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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 5, 1906)
TTTE OMAITA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 5. 1PM. Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses U8T now the carpenter and tbe painter and the upholsterer have tha theaters In hand, but tha stage manager and the musical director ara net far away, and In a tlma so short that It will scarcely ba noted the theatrical season will be In full awlnf. It takea quite a at retch of Imagination to tand In a theater during the aummer vacation and people It with tha brilliant audiences' that assemble there during tha winter. Tha huge auditorium la a Told; chalra In which on lotla In luxurious ease while tha plaf la on, aensea lulled with tha roluptuous commingling of muslo and Inctnss, with tha warmth and tha light and tha perfume, and, above all, tha as sociation of kindred mtnda on similar for getfulness bant, ara dismantled. Tha up holsterer la putting In new backs and aeata, while tha machinist and carpenter ara fitting screws and holts that these mar be used to loll In during another sea son. Tha carpets ara up and tha draperies ara down, and tha place has been divested entirely of all evidences of that sybaritic sensuous comfort that does so much to make the theater attractive. New gold glints on columns and ballustrade, and fresh tint gleam from pajnted surface, and tha promise Is there of even a more Inviting aoena when nest tha footlights glow. Beyond tha footlights la area as emptier Told, At beat an undoc orated stags pre sents a rapallant aapeot, but In the sum mer It is probably tha most cheerleaa place Imaginable. An empty barn In the dead of winter la a eoey haven of promised rest and creature delights In contrast with an empty stage under tha glare of the aum mer sun. Tha bars walls are grim In their unfinished briok and mortar condition. Pressing rooms are empty and dusty. From the pin rails huge oolls of rope de pend, bespeaking tha wonders of trans formation ecanea and of vistas of simu lated nature that delight the eye undor the proper management of lights, but the scenery la not there, nor the lights. A dingy and dilapidated drop hangs In a slatternly way, and few "borders," very much tha wars for wear, show boldly from the 111 but these are to disappear. The drop curtain Is gone, for a new one Is to take lta place, and It Is promised that auch of tha house scenery as Is not re placed by new will be dona over with point so It will look like new, but the glamour of the mtmlo world Is not there. Bright, relentless daylight shines across tha stage and the visitor hastens away, lest the few Illusions still cherished from a long-gone day whan faith was strong and beliefs were many be driven away by the cold ness of tha barren facts, if you love the theater and get pleasure from plays, don't go near one that la being done over in tha summer. Louie James la going to present "The Merry Wives of Windsor" next season, an announcement that will be most wel come. Very few persons of the present day have aver seen this rough and tumble comedy on the stage. It has often been talked of, but It has been many yoars since It was seriously offered. In speaking of his purpose Mr. James has this to say: Why are there so few good players? How significant a question and yet how easily answered. The dramatist of today Is a tradesman, his anxiety, togethsr with may I say conimerglalism to gratify a freakish de mand of a manager for a theme pertinent to some publlo topic, and his desire to fit with custom-made plays the peculiarities, eooentrlcltles, personalities or whatever you please to oall It, of the actor, natu rally dwarfs that mental discernment which must necessarily be embodied In a Slay and the absence of which I contend etracts from lta literary and constructive value and power and places It upon tha same basis as a mere marketable product, not tha work of literary genius or achieve ment. The various epochs which have marked the strides of progress In the dramatic and lyrlo field nave each been fruitful In achieving, at least, a distinction solely and wholly representative of the condition of the times presented. We fcave had the classic, prosaic, scholastic ro mantic, problematic Socialistic, patriotic, religious and frivolous periods, each of which has demonstrated beyond any ques tion of doubt the peculiar suacauUblliUes of the auditor at that time. Now we have reached a period when playa dealing with current, political and social problems are received with favor; yet In all these vari ous periods we have not been able to di vine another Shakespeare, not