TITE OMAIIA SUNDAY BKK: MARCIT 1, 1903.
Gossip About Plays, Players and Playhouses
IfATETBR last we imr have
trl Wn, the rmnlng urm 3r are
' I aura to be busy onrs at the
no 1am than four irmat attrac-.
tlons are booked, any one of
them enough for a week by itself.. It Is a
aorry fpmmpntary on tha "scientific" bank
'tg metlfods'of tha theatrical syndicate that
k plitf of Omaha's general Importance
should ; remain tinted as a water tank or
whlstllna; post, and be kept perpetually In
'he Umbo of oae-nlght stands. It la Impos
llble ft)all who want to see either of com
ing sltnis to get there In one night. Rut
kicking-' won't help; so the folks who like
to -o ii the' theater will be kept on the
Jump $n week. First comes a rattling good
comedy, with a good star May Robson In
"The Ilnjuvenatlon of Aunt Mary." After
we haVe.lHflghed for four performances at
Aunt M.lry and her queer ways of doing
things' :ie Win have a chance to drink In
Puccini' sweet music and weep with poor
little Hii-Cho-8an. for "Madame Butter
fly" wll fe pbiyed twice In one day. Hhurs
rtay will lie fe day of rest, and then comes
. Wilton' liackaye for a single performance
of one of Mall Calne's melodramas, and
the Amr-rlcm political picture follows In
"The of the Hour." Which was greatly
I enjoyed at Its former appearance here. If
the folks' are not ready to rest by the time
Sunday oms around. It will be queer. And
right ot top of that comes Mrs. Pat Camp
i bell f'i lier delayed appearance. If you
' will betfln to reckon from last Monday,
',when ttm Italian Opera company opened at
the Boyd, you will see that two very busy
weeks Will- scored for the Boyd.
But It Is not alone at the Boyd that
things have been moving. At the Burwood
Manager Johnson did an unexpectedly big
week wlth- "most ambitious production of
"Old Heidelberg," In which his stock com
pany actor acquitted themselves most
tredltably, af-d Is looking forward to a
Similar experience with a revival of. "Ala
bama" this week. At the Knig. Manager
Breed and- Treasurer Phelps had the satis
faction of seeing their own company and
play do-a? Whacking big business for four
performances, and at the Orpheum, 'Man
ager Relter smiled over one of the best bills
and besl box office records of the season,
and for the coming week he looks' at all
the world with sweet content, for he has
the "Road .Show,", Martin Beck's pride, to
fill hlsfhouse at each performance. Verily,
business i may be had somewhere, but It
Isn't at" the Omaha theaters. '
Mr. Kdeeon and his company accumulated
another story while In Omaha, for It la not
at all likely that during the whole of their
career they ever did or ever will encounter
Just such another experience wUh lights
as marked their . opening performance."
Vbout the only redeeming, feature of the
affair was that President Nash of the light
company was In the audience. But evory
poJy seemed to be imbued with a spirit of
good-natured tolerance, and' the trouble
was passed In patience. It must have been
a bit dlMc6ncertlng to Mr. Edeson to have
the lights go out Just as he cut his way
through, the Jungle to a view of the audi
ence. Ho admitted afterwards that he felt
like propounding tho query as torthe where
abouts of Motes when the light failed him.
Again, Just, as he was preparing to make
his v heroic and spectacular ascent of the
palm tree, darkr-ess supervened, and Mr.
Kdeson waited, Joining In the general laugh
hon a. rescue party In the form of a stage
hand with' to candle, made Its appearance.
But the jicrformance was much enjoyed.
Friday andiSuturday evenings saw tho play
' presented with all its proper effects. On
Friday ' Mr. : Edeson received from George
H. Kroadhurst the first two acts of the
new play ,hn Is to put on next season. It
Is based o,a.Edward Stewart White's story,
"Tho ConJUrer'a House," with Its scenes
In the Hudson bay country. Mr. Edeson
Is well pienwrd wlfh the plan of the play,
although he admits it Is-a great Jump from
the Jungles of the Amaxon to the muskegs
of the north and the snows of the long
traverse, The atory Is followed closely
enough In tlit drama, although Mr. Broad
hurst has 'lra4hef made a new play than a
ramatisation of the book. Mr.' Edeson ex
pects to, .opart the next season with It.
