The evening world., 1894-10-04
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
Miss Hope Booth Not Crushed by
Her Failure In London
The Nnsauernders."

OF MUSIC yesterday AFTERNOON at the
special invitation OF dear Nr. Gilmore"
Miss Booth Is not unattractive. She has
A pair OF luminous pop-eyes, a fluffy
head OF hair like mop, and an inces-
SAINT smile. The $4,000 worth OF dia-
monds Of which she boasts were not
She wore some ornaments
that had a 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 artlst.cally. my whole
trouble in London" she said, was that
I catered too much to the English. You
see, / tried u 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. u
didn't want to be unkind, so TO cater
again to the English l opened on the
Friday night You know the result.
Lamentable? Yes, but I'm still alive,
and can laugh and smile, and coming
10 see how could hlrt. l even ,fiirted
with the dear old captain. Do l hate
England? No, / love IT, and some day
I'll make all the critics eat their own
really like Clement Scott, and I'm nego-
tLating with him now for a. play. Poor
Little Miss Cute But IT'S good for
stand it. 1 call it a society comedy
drama. Good name, isn't It, and odd.
too. Now I'm back in this. country. !
intend inter to produce IT 9eTe; yes ana y
Not a bit OF it. and don't you forget it. "
And Miss Booth snapped her pop-eyes
furiously. There was rumor adoat TO
manage her, but Mr.. Gilmore himself
knew nothing about it.
Charles Frohma1 goes to Chicago
shortly to rehearse his company In The
Masqueraders,~ which will follow, John
Miller will play the part created in Lon
don by George Alexander, and Miss
Viola Allen will be the barmaid. whom
interesting in England. Nobody has Yet
been cast for the villain-a part that
stood out very conspicuously in the st.
the splendid acting OF Herbert waring.
Claude Marius will probably play a
part in Miss Louise Beaudets opera
company. He will also stage the opera.
which is called 'Jacinta." Rehearsals
rave not yet DttH DtSun NdudktE
Whitney seems to have a tremendous
number OF irons in the FIRE. and the
Beaudet people know nothing as yet
about their parts, costumes or tour.
Sarah Bernhard, still manages to get
Adresse, near Havre When she re-
turned from South America she saw this
house, and II Immediately took her
II NJ in the nnaaAGSiAn NJ
small dairy farmer. Sarah offered him
million francs for. 1t and he accepted
the offer. She had the place altered. the
improvements made. Sarah moved into
the house for a long vacation, but man
q gers would not allow her to remain
the house. which, 1t is said, is now in
such a desolate, deserted, unkempt con-
dition that people look at it in awe.
Little Franz Ebert's place in the cast
day by Adolf link. Ebert hurt his foot,
and his managers could not let him appear.
Miss Mahr played links part. Ebert is
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
mans BY means OF SO 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
mlnstrelsy 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 new brand OF entertainment
and this task Is never an easy one. Com
| stock had good many difficulties TO con.
tend with on the opening night one OF
| the stage hands had looked too Ions
and too lovingly upon the cup thai
cheers, and the consequence was thai
the curtain was rung in the middle OF
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
| They're awfully nice people, OF course
but little of them goes long way.
| Managers here positively decline Il
| produce a new play on a Friday. The,
are superstitious about II. In England
luctance to Friday openings. An Eng
ltsh wag offers the following suggestion
TO actors on this subject:
1t is very unlucky TO play in a piec
produced on a Friday, unless you ar
sure that the manager will show up o
the following Saturday.
When your manager says that he ex
poets a check on Friday 1t is sign tina
you are about to be short OF money.
Don't open an umbrella on the stage a
the first Friday rehearsal. The perso
to whom II belongs may recognize Il.
W. T. Price has just issued a yer
dainty little volume called The Life Q
Charlotte Cushman," published by Brer
tano. II is dedicated to Mary AndeI
son, whose example, a cheering sigma
TO all womanhood. may be united I
that of her great sister In art" Nj
Price devotes a most readable chapte
to formative influences" and anothe
TO Miss Cushman's seven years OF to
and training-which all feminine asplI
ants for stage honors should read. Tn
chapters devoted 10 a description OF tn
roles she played are full OF valuable Il
forma ton. Speaking OF the large estat
that Miss Cushman left. Mr.. Price do
clines TO admit a 'grasping desire 70
money" Her fortune was a proof {
her power and genius as an actres.
and Mr.. Price opines that under tn
management of these days she woul
have left a million or more, rather tina
: $780, OQ
IN THE WORLD OF LABOR.