even a faintly outlined shadow of one. Managerial perspicuity or newspaper criticism does not always deetrmlne the . success or failure of a play; the groat public who pays Its money Is tbe censor upon whose Judgment the author and actor must rely, as can be attested by the fact that two of the greatest dramatic suc cesses of the New York season were re peatedly refused production by managers, and upon presentation ware unmercifully slated by the dramatlo critics. Irrespec tive of any argument, the dramatlo world revolves In cycles, and If the dramatists would but concentrate their efforts to lit erature and lees to tailoring, tha cry for flood playa would be readily answered, but n the meantime the outlook Is neither bright nor encouraging for a national drama commensurate with the greatness of our nation or the Immediate arrival of an American Shakespeare. The modern dramatist writes solely for tha purpose of selling his composition, not for the perpetuating of hla name or for the glory and honor of his art or profes sion. How many times do you hear an author affirm: "I wrote this character with such an actor or actress in my mind to play It," or, "This scene was constructed to suit the clientele of this theater." These admissions alone attest to the destitute condition Into which dramatlo literature has fallen. With the single exception of "The Merry Wives of Windsor." we have no record to prove that Bhakespeare wrote one play to please anybody but Wllliuin Bhakespeare, and thle single departure from principle a as made solely to please his sovereign. Queen Elisabeth. While 1 fully realise Rngland was many centuries old before It produced a Bhakespeare, yet America, with all Its advantages, progrees philanthropy and mental fertility, has not as yet produced one dramatist whose brain creations will live a century after he "has shuffled off this mortal coll. Borne Actor Stories. Otis Bklnnsr. the Shakespearean actor, la tha son of a New England clergyman and began life as a fire Insurance clerk. In a recant Issue of ths Theater Magaslne the now prominent star gives this amusing account of his early beginning: "We supported visiting stars at the Museum. One of these stars was Jerry Cohan, ths father of George Cohan. We played Ths Molly Magulres with him. I had to play a Lawyer and had no white shirt. Convention demanded that a law yer should not wear a colored shirt. Look ing franttoally about the dressing room, I found a soiled paper cuff. I cleaned it with bread crumbs, cut It Into a V shape, and pinned It over my colored shirt. "Another star was Frank Frayne, who was a fins marksman. His wife and brother and brother-in-law traveled with Dr. Lyon's PERFECT Tooth Povcbr Claansea and' beautifies the teeth and purines the breath. peed iby people of refinement fjx orer a quarter of a oentury. Convenient for tourist. m him. lis shot an apple off hla wife's head and a pipe out of a negro's mouth. A member of tha company was a fierce look ing bulldog that ran down an lnollne and sprang upon tha villain of the company, bearing him to the earth and tearing angrily at a red flannel chest protector worn by the villain. "Tha dog was a good actor, but Intense. The man who played the villain showed ma his chest covered with scars where the dog had bitten him Instead of the chest pro tector. It was a melodramatlo spectacle and Mr. Davldge depended upon It to build up the falling fortunes of his house. While Frayne was playing here there was soma dissension In tha family, and bis brother-in-law, who played tha villain, left tha company. Mr. Davldge sent for me and offered ma one of tha two parts, that of tha negro who had the pipe shot from his mouth or tha villain who was attacked by the dog. "I did not wait to consider. Of course X would play ons of them. They were both dangerous, but If I played them I was to be featured, and that was worth dying for. Which part would I choose? I had held the dog before Jia made tha run down the Incline and attacked the villain. I knew his muscles were Ilka steel snd I remembered how eager he was for his part in the performance. Besides, I never liked dogs. I don't now. I elected to, play, ths negro. Frayne was a splendid marksman. He had never missed aim. But I thought ha might. He never drank, but, I reflected again, ha might, for the first time. While I played the negro these thoughts dis turbed me. The pipe wabbled between my unsteady teeth. A few years later Frank Frayne missed aim for the first time. He shot his wife In the head, killing her In stantly." In all probability Itvlll be a lengthy time before Edna May Is seen again In Die United States. And the