The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-04
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Miss Hope Booth Not Crushed by
Her Failure in London--
The Masaueraders."

Miss Booth Is not unattractive. She has
pair of luminous pop-eyes, fluffy
head OF hair like mop. and an inces-
SAINT smile. The $4,000 worth OF dia-
monds OF which she boasts were not
conspicuous. She wore some ornaments
that had suspiciously pasty look, but
diamonds, OF course, are seen at their
worst in the daytime. Miss Booth sim
pers and gurgles and coquettes and
languishes most artlstlcaily. "My whole
trouble in London" she said, was that
/ catered too much to the English. You
see, tried 70 please them. My com
pany was English, and. really. you
know. those English actors and &C
tresses don't understand American
farce-comedy. They couldn't do justice
TO Little Miss Cute Then. again, !
Harris selected Sept. ID for the opening
of Drury Lane. That was my date. l
didn't want to be unkind, so to cater
again to The English ro 0pen the on 9esu 1he
Lamentable? Yes. but I'm still alive,
and can laugh and smile. and coming
over on the ship they were astonished
with the dear old captain. Do l hate
England? No, love 1t, and some day
I'll make all the critics eat their own
L
really like Clement Scott and I'm nego-
tiatng with him now for a play. Poor
Little Miss Cutev But It's good for
this country Americans sns,e wv c 0naer
drama. Good name. isn't it, and odd;
too. Now I'm back in this country ., |
intend to produce 1t here. Yes; ana ~
Not bit Of it, and don't you forget It,.
And Miss Booth snapped her pop-eyes
furiously. There was a rumor ahoat TO
| manage her, but Mr.. Gilmore himself
| knew nothing about 1t.
Charles Frohman goes to Chicago
shortly to rehearse his company In The
Drew at the Empire Theatre. Henry
| Miller will play the part created in Lon
don, by ,GeorEe, Alexander. and Miss
Nioa allen win Ge ,se ssas TO- mske
interesting in England, Nobody has yet
been cast for the villain-.a part that
stood out very conspicuously In the 81
| James's Theatre production, owing to
the splendid acting of Herbert Waring
Claude Marius will probably. play
part in Miss Louise Beaudets opera
company. He will also stage the opera.
have not yet been begun. Manager
Whitney seems to have a tremendous
number OF irons in the fire, and the
| Beau0et people know nOtnlnB as YET
about their parts, costumes or tour.
Sarah Bernhard still manages to get
herself talked about. She has Just
abandoned a magnificent house in ST.
Adresse, near Havre. When she re- re.
house, and 1t Immediately took her
fancy. 1t was in the. possession OF
small dairy farmer. Sarah offered him
a million francs for II and he accepted
the offer. She had the place altered, the
garden was relaid and many sumptuous
improvements made. Sarah moved into
egers would not allow her to remain I,
idle. She went back to Paris, and left
the house. which, 1t is said, Is now In
such a desolate, deserted, unkempt con
dition that people look at 1t In awe.
Little Franz Ebert's place in the cas-
Of "Humpty Dumpty" was filled yester
day by Adolf link. Ebert hurt his foot
Miss Mahr played links part. Ebert, !,
plucky little fellow, and he rebellet
at the idea OF being shelved. He is yer,
fond Of acting, and doesn't object to hare
work.
"Charley's Aunt In San Francisco hal
been appealing to the fastidious Califor
mans by means Of $40 reward Offered
: cat is like the Midwinter Fair?" Thu
solution OF the problem must be yer!
interesting.
Alexander Comstock is rehearsing hi
= mlnstrels night and day. He is deter
mined that New Workers. shall take Z
minstrelsy once more. Next week h
Will put in an entirely new orchestri
; and one or two other new features. New
York has forgotten what minstrel shoV
is like. 1t is like introducing the metrop
oils to a new brand OF entertainment
and this task is never an easy one. Com
stock had a good many difficulties to con
tend with. On the opening night one o
the. stage hands had looked too lon
cheers. and the consequence was tina
the curtain was rung in the middle Q
an Interpretation of THE Lost Chord"
Bailey Avery wants to start an Ad
vance Agents Protective Association
What would be much more interestin
would be an association that would pre-
tect the public from the advance agents
They're awfully nice people, Of course
but little OF them goes a long way.
Managers here positively decline
produce a new play on Friday. The
are supersttious about It, In England
they are gradually overcoming their r,
fish wag offers the following suggestion
to actors on this subject:
1t is very unlueky to play in piet
= sure that the manager will show up {
the following Saturday.
. When your manager says that he e:
- poets a check on Friday. II is a sign tn
you are about to be short OF money.
Don't open an umbrella on the stage
the first Friday rehearsal The persC
to whom It belongs may recognize 1t,
w. T. Price has just issued a ve
dainty little volume called The Life
Charlotte Cushman." published by Bre
tano. II Is dedicated to Mary Ande
son, whose example, cheering sign
to all womanhood, may be united
that OF her great sister In art" NJ
Price devotes a most readable chapt
IN to formative Influences" and anoth
TO Miss Cushman's seven years OF I!
and training-which all feminine asp
ants for stage honors should read. T
chapters devoted to a description of I
roles she played are full OF valuable 1
formation. Speaking of the large esta
that Miss Cushman left. Mr., Price d
or clines TO admit 'grasping desire (
money" Her fortune was a proof
her power and genius as an actre:
and Mr. Price opinss that under I
management of these days she wou
have left a million or more, rather tn
lg $4,000.
IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.
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