Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-12-04

Inc actor VINO tears down the Amer
lean dag in Tho Enngn." had . little
experience during the production OF
the. pay in San Francisco which Was
not very pleasant. The men who rep
resented the sailors were obtained from
the navy yard and were all tough old.
tavs. One Of them, 40 Old fellow, with
. tanned and Scared face, stood in tho
wings watching the scene with intense
interest. evidently forgetfui of the fact
that he Was on the mimic stage. When
the stars and stripes were torn down
and tIampled upon by the villain with
40 accompanying curse upon the I'D
rag" ~ he calls sthe flag, the sailor
made one Jump for the actor, and with
terrific yell which could be heard all
over the house, caught him around the
throat and proceeded 10 throttle him.
Several members of the company in
terfered and the irate sailor Was finally
made to understand that the insult to
the American flag Was only part of
the play.
Nine. Modjesks plays "Chopin,"
speaks half dozen different Languages,
including English. which few can un-
derstand, and veads the best literature
in them all.-AIbani cultivates the do.
mestic arts, makes splendid apple
dumplings and writes entertaining let
ters.-Patti 10 proud of her needleWork,
especially Of her darning, but it's cold
day when the diva works.--Nellie Nc
Henry 10 fond Of the womanly en-
ployment Of knitting, and savs of it:
"You SIT and think your own thoughts
and nothing hinders; you are infinitely
lazy and yes you are accomplishing
good DEAL"
Stuart Robson and W. H. Crane are
the contradictions which make the rule
positive that has amazed people so
long. When Harrigan and Hart sepa-
rated, Hart took the downward path.
OF Seaman and Cr0uin, the former on
dissoivinR partnership was virtually
famous; johnson and Powers divided.
and the latter made hit. Sheridan
and Mack, and Francis Wilson's part
ner are others. Robson and Crane
have both made fortunes. although the
former has done much better. At any
rate the receipts have been enormous.
Frederiox Wade and Louis James
are doing . surprisingly large busi-
ness this season. and there 10 abundant
evidence that their stage work 10 on .
high art plane. The organization was
formed by Mr.. warde, who assumes
all responsibility and pays all salaries.
The repertoire for the season includes
"Juhus Cesar" Henry Guy Carleton's
sTne Lions Month"; Francesca da
RimiDi' and "OtheIlo."
j. n. Emmett last week closed one
of the biggest engagements he ever
hal. The Columbus theater waa
packed ~ every performances and hum
drede of people were TUNED away. As
. dialect comedian he - notably fret,
and the superb setting of .'Fritz in
Ireland its new songs and his own
remarkable work combined to make
the success he IS having all over the
country.
Nellie NcHenry proved herself to be
as kind as she 10 charming on last
Tuesday in Chicago. She invited all
the Chicago newsboys TO the theater.
Over 500 of the young critics were in
attend ance. and TO cay they were
pleased is putting it mild; they yelled.
hoosed aud boilered until they were
ssoarse. AID pronounced ~ Night at the
Circus" ss the greatest play Of the SEA
son.
Emily Lyftou, who plays the leading
female role with j. X. Emmett, has
taken the photographers by storm, and
last week she found no less than SRI re-
quests from different photographers,
ali asking TOR sittings. Miss Lyttou,
whose peculiarly delicate style OF
besusy seems 10 have affected tie pho
toxraph people % mnch. - not only .
besuty, but clever actress - vel.
Lulu Klein Is in eestaeIes over An
RE PixIey whom. enc declares. is the
leoassaued o. Twelfth Pase.l