reason for this Is that the former "Belle of New York," who Is now the "Belle of Mayfalr," has so completely recaptured tho hearts of Lon don playgoers that Charles Frohman and tng Qattls, at whose vaudeville theater she Is now appearing, have decided to star her there again next season. Instead of send ing her on an American tour. What her next attraction will be, however, has not been settled,' snd hardly thought of, for "The Belle of Mayfalr," Leslie Stuart and Cosmo Hamilton's modern setting of tha Romeo and Juliet story. Is one of the big draws of the year, and likely to run well Into the coming autumn at all events. A poor enough thing on the opening night. It has been made uncommonly tune ful, and Is played by a cast of favorites, aside from Miss May. There Is not much doubt, however, the most people who pa tronize the vaudeville go to see the Amer ican Btar, whose popularity Is now equal to that which she enjoyed as heroine of the other "Belle," snd It Is only fair to soy that Edna May has regained her for mer poRltlon here by hard and consclon- tlotis work. After her first big London success. It may be remembered, the fair singer suffered an eclipse that at first threatened to be permanent, and which must 1 have caused her genuine distress. For, although her admirers had parked the Shaftesbury for nearly l.Ono nights to ee her In "The Belle," not even her presence as star could keep the same authors' "American Beauty" going there for more than a month, and thus we have another vivid Illustration of the Shakes pearean dictum, about the play's being the thing. goon after, moreover, having "signed" with Charles Frohman, Miss May had another failure In "The Qlrl from Up There," and although both of these had been bad plays, folk were not wanting to declare that the singer's day In London was over, and that her success had been more or less of a fluke. Probably no HvingP actor possesses a souvenir of Shakespeare which Is mora valuable than the prlxe exhibit In Francis Wilson's collection of relics. Quests at Mr. Wilson's home, In New Rochelle, are Invited to sit, while they enjoy the ploasures of the table. In heavily-carved choirs of solid Music and Musical Notes r v t t.- vt T7 xr.w mKjt ...... I son of 190S-7 In tha United States (iiviiiiairs w w vilV s aavit4.ua brilliancy. The American people are getting out of their Indiffer ent rut, and patronage of ihe( best class of artists needs only to be asked for. Europe will send to this country many of Its brightest stars, chief among the heroes being Camllle Balnt-Saens, Caesar Thompson, tbe great Belgian violinist, and Dr. Murk, who will lead the Boston Sym phony orchestra. Thevinn. the Russian pianist, has already begun his advertising campaign. It seems his wife Is also a noted pianist and will travel with him, bringing with her a few weeks' -old baby. Omaha has been ftsrtunate in sesurlng this artist for a recital, which will be given at the new Schmoller $ Mueller hall, under the local management of Mrs. G. W. Tur ner. It Is to be hoped that muslo lovers will not wait to be requested to buy tickets, but will take tho time to scribble a postal. Whether we have good music In Omaha or not rests entirely with the musical popula tion. It Is no trouble to find enthusiasts who are willing to give their time and attention to planning recitals, if the pub llo would only respond; do Its share. I am wondering whether tha Savage Opera company will again come to us. Tho audiences last year were far from good, except for "La Boheme." This season there will be four first-class opera com panies In theicountry. Conreld and Ham mersteln 2re neck-aiul-neck with their lav ish engagement of stars. Henry W. Savage has bent his untiring energy to the find ing of an Ideal cast to give Puccini's Japanese lyric tragedy, "Madame But terfly." Puccini himself Is vastly Inter ested In Mr. Bavage's American production and took Mr. Rothwell with him when he went to superintend the rehearsals In Buda pest, and It was he who recommended Elsa Szamosy for the title role. She Is said to be the best "Butterfly" in Europe. Re hearsals are now going on In London. The composer will no doubt pass upon the opera before It goes on the boards In this country. The engagement opens In Wash ington October 16. This year Mr. Savage will not take out his repertoire company, which will be a disappointment to msny who love to hear good operas over and over again, for the love of the music, not for the novelty or the stars who sing them. Next season he will take up this feature again; the "Ring" cycle will be given in its entirety. The work of translation and arrangement Is In progress. Conreld's "piece d resistance" will us "Salome," with Strauss conducting. (Right hire I'd Ilka to state that If tha oat crop isn't an. entire failure I'm going to land In New York when all this three-ring opera circus gets to going. Just to read about It Is enough to drive a body crasy!) It Is rumored that Puccini also will bo present at the first performance of "Madam Butterfly." Savage will have taken the edge oft the latter as a novelty. Hammersteln Is after Salnt-Saens to conduct a performance of "Samson ot Dallls." Leoncavallo 'will lead "Pag UsccV with Uelb and Baud, ths new old English oak, whose backs ara formed of the paw doors of tha old church at Stratford-on-Avon. were tha Swan of War wick's vale Is supposed' to have worshiped. Tha backs bear tha arms of Warwick and Stratford, snd tha authenticity of tha collection la undisputed. They fell Into tha possession of a rich woman with a passion for collecting Shakesperiana many years ago. and were sold by her to Mr. Wilson. Fifteen pew doors, with their armorial carvings, constitute tha group, and as mounted by Mr. Wilson they com prise a full set of dining-room chairs and an additional high divan. Mr. Wilson also has a collection of most of tha authentic Napoleon pictures. Llks most men, tha actor at one tlma hung garlands upon the brow of ths great Cor stcsn, and during his period of Napoleon worship ha was an Indefatigable collector of portraits of tha first consul, , Elsie Da Wolfe, who abandoned dramatlo art for tha more lucrative field of Interior decoration and furnishing, has set Wash ington on fire In the vivid language of Bourke Cock ran, by the work she has done In the "pink taffeta" house owned by John R. McLean. Mr. McLean's house was handed over without restriction or reserve to Miss Da Wolfe, who, for a stipulated price, handed It back completely decorated and furnished In a manner that is beyond criticism by the most captious. Tha house is a sort of entertainment an nex to the big McLean mansion, and is modeled after one of those "pavilions" so popular In France .during the reign of ths Grand Monarch. From the door of the vestibule to the top of the house It Is a symphony of pink, all done In the stylo .of the Seise Louis, and there Is not lack ing a single detail to make It a complete and perfect reproduction of the best houses of that delightful period. Miss Pe Wolfe Is doing notable work for the millionaire set In Newport, and has had the unique honor of being entrusted with several commissions by owners of splendid homes In Parts. Her pride nt be ing allowed to exercise her own judgment by French connolseurs In her own line Is without bounds and very Justly, too, her friends declare. New York's record for the theatrical sea son, which began August, lWS, and ended June SO, 1906, shows that 118 plays were produced in that city. Of this number seventeen lasted for only one performance. They were: "Tidings from Torktown," at the Empire, November Z2; "The Best Man Wins," at the Empire, on the same date; "The Conqueror." Empire, January 11; "The Fool's Folly," Empire, February 15; "The Aspirant," Princess, March 19; "Im ages of the Mind.'' Empire, November 12; "The Land of the Free." Hudson, April 6: "Men Who Told the Truth," Princess, March 8; "The Measure of a Man," Em pire, February 1; "Mrs. Warren's Profes sion," Garrlck, October 80; "On the Veldt," Empire, January 11; "The Other Fellow," Empire, December 7; "Pair of French Heels," Carnegie, January 8; "The Player Maid," Liberty, October 13; "The Piper's Play," Empire, November K; "A Queen's Messenger," Empire, December 7; and "St. Cecilia," Princess, March 9. The biggest successes of the season, Judg ing, by the length of their runs, were: David Warfleld In "The Music Master," 421 times (second ' year); Lew Flolds In "It Happened In Nordland," 269 times (second year); Maude Adams In "Peter Pan," E3 times; "The Squaw Man," 22S times; Blanche Bates In "The Girl from Golden West," 192 times; "Man and Superman," 192 times, with Robert Loralne. Of these Successful stars, Warfleld, Blanche Bates and Lew Fields are to be seen at the GarrJck early next season. Faversham opens the season at Powers' In "The Squaw Man" and Maude Adams Is among tha booking of the Illinois. One of tha most Important contracts which George C. Tyler of Llebler & Co. brought back with him from Europe Is with Albert Chevalier and Yvette Guilbert, whereby these two artists engage to enter upon a six weeks' American tour In Oc tober next. In which they are to be jointly tenor, who has been brought over to rival Caruso. The composer's latest work, "Fedora," will also be given. Riches un told. Isn't It? Who