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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 12, 1906)
TIIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: 'AUGUST 12, 190(5. v -A, Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses Ri&AUii lanKioie evidence 01 trie I approach of tlie time for the irpcuing ui ine intHmn la fivi!n In the arnoiinrprtiMit of the per ortnel of tlie Burwood stock com Iany for the winter. Mr. O. D. Woodward, president of the Woodward Dtira-s Amummpnt company, has recently come rrk from New York, where he liai been arranging bookings for the nineteen thea ters controlled by the firm. He make the announcement that the stock company for the coming season will contain many of the people who made themselves bo popular here last winter. Miss Lan will not be at the head of the company again, aa she will spend the winter In Kansas City, where he will have the leading- roles at the Audi torium. Her place will be taken by Mine lxma Elliott, said to be very capable woman. Albert Morrison will a tain be the leading man, a fact that will be received with much appreciation by thoee who en Joyed Mr. Morrison's work last season. Others In the company will be Miss Marie Hudson, Miss Mary Hill, Mss Martin, Miss Fern Kreihblel, Grant Simpson, Charles Schofleld, John Davles, John 8. Todd, Carl Fey and Harry Long-. Mr. Long- will again be the stage director and give his atten tion to the stag-Inn and rehearsal of all the plays.' This assures appropriate stage set tings for each and Is a guarantee of careful drilling of the company for each produc tion. Mr. Long la a conscientious and painstaking stage director and has made for himself a place high in the esteem of Omaha people. Most of this company will some back like old friends who have merely been away on a vacation, and the opening performance, which will be on Saturday tilght, August 28, will undoubtedly be in the nature of a genuine ovation. , "The Charity Ball" is announced as the first bill, and Mr. Woodward says a fine lot of plays has been selected for the season. About the Boyd, Mr. Woodward says his list of bookings for that house are the best In several seasons. A number of the newest of New York and Chicago successes re promised and a line of plays and play ers In general that will appeal strongly to the folks who Ilka to go to the theatsr. The opening bill will be "As Told in he Hills," which Is now doing a remarkable business in Chicago. It will be offered early In September. The Marie Cahlll an nouncement for late In August has been withdrawn, and it is doubtful if she will be sent on tour at all during the winter. Another announcement that ought to be kept in mind Is made on the authority of Mr. Louis Nethersole, brother and manager of Olga Nethersole, who writes that she will be In Omaha at the Boyd for an en gagement beginning on March 4. The Boyd Is still in the hands of the decorators and upholsterers, and when opened will look like a new theater. ' The success that has attended the BIJou o far has encouraged the management to believe that it will be permanent, and the men at the head are already laying plans for extensions that will make their play house more attractive even than it Is. They argue that Omaha is hlg enough to support two vaudeville houses and propose to give the matter a thorough trial. So far the bills at the BIJou have been uniformly good, and the one-act plays by the stock com pany, which close the evening, have been most enjoyable. Manager Van Dyke has been fortunate in securing people with the ability of Mr. Truesdell and Miss May for the place, while Miss Courtney has not only been a suocees as a member of the Hock company, but has, made a tremendous hit as a singer of illustrated ballads. The venture looks very encouraging so far, but its real test will come after the other theaters have started on the winter cam paign. ' Hew French Comedy. Le Tour fle Main," a comedy in three acts by MM. F. de Crossett and A. Faride, was recently presented at the Gymnase, Paris. Briefly, It Is: "Kiss and never tell," was the maxim on which the marquis de Chanluso based his life. Not only was ho supremely happy himself by practicing that which some nilght call reprehensible mode of life, but he rendered his wife supremely happy also, for as the marchioness saw nothing In her husband's conduct to which she could take exception, no suspicion of Jealousy ever as sailed her. ' Nothing could more diametrically be op posed to the delightful harmony of this Meal couplo than the household of