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TUB OMAHA SUNDAY REE: MARCH 10, 1P07.
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses
.tm KfTiirniint.R'I vl.lt tn the
0 Boyd afforded a welcome break
to date by (Hitting another high
point on the record. Mlsa Nether-
aole used her famous "Sapho" aa her ve
hicle for Introducing herlf to Omaha, No
doubt can erist aa to the talent of thla
charming woman. Bhe Is all that had been
aaldo f her, and then aomo. Simple and un
affected In her personality, a genius and
yet a woman whose Interest In mankind's
affairs la undiminished, she made a marked
Impression on all. About her welcome to
the visitor Is something that loaves no
lingering suspicion that she Is affable
merely for advertising purposes. Bhe ap
parently means It, and her sincerity In this
regard is no greater than her sincerity on
the stage. As Fanny LeGrand she spared
no detail In development of the character.
All Its weakness and Its misery were
shown with unsparing fidelity, and whether
or not she succeeded In pointing a moral,
she did provide a warning. It serves to
emphasise what has been so frequently
said before, here and elsewhere, that
beyond a well defined limit a woman dare
not go If she would retain her right to
happiness. Miss Nethersole will begin her
American tour In Omaha nest Beptember,
and promises to give us at least two new
plays. It may be that she will offer one of
Suderman'a heroines, probably Magda, and
Paula Tarujueray for our edification. It Is
a little remarkable that "The Second Mrs.
Tanqueray" was written for Miss Nether
aole, but her engagements were such that
he had to decline It, and Mrs. Campbell
created the role.
The business of the week at all the
houses was good. At the Orpheum the bill
was so strong that for the second time
this season an overflow matinee was given
on Friday. The business at this theater Is
rapidly approaching the two-a-day status.
All of which oalls to mind a story Man
ager Relter tells with some gusto. Once
during the winter a merry party of vaude
ville performers were on their way from
Kansas City to Omaha, and fell to talking
about what towns they had been In or
were going to. "By the way," said one,
"what is Omaha noted for?" "Tree mat
inees a week," said the "hick" performer,
who was rolling a cigarette, and the rest
understood. But this will soon be over If
the Interest In the vaudeville continues to
grow as It has.
Messrs. Brandels1 announcement that they
will build a theater for the uses of the '
Shuberta Is the first thing In the way of
a definite proposition along the line that
has been made. It Is Interesting to note
In this regard that the last time Isabel
Irving appeared In Omaha as a star It was
at the Krug, In "The Crisis," aa an "lndq
pendent,'' under the management of James
K. Hackett. This week the star will bo
seen at one "trust" house and the play at
another. Mr. Hackett has long been play-,
lng under "trust" management, While his
wife, Mary Mannertng, la pluylng under
"Independent," all of which shows how
seriously the actor folks take the alleged
"war" between the Interests. A second
first-class theater In Omaha will have the
effect of bringing a number of high-grade
attractions to Omaha that do not now get
In, and the business end of the investment
Is a mutter that concerns alone those who
are going to lnvost In It.
Love, Bad Lack and Talent.
That an actor or an actress to be of any
use on the stage must have loved and suf
fered off the stage Is a tenet held by many
of the best Judges of the affairs of the
theater, and a survey of the names that
are written high In the annals of the con
temporary stage seems to prove It. The
love and the suffering don't have to oc
cur to the same player. Some of the actors
and actresses gain Increase of artistic fac.
ulty through marriage. Others through
being the victim of hard luck of one sort
and another. A few of the ill starred ones
have both married and had hard luck.
It certainly was hard luck for Richard
Mansfield when he all but starved In the
streets of Boston. This was before he en
tered the newspaper business, from which
he came to the stage. Ills parents were
distinguished people, and Mansfield's talent
always was to be recognized, yet he almost
starved Just the same.
Edward Morgan, who made a reputation
In England as the villain in "The Heart
of Maryland," and who made a reputa
tion In this country as the saintly hero
In "The Christian," 'The Eternal City,"
and other plays, at one time was reduced
to the necessity of earning his living by
helping load railroad cars in the yards In
Chicago.
