induces Mrs. Goldheart to elope with him, leaving two children behind. He also robs and bankrupts his partner. The wife has no guilty motive in eloping, and in the sequel is shown never to have sinned. In the complications that ensue the villain is balked at every turn; the wife's honor is found to be unimpaired; the villain is killed, and busband and wife are reunited.

Production of Walda Lamar," a play in three acts, adapted from Ernest Feydeau's novel, "Monsieur de St. Bertrand," by Henri Wirtheimber, at the Lyceum Theatre, New York, with Helen Dauvray in the title 1ôle; supported by the following cast: Paul de St. Germain, Alexander Salvini; Andre de Latour, E. H. Sothern; Romanville, J. W. Pigott; Count de Valdaure, J. E. Whiting; Chevalier de Monval, J. G. Saville; Vladimir, William Payson; Monsieur Lecocq, G. F. De Vere ; Adele Regnier, Adeline Stanhope; Duchess de St. Germain, Ida Vernon; Louise de Valdaure, Enid Leslie. The plot has one strong situation, where the heroine, finding her noble lover false and about to be married to a young girl of his own class, stabs herself, and by a gesture accuses him of the crime. First representation in America of "Antoinette Rigaud," by Raymond Deslandes, English adaptation by Ernest Warren, at the Boston Museum, Boston, Mass.; with the following cast: Captain Henri de Tourvel, E. H. Vanderfelt; General De Prefond, Alfred Hudson; Monsieur Rigaud, Frazer Coulter; Paul Sannoy, F. M. Burbeck; Monsieur Bernadet, Arthur Falkland; Monsieur De Rochard, E. E. Rose; Corporal Pierre, H. P. Whittemore; Jean, J. K. Applebee, Jr.; Antoinette Rigaud, Isabel Evesson; Marie De Prefond, Maida Craigen; Mme. Bernadet, Helen Dayne; Mme. De Rochard, Lallie Lee.

Production of "Hans the Boatman," comedy-drama, by Clay M. Greene, at the Theatre Royal, Sheffield, England.- -Production of "La Foire de Seville," pantomime, at the Nouveau Cirque, Paris, France. -Revival of " Réne," an old-time melodrama, by the Redmund-Barry Company, at the Harlem Theatre Comique, New York. -Sarah Bernhardt appeared as Fédora, at the Chestnut Street Theatre, Philadelphia.

Revival of "Taken From Life," by the Bidwell Star Dramatic Company, at the St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, La.; with the following cast: Walter Lee, Osmond Tearle; Philip Radley, Barton Hill; William Maguire, Charles Wheatleigh; Titus Knott, Luke Martin; John Denby, W. A. Whitecar; Joe Gallon, Edgar Selden ; Robert Channell, Hart Conway; Jack, Little Alice Duffield; Michael Dumford, H. C. Brinker; Sergeant Arnold, Andrew Bowers; Richard Bolton, Louis Filber; Kate Denby, Minnie Conway; Bella Greystone, May Brookyn; Mary Maguire, Emma Madders; Maid, Kate Mathews.

8. Revival of "A Woman Killed with Kindness," by the Dramatic Students, at the Olympic Theatre, London, England.- Marriage of Maud Granger and R. Ger

maine (William M. Baxter), at Appleton, Wis.

9. Death of Paul Féval, novelist and dramatist, at Paris, France. Death of Constance Murielle, leading lady of the "Taken From Life Company, at New York City.

10. Production of " The Mormon," farcical comedy in three acts, by Mr. Calthorpe, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, England.--Production of "The Brothers," in one act, by Henry Byatt, at the Vaudeville Theatre, London, England. - -Thomas Gossman, of the Lyceum Theatre, New York, delivered a lecture on "Stage Appliances," before the students of the New York School of Acting.-Emil Thomas, a German comedian, made his American début at the Thalia Theatre, New York, as Wulkow in "Von Schrott und Korn."- Marriage of Jeffreys Lewis and Harry Mainball, at San Francisco, Cal.- -Death of Cyril Searle, actor in Fanny Davenport's Company, at Savannah, Ga.

