The morning times., 1896-07-26


an other cities it played ton0 money and no
i praise. Fred warde has always been a
4 uavorite 10 San Francisco and Washington
\ otherwiieres he Is more or less q success.
4 Washington never liked Manteil, but lie
has never had any trouble coming money in
New Orleans. washington freezes Roland
i Reed -Boston fetes him. Marlowe owns
4 Indianapolis, Boston, New Orleans and
i Philadelphia. Chicago and New York let
her severely alope. How eau you explain
1 IL?
!! This unaniniity expresses itselfin another
i way which canonly he noticed by the actors.
4 A utiences are freakish III seizing the points
4 or a piece. In some cities on certain nights
i IL certain point viii be seized spontaneously
| by the whole audience; the next night il
| will be greeted with oppressive silence.
4 One night an actor win be greeted with
4 double curtain call; inspired by the en-
i couragemeDt he win put an extra effort
i into hisnex nights work and the glad hand
1 will give out 10 sign or sound. Sometimes
| the players are startled by burst OF
| laughter from the entire audience at u
4 pointwhlchnotonly hadnever rbeenlaughed
l ut before, but no one had ever suspected as
being humorous. This uncertainty is what
4 lends an endurable variety To the sup
| posedly hopeless nionotony of repeating
plays night after night. The surprises are
guess the moment or tie line or the in
cCient sthut will introduce them. Some sGne
has said Let ME make the songs OF a
nation and care not who makes the laws
Well, letnie have what is sure to- pleaseth
audiences ana the other fellow can write
| tue SONGS" Then he went in to see what
point in the performance was taking with
his lucky Fridny night audience.
III benefit 40 kindly tendered Iherby the
. stock company, hut before the fail
season opens she will accept the
fhvW of her friends. The occasion
will he under the management of Mr. .Davtd
Towers, and, with his kno wiedge OF how
10 do things properly, it lis assured that "A
no less attractive entertainment will he
given than had the complimentary perform
ance of the stock company been accepted.
Indeed, Mr. Towers has already conceived
an original plan which promises TO give
value received for every ticket purchased
at the box office. The scheme is 10 pro-
luce, with professional actors, a program
made UP OF four one-act plays written by
Washington drumatists-piays which have
not before been produced. They arr not to
run over thirty minutes each, and will
constitute, allowing for lentr' acts. an en-
tertainment OF three hours length. Tho in
ttrNalS Will ueNubeu tO bpcCihiO-eS Z
first. class artists. Mr.. Towers will offer
n prize of $50 to the best play in the bill.
the decision to be made by vote of the
audience, each coupon emitting the ioicer
TO a vote. TIE plan will be q stimulus the
Washington dramatists, and will provide
genuinely original novelty for the many
who will be disposed to see that so charm
ing and worthy beneficiary as Is Miss
LIE ewis will be generously cared for. Other
particulars of this plan. which is as yet I.
entirely immature, will he announced later. Z
VJHILEin London, sarah Rcrnharlt /;
(&I was compelled to pay tax of fI0O I
S6 on her receipts, but It YVES rumOred !
in the company that she would Ie- 4
fuse to pay and would, therefore,
he thrown into prison. Mile Scyior, an 4
innocent riembcr of the company, believed
impris onment was inevitable for all of
them, and Sarah fed the flame OF fear.
A carriage and several men in uniforms
were secured to appearatthe stage door and 4
arrest the great actress and the guiieless /
Mile Seylor Sarah even sent to her hotel 4
.forsuch little articles rs would L creqcisites 1
for her stay in Jail The mock arrest was
performed, and the carriage started. sos- 4
tensibIy for Holloway prison, but instead it
brought up at tie house of 'surat's man-
aeer, where a little supper was ready, and
Mile. Seyior's heart beat easier.
- reason OF the silence of the press 4
n agent for some time, it was made TO
- appear that the teuT of the Holland
Brothers was immature and perhaps
neglected. It was pleasan. Ia rt--
ceive word last week that plans have been
quietly Formulating for tAe continuation i
ur their joint sturring tour. They will
star this year under the American the
.atricsil syndicate, the richest theatrical
corporation in the country and composed
OF the shrewdest ina nagers. The Hol-
lands will open in Chicugo on September
IA, in their success OF last year, "a Social 1
Highwa yman.'' They have exchanged
icadidg ladies with Sol Smith Russell.
the latter giving Miss Minnie Radcliffe 4
UP TO them and accepting for her roles
Miss Bertha Creig hton, who last year play !
ell the principal female roles with the H1l-
lands. As soan us the company is gath
cred together aud dicipiine Is establish
ed new plays will be put in rehearsal. 4
Three American dramatists have been
working with conscientious fidelity through
the spring and summer TO fit the Hollands
with .pla Us. They are Henry Guy Garlic
ton, Clyde Fitch and Leo Deiirichstein.
The Carleton piece will he called "Two
Men OF Business" There are no more III
spring actors to work for than these two
brother artists. Entirely dissimilur in
personality and methods they stand on CON-
mon ground as fine artists.
Joseph Holland is perhaps the bestlght
comedian on our stage. His Percival Per-
rin in "Wilknson's Widows and the title
part in THE Sportsman" were two unap-
proachabie performances. But E. NJ. IIo,-
land is the more able OF tile two. Joseph |
is an excellent actor, E. NJ. is a fine ar
tjst He has l;ersonality magnetism flj- /
rectness ana incision. This is well exenipli-
fled III "A Social Highwayman. Joseph
MIA vs. thc title part. He is on;the stage two
thirds OF tile time. He has the center OF the
stage for the big scenes and the Eat lines
that bring applause. He acts with nat !
uralness. considerable force. and finished |
grace. T. NJ. Holland, on the contrary. is |
seldomi in the scene. has fewlines. the bpsi- 1
ness of his part as a valetkeeps linn in the \
background, and the lines he does speak |
are eascomrnouplace as as lackeys usuallyutter. |
For all that the silent. unprctentious man |
in servants black impresses you from the |
time he walks quickly on. tells his master
that his orders are obeyed or have been an |
ticipated. He makes no gestures, assumes
no poses but the keen glaDce' OF his eye |
Ia eloquent and n moment OF sllenceis made /
Joseph, with his conspicuous
part, works for a couple OF acts TO get his
audience well In hand; his brother COM
mands them IN a second.
It Is genius against talent, the artist 4
versus the actor. Joseph Holland can win
his audience: E. N. Holland compels In 1
lerest from the first moment of his scene.
One OF the few characters commensurate
with his fine art was Col. Carter, of
but the play was failure.
RI Hopkinsen Smith would consent that 4
Augustus Thomas should rewrite ad lib.