The sun., 1897-02-28
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trnnce-Momnn Plnt MrIEhts.

n stout, mtddlc-aged woman ana her husband
were going out Of the Lyceum at the close Of last
Mondays matinee. The side doors Of the
theatre had been opened, as usual. SO that peo
pie could get out quickly. The husband was foI
taking side exit but the woman pushed by.
No, sirl" she said. ~ amt goin out by the
balcony stairs We paid for orchestra seats and
I'm goin' out by the front door"
But we can get out quicker this way" pro
tested tho husband
don't cure II we can. l done want folks 10
think wcvc been slit n In the balcony, whep
we've paid for tho orchcstra-holiday prices, tool"
Miss Mary Mnnnorng the ethereal Daphne OF
Tho First Gentleman of Europe" has lost
eighteen pounds since she has been In New
York. There's irony OF fate for you! One could
name dozen actresses ofThand who would
GLADLY have spared that eighteen pounds-and
another eighteen TO keep 1t company. hut Miss
Manncrinsl They say she Is seriously alarmed
about it, She, afraid that there won't he
tor promises her that she will get her eighteen
pounds back when warm weather comes. Most
people think she won't have TO wait 40 long.
They think she II begin TO pick NJ rs the
play is changod. The Mayiiower, which is to
NOT possibly be IA lower depth ns far ns Miss
Mnnncring Is concerned. Her part In hc second
act of the present PLAY would make almost any
woman losc, eighteen pounds out OF sheer mortl
is.i, hsea,ion M'sl .Mannsrlng T. too delicate and
costume Of II that sccHc So wondsp m @ she is pnns
away under the stigma Of it.
Miss Martha Morton and Mrs. J. II. Rylcy are
the two most successful women dranatists In
this country. Both of them arc just now enjoy
ing the comfortable refcctlons-and royalties
which attend successful play. Both OF them,
Furthermore, are engaged IN the concoction OF,
II IL to bc hoped more successful plays. Mrs.
Ryiey has under way n new play for Nat Good-
win. now one fOt John Drcw, and u few moro.
A.p ty.sr
ayers ~ the county, Mrs. r. ley will he the most
successful woman drainatist of her time. She
is young and talented. She has had practical
stage experience, having. as Madeleine Lucctte. .
sung IN the Gilbert and Sullivan operas. She
turned her attention from one branch OF tho
stage TO another. . Christopher. Jr.,' and An
American Citizen" have demonstrated that she
has not mistaken her vOcation.
Miss Marguerite Merington, who made hit
with "Snptain Letterblair," is ut work on new
several plays since "Lcttcrbluir," but has not
equallcd her success In that, Stage folk say that
needs some one % Who % could furnish original and
really had such eolaborator in Mr.. Sothern
himself, who wccdcd the pluy, cut II down fully
u third, and devised most OF the business"
Apropos of the "busincss" OF play, the out
slider would doubtless be surprised to know how
many Of the delightful details of action are
quite the result OF accident. Speaking Of Let
tcrblair, for instance, almost every one rcinem-
bers that charming scene where Eanny-was her
name funnyI At any rate, It Virginia
Harncd-catches her dress in door. whose knob
promptly comes or. The whole thing was
purely the result OF chnnce-chancc and Dir.
Sothc-n's qrickncss. At one OF the rehearsals
Miss Harmed lc!t the stage by this door, Just as
the lines demanded, and the scene ended there.
ltut, Us " happened ON this particular occasion,
she caught her gown IN the closing OF the door.
.".Wait." she said. I've caught my gown"
tuition OF the dramntist, and he began 10 work
up that delightful bit Of byplay which after
ward captiN ptcd the audiences.
Mr.. Sothcrn is said 70 be as clover stage
manager as eyer lived. He never misses point.
dozen different, ,guises For instance, there was
the scene in which he catches his lady love in
there While he her IN lis o@n pS
matinee girls DISTRACTED . That .turnstile
table there, and "A Winner OF Women"
when It was son.ethinS else entirely. and An
came sun dial. Another chance clue which
has been, worked over and over came during.
rehearsal. when some one had stuck the handle
OF u feather duster down into sofe leaving tho
feathers standing up. During the rehearsal
tickcd in the car by the feathers and leaped up
in surprise. Everybody laughed, and the acc5.
dent was utilized as a mirth.pro, oking bit Of
business, which has since served many turn.
The stage and journalism seem to be neck and
neck when il comes TO the number OF young
women aspirants. The manager OF a single
theatre in this city says that he receives an
average OF seven or eight applications day.
The theatre has stock company and never EN-
ploys many people in production, SO that this
is perhaps n lower average than most New York
managers could show. These, moreover, are
only the applicants who succeed in reaching the
manager himself. There are "A good many moro
who never get beyond the stage door. Just In
side OF this door there Is placard which an.
N in la rtya lot fhnt n
s for the stage % viii % be Considered" n ~ others Of
similar purport are distributed along the stair.
coed in passing the first one. The result may be
softcning OF the blow OF final and definite ro-
fusal at the managerial desk itself.
Some asked Mr.. Daniel Frohman how
Miss Cayvan is succeeding in her starring tour.
Fairly, imagine" said Mr.. Frohman. "Shs
needs play, that's ALL II she had good play
shn would do we'll for she is an excellent actress
and il favorably known all through the country.
But she is not one OF the very few actresses who
can draw big audience without a fine play.
Who are those actresses Well. can think Of
only three now. Eleonora Duse, Olga Ncthersole,
and-May Irwin: Yes. its queer combination
draw big houses in New York or 4 she didn't have
Maude Adams will be the next one to try
starring; She will play In London wit with John
play ns her aWn MS iPs ADAMS is very esye
and popular young woman, given to much read.
Ing of hooks. acquainted with various foreign
languages. and very charming withal-which
may or may not help her, as u star, to shine with
purest ray serene.
There is one thing which goes long way -
ward n vaudeville success, and that Is a convino-
ing smile. There is nothing moro contagious
than that air OF having good time ones self.
There were two singers Of songs at one Of the
continuous performances last week. There were
twenty times two, for that matter, but they
wcro not all alike In this respect. These two
were rather pretty girls, dressed in much
brocadcd gowns big hats, and beautiful green
slippers and silk stockings. This green was o
real delight To the eye, but il wasn't to be COM
pared with the smiles OF the two songsters.
They couldn't sing well, and they were not ex.
trROrdinnry In any particular except the evident
satisfaction they were taking in doing their
turn" They laughed, actually laughed; nos
merely ontractCd certain facial muscles which
experience had taught them TO use in the pro-
Duct ion of II smile. They seemed TO he having