William FaVsrsham, matinee Idol, star,
nd husband of the clever actress, Julie
Opp, slept on the benches In a New York
park once. He tells about It now when
he Is conjuring up those days that were
filled with hard luck, those days which
preceded the latter days that were filled
with prosperity. Faversham kicked like a
steer the last time he was In Omaha be
cause he had to sleep at a hotel and travel
In a Pullman car.
Hard luck brought the talent of many an
iiur ana ai-irens wio urn nioom. come-
tlmea the Influence of the discipline of
those hard luck days waa to be seen In
the work of the player where It showed as
a direct result of what he or she had gone
through. Lawrence Barrett had been a
newsboy In Detroit. His voice, which waa
always one of his best assets because of Its
aonoroua quality, had been trained in the
best achool of expression and elocution of
them all a news-stand on a street corner.
Soma of the actors that have risen high
est have started lowest down, and it has
seemed at the start that aome of them
never would be able to make their way
past the obstaclea that Interposed between
them and success.
The members of the well known team of
Weber and Flelda, a team which until Its
dissolution amid teare of reirret shed by
all who appreciated real comedy,- had etood
at the ' head of the burlesque business,
started In cheap musouma and dance hulls.
During one of their early engagements
they were compelled to appear eighteen
tlmea lo one day. They wera not allowed
to use the dressing room that the oth.T
performers usvd.
No one who knew Blanche Walsh as she
was running about the streets of New
York, a little dirty faced child, but the
pride of tier father, "Fatty" Walsh, the
politician, would have dreamed that one
day she would bo a star and one of the
best money making stars lu the show busi
ness at that.
Clyde Fttch. who has supplied Mlsa Walsih
with two pretty good vehicles In "The
Woman In the Case" and "The Straight
Road," knew what hard luck was. He got
large Installments of Ms lesson even after
ha had struck oil In the matter of Helling
playa. There was a time after he had writ
tun several auccesaes when for eight years
managers and actora took rff hU hands
none of the plays he had ready for sale.
Thla waa harder luck than cornea to nmat
people connected with he stage. Afte
they make a Mt their future usually la
assured. -With Fitch, after he made hla
flrrt hit, ha had to wait eight yeare till he
waa given a chance to prove that the hit
waa no flake.
Lillian Ruauell has h.ul more experience
with matrimony than any of the other play-
ra of today upuu wuaiu matrimony has
exerted Its Influence. Her nearest com--petltor
Is Lionel Lawrence, an actor-manager,
although there are many actors and
actresses who have taken the walk to the
altar three times and not a few who have
gone that way four times. Indeed, mar
riage and sudden streaks of hard luck
have had about as much to do In the way
of developing the ability to act as any
other two elements there are In existence.
It has been out of hard luck that some
of the greatest successes that have deco
rated the stage have grown. Augustln
Daly was In hard luck at the time that he
was sent from Boston to New York to take
active part for the first time In theatrical
management.
It was hatd luck which had befallen
Richard Ganthony that' made him nervy
enough to peddle his fine play, "A Message
from Mars," around the country and then
to take It to London, where It was ac
cepted by Charles Hawtrey and at once
made good.
It has been In times of hard luck that
some of the finest women whose names
have been connected with the stage have
encouraged their husbands and cheered
them so that they were able to do gpeat
work that Itself forced the recognition Hhat
had not come when the skies were brighter.
It was after William Farnum had a run
of bad parts that his wife, Mabel Eaton,
cheered him up so that by plugging away
he was able to secure the fine part of Ma
Hornet ,ln "The Prince of India." That he
and Miss Eaton were then divorced spoils
the moral of the story a little, but every
thing cannot be exactly as the Ideal his
torians would wish It.
There' have been plenty of women from
the time Kitty Cleve exercised such In
fluence over Garrlck to the days when El
len Terry helped shape Henry Irvlng's
policy at the Lyceum In London, and when
Mrs. Mansfield helped her husband In his
restless struggle for the highest success,
who have had a large share In the work
that the stage has done.