their son Rene and their daughter-in-law Jeanne. A student of history, deeply engaged in the production of a monumental work for a monumental work Is the ambition of every student Rene's first principle of life natur ally was to discover the truth and tell it. He was so bound up In his books that he could find no time for recreation of any sort, and could not understand how any one coull wish him to leave his beloved occu pation. Jennne, on her pnrt. could not un derstand why he seemed to And less and less pleasure In her Boclety, and was want ing always to get away to his books. Her lack of comprehension was Intensified when her cousin Pierre assured her, as he did repeatedly, that she grew more b-autl-ful every day. To all his compliments, however, she turned a deaf ear, being far too busy watching her husband and her friend Mme. Hortense. To tell the truth, Hortenso was flirting with Rene rather than Rene with Hortense. who wns a widow, and resorted to all a widow's w!'ei to make herself attractive to him, under pretense of helping him with his work. Jeanne determined, at whatever cost, to oust Hortense from her husband's study. If ho wanted eomeono to make researches for him she would do It; If he wanted extracts read to save his eyes she would read them; If ho wanted proofs corrected she would correct them. She accordingly betook her self to the study, drew a chair up to the table,' got out itamphlets, reference books and proofs and set to "work" as she called It." She had not the slightest Idea, however, what "work" really meant, and in the yea of Rene compared unfavorably with Hortense, who did her spiriting far more wisely, and. being, as has been said, a widow, knew that an apparently accidental touch of a hand may be both eloquent and entrancing. When Hortense next arrived her manner so exasperated Jeanne that tha poor little wife, i In a frenxy, ordered her out of the house. Rene was horrified and naturally remonstrated, though his remon strances were as vain as his request that his wife should apologise for the affront he had put upon their guest- At that moment the marquis came upon the scene, and his son pouYed out his woes to him. This admirable father Informed his offspring that the first duty of a husband who flirts with a woman other than bis wife la to take care that his wife does not know, which roused Rene to Indignation. "How eould anyone suppose that he had been flirting with Hortense?" The marquis pooh-poohed this, but did bis best to reconcile bis eon and daughter-in-law. He would have succeeded had not Rene objected that Hurtenae was not only his best friend but was of invaluable as sistance to him In his work. So exasper ated was his wife that she determined that lnoe proverbial philosophy played so im portant a role In the family she, too, would ee what It would do for her. She lost no time tn beginning a desperate flirtation With Pierre, and. when every one else had boUoed tt but her husband, determined to flaunt it In Ms face. But for her father-in-law she would have done it, too! Tha marquis told her not to be a little Idiot, for though Rene might forgive he would never forget her admission. (The would but undermine all her future happiness even If she did not break Rene's heart. Her philosophic father-in-law advised her to take a leaf out of his book and draw close the curtains of tha flirtatious chambers of her life. Though Rene had not noticed Jeanne's flirtation with Pierre, Hortense had. and woman like, she told him. Acting on her advice he went to his wife and accused her. One cannot live with a historian bent on seeking and telling the truth without getting Into the habit of doing likewise. Jeanne, therefore, was on the point of ad mitting everything when the marquis quietly put his hand on her shoulder. She remembered In time his advice and strenu ously denied the soft Impeachment. Feel ing that bis suspicions were unfounded and unjust Rene took his wife In his arms, and, kissing her in a perfect ecstasy of delight, assured her that he adored her more than ever before. He really did not care, hs said, one lota for Hortense, who had sought to undermine his happiness by making him Jealous. As the marquis watched tha restoration of the happy relations between his son and daughter-in-law he was more confirmed than ever In the value of his philosophy, and, as a prescription for preserving hap piness ever after declared that there Is nothing In the world to compare with tha maxim "Kiss and never tell." , Actors Tangled Marriages'. In the theatrical business matrimony