AEW COMIC OPERAS COMING FAST
KasllKb ("ftra posers Hare Several In
der War Now.
LONtkON. Feb. l.-(Rpeclal Correspond
ence.) Put on their 1 rpettle, 1 perhaps. by
the triumphs of their confreres In Vienna,
the English composers of musical Comedy
are getting exceedingly "busy.". The '.'king
pin" of the lot, Leslie Stuart of "Floro
dora" fame, has no less than three sepa
rate scores under way at present, while the
composer of "The Orchid" and "The Run
away Girl." Ivan Caryl!, has Just finished
one new musical piece.' and- started work
on another, and Lionel Monckton and Paul
Rubens both are to be heard from again
shortly. Meanwhile' an old acquaintance
In this line Is "about . Jo make another bid
for favor In the; person of Sidney Jones,
who gave us "The OelBha" and "The Greek
Slave," but who-has put forth "only' one
new work since the production of .those
two memorable pieces.. ' This -ws "My
Lady Molly." which was not given on the
otVej- side of the Atlantic,' If one remem
bers correctly, though It scored; a record
tf something like 300 performances when
j-layed at Terry's. , i .
The "book" of Jones' new " opera Is by
Xedham Bantock (whose "White" Chrys
anthemum" made a hit In the I'nlteU
States), whits the lyrics have been supplied
iy another Veteran, Percy Greenbank, who
was responsible for some of the most popu
lar ditties In "The Geisha." Unnamed as
yet, the piece Is In two acta and its scene
Is laid In Persia, the first act being placed
"outside )ie Tortolsshell palace," the sec
ond act Inside It. There also are to be
scenes n the desert with "real" camels
grossing the stage, pictures of the slave
Fat All My Life, imd How
- I (Jot Rid of It.
First a captavating plumpness begins to
steal upon a woman in her twenties,
IMumpnesa Is followed by oh, horrors fat
Itesa and shortness of breath and heart
flutters.' TTien, alas, comes the chin that
Is double and the comical, lumbering wad
dle of the everfat. Fine sarcasm to tell
such a woman to exercise. Why not coun
sel flying? She Is as able to do the one as
the other. It's another keen cut to sug
gest dieting. " When ladles are Just so fat
they havea'l an ounce of will power or
energy to spar for extras Just living Is
bard enough for them.
What then?, Are then unfortunates con.
dimmed to be fat for life? No, believe it
or not; a simple home receipt, easy to
get at a drug store, will take that fat off
and ket'P It, off. Llstenl ounce Marmola,
H ounce Fluid Extract Cascara Aromatic
and J' ounces Syrup Simplex mixed at
ome anit taken in teaspoonful doava after
Ineals and at bed time, will take off as
kiuch aa a pound a day In some caaea Oet
the Marmola la the sealed package you
are sura it 'la freak that way take the
mixture month and you'U , The fat
seems to Sroo off and leave nice, smooth,
firm flesh, while the health aud complex
Ion luiryv wunJerfuU
dhows and slave markets, and nil the warm
color of the' orient.
The author of thla opera, with whom f
had a chat yesterdny. Is er.thuslsstle about
his collaborator's work. "Jones really has
aurpassed himself," Bantock declared. "He
has been working on this score for six
months and nothing he has done previously,
not even 'The Geisha,' can compare with
It." ,
If that la the case the new musical play
should be worth waiting for. It Is to be
produced at the Criterion theater as soon
as Charles Wyndham'e season there closes,
or about the beginning of April, and If a
success Is scored a special company will
be sent out forthwith, first to the United
States and later to Australia.
That theatrical tastes vary In England
and America has been demonstrated often
enough, so perhaps success may attend an
Interesting little experiment which Is about
to be tried by CTlarles Frohman. This will
consist of the production In London of
Austin Strong's playlet, "The Toymaker of
Nuremberg," with Albert Chevalier In the
name part. Mr. Frohman was enthusiastic
over this piece when It was submitted to
him In manuscript, but apparently It got a
chilly reception on your side of the water.
