The times., 1897-03-14

There is a suggestion for remniscence in
the splendid port rait posters which for the
last ten days have decorated our bill
boards by way OF advising the public of
the presence in town OF The Girl Lett
Behind Me" There is Lucy Hawksworth,
sighting her soldier lover across the plains;
Miller'S Ann, having a Irritation with DR.
Penwicb: Gen. Kenyon, with the pistol at
bis daughter kate's brow, ana S"aTbrow
and Fawn Afraid. Andthey are nearly all
pictures and good Hkencsses OF popular
actors who had not any connection with
the corupany here last week.
The originals of the poster pictures We're
the members of the cast when the play
was first produced on any stage at the
New National Theater, January 1G, 1898
They arescatterednow, someto fame, some
to obscurity, and one has played his last
part ever.
Frank Mordaunt was the Gen. Ken
Won. He has been here during the past
fortnight. aying Gen. Kendrick in MARY
land" william Morris played Lieut..
Hawksw orth. Mr.. Morris has success
fully created the leading roles OF Lost
Paradise and Men and Women and
it was supposed four years ago that he
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ANYTHING notable. He is at present play
ingthe leading part in BlaneY melodraIna,
.'The Electrician" Nelson Wheatcroft,
who died less than d fortnight ago, was
the Lieut.. Parlow Theodore Roberts,
who appeared here with Sue" was the
first Scarhrow The Lucy in the military
frock was Odette Tyler, who has repeated
her success in another military drama,
Cvril Scott. now with the New York My
Friend from India" company, and Kath-
crime Florence, who made idylic the
character of Faun Afraid, now belongs to
the Lyceum Company, professionally, and
to Fritz Williams matrimonially. sgd
ney Armst rong was the Kate Kenyon. She
has retired from the stage.
The only star graduated from this ca st
, is Edna Wallace, now Mrs. De Wolf Hop
Der Sam Harrison, whose brother is
Louis Harrison, prepared the public for
this piece through the press. BY coin
| cidence. he spent last week here, W hile the
| famous old piece was playing probably its
| last times in this city. This time Mr..
| Harrison is endeavoring to acquaint the
public with the supereXcellence of Etieane
Girardot and ''Miss Francis of Yale"
| Biff Hall, the Mirror correspondent in
| Chicago, is expected in the city this week.
| He is one of the beststory-telersa associated
with the profession, and one of his best is
on Manager Richards, of the Georgia
Minstrels. Says Justice Biff;
| ''It is welI-known fact that O. E, Rich.
| ards, who has managed the Georgia Min
strels for twent y-fiye years, has a habit of
| paying off his people every Sunday, and
then Shooting craps with them until all
| are broke. In Tennessee they have very
strict law against gambling, and when the
| company was playing in the little town OF
| Cleveland in that State some years ago
| Manager Richards hadpaid salaries and was
| III one of the dreSsing-rooms indulging in
his favorite pastime with the bones,
| when the janitor of the theater discovered
| what was going on Now it appears that
| this janitor had brother who was city
marshal and bis salary was in the shape of
| fees paid for every arrest and conviction
! The janitor straigbtway informed Ills
| brother what was going on, and he came
| around andarrested Manager Richards and