The evening world., 1888-11-19
THE STAGE AND ITS PEOPLE.
WHY WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE PLAY
lNGENUE PARTS

Miss Russsl,s Departure from Daly's
Makes Indisersst People G~essip-Iss.
bella ~lrvina's Nov Essasemeut-Miss
Mamie Craddeck IL Worth ouarreilinG
over and Therefore Fortunate.
A theatrical topic Of some interest was sug
gested the other day by the query, Why is
IL that the woman of q certain age , con-
tinues to play the ingenue role, while the
young girl rarely gets q chance " A very
well-known metropolitan manager talked
easily on the subject yesterday. Som Of
the most important ingenuo roles" he said,
- are played by m who are really old
enough to be the mothers of the people they
represent. It does seem strange that the
stage does not find use for the girl Of sixteen
or eighteen years Of age in appropriate
roles. Still, there is undoubtedly n
reason for this condition Of things.
In almost every case where We have
tried TO utilize the services Of the young girl,
her lack of theatrical experience has rem
dered her almost useless. Somehow or other
II takes o woman who has been before the
public for q long time to properly express
youth. That may sound like q paradox, but
II In true. The young girl does not under
stand l,f how to- to be Go on h the st" e. as sn she is a in p sSa
is stereotyped and as far from being artless
and ingenious as l am. When we 10 find a
clever young girl 1t Is very difficult to keep
her, Such Organizations as those CON
diately offer her Inducements three times as
| strong as the legitimate can afford to do,
for the sake of her youthful sace. Very many
artists are thus lost to the stage. Many q girl
who has transformed through o season AMI
been photographed everywhere, receiving q
handsome salary. would in the end have
lone much better as q member Of a stock
company. At. the present time there Is q
stronger cry than ever for youth. People
are growing tired of seeing old women appear
as girls. They weary Of a~pplauding the in
genuous young creature before them when
they reflect that in two or three hours time
children. The subject is an interesting
one" concluded the manager. Why does
not TIL EVENING World take 1t up
Among the clever young actresses at pres
Annie Russell, Miss Minnie Dupree, Miss
Maud Adams. Miss Daisy Dorr. Miss Alice
Hood, Miss Annie O'Neill, Miss Leslie, Miss
Nettie Comstock and Miss Viola Allen. But
unanswered why do women of q certain
age play ingGnue parts2"
The sudden departure of Miss Phoebe Rus
sell, of Days company, for Paris has caused
the tongues of the gossips to wag persistent
ly. Miss Russell sent in her resignation Fri
day, and sailed Saturday by La Gasoogne.
She had not been cast with the company this
season, but last season appeared IN =" The
Railroad of Love" and in London in The
joined Daly's company at the beginning Of
last season. In the mean time, the gossips-
the giddy, chattering g~ossips-say that while
the members of the company will regret Miss
Russelps departure, their regret will not be
shared by Miss Ada Rehan. They say "a
great deal more, too. but-well, they are in
discreet.
Miss Isabelle Irving, that chsrming young
girl last seen in support of Miss Gwynne's
Oath" has been engaged by DAILY. Miss
Irving was q member OF Rosina vokes's COM
pany, then joined the +" Gwynne's Oath" or
Of weeks ago and came to New York. DAILY
engaged her. Miss Irving Is q lovely girl.
Little Lord Fauntleroy" will not be pro-
duced at the Broadway Theatre until Dec. s,
at that house being SO good; Rehsarsals are
constantly going on under the direction Of
Mrs. Hodgson Burnett. The cast will include
Kathryn Kidder, Mr., Gilmour, F. +. Mackay,
Enc ifs G hs T w and have GeG %ssn f nnnnsn.s1
with ''Mr.. Barnes, of New York"
George Parkhurst, however. is playing
Job in She" at the Fourteenth Street
Theatre, This week. MISS hhtnryn hluder
came from Chicago last week to accept the
part of the little lords mother. She has not
played In New York since she returned from
Europe, where she appeared with one Of Will
son Barrett's travelling companies in the
English provinces. Miss Kidder was last
seen in New York in Held by the Enemy"
But she owes her success to her impersona-
ton of Wanda in Frank Mayo's "Nordeck."
There Ia no doubt but that Wilson Barrett
Is making every effort to come to- this coun-
try next season. He wants also TO go to
Australia. attracted no doubt by the enor-
nous success won thers by Charles Warner,
who will max tLht ccah,ry his home, for o
rett would not make any big production here,
but would star in one OF his quieter plays.
And now it is said that Miss Mamie Grad
dock, the young novice who has made such o