The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-07-05

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The many friends throughout the coun-
try Of John T. Spicketf. the veteran come
dian and character artist. win be pleased
TO learn that he n again 70 become = the
atr.cA parsonage. In . four-act. historical
Irish comedy. entitled Carroll Dhu."
written expressly for him He win put
supervision. early this fall. carrying nf-
teen people In me east and elaborats seem
cry.
Mr.. Dpsckstt. - win b remembered.
conducted the LAplAnd pavilion. with the
Oriental dancing girls as the prime at
traction. at the Worlds fair. and later
brought the 81 Bernard dog show and the
6wiss Novelty Company 20 tho Midwintsr
fair In California. He was also connected
with the leading houses In Scranton and
Reading. Pa. for years. and tor q long
time was stage manager for the intseAa-
tioual vaudevflieA
\ Tribute to Frank Mayo.
The actor lives double live: hs plays
In the great drama wherein ali Are eaDe,
While IN the mimic scene his art essays
A translfory semblanec. briefly giAss'd
In natures mirror: IL his art be true.
1t lights the scene II swiftly passes
90 on the stage Of life; II in the heart
Dwell kindly thought and feeling Ter HI
kind:
If charity contributes q, a,. to imp past. ,,a,
Then our lost friend has acted wsll Lies
Well earned the tsar-dswsd tribute ~
The lights are out; lost to the busy sosnA
wh.vein he oiled with conscientious
,nrsll, .-,.a ~-.,,.r.n,..
I'll. D,sil for Aim no more The loud ~
Only q memory outiivss the acter gonA
His role 10 ended. but the play goes On
Theatrical Notes.
Jefferson De Angels - to have . comic
opera OF his own.
II 10 said that Grace Henderson win ap-
pear next season As star.
Fanny Davenport 10 to have q new play
by an American author next season
An Eastern paper says: Everything
goes TO the Pacific coast next season."
Joseph Jefferson and family have settled
down for the summer at Buzzard's bay.
Richard Mansfield says he will add
A new theater 10 being erected IN Lon
don by Beerbohm Tree to be called Her
Majesty's."
Frank Danisls win DO THE wisard Of
the Nile" next season. ana expects to zee
the river At high water.
next season called "A Good Thing" Win
the public push Il alongf
Junius B. Booth the elder son OF Agnes
Booth Schoeffel,. has CORRUGATED . play
entitled I'm Luck AZ Last"
Georgia cayvan has returned from En,
Palmer's theater on October 10.
Steve Brodie. late bridge jumper, now
actor" will make q tour OF the Pacifc
coast early next season with company
Nathaniel Hartwig and Marie VAIN
leading resorts with bill Of comediettas.
James j. Corbett will continue next
year with "A Naval Cadet" II he needs
good sailor In the cast. he had better
take Tom Sharkey.
Li.zie Derious DAILY, the well-known sou,
bretts. was last week married to Samuel
L. Tuck New York importer. She will
retire from the stage.
Hammerstein's OLYMPIA roof garden e
tremendous success 1t l. crowded to It's
utmost capacity nightly. The receipts last
week were not less than $4,000.
Louis Massen has been engaged for next
season TO plav the role Of Lord Desborough
IN THE sporting Duchess" the pzrt ere
ated In this country by Z. j. Raicliffe-
The London critics have received Olga
Nethersole's osculatory demonstrations In
Carmen with q distaste that IL by no
means disguised. They call 1t cheap and
vulgar.
has been taken. There are nfty-nve OF
some pretensions and 2ls small ones. The
number OF variety performers employed In
them runs into the thousands
Anna Metcalfe. a young California sing
er. has made a triumphant debut at the
Filarmon.ca Hall, Milan. successful Amer
lean singers are becoming so numerous IN
Europe that they jcs,le each other In the
race for public favor.
Wilson Barrett probably will take An
other London thester AZ the expiration Of
his lease OF the Lyric. He has a play
called Pharaoh" which he wishes 10 pro-
duce. also a new Semitic play called The
Daughters % Babylon"
A new style OF playing cards IS exhibited
N New York store window. The pictures
are photographs OF prominent theatrical
and queens" so the inventor got up spe..
cial euchre decks that some OF them would
be content to be Jacks"
Emma caIve Is resting az La Bourhouls.
she announces tnss s ..as VII sng n Amer.
Faust" sT'Africnine" .Ilohengrin'' and
ga Navarraise." besides two comic
operas by ofreneach In which she viii APP
Since McKIniey's nomination the hand
some advance agents who are spending
their summer on the Ratio have taken on
q new air OF dignity and pride. II Is said
guished Republican nominee has been re-
ferred 20 as the advance agent OF pros
perity."
sir Henry Irving says: "Americans are
great pisy-gcers. When they found city
the frst temples they erect are = church
and thssfer. Their appreciation OF tbs
drama Is sincere and profound. but, With
oat any disrespcct TO DR.. fbssn. they will
have nothing Of his drama. or the new
woman"
apoil. August -, ard includes trip 70 the
Pacific coast Two new product tons are
intended. ore % historical interest "a yet
unnamed. and tho other Hamlet" ]. ].
Buckley. Mr. SINNERS manager since Re
became a star. viii continue In the sarns
capacity.
Cay Clement IA 20 open IN Days thea
ter, New York. On AUGUST Is, Playing The
ing over the top or tire tube ami everybody
out OF town. q worse date couls rot be Sc
lecfeG Fsr tne debut - a new star. TIE
c-itlcs viii roast che show from afar ara
declare that Chicago 6oesn't know an act
or when she sees one.
sarah Bernharts Is credited with tbs In
ten,ioa OF celebrating tho thcfsandth per-
farnianee - Ia Dame ak Can~aias" N
Parts By rsverttnE sar that occasion only
10 The fashions which r-1ieA when the play
was frss produced. some forty years hack
The ladies' viii lp-cm large on tse sight In
the huge cTineisnss ard vide fsurees Of
TIRE aaF. waist ire gentlemen Will wssr
pertnp trousers. hlea collars. and wide
reckerchiefs-
The Serssi Trust fhe new ancsstv corr
ely. BY Hillary Bell and Ramsey Morris
= eaiH OF matters &sscciated via tee
CcT1sgs trust IL deals with important
Rrs nerffrFnt pubic 2T&tks % fse H&y.