The times., 1897-11-14

preceding the regency of the Prince Of
Wales. son of George III of England.
which began in 1911.
The story involves tie prince, personages
! prominent in court and diplomatic circles,
| md Mr.. Clarence, the most talented actor
Of that period, the character which Mr.
| Coghlan poftra IS. The lett motif is pure
! one. tie theme being the love of the actor.
| Clarence. "a nervous, eXCitable and SELF
opInionaU'7. man, for great lady ol the
court whose admiration for linn is con
| fined only to his unreal characters u the
stage. He desires her love of himself ; Il
! man, and, it being denied him he deselops
/ an inordfnate jealousy of her eqnals-ot
men with real stars upon tiaeir breasts
men Of real honor, real fame, real power
| which furnishes a groundwork for the de-
yeIcpmen; OF a strong plot and novel
dramatic situations
| Tie piece receives its title from a EnioEe
| Incident IN rs action, tie particulars or
Which Mr.. Coghlan refuses 10 reveal in
advance OF ITS first presentation. IL be-
lieved Ulat his incident alone VIII az one :
| give this play tie plac" OF novel draiaatie
| prodgctio.I without reference TO its many
| other eXcellencies. The dress OF the period
in WI Ieh the acton of the play takes place
! pro-ides the oppori unity FOR an elaborate
| display of tie art Of the cOAtumcr anG II
! the scene painter, Of which full advantage
will be taken 70 gIvethis production mag
! Dificert ensemble.
Mr. Coghlans support viii include Miss
! Gertrude Coghlan, his beautiful daughter,
who viii make her debut in this produc
! ton; Mrs. Louise Thorndyke Boucicault
well khowr as one of the most talented
leading ladies' in this country; Miss Grace
Fnkins, tie beautiful actress VITO made a
memorable hit ds Helen in James A. Herne'S
| .tShore AcTes,'' formerly leading lady for
Rosina Vokes and otter prominent stars:
Miss Lula Kiain, Mr.. E. J. RatcIiff, FOR
several gears leading man for Charles
| FrOEmar, Afr. Albert Bruning, Mr. Charles
| Stanley, the original Napoleon III Hoyt's
Milk Whige Flag" and others.
| Frank Daniels press agent Is ont with
claim and figures to prove it that he
is the champion osculator Of the stage.
| The yoluble mathematical scribe puts these
| words into Daniels IEouth:
/ do not wish to pluck the laurels from
| tie lofUV brow of julius Steger, nor wOUid
care to risk my serene dorlesticity by
| indulging in an osculatory wrestling
match with Anna Held, catch-as-catch-
| can, as the handsome baritone did re-
| Gently But, and with all mOdeSty, ] de-
| sire 70 announce myself as the champion
! long distance kiSser OF the comic opera
| stage II you nave seen The Idol Eye"
! You have noticed, l dare say, what a
| heyy OF beauties there is IN the company
! There was 10 failure of the peach crop
| when Manager kirKe lie Shelle picked out
| his chorus. And you have alSo seen that in
| the temple scene / have formed a habit
Of kissing these lovely young damSels on
/ the slightest prOyOcati0n.
There are twenty-fOur girls, and the
/ usual eNgenctes Of my part demand that
| l press my lips to theirs many many times.
] The amount OF rouge ] deVGur in one per
/ foImance OF The Idols Eye" is aston
| ishing. Somebody estimated at the matt
! nee the number OF labiai assaults and bat
| teries l committed, and made the total
! 10Y. And l don't work So very hard at
| matinees, either. But lust think OF those
! fguTesi / have given about thirty per-
] fOmances Of the opera already. Thirty
! times l07 Is 3,21O. Therefore, l have
kissed those ladies' 3,2I0 times The
| IdoFs Eye VIII be my vehicle for ahout
/ tmrtv-ffve weeks this season, during which
time there VIII be PAS performances,
which Will represent IS ,215 kisses. Ism 1
| that aWful2 And yet Anna Held had to
take her corner after 5b kisses! Don I
1 you see now why Claim the championships
| Doubtless MIR. Daniels and his press gent
a-c in good faith. But one view Of The
Girl from Paris would prove to him that
| as ii kiss, generator be j. not in the iront
line TIE girl is a rapid-firing, osculatOry
| Gatling gun. She is on the stage 3foHt
! fifty minutes ia the first and thirty min
utcs in the second act. ct her rate, of
| sixty kisses a minute, she has a record
OF s.eGC EiSsrs performance. Tie ,,iet
ran 1000 times in London, 300 in New
York, 56 ia Philadelphia and in Wash
ineton. Multiply the total by the number
Of kisses given each night, and that piece
stands accountab BILE for 6,54T 200 kisses.
Where are you, Mr.. Daniels? No wonder
a new actress has to be found every
few months tC play the girl. It's just
as firing On her as on the audience.
Nearly every piece has stock laugh