What London's verdict will be It will be
Instructive to see. Chevalier, by the way,
haa made a great hit In a two-act play
called "The House," which Is now being
done at the Court theater, the former
"Temple of Shaw." The scene Is laid In
a "model" workhouse and the thing Is a
piquant little tract ' against "municipal
socialism" as It frequently turns out. As a
pampered Inmate of this Institution Cheva
lier Is Inimitable and his performance
should be seen by playgoers at home.
In the case of Lena Ashwell, "dogged"
appears to have "done It." Three times did
this actress attempt to set up as a London
manageress wtlh a theater1 of her own, an
as many times did ill-chosen p'.ayi work
her undoing. Evidently, however. It was
"three times and out" (of trouble), for her
first offering "Irene Wycherley," scored so
hard that It since haa been produced in
America and 'TJlana of Dobson's," whose
author, like Anthony Wharton, Is a new
oomer, got an enthusiastic reception at the
Klngsway this week and la pretty certain
to cross the water In Us turn. Either the
actress has learned how to "pick winners"
or has found somebody capable of picking
them for her at all events she now Is on
Music and Musical Notes
HY was not the Italian Opera
company which appeared here
last week well patronized?
Thla question has been asked
several times .lately and va
rious answers .have baa
W
given.
Is It due to the fact that there was Hot
a big star In the organization? This has
been suggested again and again, but It
does not hoid, for ttfe "Madame Butter
fly" company will play tq, crowded houses
as the sale of seats plainly Indicates, and
there la no big star In that organization
which Mr. Henry W. Savage sends forth.
Waa it because the operas were all done
In Italian? Perhaps. It la not unlikely
that the singing In English of the Savage
productions has a good deal to do with
their success. ;
But the screw loose seems to be In the
advertising department. The "Madame
Butterfly" opera has been advertised in
the most modern, up-to-the-hour manner.
Neat Utile booklets artlstlcaly fashioned
and containing the story of the plot and
the Incidents, together with a detailed ac
count of the players (or singers, rather),
whence they came,' etc., and a description
of the scenes and scenery, have been dis
tributed very freely. Everything that
could be done has been done to exploit the
affair, and It will be a great success, when
the money Is counted.
The Italian Opera, company had nothing
of this kind, although presenting four dif
ferent operas in foreign tongue, whereas.
"Madame Butterfly" is sung in our own.
The reason for asserting that old-fashioned
' and Inefficient methods of adver
tising the opera must have been largely
the cause of the poor, audiences Is that the
same trouble has occurred elsewhere with
another company.
The Chicago Musical Leader, in com
menting editorially upon the poor patron
age for the San Carlo opera, says: "The
chief cause for non-recognltlon Is undoubt
edly attributed to the quality of press
work done." Continuing, It says: "Cen
sure has been meted out to the publicity
department, which is controlled by a for
eigner of possibly limited experience and
with erroneous Ideas as to the power of
the press."
This gentleman, however, assigns sev
eral other causes, none of which are very
weighty.
But the fact remains that, "despite slim
audiences, ' the enthusiasm of the singers
was maintained and every one worked j
royally towards a superbly balanced per- I
1 formance, aud it was not until the Tliurs- '
day evening when 'Cavalleria' and 'Pagll-
aixT were played to the smallest house on
record In the Auditorium that despair really
overtook the management and daunted the
hitherto unbroken spirit of the organiser.
But the number In attendance had gone
from bad to worse and the fifth perform
ance of the week was really pitiful from all
points of view." Think of it!
So much for advertising well. But this
condition will probably not occuragain In
either place. And Chicago's experience is
not quoted here In order to gloat over It,
or to say with scornful voice, pointing the
finger eastward, "We are not so bad; look
at Chicago." It does, however, afford some
balm to realise that the neglect ot the re
cent very meritorious low-prlccd opera In
Omaha waa attributed to things other than
apathy.
The Bee had another clever editorial para
graph last Wednesday. It ran like this:
The' Buffalo Express wants to know Why
these noted Vpera singers do not learn our
language and sing It, Instead of smlng In
Italian or French. Probably because they
known Americans wuulj not pay fancy
prices to hear them warble lu English.
