the THEATER.,
MI'SIC, dancing and stage repar
tee to a large extent replaced
the problematical solemnity
that the stage has lately as
sumed. There was only one
problem play In our midst, and as usual
there did not seem to be any definite an
iwer. "The Right to Live" represents a
question that so far as this particular
work is concerned Is referred to the book
ing agents after conference with the box
offices.
*
The Joe Weber show is a gleeful assem
blage of things old and new.
A singing entertainment must have, in
addition to novel iy, a certain amount of
good, old reliable material. Such matter
Is discreetly and effectually interspersed
through the Weber show. A production
of this type is not intended to be submit
ted to close analysis and any comment in (
that line is of a strictly gratuitous and in-!
consequential nature. It merely helps to j
make talk. For instance, nobody cares,
Rbout the age of the witticism to the ef
fect that in addition to being "hard" for
e man to lose his wife, it 1* "almost im
possible." The practical demonstration >
winch occurred on the Belasco stage that
It had not outlasted its usefulness Is in- j
foresting and its application to the imme
diate need of that burlesque was unques
tionably useful. One of the bits of dia
logue in which Walter Jcnes was engaged
concerning money due him by one of the
other comedians harks away back to the
days when Dan Rice was the premier of
t.rnis clowns. The ;um mentioned In those
days was $11. "Drop it," says the ring
master. "All right," says the clown, "you
drop it and I II pick it up. And so on ail
libitum, ad infinitum. A bit of panto
mime that opens the third act looks like
a direct importation from Paris, but some
how it weaves harmoniously into the
general scheme. And Charles Ross Is one
of the most agreeable entertainers that
the stage has to offer. Yet he absolutely !
disdains the conventional extravagances
of costume and absurdities of speech.
There is no guessing musical comedy or
travesty, or whatever the management
may choose to call this peculiar style of
rxtertainment.
?
One of the most extraordinary bits of
lyric composition heard in some time is
Blanche Ring's song, "Yip-l-ade-i-ay." It
Is a strange and alluring musical mosaic.
It probably had .its origin in an old Lon
don thief song beginning "I met a police
man on the Strand." and using the re
frain, "Luddy, fuddy. ylp-i-uddy-i-ay!"
The music is reminiscent of all sorts of
things, the rhythm being something like
tl at of Gounod's "Funeral March of a Ma
rionette." Incidentally the cel:o obligato is
tin- Miserere from "Trovatore." The
words are made up as far as possible of
colloquial expressions which fall lamillar
ly yn pleasantly on the modern ear. The
Burn total of all this material, as blended
under the orchestra leader's adept baton,
i.-- a work that is almost irresistible in its
wnistling quality. It is said that Miss;
King was doubtful about giving the song
a piace in her repertoire, which shows,
aa jar. O. Bernard Shaw has remarked,
t..ai you never can tell.
as is the case with almost every per
f? rmer who has succeeded of late in pleas
ing the public to any exceptional degree.
Ring is announced as on? of next
season'si stars. Miss Ring is always in j
eviuence when there is any opportunity'
?wo*lever tor her to impress heiself on a
t.ene. And she always manages to be
p.ominent witi.out conveying an impres
sion that she is forcing tne situation. Her
work shows not only great personal abil
ity. out a recognition of the value of not
bt.ng lost signt or. She can always be
depended on lo take care of herself in a
crowd as well as in a monologue.
*
Miss Hat tie Williams brought to view
another comedy written around a title.
"Fiufty Rumes ' is one of the plays which
dc\ elop a plot atter the name has been |
selected. and it must be franKly recorded |
mat tne plotsmith lias done good worn,
'ip.ece is as intensely hmgush as it it
v.i;? i n the Strand instead of on Penn
tj-.^ua avenue, and the National Thea
u ?iu nave called Useit a ' T'eater"
lor tne sa*e of coiitorniing to the occa
sion ana uropp.ng an H. it was an enter
taimiieiii ti.at anus to be Joviai ratner
man conservative, and as such is oound
to meet with a variance oi opinion as to
its merits.
