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 Mnsuueraders."

HeF FAILURE In bouooh~
'The Mnsqueraders."
Miss Hope Booth, the audacious young
person-ette who played that famous en-
gagement Of one consecutive night In
London, occupied box Mt the Academy
of Music yesterday afternoon at the
special invitation Of dear MIR. Gilmore"
Miss Booth is not unattractivc. She has
a pair OF luminous pop-eyes, nuny
head OF hair like a 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 art!st.caily. my whole
trouble in London" she said, was that
I catered too much to the English. You
see, 1 tried to 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, l
did another foolish thing. Sir Augustus
Harris selected Sept. Is for the opening
of Drury Lane. That was my date. l
didn't want to be unkind. so to cater
again to the. English l opened on the
E EainsS hEa' Yes but nhIT I'm stl alive
and / can laugh and smile, and coming
over on the ship they were astonished
to see how / could fiirt. even hirted
England7 No, / love 1t, and some day
I'll make all the critics eat their own
words. I'm not vexed with them. i
tlating with him now for a play. Poor
Little Miss Cute!' But it's good for
this country Americans snss will c under,
s sisna Good 'a name. isn't ff' it. and odd,
too. Now I'm back in this country y,
intend to produce 1t here. Yes and II
open in New York. II ! can. Crushed?
And Miss Booth snapped her pop-eyes
furlously. There was rumor af1oat to
the effect that E.. G. Gilmore was to
m Rns% fnot afr 9 about Nf t. gilmore "Se
Charles Frohman goes to Chicago
shortly to rehearse his company In THE
Masqueraders," which will follow John
Drew at the Empire Theatre. Henry
don by GeorFe Alexander, and Miss
Viola Allen will be the barmaid, whom
Mrs Patrick Campbell failed to make
interesting in England; Nobody has yet
stood out very conspicuously in the st.
James's Theatre production, owing to
the splendid acting of Herbert Warning.
Claude Mariuss will probably play a
company. He will also stage the opera,
which Is called "Jacnta." Rehearsais
have not yet been begun. Manager
Whitney seems to have n tremendous
Beaudet people know nothing as yet
about their parts. costumes or tour.
Sarah Bernhardt still manages to get
herself talked about. She has just
abandoned Snd magnificent house sb in st. st.
turned from South America she saw this
house. and 1t Immediately took her
fancy. 1t was In the possession of a
small dairy farmer, Sarah offered him
a million francs for it and he accepted
the offer She had the place altered the
garden was relaid and many sumptuous
improvements made. Sarah moved Into
the house for a long vacation, but man
ayers would not allow her to remain
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 cast
Of 'Humpty Dumpty' was filled yester-
day by Adolf link Ebert hurt his foot,
Miss Mahr played links part Ebert is
a piucky little fellow, and he rebelled
at the Idea of being shelved. He Is very
fond of acting, and doesn't object to hard
work.
"Charley's Aunt" in San Francisco has
been appealing to the fastidious Califor-
mans by means of $40 reward offered
to the person who guessed Why the
cat is like the Midwinter Fair?" The
solution of the problem must be very
interesting.
Alexander Comstock is rehearsing his
| Ministries night and day. He Is deter
mined that New Workers. shall take to
minstrelsy once more. Next week he
will put in an entirely new orchestra
and one or two other new features. New
York has forgotten what a minstrel show
| 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 iifiiculties to con
tend with. On the opening night one Of
| the stage hands had looked too Ions
and too lovingly upon the cup thai
the curtain was rung In the middle O
an Interpretation of THE Lost Chord"
Bailey Avery wants to start an Ad
vance Agents Protective Association
What would be much more interesting
would be an association that would pro
tect the public from the advance agents
| They're awfully nice people, of course
| out q little OF them goes d long way.
Managers here positively decline I
produce a new play on a Friday. The
are superstitious about 1t. In England
they are gradually overcoming their re
luctance to Friday openings. An Eng
lish wag offers the following suggestion
to actors on this subject:
1t Is very unlucky to play In a plec
produced on Friday. unless you ar
, sure that the manager will show up @
the following Saturday.
When your manager says that he e,
poets a check on Friday. It Is a sign tbs
you are about to be short of money
Don't open an umbrella on the stage
the first Friday rehearsal. The persc
to whom 1t belongs may recognize It.
w. T. Price has just issued vel
dainty little volume called The Life
Charlotte Cushman," published by Brel
tano. 1t Is dedicated to Mary Ande
son. whose example. a cheering sign
to all womanbood. may be united
that OF her great sister In art" NJ
:. Price devotes a most readable chapt
to formative influences" and anoth
to Miss Cushman's seven years OF tC
and training-which all feminine aspi
ants for stage honors should read. tt
chapters devoted to a description of Il
roles she played are full OF valuable q
formation, Speaking OF the large esta
that Miss Cushman left. Mr.. Price q
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