The Washington times., 1894-04-01

him to persevere and he is certain to be heard
of hereafter" 1t IL . very long List Of re-
marks such as that which, almost as much ae
the INFINITE number of generous and helpful
acts which have characterized the lovely and
lovable life Of this great actor, will cause him TO
be remembered by those who have felt the need
of his encouragement and assistance longer.
perhaps, than even his mastery impersonation
will keep his memory green in the hearts Of an
affectionate and adoring public
How romantic this is. anyway! Here at the
first performance of "The Girl Left Behind
Me- in Washington, the first production Of
the play. in fact. Miss Odette Tyler, playing
Lucy Hawkesworh, slipped as she ran up the
steps in the first scene and fell and sprained
her ankle. Morris. who played Lieut..
Hawkesworth, picked her up quite naturally,
so that some people saw nothing wrong.
Howard Gould was behind the scenes, and
took her home in his carriage. During that
week they became engaged. This is, I am
told an exceedingly inside story, quite i'm
portant.
The Gould family is rich and can afford to
marry on the stage or off. just as it chooses,
and it is safe to say that the members are not
restricted to the stage or to any other line Of
business; but how curious 1t is that George
Gould should marry Edith Kingdom, Miss
uOulu Snouiu marry hurry WOouIuu. anu
Howard Gould should marry Odette Tyler.
The millionaires in one family marry three
stage people.
That exceedingly versatile band of polished
players, Charles Frohman's comedians, are
coming back to US to revive their first great
success, .Mr. Wilkinson's Widows" the very
best type of comedy farce ever staged in this
or any other country. This they will do at
the Academy OF Music during the week be-
ginning Monday, the 9th instant. The result
ought to be that Mr. Rapley's popular play
house will be as dense with fun-loving peo-
pie as the air will be with echoes of the
laughter evolved from the sufferings of those
on the stage. You must remember that to
the people in Mr.. Frohman's excellent COM
pany comedy is what Colley Cibber called it,
''the most serious thing in the world" be-
cause out of the troubles in which the play
wright involves them the laughter OF the au-
dience Is born.
Creston Clarkes opening performance will
be Hamlet OF course this three hours Of
his Monday night will 60 far toward showing
whether he has anything of the genius of his
iliustrious family; and 1 suppose others will
be as intensely interested in the performance
tive genius. and in Philadelphia, where only
he has played as a star in Hamlet, the
papers have been cordial.
Up at Frederick, Nd, not so long ago. a
certain company was playing "True Irish
Hearts" In this intense Irish drama there is
q tall hall clock among the properties. The
Frederick opera house did not boast of such
a clock. Even in Frederick the enterprising
manager of this transforming organization
could discover none. He procured coffin
and clock face. which he inserted where the
dead mans head would have come in the
legitimate use of the coffin.
Fanny yDavenportis still playing 'La Tosca- +"
She seems never to tire of it. 1 recall what
she said in the early eighties to Washington
newspaper man.
LA Tosca' is my favorite character. and
my hardest. l am less satisfied with my rem
dering Of it than with any of my others, but
l shall persevere with it."