Is a serious problem and one to which there are many answers. vfe have one actress of whom a witty Englishman once asked, "Why do all Americans marry Lillian Russell?" and we have Lionel Iwrenre, who has had five wives. We have Eddie Foy, with a house ful of docile children and a wife who is Music and Musical Notes iA8 It ever occured to you, who H m get tired, who have backaches and many cares, what a perfectly heavenly hour is the one in which VOU d ! VPlt vnuraelf rtf onMHln. clothes and tuck yourself Into a cool, clean bed? Today's work Is over; no more plan for eight hours, no more questions to an swer; Just the blessed darkness and quiet ness of the night; utter Relaxation. Life practically stops-except for -the man or woman who worrlee. Our modern chart of existence is fast teaching people to root out this element. "Worry will kill a eat" a thousand times it will cruoify an Individ ual. It does no earthly good, but warps and twists naturally oheerful dispositions Into forms of ugliness. People who worry lose their fine balanoe and see things In dim. unlovely lights. A sense of respon sibility is absolutely strong character, but when that sense begins to fester and be come diseased It makes of life a very good Imitation of the other place. We spend hundreds of dollars a year, many of us, trying to cure our bodies, when In nine times out of ten the trouble la In our mental view. When I gat "mad" or bothered about things I never feel well physically. No amount of ."dope" would make me feel any betteg,' the thing Is to get back to pleasantness and evenness and good efficient system. It Is possible to live serenely in the midst of trying circum stances, for I've seen people do It After they get through with the circumstances they aren t trying any more. . The power of relaxation is a potent factor in good work. A man who is screwed up to the breaking point all the while can't see prob lems sanely and In the end goes to pieces. A woman under pressure is worse still, be cause she "blows off" In so many devilish ways. (I'm a woman and I know.) The solution Is to get out from under the mill stone by some nook or crook. Get rid of the extrss. Lord, how many things'- we have! If half our houses burned up It would be a mercy I Best things and second-best things and Just or dinary things! How I reverence Thoreau for refusing the rug from his feminine visitor because he would have to shake it every day. Work, real work, Is a grand thing, but taking care of 99 things you don't need is "futile piffle." Like enough the house with the Louis XVI furniture In the palor won't have a decent egg beater In the kitchen. Oet rid of the ma terial clutter, then get rid of your mental clutter; pick out the big matters and let the little tu'penny ones go. Who cares If you huven't had your great-grandmother's nephew's niece to dinner since last Feb ruary? To the brush with her! The things .that people allow to "sit" oh them are In comprehensible. We bleed to get cooks to cook us stuff that makes us sick. We truss ourselves up In clothes that would make a pagan squirm; we live In houses where the master dare not sit down with out due thought; we stock our cellars (if we can) with Any waters that point with relentless fingers to a middle and old age of puffiness and eternal Instructions to the tailor to "let her out a little. We whoop through the week and on Sundays drive to church in a 3,000 motor and put a quarter in the plate volla tout! Praise heaven, I'm not a minister! I don't in the least wlh to be discourteous, for I have listened to many a good talk which has helped me much, but my Idea of a church is one which stands quiet and solitary, where no oife speaks; a place of beauty, well and lovingly kept, with lots of candles-a place always open, where one can stop In pass ing ar.d say a prayer; a place where no one Is barred a pipe dream, you say; and nonsense? Well, maybe. Mr. & Kronberg and John Cort. who were associated lust year as managers of Mme. Calve s tour, have contracted to take Leoncavallo, the famous Italian composer, on an eight weeks' tour In the United States next winter. Leoncavallo, who la bei-t known here by his "Pagllaocl," has never visited this country. With Leon cavallo will come ten singers and the slxty-flvo players In the orchestra of La Scala, Milan. Leoncavallo's "Pagllaccl," Zara," "Roland von Berlin." etc, will be the program in each of the cities to be visited. The first American performance will be In Carnegie Muslo hall. New York, October S. Leoncavallo will conduct his own