The evening world., 1890-07-25
AMONG THE PLAYER FOLK.
The Mistake an Actress Thinks
Playwrights Make.
Francis wilson's Disregard for Old
Stage Superstitions.

margaret MAtnor news comes rOllnE III
at present on the waves OF the Atlantic.
The latest told of this lady is that she
has engaged Arthur B. Chase as manager
for a term of years. This is perhaps one
of the wisest moves that the Alather has
ever made. Chase is widely known rs n
clever, far-secing and amiable manager.
For many years he was the junior partner
of Lawrence Barrett. and the now famous
Booth and Barrett combination is said to
have been engineered" by Chasc's
adroit methods.
Miss Mather secured Mr.. Chase in Paris
last Tuesday. lie becomes her partner
and assumes absolute control of her af-
fairs, including their direction. II will
be under his management that - Joan Of
Arc will be produced, and il Is said that
he will introduce many spectacular feat
ures not III the Porte St. Martin produc-
ton. Miss Mathers cables that she was
detained abroad by reason of these nego-
tiations, but, according to the message,
she must have sailed yesterday from
SOUTHAMPTON. She will personally on
duct the rehearsals.
Mrs. Annie Yeamans, with %stupendous
smile, was on Broadway yesterday. She
had to hurry in from the mountains to
attend rehearsals of THE Cmuck,"
which opens its season at the Bijou Mon
day night. Mckee Rankin has engaged n
quartet of French Canadians for this play.
II is said that when the latest London
success, JUDAH" is presented in this
country. Miss Olga Brandon, of the
Midnight Eyes, " will play an important
part in it. She is still in London.
Marie Jansen, the arch and piquante,
has just leased one of j. ii. Ryley's cot
that Rialto-by- the Sound during her en-
gagement with Francis Wilson at the
Broadway Theatre in The Merry Mon
arch"
IL. b. Conway. who, it was thought,
would develop into n sort of a kyrle
Bellew, has returned to London without
doing any damage i'll this country. He
came over originally under engagement
to Daniel Frohman to be Mrs. James e..
Blaine, jr.'s leading man. Then, when
the idea of Mrs. Blaine's company WIS
renounced, owing 10 her illness, the
picturesque Conway drifted into Our
the natives. And now he has accepted a
London engagement.
Said an actress yesterday: PLAY
wrights, il seems to me. make a mistake
in putting 30 many male characters into
their plays and 30 few female roles. Ac-
cording to the pIaywrights there are
| nINNNA A~.N- N.NAV e.. REN Ia
estimate is entirely wrong, and in my
opinion is to blame for much of the I'M
| reality of stage portrayed life. In the in
cidents of real life there are as many or
more women than men"
1t all depends upon the incidents. don't
you know. At an afternoon tea fight or
muffin struggle the women certainly are
in the majority. At those charming little
episodes known as great clearance
sales " the ladies are also no laggards.
Edwin Stevens, the long drawn out
comedian to appear in Fay Templeton's
b%urlesuue. Hendrix Hudson" il taking
Edwards, formerly with the Hanlons.
Mr.. Lykens tells us q good many interest
ing things about the blIthe Miss Temple
ton herself, but when he begins to de-
scribe the "boudoir ca" in which she is
to tour the country it is time to protest.
why, man awe, tnat DOuuOir car Duhl-
ness Is done to death. The barn storiners
have them Cor profess to do so), and they
are becoming tedious. Think of some
thing else.
-" Onti- Ora" an opera by Gustav Hin
richs a grand opera, too-will be
presented in Philadelphia at the Grand
Opera House on Monday night. Phila-
delphIa is very pleased. The title "Onti-
Ora " is said to be an Indian name for the
Catskill Mountains. The librettist of the
occasion is Mrs. NJ. b. NJ. Toland.
John F. Harley. of the "Evangeline"
company. writes as follows: Imagine,
if you can. carrying as we did forty-n nine
people and playing 'Evangeline through
this blessed country from Bangor to San
Diego, from New Orleans TO Seattle. II
is a liberal education in itself-providing