11. The following letter was addressed to Manager Palmer: "Washington, March 11, 1887. To Mr. A. M. Palmer, Manager Madison Square Theatre, New York. Dear Sir:

We, the undersigned, residents of Washington, being convinced of the usefulness and benevolent purposes of the Actors' Fund of America, and understanding that you have expressed a willingness, in case you meet with proper support, to bring your company to Washington in April for one performance in behalf of this object, gladly join in a hearty invitation to yourself and your company, and pledge ourselves to give the movement our hearty and unqualified support. Grover Cleveland, W. W. Corcoran, W. C. Whitney, William C. Endicott, T. F. Bayard, C. S. Fairchild, P. H. Sheridan, Lieutenant-General; C. N. Jordan, D. B. Harmony, Commodore United States Navy; W. S. Schley, Commander United States Navy: Alvey A. Adee, Second Assistant Secretary of State; J. Mahone, J. A. J. Creswell, S. C. Kellogg, Lieutenant-Colonel and Aide de Camp; S. E. Blunt, Lieutenant-Colonel and Aide-de Camp; T. E Roessle."

The National Opera Company presented Victor Massé's one-act opera, "The Marriage of Jeannette," and a ballet entitled “ Coppelia," with music by Delehes, at the Metropolitan Opera House. New York.- Production of In the Trenches," war drama, at Yonkers, New York. - Death of Lytton Edward Sothern, actor, at London, England, aged 30. Death of Ernest Warren, dramatic journalist, at

London, England.

12. Marriage of Christine Nilsson and Count Miranda, at Paris, France.- -Manager Powers was served with a writ of garnishment at Grand Rapids, Mich., at the instance of William H. James, of New York, versus Lawrence Barrett. The scenery and properties belonging to the tragedian were also attached by the same party. This grew out of a business transaction had between Henry F. Gillig (Manager of the American Exchange, London) and Mr. Barrett in 1884, at which time, it is said, Mr. Gillig backed Barrett's London engagement to the extent of $30,000, for which were given notes signed by Lawrence Barrett and Mary F. Barrett, which were afterward turned over to W. H James, of New York, and renewed, as the declaration filed showed that there were three bills of exchange, dated respectively December 1st, 1885, May 28th, 1886, and June 12th, 1886. The declaration in the suit showed an amount aggregating $12,582.52. A bond to produce the property was prepared and then signed by prominent citizens, thus enabling Mr. Barrett to take his paraphernalia to Milwaukee, Wis.

13. Production of Byron's "Manfred," a new adaptation in verse, by Emile Moreau, with Schumann's music, at the Chatelet Theatre, Paris, France.

14. "Nero," an opera by Anton Rubinstein, was brought out for the first time in America, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, by the National Opera Company; with the following cast: Nero Claudius, William Candidus; Julius Vindex, William Ludwig; Tigellinus, Alonzo Stoddard; Ralbillus, Myron Whitney; Saccus, William Fessenden; Sevirus, a Centurion, William Hamilton; Poppæa Sabina, Bertha Pierson; Epicharis, Cornelia Van Zanten; Chrysa, Emma Juch; Agrippina, Agnes Sterling Lupus, Pauline L'Allemand. Barbier's libretto, from which the present version indirectly comes, tells how a Christian maiden of Rome, pursued by a band of revellers headed by the Emperor Nero, takes refuge in the house of a traviata who proves to be her own mother. To escape the dissolute Emperor's pursuit, the mother, Epicharis, feigns to poison the daughter in the midst of the ceremonies of her mock marriage with Nero. The episodes of the Emperor's licentious persecution, Chrysa's defence by her improvised champion, Vindex, and the intervention of Nero's mistress, Poppæa, make up the main portion of the story. The victim is hard pressed by her tormentor and in danger of succumbing, when the burning of the city takes off his attention, and in the resultant violence and confusion both Chrysa and Epicharis perish in the streets. Nero, after a terrible scene of remorse, is pursued by his revolted legionaries, and Vindex has the satisfaction at once of paying off an old grudge and discharging a grave public duty by slaying him.