This Is good philosophy. Familiarity
breeds contempt. And It the artists should
condescend to sing in a language that could
be understood they would not be "worth
the Disney." There is a story told of the
eminent Scottish divine. Dr. Chalmers, and
the old woman who waa taken to hear him
preach. 8he listened to lilm Intently
throughout his eloquent discourse and after
"meetln' " she was asked what she thought
of it. To the astonishment of her friends
who had given her this supposedly great
treat, she replied: "Ay. mon. but yon man
Is no a great preacher; he surely canna be,
for I understood every word be said!"
Maybe the old woman waa right.
And yet, of course, this does not apply
entirely to tha singing of opera In the Eng
lish language,1 for sometimes the English J
not very intelligible. The anecdote Is re
lated of twa friends coming from a per
formance, of "Lohengrin," in English: One,
on leaving the houso, said to the other, "I
am disappointed; I understood that they
were to slug In EngUsU." "Why," said bis
the crest of the ways of success, after many
years of waiting and hard work. '
"Diana of Dobson's" Is the story of a girl
In a shop who Inherits a bit of money and
proceeds to make ducks and drakes of it,
with a result that la easily foreseen. In
cidentally the first act of the new pleee
la rather daring showing us the girl's dor
mitory at Dobson's, a 'big drapery shop,
with the fair "assistants" preparing to re
tire. Diana Masslngbred (Miss Ashwell) Is
among, them and her spirit Is In rebellion
against the wearing sordldness of her life
and the vulgar petty tyranny that sur-'
rounds It. She has been better educated
than her fellows and has all the healthy
young woman's longing for luxury, ease
and admiration.
As if In answer to her craving, a letter
comes for Diana announcing that she has
come Into a small legacy of $1,600 and she
determines to have, for once In her life, a
real good time. She will have everything
that she haa wanted pretty,frocks and fun,
and for one whole month she will forget
all about Dobson's. In the second and
third acts, Diana, In her fine feathers, is
staying at an hotel In the Engadlne, and
posing as a widow. She Is popular and ad
mired by the Hon. Victor Bretherton, an
Impecunious aristocrat with W0 a year.
Her scale of expenditure naturally causes
her ,to be taken for a woman of means,
and Bretherton's aunt Is very anxious that
he should propose to her. He does, and the
girl tells him the exact state of affairs.
The man Is considerably disturbed and
charges her with having deceived him,' and
this brings down on his head a very torrent
of plain speaking. He Is a useless .'Idler,
ready enough to sponge on a rich wife, but
entirely unable to fight his own way In
the worl, or to earn his own living. This
Is the end of the third act, the dramatist
Ingeniously Bhowlng thst, despite every
thing Diana and Bretherton really are in
love with each other.
The fourth act is again strikingly orig
inal. If almost entirely theatrical. The
scene Is the Thames Embankment at
Sam. Bretherton has determined to
prove that Diana Is wrong and
he can earn his living. He has for a time
given up his Income and has started out to
make his own way. This attempt has
landed him, after three months, ragged and
penniless, to -sleep on an Embankment
bench. Here again he meeta Diana, also
"broke to the wide,' as she puts It,' and in
the gray morning ha again proposes to her
friend, surprised, "they did!"
We cannot expect 'a. great revolution In
the matter of singing grand opera In Eng
Ush, with the exception of the Savage pre
sentations. ,
As long as we banish the English lan
guage from our banquet halls and our din
ing places we need not surely ask for it
In our opera houses. As long as we Insist
on having "Potage Julienne,"1 Instead of
"Vegetable Soup", we can stand for "Salve
dlmora;" as long as we demand "Pommes
de terre en robe de chambre.", instead of
"Potatoes In their Jackets," we should not
look askance at "Ah, fors e lui; while We
revel In "Fole de Veau, Sauce a la Becha
mel," Instead of "Calf's liver with cream
sauce," we surely need not close our dis
criminating ears to "Rlotoma Vlncor."
i We oftn hear that good translations are
not available. I don't believe It Men will
yet arise with the musloal instinct, the po
etical gifts and the general knack of doing
the thing, when publishers will ' make it
worth while. At present translations are
largely In the hands of people who work
them' from the literary side alone.
