The sun., 1898-01-23
WITH MASK and WIG.
Personal P.lr graphs Conceraing
Sta,e Fav rites.
SOME PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Stage Items Of the Season. Gossip of
the GreenrOOm. What They
Are Doing.
ONE PLAYS AND PLAYERS.
Paris has wenty-fOur theatres.

fdTlS has lWenty.lOur theatres.
A new play by Sardou is announced
. James A. Hackett will star next sea
son.
In the "Conquerors" a man bites tn
back Of the neck Of one Of the bale
girls.
Fanny Rice will shortly appear i,
LOnlOI.
May Irving is to appear in London il
June.
There wasn't one new play given al
New Iork's 10 theatres last week.
Henrik lbsen is said to be writing .
play called The Rat Children"
The "distinguished' actress, Jane,
Waldorf, appeared at Tacoma in The
Hunchback' and "lngomar."
Mcrri Osborne and Edwin Hoff, form.
erly OF the Bostonians, will do sketch
in the vaudeville theatres
No fewer than 50 new dramatic pieces
were introduced at the London Wes,
End theatres during the year 1897.
Minnie Seligman Cutting will make
her vaudeville debut next month in Il
piece written by Gilbert ior Mary An
dcrsOu.
A play which Nine. Bernhard is
soon to give in Paris has the Empress
Josephine as its heroine The French
drama deals with the divorce OF Joseph
Inc from Napoleon.
Nellie Farren, who is poor in health
and purse, will soon enjoy great testi-
monlal performance at the London
Galety Theatre, the scene of her hlstr.
onlc trlumphs in burlesque.
A moving picture machine, Lubin's
clneograph, was exhibited in home for
the first time last week IN Philadelphia.
The living pictures were displayed at the
Residence Of Samuel SneilenDrrg, the
millionaire clothier.
after | have played in Beside the
Bonnie Brier Busl for Il season or two
shall retire." said j. ii. Stoddart. "A
son and daughter are ready to make
my LIES evening easy and | shall enjoy
q rest
Mrs. Jack Van Setback, of Chi
cago, who recent y secured S65, 900 YER
dict against her millionaire fathcr-in-law
Tor the alienation of her husbands al.
fcctlons, and who is now in the Windy
City for the purpose OF securing di-
vorcc, is to 60 upon the stage.
-E.ihabelh Marbury says that the
French Society of Dramatic Authors,
Which she represents in this country,
will prevent in London the production
OF Paul Potter's play. The Conqucrors,"
IN ht nd al ip
from "L'Hainc" and Mile. Fili"
which ae the works Of Victoricn Sardou
ah'. Ga! ,.r Ma,ipasSant, and are pro-
'sc Il by the treaty OF Berne.
A Temporary affection of the vocal
chores ana Consequent loss OF voice pre-
vented SIR !rMr! Irvins's appearance in
hls play, Peter the Great" January H.
al TIC Lyccum, London His son, who
Is also the author Of the piece, PLAYED
Sir l!cnry's part creditably without re-
hrarsaI.
Camille D'Ar>iilc, as hintcd in this
column several weeks ago, will replace
Illida Clark in "Tnc lIighwaynlan."
Tlls run"r was vigorously deni d by
several New York papers, but on Tues
day Nine. DArvillc began rehcars IT,. i
is understood Miss Clark has taken yui
action against the management.
Adelaide Kstori is to have control Of
the theatrical department of the expo.i-
ton to DC held in Munich next year.
She will lend to the exhibit the rare col
lection Of autographs which she Possesses
III addition to her costumes and Jewels.
Autograph articles written by the eldcr
DInla$, Cavour and other noted men are
i'll tie collection.
Mile. Rciche mberg, who is known in
Paris as "la petite doycnnc" of the
Comedle francasc. wilt appear at the
theatre for the last tlllr on February lj
She Is socctalrc Of the theatre. ANA viii
receive S)2,OOO As an evidence of the
Improvement III the condition of actors,
1t Is recalled that Nine. AnaI', Il popular
actress who retired in 1919, received oniy ,
Sl472.
"The Belle Of New York; SAYS Hugh
Norton is the one ice ever had any
thing to do with thai can see the QUA
lty OF endurance in. Perhaps THAT is be-
cause it was not much oi Il success in
New York. My pieces are utter drlveI.
lhey haven't the dramatic literary valLe
of circus poster. oulkc my standard
low, and then try to write down to it.
The consequence is that I'm making
more money than | can conveniently
spend, and Shakespeare is relesatcd to
Pa, and Chillicothc, o. The
public wants unutterable bosI, with lace
and musical trimmings, and Pm n.ercv
he catcrer.'
Today, says the Chicago Dispatch, the
lean minded actor is the hOnOred plles,
II the proudcst Of homes. The happy
marriages are far more numerous tlau .
he stage is credited with having ,,
Richard Mansfcld's devotion to his wife
Beatrice. Cameron, is one of the prctliesl
applications drawn around stage stories.
p. H. spthern loves his wife, Virginia I
Harmed, to distraction. Otis skinner j. '
Is proud OF his tinei y tempered young $
vie, Maud DlrbiI, aS ne Is careful ul
'er art development. Wilton Lackayc :
md his beautiful and vivaciols wife, t
Alice Evans, are ino,'paruDIc, and 50 on p.
Ip and down the list Il
Miss Barrymore, daughter of Maurice
after having been engaged,
the cables were to be believed, to An
hony Hope, the Duke Of Manchester, ,
William Gillette, and various other Eng
.h and American celebrities, has lin
lily confessed that she really is to marry .
AwIcnce Irving. Both OF the Irwin < :,
)ns have married, or will have mari, 4
hen this wedding takes place, youn.
;trcsscs who, in each instance, have u
cen noted for their beauty. Young II.
. Irving married Dorothy Baird about
10 years ago mach against his fathers