Production of "Lucille," opera by Silas G. Pratt, at the Columbia Theatre, Chicago, Ill.; with the following cast: Lucille, Katherine Van Arnhem; Speranza, Fannie Myers; Antonio, Marquis di Cantana, Alfred Wilkie; Chevalier d'Auvergne, John Garner; Compte d'Auvergne, S. A. D. Lane; Battiste, Ferris Hartman; Judge, G. England; Messenger, G. Hummel. The story of the opera relates the love of Lucille, the daughter of one of France's proudest peers, Compte d'Auvergne, for a young Sicilian nobleman (Antonio), a political exile whom she meets while travelling in Italy. Her return to Paris with her family parts the fond pair, and a royal roué in the person of her adventurous cousin conspires to take advantage of this separation in an endeavor to marry Lucille and secure her fortune. In spite of false report as to her lover's death and desertion, Lucille at the demise of her father returns to Italy, inspired by the faith of her love, to find Antonio. He is eventually found, the favorite of the King, at a grand court ball. Through the machinations of the vengeful cousin (D'Auvergne), the loyal Antonio is cast into prison for participating in a revolt against the reigning power, and sentenced to its gloomy shades for life. Antonio, in dire despair at this prospect, determines to die by his own hand, faithful in his love for Lucille, when a messenger arrives with his pardon, and the information that his prosecutor suffer in his stead. Antonio is reunited to Lucille, and they vow never to part again. Production of "Passing Shadows" (a revised version of "Her Second Love"), by John A. Stevens, at the People's Theatre, New York; with the following cast: Count Fedor Petrovik, Frederic de Belleville; Father Ramuzan, John C. Walsh; Paul, Harry Eytinge; Paola, Charles B. Hawkins; Count Valdimar, Arthur Giles; Bogdanouve, Carlos St. Aubyn; Turgeneff, John Jannus; Olga, Louise Balfe ; Mme. Markoff, Mrs. W. G. Jones; Irma, Emily Lytton; Mme. Turgeneff, Addie Cumming; Therese, Cora Macy; Ermenia, Edith Bird; Pauline, Mercedes Leigh; Count Ivan Demidoff, John A. Stevens. The scene is laid in Russia-the first act in the cottage of Mme. Markoff and her daughter Olga, in Ashkol; the remaining three in St. Petersburg. Two Counts, Ivan Demidoff and Fedor Petrovik, are smitten with the charms of Olga. They toss up a coin for the prize, and the less worthy of the two, Ivan, wins her. The second act discloses the anteroom of the Grand Opera House, where a bal masque is in progress. A dramatic climax is brought about by the unmasking of the wife and the discomfiture of the husband. After suffering various indignities, Olga flies from her husband, and is charged by him of guilty love with Count Fedor. The men are about to fight, when Count Ivan is arrested as a Nihilist. He attempts to escape by a window, but is shot from without. Of course, Count Fedor wins Olga. First representation in New York of "The Commercial Tourist's Bride," by Frederick Hale and H. S. Hewitt, at the Union Square Theatre; with the following cast: Violet Granville Smith, Agnes Herndon; O. N. Time, Frank Lane; B. Innocent Smith, Will C. Sampson; Philip True, George Cohill; B. B. Catcher, C. W. Travis ; Rose E. Flour, Miss Beverly Sitgreaves; Tip, James McCormick; Wing-Wing, Jacques Luckstone; Sam, W. F. Loftus; Lucy, Daisy Lyon; Camilla Celeste Muldoona, May Thompson. The piece was originally produced December 31st, 1886, at New Britain, Ct.

First representation of the opera "Ruddygore," at the Opera House, Providence, R. I.; with the following cast: Robin Oakapple, Joseph W. Herbert; Richard Dauntless, Philip Branson; Sir Despard Murgatroyd, Signor Brocolini; Sir Roderic Murgatroyd, G. B. Frothingham; Old Adam Goodheart, Joseph Fay; Rose Maybud, Helen Lamont; Mad Margaret, Alice Carle; Dame Hannan, Emma Baker; Zorah, Edith Jennesse; Ruth, Gertie Madigan.- --Sarah Bernhardt appeared in the title rôle of Sardou's "Fédora," for the first time in New York, at the Star Theatre; supported by the following cast: Comtesse Olga Soukareff, Mlle. Malvau; Loris Ipanoff, M. Philippe-Garnier; Siriex, M. Angelo; Boroff, M. Decori; Gretch, M. Fraizier; Docteur Lorectk, M. Fournier; Desidere, M. Joliet.