One of the worst things that can hap-
pen to an actor or actress Is to have no
hard luck at all. These players about
whom the world cares most Just now have
all In their -time had their share, and some
of them more than their ehare, of knocks
and 111 use. Most of them have had their
lot Improved or made worse by matrimony,
but few of them have not been married
either for better or for worse.
No actor who is In hard luck or who Is
Music and Musical Notes
AM inspired to write a short dis
sertation on the woes of the
muslo critic. To be sure, most
are nearly as badly off as a cer
tain critic who recently aired his
I
views, saying that after five years he had
realized the frightful error of his ways
and had now gone Into the coal business.
Personally, at to present time, I do any
thing but hanker to be In the coal busi
ness In Omaha. From the frying pan into
the fire is poor management, but as for
that the poor old music crtic sizzles what
ever he does. There are times when he Is
more uncomfortable than others. Most
always there are a few Illy concealed tacks
In his slippers. To twist Abraham Lin
coln's famous quotation a bit, "You can
please part of the people part of the time,
a few of the people all the time, but you
can't please all the people all of the time."
In the first place there Is the fierce war
of standards. What salaries one la mere
dust and ashes to another. Right there
is a heart-break that reachea the world
over. From there also Cometh the critic's
weary expression. Assailed Is he by Irate
women, who would fain rip from their
restless moorings his tossing locks. Strong
men tell him In carefully prepared type
written sheets that he Is forsooth and per
force a fool. The hour come-th when he
sltteth alone over his oyster stew at Bal
duff's and questloneth himself. "Am I a
fool, or am I right?" Fortunately the
crltio la generally born with an elastic
mood; at heart he has the courage of his
r.ser h upa"nd
nd under hi..
convictions. In the end he
putteth on his goloshes, and
breath muttereth a profane and familiar
expression. The cheery glint of war and
independence returneth to his eye. On!
next! ,
Mayhap you are thinking that this 'is a
shadow portrait of me? Well, as you
like. I have had Jars In my time. The
worst. was a late Jibe by a certain auburn-
haired tenor to the frightful effect that I
dldnt write my own column. Just listen
to that and burst out crying! Who says
a rlHn hn. a hiut r t. A I
rorsootn, ao you perceive the wide bar of
sunlight radiating from this statement?
It a all In the day s work.
"What I started to nay when I com-'
menced" was this; Will my good friends
who have musical news wherewith to fill
up this valuable column please send It to
The Bee office, addressed to me, by Thurs
day noon? As I have many times told In
dividuals, this matter Is on the half-tone
section, which goes to press eurly. When
notices come In late Friday or Saturday
u is impossiDie 10 insert tnem, much as I
many times would like to. Alo I cannot
change this
ixiumii i uie cievenin nour.
As everyone knows, there la not enough
going on musically In Omaha to entirely
fill my space. Some of it has got to be
foreign music matter or Just pine dreams
and personalities. Oftentimes I get stuff of
iiiifricav iuo iaie to nt it In
because I ve taken too much
space.
If I take
my pipe dreams out
then the spacing Is all wrong aaln. I
can't sit on a stool with a lead pencil
and pad and scribble in the composing
room to make things fit, as I did In the
Pebble Press days. The musicians who
wunt their stuff to get In must have It
written by Thursday noon. Sometimes I
fairly tear my hulr because I was brought
up by an unerringly prompt father. I've
gune through life waiting, always waiting
and Incidentally lathering. I'd give my
head to be easy going, and wake up Just
In time to get off the track. I'm a worse
nuisance to myself than to anyone else.
(Maybe you don't agree with me?)
There Is a box ut The Bee office that be
longs absolutely to me and my mall. Noth
ing Is ever i,:t. Any mutter sent to The
Bee office I will invariably receive.
Mr. and Mre. IVi k have returned from
Chicago. While there they engagt-d
Madame Brunt, the contralto, who will be
the soloist at the first orchestral concert
to bo given by the May Festival association.
This singer was chosen by Mra. Milward
Adams. Mr. Adams, us you know, la the
manager of the Auditorium in Chicago.
