The morning times., 1896-08-16


he enlisted as a .ranker'sfn the Guards
He has since then spent sonie years In
America. and still more recently managed
tte grand Theater, Leeds, as his fathers
Representative
Arthur Boucher will have us many plays
To begin his American tour as Georgia
Cayyan IL he keeps ON accommodating. The
latest addition to his repertoirst b The New
Don Quixote,' a problem play, In spite
OF Its picturesque title.
Philadelphia will have one more thca.2r
this season than last. The old Arch Street,
which has been closed SO long will re-
open This theater has had as many names
as the p.overiial cat has lives This year
. it will lie called the Troeadero.
As the searon presents itself the mana
gers show their fear of the campaigD
effects. Brooks has postponed the HOl-
land Brothers tour two weeks and has
pushed the opening OF the Few syndicate
stock company into November.
Barley Campbell, the playwright, was
responsible for the expression. Seer
Campbell had long, bony fingers, and when
he was Interested he would tap his auditor
on the coat with them and excIsim. "See?"
In persuasive way that wasvery effective.
Robert Taber and his wife returned last
week from abroad. They spent their va
cation near Verona and Florence. Their
purpose was to study the scenes OF the
drunatizatiOn OF "Romola.'' which they
use this season. 1t will be first produced
In Milwaukee. September z.
Joseph Callahan has acquired the rights
TO tile late Henry c. DeMille's ell-En0 wn
play, 1.-THE Lost Paradise" which he will
produce next season alternately with
Faust" The electrical effects used in
the Brocken scene in "Facst" will be turn
ed to account in the factory scene OF The
Lost Paradise" .-'-. ta.
A French soldier named Durand Is ex-
hihiting himself In London. His specially
consists of hanging by the neck without
choking to death. He has accomplished
other remarkable fcats In the past-for III
stance, he has stood for niDet y-six hours in
front Of bright light without closing or
winking his eyes once; he has held his arms
out horizontally for six hours, and has
stood for twenty days on top OF a column
without changing his position. He may
come to America soon.
In Col T. Allston Browns office hangs
big frame almost filled with the faces
OF dead theatrical celebrities. As soon
as one Of the big lights goes out the
colonel hunts through his collections of
photographs until he secures the best pcs-
sible likeness of the defurct genius Then
lie cuts out the head and pastes IL in the
frame among the rest of the Corporation
Frank Mayo aud Mrs. John Hocy are the
most recent additions To the gallery OF
dead giants. There are now S11 all told.
Louis James, when be paid the colouef his
last visit. went TO the big frame aud In
one ctrner OF 1t pasted a bit of paper
on which was written. This space is
reserved for Louis James Mirror
joseph Arthur TINS describes his first
appearance as an actor: Il began my
stage career as chain arnurcd super in
Richard Ill" In my own estimation 1
WAS only lesser light to the star, the title
role being played by John Wilkes Rcoth
Before going ON the stage had placed my
street clothes in a hole In the wall lea dug
to the chimney. During my 'scere' a mis-
chievous regular pushed niy street clothes
int" the fiue- They dropped into the to-
tally inaccessible depths Of the dark Gel
lar between two brick wails-tscy are
there yet. After the performances wascum-
PEELED to go home in my clanking amor,
with tin helmet. the rim Of which rested
on my two thin shoulders The regulars
followed and pelted me with mud balls
NY mother was nearly frightened ont of
her wits by my Appearance when I ar
rived at home. anl my father administered
hct tose of BIRCH
Inc fniiaueIphia Ledger prints an al
phabeticai list 0I the naihes OF women in
shakespedrc's plays. as hint 10 mothers
searching for names for their baby girls,
and suggests that the list offers a pleasing
variation of the Dorotkies, Mauds, Lilies,
GweHtoiyns. Niiias ard Fiurries one so fire.
queHtIy comes across This is the Shakes
peare list: Adriana, Aemnia. Alice, Anne,
AndroInache, Beatrice. Eianca, B;anch,e,I
Bona. Calphurnia, Cassandra, Celia, Ceres,
CHAIRMAN, Cleopatra. Constance, CordeIia,
Cressida. Dcsde;Dona. Diana, Dicnycza,
DOrcas. Elcancf EiiDor. Elizabeth, Emilia.
Francisco. Gertrude GoneriI, Helen, HeleBa,
Hernia, HermOinc, Hero, hiI.poiyia. hro-
gen. ras. Iris. Isabel Isabella, ia
quenetta, essica, Joan, Julia, Juliet.
Juno. Kate Katharina, Katharine, La
vinia. Lucetta- Luciano, Lyctorida. Mar
garet. Margery, Maria. Mariana, Marintia,
Miranda, Mopsa, Nerissa, octavia, Olivia,
Ophciia, Patience. Pauiina, Pcruiia, Phebe,
Phrynia. Portia. Regan, Rosa,ind, Rosa
lie. Sylvia, Tamora. Thaisa, Timandra.
Titnnia. Ursula. Vaieria, Venus, Viola,
vioien,a. Virginia. uiuII.nia.