can wonder that east ern musicians who come west to "settle ' suffer from real music homesickness tha lack of a musical atmosphere? I don't blame them. If there were two of me one of me would choose to live In tha midst of beautiful muslo, beautiful pic tures, lovely buildings and gardens. I'd live never to see or hear another ugly thing. That sounds a little Marpessa-ish. You remember, In the end she chose tha mortal, though she made a most poetlo speech to the gods. From S Sue Ernest Renan comes a gieet lug from the Borglums. Omaha Is about to lose one of its tried and true musicians. In the person of Wyi McCune, who leaves the emuloy of the Union Pacific railroad to go to Seattle and engage In the lumber business. To ssy that he will be missed is putting the case mildly. He has that rare quality of always being willing to sing at any lime, in any place. The quality of his muaio made him a Joy, Indeed, to his friends. Those who know him best remember many moments of positive inspiration. Besides missing his voice we who saw much of him will mourn the absence of a sweet unselfish nature. Good luck to "BUI." It's beastly bad luck for the "Bermudas." James Huneker, the well known musical critic, writing in tha New York Herald lately,, said: "Despite occasional days, brightened by a flitting hope, the passing of Edward MacDowell has begun. Ha Is no longer an earth dweller. His body Is here, but his brain la elsewhere. Not mad, not melancholy, not sunken In the stupor of Indifference, his mind Is translated to a region where serenity, even happiness, dwells. It Is doubtless the temporary ar rest of the dread malady before It plunges Its victims into darkness. Luckily, with the advent of that last phase the body will also succumb, and the most poetlo composer of music In America will be for us but a fragrant memory." Interest in the MacDowell fund of the Mendelssohn Glee club Is being manifested In every portion of the country, and the committee having this matter In charge Is much encouraged. Subcommittees will be organised n the different cities to carry on the local work, and efforts are being made to reach every person Interested in Mr. MacDowell or his music Tha committee suggests that muslo teachers send to ths secretary tha names and addresses of such of their pupils ss sra likely to take an Interest In this fund. All communications should ba addressed to Allan Robinson, secretary, CO Wall street. New York City. '. Tha Hawaiian band, which aroused such enthusiasm st the Auditorium, will play a return engagement In September. Moris Rosenthal la booked for an appear ance In Oiuaba lata In tha season'. MARY LfiARNETJ. starred, and which Is Intended to Include single or two-night performances In all tha larger cities of tha United Btatea. The lightning calculators of tha New Tork papers were kept pretty busy last season. It will be remembered, figuring Just how Percy Williams could afford to pay Cheva lier $3,000 per week, or Dan Frohman and the Messrs. Proctor could afford to pay Yvetta Guilbert 12,000 per week, with any hops of, getting their money back. Now the lightning calculators can figure ones more, this tlma on tha more Intricate prob lem of a single firm of managers doubling the expense and still indulging tha hope to And profit! But those who saw the hun dreds and thousands of people turned away at, the Williams' and Frohman and Proctor houses last season will compre hend that outlay is not ths only thing to ba considered. t Special preparation for tha production of Clay Clement's "Bam Houston" shows tha thorough attention given to innumera ble details of a modern, first-class dra matlo enterprise. For exatiple, the furni ture for the scene in the governor's man sion at Nashville, Tenn., was made to order with absolute accuracy to the period of tha play In that scene. Tha furniture of tha fourth act In tha eapltol at Austin, Tex., and of tha second snd third acts Is built with squally great care. Tha draperies, carpets and decorations are all made accu rately and especially for tha production. Tha special weapons of this production are guns of tha period of old, long flint-looks and squirrel rifles. These relics have been gathered after much correspondence and persistent search by numerous friends of Mr. Clement's In various parts of Tennes see. Kentucky, Texas and other southern states. The numerous people In the play, representing fortune hunters, patriots and soldiers of the stirring times In the south west before the war of the revolution, use belts, knives, drinking gourds, beehive shaped stone Jugs, harness, lariats, sad dle and Texas horses, nnd other articles of equipment