The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-19
WILLARD PRAISES AMERICA.
The Actor Saws Many flatte.ing
Things About Its People.
Manoln and Mason Cancel Cont. acts
Other Stage News.

T.. S. Willard has been doing admirable
work for America in England. 1t APP
pears that he will talk on no other
theme. md some OF his remarks that
hav Just reached here are quite inter-
csting He even finds goods words to
say for the American Summer. THE
Americans know hoU to grappe VITA the
heat" he declared To an interviewer.
"They dress senstb.y in gossamec twills"
ooh! +. s. WiilardD, land every morn
Ing each house receives a great block
| of ice, and you drink things cold All
the English ideas Of America are wrong,
according to willard. The men are ut
terly courteous. and the women are not
disagrceably advanced. The children are
Charming with their oidiashionei "sir"
AMI ina am" to their parents. AMI wives
are queens OF their homes. There are
no s'ru,ned relations between the sexes.
as in England. Willard talks for hours
about the Chicago Fair. and took 10
! England with him scores Of photographs,
eggrayngs soiorsd piG,T,res aba studies
moaus Javanese, persiuns, Cictes and
Arab'ans The Ensl,sn actor ssis:np'y,
e aSm teach 9 ondo ana many @'Iess ' No"
| ISM tnat all very nice? willard is
grateful you see. Not n nice thing has
the other side. Not + solitary word of
praise for the hnnsertrs AmcricsnE has
ahe seen Of to send back. Really,
willard is very .refr..shi.,s
Marion Mano!a and Jact N.son I've
hotitied some ot lhe people whom tosy
Contract Is cance,sd The y' viii not star
but VIII probably Join som. company.
Thc Masons seen, to nave come. IN con-
tainly tried very hard to es!abli,n them
selvc' couple Of warOling Eendals.
They arc talking OF giving concerts al
various watering places this Summer.
Tho brief courtship, and cshty-,wo
married day. enjoyed by !A' hs, Kns sseI
into history. Here s !i,t;e episode.
however, told by Teddy Pe!per ths, ia
not without cut gIanI r; AID t Sia t nS
over, and Miss Russeirs husband was
wildly VI and down the room, blowing
kisses upon the fingers Of one hand In
" Ah!' he cred' az he saw peiper,
We've auarreled aEaIn Is it not
dreadful"
remarked. with q certain hanallty that
married people did occasionally quarrel.
II have heard So, sighed the dis
a , ispoF hnt an o SSe f Perssns
dresser entered, and laid two rings on
the bureau. They belonged to Perusins,
and the dresser told him not to forget to
:" John"' exclaimed the tenor. In the
accent, Of se eau f tnm,nl ,r, Why , DO
away. I've qmarrelled with my love.
Im in no humor for jewels tonight"
Mr peR Ike r by the 9ys w ssT sg E to
20 Oh the Paris as he has "a good deal
t 10 do for Miss :usseli here. before, the
t 10 London. and is anticipating very
3 lively time He will be Miss Russel's
right hand man and win Tem Sn1 sSrg be-
e worked diligently and conscientiously in
e the prima donna's behalf,
$ And now. Lillian being on the water.
n we shall have dash Of rest. for a
week 1T any rate. We must not build
upon havins more .s ct 1t; FOR the latest ,Sst
Perugini will organize a hostile clsaue
for her opening performance This sus-
picion vii! undoubtedly furnish some
very excellent talk carly next month.
and rs Just as we'll to know what to
y, expect
% Helen Blythe, the wel-known actress,
who for the last two seasons has not
' been Oh the stage, will resume her
$ starring tour during the coming season
: | under the management of w II. Wright,
j late business manager of Bill Nve and
8 Whtcomb Riley. Miss Blythe will try
two new plays and make big revival
quail Match" Hdr season will commence
Sept. IA.
;. Oscar Hammer;tein has gone to sharon
Springs. II can stand It no longer
cried the mretuous manager The iiv-
II ing pictures and my opera are killing
,,,I t.ty ID y. lac
6 The nice ladies' Of the Professional RI,
:, neon at the League Horse" l5a RroaH-
$ way, It win be n aala season. Of course,
d fun of delshtfulv sossnv zsst. Mrs,
sydney Rosenfeld. Chairman of the Ex-
l. ecutive committee, has had charge Of
/. 4 lady with a few hundred thousand
~ u Ccncer, Hall, A friend Of hers went there
r Yesterday and said SO, The dance itself
b is q most costly affair. IT appears, but
. neNse and carries her own sceneres "
> 1t must he dsliCCUsly complicated az
e Iangement. She appears as a sherherd-
II ess, end does a sun dane. a moon dance,
n She says that II Is perfectly lovely be-
u cause II Is not In the serpentine order,
Il It's awtully mysterious, too. The lady 3
I" friend looks like an aged sorbrette-,,a
N very gildv yourS thing-and she will
n tell absolutely nathing. TIL" dancer
= hundred thousoni dollars, and Roster &
" Bial won't have her. Isn't It sad?
Miss Olga Ncthersole, who comes to
this country in october. will max" a
tovr % the English provinces with THE
h Tronssressor' before she sails. As this
pay f. IN, only production in which
Miss Nethersols his achieved any prom
'e inorCe, II Seeing odd that she doesnt
" select it to open with In America.
" EDITORiALLY PIT.