Ilia wife has an international reputation
aa an expert In voice production and dra
matic expression. Mrs. Peck had the pleas
ure of spending an hour In Madume Bras
rl'a etudio. She. was charmed and delighted
.with her work as a teachtr.
Madams Bruszl has sung In opera suc
eowfully abroad and In America. Her press
niHlces are distinctly sane and good. The
eongs she has cttoaea to sing here are most
-altrvrtive. Her Ug number will be
Tschalkowsky'a "I"i Adleux," from
"J anne d'Arc", Then a group of modern
French and German songs: also one cf
twelfth century sonc and Elizabethan
lyiloe Madam Borgluin will be the accompanist.
married (the same being by no means In
terchangeable terms, no matter what the
vaudeville monologlsta say) ought to give
up the fight for recognition. It Is on the
cards that he H to have a big chance to
win.
roralni Events.
"The Time, the Place and the Girl comes
to the Boyd for three night, beginning with
this evening, with the sanction of an un
finished run of six months In Chlcsgo,
where the virtues of musical comedy must
be definite and decisive before playgoers
will accept them. This piece is not a mu
sical comedy, but a comedy with music,
full of lively action, good, sound sentiment,
and what Is more than either, a number of
original and artistic character types. The
score was written by Joseph E. Howard
and the book by Messrs. Hough and
Adams, librettists of "The Umpire." The
leading part Is that of "Happy" Johnny
Hicks, played by Arthur Deagon. Hicks
Is a square young gambler with a fund of
sound philosophy which he expresses In
epigrammatic slang, and who falls In love
with a pretty trained nurse at a mountain
sanitarium. The role of the trained nurse,
which will be played by Miss Lucia Moore,
Is one of the most refreshing In all comedy,
combining as It does the shrewd wisdom
of the woman of the world, with the tender
sentiment and Ingenuousness of a country
lass. The colloquies between Molly Kelly,
the nurse, and Johnny Hicks contain some
of the brightest dialogue that has ever
been provided for plays with music. The
production Includes an unusually effective
scenic setting and the chorus Is from the
La Salle theater In Chicago. The piece is
under the stage direction of Ned Waybura.
"Susan In Search of a Husband," the
delightful little play that was a part of
Mips Eleanor Robson's repertoire at the
Liberty theater In New York during the
present season, and which made such an
envl'ir,le Impression there a few weeks ago,
18 lo 06 K,v''n ner at the Hoyd for three
n10" - starting on Thursday and with a
ma'lnee on Saturday, with Miss Isabel
Irving, the charming American actress who.
wa especially engaged for Miss RobRon's1
company this season In this very play,
In the principal part. LJebler & Co. have
arranged for her support a remarkable cast
of players who were each and every one
members of Miss Robson'a company during
-
The concert la Wednesday night, the 13th.
Monday (tomorrownight) a recital will
be given at the Lyric theater for the
benefit of the City mission. Those taking
part are Mrs. Welpton, Mr. Scherzel and
Mr. Duffleld. For a long while o better
house has been needed for the mission work
and greater facilities for teaching the chil
dren who crowd to Miss Magee. This Is
Indeed a worthy cause. With the added
magnet of the (' popularity of the artists
who will give their services the Jiouse
should be full.
Mr. Landow has hud printed in pam
phlet form for the program of his six piano
recitals. They read most interestingly
and instructively. Students should make
It a point to hear them. Tuesday evening
will be devoted ' to Beethoven (1770-1827).
The Kreutzer Sonata will form the chief
feature. Mr.. Landow will have the as
sistance of Mr. Robert Cuscaden in Its
Interpretation.
Thursday, March"Tfthe musical depart
ment of the Woman's Club has Its regular
meeting at the First Congregational
church. A special attraction will be the
double quartet of the Musical Art society,
which will sing Grieg's "Landslghting."
Others taking part In the program will be
Miss Ellen Wesln, Miss Mildred Kellner,
Mrs. J. G. Kelly, Miss Barnes, Miss Den
nis, Mr. Martin Bush and Mr. Charles
Haverstock., Accompanists: Mr. Simms,
Mrs. Hegman. Mrs. Balton and Mr h.,v.
