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cost OF everything, which is betrayed by
the management. II the actresses in that
company wish TO go beyond these stipu-
lated suua they must DO SO NJ their own
expense But IN Paris the dressmakers
furnish the actresses more elaborate cos
tunes at these figures than TO their ordi-
nary customers, since ali the world turns
to the Paris stage for the latest fashions
and fresh ideas. New Workers. are now
following IN the footsteps of the French
in this respect concluded Miss Russell.
"and they eagerly watch the new produc-
lions on those stages whore costuming ia
elaborate and In taste
IAN this hue and cry OF people who pre-
tend to delight in the divine bard above
all else en- earth is all nonsense" says
Thomas w. Keepe Nine persons out OF
ten don't know what they are talking about
when they rave over the divine bard Let
me illustrate this | once encountered on II
train an old gentleman who was an enthu-
sast on the question Of Shakespeare. lie
had Just had glorious week with John
Mccullough in town; been TO six night and
two matinee performances, He had fairly
revelled In the divine bard in fact ! took
occasion to ask him what Mccullough had
been playing | was told the repertory had
consisted Of The Lady OF Lyons Damon
and Pythias, 1ngomar,' 'RiAhelieu, and
Brutus or the Fall Of Tarquin.' Truly. a
fine feast from the divine bard And yet
the old fellow was very much In earnest
and WAS we'll read besides. Al least. he
thought he was
Elizabeth Marbury. who practically CON
trolls the play market of the world, has es-
tablished offices In London, Paris and Bor
lin. Miss Marbury has received the official
agency for the representation OF dramatists
in the United States Of America, Canada
and the United Kingdom from the authors
societies of Germany, Austria and Sweden,
and has been appointed the sole represen-
tatiye OF the general agents OF the societe
des Auteurs ct Compositeurs Dramatiques
OF France not only for the United States
of America but also for Great Britain and
her colonies. She is now In "A position.
therefore to arrange for and TO take charge
of the production OF American plays not
only In this country but in England, France
and Germany.
W. II. Bachelor, the scholarly conductor
Of Half King" tells OF an amateur opera
company organization that he started in
London that was wonder in It's way. 1T
was in the days when 'Pinafore' was be-
ginning to make its tuueful melodies hard
throughout the land" says Mr.. Bachelor.
1T was the first amateur 'Plnafore' com
pany started In England, and It's SUCCESS
was enormous 1t was recruited from the
ranks of the aristocracy, and there WASH
an untitled person among the principals
AS for the chorus. they simply gliitered
with Jewels Can you wonder that with
such a display Of wealth We got unusually
rich effects from the muster
Inherited brightness sometimes asserts It.
self in the guise OF boomerang. An in
stance In point Is supplied by an. enecdote
which Elizabeth Marbury tells anent Beer
bohm Tree His little daughter was teas
ing him to buy her a pony. but the English
actor declared that he could not afford To
purchase such luXuries The child. how
ever. was match Tor him. "Thcn papa.
why don't you play little better and make
more money!" asked the dear iitue inno-
cent. And Mr.. Tree says he is going to
buy her that pony II he has to work eight
hours a day for IT,
Jessie Bartlett Davis is one OF the ad-
mirabJe singers OF the Bostonians who can
really act. Her role in I'm Mexico is that
Of n Mexican woman. OF passionate nature,
wronged and nouied by a vlllninous lover
reyengeful at times. yet clinging abjectly
TO him after all. Miss Davis has sacri-
feed much OF her beauty 10 make real
istic appearance. A msss OF black hair
ovsrhanEs . swarthy face. and sieunhy