The evening world., 1894-02-28
NEWS OF THE STAGE WORLD.
London Soon to Be Invaded with
American Stars.
A Fifteen Year-Old Ophelia-Helcn
Dauvray's Sacrifice.

Alas! for the Prince of Wales. Alas!
for the Princess of Wales. Alas. for the
Princess Maud of Wales. Alas! for the
Princess Victoria Of Wales. Alas! for AL
the Waleses, for theirs Is assurcily a
hard lot. They ar. just recovering from
the intellectual pastime of advertising
Augustin DAILY. Ada Rehan AMI the mem
bers of Mr.. Days Anglo-American ON
pany. But they Cannot rest upon their
~laurels and say: I'VE have now finished
our labors: Let us eat, drink and be
merry" More work. and awful work is
being prepared for them. Corbctt is GO
Brady's agent, has crossed the. Atlantic
TO feel the public pulse, and, If it beats
assuringly. to make arrangements for
the presentation of Gentleman Jack by
big pond" There will be no escape for
the Prince. Of Wales this time. Mr..
Brady Is 4 hustler, and IL he has to drug
get there. II Daily can succeed.
Why not Corbett and Brady?
Marlowe. She's going over. At least
she says so. and she is talking with "A
good deal of volubIlity just now. \
by By" Area yeari barley aT@ wS Miss S Mar T%S % Mns Sot
allowed to speak. Theatrical people
imagined that she suffered, from "a de
%fective speech or an impeachment IN her
education. Miss Marlowe Is making up
for lost time now, and talking nifty to
the dozen. She is going to England, she
says, because she hopes that Mary An
derson's case VIII be repeated In her
own, She wants to win the American
public through the gates of London. She
is anxious to get an English Endorsement
the sort of Endorsement that finds It's
way into the hands of the American
press agent. SO London is going to be
ravaged with n vengeance, and 1t will
not be out OF place to say once more;
for the Princess of Wales. Alas for
Princess Maud of Wales. Alas! for
Princess Victoria of Wales. Alas! for all
the Waleses.
Here's a chancc for expensive leading
ladies,,and a change that Is not to be
again next sea ,on declares that he
must have the best leading lady that
siier any. low-saiaried actress, So there
you are. ladies. Reckon up the largest
sum upon which you can possibly live
comfortably, without. OF course, being
names. There is no charge whatever
for this little friendly tip.
Walker Whites,de played Hamlet
6 }hS Hiner T AK T Tss & Miss nf'%fHfs elys Me-,
Gregor. The leading lady OF the COM
pany was Ill, and half al hour before
the curtain went up Mr.. Whiieslde asked
place. The little lady went through the
part without a single slip. She will con-
tinue to play it for the next three weeks.
Beautiful and noble Helen Dauvray!
At the benefit for the late Steele
Mackaye. given in Chicago, Miss Dau-
programme. The actress didn't appear.
She sent no word either. She simply
stayed away. She sacrificed herself to a
lovely and a worthy cause. She consii-
the programme. For with Mss Dauvray
there would nave been the unlucky thir-
teen. without her, there was a felicitous
dozen.
1t is said that Miss Bettina Ordway-
Padelford- Gerard Wolfe has be-
Harrison j. Wolfe. They may yet find
that marriage is not a failure.
Clarence f. Holt, who was Mrs. John
company was in this city recently. has
left the organization owing to little
differences" with Sidney Drew; Young
Sidney would be a rich man If he could
convert ali his little differences" into
good, cold cash.
Lillian Lewis's latest is that she had
a thrilling escape from drowning while
crossing the Mississippi in skiffs with
her company. Miss Lewis Is a trifie
f%atiguing. She has SO many escapes,
and she insists upon them with such
pertinacitY that the public will soon be-
gin to look forward to a time when she
won't escape.
1t is almost impossible to go into a
farce-comedy or variety show without
hearing some Of the "l492" jokes. or
as they are technically termed by the
pr~ofession-gags. Walter Jones, how
ever. has a new one that has yet to go
the rounds. He enters, as the tramp.
exhibiting much perturbation. What's
the natter" sy~mpathetically asks the
Irish policeman. 1--WE lost my walking
stick" replies the tramp, with evident
annoyance, and 1t worries ne. I've
come all the way from Gravesend with
out McKane" or this joke appeared In
a London comic paper. my cane" would
be added In pareathesis)
Miss Pauline Hall wants 1t to be dis
tinctly understood that although she Is
on the eve of n metropolitan reappear-
ance she hasn't lost any diamonds this
seanson. and no one has sent her a
pois med bouquet.