*
The play "The Rignt to Live" might
Le ujscrii>ed in miee woros: "creepy,
veepy, sieepy." it is one ot the numerous
vtu,M recently submitted io public atten
tion L>y Jules r-.cKert lioouman. it displays
unquestionable literary skill and piciurew
tanniully and intelligently types not rre
queutly displayed on tne American stage.
It is a stuuy ot our own times and peo
p.e wi.o ex.st aoout us portra>eU with
ui less enn iency man its merits woulu
properly claim. Some of the emotional
ism ot the performance vaguely suggest
ed Airs. Leslie Carter ai the age of
eleven.
*
Anj pla> writer who is> determined to
exert himselt to supply the demand for
real melodrama unquestionably asserting
Itself among the theater goers, shouio
stuuy "ilts Terrible bee ret. ' Melmoth,
the man monkey, is aoout the most har- j
rowing contribution to the ? lootligiits '
since the days of Dr. Jekyll anu .vir. Hyde.!
The lUea is so gruesouieiy ..liprestivu
that interest survives in the face of act
ing which is inadequate. As a matter of
u>t, the popular price plays frequently
re\eal some lirst-class work, especially in
tne villain line, and the expensive prouue
.MHis oi melodrama often lind that they
nceu the talent wiiich has gained its ex
perience in the less pretentious organ
dbtions. Melmoth is a reminder that it
is naid to bury a strong idea. In the
uii.ts oi our patents or grandparents
tin re was a writer named Reynolds who
attained much notoriety thiough a work
called "Mysteries or the Court of Lon
don." It was a scandalous and unau
thentic production and was promptly ex
cluded from every reputable library. He
also wrote "Melmoth." His lack of con
sideration for greatnoss' caused the bi
ographers to fight shy of him and he i? j
recognised to a very limited extent, if at
all. by the literary encyclopedists. The
author himself Is forgotten, but the hor
rible creature of his fancy still survives. !
PHILANDER JOHNSON.
NOT ALL ROSES IN HER CAREER
Annie Russell, who is being starred .his
season by Wagenhals & Kemper in John
Valentine's comedy.'"The Stronger Sex,"
romes of theatrical stock, so tlie door of
the stage was open to her.
Miss Russell's first engagement took
place in Montreal*When she was ten years I
aid, and was preceded by a heartbreaking |
P
episode. Rose Ey tinge was playing "Miss
Multon" as a counter-attraction to Clara
Morris, then in the zenith of her career.
Two children were needed in the piece,
and when Miss Eytinge ascertained that
one of them. "Jeanne," assigned to Miss
Annie Russell, had never been on before
she was furious.
"Do you want to kill the show when so
much depends upon it?" she demanded of
El A. McDowell, her stage director.
The girl. Annie, chanced to overhear
the conversation and fell to weeping bit
terly. Miss Eytinge noticed her. was
touched by the sight of the childish mis
ery and allowed her to play the part.
Later on Miss Russell appeared in the
chorus of a juvenile "Pinafore" produc
tion. and was soon promoted to the part
of "Josephine."
Then she made a big jump?tc the West
Indies to look after her small brother
Tommy, the "child actor" of the com
pany. later on one of the two famous
"Fauntleroys" of the company and now
a Wall street broker. While with this
troupe she was pressed into service to fill
a great variety of parts, giving her a
good foundation upon which to build her
reception. The marriage bells have hard
ly ceased ringing, however, when Mary,
quite by chance, overhears the man she
1-as just promised to love, cherish and
obey calmly stating to a friend that he
married her solely for her money. The
girl makes no scene, but steels her heart
against her husband and takes a most
unique method of revenge.
