The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-05-02
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1 The Week at the 1heaters I
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- theatrical s4oApGfe mas cfeH On
1.s,srx the past week and is now exiafh-
49, ssr,der Is various phases IN both Fed
- and superior courts. The same
s-o,,ut OF oratory addressed To legitimate
Lmaftc work that has obtained In the
1900 70 adjust matters. would have
$3.50 the entire county with resonant elo-
-~rrr that would have been worth listen
- 10 On the one side have been ar
~-~,d Manager Russell. OF the Third Av-
enue theater. and his attorneys and on
-. ether side Receiver Baker. Manager
~ Heigsx. OF Portland. and Mr.. Bakers
~s,a~usys. The case Is 10 be tried in the
~rrss and Everybody hopeEl settled
49,. No matter what the outcome VIII
- q the night over some rickety opera
x.srs = lot OF siinxy. old-fashioned seem
- ana properties that have outiived their
~..fulness. the public viii be benefited.
cooseouentIy. the public. apart from It's
~vusathles should SIT back dfspassion-
s.sIv and calmly, and allow the elashing
ssser>ets 10 be disposed OF by the blinded
1890 with the balanced scales that sits
- an the hill The whole matter IL one
80 the public Is naturally interested in.
= almost everybody thinks that there
=. three things that he can conduct bet
- than those who have spent their lives
8 ths harness. These three things are
ssesfers. newspapers and railroads, but
rrircipaIIy tneafers-
Fysday and last night Mr.. and Mrs Russ
Whvsal came TO the Seattle theater In
spor Fair Virginia" a piece that Mr.
w,h~faI wrote himself and IN which both
tsnssIf and his wife appear to great adj
vintage.
4 review of the performance of For
rslr virginia" appeared In yesterday
.scvning's Observation-Disclosures. but In the
ssursedy written notice following the
s-eatiful work certain things worth ex-
$3.50 mention were allowed TO pass.
- a. these features was the dressing OF
~ fesnale characters. and noticeabiy that
ssr,Ined BY Mrs. Russ whytal. her gowns
Ia1king like those that are shown BY old
fa6kfon plates. while the hair in ringiets
- that of a belle Of the times that the
aefy depicts. It II worthy of chron-
no ~ one Of the artistic events OF the
vr1nPnt season. The setting of the first
- 4 sunset scene. was O beautiful back
1eurnd TO the action, and the gradual ap-
- Of night and the rising OF the
- gas an effective piece Of stage
"a Should Fair Virginia. ever visit
16ofao again. II will meet with heartier
ud1oone than IL has this times because
- sre acquainted with IT. Like .sTen-
sempe's Pardner." it Is making a place
81 itself In the dramatic lists by which
4 vii profit in the future Seattle only
ays ali revoir to Mr.. and Mrs. Whytal
cad Tor Fair Virginia"
Ought actors and actresses to marry. Is
De Interesting question. spicily discussed
81 Hillary Bell In the New York Press
After citing the varied matrimonial expe-
RANGES OF some weil-known players, and
H. Influences thereof upon their profess
nonal careers. Mr.. Bell continues:
Taus the argument goes. pro and, con.
I'D the problem whether the actor should
y priest or a layman IL left unsettled
Meanwhile. no one has asked the counsel
& Lillian Russell who In a matrimonial
xpert with an opinion worth listening to.
ne golden diva has tried maidenhood.
. ufehood widowhood and grass-widow-
Nod. She Is an experienced and authori-
4Siire witness. Let her testimony be taken
Gfore notaries.
II her three marriages Miss Russell
eudied as many situations of advantage
IN her husbandf Mr.. Braham sat ia
lhk conductors chair. Mr.. Solomon did
Revise. Mr.. Perugini occupied the stage.
fhe most prosperous time in our diva's
history was that between the departure
a. her second husband and the arrival OF
the third Therefore circumstantiaI evil
d<nce would declare that Miss Russell is
In favor Of widowhood as an aid to art
ana much more prosperous theatric con-
dton thnn either spinsterhood or matri-
mesy. This argument is well considered
sad InetRious. II is supported by Eieon-
ws Duse. who is a widow. As this state
4 iaclndts ladies whose husbands are gone
but NOT forgotten. we may also make men,
1au Of the names of Mines. Melha. Lang
M. Potter and Carter. The widow the
~ II further supported by Nine. Nor
Ia, who. during the interval which
aapeed between the disappearance OF her
mt husband in a balloon and the arrival
( # her second husband I'm Indianapolis,
van all her fame and fortune. AS widow
xordIea emerged from nothingness into
Enefhngness. became famous wag-
nesian priua donna and was crowned by
Jean de- Resxke with the diamond tiara
hst vas subscribed for by her adiaising
enuntfymen All went well with the wag-
nes widow until she got married again.
ssd then her troubles began 90 brew. As
AIre. Nordica she was the favorite of for
tune; as Frau Doeme she has been the
victim Of disaster. In the latter condf-
uon she quarreied with NJ Jean. she
snsndoned her lucrative engagement in
esr opera. and even during her honey
Eoen she lost the $50 600 that would have
eeen earned at the Metropolitan. For
Meof We need no further go. Nine. Nor
srs 10 a perpetual argument in favor OF
vldowhoot.
Mrs Sidney Drew. the actress and
laughter of Mckee Rankin. walked into
Ne supreme court In New York last week
y explain why she could not pay judg-
nens Of s2aa5e She was afraid Julius
Lehman. counsel for the Judgment cred
RuF, would prevent her from appearing at
matinee
Mr. Lehman asked her II she was an ac-
tsss
Some people think am" was the gem
te reply
2 wha; arrangement have you and
ynar husband about salary A. set all
nat comes in over sfoo a week.
y He gets the 500. i suppose. A.
That's n
Mrs Drew at this point refused 10 an
vet several questions. and an appeal was
Mken 10 Justice Reeku,an. who directed
~ to answer questions II she could. The
Witness then admitted that she and her
,ashand received $50 a week at the
Sfoafway music hall.
" Do You employ your hushaRds A.
Ne. str DO not
y Does your husband support you out
nis tlNs A. Yes
.Nrs Drew said that when she was in
e legitimate her salary was larger than
her hsShana's
- what Is the reason for that A. Oh.
90 Know, unless IL is that l have more
sss for Il than he.
a. ! SEE. You are too modest TO say
"a you are the better half Of the firm.
an. Every one knows, I suppose.
.s. .sf THIS modes; answer Mrs. Drew
IRE rom triumphantiv.
sss snd Mrs Sidney Drew live most
,s.1islg domestic ne They are emf
sssiiy happy together ard have deter
- 49, no. 70 accept any engagements
- both are not considered. THIS was
- -, our n an Interview az the time