Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-21
The Weeks Output in Sports, Drama,
Literature and Love.
ROBERTSONy ROMEO And JULIET
The Defender to Have Several
Competitors.
NEW TURF ND A L
Special London Cable Letter.

Special London Cable Letter.
LONDON, September q copyrighted
The International yacht race controversy
has held Its place as a topic OF first interest
with the London public during the past
week. With the publication of the full cor
respondence between the Earl of Dunraven
on one side, and the cup committee of the
New York Yacht Club and Mr. Iselin on the
other. decided change of sentiment has
come over English yachtsmen. While 1t Is
im possible to alter the opinion which pre-
walls among Englishnen in general that
valkyrie III was done out of the Americas
cup by unfair means, there is reason to be-
leve that authorities on yachting are not
all disposed to indorse the course that has
been pursued by Lord Dunraven.
No Enthusiasm Over Dunrnven.
The most significant indication of this is
Admiral Fitzgerald's letter to the Times
today, condemnipg Lord Dunraven and
praising Mr. Iselin for his offer to resail the
races. Equally significant is the fact that
the Times gives Admiral Fitzgerald's letter
such prominence in Its columns. 1t now
seems likely that the plan of giving LORD
Dunraven a public reception at Cardin
upon his return from New York, as well as
the arrangements for an elaborate welcome
of Valkyrie III, will be abandoned.
Defenders Chance.
If Defender should come to the Mediter-
ranean or to English waters next year she
will find plenty of competitors. Mr.. E. D.
Rose has bought Satanita, which. with Bri-
tannia, Ailsa and Calunna, goes to the
Mediterranean.
Turf Scandal.
Something approaching turf scandal
Of fha ira r
lightness of the handicap placed upon Flor
izel, owned by the Prince of Wales. I'M
mediately after the acceptances for the
Caesarwitch stakes were published to
was freely taken on Florizel. One writer
says that the only possible solution was
desire on the part of the Handicapped to
treat the Prince of Wales leniently, and
that the horse would not have been thus
favored II it had belonged to any one else.
An English Fraud.
1t now comes to light that Godfrey Per-
kins. who long figured in the English pa
pers as an American journalist and lawyer.
and whose career was interrupted this
week by a sentence Of ten years imprison-
ment for swindling, was born in Kent, Eng
land. A few years ago Perkins became
prominent in the smoking rooms of the
big hotels. Since then he has attempted
some species of swindling upon nearly
every well-known American who has come
to Londen. His career as a blackmailer
was remarkable, his victims representing
all ranks of society, from earls to street.
walkers He claimed that Governor Per-
kins of California Is his uncle. Among his
achievements was getting possession Of
title deeds to a farm in California from its
owner, John Thomson, last year. This case
attracted much attention at the time.
Possibly Lady Churchill.
A mysterious paragraph is going the
rounds of the newspapers to the effect that
the engagement will shortly be announced
of an officer of the guards to the widow of
titled member of parliament. recently de-
ceased. The lady, it is added, is wealthy,
dark and beautiful. 1t is supposed that the
woman alluded to is Lady Randolph
Churchill.
A Seaside Sporting Resort.
King Leopold of Belgium has sold to Col.
North, the nitrate king" mile Of the sea
front of Ostendt, the sum paid being 81, $780,
600. 1t is said that Col. North intends to
found there an international sporting club,
which will be center Of horse racing.
glove fighting and athletics generally, with
theater, gambling rooms, public gardens,
etc. The tract purchased begins Just be-
yond the kings pavilion. Ostendt already
shares with Monte Carlo the reputation of
being the fastest place in all Europe. Dur
some of the most notorious gamblers and
members of the deni-monde in Europe,
but under the new auspices it promises to
eclipse all it's previous efforts.
1t is said that Max Lebaudy, who in
herited fortune of $4,000, 900 from his
father, sugar ref1ner. which he has been
industriously trying to dissipate for some
time, has fallen into the hands of the same
English gang who preyed upon the late
Squire Abingdon, the famous English
sportsman.
Katherine Beauclerk. daughter of the
Duke of st. Adams. is to be married to
Lady Henry somerset's son next year.
Temperance in Iceland.
Miss Jessie Alderman of San Francisco
and Misses Schaffner and Pratt of Pennsyl-
vania have just returned from an expedi-
ton to Iceland where they went to organ
lie the White Ribbon Society. Miss Acker-
man rode 200 miles on horseback in the per-
Torrance of her work.
Forbes Robertson's Future.
BY far the greatest dramatic event of
recent years will occur this evening, In the
production of Romeo and Juliet" at the
Lyceum. 1t is stated that no less a sum
than $4,000 has been expended by Forbes
Robertson upon this venture, and it goes
without saying that the mounting of the
play, the costuming and the accessories will
be on a scale fully equal to that of the
best traditions of this famous theater Mr..
Re bertson will be remembered by those
Americans who witnessed his performances
while supporting Mary Anderson and Henry
Irving on the other side of the Atlantic. In
this connection an old story is recalled that
while he was in Mary Anderson's company
he fell deeply i'll love with her, and that
they were at one time engaged.
Mr.. Robertson's sterling character and
individuality have won him influential
friends, and the interest in tonight's per-
Torrance is something unprecedented The
demand for seats has been enough to fill
the house four or five times over. Much in
terest also prevails in the Juliet of Mrs.
Patrick Campbell. The papers have been
for weeks condoling with Mrs. Campbell
upon the fact that her impersonation Of the
part must inevitably be contrasted with
that Of the late Adelaide Nelson, who is
still remembered as the ideal Juliet of the
English stage. The audience tonight will
&C mprise all that Is best in the literary, ar
tistic, fashionable and dramatic world of
London, many leaders of these circles hav-
ing returned to town expressly for the pur-
pose of attending. Mr.. Robertson, of course,
will be the Romeo of the cast. Charles
Coghlan will play Mercutio; W. Dennis,
Tybalt; A. Greenville, Paris; Nutcombe
Gould, Friar Laurence; Iah Robertson, the
apothecary and Dolores Drummond, the