accumulated with great care. Even the stick that Houston carries Is made of hols d'are wood taken from Ihe tree that grew a few miles from the spot where Texas Independence was declared. Two old rifles will be used that were car ried by warriors In the battle of San Jacinto. One of them was presented by a descendant of David Crockett, who Is now living In Paris, Tex. The sidesaddle which Roaring Kate rides In upon her first en trance In the second set was used by the mother of a friend of Mr. Clement on her first Journey to Texas, riding horseback from the state of Kentucky. The saddle bags that Sam Houston uses In the play were carried by an Itinerate clergyman In the early days of Independence In Texas. The entire equipment of "Sam Houston" will fill two baggage cars, each sixty feet In length. A company of fifty-four people and the equipment will require a special train of considerable size. At the New York Theaters. NEW YORK, Aug. 4. Tha first guns of ths theatrical season are being fired despite tha fact that the summer season may be aaid to be scarcely half ended. "The Gam bler of the Weit" served to open the Amer ican theater. Wollack's really opened last Monday night, when "His Honor, the Mayor," took possession there for a limited period of time. For the engagement, how ever, Mr. Aarons brought his entire pro duction and cast down Broadway. Among the principals may be mentioned Blanche King, the original pony ballet; Harry Kelly, Clarence Harvey, Nella Webb, Madelyn Marshall, Lora Lleb, Lois Tabor, Catharine Tanner, Fletcher Norton, Arthur Earnest, William Black, E. E. Van Rensselaer, J. 8. Murray, Hal Plerson and two score singing and dancing girls. Ail of the musical num bers have been retained In the tour down Broadway, Including "A Little Girl Lake Me," "1 11 Travel the Links With You," "Magyar Maid," "Sweet Tokay," "Waltx Me Around Again, Willie,',' "Come Take a Skate With Me," "I think He Is a Bache lor," "The Little Girl From Illinois," tuid numerous others. Mclntyre and Heath followed "His Honor, the Mayor," at the New York, opening the regular season at that house with "The Ham Tree." The cast Is practically the same as when the show was seen there last season. There was the usual number of concerts lost Sunday evening, with an unusual num ber of variations. Hamrruersteln offered Arthur Prince, the Engluih ventriloquist; Machnow, the giant; Lalla Selblnl, the bathing beauty; Rice and Prevost, Miss Raftln's monkeys, the six musical Cuttys, the Plccola midgets, the Sharp brothers, Dronza and Collins and Hart. Concerts were held both afternoons and evenings at Keith & Proctor s Twenty-third street and One Hundred and Twenty-flfth street houses. At the former the bill included Murno s pantomime company, Milton and Dolly Nobles, Bedinl and Arthur, Miss Merri Osborne, the Levlne-Clmmaron trio, and many others. Some of the best things from "Mamzeile Champagne," with added vaudeville features, made up the program at the Madison Square Roof. There was the usual strong bill at the New York roof and at the Manhattan Beach theater there was the great Gllmore memorial conceit. There was also a band concert at the Ter- MThebi2'new thing In the bill this week at the New York theater roof was a demon stration of how the Fays perform their ap parently wonderful feats in "thaumaturgy. The "demonstration" was made by Sarnr 8 Baldwin, who, as the "White Mahatma. whs a popular exponent of telepathy some thlrtv years ago. He claims to duplicate 'In of the feau of the Fays, and then he shows how the audiences were tricked In some respects the audiences claim thst he "makes good." though there Is a contro versy as to whether he Is able to duplicate an of the tricks of the Fays Sam hlton. who Is said to have made the sad-faced stab laugt 1. h" "7nmSJri Hre comlc Juggling act. The Rain J" . re main, as do the new quartet, which sings many new songs. The first part of the hit "Seeing New York." with Its song hit, "The Shady Side of Broadway." goes on without change, rIrla. the Hungarian barefoot dancer, made her first appearance in this country ?t Hammersteln'i . this week. Her name is StrangT and weird enough, but her .lances !3 It In many respects. Ernest Hogan and his thirty-three "minstrel moke." have been presenting an entirely new vaudev lie S ef?afpparo- SS Z$ M fi'rs B ' AKlSsr' fn'cl'fa Arthu Prince, the English ventriloquist; Machnow, the glejitand many others. Gossip from tasteland. There is a rumor afloat that Mr. Belasco - a i Mr. barter may split on account of he? mriaCg" ThT. "pacing will give her PNe"e McHenry of Mils, fami . to . been ..) or the role of Dame uuiuiry in fhJYSSls James