J "V lder.h,p of
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I would appreclaTeXrT much If someone
who knows will tell me If there Is any
woere a use or me musicians' musical so
cieties and schools of Nebraska, with the
names and addresses. Such a list would
be a vast help in many ways to those who
are managing large musical attractions. If
ucu a uuuKiei nas never been compiled
wny doesn't aome enthusiastic person go
t0 work on It?
. .
..u.
Schubert, too, wrote for alienee; half hla
work
Lay like a frozen Rhine till aummers came
That warmed the grass above him.
Even
so :
Hia music lives now with
youth."
mighty
The Unfinished Symphony, which the or
chestra will play Wednesday night was for
forty-five years burled and unknown. At
last It waa brought 'to light, and apprecia
tion by Sir George Grove in 1S07 at the
Crystal Palace In London. Since then it
bers of our tl
-"iiid iu ue one 01 me oesi loved num-
me. In reality It la only a
fragment; two movements are complete;
only nine bars of the scherzo have ever
hi.en foi.nrt K'n nno h o..v,..k..
..v. on thi. -v n.,,
0f if "Every time I hear it I am con
firmed in the belief that It stands quite
r,rt frm oil . i.i... ...
bert or any. other master. It must be the
record of some period of unusual atton
drlesement and depression, unusual even
for the susceptible and passionate nature
of Schubert." Perhaps the mood never
came again In which he waa capable of
going on with the work. As it waa It may
have represented to him all experience,
mental or moral, in tta entirety. How many
beautiful vistas are unfinished!
At Boyd's theater on March 27 the Savage
English Grand Opero company will give
Puccini's "Madame Butter Fly." The
opera Is unusually beautiful and effective,
both In the music and the setting. The
score Is one easily untangled. A knowl
edge of the music before hand adds worlds
to the pleasure absorbed. The story Is
known to most. The music alleviates a
little Its heart-breaking pltlfulness. one
can at leaat go back to the joy and richness
of the first act. The duet with which it
closes, is one of the 'very finest pieces of
modern writing In the semi-grand opera
field. Tbe climax la tremendous. Poor
little Butter Fly rise to exalted heights.
There she ever after ard remaina. How we
long to ahake B. V. Pinkerton and send
him about his business and In the end
would gladly see him ground to powder.
Nothing would be too bad.
Mr. Chailea W. Sirine, manager of the
spring tour of the Metropolitan Opera com
pany, spent Friday and Saturday in the
city conferring with Mr. W. Rogers, the
local representative. The opera "La Do
heme" In J already been decided upon.
Thursday Mr. Strlne received a telegram
saying the performance for the afternoon
would be the fairy opera, "Hacnsel and
Grettl," together with "Pagliaccl." The
caats will be the same aa In New York.
Caruso and Bessie Abbot In "Boheme."
Bella Allen. Manfrld Weed and Mr.
Gorti (o Humperdinck's opera. Geraldlne
Farrar will make her first appearance In
Omaha In "Pagliaccl." Scout will sing the
lole of Tonlo. MARY LEARNED.
the present season. "Susan In Search of a
Husband" Is from the pen of that master
English humorist, Jerome K. Jerome, and
has been dramatised for the American
stage by Eugene W. Presbrey, who will
be remembered for his excellent work aa
the author of the highly successful drama,
"Raffles." The story told Is an odd one.
The scenes are laid In a quaint old country
Inn, where the heroine, Susan Gambett,
formerly a New York girl of some social
pretensions, has come to occupy the post
of chambermaid, she having fallen upon
evil times and being compelled to earn her
own living. She la In search of her hus
band, a young seaman, to whom she was
married seven years before and who dis
appeared Immediately after the ceremony.
