Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-12

dragon" Is negotiating for the pro-
duction of his latest story Of revolu-
tionary times, "a Ride with MariOn's
Men" Blanche Marsden is writing a
comedy for Roland Reed. Grace
Livingston Furness has completed a
comedy for Felix Morris. Fred WI
son will star as Chinese in his own
three-act farcical piece, "A Crash in
China" Marion Sackett has entirely
rewritten Killarney" for Katie EN-
NETT A French Empress is the CEN
trail figure of new four-act drama
by Frank Carlos Griffith. "Fra
DiOnO" is the title of a one.act play
by Robert Dront, recently produced
in Chicago. IAN American En-
peror." an historical comedy-drama
founded on the life of Aaron Burr,
has been accepted by Richard Mans
field. 1t is by viii Wright Of Min
neapolis. Mansfield has also COM
missiuned Clinton Ross to write a
play for him with Napoleon as the
hero Edward E. Roses new plays,
1.-THE Man-of- Wars Man" and "Tne
Shares of New York." are to be pro-
duced by Thomas E. Shea. Hal
Rcid's society melodrama, "The Lily
and the Rose" promises to be very
unconventional piece of work.
Charles Mortimer. it is said, has paid
IS, 900 for the piece. and Marion
Booth, a niece of the late Ed win
Booth, is to be starred in it. She is
shortly to sail for Europe to secure
proper costumes for it, as
their design has peculiar signitl-
canoe to the development of the play.
In it Miss Booth will play twin sis
tiers. One is wronged, and the other
devotes herself to avenging her
sister. The first act takes place in
America, and then the action shifts
to England, where such well-known
characters as the Prince of Wales
and Belle Billion Countess of Clan.
carty) are introduced. The Ameri-
can girl is exceedingly independent
and patriotic, and Albert Edward is
forced to take part in situation that
will cause the followers of royalty no
little anguish Of soul. 'Our Daily
Bread" Is the title OF new comedy
from the pen OF Lulu Klein. Julian
Edwards Is composing the music and
j. Cheever Goodwin is writing the
book OF comic opera for Digby Bell.
Loie Fuller's Paris Success.
Perhaps the most remarkable sue
cess of any American girl in Paris, at
least for many years past, belongs to
Loie Fuller The triumph of Miss
Fuller and her serpentine dance
seems to be complete and permanent
Two weeks ago her Tooth PERFORM
ance was marked by a souvenir night
and such hysterical applause as now
and then greets favorite at the gay
French capital. On that evening she
signed three years contract with
the managers of the theater. The
theater in which Loie Fuller has
made her success is we'll known to
avery American who has been in
Paris. But the Folies- Rergeres is by
no means the Foiles- Bergeres that they
remember, says the New York World.
For in 100 nights all has changed.
There is no longer the noise and clat-
ter Of the music hall. and the young
women who sat without escorts at
The tables no longer hail American
tourists with their free stray words
Of English. ALI is changed. These
ehattering parrots have been driven
away to the Moulin Rouge, the Cas-
!no de Paris or the cafes chantant,
and big row Of new boxes has been
put into the theater. Men and wo-
men OF the most careful respectable
tty now visit the Folies. Bergeres and
the most circumspect members OF the
English and American colonies are
In the boxes. Loie Fuller and her
lance have transformed Paris con-
cert hall into respectable theater
With the new contract LOie Fuller
has set to work to learn four more
new dances. And Audran, the COM
poser. in the enthusiasm of his first
vision of the serpentine dance prom
ised the management to write the
music for one of the new dances
Later on he met Miss Fuller, saw her
practicing the other new movements,
grew more enthusiastic, and has now
composed the music for all four.
Social vs.. Stage Life.
Social life and a professional career
cansot be enjoyed together, writes
Carrie Turner. the charming actress,
In the n. Y. Journal. They are diamet-
really opposed. Each is TOO exactinp
TO combine with the other. and the