The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-31

lows rsever work in TIE Cir from Par
Is !" following 50 saea On as Little esarts-
TOPPER ard r-xeelS.sr Ir successes.
has wfznuuE doIh. Permanently sst2o-
hsas6 MIN as metropolitan saEoE1ts.
FrAz sosszon net tas director of = sSEn-
said. S&y. I've ErlEsen . couple OF erPck-
ing good encore gers~s Tor ire comedian
e yoag company. How etd they goE~
They haven't gone AZ a.. rs2lsa ne
director: re hasn't hal ar encore jet"
Lillian Biauvelt- ore q the best o. our
AEZsFEezn rr1nz &oU1zs. las declined an
engagement 20 sing a. t2e Mt-Cos~o- ia q
operA no1se n grana opera ard : de-
No111g her ti-1e e preparation t8r an s2-
tended tour q tie principal cities un1er
TIE management o. . @e4a-k1o3n Boston
firm
Andrew Mack opened his Chicago en-
EaEemeEt II Mylss AEeoa a. The Grand
opera HOUSE. LAST Sunday ntgat TO a packed
audience 81 vas his first appearance as
q SEar - TIE windy CITY, ara Ne Nan I'M
mediate favor The critics referred d tae
charming quality OF MS singing IN terms
Or tne hEgaest praise. AM declare ntm 70
be BY far fae best aclo- Of ITIsa character
or Cae American stage.
Edward W Dunn Is now in advance OF
DosL. Strayed or stolen" When ne closes
the season with shls merry skit be Is go
ing into the poultry business r. Mi Neck.
/. J. Last summer EaG.e raised - chick
ems without trying. he aas Jus; psir-
ing en- OUT by Tie dozen Seven Days
Ahead" says there IS more money II Il
than n the taeaErica! business nowadays.
Hoyt's new comedy. a Coutented wo-
man. continues % attract large audiences
a. hcyt's theate-, Nsw fork- AZ every
performance. CaroliRs Mlskell-Hoyt's
Charming performance II the k5Tle role has
established her as an actress OF pro-
nouncea ability. She possesses a winsoTns
wOEzanliness vcuchsdfeG 70 few actresses
Her beauty is The subject OF more ne ws-
paper and En-4szzlns Illustrations than
taaI OF any other woman now before the
public.
George Bowles. who IS managing Charles
H Hopper IN "Cnimmie Fadasn'' u re-
sponsible for the following latest Hoytian
bon mot: The eminent playwright AID
popular legislator visited Europe last sum
mer and entertained some friends az sup
per the other evening with an account OF
MS experiences thers A member OF me
party asked Mr.. Eoyt how he should ike
20 i've personally IN Eagaand. The ready
witted dramat.st replied: Live Ia Eng
lgnG2 No. enpna tically 10. Ia rather be
a tailor IN the United States and spend
NY life making dress coats for Marshall
Wilder."
Melbourne Mcdowell, the handsome.
O.g athletic husband OF Fanny Davenport,
whose increasing ayo!rdupois baGe fair 70
become burden 20 bim last year, has
trained down unfA at the present time
there is not Ri ounce Of s9perAogs heza
on his weI-knii frame He is. however.
a =
what he mas really done 10 accomplish the
desirable change. After much spscula-
ton his friends have about decided that
he has been taking a vigorous course OF
indoor athletics. as be carries a Dig box
around with him wherever he goes that Is
filed with all manner Of muscle-5evelop-
ing apparatus.
The considerable success of Hearts
ease: declares the New York sun,
makes ii. as an American play, al object
OF theatrical interest Mr.. Miller has
never played with more sympathy and
feeling than he showed in the scene OF de-
lection and ne expresses the composer
helplessness with striking force. In the
encounter Al the close of the Covent Gar
den scene he rs not lacking IN the neces-
saTy fire and vtgor. These two episodes
Mr.. Miller as could impress itself on the
spectator" The Sun also adds that Mr..
Miller Is a strtkingly handsome figure in
the Georgian costumes.
Digby Bells Southern tour IN "A Mid
night Bell has been a series OF personal
triCmphs. A Southern exchange paid him
the following gracious compliment: Dig
BY Bel is one OF The best comedians on
the stage and a Midnight Bell" affords
him splendid opportunities for displaying
his fine talents. As Lemuel. the deacon
tusg the kind OF face 70 give splendid ef-
feet 10 every light and shade OF comedy.
His eye Il quick and expressive, and his
other features are exceedingly mobile.
handles IL admire Div. As TO makeup,
Digby Bell is a master as In other things.
He always looks the part that he repre-
sents. He was Down Easter in the play,
and he could be mistaken for no other
parsonage. Mr.. Bell kept the house in a
roar by his quaint sayings most quantity
put Il is refreshing 10 spend an evening n ,i
that one has had jolly good time. dur
ing which there was not even a sugges-
zion OF naughtiness. Mr.. Bell should be
seen by thousands OF our people"
"An extravaganza. TO be successful"
says Ben Teal the well-known Stage d.
rector. must be structurany just as rea-
souable and correct as a serious drama
Now. one way in which / consider the
work OF r a. Barnet aS better than any
thing Of the kind that has come into this
especial field lately is that Il Is tunda-
mentally ali right Il has a sensible raj
son d'etre- He mas. first OF all. an idea
and it Is an idea which IS worth while as
the framework az q production. and cap
able Of being made picturesque In Jack
AMI the Resnstalk' there is not one feat
ure. not a song. not specially introduced
that does not come naturally into the story
and develop out OF II. exactly as an Incl
dent would De developed out OF story IN
serious drama. For this reason the tA-
fravag anza. as We know Il today IN this
country is infinitely superior 20 the Brit
ish form OF the same thing First the
American exfravaganze does not deal with
great numbers. as the English production
does Secondly. il Is devoid OF the stupid
hariequina3e. without which an Eng.2sh
extra vaganza s. rot considered complete.
Moreover. the American Wit is brighter.
We have passed beyond the days OF pun
ming rhyme and mere vero!age."
The second act Of The Spectator" In
which Thomas O Se2brooke Is starring
with such marked success has ono Of the
most exciting scenes seen in any recent
American play. II never fails 10 win ba}f
a dozen calls after the curtain fails. Il
takes places IN the Offices OF Fullerton