San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-02-14

to Charles Frohman. She says she does
not wish to travel. Her place in Two
Little Migrants will be filled by Amelia
Bingham, who does not want to travel
with Captain Impudence.
Madeline Lucette Ryley's new play,
The Mysterious Mr.. Bulge, will have a
production in the spring with Annie
Russell as Mrs. Bugle. The play is on
the order of a farce. Mrs. Ryley will
have strong company to produce the
play. The English rights have been
sold to Chas. Hawtrey, who will pro-
duce the play in April.
Hogan Alley, made famous
by the New York World has been put
on in New York and is meeting with
much success 1t introduces the yell
low Kid and Jimmp Fadden.
H. V. Esmond's new three act COM
edy, entitled A Summer Day, has been
secured by Charles Frohman for pro-
ductiOn in America.
Max Freeman is to stage The Star
Spangled Dollar. He is also making
a dramatiZation of Colonel Richard
Henry Savage's novel, The Delilah of
Harlem.
Adelaide Herman is of the opinion
that the serpentine dance originated
with Herodias' daughter, who danced
before Herod and received as a reward
the head of John the Baptist. She de-
Clares that the most original dance she
ever saw was the squaw dance Of the
Alaskan Indians. Il have seen every
form of dancing" says Nine. Herman,
the sepentine twist, the skirt dancers
swish the buck dancers wing, the bal
let girls pirouette, the eastern girls
wriggle, and goodness only knows
what others, but none to equal the one
l witnessed in Alaska several summers
ago. The braves range themselves in
circle, beat on drums and dole out a
weird song, while the squaws, perfect
ly nude, hop around and hit each 9TH
er with fresh salmon. The dance keeps
up for about two hours, and when IT
is finished the squaws present an odd
sight, for the salmons' scales have
come off with each resounding whack
administered, and the Indian ladies re-
semble dusky mermaids being scaled
from head to foot" Nine. Herman
will not attempt to give the public a
repetition of this dance.
Margaret Mather and the Mandarin
have been booked for tours throughout
the northwest.
The County Fair company, which
stranded in st. Paul last week, has
| reached New York. Neil Burgess Sc
| cured a release of the attachment on
the horses and scenery, and that also
| has arrived.
A Contented Woman goes along with
excellent results at Hoyt's theatre,
New York. Mrs. Hoyt continues her
| captivating performance, while the
| play calls for an abundance of laugh
ter at every presentation. 1t is a treat
as satire and fine specimen of dra-
matte construction.
Sweet Inniscarra has scored the big
gest hit of Chauncey Olcott's career.
The dainty Irish comedy drama is fill
ing the Fourteenth Street theatre ev-
| cry night, and Olcott's songs are quite
a feature. We have never had an Irish
play so true to life, so realistic and so
| picturesque.
| Nellie McHenry is at the Peoples
| theatre, New York, and her jolly dispo-
| sition is just what the Bowery audi
ence will like. The attendance is
! large.
| Signor Salvini, who recently lost his
| eldest son, Alexander, has another son,
who has adopted the profession of his
| father and brother. The younger
brother of Alexander has been for some
time past studying the English
language, and will shortly appear in
America, and afterwards in London.
as Hamlet. He played the part in Par
ma recently, and the Italian dramatic
! critics were enthusiastic over his abil-
! ity. One critic described him as a per-
! feet Adonis with a face so beautiful
that it battles description.
The three KrasucEis made
! appearance in America a
ABlars recently. They
2iners and proved