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Manawatu Herald, 13 June 1893, Page 3

Tuesday's Truth says, and ifc looks very like it, that, there is no doubfc that when, some time ago, certain revelations about Worthington were published in this city, the female partner, with her" quick woman's intuition, saw that the game was in measurable distance of being up. She, with wonderful astuteness, urged' Worthington to confess, to prof es3 repentance; and throw him- I self upon the tender mercies of his dupes. She wisely reckoned that there would be joy in the- Temple over this " repentant " sinner. Worthington didn't see it. He compounded by giving some of his intimates hints, that he had been a bad lot. As/ of course, he had been " born again," he was no longer any one of his ; old aliases, but a brand new -Worthington. The woman continued to . urge ; the man remained; stubborn^ and snarls grew into open rupture. - Worthington thought his position sufficiently strong, had long been jealous of the influence of the woman who had brought all the brains and. education into the affair," and- so: the High Priestess was bundled.out. ... i -..- • In a talk with Sir Agusfcus Harris he remarked that - last year he had spent v £l&oQo^ on fcr the opera alone. The last opera season was not wholly a success owing to' the prevalence of influenza and the financial crisis, his boobs showing a return of £80,81i),.>bufr the expenses of the : artists were so great' as to make the profit invisible. ' | When the German Emperor visited Covent Garden last year the receipts : Reached to £5658 for the one night. The decorations of the Emperor's box cost £1000. ! According to Sir Harris, a panto--mino, as put on at Drury Lane costs from £16,000 to £20,000 for dresses and scenery. A big procession costs from. £5000 ito £6000. A good -principal boy means £60 to £100 a Week, a troupe of acrobats £70 or more, a first -class clown £30 to £40, and a sprightly dancer £30 to £50. The ballet averiages out at 30s a week. Fora week carpenters cost £191, property men £129, gas and electric light men £26,, limelight alien £26, 'wardrobe, dresders and others £111, orchestra £160. Sir Augustus Harris, is really Sir Augustus Glossop, Harris being only a noni de theatre. The elder " Harris "used to run. the Covent Garden Opera House and after the knight's schooldays were over ;he acted as " treasurer " for his father. He is quite i young man, having been born in 1852, and lie was educated in England, France and Germany. After his father's death he became an actor, stage manager for Mapleson's Italian Opera Company, ran the " Eoyalty " for a time and then took, on his own account, Drury Lane. He has a most charming residence " The Elms " in Eegent's 'Park, on the slopes of Primrose Hill. ■.