The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-24
GOSSIP OF THE STAGE
HOYT's "a STRANGER IN NEW YORK,
HAD TROUBLE IN LONDON.
Marion GirOux VIII Play the Late
Derenice WheeIer's Part in
BrOadhurst's Farce.


Harry Gilfoil, the whistler playing the char
acter part in "A Stranger in New York .
according to Durham. was not included in
the unanimous roast which the critics
gave the Hoyt farce. Durham says: "There
are two jokes about the London vicisstudes
Of "A Stranger in New York A prominent
critic persists in holding Mr. Mckee equally
responsible with Mr.. Hoyt for glaring
crimes Of authorship, roasting him vigorous
~ as the composer The other joke is on
the censor. That functionary gagged at
the name Of a character-Wright nrIt-but
was entirely satisfied with the authors
proposition to rename the character Wright
Cay which it now bears. No change was
made in the dialogue, which circumstance
most of the papers consider a great misfor-
tune for Mr.. Hoyt. Still, the probability is
tnat the piece will have quite run, as there
seems to be a general agreement with the
statement Of the referee that The inven-
ton or these gay american comedians offers
ample compensation for the poverty Of the
authors wit
Then comes the following character
sketch: while some hundreds of the
Queens loyal subjects lined the Victoria
approach to the Savoy Hotel this afternoon.
awaiting the arrival of the Princess of
Wales to open the Press Bazaar, solitary
ngure, with bowed head and hands clasped
behind his back. paced to and fro in the
courtyard, plainly oblivious to the great
event which was agitating London. Colonel
= Hickey, inventor of the cooling beverage of
that name, rising from his luncheon and
glancing through the window, was the first
to solve the mystery.
Why, it's Charlie Hoyt' said the colo
mel. he's trying to determine whether "A
Stranger in New York. is likely to continue
to be stranger in London"
Edna May and Phyllis Rankin" says Mr.
Durham, have especial reason to congrat-
Belle of New York That success enables
them to enjoy social advantages which in
London, are only open to artists who are
nouseholders: Both of these young women
have attractive homes in st. Johns Wood
Where they receive visitors, who range in
prominence all the way from peers of the
realm to plain Britishers who have nothing
but money, and at whose houses, in turn
they are welcomed with eordiality that
shows their popularity to be by no means
confined to the male sex. Miss Rankin has
her mother and her children with her. Miss
Mays mother and two sisters Joined her
That the dramatic profession is over
crowded has been the cry of its members
for years. and though this is undoubtedly
tue as to the rank and file there has al
gays been an untitled demand for actors
and actresses of genuine talent This has
been proven time and again when managers
having a role to assign which requires some
thing more than handsome dresses and a
good presence have looked, and generally in
vain, for some one to whom they could in
trust it with at least a reasonable hope that
1t would be done something which approx
mated justice
The last to encounter this difficulty was
George II. Broadhurst. The sad death Of
Miss Berenice Wheeler, who went down
with ill-fater La Bourgogne, left open the
part of Mrs. Smith in his new comedy
why Smith Left Home AS it is to be
produced in Chicago in August the author
was compelled TO make prompt efforts to
secure competent coincidence. He could
think of but five in the whole profession to
whom he was willing to intrust the part.
One to whom he had offered it before the
name of Miss Wheeler had presented itself
had declined on the ground that she was ill
and did not intend to act for year. This
left but four. The first of these wired from
chicago that she was already engaged. The
second was under contract to another man
ager, who declined to release her. The third
had peen playing twice day in stock COM
panies, and had in consequence lost the VII
vacity and verve which Mr.. Broadhurst
considered necessary for adequate inter
probation. The fourth. learning of the sit
uation, jumped her salary from 1925 to $175
week. Although the author had well de-
difference to the actress, who said she
would accept that figure nothing. Mr.
Broadhurst said he would give her a definite
answer next day While on the way to his
office the following morning, having fully
determined to pay the price, the author met
Marion Giroux, the Coincidence to whom
he had originally offered the part She was
looking as blooming as rose and vugarly
healthy.
Il thought you were ill.," Mr. Broadhurst
gassped; ,, c.. -, 60.
thanks to good doctor and careful nursing
was rever better than j am at this mo-
ment.'
Are you going to act?''
eff ] can get the chance"
Then come with me-" the author said
and in less than half an hour A1r. Broad
hurst had leading lady and Miss GirouX
And the other managers who knew the
facts are quoting them as another example
of the Broadhurst luck, which has become
almost proverbial in the profession in the
last two years.
Few actors undertake so arduous and
dangerous a system of rehearsal as that
row pursued by Burr Mcintosh" writes
Hillary Bell, in the New York Press. In
search of local color for his performance
next season of The War Correspondent
Mr. Mcintosh went to Santigo some time
ago as representative of the Journal His
duties were not to writes letters, but to take
pictures, and he has done them well.
Armed only with a camera and hope that
the tropical heat would reduce, or, so to
speak, Amelia Summerville, some of his SUI
perffuous and circumambient flesh, Burr
assaulted the Spaniards bravely with dry
plates His photographs have formed GER
tain of the most interesting features of the
campaign, but in taking them our actor
also took risks, and pushed by the fatality
which has apparently followed all the rep
resentatives of that paper, he has been
bowled over by the yellow fever. Although
Harry Miner has q different opinion. which
he is trying, to demonstrate in the law
courts Burr Mcintosh is good actor. and
il is to be hoped that he may recover his
health reduce his embonpoint and return
TO US rejuvenated Merry Little Mountain
Man with sufficient technique acquired in
battle to make a successful War Core
spondent.'
For peaceful Pittsburger Mr.. Mcintosh
has recently had considerable experience
of warfare During the spring he was en-
gagged IN &. legal wrestling match with the
husband of Annie O'Neill, and he proved
a Terrible Turk to Mr.. Miner. inasmuch as
the Jury awarded him a 5000 verdict
agains- that manager. This victory had no
sooner been achieved in the arena of Thes-
mis- than Burr buckied on his kodak and
entered the field of Mars At present his
knowledge Of all kinds of fighting is greater
than that possessed by any other actor on
the stage and when he begins the sea
son with his new play Burr Mcintosh will
be a human wargraph.
George A. Smith, a former star in the ru-
steal circles Of the East and in the days