The evening world., 1894-07-09
HAS A NEW PLOT.
Now He Wants a Writer to Put
1t in Dramatic Shape.
Caicedo's Way Out of Dilemma
News OF the Stage.

| wilson J.-rett has new play, or the
| theme OF a new play, and II deals with
| u subjec: akin TO that moOted in "fhc
Second Mrs. Tanqueray." lie Is now in
| London looking for a collaboration, for
he seldom docs any dramatic work alone.
! re supplies the IDEAS, aul the co!lab0ra
tour does the literary work, Mr.. Bar
rett went t. England to Try and secure
the aid of Xangar'l, the young author
who is now popping Up in London. He
| has not been able to get Udugaril, who
| Is too busy, and consequently Is at "A
loss, his subject will not keep, he
! thinks. Mr.. Barrett, as he has already
announced, intends To do anyway Hall
| Gaines "ManXman" ami The Sign of the
| cross" which deals with the persecution
! OF the early Christians. The actor had
! an amusing experience with T.. =. VII
| lard. with whom he crossed on the Paris.
| when got on board" said Barrett to
! an interviewer on the rther sids, II was
| late at night, and Willard had gone TO
hia cabin. went to him, however and
| got him to come out on deck. Up and
| Town we paced, discussing his Hamlet.
nay Hamlet, the Hamlet. until it got to
| be half-past four. when he resolved to
| close the argum mt with summary of
his experience. ana this was. how he did
it: Look here, old fellow | thought
| could play Hamlet; they saw me, aud
said couldn't. | still thought could,
nina y Good,9isht.'' NEXT day i I sent hin
a, message, that at midnight we would
discuss Dthcllo, but his reply was eva
sive, and even menaCng.
The Saturday afternoon exodus has
set in with II vengeance, and the sat
uyday night entertainments of this city
have begun 10 suffer. The roof gardens
that have had things all their own way
for some time must now look for
throngs to other nights of the week.
Saturday night Is managerial balm for
| ten months in the year. but for the
other two months it is rather dreary
occasion In July and August the Sat
urday thoughts Of METROPOLITAN amuse-
rnent seekers hy to Manhattan and
| other beaches.
Instead Of the usual urban, smiling,
bespangled, Delighted wire-wallier, Cal
cedo, the audience at Roster ~ BiaFs
concert hall Saturday afternoon, saw Il
| very ordinary looking young man, clad
in everyday clothes-coat trousers.
| waistcoat, stiff collar, cuffs and neck
tie, turning somersauits, jumping and
gambolling on the acrobats' wire. His
name might have been Tom Smith or
Jim Jones. hut it wasn't. 1t was Caice-
| Go, and thereby hangs tale. The wire
king. as lie calls himself, stood in the
| wings just before ii was time for him
Of friends. Just arrived from South
America Suddenly he heard his music
strike up. and to his horror discovered
that he was not dressed--or rather I'M
dressed. Mr.. Roster came up, highly
| indignant, and declared that Caicedo
would be fined for having missed his
| turn. The wire-walker was not to be
| hat to one of the stage hands, he
rushed before the audience. and went
through his strange evoutions just as
1 q innovation
| When he had finished, he took his hat,
and, not being obliged to go to The dress
rooms, he leaped from the stage to the
auditorium and made his exit that way.
| The people all talked good deal. but it
is not mt all unlikely that his regular
| turn may now be done in that then
| unrehearsed way.
| During the very hot days when Broad
way is almost deserted you may notice
| three or four men who walk up and
congratulate one another on the con-
| dltiDu OF the weather. The average hot
weather bore, when lie meets you, says:
"ls this not TERRIBLE or rs it hot
question remark: can YOU beat such
II lovely climate You think they are
from some lunatic asylum. but that is
a mistake. They are managers Of the
various roof EardGNs of New York.
| Manager Weyl OF the American Roof
! Garden, says that his business has accli-
adays he catches cold when the Their
mometer IS below 80 degrees.
Charles Frohman who has the refusal
of the Baddon Chamhers-C. u. Stephen
! count Tor it, Mr. Fruhman seems 70
I throw his money bindly in good many
n ar Va, the dramatic market Gllls
manager is not found wanting.
Here's an Ensllsn girl VINO refuses to
come to America, she deserves Il special
mention AS being distinctly unordinlry
- is Miss Fanny Trough, Of Lohdon
terms to play the part Lady virginia
! Forrest in a Gaiely Girl in New York
buc she declined This point blank, for
the simple reason that she wants to star
In "A play Of Her Owh. Blanche Massey
and George Hawtrey Will play the lead
ing parts in "a Gaiety Girl' in this city
Percy Gaunt says That Primrose and
West are gong to do great. things next
season. ard before the curtain goes up
on their opening niEht they viii have
! spent $4,000. Mi. Gaunt IL probably n
t.inc incorrect. the amount should be
i29,q9J.l2. They have secured the ser
vices OF George Wilson, formerly of Bar
low. Wilson. Primrose and West; Lew
Howe. Wall and Mcleod. Rice and Iii
ner,, Thomas. Giymn. the "Paderewski
| Of the banjo" William Winuom, Harry
Gilbert Castle and Joseph Garland.
\ dapper youth applied for the cour-
te8y Of the house at Roster & Blals
saturday afternoon. He declared he
ni9n The m ro" sar Sf S MT tme
asked him To identity himself. and he
produced a card. That Is not sum
s %S sS M 9 asrF Fs"'r Tndico@ @E'q 3h
dapper youth drew forth Il pile OF blank