Some day when we have time we will look
over some of the translations of operatic
texts and be merry.
Several times lately I have heard this:
"Are you going to see 'Madame Butterfly'
(or 'Aida,' or 'Faust,' Or anything else)?"
"No, I think not; I heard it before." When
your friend invites you to visit her do you
reply: "No, thank you, dear, you know I
visited you once before." (There . would
possibly be a reflection here.)
Imagine one saying that he did not care
to look at
once!
sunset .because he saw -
That is one reason why we are so super
ficial In our musical taste. When students
get rid of this erroneous Impression they
will be taking steps higher In the well-nigh
lost faculty, musicianship. We have too
many mere singers, and mere pianists, and
mere violinists, and not enough musicians.
The knowledge of any opera can not be
gained by one hearing. It Is wise to study.
It is still wiser to. add to your study the
hearing of what others are doing.
It is with great pleasure that the an
nouncemnt Is made that the Henry W.
Savage Opera company will present
Puccini's beautiful work, "Madame But
terfly," on Wednesday of this week, mat-
lnee and evening.
And on Thursday evening of this week
David Blspham, Vho is already a first
favorite ' in Omaha, will give one of his
unique and artlstlo song recitals at the
First Baptist ' church. Mr. Blspham is
an Interpreter whom to study is a de
light. His Intellect, coupled with his
dramatic ability, makes his work shine
with luster In these days of commonplace
singing technical skill or vocalization.
Add to those a well-handled voice and a
scholarly musicianship and behind all a
temperamental personality and you have
a combination which challenges the re
spect and admiration of every serious
student. Mr. Blsphani is an artist to be
proud of, and the fact that he haa
climbed the heights in fsce of obstacles,
and with little encouragement in his
earlier days of study, makes htm all the
more near to us.
The glad newa haa Just come that
Madame Sembrlch will give a song -recital
at the Boyd April 1.
THOMAS "J. KELLT.
Maaleal Nates.
Mr. Bispham's program:
"Planjrero Mia Sorts Rla" ("Glullo
Cewre") lUndtl
"Pur Dtceall" A. Lout
"Che Flero Costume"...' Q. Legrensl
Mr. HlRpham.
"In Waldeselnaamkeit," "Staendchen,"
Von Ewlger Llebe.? "Wlr Wan
delten," "O, Lleblichs Wangen!"...
J. Brahms
Mr. Blspham. s
"Caprice Espatcnol" Moskowski
Mr. Smith.
"Legendo de la Bauge" ("Jongleur de
Notre Dame") J. MaEsenet
'."Chevaux de Bois" ("Paysages
Beiges") j. lxbutsy
Finale, Act II, "Son Go, Mv Chil
dren." "The Mad Dog' (The Vicar
of Wakefield ) .lza Lehman
Mr. Blspham.
"Drake's Drum'' Arthur Far ell
"When Hi Br s Are In the Quiet tikles"..
Clarence Lucas
"Down Among the Dad Men"
Old English
"The Stuttering Lovers" (arranged by
Herbert Hutchus) old Irish
air. Blspham.
A recital waa given at Blair, Neb., on
Tuesday evening last by Mlsa Kmlly
Cleve. violinist; Miss Margaret Uc
Menemy, contralto," and Miss Ingrld Pe
derscn, f lanlsb
and she accepts htm. Bo much for the
story of the play, whloh is acted to per
fection at the Klngsway. With artlstlo
conscientiousness rare In a star, moreover.
Miss Ashwell haa taken care that every
character, however small, should be put
Into the hands of a competent player for
example we have Norman McKlnnell,
whom you saw as the old Boer In "The
ShulamKe," as a policeman with a few
lines to eayv In the Embankment scene.
The author of "Diana of Dobson's," Miss
Cecily Hamilton, is a young woman whose
previous record of succes as a dramatist
Six Short Stage Stories
When Augustus Thomas was with Wash
ington Irving Bishop, the thought reader,
years ago in Minneapolis, he found that
there was to be a double hanging the morn
ing of the day Bishop was to do stunts.
Thomas saw that the only chance he had
to get publicity was to. tall along after
tha hanging, so he went to a city editor
and said the hanging ought to be postponed..
