thief by a band of vigilantes. Through a coherent series of incidents Robert, who has been sentenced by Judge Lynch, is allowed a respite of an hour, and reaches the ranch on the banks of the Rio Grande where Dora is lodged. The denouement ends in the rescue of Dora.

Production of "Inez, or, A Wife's Secret," by Robert Johnson, at Hawes' Opera House, Bridgeport, Ct.; with the following cast: Count Brentano, Wellwed Lee: Lord Lintore, Charles Thornton; Guards, George A. Weller; Bertie Leigh, Walter H. Crosby; Jeremiah Butterman, Fred. Warren; Pablo, J. A. O'Byrne; Officer, Charles A. Fox; Florence Linton, Anna McGregor; Nina, Kattie E. Hawley; Lady Inez, Julia Anderson. Inez, a Spanish girl of noble birth, is enticed into a secret marriage by Brentano, a villainous count, through the intrigues of Guards, a Spanish adventurer. Brentano abandons the fair signoretta and flees to Salvata. Some years later she learns of his death, when she becomes the wife of Lord Lintore, an English nobleman. The count reappears on the day of the wedding fête. The count tries to make Inez his accomplice to gain the hand of her sister Florence, who is immensely rich; but rather than sacrifice her to such a villain, she betrays him, whereupon he attempts to kill her, but is prevented by the timely arrival of her husband and his guests from the hunt. Lord Lintore and Lady Inez visit the Coliseum, Rome, when the count turns up again, this time meeting Guards, whom he kills, and is discovered by an officer secreting the body under a fallen wall, and arrested while in the act, or about to divulge the secret, and claim his wife, seeing that it is useless to try to make his escape, and is shot by an officer, thus carrying the secret with him to the grave.

Production of "Fascination," comedy in three acts, by Robert Buchanan, at the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, N. Y.; with the following cast: Lady Madge Slashton and Charles Marlowe, Cora Tanner; Duche-s of Hurlingham, Virginia Buchanan; Rosa Delamere, Minnie Conway; Arabella Armhurst, Carrie Coote; Dottie Destrange, Helen Ten Broeck; Connie Hilmore, Georgie Levardi; Mrs. Isaacson, Lottie Campbell; Adel, Helen Mowat; Duke of Hurlingham, Lionel Bland; Lord Islay, Hal Clarendon; The Hon. Sam Slashton, Augustus Cook; Count La Grange, P. A. Anderson; Captain Vane, Edwin Percival; Earle Sparks, Robert Edeson; Rev. Mr. Colley, Charles Coote; Mr. Isaacson, Leslie Edmunds; James, Ed. Welcot; Mirliton, George Windson; Windsor, Robert Edeson; Thomas, K. Matthews; Attendant, Frank Fauham. The story of the play is that of a young girl who, in order to convince herself of the truth of reports reflecting upon her lover's character which has been brought to her, dons male habiliments and follows him to the home of an adventuress by whom he has been fascinated. She succeeds in reclaiming him, and in the last act virtue triumphs and vice is confounded. Production of "Anarchy," drama, by Steele Mackaye, at the Academy of Music, Buffalo, N. Y.; the cast including Eben Plympton as General de la Rochejacquelain; Frederick de Belleville as Duc de Beaumont; Harry Lee as Marquis de Vaux; Genevieve Lytton as Diane; May Irwin as Nanette; Marie Hartley as Denise, and Steele Mackaye as Paul Kauvar. The piece was presented at the Standard Theatre, New York, December 24th, 1887, as “Paul Kauvar; or, Anarchy." The scene is laid in France during the Terror. Paul Kauvar, member of the Jacobin Club, is secretly married to Diane, daughter of the Duc de Beaumont, who are sheltered by Kauvar, under disguised names, in his house in Paris. A renegade nobleman, who has joined the Revolutionists, wishing to possess Diane, lays a plot which lands the Duc in prison and gives the wife reason to suspect Paul of having betrayed them. The Duc is condemned to the guillotine, but Paul personates him, and goes out to execution. The Duc and Diane escape to La Vendée, where they enjoy the protection of the Royalist general. Kauvar meantime has escaped from the tumbrel and joined the army of the republic. He is captured by the Royalists and lodged as a prisoner in the same house with his wife. Finally he is enabled to save her from the insults of a fierce mob, and to clear himself of suspicion in the

eyes of her father. The villain slays himself, and the contending elements are reconciled by the proclamation of a general amnesty after the Royalist defeat.Production of "En Famille," comedy in one act, by Oscar Metenier, at the Théâtre Libre, Paris, France. -Production of "The Diver's Luck; or, The Crime Beneath the Waves," drama, at the Theatre Royal, Jarrow, England.- "Iolanthe " was revived by Duff's Opera Company, at the Standard Theatre, New York.