works. Leoncavallo took hia rise from a Son sogno concourse about the time that Pletro Mascagnl became famous with his "Cav allerla Rustlcuna." As between the two men Leoncavallo is generally considered to be the greater. Only one performance will be given In this city, In November next. That the leading cities of the country will not be dependent on Mr. Conreld or Mr. Hammersteln fur grand opera this coming season Is made evident by the announcement Just Issued by Mr. Russell of the repertoire and list of artists for his San Carlo company, of which Mme. Lillian Nordlca la the bright particular star, and Miss Alios Neilsen one of the leading prima donnas, and Include, the best talent devoted to him and to whom he is de voted. We have Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, never playing except In the same com pany; the Willie Collins, who wouldn't play In the same company for love or money; Richard Mansfield, who plays, and Beatrice Cameron, his wife, who doesn't; Delia Fox, wh,o plays while her husband ells dlamonda We have Amelia Bing ham, who plays in and manages the corn party In which her husband plays; and Grace George, who plays In a company owned by her husband. Truly, In the theatrical btislness matri mony la a complicated Institution. We have Viola Allen, married to a man, a stock farmer in Kentucky, and she oon ceals the marriage for months. Edna May, whose marriage to any number of earls has been reported. Is still fancy free. Maude Adams every little while has to deny that she Is the wife of Charles Froh man. Nat Goodwin has so often been re ported to be on unfriendly terms with his wife, the beautiful Maxlne Elliott, that once when a newspaper man went to him for an Interview, Goodwin began the con versation, before the reporter had time to say a word, by remarking, "No, my boy, my wife and I haven't disagreed." Otis B. Thayer, the latest star to Join the firmament, used to run a photograph gal lery in Oak Park. He and his wife ap pear together In "Sweet Clover," and have never played except In the same com pany. While B, H. Sothern Is playing Shake spearean repertory with Julia Marlowe, his wife, Virginia Hamed, has to pay a large salary to the leading man who supports her in her own company. James K. Hack ett, who used to act with his wife, Mary Mannerlng, now acts alone. His wife Is also a tir. William Faversham heads his own company, while "Favvy's" wife does not act with him. Arnold Daly's wife la an actress, but she Isn't In his company. Johnny Ray and his wife, Emma, wouldn't dresm of acting unless that could be secured from the leading houses In the south of Europe. Of the singers who will appear beside Mme. Nordlca, who heads the company during its American tour, Miss Neilsen, from San Carlo Opera company in Naples and Covent Garden, London; M. Angellna Fornari. an excellent baritone from La Scala, Milan, and others, were members of the San Carlo Opera company that Mr. Russell took to Covent Garden, and which sang there the season of 1904. The most Important new engagement, however, Is that of the eminent Spanish tenor, Con stantino, who mads such a success at Covent Garden, and Is ranked In the same class as Bond and Caruso, and It is con fidently expected that he will create a furore wherever he appears, really great tenors being scaroe, ' as the public well knows. The repertoire of the company Includes tor Mme. Nordlca "Faust." "Trovatore." Tosca," "Adrlana Lecouvreur,"-the last two abolutely new roles in her repertoire and 'La Gioconda," In which she scored such a triumph at the Metropolitan opera house Mis. Neilsen will be heard In La Boheme," "Daughter of the Regi ment," "Mlgnon." "Rlgoletto." "Manon." by Massenet, "Pagllaccl." "Romeo and Juliet, and Madame. Montl-Baldni sings la Carmen" and "Cavallerla." "e,w "Lu10 ""al ha. come Into being, the Western Musical Herald, edited and published by Mr. Wendell Heighten In n,., Mv Helhtn ! concert cellist and has been a writer and com menter upon musical subjects for 'some years. He thinks there la a good field and need of a muslo paper west of Chicago. The first number of the Herald Justifies hi. opinion. It 1. full of Interesting and Instructive matter, the territory covered being chiefly the middle west. Mr. Heighten gives the following reason for the founding of hi. Journal: .Th?uWe"tern, Musical Herald will stand ilong fh.1"8,', d8v'Pnt of the west toward fh w,"8"' an1 f,or a" th' tends tfons wlfhln birtterme1nt f musical condl i 2 i n ,ts "Pcial field, or wherever i-nuX0. m&y,Trh- 1 alm to make It whfle ."J."8'1 new? Publication, and while ample attention will be given to the StWt UmvV tf)e ,1eadl" western cities it Is my desire to a so make note of the sincere work being done for the cause actlvUv Tt"0r,B hl """"rVenterTof "tvJ'L1 re,,en.t th "cellent musical work being done by many of the college consen-stor es, musical clubs, choral socie ties, etc.. In the smaller, and Indeed in some larger communities of the west, finds po adequate recognition, and generally not even mention In the columna of any mus -cal publication. I wish to make the We. . tl?lcal "frald medium through which the musicians, musical organisations and musical people of the west may be brought Into closer touch with each other. It will be a paper that will show others ?rL?u "redHin". and you what others are doing for the cause of good muslo. Mr. Jean P. Duffleld Is the Omaha cor respondent, and his column Is well written, and does the town credit In the Infor mation which it contains of our musical life. Music lovers will remember Frank King Clark's resonant bass voice at the first exposition lo Omaha; lso that he married Miss Oakley of Llnooln. Several years ago they went to Paris to make that place their home. Mr. Clark's success there as a teacher Is one of the wonders of Europe. His classes have Increased until ho has taken a large house "hotel" the Parisians call a detached dwelling. In It he has the most perfect little auditorium for his pupils. No one among the vocal teachers but Jean de Reszke approaches Mr. Clark in popularity or beauty and convenience of residence. The Clarke entertain number less celebrities, and their home Is ever cordially open to their American friends. They had the, rare pleasure of introducing George Hamlin to Parisians two years airo. Among the gtiests at their "house warm ing," which occurred recently I noticed the names of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Eames of Lincoln. Doesn't this ltUepem stir a responsive chord In your blood? WANDERLIED. Marjorie L. C. Plckthail in the American Magazine. O west pf all the westward roads that woo ye to their winding. O south of all the southward ways that call ye to the sea. With a fairy-ring within It and an old the wi m b WW. O there upon v the brink of morn the throstles would be calling And the little llltlrg linnets, sure they'd wake me from the dead. y With the lime trees all In blossom and the oft leaf-shadows falling O there I'd have a place at last to lay my head. O would I had a swsllow's wines, for then I d fly and find It; O would I bad a swallow's heart, for then I d love to roam. With an orchard on the hillside and an old old man to mind It. ' It's there I'd lift my lodge at last and make aif home. O there Td Bee the tide come In along the whispering reaches. O there I'd lie and watch the sails go shining to the weet. And where the flrwoctd follows on the wide unswerving beaches-, O there I'd lay me down at last and taks nf rest. JUAHT LEARN BIX they could be together. Neither would Herbert Kelcey and his wife, Kffle Shan non. Clara Llpman wrote "Julie Bon Bon." In which her husband, Louis Mann, ap pears with her. H. V. Esmond, who wrote "When We Were Twenty-one," made the part of The Imp In It for himself and a good part for his wife and they have always acted together. McKee Rankin manages Nance O'Neill, But Mrs. McKee Rankin does not act any more. Edgar Selwyn, actor and dramatist, plays In one company, while his wife plays In another, although they write plays together. Nat Goodwin stars by himself, aa does his wife. Maxlne Elliott, while Mrs. Goodwin's sister, Gertrudu Elliott, always act. with her husband, Forbes Robertson. Maurice Barrymore, and his wife, Georgia Drew Barrymore used to act together and sometimes separately. Louis James' first wife, Marie Walnwrujcht, acted with him and then went out starting alone In "Shall We Forgive Her." The question had nothing to do with her acting. Now Mr. James has a second wife who does not act with him. Kathryn Kidder, who acted with . Mr. James and Frederick Wards a couple of seasons ago, has a husband who Is not an actor. Amelia Bingham married Lloyd Bingham, who was an actor for awhile, who then went Into Wall street, while his wife headed her own company and who now Is again acting under his wife's management. William A. Brady manages his wife. Grace George. He Is also heavily Interested In "Way Down East." Phoebe Davles, the leading woman In this drama. Is the wife of Joseph R. Grlsmer, who helped Mr. Brady make the play from Lottla Blair Parker's 'manu script. Guy