At the Inn she finds her bosom friend, Miss
Pennlculque, an heiress, who Is being pur
sued by an English lord. The heiress
wishes to And out If the suitor loves her
for herself or her money, and to this end
she changes places with Susan, and takes
the position of the. chambermaid, while
Susan becomes the heiress. The nobleman
turns out to be the long lost husband of
Susan, and owing to the change In char-
actors Is all at sea as to the Identity of
his wife, for
searching.
whom he, too, has been
"The Crisis," based on the novel by
Winston Churchill, will be the bill at the
Burwood during the coming week. This Is
a ,story of much historic Interest aa well
as dramatic power, dealing with events
Immediately preceding the civil war. Its
scenes are laid In and around St. Louis,
and its characters are typical of the times.
Judge Whipple, who Is one of the fine fig
ures of the play. Is a staunch friend of
Colonel Carvel, a direct descendant of
Richard Carvel of revolutionary fame, but
Is also as strong In his support of the
Lincoln Idea as the colonel Is In his al
legiance to the south. Stephen Brlee, the
hero of the drama, Is a young man from
the north, whose Ideas of human rights
are those ne gainea in iwassacnusens. ne
has a dlfflcurt time In making his way at
the outset, but perseveres In spite of the
social opposition ho encounters. Colonel
Carvel's beautiful daughter, one of the
south's true daughters, Is the heroine. Mr.
Morrison will have the difficult and trying
Part of Stephen Brlce; Mr. Hartford will
he Judge Whipple, a fine old character.
nd Mr. Pavles will be Colonel Carvel.
Miss Pettes Is to play Miss Carvel, and
the other roles In the cast, which is un
usually long, are all well placed. The
piece will be first seen at a matinee on
Sunday afternoon and then on each even
ing during the week and on Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday at other matinee
performances.
Nat M. Wills, "the happy tramp," and
his company of funmakers and a score of
pretty singing and dancing girls will be
the attraction at the Krug theater for
four days, starting matinee today, in
Broadhurst and Currie's latest musical
comedy production, "A Lucky Dog," by
Mark E. Swan and George Nichols. The
comedy is in three acts. Act first, exterior
of Fenwood school, a young ladies sem-
wmnH. Interior of the Egyptian
museum; act third, the courtyard of the frequented resort with a stone wall or
school at night. The bright, witty dla- balustrade all around it, standing up In
logue, funny situations, heart interest and bold relief above the river. From thla re-
the many tuneful songs are Interrupted 80rt one can view the river far below It
only by the dazzling brilliancy of enchant- and look down upon Its splendid bridges
lng ensembles and dances afld the bewilder- and see far up and down the river and the
lng beauty of acenlc and electrical splen- opposite city shores. The cathedral has a
dor- ' most remarkable cloister, a regular pan-
theon. The large public hospital, with Its
"The Pride of Newspaper Row" will ap- great buildings and wonderful park en
pear at the Krug theater on next Thurs- ci0Be(jt is guperlor to many 'hospitals In
day, Friday and Saturday. It Is a sensa- nlucn larger cities. It has a famous
tlonal melodrama, by Hat Reld, filled by mIgion building In the city, well endowed
nicely shaded pathos, blended with native and flneiy managed, always full of young
wit and philosophy. The scenery Is said men preparing for mission fields every
to be realistic and truthful, as the play where jn the world. The celebrated Bt.
Itself and the cast Is reputed to have been CnriShona mission school Is about two
selected with great care.
Another top-notch bill Is promised at the
Orpheum for the week starting with a mat
inee today. To avoid offering slight, three
features are given dlHtlnctlon in the bill
ing. Each of these win De a one-ui tu.n-
e.y playet and each will give anting to
!.rtm"n'!L i"" i'tha" dUnc'-
ST VSlner on the'notable bill with
ion or , oa afl(.vl.
heater w.u Te In a IWeTy fa'eTt. en- ment. There 1. acarce.y another large city
titled "ATl the World Love a Ixver." by whose Christian benevolent lntereata have
R andon Hurst. Edward A. Stevens, said been so carefully directed and provide!! for
to be a polished and versatile actor, and There la a general headquarter, where all
company have a comedy sketch called "A of these Institutions are more or less rep
Night Owl " in which a husband returning resented and provided for. Other cities may
to his flat finds his wife out and hla pretty boast greater material things, but Basla
cousin present on a visit, wnom ne enier-
tains with the songs, conversations ana
nin nf the members of a man's club.