Messrs. Wagenhals & Kemper have en
gaged a noteworthy cast for Miss Rus
sell's support, anions the well known
names being Oswald Yorke. Dore David
son. Helen Tracy. Alma Kruger. Walter
Hitchcock aand William Wadsworth. Elec
tion returns, received by special wire,
will be? read from the Columbia stage
Tuesday night.
New National.
The cast engaged to appear at the New
National this week in "The Lion and the
Mouse" will include Oliver Doud Byron
and Dorothy Donnelly. Both of these
players have been in the leading parts in
the Klein play since the initial production.
ply a nickname given the principal char
acter. Eddy Kdson is his name, but he
rarely hears it. He is an orphan with a
princely inheritance, the idol of his fel
low-students at Yale. A youthful g'ob<>
trotter, who is never seen without two
mysterious litle pickaninnies tagging si
lently at his heels, who carry constantly
two mysterious suit cases, the "Candy
Kid" has one hobby?the invention of a
rapid-fire gun that can be carried in an
ordinary suit case.
The story of the play is highly sensa
tional and takes the audience from the
United States to South America. Among
the important scenes introduced are the
following: Campus grounds at Yaale Uni
j play, "Paid in Full," with the original
I New York cast: Cyril Scott, in "The Man
of the Hour": Cohan & Harris' Big Min
strels: Cliauncey Olcott, in a new play;
George M. Cohan, in "The Yankee
Prince": "Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage
Patch," and Deninan Thompson, in "The
Old Homestead."
"The Devil."
Henry \V. Savage will send the Gard n
Theater production of Franz Molnar's
play, "The Devil." to the New National
Theater for a special engagement next
week. Edwin Stevens - and the original
New York cast will appear here.
"The Mimic World."
At the Belasco Theater next week "The
Mimic World" will be on view. With
this jolly musical play will be seen as a
special feature Gertrude Hoffmann, the
classic dancer, who created such a furore
in New York during the past season. Be
night. The supplementary attraction will
be Mr and Mrs. Gardner Cra'ie in their
latest success, "Pixley's Prodigal Par
ents." Other numbers will, be Bessie
Wynn, the singing comedienne; Frank
Stafford, assisted by Miss Marie Stone, in
"A Hunter's Game;" the Kyasyas, Euro
pean sensational athletes; Leo Donnelly,
the newspaper joker; Paul Florus, the
xylophone virtuoso, and "The Marathon
Races" by the vitagraph.
Vaudeville and Pictures.
A program of much merit has been pre
pared by Manager Weston at the Ma
jestic for this week. One of vaudeville's
funniest comedy teams, McGrath & Yoe
man appears in a travisty. "The Prima
Donna and the Lunatic." Miss McGrath
wears some beautiful gowns and Jewelry.
La Rose and La Gusta's European nov
elty wire act is a much talked of ath
letic feat. The talking pictures program
is as follows: Thompson and Ray, singing
songs of the Earl and the Girl. Dining
out song, Eva Tanguay, singing her fa
. 1
bit hit in the sunbonnet of "Esmeralda.
She followed this with another success
in an altogether different "n^he Poetic |
role of "Elaine." and then fell ill. Tor
some years she remained off the boards,
at times close to death's door, and re
turned to the stage finally in a weakling
play by Sydney Grumby. The New
Woman." _ _ I
She took the taste of this out of the
public's mouth by a triumph both in New
York and London with "Sue, and then
went into the background once more with
"Catherine," from the French.
Her real arrival as a popular star was
made in the autumn of 1899 at the Lyceum
Theater in New York in "Miss Hobbs. a
plav written tor John Drew originally,
but turned over to Miss Russell, W1*li
Charles Richman as her leading man. he
having been released from Daly s by Au
gustin Daly's death. !
Then, under the management of ( harles
Frohman. Miss Russell appeared with
great success in "A Royal Pamil>.^
"Mice and Men." ' Brother Jacques.
"Major Barbara" and '"The G1rl and tne
"Judge." ' .