31. "Falka"

was revived by McCaull's Opera Company, at Wallack's Theatre, New York. Columbia College boys attended in a body at the Bijou Opera House, New York, to see Henry E. Dixey in "Adonis."

JUNE.

1. Adolphine Zimaier-Modjeska appeared as Bettina in "The Mascot," at Terrace Garden, New York.Daniel Frohman made a contract to control and manage Edward Sothern for three years, from May, 1888.- -Lord Byron's tragedy of "Werner," revised by Frank Marshall and Henry Irving, was brought out at the Lyceum Theatre, London, for the benefit of Westland Marston, the aged dramatist; the cast including Henry Irving in the title rôle, Ellen Terry as Josephine, George Alexander as Ulric, and Charles Glenney as Stralenheim.) -Marriage of Frazer Coulter and Grace Thorne, at Boston, Mass.

2. Marriage of John A. Stevens and Emily Lytton, at New York City.

4. Production of “The Arabian Nights," spectacular burlesque, by Alfred Thompson, at the Chicago Opera House, Chicago, Ill.; with the following cast: Personages of the prologue: The Caliph Haroun-al-Raschid, Ivan Peronet; The Sultana Scheherazade, Leila Varnett; The Magician, John Gilbert; Spirit of the Lamp, Miss Cogan; Spirit of the Ring, Miss Pierrepont; Odalisque, Lillian Lorton. Personages of the drama : Ski-Hi, Frank W. Holland; Princess Balroubadora, Clara Ellison; Tekiky Nokra, Thomas Martin; Chow-Chow, John D. Gilbert; Klub-Lubba, Richard E. Carroll ; Kickapoo, Lena Merville; Aladdin, Louise Paullin; The Widow Tootsicum, Lillie Alliston; Fol-Dol, Joey Sutherland; Zal-Am-Boo, May Yohe; Tambo-Rina, Zoe Vielli; Genie of the Lamp, Miss Cogan; Fal-Lal, Rose Prank; Ni-See, Alice St. Clair; Lum-Tum, Kate Richards; Chid-Dee, Linda Linnet; Loot-Lee, Miss Chamberlayne; Tip-Top, Marie Austin. The plot and dialogue are a mere skeleton of the story of "Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp." Production of "The Step-Sister," domestic comedy in one act, by W. Sapte, at the Comedy Theatre, London, England. -Production of "Une Drôle de Noce," pantomime in two tableaux, at the Eden Theatre, Paris, France. Production (by amateurs) of 'A Basket Picnic," farcical comedy, by James McCabe, at the Opera House, Dubuque, Ia. The piece is on the order of the Salsbury Troubadour skits. -Death of Frank Gibson, advance agent, at Lancaster, Pa.

5. Death of R. W. Younge, veteran actor, at Newcastle, England.

6. Dedication of the Actors' Monument in the Actors' Fund Plot in Evergreens Cemetery, New York, with impressive ceremonies. The assemblage-which included many members of the dramatic profession, friends of the stage, and the general public--numbered nearly twenty thousand people. The monument is a plain but imposing granite shaft, rising forty-five feet from the foundation. The date of erection and the letters "A. F. A." in monogram are cut in relief beneath the first and second of the three sections into which the stone is divided. The four sides of the base are polished to receive appropriate inscriptions. Facing the entrance to the plot are the following words:

"In Loving and Reverent Memory of many votaries
of the Stage, whose ashes are buried near it, this
Monument was placed here by the Actors' Fund
of America, June, 1887."

"The benediction of these covering heavens
Falls on their heads like dew."