The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-08
STAGE NEWS AND GOSSIP.
sothern's Experience with some
Matinee Girls--"The Cotton
King" in Boston.

OF RulleltSS anu enLnuSla5llC
girls. The damsels in question-there
were five or six of them-had long been
fervent admirers of the cool. almost
sardonG young actor. L. II. Sothern.
It was a sort of refined affection that
they felt for this dramatic STRIPPING
an almost maternal solicitude for his
welfare They alluded to him joklnsly
az "mommer's baby boy"-by which it
VIII be seen that their interest was
absolutely unlike that which other dam
sells have centred In the robust per-
sOnulity of Herbert Kelley. These purr-
ing maidens-cttes decided that 1t would
never do to let concealment. like
worm t. the bud, prey ON their damask
cheek. They determined that Sothern
should know how much they appre-
clated him. They dubbed together and
raised $jO--Dr, to be precise, $S.75-went
to 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 IA careful, non-com-
initial, correctly worded letter, and sent
1t down to the Lyceum Theatre. Then
they possessed their souls In patience,
and waited-simply waited. Exactly
| what tllty expected IL Is lInpOSSlDle "
ascertain-but 1t was something sac
| charine, with gentle fervor in 1t. -Four
days later momrners baby boy was
| heard from shockingly, astoundingly
| He returned the Cardcase, with many
thanks, and n long letter of-oh! woe
The day!-paternal advice to the maternal
| damsels. How fooish" he wrote
| why will girls do such things? DO
they never ask themselves what an
| actor must think of them? DO they
suppose that he cares for such personal
| tokens? and II great deal more in the
same reproachful strain. He talked TO
| them, in fact. as though they were
crring children, and he at least seventy
1--WE years old. At first they were fear;
they bleated, and they fumed. Still
even this letter was better than none
at all. Can you guess what they did
| pieces, put the pieces in hat and raf-
| fed for Sothern's signature. And this
IS absolutely true. story of matinee
girl enthusiasm and an actors non
| responsiveness.
THE Cotton King" will have its first
production in Boston tonight and the
| pamphlets with which Manager Brady
has Hooded the towns, are interesting In
| play can be gained by the pamphlets
pictures, which are called 1T Is our bow
Of hope Murder ain,t my game hM2 ,!
THE thrilling elevator scene" and
| "Hettie's discovery" There IL also a
| biography of each of the members Of the
which he seems to be eNclaimng
| "Hully Geo.
A London writer asserts that Miss Olga
| NpthcrSOle'S repertoire consists of Car
men" Romeo and Juliet" a new version
| Of Camille and a 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 1t Is all
owing to the professional matinee OF
| last Thursday, Mansileld'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 were. Hopper's
representative, Mckinney, went to the
| Herald Square Theatre and politely,
tactfnlly and pleasingly extended an in
| yitation to the entire company through
Business Manager Slocum Later on
Slocum wrote that. Mansfield was too
busy rehearsing Napoleon" to attend.
Then Napoleon was dropped and the
excuse excuse ga not hold good; Mansfield
vague rumors' and roundabout re-
ports of "A 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 accomno-
date Mansfield, in return for "A perform
ancc of "Dr Jekyll ana Mr.. Hyde" that
the actor once gave for the comic-opera
comedian.
pmero has written "A new drama OF the
passions, In which humor will be al
most entirely absent, and the comic ele-
ment, which old-fashioncd canons of the
drama regard rs. essential for the relief
of the spectators feelings after pathetic
scenes, VIII have absolutely no place.
II Is to he produced at the GarriCk The
atre' London, at the end of this month,
ana IL obviously called forth by the sue
cess of The Second Mrs. Tanqueray."
Miss Kate ClaNton is to produce Nine.
Janauschek's play called AT Last" and
me tragedienne herself Is to pay one OF
the parts. AT Last" is said to be high
~ emotional and Nine Janauschek has
been al work upon 1t for long time.
The other, night spruce looking young
man was shown to an aisle seat In the
ntth row OF the orchestra at the Star
Theatre. AS the curtain rose upon '"rhe
Merry Ne yves of Windsor he took from
actors, Young Wheelock was the first 't To
notice him, and he lokei nervously about
him at his fellow players. In a few min
3 reader, and the half dozen men there
: grew turiously uncomfortable. They had
% | W Eill anu btaf IT, however These
students" have caused great uneasiness
at the star Theatre. Men who are able
to repeat their lines backward, quail be-
fore man with a book of the play.
Crane says he doesn't mind them for he
is nearsighted, and cannot sec very well
across the footlights, but the lives of his
associates have been made most burden
some.
Under Dark Clouds" Is the almost
pathetic title of II pay that Is to take
! the road shortly. The superstitious ac-
! tors feel doubtful about II. To start out
Under Dark Clouds seems to them
Ike counting tragic denouement.
Miss Jcffrcys-Lewis Is to appear In a
new play called Church and Stage -
by Theodore kremcr, who was formerly
II member of Mrs. Bernard Beera' :
company in London. Among the char
nclcrs in the play are the Archbishop of
> Trinity Church, the Archbishop OF San
Francisco, and Curat@ of Trinity. Al
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
! TN" old Homestead" He has intro
! duret an electric storm, with all the
modern Improvements. Before the storm
comes M maid is seen hanging out the