He had a letter, he said, from his star to
the governor of the state asking permission
to ' read the minds of the murderers and
find out whether or 'not they were really
guilty. He framed up a letter, got the
condemned to say they were willing to wait
and had the pleasure of seeing the papers
full of the story.' The men were hanged
on 'time.
George M. Cohan and his birds returned
lost week from a short visit to Paris and
London on the American liner St. Louis.
Cohan announces that his new play, 'The
Maid Servant," will open the Goyoty the
ater, at Broadway, and Forty-sixth street.
In about eight weeks. He spent most of
his time, he says, contrasting American
and London Ideas of humor and declares
that the happiest thing of the whole trip
was the gang plank which landed him less
than forty-five minuses from Broadway.
Edna Wallace Hopper created more trouble
for the Pennsylvania railroad at Youngs
town, O., on New Year's day than a woman
of her size ever made for the company be
fore. She was coming from Zanesvllle, O.,
with the "Fifty Miles frorrt Boston" com
pany. The railroad officials Intended to
attach the car In which she was riding to
the Pittsburg train and did not want to
take it to the station. Miss Hopper locked
herself in the stateroom and refused to
budge. The Pittsburg train waited for
twenty minutes. Finally the railroad men
consisted of the production of one curtain
raiser. Like the writer of "Irene Wycher
ley,". Miss Hamilton sent another short
piece to Miss Ashwell, who did not care for
It. but invited her to submit a full-sized
play. This she did at once, and acceptance
was as prompt as In the case of the Whar
ton drama. If the actress Is not deluged
forthwith with the manuscript of the un
acted It will be . rather surprising, but if
she finds among . the lot another "Irene
Wycherley" or a second "Diana of Dob
son's" the time she spends over them will
not have been wasted.
HAYDEN CHURCH.
Coming Events'.
Fresh from the triumph at the Etude
baker theater in Chicago, May Robson, the
foremost character actress In America, will
be seen at the Boyd theater on Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday evenings and a spe
cial matinee Tuesday In the -new American
comedy, "The Rejuvenation of Aunt Mary,"
by Anne Warner. In dramatizing her own
novel (which haa made Miss Warner fa
mous) she has left out none of the comedy
found in that popular book, but has added
more, and in the role of Aunt Mary, which
Miss Robson plays, she has given the
theater going public a character absolutely
unique and original. L. S. Sire, under
whose management Miss Robson Is star
ring, has surrounded her with a strong com
pany. In the staging of the production
nothing has been overlooked by Mr. Sire
and under the skilful handling of E. F.
Bostwick "The Rejuvenation of Aunt
Mary" will be found to be one of the best
comedies ever offered to a theater going
.public in Omaha.
t Two brilliant caats have been named by
Mr. Henry W. Savage for the two perform-
ancea of Puccini's Japanese opera, "Madam
Butterfly," which comes to the Boyd thea
ter Wednesday matinee and evening, on
March 4. Among the array of English
singing prima donnas coming here are all
the favorite artists that appeared in New
York this season and scored such deserved
success. Two charming prima donnas will
be heard here in the dainty title role of thla
Widely heralded grand opera, "Madam But
terfly," and two now dramatlo tenors will
alternate In the part of the handsome
United States nayy lieutenant, the role
which Caruso declares Is one of his favor
ites. The singers to be heard In Omaha In
the title role will Include the talented
Phoebe Strakosch, the beautiful niece of
Adellna Pattl, and a woman whoso re pen
tolre during the last seven years abroad
Includes all of the dramatlo roles taken
by leading artists In the various European
opera houses. Miss Strakosch will sing In
the evening, while at the matinee the dainty
Betty Wolff, the German, prima donna,
whose release from tho grand opera at
Mains Is said to have cost Mr. Savage a
tidy sum. For the leading contralto role,
that of the pathetic Suzuki, the Japanese
maid, we are to have Miss Harriett Behnce,
from the Royal opera in Berlin, and Miss
Ethel DuFre Houston, from Paris, both
of whom sang the same role here last
season.