May Edouln and Fred Fxlwarda appear In
a sketch called "A Uacneiora uream, oy
Edmund Day. It tells a story of a sick
husband, who In his feverish dreams be
lieves he is pursued oy numerous wivru
he has married In different climes. In the
transition from the little Chinese woman
to the dashing Spanish girl and' spouses of
other nationalities May Edouln is given
ample scope for a wide range of versatil
ity. The St. Onge brothers, declared very
clever, will ofTer a comedy cycling turn.
Charles Martelle and Laura Harcls are
down to do a singing and dancing specialty.
A. L. Guile. Adeline Pattl's tenor, will be
the notable vocal feature. William Morrow
and Miss Schellberg, who are said to be
Interesting mimics and pleaBlng singers,
and new Klnodrome pictures complete the
program.
finnslp Front Staareland.
Yvette Gullbert la soon to be seen In a
new play. It Is to be called "Eau Trou
ble." "Rrown of Harvard" Is being translated
Into n novel by its author, Flda Johnston
Young.
Anurew Mack, the IrlBh comedian, has
started on another tour of Australia, to
embrace thirty weeks.
Mrs. Madge Carr Cook and a complete
American cast will present "Mrs. WiggH
of the Cabbage Patch" In London next
month.
Macklyn Arbuckle is to star Id a new
play of the went, called "Thu Round-Up. '
next month. It will have Its premiere In
Chicago.
Vesta Victoria Is to remain In this coun
try ten weeks longer than her contract
culled for. She will receive ISn.uoO for this
extension, just $3,000 per week.
At the close, of the Herald Square en
gagement "The Road to Yesterday" will
be sent to the Waldorf theater, London,
with Minnie Kupree in the leading role.
Edna Wallace Hopper leaves Lew Flelda
and his company In "About Town" to as
sume an Important role In the new musical
production, "The White Chrysanthemum."
Edward Knoblauch, who dramntlied "The
Shiilamlte," returned to London a few
weeks ago and has since completed and
aubnilttfd to Mi. Flake the scenario of a
drama designed for liertha Kalloh.
Frank Worthing, who lias been a leading
man for many years with prominent uc
tirssrs. Is to be starred next season by
William A. Brady in a play dealing with
the common sense Idea of the divorce ques
tion, i
Frederick Thompson has purchased all
the properties and rights of the late Elmer
8. Dundy in "Brewster's Millions," Luna !
l'ark and other amusement ventures for- '
merly conducted by the firm of Dundy & '
Thoirpson. j
A new version of Victor Hugo's "Notre '
Dame de Paris'' U being given In Paris.
It Is by Paul Maurice and served as the
InlUul attraction at the Porte Saint Martin
theater under the new directors, Coquelln
and Herts.
Dorothy Orlmston (the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Kendall), who appeal t-d with Olga
Nethersole In "The Labyrinth" last mason,
Is now playing Nina In "His House In Or
der," In support of George Alexajider In
hia tour of the English provinces.
Lena Ashwell, the diKllnauUhed English
actress, has secured the Irlilsh rights of
the Grace Isibel ("olbron translation of
"Liebelel" from Robert Hunter, aud she
proposes to make a Ixindon production of
"The Keekoning" this coming May.
"The Rogers Brothers In Ppaln" will be
the vehicle for the antics of the popular
German comedians next season. Vulgar
Smith Is to write the book and Max Hoff
man will provide th music, and the pro
duction will be made early In the fall.
Lulu Glaser Is to go hack into a musical
play, and that, too, within six weeks. "The
Small Town Gal," is the name of the affair,
with George M. Cohen as the responsible
party. Cohan Is also ready with a new
play, "The Honeymooners." which is to be
produced at the Aerial Garden in June.
Langdon Mitchell, author of "The Nw
York Idea" and "Becky Sharp," has be
gun work on a new pluy which Harrison
Orey Flske will produce next season. It
will not be what is called a "star" clay,
but will have a quartet of characters of
nearly equal Importance.