production of "The Merry Wives of Windsor." Miss Janet Beecher. one of the original Gibson girls in "The Education of Mr. p ,,p haV beerl engaged for an Important role In "The Heir to the Hoorah. Maude Feely will make her first appear ance as a star at Wilkes-Barre. Pp ... Be--?embe"l In the new comedy ly Martha Morton. "The illusion ui Channlns Pollock has coo'.racted with Cohan Harris to write a p.ay wh.cn. Is to be ready foe rroduO'on on March 1 riexL "Money" is the tentative title. Miss Laura Ummers, who created quite an Impression In "The Redskin" at tha Liberty theater, has been offered a re-engagement by W. A. Brady for that play, to play the leudln role. Virginia Brlssac, a niece of Mary Bhaw, will support Florence Roberts In "Ulo conda." and also will appear as Kitty In "The Strength of the Weak." which will be retained in Miss Roberts' repertory. Helen Holme who waa Mollis Wood In "The VlrglnlanV 'has btn engaged by John Con for the leading feminine role In she new comedy la which Max i'lgman will atar nest season. "Tha Lion and tha Mouse." the only drama In New York to run uninterruptedly through the summer, la still holding at tention at tha Lyceum. Kew plays have aver obtained a stronger hold on the pub lic. Among the plays copyrighted last week was "Madison Bquare Roof Garden Trag edy," by Henry Pincus. Utephaa Chalmers, th pot t and amateur aeronaut, has writ ten a play on the same subject, which, 1 uappily, will not ba produced. Last ffk Edward A. Braden appointed Alrua JtKs as geusral uiuagr vL Jus various theatrical attractions. Mr. Rice Is amply equipped for tbla position, having a wide knowledge of theatrical affairs aoJ an sxtertslve acquaintanceship among theatrical people. Miss Chsrlotte Walker, one of the most attractive of American stags women, has signed a five-year contract with Edward A. Braden to Play principal par's In his S reductions. Ils Walker Is a native of Jveston, where she received her first Introduction to the stage. Arrangements have bean made with C. M. B. McLellan, author of "Tha Belle of New Tork" and "Leah Kleschna," to write for Charles Frohman the book and lyno of a musical play to ba called "Nellie Nell.' Mr. Frohman Is to possess both English snd American rights. A well known New York manager, speak ing of an actress who aspire to play "Ingenues," said who ought to be playing "Grand Dames" asked Jamea O'Neill what he knew of her. Mr. O'Neill replied: "She Is a woman about 90, who looka 80, thinks she Is 40, dresses like 90 and acts like SO." Mrs. Patrick Campbell's American tour has bean postponed, as sha Is to make an autumn appearance In "The Bondman' nt the Drury Lane theater, London. H U Calna is to provide a new version of the play. It was In melodrama that M S. Campbell made her theatrical debut. Colonel T. Allison Brown haa presented to the Green Room club twelve large vol umes of newspaper clippings, programs and memoranda, giving the complete his tory of the theater and plays In New York City and Brooklyn from the opening of ths first playhouse up to the present time. Miss Frances Ring, who has been spend ing her summer vacation In Europe, will start almost Immediately rehearsing the part ot Bonla Btepniak, which she Is to create In Btanley Dark e society comedy, "The Man and the AngeL" whloh Edward A. Braden will produoa tha latter part of August Miss Minnie Vlctoraon. remembered as Leila In "Under Southern Bkles," Is spend ing her summer at Great Neck, L. I. Next season she will play the squaw in "The Squaw Man," In which she ought to dupli cate her success. Early next spring she will be seen at the head of a well known success. Eddie Foy's new play as a musical piece called "The Wild and Wooly West." Mr. Foy will have the role of an editor who assumes a job left vacant by Sevan pre ceding editors, all suddenly deceased. John G. Gilbert Is tho author. The piece is to bo produced under the Shubert man agement early next season. Fred Mace, who Is to have the title role In ' "The Umpire." la a comedian of the Eddie Foy school, though ho possesses that actor's drollness and unction without even suggesting an Imitation. Mr. Muce has the finish ana refinement, m m " which Is Mr. Foy's chief handicap in the opinion of many, and he has also the ahllltv to sins. Ben M. Jerome, tha composer of "Tha Isle of Spice," Is to become a producing manager as well. Ho has Just completed the score of a new musical piece, at pres ent unnamed, the oooa or wnicn i u T I. Hiumniatorlt. a chtraroan. Rehears als will begin shortly and the production will be made at one of the larger down town theaters In the early fall. Walter N. Lawrence has engaged Her bert