The coming to the Boyd opera house on
the night of Friday next of Mr. Wilton
Lackaye In Calne's own dramatisation of
"The Bondman" shows anew the vitality
of thla story. When the play waa produced
last season In London It scored a tremen
dous hit, and Mr. Vckaye,. from all ac
counts, has been very . successful In it
elsewhere. Yet, "The Bondman" Is ten
years older than the. more sensational
story of The Christian," which is already
half forgotten.
"The Man of the Hour" will be the at
traction at Boyd's theater on next Satur
day matinee and night, when It will again
be splendidly acted by William A. Brady's
and Joseph R. Grismer's company, the same
that was seen here last December.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell will present 'The
Second Mrs. Tanqueray" at the Boyd thea
ter on Monday and. Tuesday evenings,
March I and 10, to- which she is limiting
her present American tour. Each role Is a
recognized masterpiece. For the benefit of
out of town theatergoers who may wish to
avail themselves of the opportunity of wit
nessing the. CsmpU-ll performances, the
mall order system will be in effect. A post
office meney or express order or check with
an enclosed stamped envelope for rsply will
receive prompt attention, and will be filled
in the order of their receipt.
"Cupid at Vassar" will be seen at the
Krug theater four days, starting with
matinee today. The play Is the Joint work
of Owen Davis, George Totten Smith and
A. Baldwin Bloane, and the costumes and
sooner y are lavish. Florence Gear plays
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the leading part of Kate Newton, and the
other Vassar girls are as fascinating as
could bo corraled with an entire summer
to work In.
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A big revival of Sapho will take place at
the Krug for three days starting Thursday,
March 6, with May Hosmer as the star.
Her play was written by Clyde Fitch from
the novel by Alphonae Daudet, and was
given Its first performance at Wallack's
in New York, February 18. 1S00.
That another big week Is In prospect at
the Burwood Is evidenced by the demand
hauled the car up to the station platform,
where the actress alighted. The Pittsburg
train then departed almost half an hour
late.
While leading man at both Hooley's and
McVlcker'a theaters In Chlcagn James
O'Neill played Romeo to the Juliet of Ade
laide Netlson. On her return to England
she was asked- to name the best Romeo
she had ever appeared with and she
promptly replied: "An Irishman lit Chi
cago named Jimmy O'Neill." At that time
tit. O'Neill was 22 years old.
The,othcr night, when "Fifty Miles from
Boston" waa the attraction at Bridgeport,
Conn., Edna Wallace Hopper, the star,
stepped before the curtain In response to
vigorous demands for a speech. In her
thin, piping voice she expressed her thanks
as best she could. Standing In the first
entrance was a tough stage hand, whose
expression showed his disapproval of her
remarks. That stuff's no good," he said
to the stage carpenter. "Why don't she
learn 'Casey at the Bat' from her father?"
"Poor Ouida!" writer Acton ravles. "Un
fortunately for her, her fame and her
works reached their senlth before the days
of 'all rights reserved.' If even one
hundreth part of the profits which the
atrical managers made out of dramatiza
tions of her novels had gone to her, her
last days might have been relieved of some
thing of their poverty and bitterness. At
one time in London, thirty years ago, no
less than three distinct dramatizations of
her "Under Two Flags" were running at
one time, and yet she never received one
penny of royalty from any of these produc
tions." And the same is true of "Moths,"
the stock company standby.
for seats for "Alabama," which opens to
morrow evening. The love story running
through the play is most absorbing and It
will be found that not only Mr. Ingram
and Miss Lessing, but the entire compapy,
have been finely fitted with excellent roles.
Mr. Bacon will play Colonel Moberly, the
ubiquitous old southerner. Elaborate scen
ery has been prepared In order to give a
proper mounting, one of the features be
' Ing the decorating of the stage and lobby
with genuine southern tree-moss purposely
procurred for this production. Matinees
will be given on Tuesday, Thursday, Satur
day and Sunday.
With the Orpheum Road Show, under the
direction of General Manager Martin Beck,
as the attraction-extraordinary, the man
agement of the Orpheum theater1 is figuring
on doing a little record-breaking in the at
tendance this week and report an advance
sale that Is very assuring. The roster of
the Road Show embraces all new features
this season In fact. It is the first western
trip for all the acts save one. The first
and only one-act play written by George
Ade adorns the place at the top of the bill.
