Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1891-03-22
ABOUT THEATRES.
NOW ACTORS KICK ON TIE SUSPENSION or
THE FREE LIST.
Mrs. Leslie Carriers Dramatic Position is Fixed
Julia MarlOwe Once More in Good FOrm-Ths
Havoc Of Lsnt-Sketch Of Lawrence Bar
rstt's Lifs-FOotlight Flashes.

havoc Of Lent-Sketch Of Lawrence Bar
rstt's Lifs-FOOtlight Flashes.
New YORK, March 2l.-Excitement and
Indignation prevail among the actor folk
this week because too many of them have
been refused free admission into the Broad
way Theatre on the nights when Edwin
Booth has appeared. Lawrence Barrett
has instructed his managers, Joseph Levy
and Theodore Bromley, to politely decline
to extend the courtesy of the house, to pro-
fessionals, and so all applicants for free
seats receive card to the effect that the
complimentary list'' is entirely suspend
ed. Actors. managers and agents of repute
are generally granted free seats at every
theatre in town, save Days, when the bus
mess will permit such courtesy. When
Mr. Barrett was playing alone at the
Broadway there was no stint of free seats,
but since Mr.. Booths appearance there
have been no theatrical people in his audi
ence except those who paid 1t has been
said that deadhead is the crankiest and
most ungrateful of all auditors, and the
plants Of some of the actors who have been
what is technically called turned down"
by Barrett's managers go far to prove the
truth of the assertion.
nized standing have ever been refused seats
by Edwin Booth or any of his managers, .
said a would-be deadhead, "when the at
tendance was not so large that it prevented
fere list. / applied for seats on Monday
night and was refused. Yet the house
was not filled. All other theatrical people
who have applied for courtesies this week
have been similarly treated
At the Broadway it was admitted that
the mo free listn rule had been, and would
be. strictly observed, audit was not thought
necessary to make any explanation of that
action.
Mrs. Carriers Success.
Mrs. Leslie Carriers sudden and unex-
pectcd rise into dramatic celebrity, out of
almost equal amount of less pleasant pub
hcity. mas made of her an interesting sub
lect of gossip among the stage people Con-
fiicting rumors as to her present movements
and future plans have been current during
the past two weeks in upper Broadway.
Her business manager, r. ID. Price,
arrived from the West yesterday with
positive news of the discussed actress
Mrs. Carter was so i'll, - he said, that we
did not believe she could continue acting
until the close OF our tour in Kansas City
last Saturday night. She had to be car
ried from the stage TO her carriage after
every performance, and, in order that she
might appear on the final evening, we had
to omit the Saturday matinee We
brought her as far as Chicago, where | left
her on Monday in company with the child
whom her husband had previously kept
away from her. She will come here later
in the week, and, by means of rest and doc
toring, will try TO regain good health.
The rumors Of her abandonment OF
the stage are absurd. She IS 10
act AT the new Fifth Avenue Theatre next
Mover. Der, and TO make tour of the big
cities in which she has already done well
We don't deny that the play, THE Ugly
Duckling,' was as weak as 1t was said 1t
was: but we found out too, that Mrs Car
ter was as remarkable an actress as she
was described to be. Mr. Belasco is writ
ing play for her, and she will appear in it
at the Fifth Avenue. 1t was he who dis
covered and developed her talent, and, nat
urally, he is proud of the brilliant result
So il IS certain that Mrs. Carter is fixed
star in the theatrical armament.
Julia Marlowe in Form Again.
Julia Marlowe, the gifted young actress,
down a few months ago, her troupe disband-
ed quickly, and she lay for weeks on bed Of
pain at the home of Col. Mcclure, of the
Philadelphia Times. II was thought that
she would never again appear DclOTc Iut
public. and. having recovered, it was feared
that she had been too hasty. a fortnights
tra! has convinced Miss Marowe's friends
that her health is secure Nor will she
have 20 encounter a lawsuit which was at
one time vigorously threatened. Photog
rapher Falk formerly held a large interest
in Miss MarlOwe's starring venture, and
associated in the business with him was
Mrs Ada Dow Currier, who has from the
fisrt been Miss MarlOwe's guide and
companion. II was announced not
long ago that Lawrence Barrett, casting
about 70 increase his theatrical enterprises,
had settled upon Miss Marlowe. 1t was
this that caused Falk to prepare for suit.
But IL appears now that there never was
solid foundation for the announcement III
which Mr. Barrett figured Some mutual
friends conceived that it would be a good
step for Miss Marlowe if Mr.. Barrett
would take her up; but the project never
got beyond tac mere plans of Miss Mar
loves enthusiastic but injudicious friends,
Fred Stiuson has acquired from Falk and
Mrs. Currier the controlling interest in
Miss MarlOwes tours for term OF about
four years Mr. Stinson has directed the
travels Of Modjeska and many another star
of magnitude He is a small blond man
with keen eyes and a serious cOuntenance,
and he mas been a seaman, poet, and
Sadie Martinot's husband in the course OF
a comparatively brief lifetime.
The Havoc of Lent.
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