The morning times., 1896-04-19


formance of Rices Excelsior, Jr.,'' and
il brings back Fay Templeton, not ia
tights, tut trousers. Aliens Grand re
verses the order or things, and, instead
of giving evening entertainments eXciuS-
lvaty ma kes dany mattneeS feature
witn Mrs General Tom Thumb and the
Americau lnipuUans as The atlracllon.
Tuesfa evening at this house Miss Frankiyn
Lynch presents "lngoInaF anu 4 faftnehia
and Saturuay night bouert Downing dp
Iears al Inc Gladiator and 'frtNcu
Marriage At a testimonial arranged Dy
number of his Washington lrienuS. Ihe
National This week presents tne success or
me DaIv TneaIer season, The Two Es-
,.utgheons an ada aptalIOn by SyuHey
RosenIeId. 1t is a llgnl comedy, ihNoiVing
a GerItian crest and chicago hog Az Tue
Academy Edgar Selden presents MS alc-
henna > FnrIauon,' and herman has NOR
ris Twenty Century Maids;
Business at The theaters does not seem
10 he appreciably affected by the weather.
The good attractions win 90 Wen ana
the inferior ones 1 II as heretofore. III
the pubic wants TO see l,eTiorihaihce
s'u 20 in spite OF anything but the price.
Sne theater last week sold out nearly
every night.
Washinct onians who have buckled on
the pla yers' buskin constitute numerous
suxiuary IN the profession Dut uhoSe WHO
have achieved distinction may DE vouhSu
on tht, fIugerS and thumbs OF two handS.
William bOag, who, IN Il ne GoVefuer
OF Kentucky last week, gave Uhe dftslc
scmbIed his distinguished ancestor, STANDS
wen up among those OF dieital enutnera-
tion Boag was born in SCUM Caroilla dHu
did All ms infaRtile Indian CampdsHihs
,,,,aar tho nalmcit0s When about ten,
subtle instinct, or perhaps, sCNlctuhS clsN,
attracted him te the city OF great men, duu
ever since his afiildt1on has been WIN
washington. He has for Il long tllle Deen
studying as to how he came 10 20 gu 'iC
stage ~ anticipation OF future greatness
ana an interview with TINS as tnS le1uaiS :,ta1S
Ia fnFFta cTln l.
~ guess il just happened, saiu MI boae,
under the gentle pressure OF Soupie u
IHterr0gatOries. Il eau I rccdli tnau :
was ever stage struck. In an atildIS9l ndS
4 never did anything besides hunlDe par
tirlEation in an entertalnIncnt by the az
lghlful Shakespeare Cub l mlent at,
f;suTtt. he move 10 tennis. indirectly ana
remotely for we must nave Il starting point.
i WAS Il racquet ilend, aud IN a tour rnlhiehU
I'VE years ago / was scheduica III tte @ i iindls, @
Rv VA yof training look long Walks ana Orc
q tbpAs modest rnatiOns brought nic cut 10
Robert 10 wningS home at BenniIg IN the
course Of a chat proposed that Ic "a he my nle
.nlo his company. Like BarkIs, ne was
willing M debut was humble, but before
tlt,. season was over / had ialFly GoGu
mart | remained TWO seasons WIN MI.
Downing and was cast from ever tulHS
from a Young boy 10 llrSt Seulle gentleman.
That was my experience with the next Two
years which l played continuously with
Julia Marlowe.
mol more than fifteen perhaps, but nave
yed more than twice that number 81
Characters. In As You Like II AT dii-
ferrut times l PLAYED Tie Wrestler, Duke
Frederick, CORN, Amiens and W ililatn.
But never did appear In 50 many CHAR
aciCrS ia tie same piece and on the same
day as in The GlaGiator, when IL WAS
once produced By amateurs at MI. Down
ng'S country place. TIE cast was made
up iu large part OF amateurs, WHO aidn |
SiloW mn As the time came for each
OF them to 20 on / took his place, ana
irfore thv performance was over bdo
PLAYED nearly every part.
