The evening world., 1894-07-25
Ways OF THE SUMMER AGENT.
He Invents a New and Impressive
Boom for Miss Burroughs
Sardou Writing a Play for Bern
hnrdt-Othcr Stage News.

Verify the Summer agent worketh
! hard for his fat little living. and cudgel-
leth his brain-ettes for literary novel
cites. Marie Burroughs is going to star.
She caught the fever from Willard. with
whom she has been associated for so
long. She Is very pretty woman, Is
Marie-a good actress, too. but her
agent probably considered personal
beauty and dramatic ability too hack
neyed to appeal to the quaint public.
So he went to work and devised some
thing really ingenious. He has pic
tured Marie sitting In the lamp-light
with the family bible In her lap
He does not tell us what her age re-
corded therein may be. but he informs
us that 1t is her habit when about to
take any Important, step 70 open the
the verses beors er s some hna inas
The starring tour being quite impor-
tant. she opened her bible and read {:
Now the Lord had said unto Abram
thy kindred and from thy fathers
house. unto land that ] will show
thee; and | will make OF thee a great
nation, and I will bless thee. and make
blessing" Miss Burroughs felt quite
happy. so did her agent Evidently
nothing Is sacred In the eyes of the lit
tie Summer agent who has salary to
earn.
sardou Is writing a new play for
Sarah Bernhardt-he is writing IT him
Mora. and Mamie De We're, and Toppie
Storey. but he really writes Sarah s
Rnmys WITH hmss Fedor sa5ah heO dss m and
La Tosca." His latest effort for her is
to be entitled La Duchcsse d'Athenes''
spite Of the t talk that t' ssIzeyi f' and Les
Bots" have caused. Sardou Is as neces-
sary to Sarah as Sarah is to Sardou.
Posted upon the door Of T., f dTsmstis
bright and insinustins want" that was
read by many but not snapped at
e" Wanted -Soubrette. tall. strong look.
Ing, a heavy litter. soma, and DANCE
| There was a good deal Of speculation as
to what 1t meant. Was the soubrette
required to run across the stage with
dulge in sparring match? o., was she
| required to :" hustle" trunks? There
| seemed to be some idea that the last
| qualification was the one desired. Male
| noying at times: a charming soubrette
| who can sing and smile and do the
heavy work at the same time. would be
great acquisition. The engagement Is
still open.
Somebody has been .walling about
the deterioration Of the American SONG
ballad" says Percy Gaunt. WIN YOU
new avenue Of escape for the average
composer? The source of the Nile Is
infantile compared with the resources
that are offered the up-to-date lyricist
lowing: Appendicitis, hospital rev.
erie: who VIII Be Our Next Mayor?
with a four-tinted page to DR.. Park.
hurst; He Was Raised by a Lovely Sn hy
Boy and a number of other ditties.
Mr.. Gaunt's energy should be inspiring
body as Oscar Wilde, the fate OF his
nov Play b sse% SseS to R Ss tt er sns
months. Hare had It in England. and
gave it the go-by; Dan Frohman has
had It carefully slowed away at the Ly-
be done in London by Lewis Waller. OF
the Haymarket Theatre, when Beer
bohm Tree vacates that house. Dan
Frohman will probably make some an.
he returns. What can be the matter
with the author OF Lady Windermere 8
Fan" and "A Woman of No Impor-
| lancer
The Rialto-ites smiled yesterday when
they heard that the Paul Kauvar" man.
agement wanted for the role of Diane de
I.ys next season a lady with the reputa.
| ton of a $75-a-week actress who would
| be willing, in view of troublous times
| to accept $40 a week. Alas! poor Diane
de Lys!
able trouble about Mime. Sans-Gene.'
1t appears that Sardou offered II to
Augustin DAILY, with view to Ada Re-
han playing the part created by Nine
Rejane. DAILY, however. wouldn't have
It, because 1t had been previously sold
star actress" Can the comparatively
unknown American star actress be the
fair, yet frolicsome, Miss Kathryn Kid
der?
Madeleine: or, The Magic KISS" Is the
| name Of a new comic opera by Stanislaus
STANCE and Julian Edwards. Charles
gagged to play one of the principal parts
as a sort of Summer snap" while the
| role ofthe heroine will be intrusted to
the statuesque Miss Camille D'Arville
Boston has the first chance at the opera
1t will probably come to New York
1t. We must hope for the worst.
There will be a very good performance
rendered in an outburst Of unreason.
ing generosity to Gus Heckler. Among
those to appear are Louise Beaudet, Nir-
ginia Earle. Roland Reed, James t