshire
Lole Fuller
Queen of the Fairies
Ailsa Craig
Ellen Terry
Miss Craig
Lyceum Company
Henry Irving
New Zealand
Aalk
Auckland
Queen Street
Australasia
Australian pianist Elsie Hall marks in Berlin and London
The article notes Elsie Stanley Hall the Australian pianist as the first English lady to win open competition at Berlin and to perform for the Prince and Princess of Wales in Adelaide. It also mentions her private London presentation to royal figures and her Sydney press pedigree. Additionally, it covers Lord Dysart’s £10000 gift toward a national English opera house and debates on Shakspere authorship and related literary matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elsie Stanley Hall
Berlin
London
Elsie Hall
Adelaide
Coronation Medals Through English Monarchs
The piece traces coronation medals from James I onward, noting earliest such pieces for English monarchs, gaps for Mary and Elizabeth, and lists engravers and features for medals of James I, Charles I, Charles II, William III and Mary, Anne, George I through Victoria, and the later William IV and George IV. It highlights portraits, inscriptions, and the quality of engravings across eras.
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James I
Edward VI
Henry VIII
Christ
Mary
Elizabeth
James L
James
Britain
Caesar Augugius
Caesars
Charles I
Briot
England
Sayls
Yorkshire Post
Scotland
Charles II
William II
Rottier
Queen Anné
George
Hanover
Shelander
George II
Croker
George III
Natter
George IV
Plistrucci
William IV
Wyon
Queen Victoria
Pistrucci
What an Opera House Would Cost
Dr. Villiers Stanford criticizes extravagant estimates for an English Opera House. He argues £200,000 to £260,000 suffices, noting Prague and Brussels theatres as models. With a site grant from the County Council, costs could be reduced, enabling a first rate stage and comfortable seating without marble foyers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villiers Stanford
Lord Dysart
Stanford
Prague
England
Brussels
British View Of Japan Through A German Travel Book
A late 19th century critique cites Ernst von Hesse Wartegg’s travel work on China and Japan. It portrays Japanese women as bound by obedience to family, bearing duties from daughter to widow, and serving as a key to understanding Japanese society.
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China
Japan
Herr Ernst von Hesse Wartegg
Leipsie
Herr von Wartege
Japanese Marriage Rules and Emperors Portraits in Review
A long excerpt discusses Kaibara’s advice for wives to obey in lawfully arranged Japanese families, detailing obedience to in laws, subservience, and duties, with critical notes on women's hardships. It then covers Mr. de Wartegg’s interview with the Japanese Emperor, describing his appearance and manner, and ends with a portrait of Japanese child life and upbringing, contrasting rural and urban practices and fears such as the red devil.
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Kaibara
Heaven
Japan
de Wartegg
de Wartege
Korea
Temeraire's retirement and navy leadership notes
The Pall Mall Gazette comments on the Temeraire's disposal as prudent yet disappointing after a costly refit at Devonport. It recalls her Mediterranean service, role at Alexandria, and debates the Navy’s need for experienced leadership in Parliament. It cites Lord Beresford, industry discipline, and General Sir Hector MacDonald advocating rifle clubs with strong drill and national organization.
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Admiralty
Devonport Dockyard
Esquimalt
Pacific Sta Hom
Chatham
Mediterranean
Channel Squadron
Alexandria
Boscawen
de la Clue
Belleisle
Trafalgar
Nelson
Harvey
Temeraire
Charles Beresford
House of Commons
Navy
Sir John Colomb
John
Bet Beresford
Charlie
Hector MacDonald
Sydney
Australia
Hector
Pall Mall
Kipling Stays at Woolsack Cottage Near Capetown
Rudyard Kipling and family reside at Woolsack Cottage on Cecil Rhodes’s Rondesbosch estate near Capetown. The hermitage, built years ago, provides retreat for the poet who visits often for the dry air and scenery of Table Mountain’s lower slopes, where much of Kim was written.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Rudyard Kipling
Woolsack Cottage
Cecil Rhodes
Rondesbosch
Capetown
Mr. Rhodes
Rhodes
Kiplingle
Table Mountain
Twain and editor clash over pronunciation in magazine row
The editor criticizes a contributor for lack of imagination while the writer defends his work as properly fertilised by reading. Mark Twain chases Sir Wemyss Reid over English pronunciation, quipping about the Beauchamp and Clemens names and their pronunciations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Wemyss Reid
Marshbanks
Sir Wemyss
Twain
Our New Zealand Sister on Woman Suffrage Debate
A commentary on New Zealand's 1893 enfranchisement and its mixed results. It weighs decorum gains against persistent social issues, argues for continued reform, and highlights the tension between educated independent women and domestic constraints including husbands and the “last new baby” as domestic obstacles.
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New Zealand
Auckland
Dan
Ladies’ League
Maryar
Wealthy philanthropy fuels US education boom in 1901
A New York correspondent notes 1901 set a record for gifts to colleges and schools, totaling over £15,000,000. Three donors supplied £9,000,000: Mrs. Leland Sanford gave £6,000,000 in real estate and securities to Western University, John D. Rockefeller endowed the Chicago Law School with £1,000,000, and Andrew Carnegie funded a scientific institute in Washington with nearly £2,000,000. Sanford's gift aims to preclude will contests by giving assets early. US students enjoy extensive resources while paying about one eighth of the actual cost of education.
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United States
New York
London
England
Leland Sanford
Western University
John D. Rockfeller
Law School
University of Chicago
Andrew Carnegie
Washington
Sanford
Globe
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R. Lland Holt
Peggy
Pryde
Tivoli
Alma Gray
Palace
Mr. Fuller
Empire
Criterion Theatre
Mr. Holloway
Messia
Willoughby
Geach
Norman Broun
Sally Booth
Ada Lee
Nance O'Neill
Lyceum
Miss O'Neill
Fedora
Magda
Camille
Lady Macbeth
Tess
A. E. Greenaway
Phil May
Marguerite Henderson
Melbourne University Conservatorium
Queen's Hall
Miss Schmidt
Micaéla
Heart
Sullivan
Theatre Royal
Birmingham
Charles Wyndham
Ada Reeve
Abe
America
Katie Vesey
Glasgow
Clara Vesey
Mme
Emily Soldene
Leslie Stuart
Florodora” Company
Arizona
Basil Gill
the Spider
Mr. Wilson Barrett
Misa Ruby Ray
Hawtrey Comedy Company
Geo. Edwardes
Opera Reis
Earl of Dysart
Garrett
Norfolk Street
Strand
Great Britain
Wagner
National Opera House
Dr. Stanford
London ‘“Times
Shakepere
Flowers
Warwickshire
Shakspera
Shaks
Sydney Grundy
Haymarket Theatre
THE
the Marquis Ito
Kipling
James Sandy & CO
George Street
Duresco
Vandorian
Cook
Miss Walkantalk
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