The evening world., 1889-05-29
SHE WILL GO ON THE STAGE.
MRS. LESLIE CARTER ONLY WAITING THE
RESULT In HER APPEAL.

Francis wllssn--Ramsay Morris aud His
Plays and PIans-Courtney Vale ut the
Complexion Contcst-Understudles aud
Their Wasted Swectncs--W What II Miss
Martinez Going Abroad For'
Mrs. Leslie Carter, the lady whose sensa
tiona divorce case has been eagerly read by
managers who believe thnt notoriety is better
than dramatic ability for stellar purposes.
is expected in New York City on Friday.
There will he a managerial rush in her
direction, but TIL EVENING WORLD can tell
alltsuch aspirants that Mrs. Carter, although
she denied the statement that she was going
on the stage, WIS at that very time under
literal engagement to u well-known and
highly respected New York manager, As
her case has been decided against her II is not
thought that anything. will be done, at least
until the result of Mrs. Carriers appeal is
known. Had the verdict been for Mrs. Carter
last week The EVENING WORLD would have
announced on the following day her plans,
her tour, her, management and the name of
the play wright who has been cons %ructing n
play for her. Mrs. Carter Is said 10 be theat-
really charming, and her probable manager
says that she is "a lovely. innocent, indis-
Greet woman" Now she is expected i'll the
city.
Miss Marie Ian son, the piquant Tourou-
loupi of The Oolah " has n clause III her
contract with Francis Wilson which gives her
the privilege of taking u brief vacation dur
ing the hot weather. Miss Jansen thinks
that in order TO act up to the spirit of her
fnnnv song, II Be Good " dramatically it IL
not advisable to work all the time. When
Miss Jansen takes her holiday her place will
be filed by Miss Nettie Lyford, who has
been ON the road in one of Hoyts farces. OF
course Miss Jansen mny change her mind and
take no holiday at all. UNDERSTANDS very
frequently have to waste their sweetness on
the desert air.
Talking of understudies, it is not generally
known that in Col. McCaull's comic opera
feminine roles, and Stage Manager Cripps all
the male roles. A great difficulty is expert
enced III properly understudyIng DE Wolf
Hopper. But Hopper, since he has been a
member Of McCaulrs company, has never
yet missed a performance.
Ramsay Morris says: NY contract to write
q play for Tommy Russell has been signed
with Mr.. A. W. Wood of tie West End Ihe-
atre, and ! am now Mt work on the new effort,
which must he handed over by July Is.
The Tigress " will go out about the middle
of September. l shall again play Barotti.
Miss Weaver will be the Angela, and this role
will lead the female characters instead of
Stella-the part played last season by Miss
Selma Fettor. The part Of Stella il not yet
filed, but may be played by Miss Judith
Berolde, of Fife Ellsler's company.
At the prize complexion contest at the Fifth
Avenre Theatre Sunday night the following
was heard and told upon the Rialto yes
terday with glee: Courtney Vale. the fashion
writer, was sitting beside two be-pimpled
maidens, who must have been on the shady
side of forty.
OH" exclaimed one of the damsels from
behind her fan. Il wouldn't go upon that
platform for 8 $1,000 and be inspected by the
crowd"
Nor l." declared the second.
Don be alarmed, girls, " remarked Miss
Vale, mentally counting their pimples, IL
assure you that you will not he asked"
There was a deep and bewiidering silence.
Miss Lavinia Shannon has given up starring
and announcing that she was the cousin of
the Earl of Dunraven and all that sort OF
thing. She has been recently engaged by
Ariel N. Barney to support Thomas Keene
next season. She will Desdemona his Othellu
and Ophelia his Hamlet.
Miss Sadie Martinot will have passed from
New York on the steamship Trave for South
ampton by the time this Is read. Before
leaving Miss Martinez announced that she
had received a letter from Constant Coquelin
in which he bad asked her to support him
during his next American season. II don't
exactly know what he MEANS" exclaimed
Sadie in baby-like, bland, blue-eyed bewil-