Standing's wife is an actress, but she doesn't aot any more. Mme. Modjeska'a husband, Count Bo sen ta, knows more about an orange ranch than he does about acting. Richard Buh ler's wife, Louise Orrendorf, appears In his companies, but not as his leading woman. iRobert Edeson's wife, Ellen Berg, has sometimes been his leading woman and sometimes a subordinate mem ber of his company. E. J. Morgan's first wife sometimes acted with him. His sec ond wife, Helen Bertram, played In musical extravaganza, while Morgan played In serious drama. In which Miss Bertram's first husband, the well beloved "Ted" Hanley, was a conspicuous figure. ,The husband of Paplnta, the dancer, 1. her manager, while Mayme Gehrue's husband, John Ford, puts on soft soled shoes and dances with his wife. Cecil Lean Is the husband of Florence Holbrook in "The Um pire," and either of them would rather work In the chorus than play In a com pany in which the other did not appear. Frank Daniels Is married, but his wife, who used to be on the stage, acts no longer. Robert T. Hal.ies, who is still playing in "The Darling of the Gods," has appeared In a play written by his wife, who is also an actress. Blanche Ring married her manager, Frederto Edward McKay: Hope Booth Is the wife of Rennold Wolf, a wen known theatrical writer. Julia Arthur's husband is a rich real estate operator tn Boston. Daniel Frohman's wife, Margaret Illtngton, appears In one of his companies. Otis Skinner's wife, Maud Durbln, used to act In his company, but now stays at home to care for the Skin ner baby, whose picture is much used in art pictures in magazines. Nanette Corn stock, who has been Mr. Skinner's leading woman, la married, but her husband and she act In different companies. Some managers won't have husband and wife in the same .company. Some hus bands and wives won't play in different or ganizations. Some managers make their new stars contract not to marry. So, truly, in the theatrical business matri mony has many angles, hasn't it? Coming; Events. Opening with a number of sterling ex cellence, the new bill at the BIJou would seem to be even above the usual standard, Judging from th promises of the advance man for this wdek. The Murray sister., ex-soclety queens of Philadelphia, have made good all over the circuit in their delightful singing and dancing act, while Hibberd and Warren, in a blackface com edy number, are said to be positively side splitting. Dollle Wells, one of the best known contortion dancers on this circuit, appears in an act which has received the most enthusiastic commendation in other cities. The Wells brothers. In their mu sical novelty turn, are also well spoken of. Pauline Courtney, aa popular as ever, sings two new songs, "After They Gather the Hay" and "December and May." Both are charming ballads and are Illustrated by particularly beautiful stereoptlcon slides, furnished for the occasion. The BIJou Stock company, in "Marble Arch," has a vehicle which will make anybody laugh. It Is rlnimed. It is a tale of mistaken identity and offers Miss Bertie May and Mr. Trues dell the very best opportunity to display their ability, while Mr. O'Donald and Miss Courtney are very well cast also. The mo tion pictures will be new and Interesting. The garden concerts before the opening of the performance will be continued as usual. Gossip from Stageland. Ida Vernon, who has been with Henri etta Crosman for several seasons, will be seen with her cgaln In "All-of-a-Sudden I'eggy." Georgle Campbell, a nelce of the rotund comedienne, Muy Jrwln, has been engaged for the part of Lutie Plummer in ' Peggy from Paris." Olivets Hayes has been re-engaged for Sophie, the German maid, In George Ade's "I'eggy from Paris," In which part she scored last season. Maude Lambert has been engaged to sing the prima donna role In "Little Jack Hor ner,'1 In which Muster Gabriel of "Bus ter Brown" fame will appear next sea son. George Ade's "The Sultan of Sulu" will open its fifth season at Norfolk, Vs., An- f ust SO. Octavla Broske has been engaged or the part of Henrietta, the American girl. James K. Hackett Is now In London with Mrs. Hackett iMary Mannerlng;. He will return to America durftig the latter part of August, in time for the opening of the Hackett theater. Isabella D'Armond received a lovely bupch of roses and made a tremendous hit in "The Wizard of Os" with the audi ence of the Detroit opera house on the opening night last season. Marie Cahlll, in "Marrying Mary," is to open the historical Daly theater, New York, August 27th. "Marrying Mary" Is from tha