Production of, "A Fool's Fidelity," drama by George Capel, at the Theatre Royal, Birmingham, England.- -Production of "After Many Days," comedietta in one act, by A. Elwood, at the Globe Theatre, London, England.- -Revival of Moths," at Wallack's Theatre, New York.- -Opening of the new Ninth Street Theatre, at Kansas City, Mo.- Marriage of William G. Hunter and Rillie Deaves, at Dorchester, Mass.- -Death of Gustave Riconard, dramatist, at Paris, France.

15. Production of "Monsieur de Morat," comedy in four acts, by Edmond Tarbé, at the Vaudeville Theatre, Paris, France. -Sarah Bernhardt appeared in "Camille," at the Star Theatre, New York.

16. Production of "Proserpine," lyric drama in four acts, text by Auguste Vacquerie and Louis Gallet, music by Camille Saint-Saën, at the Opera Comique, Paris, France. -Production of "Un Soldat," drama in one act, by an anonymous author, at the Concert-Parisien, Paris, France.- -George Fawcett Rowe gave his illustrated lecture "A Picnic Among the Crocodiles" for the first time at a matinée, at the Madison Square Theatre, New York.

Emil Thomas appeared at the Thalia Theatre, New York, in a piece entitled "Der Vater der Debutantin," adapted by him from the French.-M. Aubergat, orchestral conductor at the Grand Théâtre, Toulon, France, killed an actress named Lery then threw himself beneath a railroad train, and was crushed to death. Marriage of Nate Salsbury and Ray Samuels, at New York City.- -Marriage of Ezra F. Kendall and Jennie Dunn, at Chicago, Ill.——————— Death of Walter Pelton, actor in the "Fantasma Company, at San Antonio, Tex.

A. M. Palmer sent the following letter to Washington, D. C., in answer to a communication addressed to him on March 11th: "Madison Square Theatre, New York, March 16th, 1887. Gentlemen, I beg to acknowledge your favor inviting my company to Washington to give a performance in that city in behalf of the Actors' Fuud of America, and to say that, acting upon your kind invitation, I have arranged with the manager of the National Theatre for the use of that house on the evening of Monday, April 18th, next, when I will give a performance of Jim the Penman,' with the entire original cast. The proceeds of this performance, without any charge or deduction whatever, will go to the Actors' Fund. Your obedient servant, A. M. Palmer, to Messrs. Grover Cleveland, William C. Whitney, T. F. Bayard, W. W. Corcoran, W. C. Endicott, C. S. Fairchild, General P. H. Sheridan, and others." 17. Sarah Bernhardt appeared in "Frou Frou," at the Star Theatre, New York.- --The National Opera Company presented the one-act operetta "Galatea," by Delibes, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. A young lady billed both as Miss Osbourne and Miss Conway appeared at a special matinée at Wallack's Theatre, New York, as Gilberte in "Frou-Frou."— -Death of E. L. Tilton, American actor, at Birmingham, Ala.

18. Production of "Durand et Durand," comedy-vaudeville, in three acts, by Maurice Ordonneau and Albin Valabrégne, at the Palais Royal Theatre, Paris, France.

Opening of Bunnell's Museum, at Buffalo, N. Y.- Death of J. Falconer Young, veteran actor, at Stirling, England.

19. Production of "Noce à Nini," vaudeville in three acts, by Emile de Najac and Albert Milland, at the Variété‹ Theatre, Paris, France.--Production of “The Barrister,” comedy, by G. Manville Fenn and J. H. Darnley, at the Grand Theatre, Leeds, England. -Production of "Ruddy George; or, Robin Redbreast," parody in two acts, by II. G. F. Taylor, music by Percy Reeve, at Toole's Theatre, London, Eng land. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Florence appeared in "The Flirt," a farce in four acts, by Melbourne and Gill, at the Grand Opera House, Brooklyn, N. Y.

20. Death of Moses W. Fiske, the veteran comedian, at Dayton, O.

21. Production of "Les Dossiers Jannes," comedy in three acts, by Eugene Morand, at the Renaissance Theatre, Paris, France. -Production of "A Hole in the Ground,"

farcical-comedy by Charles H. Hoyt, at the Opera House, Columbus, O.; first presented in New York City September 12th, 1887.———————— -Sarah Bernhardt appeared in "Le Maître de Forges," at the Star Theatre, New York, this being the first French representation of the piece in America.- --Wilson Barrett appeared as Hamlet, at the Globe Theatre, Boston, Mass.

