The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-10
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP,
Wilson Barretts Success with THE
mnn"--PoSvers lsn

Good New BOY"
Wilson Barrett, who will open his
New York engagement at the American
Theatre, seems to have struck He at
last with THE Markham" Fortune
has treated Barrett very capriciously
Of late. and the former idol OF London
seemed to be slipping backward all the
tira., both in America and I'll CLAN.
Thc Markham" however y , .
Barrett once more upon his f. .U'
the English papers have been Iat.1e
enthusiastically about the play. TIE has
been compared to jefferson in "l-ip Van
W .nkle." and the tuthor Of I".
MGnxman" novel, Hall Cairo, r..
cared that the DECENTRALIZATION W. .#'
with admirable discretion, much tuTuc
and great skill" Barrett has Two '..r
plays on hand. and they promise to be
sensational. one is based upon the life
Of Edison, the inventor-whom Barrett
has been told he resembles. the play
deals with some highly dramatic cpl
sodes in Edson's life, and Is said to be
very human and interesting. 1t will
probably be n very good play for this
country, and the unlimited opportuni-
ties of advertisement that 1t offers Will
surely not be lost by Mr., Barretts
agents. The other play is purely and
simply psychological study of two
souls. man and a woman, who are
brought together under most painful as
well as startling conditions. Mr.. Barrett.
to London interviewer, says: e We
shall have to touch upon a great social
problem, and handle 1t with considera-
~ gttt y q n
come Of pointing out the perilous pit
falls that heset innocence-for the inno-
cence that is born of ignorance can
| never be secure
James T. Powers, who, like Frank
| Daniels, and one or two others, has
| ceased to star this season, appeared as
Archibald Rennick, in The New Boy"
at the standard THEATRE last night, IN
suited to MIR. Towers. and he did very
well with 1t. Who knows but that he
may lead :" The New Boy" into the
channels OF success? More impossible
| feats have been accomplished.
Miss Elita Proctor Otis is very much
| nut out at the result of the New
Blood" engagement. She Is money out
OF pocket by 1t. Miss Otis spent the
cosy little sum of $500 for costumes-one
must look chic, don't you know-and
| dressmakers cannot be bought off by
announcements of the non-success OF
a play.
The Hammerstein-Ko Roster Bal Fromme
episodes are beginning to pail upon
the Rialto-ites. Enough Is as good as a
feast, and too much is equal to none at
and ebulient as ever. After his fracas
Monday night he walked quietly mo
Hoyt's Theatre and saw "A Milk White
Flag" play that should remind him
| that life is but a fleeing shadow, ana
that we are here to-day and there to-
morrow.
| Really, Mrs. Kendal-now, really-you
mustn't say such awfully candid things
AS the Mommer of the English Dram
mer, you should remember that we look
upon you as some one beyond the paie
CT criticism. Seriously, Mrs. ke1disi' IN
women bicyclists, in Chicago, paper
last Sunday, is bewilderingly frank. She
says: II suppose my objection TO the
woman bicyclist is based or my 6eiiei
that there is no harm in woman doing
anything man can do provided she can
have u few minutes conversation with
her Creator, and alter great deal he
has so wisely ordained, and nobody has
dared to dispute till we came across
the bicyclist."
T, B. Thalberg, the young English actol
| who PLAYED the leading role In "Olaf
to star in the English provinces. He has
purchased the English provincial rights
from +: $. Willard, of j. NJ. Barrie,s play
THE Professors Love Story" In the
language of the immortal Steve Brodie-
| Hully Gee
A young woman who was desperately II
want OF an engagement was confronted
by a manager looking for an actress whit
could sing and dance. The young woman
in question couldn't do either, but sh
felt that these trouDlous times called 70
audacity. She boldly announced that sh
could sing like a bird and dance like Car
mencita. She was engaged. At the re
hearsals she told the stage manage
that she didn't care to rehearse her son
and dance. 1t would be all highland $
on. Everything went very well until tn
} opening night. The first. performane
. took place 600 miles from New York q
wanting, and a very tempest was raise
4 by the management. But being so ia
| away from the metropolis, she was re
tanned in the company. That is one In
= stance OF audactty's success.
K How the Londoners received "A Trip
4 Chinatown" is not vet known, but befor
Y the production at Poole's Theatre, NJ
q Trip Edgar received ten offers for tn
. provincial rights Of the farce.
y William Gillette sat with Charlie
!; Frohman and watched the first perform
ance of "A MIX White Flag with VI
i fathomable stolidlty. When one of tn
5 characters In the play announced tha
n he had written war drama Gale
:, Hell by the Enemy" Gillette nevt
u even smiled, although as the proud a,
d thor of Held by the Enemy" Il lit
grin of self-consciousness would HAY
been pardonable.
- One OF the ponderous dramatic writel
J. in Chicago. is fearfully scandalized
The Passing Show" and breaches.
sermon Oh the suppression OF vice wit
the harmless skit as text. Whi
arouses his ire Is the costumes woi
by the Phrynettes. The full leg al
hip in tights" he says, may be
ao dreadfully scandalous impeachment
" morals. but it Is chastity personht
compared with the dresses worn by Il
lis Phrynettes."
Next Monday night has been select'
lis for the first appearance of Miss OIL
rs Nethersole In THE Transgressor"
Palmer's Theatre, and for the first pr
ID ductiOn in this country of Lift
~ Christopher Columbus" at the Garde
The former will call for serious cri
cism. and the latter will not, but DO
e. promise to be entertaining in their d.
Is ferent ways.