pen of Milton Hoyle, while the muslo has been furnished by Silvio Kcln. Wagenhals & Kemper announce that Miss Lanxlng Kowan has been engaged to play Helena In "A Midsummer Night's Dream" with which Annie Russell is to Inaugurate the Abtor theater, August 30th. The 800th performance of the New York company of "The Lion and the Mouse," which Honry B. Harris is presenting at i Lyceum, win us given next Monday evening, August 6th. There win be no souvenirs. Mary Mannerlng will appear this com ing season in a new drama, by Rlda John son Young, called "Lady Betty." Robert Warwick lias been engaged as her leading man. Miss Mannering tour will begin about October L "A Midsummer's Eve," by Evelyn Green leaf Sutherland of Boston, will be one of the new dramas produced the coming sea eon. Another cf Mrs. Sutherland s plays, "Young Kernland," will be In Margaret Anglin's repertory. "ttosaile," WULard Spencer's successor to "Princess Bonnie," "ills Bob While,'' and "The Lltle Tycoon" will go on tour in Beplembur, with practically the same cast that appeared during the recent successful run In Vhiladelphla. Haddon Chambers, whose "Captain Swift" waa his greatest American success, will be among the authors who will pro vide material for the forthcoming tour of Kyrle Bellew. The Chambers' play, though completed, is yet unnamed, ''M.olllere," a new drama by Maurice Donnay. I another play secured for Hellrw by his new man ager, Charles Dillingham. A new musical farce entitled "Cspt. Careless," by R. Melville Baker and Clif ton Crawford, Is to be produced late tn August at the Princess theater, Toronto. Mr. Crawford, author of "Nancy Brown," has written both lyrics and music. Addison Burkhardt, who wrote the lib retto of "The Runaways," has been en gaged to Americanize the English ex tiavRganaa "The Blue Moon," in which the Shuberts will present James T. Powers at the Uarrtck theater In Chicago early In the season. Willis P. Sweatnam's original role of Sassafras Livingston, the negro, In "The County Chairman." will be acted next sea son by Harry Montgomery, who originated a similar role In "Ueorge Washington, Jr." Sweatnam has been engaged by Ueorge M. Cohan for Montgomery's role, William A. Brady and Joseph Hart have accepted from Clifton Crawford a four-aot play founded on Kipling's "Soldiers Three" nd "Plain Tales from tha Hills" storlea It Is oalled "Mulvaney and Us." The man agers will star Crawford In the role of Stanley Ortheria season after next John E. Henshaw, who for several sea sons has been one of the trump cards of Henry W. Savage and the Shuberts, will all under the B. C. Whitney banner In "Captain Careless," a new romantic comic opera in two acts, book and lyrics by R. Melville Baker, music by Clifton Crawford. "The Little Stranger," an English farce by Michael Morton, which enjoyed great popularity as one of the leading successes at the Criterion theater, London, for the entire past season, will be the opening; fall attraction at the Hackett theater, begin ning Its first American season on Monday, August 27. Holbrook Bllnn, who made a notable suo cess aa Napoleon in "The Duchess of Dant- ilc," has become associated with Edward - Braden'a forces aa general stage dlreo tor and play reader. In addition lo hav ing the entire supervision of Mr. Braden's firoduotions. he will play an Important role n "The Man and the Angel." Since Jules Murray a year ago announced that he would the coming season present Paul Gllmore in a new college p!ay entitled "At Yale." and that he would show In It a real regatta scene between a Yale and Harvard eight on the stage. It is said that the management of "Brown of Harvard" is now also Intending to Introduce a similar effect. All doubt, as to the future name of Lew Fields' theater. New York, the lease of which James K. Hackett acquired last spring, were positively settled before Mr. Hackett sailed for London In the anounce ment that henceforth that playhouse would be know In the annals of New York the atricals as the Hackett theater. "Mr. Hopklnson," the clever English farce that had all New York laughing last year, will return to this country again next season, beginning Its tour, which will comprise engagements In all the principal cities of America, about September 16, with the original company. Including Dallas Wel ford, who scored so heavily In the title role. Mario Majoronl, a nephew of Mine. Rls tori, has been engaged to play the title role in "The Prince of India," which will receive its first New York performance at the Broadway theater September S. William Farnum