Margaret Mather appeared as Lady Gay Spanker in "London Assurance," at the Brooklyn Theatre, N. Y.-The Barnum Forpaugh Circus opened its New York season, at the Madison Square Garden.- -Revival of Bulwer's " Money," by Bidwell's Star Dramatic Company, at the Grand Opera House, New Orleans, La.Destruction by fire of the Grand Central Taeatre, Troy, N. Y.- -Death of Frank R. Stevens, actor, at Montreal, Canada.

22. Production of “Hook and Eye," comedietta, by Gille Norwood, at the Grand Theatre, Leeds, England. Production of "En Revenant de la Revue," ballet divertissement, at the Eden Theatre, Paris, France. -Marriage of Catherine Lewis and Donald Robertson, at St. Louis, Mo.-James A. Bailey, T. Henry French, and Frank W. Sanger secured a lease of Cosmopolitan Hall, at Forty-first Street and Broadway, New York, with the intention of reconstructing it as a large theatre. -May Fortescue sailed for England.

23. Production of "Ninon," comic opera in three acts, text by Emile Blavet, Paul Burani, and Emile André, music by Léon Vasseur, at the Nouveautés Theatre, Paris, France. -Production of "Nur Keinen Eifer," comedy in one act, by Paul Heyse, at the Court Theatre, Weimar, Germany.- -An adaption of Molière's "Les Precieuses Ridicules," by Mrs. Charles A. Doremus, was presented at a students' matinée of the School of Acting, at the Lyceum Theatre, New York.

24. Production of "The Dominie's Daughter," a drama of the American Revolution, in four acts, by David D. Lloyd, at Wallack's Theatre, New York; with the following cast Rev. John Van Derveer, Harry Edwards; Captain Dyke, Kyrle Bellew; Major Barton, Herbert Kelcey; Hiram Brown, Charles Groves; Lieutenant Robert Van Derveer, Creston Clarke; Molly Van Derveer, Annie Robe; Mrs. Kezia Beekman, Mme. Ponisi; Dorothy Beekman, Helen Russell; Ann Stryker, Miss Blaisdell. The scene is laid in New York City during the summer of 1781. The British forces are in occupation. The Dominie Van Derveer, a patriotic clergyman, has made himself obnoxious to the British by preaching sermons favoring the cause of the colonists. Captain Dyke, a young English officer, who is in love with the dominie's daughter, Molly, is quartered in the house. Molly's brother, who is a lieutenant in the American army, comes secretly to the house, and while there is surprised by Captain Dyke. He demands his surrender in the name of King George III. The villain of the piece, Major Barton, another British officer, who is hopelessly in love with Molly, has the old clergyman arrested for treason. Molly eventually consents to accept him as a husband on his agreeing to release her father. Just as the Major and Molly are about to be wedded in the rustic church in Chatham Street he is confronted by Captain Dyke. Molly faints, and the Major must needs hand her over to her chosen lover, Captain Dyke.

Production of The Great Felicidad," comedy in three acts, by H. M. Paull, at the Gaiety Theatre, London, England; with the following cast: Charles Armstrong, F. H. Macklin; Walter Prothero, Arthur Dacre; Sir George Kensett, George Canninge; Guy Kensett, Brandon Thomas; Frederick Morris, F. M. Paget; Mr. Hake, Stewart Dawson; Mr. Sanders, Eric Lewis; Musician. Robert Nainby; Hackett, Frank Fenton; Mrs. Armstrong, Amy Roselle; Mrs. Prothero, Cissy Grahame; May Prothero, Christine Mayne; Mrs. Leblanc, Mrs. George Canninge; Servant, Miss Mitchell. Production of " Retour d'Arlequin," pantomime, by Raoul de Najoe, music by M. Matinet, at the Press Club, Paris. France.- -Production of "Twilight," musical comedy in two acts, by William Geary, at Brentford, England.- -Sarah Bernhardt gave a professional matinée of " 'Fédora," at the Star Theatre, New York, appearing