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USEN ENTS.
FrsGreutsry News or Sose Thing. That
Are Being hone on the Theatrical stage.

FrsGmeutsry News or so.,e Things That
Are BEING hone on the Theatrical stage.
Della Fox CAV" away photographs Of herself az
last nights iifticth performance of THE Little
Trooper" at the Casino. The thirtieth nnni-
vcrsary of Shcridan's ride will be celebrated in
way at the Academy of Music with Shenan-
doah " tonight This will be Columbia night at
the Broadway where many students will 20 to
sec their c:cw win the boat race In " DR. Syn
tax" Yesterdays change OF mind by Richard
Mansfield as to the previously announced pro-
auctions OF THE Merchant OF Venice -" and
Napoleon Bonaparte postponcs the first in.
definitely and sets the second down for " a public
rehearsal " a week from Saturday. Jessie Pres
ton, II burlesQuer at the London Gaiety, noted
for representations Of coster boys and girls, has
sailed for New York with her sister and a con-
cert hall actress called Princess Pauline, all
sd ss 70 hS Lit H.
American a copy Of IA play entitled In New
ikcn.ncky" with a threat s to put it. on the stage
The most novel of this weeks productions in
described by Phiadeiphia Critics as a finely
the fairies and their fancifui adventures, and
giving ample evidence OF the height to which
too. that the peculiarities OF Brownieland have
not altogether evaded the artful Mr.. Teal's
ns William s. ef% sG% og
the Biblical story OF Samson was quietly,
even slyly, tried by a recent performance
at Schenectady, preparatory to a more public
test The Devil Bird" in which Lottie Col
Inns IL acting at the Brooklyn Grand, Is a bright
but conventional burletta, giving TO the actress
chances to sing and dance. THE Passport"
with which Sadie Martinez began a tour at Hart
ford. has substantially the same theme as :" My
Official Wife," but IL is treated farcically by
Stevenson and lardley. English playwrights.
" The Scapegoat." en English play. In which
Marie Burroughs acted at Detroit for the
first time. treats Of inherited insanity.
Marse VAN" one-act piece by Emma
Sheridan, pleased its first audience in Chicago,
and Felix Morris is said to have found a
good part in The Best Man." by Arthur Lum-
ley. in Syracuse trial. A rewritten version OF
Charles Kleins Willie" under the title Of
Truthful James" is spoken OF as a success in
London. Rhea is acting n boys role in a short
piece called " Bonaparte at School" Living
pictures are being shown In plays and vaude-
yilles throughout the country. sometimes as in
decently AS they were first introduced In this
city. but often decorousy, and In several cases
rs tableaus in serious dramas, but their popu-
larity wanes with their novelty.
Kate Bateman, who used TO electrify us In
" Leah the Forsaken,' Is now an elocutionist in
London. Harriet Webb. formerly reader here,
has become the wife OF Canadian physician
named Gustin. Ellen Chapman is skirt dam
cling in Europe. Mazda Craigen has been lee
turing on Delsarte at New Rochelle. Minnie
Seligman has Joined the stock company OF q
new Boston theatre. Louis James Is playing
FdistdT In Henry w." Marian Manoa has
reclaimed sanity sufficiently to go to the Boston
theatres.