The evening world., 1894-02-28
news OF THE STAGE WORLD.
London Soon to Be Invaded witt
American Stars.
A Fifteen Ycar-Old Ophelia-IIclcn
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 all
the Walescs. for theirs is assuredly a
hard lot. They are just recovering from
the intellectual pastimc of advertising
Augustin DAILY, Ada Rehan and the mem
bers of Mr.. Days Anglo-American COM
pany. Blu they Canno rest upon their
%laurels and say: I'VE have now finished
1 msrr ,aS , Let u eat drink ana be
being prepared FOR them. Corbctt is go
Ing to London, and Ed Thurnaer. Mir.
BradN's agent, has crossed the Atlantic
TO feel the public pulse, and. If it beats
the presentation of Gentleman Jack by
Champion, Jack on the other side Of the
biz pond" There will be no escape for
nrady is a hustler, and II he has to drug
the guards Of Marlborough House he'll
get there. If DAILY can succeed,
T Thsy Prince coTee'' no, and ,BriH yaiy
devoted to high art. Then there is Julia
Marlcwe. She's going over. At least
she says SO, and she Is talking with a
good deal of %volnb!lity just now. \
few years ago when she was managed
by Ariel Barney, Miss Mariowe was not
allowed to speak. Theatrical people
Imagined that she suffered from n de-
fectlve speech or an impediment in her
education. Miss Marlowe is making up
for lost time now. and talking fifty to
the dozen. She is going to England, she
says. because she hopes that Mary An
d%erson's case VII 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 its
way into the hands of the American
press agent. So London is going to he
ravuged with a 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 q. chance for expensive leading
ladies-and a chance that is not to he
sneezed at. n. D.. Mclean. who. as
already nou ID. is going to str
must have the best leading lady that
money can command. He will not con-
slider any low-salaried actress. SO there
you are, ladies. Reckon up the largest
comfortably, without, Of course. being
wlckedly luxurious, and send in your
ne mes, There Is no charge whatever
for his little friendly tip,
Walker Whites,de played Hamlet"
ophelia. This was Miss Helen Nc.
Gregor. The leading lady Of the com
the curtain went up Mr.. Whi.eslde asked
| Mss McGregor II she could take her
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-
xrn N'g unnllTan na y,a nnnn,Inp pl m tho
programme, This actress didn't appear.
She sent no word either. She simply
stayed away. she sacrificed herself to a
lovely and a worthy cause, She consid-
the programme. For with Mss Dauvray
there would have been the unlucky thir,
teen. Without her, there was a felicltous
dozSn.
1t is said that Miss Bettina Ordway-
acknowledgements Wolfe has be
come, %reconciled to her last husband;
that marriage is not a failure,
Clarence e. Holt. who was Mrs. JOIN
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 all his little differences into
Lillian Lewis's latest Is that she had
n thrilling escape from drowning while
crossing the Mississippi in skilfs with
her company. Miss Lewis Is a tritle
fatigulng. She has so many escapes
and she insists upon them with such
~pertinacitv that the public will soon be-
gin to look forward to a time when she
won escape.
1t is almost impossible 10 go into a
farce-comedy or variety show without
hearing some OF the 1872" jokes. or
as they are technically termed by the
profession-gags. Walter Jones, how.
ever, has a new one that has yet to &c
the n He enters. as the tramp
exhibiting much perturbation. What's
the natter" s~ympathetically asks the
Irish policeman. Nv lost my walking
stick" replies the tramp. with evident
annoyance, 'ani /. worries me. 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 parenthesis)
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
poisoned bouquet.