It will be enacted by Mr. Edward Connelly,
the distinguished character actor, assisted
by ah adequate company. Something posi
tively new Is promised In Roslna Casselle's
"Midget Wonders," carefully trained Chi
huahua canines from Mexico, the smallest
specimens of their species. La Gardenia, a
voluptuous and seductive Spanish beauty,
and six troubadours, with the dances of
Spain In costume, will constitute the daz
zling show feature. Astonishment and fun
are mixed by Coram, the noted English
ventriloquist, who carries on a witty dia
logue with his funny automaton. Kelly
and Kent are a versatile comedy team, who
do a variety of rmfhlcry, fun-making of
the lively order and dance. The Tom Jack
trio, European musicians, have a positive
novelty, being accomplished on a number
of Instruments never before seen here.
Rockaway and Conway, whom Mr. Beck re
cently engaged, are down for a smart, up-to-date
talking comedy and singing act.
Gossip from Stageland.
Miss Marie Pavey suffered severely dur
ing the week at Kansas City from ton
sllltla She was under the care of a doc
tor most of the time, but did not miss a
performance.
Henry Miller haa declared himself on the
topic of a national theater and, like most
actor-managers. Is against the proposition.
Mr. Miller will find himself In the ma
jority this time. If never before.
Vera Mlchelena Is coming Into her own
In New York. She has been engaged to
sing the leading soprano role In "The
Dream Waltz." which is now running "The
Merry Widow" an even race In New York.
Stair & Havlln announce that Ward and
Vokes will be reunited next seaaon and
sent on the road In a play built like one
of their-, old-time successes. The reunion
of Harold and Percy will be Joyful newa to
a lot of folks In this country.
No matter what Miss Anglln's success In
"The Awakening of Helena Rlchey," Mr.
Miller aays she Is coming back to the cast
of "The Great Divide." and Edith Wynee
Mathlson, who is now playing Miss An
glln's part In the Moody play, Is to create
a new role In a new comedy that will
shortly be produced.
Walker Whiteside made a good Imprea
slon during the week at Cincinnati, where
he presented "Tho Beloved Vagabond" for
the first time in America. Ida Cunqueat
Is supporting him with an excellent com
pany, under the direction of Liebier & Co.
Mr. Whiteside haa many friends In these
parts who will rejoice that he is on the
way to deserved success. ,
Margaret Fealy, mother of Maud Fealy,
gives assurance that the announced termi
nation of her daughter's tour in "The
Stronger Sex" is not due either to the
star's histrionic shortcomings or the pub
lic's Indifference. Mrs. Fealy adds that
her daughter has been offered a large guar
antee to make a spring tour through
Mexico. If she accepts she will present a
repertoire of plays In which she haa been
Identified as a stock star.
Mra Beerbohm Tree, who is In this coun
try to play Clytemnestra In Mrs. Camp
bell's production of "Electra," is coming
again. "Although this Is the first time I
have been In the United Htates since I
came hero with my husband thirteen years
ago, you will not escape me again for any
such length of time," she said. "Mr. Tre?
Is coming here the year after next wlt.i
'Nero' and some of his other recent pro
ductions, and with me, too."
The American prima donna. Marguerite
Sylva. now of the Opera Comlque. Paris,
has so many offers to give her pvrtormand
of "Carmen" out Bid of Paris tha she has
obtained l-nve of absence from the Orera
Comlque fur the months of March and Apr I',
next, and will make an extended 'our to
the nvnt Important clues of France, Switz
erland. HelKium and Italy, with a prob
ability of singing six or eight perforri
ancea of "Carman" at Algiers before her
return to Pans.
Elsie Ferguson, Wilton Ickaye's leading
woman In "The Bondman," was but a few
vears ago plavlng a minor part In support
of I.ulu Olaser In "Dolly Dollars. In
the Hull Calne drama, she plays the
part
ed in
ot Oreeha. the ruH. orlKinally pla
London by Mra Patrick CaroiUlr Previous
to her preaent enirfeinent she played wltn
Iuis Miuin In 'The Bcuond Fiddle" and
"Julie Boll lion." Miss Ferguaon la an
American girl. oiug aud awbiUous.
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