Her sixth Broadway success occurred
the season before last, under the manage
ment of Wagenhals & Kemper, when she
Inaugurated the new Astor 1 heater with
a stupendous production of "A Midsum
mer Night's Dream."
. Last season she traveled in Europe,
seeking rest and recreation, and returns
to the stage this season in light comedy,
much refreshed and invigorated.
Coming Attractions*
Belasco.
At the Belasco Theater this week the
attraction will be Sam Bernard in his
new piece success, "Nearly a Hero." Mr.
Bernard plays the role of Ludwig Knoed
ler. a German tailor, who in order to
save himself from eviction for unpaid
rent is forced to assume the character
of a man who has been rescued from
drowning and thus to be nearly a hero.
According to all reports, Mr. Bernard has
seized every opportunity to create whole
some laughter, and the author of the
piece. Harrv B. Smith, has provided Mr.
Bernard with an unusually large number
of opportunities.
The Shubert.s have provided Mr. Ber
nard wtth a first-class supporting com
pany. There are three leading women
Miss Grace la Ru?'. who within a com
paratively short time has won a most
astonishing success as an entertainer;
Miss Ada Lewis, whose clever work is
well known to theater goers, and Miss
Neva Aymar, an attractive soubrette with
a pleasing voice. Others in the cast are
Sam Edwardes. Joseph Miller, Burrell
Barbaretto. Phil Ryley, Florence Gerard.
Daisy Leon and Daisy Green.
The music of "Nearly a Hero" is lively
and catchy. There are eighteen numbers.
Columbia.
After a season of extensive travel in
Europe Annie Russell returns to the
stage again under the management of the
Wagenhals & Kemper Co. in John Valen
tine's brilliant comedy, "The Stronger
Sex." appearing at the Columbia Thea
ter this week.
Although the loca'e of "The Stronger
Sex" is laid on English soil. Miss Russell
will portray an American girl. Her im
personation will be tl.at of the daughter
of a T^xas catile kivg. who has been sent
to England to school. At the home of a
friend she meets and falls in love wi'li
the Hen. Warren Harrington, who pays
her ass'.duous court. She Is married in
Eng and the first set of the play reveal
i ing smart London society at the wedding
Miss Donnelly being the first Shirley
Rossmore.
The theme of the play treats of a so
called "money king" who attacks the
reputation of an honest judge because of
a decision adverse to the llnancier. The
judge is removed from the bench in dis
grace and his daughter takes up the tight
to protect her father's good name and
outwits the powers that would bring ruin
to her parent. The story has been termed
I "a page from the business and political
life of today."
Chase's.
"At the Country Club" will be a feature
of the bill at Chase's this week. Its pro
ducer. Jesge I^asky, announces a display
of magnificent scenery, genuine Parisian
gowns, a group of well groomed lads,
catchy music and pretty dances. There
are seven songs. George Spink, who com
posed "Bill Simmons." is the author of
the spactacle and plays the leading role.
Mayme Kelso, comedienne, is prominent
in the support. The Elinore sisters are
said to have the funniest skit they have
ever perpetrated. It is called "It Was a
Good Show, But " and Kate Elinore
dresses a la Salome, with due regard for
the proprieties, and May appears as an
Tndian squaw, or "squawk." as Kate calls
her. Mrs. Marie Schrader's latest one
act comedy will be interpreted by Miss
Dorothy Turner, an accomplished actress.
The regular night prices will prevail at
the two performances next Tuesday night,
one at 8 p.m.. and the other at 11 p.m.
At the two performances at s and 11
o'clock Tuesday evening the election re
turns will be read from the stage.
Academy.
The latest I^eni B. Parker musical
ilrama, which comes to the Academy this
week, is entitled "The t'andy Kid." and
!n u the GUroy & Brltton Company pre
sent Mr. Ray Raymond, the singing and
dancing comedian. The title role is 'aim
1 f?
haR?
versity, in New Haven. Conn.; a promi
nent hotel In New York city, 7tli avenue
and Cathedral parkway entrance to Ca
thedral Park. New York; the great dock.