Percy as leading man to support Miss Hilda Spong In "Lady Jim." the now three-act comedy which he will produce at Weber's theater late In August. Her bert Percy is an English actor, but will be well remembered in this country In connection with William Gillette. Miss Amelia Bingham and miss n.mei iwu more. He appeared last with Miss Barry more as Arthur Brlnthorpe In "Sunday. When Henry B. Harris produces t hurles Klein's latest play, "The Daughters of Men," in September, he will have gathered tuge'her one of the most notable casts found In a single organization In a num ber of years. Up to the present date con tracts have been signed with the follow ing i,ivri' F.m shannon orin Johnson, Herbert Kelcey, Dorothy Donnelly, Ralph Delinore. Grace Fllklns. E. W. Morrison, v-uta M-T.Airin. (Viirio W. Deyo. Edwin Brandt. Malcolm Duncan, Frank Brownlee and Karl Arndt. Louis Evan Shlpman was recently told that if ha had written "John Ermlnle of the Yellowstone" three years later he would have made his fortune. It was writian five viurn am and waa the first of the frontier plays. Mr. Shlpman keeps a pretty close "tab" on the trend of popular taste In the theater going publlo, and his latest play, "On Parole. Is a war plsy, with the novelty ot being wrlt- fmm the confederate Dolnt of view. Edward A. Braden will produce "On Wrola" on SeDtember 17. t... t ITrt tha TnnnnnHA OctreSJ. arrived In New York last week on tne s.iamer Minnehaha, two montns aneau oi scim-u-ule time. According to her manager, sha i.e, T.nnrinn literally at an hour's notice. She was rehearsing at the Empire In Lon don, preparatory to ner appears-nuo .h. laumed of the serious illness ol a friend In New York. She had just time to dispatch a dozen telegrams and teach the boat. Fuji-Ko will remain until tne fall now. and before her return to Europo will be seen in ner one-nci Love of a Geisha." "To get the cream of railway humor you must go to Ireland." says James O'Neill, who has Just returned from that country, which, by the way, is the country of Ins birth. An man nuiwnj d.h.vj can't help being funny. On one of my irin, thrnuirh the Emerald Isle 1 got Into a third-class car by mistake with a first-t.ekt- a sha Ir mis Dorter wrathfully pulled me out of the car and told me I waa dialing the kumpany." After I was comfortably seaiea in me nnti-cmos iw partment he put his head In and asked: 'Is there anyone there for here?' But even this genius waa eclipsed by the con ductor of the train, who, before the truln departed, fiercely rang a bell and bellowed In gloomy warning, 'This train ahtups no where at ail. Anniatui Barrett. Beerbohm Tree's mu lril authority, has been engaged by Wag enhals & Kemper aa musical director of tha Aator theater. There have been many bids for Mr. Barrett's services since his music In Beerbohm Tree's production of "Twelfth Night" drew all lovers of music to His Majesty's theater. Long prior to that, however. Mr. Barrett was known as a musician. In 1W1 ho won the scholarship for composition at the Royal college In London in open competition agamji can dldotes from all Darts of Great Britain He wrote nearly all the Incidental music for Beerbohm Tree's most pretentious Shakespearean productions and was for several years on tno musical sianr oi George Edwardes. He wrote the entlrv score of "Kitty Grey," Edwardes' Apollo theater success, ana was long sssociaiea with the Haymsrket theater, London. under Cyril Maude. Mr. Barrett Is now In New York and Is hard at work on In cidental music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," in which Miss Annie Russell Is to appear as Puck at tha Aslor theater. Toy Locomotive for Prince The Brat toy ever manufactured In Coa necticut for a crown prince has Just been finished and will be shipped to Bulgaria lu a few days. It Is an exact replica of the engine that draws the Twentieth Cen tury limited on the New York Central road and It is going to Crown Prince Boris, the 12-year-old son of Prince Ferdinand of Baxe-Coburg, the ruling head of the Turk' lsh principality. C. R. Crane of Chicago has had the costly toy made as a present to the young prince In return for a delightful visit that he enjoyed at the Bulgarian capital through tha courtesy of tha youngster's family. Tbe little crown prince took quite an Interest In the American visitor and was especially curious about steam engines and cars, which he had never seen. Finally, crawling up on his father's knee, he sold, plaintively: "I'd rather have a really lo comotive that ran with really ateam In It on a really track than all my horses, dogs snd ponies and things." 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