The sun., 1898-11-27
WITH mask IND MIG
Personal Paragraphs Con-
cernii.:s Stage Favnrites..
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
Stage Items of the ~ I.an.-.EOssip of
the Green Ronn Whnt They
are D,ing.

William Barry, son of the late we'll
known Irish comedian, is to star in
''The Rising Generation"
Zangwil is to dramatizc "The Children
of the Ghetto"
Alice Nelson has horseless carriage.
"The Senator" was given by the Ly.
ceum Stock Company of Baltimore last
week.
"a Romance OF Athlone" is the title of
Chauncey Olcott's new play.
Signor Tagliapietra is to marry Mar
garet Townsend, daughter Of New York
lawyer, in January.
'Zaza," in which Mrs. Leslie Carter
will star, is to be produced on Jan.
uary g.
Amelia SummeryiIle made her vaude-
vile debut at keith's, New York, last
week.
Julia Arthur played Parthenia in
"Ingomar" in New York last week
"The Two Orphans" was acted in New
York and Boston last week.
Bettina Girard has joined Sam Jack s
forces
AT Kingston, N. Y, in the Opera
House 'ruesd " night last. Mr.. and Mrs
Russ Whytal started their fourth star.
ring tour, presenting for the first time on
any stage romantic drama called ''Vag.
abondia" placed IN the eighteenth cen
tury. The play is IN four acts. Mr..
WhytaI, as Philip Layton, a strolling
artist, and Mrs. Whytal, as Lady Daffo-
dill Hayward had the leading roles.
The affectionate esteem in which his
admirers hold W. H. Crane is at once
beautiful and pathetic. On Monday
night they followed him with longing
eyes through scenes that were tedious
and irrating beyond expression, eager to
find traces of the humor that formerly
amused them, and still looking f,r those
touches of sentiment with which >our
comedian frequently lends depth to his
performances The fact that "Wo,th
Million" is an atrocionsy bad play at.
tected them with sympathy for the
actor, rather than senlin.ent.--NeW York
Press.
William Winter Jefferson and Joseph
Jefferson, Jr., have become stars without
serving any considerable apprenticeship,
and the telegraphic reports from Pitts
burg, where they made their first appear
pearance on Monday night, credit them
with having scored, susress One Of
these two brotherS-tlle one who.carfies
the name OF the late William Winter
will not suffer IN life through lack Of in
genuitv. He once succeeded in inducing
the paternaI Jefferson to give up a sum
beyond the one the oid gentleman had
staked out for him. and any youth who
can boast nf such AZ. achievement,
needn't worry about h;s future. "WiIlie"
had been allowed to gotu Europe for a
pleasure trip, and as is not infreqnently
the case, had used up his letter of credit.
he cabled t. ',is father: "Pease cable
G2OO." Mr.. Jefferson replied with stern,
fatl,erIy tersentss: "Wtat for?" In few
hours he received as his r. sponse the
words: For Willie" The strange part
OF the story is that the message made
such hit with the old gentleman that
he sent the money.
Maude Adams matinee in Springfield
on Monday drew $685. at night tie re-.
ceipts were 5000. This foots up $4lO2
on the day, which utterly "bliterates all
records in Springfield, great show town
that 1t Is. Miss Adams moved on to
Providence on Tuesday morning, where
the advance sale was far beyond any
thing ever known on that ground. The
tremendous vogue of this actress excitts
the utmost amazement throughout the
theatrical profession. Only u little more
than a year ago she was merely JOHN
DrtItU' lfInstI I,,Ix M
Frohman told his frien Is and associates
that he intended to m ke star of her
they almost universally cOunseled him
not to do so.-L.ander Richardson, in
New York Telegraph.
Olga Nethersole opened her season on
Monday night in Cleveland. She an.
peared for the first time in the ,itular
character OF "The Second Mrs. Tan
queray."
Anthony Hopes own dramatization of
his story, "Kupert OF Hrntzau." pro.
dnced in Philadelphia on Monday night,
seems to indicate that Mr.. Hope Is
better novelist than a play writer. The
piece is described as being dull and
techl ically clumsy. Mr.. Hope will,
Gays Leander Richardson, probably look
for collaboration the next time it comes
to dramatiMng one If his stories.
Last week at the Havnarket Theatre
in London there was neld y meeting of
actors t. consider an offer by J. Pass
more Edwards to build all Orpa,,age
Home in connection with the Actors
Orphanage Fund. CuriousIy enough, this
meeting precedes the meeting If the
Actors Fund Association to be held
next month for the purpose of consider.
ing the feasibility Of establish near
New York an Actors Home ana SAM
tariuIn. In this instance no generous
friend of the profession las offered to
build home, but it is to be determined
whether some of the money of the Ac-
tors Fund shall be invested in such a
property. At present the Fund SUPPORTS
many aged and INDECENT actors and
managers.
Marie Corelli's "The Sorrows of Satan"
is to be given in New York.
And speaking of vraiety and bnrlesaue
people,. have ynu, gentle reader, yer
stopped to think while watching the
gyrati"ns Of the Fairy Queen or the
Rubber Roy ina burItsque where this
same tetclingIy beautiful creature will
oe and what she will look Ike two DE-
cades hence? Probably not, for the fair
one is but bird Of passage, fitting