East river. New York city; an immense
crane in operation, home of the American
consulate, Colombia, South America.
New Lyceum.
Sarn T. Jack's own burlesque company
is the show billed to appear at the Ly
ceum next week, commencing with a
matinee tomorrow. It has for a curtain
raiser a musical offering, "The Merry
Kiddo and the Widow." Among those
taking part in the olio may be mentioned
Armstrong and Ashton. Lawrence and
Harvey, the Three Musical Svewarts.
the Three Armstrongs, Harry Fink and
Jo? Emmorson. The entertainment con
cludes with a musical extravaganza, "The
Merry Widow of Looney Park."
Gayety.
A* the Gayety Theater next week Har
der & Hall present the "Morning Glories
in ZuJuland," headed by Mr. Clare Ev
ans, the fashion-plate comedian.
The feature of the show is said to
be the Princess of Darkness, "Babette,"
in the electric dance of "The Devil," a
vision of Satan's gorge.
Boston Symphony Orchestra.
The first of the five Boston Symphony
concert series for this s?ason, will be
given next Tuesday afternoon In the New
National Theater at the usual hour, 4:30
o'clock. With the exception of t'ne re
turn of Prof. Willy Hess to the first desk
of the violins, and the coming of a new
second concert master?Mr. Noack?the
orchestra to all intents and purposes is
the same as Dr. Muck left it last spring.
Two years ago Washington gave a most
cordial greeting to Dr. Muck when he
first came to this city, and there is every
evidence that this year it will give as
cordial a greeting to his successor?Max
Fiedler.
For his introductory program in Wash
ington Mr. Fiedler has chosen that which
he used as the introductory program in
Boston. It comprises the "I^eonore"
overture No. by Beethoven; the Sym
phony in C minor No. 1. by Brahms; the
love scene trom Richard Strauss" op <ra,
"Feuersnot," and the "Tannhauser" over
ture.
The unfamiliar work on the program is
the Strauss op ra. which lasts about
eight minutes. The other three are well
known. It is a nlnter^sting fact that
Ma. Fiedler remarked apropos the "Tann
hauser" overture: "Yes, it is old
and hackneyed; that I know. But the
more I play it the grrater is my admira
tion for it and the more I am convinced
that it is the sreatest of all Wagner's
overtures, barring none, and with the ex
ception of the "L^onore" No. the great
est of all overtures."
Columbia's Booking's.
The bookings of the Columbia Thea
ter. announced by the management of the
house this morning, reveals an interesting
list of attractions ior the present sea
son. Beginning with Annie Russell this
week, and Victor Herbert and Glen Mc
Donough's new musical play, "Algeria."
n^xt week, the lis. includes Henry Mil
ler in "The Great Divide"; Sti ansae's
comic opera, "The Waltz Dream." with
the iriginal New York cast; Rose Stahl
in "The Chorus Lady": Eugene Walter's
sides giving: her celebrated dances, "A
Vision of Salome," and Mendelssohn's
"Spring Song." she will render her Imi
tations of great artists on the American
stage. "The Mimic World" is just what
its name implies?a gorgeous spectacle
and a rollicking resume of things the
atrical that were the successes of the
season of 1008. Burlesques of various
plays will be given.
Academy Concert.
The entertainers selected for the concert
at the Academy tonight will include Wal
ter Sondhelmer. Master Becker, the boy
soprano; the Clark brothers, in a whist
ling and imitation act, and Georg; Hel
muth with his latest coon songs. Six
reels of the latest life-motion pictures will
complete the two-hour entertainment.
Gayety Tonight.
Archie 1,. Shepard will offer a two-and
one-lialf-hour program of comedy and j
dramatic moving pictures at the. Gayety
tonight. In addition to the pictures four
vaudeville acts will be presented. Smok
ing will be permitted.
Popular Concert Series.
