The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-07-31

her usual skill. She is clever actress and will
be remembered as the Mrs. John Smith of the
original "City Directory" company.
The season of "The Junior Partner will be-
gin at Chicago August 3, from which city the
company comes to the Coast
"The Masked Ball. is the name of the play in
which John Drew will make his debut as q star
at Palmer's theater October
Ida Mule, the comic opera singer, has OBJ
tanned divorce from he- husband, Ben Tuthill,
the theatrical manager, who was too intimate
with May Levinge of the Hailen&Hart Company.
Among the attractions booked for the opera
house is "The Ensign" Lift & Davis big pro-
duction of William Hayworth's play of naval
life at the time of the war. 1t has made great
hit in the East.
"a Night at the Circus Is the piece that
Nellie McHenry has scored her most recent and
greatest success in, and her work in it has given
her admirers new cause for admiration. She
viii be out here this fall.
Marie Hubert Frohman is suited by nature to
the part she plays in "The WITCH" and her
work is greeted with applause everywhere. She
is a slight and delicate little woman and pos
sesses a charming personality
Billy Rice, of Haverly's Minstrels, rattles his
banjo and telescopes his head into his neck with
the same old charming widemouthed smile as
of yore. He is prodigiously funny and makes
uit with MS souS Always.
May Robson, whose servant girl In ''Gloriana"
is one of the principal features of the perform
ance, was the spinster OF the original Private
Secretary" Company and was also q member of
Daniel Frohmans Lyceum Theater Stock Com
pany. She is q remarkably clever woman in
many ways.
Sol smith Russells company for the coming
season includes Frank Aiken, Charles Garfield,
Earle Stirling, r. F. Rutledge, George S stevens,
c. Van Etten. Minnie Radcliffe, Marion Abbott
Belle Lynn, Marion Lester, Kate Reynolds and
Hazel Chapel. He opens his season at Denver
August 8, at the Tabor Grand.
Ell. Henley is attracting great deal of atten-
ton in San Francisco by his striking perform
ance of the Russian diplomat in 'Gloriana."
Mr. Henley is q remarkably clever actor and
wonderfully versatile He has been doing
splendid work of late and his acting in "Glori-
ana" is the greatest feature OF the performance
All the people who have anything to do in
"Hoss and Hoss' are really clever, Reed and
Collier especially SO, with Arthur Moulton close
to the head of the procession. Louise Alien,
Adele harrington, Helen Reimer, May Jordan
and Eta Carter compose the feminine element
of the piece and are well suited to their respect
i've parts.
Professor John Phillip sousa, for the past
twelve years musical director of the United
States Marine band, has attached his signature
to a contract with Chicago and New York COM
pany, which after August 1, will make him
musical director of the finest military concert
band that the world can produce. 1t will be
known as Sousas New Marine band, and is now
being formed at Chicago They make their first
tour this fall and will probably come to the
Coast
A. Hayman has made q contract with Rose
Coghlan by the terms of which that popular
actress il to make q sixteen weeks tour
of the Pacific coast, beginning in
January next at the new Schiller
tneater in Chicago, aud going from there to
Denver, Salt Lake, Seattle, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, Portland and other large cities on the
Coast. Miss Coghlan will have besides "The
Check Book" another new play by her brother,
which is not yet named. John I. Sullivan will
continue her leading support and also her man
ager.
Many will regret to learn that Walter NJ.
Hodges, the leading juvenile at Cordray's, has
finished his engagement with the management
Mr.. Hodges has had but limited opportunity
while member of the Cordray Company to dis
play his ability as al actor: but judging from
the successful manner in which he presented
the characters allotted him, he possesses the
qualities and the natural gifts that will
bring him to the front some day. Mr..
Hodges possesses a fne voice and an i'm
posing stage presence. He is student, and a
painstaking one at that, and his makeups at
Cordray's have always shown art and good taste.
Mr. Hodges has signed with J. B. Keeney, mana
ger of the Ada Hargrove Keeney Company, for
leading business for an extended season. The
repertoire of the company will include "Forget
Me Not' and "New Magdaen." The many
friends of Mr.. Hodges in Seattle heartily wish
him the brightest success in his profession and
happy future.