The evening world., 1895-09-18
DRAMATIC NEWS AND NOTES.
lea" as Told in Australia-MaK
O'RelHs First Play.


lea" ns Told in Australia-Mnx
O'Rells First Play.
Really these little international cpl
sodes are getting to be positively pain
ful. While we were-metaphorically
speakng-hugging to our bosoms Miss
Declma Moore. Miss Maud Hobson.
Harry Monkhouse. Manager Malone and
the other members OF the original
and only "Gaiety Girl" company last
season, they were coldly, dispassionate-
" and bloodlessly making notes.
about us. And notes" like murder.
will out. In fact. they are out. The
charming Gaiety people have been CIV
ing their expressions of America to
great goodness!-the Australians. and
the Australians are gloating. Il think
the American people are charming" said
Miss Decima Moore. but they don't
understand jokes. Their own Jokes. you
know, are all about breaking chair legs.
and throwing towels, and all that KIND
Of thing. They laugh at that. AS FOR
| calls they simply don't give You any.
There was one for us on the first night
In New York. but it was 80 small that
We did not take 1t. In fact. one can't
Judge from the public demonstration In
| II theatre whether a play Is success
| or not" CAS- Dolly says In THE Chief
| tain: There's something in that, ira
la-laD Harry Monkhouse makes the
following declaration: you have to vary
your style OF playing in the different
towns you visit. II you strike rough
town. you have to play to the gallery.
II You play to the stalls. they vote the
play Nat and inslpid. They call 1t
'monkeyihg there. In England. we eau
It clowning. Discretion is II beautiful
hing in America" Manager Malone's
observations have led him to the pehet
| that "the only things Americans can
do h.t,or man us mr.. hotels. barber
40 oe''ef wa" US " ,,'na :. parnans
all these gooa people were h'''o o''
| Jealous OF their fortunate sister,
Classy Fitzgerald, who stepped from their
| ,.i,,, anI r,n :. ,...L "a .l,rv and ten
times that amount.
Max O'Relrs first attempt at playwrit-
Inc has rs,chsd This countrv and sam
I'S mas 'ea'heu '"'s 'o""'s "h' '"''
Edwards. the iov'al. rotund comedian,
has It. 1t is called "A cat,s-Paw, or,
jonathan ON the Continent" SAID Mr..
Edwards yesterday: As it has. AS yet,
| audience, | don't want to use the ornate
| terms of an advance man in describing
II. am pleased to say. however. that
| u Is fully up TO my expectations. 1t
H. in three acts ssomewhat on the order
| or cranes Ills VIE Falher, II mas
| the crisp, Willy, "plsrammatlc style
have made Max OReii so en-
tertainng in his books and lee
tur,s il fun OF sprightly.
Keen observations believe that iis
uroIuction viii demons nstrata the fact
| tho, an cminrnt liternrv man can vrits
an entertaining play," This Max O'Rell
eirort viii nrobably be seen about 1ct
l. MIR. Edwards is negotiating for a
| New York theatre later in the season
mere are good many people who viii
| watch the fate of this play with -fntrr-
est. for the nat has gone forth that il
OF pook-Wr!''r anu pias-haker
What is the matter with Iaylnia
Sh,nmop Of Clara Morris's comnanw
| Evarv year. at about this time Miss
Shonnon hobs up proudly with tho an.
nnum"emeut that She is trst cousin 70
Ills easilv by tracing back her desreu,
tn good old Irish iays' Last season
a veNed and jealous about all this Dun
raven taik but now MISS shannon is
silent. tan u DC tha' the behaNior or
the Nalkyrie mas caused her TO disown
her illustrions hrst cousin; oh! l.avinia,
! Lavinia. why so cruel? Poor bunraven,
then International pickering, then harsh
CRITICISMS from the other side, and.
. finally Lavinia's treatment True il Is
n that troubles never come s!nsly