A series of concerts lias been announced
that embraces two present-day essentials;
artistic program and reasonable price.
T. Arthur Smith will present in a course
of recitals Madame Johanna Gadskl. Mr.
Ossip Gabrilowitsch, Mr. David Bispham,
Miss Leila Livingston Morse, the Flon
zaley String Quartet. Miss Katharine
Goodson and Mr. Henry Bramsen. A com
plete course ticket will be sold for $5.
"Algeria."
"Algeria," with a wealth of beautiful
stage settings and music by Victor Her
bert, will be brought to the Columbia
Monday night of next week. Among the
novelties of the play is the "B!rd of
Paradise" ballet, in which the dancers
are garbed in costumes that represent the
gorgeous plumage of the multi-colored
feathered creatures of the tropics. M.
Alfred Edel spent two months in Algeria
studying the rare tints and combinations
of hues that are seen among the deni
zens of the forests in the torrid zone, and
the "Bird of Paradise" ballet was one
of the inspirations he received during the
time he spent near the equator. The
company includes: Harry Bulger. Giulia
Strakosch. William Pruette, George Leon
Moore, Harriet Burt. Ernest Lambart.
Katherlne Bell, William J. Walsh and
Jane Grover.
"Wanted by the Police."
The play which is to be presented for
the first time in this city at the New
Academy during the we?k commencing
Monday, November 0. is Langdon McCor
mick's drama of tcdiy entitled, "Wanted
by the Police." The play calls for an
exceptionally large cast and th? portrayal
of the various roles is said to be in the J
hands of competent players.
Hypnotis at Chase's.
At Chase's next week the program will '
include Pauline, the French hypnotic sa- i
vant Tuesday. November 10, at noon j
sharp. Pauline will put a man into a
hypnotic sleep in the show room next to
Chase's Theater, waking him up by men- '
tal command while standing in the mid
dle of Pennsylvania avenue the same
i *
| mous song successes. Daley and Fisher,
up-to-date songs, and Baker and Nelson,
i in their new waltz song specialty. Some
of the notables that will be presented by
talking pictures, in addition to the live
vaudeville are Alice Lloyd, Julian Rose, !
James J. Morton. Clarice .Vance. Stella
Mayhew, ITrixie Friganza, Cherida Simp
son and Mabel Hite.
Cyclomotocene Pictures.
Announcement is mad+> by the manage
ment of the Columbia Theater of a series
of five Simday evening entertainments,
beginning next Sunday evening, Novem
ber 8, of the oral and optical illusion
known as the Simons Cyelomotocene, the
new system of projecting travelogues and
scenic lectures. This method of preserv
ing historic and entertaining events the
world over is said u be the most mar
velous application of the moving picture
machine yet off red to the public. Not
only is the picture presented without the
usual flicker, so tiring to the eye, but
every sound incident to the scene de
picted is faithfully reproduced with as
tounding accuracy. The series arranged
for the Washington course comprise views
of travels throughout Europe and Asia.
A popular scale of prices will prevail.
"Champagne Girls."
The Lyceum's attraction next week wHl
be the "Champagne Girls" company. It
has two lively burlesques, entitled. "At
Gay Coney Island" and "On the Fron
tier."
Playhouse Paragraphs
The only play in New York that was
there a season ago is Eugene Walter'* j
drama. "Paid in Full."
Charles Frohman will produce "Samson"
in London, with Arthur Bouchier in the
leading part.
Herbert Kelcey, Charles Dalton and Ef
tle Shannon are doing prosperous busi
ness in Texas with "The Thief."
A new drama, produced by a western
company, has the title of "The Sweetest
Girl of All."
Carl Pohlig, the conductor of the Phil
adelphia Orchestra, lias composed an
original comic opera. The author of the
book is Charles Augustus Davis.
Signor Antonio de Novell! has been en
gaged as musical director for "Peggy
Machree." in which Joseph O'Mara is to
star.