II left ;lt TAKERS because / Nantcd
TO work INTO modern drama. admire
tie ie.dlndtc as fine art and an eau
CatipnaI means, but 90 not belleIe u
is good business policy to tie down TO II
,iefniielv. The tleld Is narrow ana hh-
certain and no room at tue top Tor a
character actor. All the leading legitimate
Isia ycrS are romantic actors hc ieSltlE!tte
school is CI inCalculahlc value 10 be
ginner and the doorway to right uii-
derSt anding or how TO approach mooerl
role II is a benefCent schooling JuSL
a. a boy is taught logarithms TO mold
uis mind. though he never pursue Inaihe-
MATES professionally, and lac is drilled III
the Lat ~ cldSses TO purify ms style through
no belief that he will ever become
s.My ambition is not to star. But have
ambiilons and ideals. My ambition l. TO he
. recognized actor, VINO does All lllnSS
ariiSticaily. My ideal, al least one OF tlehi'
IS Mr. r. M. Holland. BE is greater ar
liSt tHau nine t,ntls OF the stars. de
touches nothing that he does not einnei
IISll. His fellow players and the pubic
revere him as an unapproachabie arlist.
There must be good actors TO play the other
roles besides the stars. / don't think ma
ture designed me for "A star. Nothing ever
.apDtnri 10 me but work and endurance,
and that labOrious eutert3 inment at Edge
more. 1 have no salient QUALIFICATIONS %
Duild a reputation on. unless At Is knack
of Judging faces Ii is a peculiar gift and
III give you an incident.
..lluring my first sea ason we played At
Lincoln, NCb. Just before train time Fred
Mosely ana / Were sitting IN the station.
] Spicd striking lace across the room
/ sa al that the man had strong InentalltS y
and executive genus. Moseiy said lie was
probably a dry goods clerk at a cross
roads or drove team for living. y couple
OF years after | saw Congressna Bryan
and recognized my depot friend. L told
linn my guess and Moselys. We'll, your
friend was partly right, SAID the silver
longued NcDra sRan, laughing "for in my
lday ] have plodded beside team for u
living RUt he has asserted his executive
ability and intelleCtuality.'
Mr.. Cranes season closes presently,
and then l Join the Baltimore Summer
Comedy Company. Mr.. Bond and Miss
Blanche Walsh are 10 head it. and many
others Of last years summer party are u
bc there. To be sure, / wish We We're TO
Ice in Washington, for this is home ard
most of my 1rends are here. But Ba!ti
more Is near and convenient.
The all-star revival of THE Rivals
begins TO have reality not always Sugges-ed
notable that the cast should have been
kept intact from the first. It's easy enough
10 sit down with the characters of a play
TN one column and then write opposite
the names OF those who ought 10 grace
eaCn one; the rub comes To convince the
people themselves. With no one at the
Top OF the column but Mr.. jefferson could
ihts have been effected, but he is beloved
by Them all. ana there is not a man OF
woman on the stage, stick or star, who
would not CheerfulIy subServe their OWN
first interests In order TO be near him.
The rehearsals are said TO be most fra
lernal. and are not characterized by tha;
Crowding 10 The center OF the stage which
one would expect of so many rivaIS in real
life. When the production comes TO Wash.
ington next i expect to see q practically
perfect performance-as nearly So at least
as our generation can make IL. Everyone
knows The cast: jefferson as Acres of
course; Nat Goodwin as Sir Luclus W III
Holland a s Falkland, L. NJ. Holland as
Fag, Robert Taber as Capt. bsolute,
Francis Wilson as David, Julia Marlow4-
Taber as Lydia, Fanny Rice as Lucy and
Mrs. John Drew as Mrs. Malaprop
Some one is going to make Dot of none \
Oh this enterprise, and it's not going TO bl
most of the actors. There are a ma jorit,
Of those stars who could profit by the pres
tige OF The ASSOCIATION at any price. II viii
certainly be big advertisement but il MAJ
prove boomerang. The dazzling hail
about stars head is that he cannot in tn,
nature OF things be otherwise than first
When the people see that his second fiddle
in an ali-star orchestra doesn't drown tin
cornet or the base drum they will doub
his value. He steps off his pedestal hnt
The public must be made TO believe that il
is impossible TO he himself except thereon
The advertisement for the all-stars is no
going to mitigate one whit against Mans
field, sol Smii Russell, Salvini, John Drew