The evening world., 1894-10-08
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
sothern's Experience with Some
Matinee GirIs--"The Cotton
King" In Boston.

sardon,c young actor. Il. II. Sothern.
II was "A sort of refined affection that
they felt for this dramatic stripping
an almost maternal solicitude for his
welfare. They alluded to him jokingly
as "mommer's baby boy'-by which 1t
viii be seen that their interest was
absolutely unlike that which other dam
sells have centred in the robust per-
sonality of Herbert Kelley. These purr-
ing mathematics decided that it would
never do to let concealment, like
worm l. the bud, prey on Their damask
cheek. They determined that Sothern
should know how much they appre-
cated him. They dubbed together and
raised $JO-or, to be precise, $iS.75-went
to IL well-known store not far from
Union Square and purchased an exceed
ingly handsome. gold-mounted cardcase.
They took 1t home-to one of their
homes-composed Il careful, non-com-
initial, correctly worded letter, and sent
1t down to the Lyceum Theatre. Then
they possessed their souls in patience,
what they expected 1t Is Impossible to
asCertain-but 1t was something sac
charine, with gentle feryor in 1t. -Four
heard om-shockingly, astoundngy.
lie returned the cardcase, with many
thanks, and long letter .of-oh! woe
damsels. How foolishH' he wrote.
why will girls do such things? DO
they never ask themselves what an
actor must think of them? DO they
tokens?"-and great deal more In the
same reproachful strain. He talked to
them, in fact, as though they were
erring children, and he at least seventy
i've years old. At first they were fear,
fully Indignant. They chirruped, and
they bleated, and they TUNED. sun,
even this letter was better than none
| at all Can you guess what they did
these foolish girls2 They cut II in
pieces, put the pieces in hat and raf-
fled for Sotherns signature. And this
girl enthusiasm and an actors non
responsiveness
1.-THE Cotton King" will have It's first
production In Boston tonight and the
pamphlets with which Manager Brady
has Hooded the towns, are interesting in
their primitive fervor. Some idea of the
play can be gained by the pamphlets
pictures, which are called 1T is our bow
murder, but justice for the poor girl,
The thrilling elevator scene." and
'Hettie's discovery" There is also
cast and a picture of Manager Brady, In
which he seems to be exclaiming
"Hully Gee!
a London writer asserts that Miss Olga
Nothersoe's repertoire consists OF Car
men" Romeo and Juliet new version
of Camille" and new sable cloak,
which. has been specially built for her
and Of which she is particularly proud.
The relations between De Wolf Hop
per and Richard Mansfield are at pres
ent somewhat strained. and it Is all
| .tsVt., ha usi.a nj tNNan nf
"Dr. Syntax" at the Broadway Theatre
last Thursday. Mansfield's company was
the only important organization in the
city not present. 1t appears that Mr..
did not send him personal invitation
from star to star, as 1t We're. Hopper's
Herald Square Theatre and, politely,
tactfully and pleasingly extended an in
yitation to the entire company, through
business Manager Slocum. Later on
busy rehearsing Napoleon" to attend.
Then Napoleon, was dropped and the
excuse did not, hold good; Mansfield
vague rumors', and roundabout re-
ports of professional matinee. Hop
per- however, took no notice of the let
Ter. and the result was that none of the
Mansfield people was present. Hopper
was particularly anxious to accommo-
date Mansfield, In return for a perform
ance of Or Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde" that
the actor once gave for the comic-opera
comedian.
Pinero has written new drama OF the
passions, 'in which humor will be al
most entirely absent, and the comic Gle
ment, which oldfashioned canons of the
drama regard as essential for the relief
or the SPECTATORS feelings, after pathetic
scenes, Will have absolutely no place"
1t Is to be produced at the Garrick The
atre., London, at the end of this month,
and Is obviously called forth by the sue
cess OF THE Second Mrs. Tanqueray."
Miss Kate Claxton is to produce Nine.
Janauschek's play called AT Last" and
the tragedlenne herself is to play one of
the parts. AT Last" is said to be high.
ly emotional and Nine. Janauschek has
been at work upon 1t for long time.
The other night a spruce-lcoking young
man was shown to an aisle seat in the
| NTH row of the orchestra at the Star
Theatre; As the curtain rose upon THE
Merry Wives of Windsor he took from
| his pocket neatly bound edition of the
actors. Young Wheeloek was the first tic to
| notice him, and he lokei nervously about
MN at his fellow-players. In few min
reader and the half dozen men there
grew furiously uncomfortable. They had
| TO grin and bear ii, however These
,smients' have caused great uneasiness
to repeat their lines backward, quail be-
| fore a man with book of the play.
| Crane says he doesn't mind them, for he
| is nearsighted, and cannot see very well
across the footlights, but the lives OF his
| associates have been made most burden
| some.
| Under Dark Clouds" is the almost
the road shortly. ,fhe superstitious ace
| tors feel doubtful about 1t, To start out
| Under Dark Clouds" seems to them
like counting a tragic denouement.
| Miss Jeffreys-Lewis is to appear In a
| new play called Church and Stage"
| by Theodore kremer, who was formerly
| n member of Mrs. Bernard Beere' S
company in London. Among the char
| acters in the play are the Archbishop of
| Trinity Church, the Archbishop OF San
| Francisco, and a curate OF Trinity. AS
already mentioned In these columns, the
play seeks TO bind the church and the
stage in union.
Uncle" Denman Thompson has gone
In for realism in his latest version OF
The old Homestead" He has intro
| duced an electric storm, with all the
| comes up maid Is seen hanging out the
tation approaches the clothes are blown
plauds furlously. Probably a splendid
dramatic effort would be less fervently
received than this clothes-blowing cpl
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