Francis' Wilson, who begins his season
in New Rochelle next Thursday night, in !
"When Knights Were Bold.' will have)
Edna Bruns as his leading woman.
The new drama by E. B. Tilton, in
which Mary Mannering is shortly to ap
I>enr. has been changed from "M-mory
and Tomorrow'.* to "His Brother's Wife."
Thomas K. Shea is having Channing
Pollock's play, "The Great Adventurer."
condensed into a one-act drama. Mr.
Shea has won fame in the role cf Napo
leon.
Mrs. Sciirader. the author o.* "The Band
box." which will be played at Phase's this
week, will witness its premiere tomorrow
night. She has written another novelty,
"Wanted a Prima Donna."
* One of the principal roles in Paul Arm
strong's new racing play, "Blue Grass,"
will be a real racing horse Sailor Boy.
Five other nice horses will he in the piece.
Patrons of Benninu last fall will easily
recall Sailor Boy. that swerved to the
outer rail on the turn for home and then
only lost by a neck.
Leo Donnelly, who is doing a monologue
act in vaudeville, was at one time police
reporter on the Chicago Tribune. All hi*
stories are "taken from life" and most of
them are experiences of his own.
One of the leading comedians of the
Casino review "The Mimic World." is
Will West, who burlesques Otis Skinner.
Mr. West was last seen here with "Ti e
Little Cherub."
George M. Cohan will fulfill all contract
obligations now outstanding, produce a
new musical play. "The Christmas Doll."
for his sister Josephine, and then retire
from "the stage for a year's rest.
"The Happy Marriage" is to be pro
duced in New York, with Doris Keane in
the leading role. It will be p:oduced also
in London with Charles Wyndham and
Mary Moore in the principal parts.
David Warfield was cordially received
in the far west, especially in his native
city of San Francisco, where he has not
appeared for some years. He is using a
repertoire of his successes.
For the production of the "Newlyweds
and Their Baby" Bratton and Lefler have
engaged Flavia Arcaro and Nellie V.
Nichols. Miss Arcaro will play Gwendo
lyn and Miss Nichols Dolly Jolly.
Henry Woodruff, who lias been starring
for two seasons in "Brown of Harvard."
will make his vaudeville debut tomor
row night in one of the New York thea
ters managed by Mr. William Morris.
The title of the new play by Misses
Pauline Phelps and Marlon Short, which
Messrs. Klaw &. Erlanger will produce
this month, has been changed from "A
Mountain Boy" to "A Kentucky Boy."
Amelia Bingham has added the murder
scene from "La Tosca" to her vaudeville
act. "Great Scenes from Great Plays."
Miss Bingham has scored a substantial
success on th? "two-a-day" stage.
Gertie Miller, now appearing in "The
Girls of Gottenberg." in the Knicker
bocker Theater. New York, will return
to London next March to create the role
of a shop girl in a new musical comedy
production to be produced at that time.
Getting a divorce just two weeks aeo,
Ethel Hart Jackson Zimmerman, the orig
inal Merry Widow, was married again
last Monday in Philadelphia to Benoni
Lockwood, her attorney in the suit
against her former husband.
*
The tour of the Rogers Brothers com
pany presenting Max Rogers will be re
sumed tomorrow night at York. Pa. Mr.
Kane, the actor who took Gus Rogers'
place just previous to his fatal illness,
will play opposite to Max.
Minnie Palmer is to make her vaude
ville debut tomorrow in Philadelphia?
that is, her vaudeville debut in this coun
try. Her vehicle is "A Woman's Curi
osity." by J. M. Barrie. Allison Skip
worth is to assist her in the sketch.
"Buster Brown." with Master Reed a?
Buster. Edwin Lamar, the English ani
mal impersonator, as Tige. and Harold
West as Mary Jane, will be one of the
November attractions at the New Acad
emy.
