The morning times., 1896-06-21

SltCdBO. III Weub Win hO btttcI buSNCoo os
ST. Louis the next week. There the tour
ended. It must have teen q relief, and 1t
will be q greater relief to Miss Wainwrigh4
TO have a substantial Lackayc contract IN
her pockets OF course she has pockets. She
is really excellent actress; indeed man,
things she does with the genius OF fine art.
She possesses the faculty OF dressing be-
comiGgly and preserving her beauty. To
many Of her admireres. Marie Wainwright's s
,ice Is her chief charm. Certainly 1t g ives
forth meicdious silver that is fascinating
when supplemented by scme sympathy for
the words. Here is another case In evidence
OF how poverty stricken the stageis OF good
plays. So few are written that the paying
patrons are getting out Of the habit OF 60
ing and the deadheads refuse free tickets.
HE opportunity of the American drama-
list is apparently ut hand. The native
stock has gradually EeeD rising dur
ing the past year and the proper
tiouate decline of the English article
is prominently In evidence. The only two
gepuine successes Of English origin in Lon
don have been Wilson Barrett's "Sign OF
the Cross" and Wyndham's recent pro-
ductioD of Rosemary" The four ether
successes are of American origin; three by
original conception and one by original i'm
luCt
of Zcnda," "a Night Out" and "Jedbury.
Jr." Paul Potter drumatized "Trilby;"
SotherD gave us ..Zenda" before our En-
Glish cousins had it: "A Night Out" Is
another name for .'Gay Parisians." al
ready worn out OH this side, and "Jedbury,
Jr." is the work of Madeline Lucette Ryley.
which John Drew has exhausted under the
title of Christopher. Jr." With tire
probability OF only two importations and
scores of companies to be supplied the
American dramatist should scent his op-
portuDity. They are coming TO the front
in royal style. The late Frank Mayo. whose
dramatizatioD Of "Pudd'nhead Wilson"
was triumph. left behind new play.
David Belnsco has Maryland's successor
about completed Martha Morton will
have a first night at the hands of Sol Smith
Russell and william II. Crane. Wilton
Lackaye will produce n Charles Klein play.
Madelaipe Lucette Ryley has q brace OF
manuscripts ready. No definite plans have
been announced by Bronson Howard or
Henry Guy Carleton or Marguerite Mer-
riDgton, but Augustus Thomas will draw a
royalty from Nat Goodwin's production II
.Treadway of Yale" There are others
to lie bean of. and it is probable that for
one season ut least the names of Sydney
GruDdy, Henry Arthur Jones and Arthur
NlEE Will Dc CnusIhCuOuSly dDotut
I'm MURPHY is the hero OF HANDSOME
frontispage in the Dramatic Mirror
of last week. II displays the gentle
Timothy In fine character Sarony
photograph surrounded by all his in.i-
tative roles. Tim also uses quarter
pa ge "ad." announcing his plans for next
season. which suggest that "the angel has
answered his prayer. The said plans in
clude the presentation OF comedy from
the French, with the tit,e Old Innocence"
He is now laying out his road tour for
the coming campaign and banks on the
success of this piece. His friends will re-
joice IL he finds It a hit in the heart
of the people. 1t is coming Tins turn for
a substantial success that will lift him out
of the sloughs of Brander onto plane of
refined and I'gitimately amusing comedy
HE man who writes what appears
under the head of dramatic matter in
the Cincinnati Enquirer has sense
OF humor. though his inspiration is
evidently the barrooms. He records
what he hears instead OF what he thinks,
and presumably he knows which would read
best. Some of his paragraphs permit of
Here are four excerpts:
.'one of the actors in Henry Irving's corD-
paDy is said to spell saloon as follows
"A hess and a hay and hell and two hoes
and n hen.' '.......I know an advance agent
who keeps a diary. One Deoftbememorandums
of last season was the following: Asked TO
drink 1.747 times; accepted 1.T47-'.-.....
Talk about big noses: they have a bill.
poster in Melbourne. Australia. whose rose
is 50 large that he is compelled to use dyna-
mite when he wants t., blow it........ Billy
Eennessy is quite popular with the ladies ia
the neighborhood OF Brother Jim's farm.
There is an old maid over there who looks
Oh Billy with favorable eyes. She is quite
vincgary. and Bill cllis her his sour mash !"