The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-06

sourtIess add 70 the pleasure and iiveli-
ness of the sonewnat exclusive summer
resort
James crNelII has made several inncra-
.sr.fss n his r,gaS@flt alton of Hamlet In
Hsrsses+s interview WITH MS mother IN me
rsss tarourn the wall by means Of a clever
s,sst.sss ,4.s-aI .e2gxtr1vance invented sy w r
esonnor. Mr.. OSelifs manager
EsatsArr billiard has made hit in bis
rev farce. The Mummy, In New York.
ari Efu SHORTY play q return engagement
HIS engagement az the Garden rheafer
closed last Saturday night he will play
this week in Columbus and Toledo. and
after that viii be At Hooley tneater, SnA-
cage for TWO weeks He then returns di-
rect to New York. and opens ar the Stand
ard sheater for an indeEinlte run
william A. Brady's Humanity" COM
psny. in which Joseph Grismer and
Ffoebe Davies a-e seen 20 so great an adj
vantage, IS PLAYING a SIX weeks engaxe-
raent in San Francisco. This Is rh, nTst
time this popular play has been west o.
Pitrsburx. and the prcdue.ion Is now IN
me third year of It's success After san
Francisco the company will make q COM
pEete tour Of the coast and the Northwest.
and viii not retarn East until spring.
II have just come across unique and
interesting character" said Drama<ist
Charles II. Hoyt day or two ago. she
is coiored woman. who recently appeared
nus. Ohio. She confessed that she had
been an inveterats smoker for 50 years
and wasn't gwfne' to stop. When asked
n she had any other habit she replied.
Yes. sab; washin'. ironin'. cookin' and
eatin': YES. and sometimes sleepin'." There
Is an array OF habits worth perpeSuating."
Otis SINNERS energy. combined with his
abisty as an actor. gives much promise
that in his work the American stage Will
eventually have an aetor-manager who
viii be compared favoT-ably with the actors
who have distinguished themselves In this
respect abroad. Though this is only his
third stellar year. he has produced since
IS debut as a star three new romantic
plays, one new adaptation OF a French
classic drama, and has revived FIVE Shake
spearian plays and one by Butwer Lytton.
Mr.. Skinner Is evidently not dreamer.
but a worker. The latest and most sue
cesSsul OF his new productions Is "A Sol
der OF Fortune" romantic drama from
his own pen. II has met with pronounced
favor throughout his tour in the West ana
Northwest.
I'm university towns" says James
O'Neili. there Is seldom lack Of 'supers'
for theatrical shows, for the students
think Ii quite lark 70 go on the stage as
Romans or other beBigerents- Some OF
them are SO placed that an addition of 50
cents a night 10 their income is not unac-
ceprable. but there are others who are
willing TO pay fol. the privilege OF carry
ing banners in order 10 fiirt with the Ia
dies OF the ballet 1t is whispered that
the captain of the supes in a well-known
Boston playhouse has been able TO make a
profitable investment In real estate with
the offerings of Harvard students who
made debut in his corps. II is said, too
adds Mr.. O'Neill. that Henry Irving had
oxford students among his anxiliartes
when he first came 10 America They saw
the country at little cost.
About a dozen years ago. when Fanny
Davenport was playing an engagement IN
the Smoky City. young hotel clerk, after
a rather lively printing with the boys,
- = "A
looking fellow with a black moustache.
and the figure that he cut that night was
given color by his new light overcoaf and
high silk hat. BY the time he reached the
theater IL was pretty full; so was he. But
he bought ticket for parquet seat right
down front. and with toierahle steady
steps he made his way 70 Il. 1t was In the
middle scene. AS he reached his seat and
was divesting himself OF his loud overcoat
Miss Davenport came down the stage to
the footlights and said 10 the villain who
was counting her. but with her eyes to the
audience: 81 can never love thee She
said IL with great emphasis. and the hali-
some hotel clerk rose from his seat. took
VI his ha. and overcoat, and, saying in
loud voice: "Well, that settles it, re-
traced his steps up the aisle, while the au-
dience burst into roar of laughter and
applause.
John Philip Sousa, the popular composer
and director, will return from Europe
early this month to prepare for the OPEN
ing OF his great transcontinental tour with
his unrivalled band. The tour opens with
fits initial concert in Philadelphia on jan
uary l. and will be the longest and most
ambitious venture ever undertaken by
musical organization. IT Will embrace
territory covering q 600 miles. extending
from Prince Edward Island to Lower CALI
fornia and from Washington to Florida,
covering a period OF six months in dura-
ton and including 20 towns and cities.
The honors showered upon Mr.. Sousa IN
Berlin and other European cities are am
pie evidences of his recognition in the Old
World In the New. as the representa-
tive American composer and conductor.
His band is in superb form and will pre-
sent much new and striking music. inciud-
ing his ever brilliant marches. and ex-
cerpts from his opera Eel Captain" which
Is now touring the country and enjoying n
triumph never before accorded an Ameri-
can opera.
New York has frequently been referred
TO as the biggest Jay" town OF America,
In respect TO its acceptance at times of a
peculiar quality of theatrical entertain-
ment which would not be tolerated In any
other city, certainly not for more than a
single night. This applies directly to the
Cherry sisters. who have been appearing
during the last week at HammerStein's
Olympia, and who absolutely do not pos
sess one single iota OF talent or personal
interest worthy of respectful hearing on
the stage Of a theater. Their appearance
In public is intended simply 10 attract no.
tiee by the degree OF ridicule which they
excite. The hilarious comment and re-
marks which their performances aroused
on their opening night awakened a degree
OF sympathy in some quarters. II was GER
taiulv pittabe to sea women hootad aul
yelled al In public. A well-known
marked when they first came out
on the stage: These women are not fools
Their makeup accentuates every homeIy
feature OF their fares and figures
There is no question that they tacitly in
vite the ridicuis noise and confusion The
sisters are undoubtedly making a great
deal OF money through their lack OF ability
and possession OF cast iron nerve But this
- no excuse for the dIsGraceful conduct
that has prevailed during their engage
reut.