Anna Laughlln, the dainty little come
dienne whose work in a number of musi
cal productions is recalled, has resigned
from the company that is supporting
Eddie Foy in "Mr. Hamlet of Broadway."
Miss Laughlln left the company last
night.
John Drew, according to the plans an
nounced for him. will play in "Jack
Straw" for one year. Next season he
will have a new modern comedy, and
the season after that he will appear in
the old classic comedies and a Shake
speare revival.
Another play dealing with international
marriages Is "The Other Side." by Har
rison Rhodes, author of "The Gentleman
from Mississippi." It deals with the in
ternational marriage from the standpoint
of the European nobility. It will be
produced by William A. Brady.
A play by a newspaper man, called
"Everywoman," has been accepted by
Miss Mary Mannering, who will appear
in it. The idea, the author says, was
suggested to him by the old morality
play, "Everyman," but the play is mod
ern, one of the scenes being New Year
night on Broadway.
Richard Harding Davis' "Th? Dic
tator" is to be made into a musical play
for Seymour Hicks. "The Dictator" is
almost as well known' in London as in
this country, for the farce scored a suc
cess there with Willie Collier in the tL.e
role. The usual chorus will be absent
from the production.
Manager Dillingham has found the
play "The Merrymakers," adapted from
the French by George V. Hobart, not
suitable for William Rock and Maude
Fulton, and the pair will continue in
vaudeville until next Mafrch. by which
time another musical comedy will prob
ably be discovered for them.
Because of the exceptional vtx-al strain
incident to the prima donna role in "Al
geria," Frank McKee has engaged Helen
Noldi to alternate with Giulia Strakosch
in that important role. Miss Noldi ha?
appeared at the head of her own com
pany in former seasons and was at one
time a member of the Metropolitan force?.
Rose Stahl has discovered fiat happi
ness Is the only really satisfying and en
during thing in the world. She is quoted
as saying "The older I grow the more I
am convinced that happiness is to be got
ten in but one way. and that is by being
able to contribute to the happiness ot
others."
Lillian Kemble, who has played the
heroine of "The Man of the Hour" for
the past two years, is an actress by he
redity. Her father was a stage manager
of the German performances given at the
Irving Place Theater, in N w .York, iVhen
Conried was in control. As a stock ac
tress Miss Kemble has played over '-XM
leading parts.
* Julia Marlowe has renewed her con
tract with the Shuberts, and her admirers
will be glad to know that she is going
back to the Shakespearean drama. Dur
ing the season she will appear in "Romeo
and Juliet," "As You Like It." "Twelfth
Night" and "Much Ado About Nothing."
White Whittesley is to be her leading
man. and she will l?e supported by a com
pany of actors capable of producing the
Shakespearean drama. In th? spring
Miss Marlowe will appear in new plays.
Italian grand opera at truly popular
prices will be a Belasao Theater offering
early next month. The organization num
bers one hundred and fifty people with a
repertoire of twenty-four operas. Some of
the principals are Mrae. Helene Tracr
Miss Julia Allen. Mme. Rose Duce-Merola
Mile. Georgle Strauss. M le. Mut'.lda Bossi,
Miles. Lucile Davis and Diamond Don
ner. M. Eugenie Torre. M. Nunzio Bar!,
M A. Pacini, G. Zara, G. Gravina, M.
Oteri and V. Frascoua. The conductors
are Gaetano Merola and A. Fornari.
W. Somerset Maugham, author of
"Lady Frederick" and " Jack Straw." is
due to deliver a new play for Miss Marie
Tempest on his arrival in London. The
play was contracted tor last summer be
foie Miss Tempest achieved her great
success in "Mrs. Dot." which she is still
playing at the Comedy Theater, London.
Mr. Frohman therefore has notified the
playwright that, although he will be glad
to receive the manuscript, he cannot pro
duce it for some time. Tiiis is the first
setback that the prolifi" Mr. Maugham
lias met with since he began to provide
plays for the principal theater* ot Lon
don and New York,
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