will continue in the part of Sultan Mahomet. Adelaide Keim, Julius McVlcker and Boyd Putnam are other newcomers In the cast. Blanche Walsh will be seen si Lady Macbeth at the Astor theater. New York, during the coming season. The produc tion, it Is said, will be the most elaborate the tragedy has ever had In Amorica. It has been under way for three years, be ing put off from time to time because of various lncldenta. Miss Walsh has there fore had a long time in which to make careful study of the character. She says that her conception is entirely at variance with the generally accepted and traditional one. To her mind. Lady Macbeth Is a keenly intellectual force, swayed by a mentality that dominates every act of her ' Henrietta Crosman will open her season In the big London sucess, "All-6f-a-Suduen Peggy," which ran most all of last season at the duke of York's theater. There was much competition for the American rights to this play, which was done In London by Charles Frohman, but Mr Campbell turns out to be the fortunate owner of the American rlgTus by reason of an agreement made with Ernest Deeny long before "AU-of-a-Sudden Peggy" was first put on at the duke of York's theater, and when other managers endeavored to secure It they leared that Mr. Campbell wus the owner. He had been holding It in abeyance for Miss Crosman, and it has now been de cided that she will open her season In It. Heretofore Miss Crosman has not appeared in a London success and she Is to be con gratulated on securing this highly praisod comedy with such a London record. The play is described as modern with the star part an Irish girl. Some Facts About Rivers Great rivers which flow from north to south,' like the Mississippi, or from south to north. In the southern hemisphere, may empty Into seas the surface of which is much farther from the center of the earth than the points at which the rivers rise. In that sense the Mississippi flows uphill and the elevation which its waters climb U measured In miles, not in feet. The ex planation Is, of course, that tha whirling of the earth on Its axis makes its motion much greater at the equator than nearer the poles, and the waters of the oceans are piled up toward the equator, Just as water on a grindstone tends to lly of the rim when it revolves rapidly. There are rivers which are deeper than the rivers into which they flow. The bttfcUenay Is one of them. Where the St. Lawrence receives the Satuenay the former is a vast river, wide aa a rather large lake, deep and majestic, but the Saguenay Is deeper, where It breaks through the Laurentlan mountains, than any of the great lukfes. Its bottom is about a quarter of a mile below the bed of the St. Lawrence. Since the earth Is much farther from the sun when It Is summer In the northern hemisphere and winter in the southern, than when the seasons are reversed, It might be supposed that the climate would be more extreme In the southern half of the earth than It Is In the northern. The actual difference Is made slight by the fact that the proportion of land to water Is much greater In the northern hemisphere. There are no real tidal waves on the great lakes. Occasionally waves of aston ishing height roll in upon tha shore, where there la no storm, but such phenomena are not in any sense tides. They are the result of great atmospheric pressure far from the places where they are observed or of distant tempests. Of all the states which border on the great lakes Michigan Is the only one which is drained or chlutly drained Into these In land seas. As a rule, the drainage basin of the lakes Is bounded by summits, com monly low and often difficult to locate pre cisely, which are surprisingly near their shores. It would take at least eight or ten rivers like the Mississippi to contain as much water as Lake Erie, and Erie Is the least of the five great lakes In that respect. Ontario covers a smsller area, but more than makes up for It by greater depth. It is a strange month now when the ton pa go built on the lakes does not far ex ceed the total for all the salt water coasts of the United States, with the Interior rivers thrown into the scale. TABLE D'HOTE DINNER Sunday 1 1:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. 40c and 50c At the CHESAPEAKE 1310 Howard Street. fif'Stjr 3i la Vi u4 M SHUSH kM. wmM 71 J .. mm Talk. J ff jfa StalL I l3law.w tJuZ CHOOl.t ASD CHICAGO MUSICAL COLLEGE FOUNDID 1867. DR. F. ZIIGFILD. Proaldant. College Duildlng, 202 Michigan Boulevard. Chloago, III. 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