The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-07-02
MISS LEWIS As CLEOPATRA.
The Actress Chats Breezily About
Her Forthcoming Production.
" Bankers Daughter" May BE Re-
vived-Stage News and Gossip.

The irrepressibe ana entertaining LII
Ian Lewis, who IL so much more anus
ing off the stage than on It. remarks
simply: 81 take 1t for granted that by
this time everybody knows that I am
going to play CLEOPATRA" with ballet
and chorus. and scenery and storm. and
living pictures. and that the barge scene,
with me as Cleopatra. will be one of the
living pictures" Miss Lewis is right.
The Important news has probably been
flashed across the atlantic, translated
into Spanish French. German and few
other Twins languages. Miss Lewis, how
ever does not promise ice-creams In addi-
ton to the living pictures. and the storm.
and the ballet, and the barge. presum-
ably for the reason that Pauline Hall
has copyrighted the ice-cream idea.
Breezily. audaciously and almost Heav-
enly-Twins-ly, Miss Lewis goes on: Il
would like to know why Cleopatra never
asked Antony to go through mar
riage ceremony in order to legitimiZe
her and his children; ] don't think the
world ever produced a woman so de-
PRAYED as to make her insensible to the
rights her children should have to their
fathers name, especially woman 70
high In power and position as Cleopatra;
believe she was woman Of advanced
ideas and was true to each Of her hus-
bands while they lived. In short, be-
good wife and good mother Pathetic
Lillian!
Bronson Howard wants to revive his
good old-timer. 1T, The Bankers paus Ign
son. Shenandoah" u also to be re
vived. Then Mr.. Howard, as already
told. will have new comedy tor Charies
IL to he shelved. 1t was not success.
The out-of-town audiences guyei Its
rather extrayagant ideas. Even San
Francisco did not approve, althouSh
San Franciscan was the hero.
Iexow COMMITTED is making i hot for
the Now York police force, THE, Police
Inspecter,.". dHpictinS the The here her9's me-" OF
Geroid one of the lessees of the play;
will be remembered as having id Iiea
Princess's Theatre. London, and a rela
tive-ahem!--of Lord Rosebery, Eng
lands Premier. Lord R2sebGry how
ever. will not appear In THE Police In
spector."
Henry nagse. Leonard .I PoyI ps,, nn +
to the POSTGRADUATE Hospital. at Sec
ond avenue and Twentieth street. He
hopes to he well in time to play the
leading role In that steeplechase MAY
when 1t opens at the American The
| atre In August.
Aunt" Louisa Eldrdge and her club
by son. Press Eldridge, are doing the
| roof gardens and all the other entertain
mcnts that are now open. Mrs. Eldridge
| believes In New York az n Summer re-
sort, her extreme patriotism standing in
the way of trip to Europe.
Pners the great, and only whose
| talents are so varied that he can make
a success OF PLAYS differing as widely as
Sweet Lavender" The Amazons" and
The Second Mrs. Tanqueray," may pos
sihly show us an extra degree of versa
tility by writing the book Of a comic
opera, music by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
Harrigan has made a great hit In San
| Francisco, and the Californians have
discovered that he IS native Cali
fornian. OF course, that enhances hts
value in their eyes, even II 1t doesn't IN
ours.
And now u is said that the much dis
cussed aerial ballet which is to take the
so very brand new after all. 1t is de-
clarcd on good authority that the aerial
ballet is but an enlarged version of II
wire dance that was done by Mile. Aena
at tho Drury Lane partomime In Lon
| don eight or nine years ago. n little
contest between A. NJ Palmer and
/ Roster & Bial by ~. j. Leslie's an
nouncement that the ballet is an orig
inal feature of Miss Dollar" tn" French
farce, of which he, has secured, the
American rights and that he will en-
Join anybody else who does 1t. Next.
| The aerial ballet VIII at any rate be
| heard of before Il is seen