From all accounts Lillian Russell seems
to have fared little better In her choice of
"The Butterfly" than In her first produc
tion this season, "Barbara's Millions." It
Is announced that next fall she will appear
as Lady Teazle In "The School for Scan
dal," following the success she achieved
In a musical version of the Sheridan
comedy.
Sothern and Marlowe leave for London
on March 19 to begin a six weeks' engage
ment In that city. Their entire company
and acenlc productions will be taken along.
"The Sunken Boll," "Jeane d Arc, '
"Twelfth .Night," "When Knighthood was
In Flower," "As You Like It," "Romeo and
Juliet," "Daughter of Jarlo" and "Guen
ever" are among the playa to be given.
The paucity of sterling attractions in the
smaller cities- of this country, which are
known In theatrical phraseology as the
"one night stands," has led several of the
Independent managers to organize between
twenty and thirty companies to tour ex
clusively in those places next season. The
organizations will be composed of carefully
chosen actors, and the plays will be se
lected from the best of metropolitan dra
matic, comedy and musical successes. Mr.
Flske will send out companies to present
"Leah Kleschna," "The New York Idea'
"Tess of the DTrbervliles" and "Becky
Bharp," while David Belasoo will have
second companies offering "The Rose of
the Raneho," "The Music Master" and
"The Darling of the Gods."
Weidensall Letter
(Continued from First Page.)
slty, museum, picture galleries, the
cathedrals, churches, hotels and a
multitude of handsome private build
ings. It has fine parks, boulevards
and squares, lukeside and riverside
attractive resorts. It has a climate
that makes it a favorite resort in the
summer season, when, all of Its hotels are
crowded to overflowing; also a moat de
sirable winter resort for others, when the
best pensions or higher-classed boarding
hotels are full of the best kind of people.
It Is a most convenient place for confer
ences and conventions of national, conti
nental and world-wide Interests.
Basle Is a very busy meeting place of
great express railroad lines that go to
and fro through all of Switzerland. It Is
one of the busiest railroad Junctions In
Switzerland. Its great srowth In railroad
traffic has compelled the railroads to erect
a mammoth railroad station. It has a
population of 120.KV7 Inhabitants. It is sit
uated very picturesquely on the upper
Rhine river. The river, with Its magnlfl- I
cent bridges and well built up shores, pre- .
sents a charming view. Basle has some j
noted buildings Its cathedral, an old but
very Imposing building high up on the
bank of the river. In Its rear is a much
houra' ride from the city and can be plainly
seen on the hill top. Thla la an Intenaely
spiritual school and has sent missionaries
to all parts of the earth. These and other
Institution In different lines of Christian
effort are of long standing. There are one
- -
would their business. All this work ha.
or more committees wno nave aiooa oy
r
and Intelligent aupervlslon and manage
maiiuo uu & inBn !.-.
BWllScriUIlU IS a l-uumii? yci:uiai m n-
aelf. It occupies the summit of Europe
with Its great snowy Alpine range of moun
tain peaka well known to the whole intelli
gent world as Mount Blanc, the highest
point In Europe, 15,700 feet, the Yung Frau,
the Matterhorn, etc., and Includes valleys
of unsurpassing scenery as the Rhone and
Martigny valleys, lukea Geneva and
. Lucerne, etc., equal to the grandest,
glaciers large and small, splendid cities, as
Lucerne, Zurich, Berne Lausanne, Basle
Geneva, etc., and multitudes of smaller
towns and villages nestled In the valleys
and mountains, everywhere affording ae
uKhtful resorts for all that come from all
nations. Its noted mountain passes are yet
the delight of the more venturesome tour
ists. By innumerable marveloua feuta of
engineering in the construction of bridges,
curved grades and tunnels, railroads have
been made to pass through all parts of
Switzerland. At every turn of the trains
or when they emerge from the tunnels
new and entrancing pictures are In full
view of the passengers. Switzerland ha a
strong and intelligent people, who have
maintained a republic in the midst of
monarchies. It la a nation of reformers
and Is possessed of a strong evangelical
faith. ROBERT WEIDENSALL.
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