The sun., 1898-03-13
Stare Items Of the SYSTEMATICALLY III
the Green IsOOm.--Wha They
are Doing.
Yyette Guilbert was u shop girl.

IAhuy Ol tIlc ltbNdu litS.
Whitney has purchased an opera called
Papa Chrysanthemum."
Eddie Foy will start next season in a
new farce adapted from the French.
The author Of What Happened to
Jones' has written ''rllc last Chapter
In April eight OF the l6 threat'es in
Philadelphia will have stock companies.
AL Canbv will produce next season Il
comedy called "Who Killed C'M Robn?'
Katherine Germaine submitted to a
surgical operation in New York the other
day.
Wilson Barrptt's repertoire in Aus.
tralia includes "Nirginlus' and "rhe
Manxman.'
Augustin Daily will produce the Queen
of the Ballet piece by the author OF
"1492.'
Louis Mann and Clara Lpman threaten
to play Shylock and Portia at q nlatinet
in New York.
The programme for Nellie Farlen's
benefit ON March II will include "Mon
ey,' "Much Ado About Nothing and
Trial by jury
The new play by Bronson Howard and
Charles Klein is u ac"nedy OF Washington
manners of to-day, with II dramatic back
ground.
Next season Noruica will appear with
Jean de Rezke in Tristan und Isolde
This will be the official end Of the now
historic squabble between the two erni-
nent artists
Judith Berulle will star under Frank
Perley's management next season. Per
ley, who will hay. four big enterprises
next season, used to bc press agent for
the Phi adelphia D.lne Museum.
On Monday night last at the Four,
teenth Street Theatre New York, the
playing OF "'rhe Star >pangcd Banner
caused the audience to rise and sing the
chorus with wild enthusiasm.
In India the religious drama is the
chief educator Of he people. The two
great plays have been presented every
day for more than 1000 wears. There is
no box office, n, programme, no salary.
"Cyrano de B'rgrrac.' the most trc
mendous success that has been recorded
in Paris III very many years, has bcen
purchased f'r the United States hv Rich.
ard Mansfield, and for England by Sir
Henry Irving.
When she first joined Daly'- company
Ada Rehan stood in the wings while the
centre uf tn" stage was rcspiendrntly "
filled by CnlI.arinc Lewis At present
Miss Repan is the leading lady and Miss
Lewis supports her.
i ,Nerdi'S latest composition. Il "Slaha
Mater ior chorus and orchestra, Il
"Praver to the Virgin inr four ieu,al,
voices, and '''re Mun" Tor cl""''s and
orchestra, will M performed Tor the lir>,
time during Holy Week at the Paris
Grand Opera.
How would you like to sleep in about
10 different hotels, good, bad and indli-
ferent, in six months. eat ~ many differ.
ent kinds OF boards ditto in diu, lime.
and travel several thousand miles, play
ing sometimes weeks o( one-nig lit >tund>.
And yet some people are st,gtstruck -
Pittsburg Evening Post.
We shall not E embarrassed wit too
many foreign attractions next s,as N, a,
all events. The nnl v stars now Duuktd
for tours IN this cnunIrv during the win.
ter af 1889 are olga Ncthcrsole and T..
$. Willard, neither oi whom can b~
looked upon aS Il novelty There Is Il
bare possibility that Sarah Rernl.aull
may come over inr Il three months tour
beginning about January |.
Stories Of inordin:,te appetite anuro,,,
mischance, carnul dcIirlun,, Sauyhtc,
and sud len death, whether in novels ol
in plays, arrsays William Winter CHEAP
and nasty, and to persons VIII" possess
good health and good taste, their expos
tion upon the stage is Il cpllsive bore.
The purpose Of art should M beauty, not
deforinity-l exhibition Of an ideal t.,
he emuate'l. not Il horror to br stunned
-hn excitement ii noble emotion. not
Of disgust.
Modjrska is quoted as saving This hi,
Of seD-c about the attack on benefits
The actress. Us Il rule. has liltlc money
and II" time to give to charity. but ST.,
can lend her talents now and then With.
out harm t" herself az anyone else. II
they can appear twice day, as they d'
in vaudeville. What they do for Chart \
won't hurt them. Besides. in snmt
countries actors ar" taxed heavily. Her,
they are not taxed at ALL They ought
to give something for the public that
does So much for them.
Sir Squire Bancroft. now in New York
speaks Of the first performance "f "Oul
American C"usil.,' which he Witnr>-c,
here thirty-nine years ago. with Edwart
$. : thern. Joseph jefferson. Lanr;
kecnr, Edwin Narrry and sara Steven.
inthe east. Mr.. Vary is not the "nl,
one nf these actors now before the pub
lie. Mrs. Steven, is acting the mo, lr
in Way Down Elst. at the Manhattan
and doing it well enough I" justify ad
mirativn iur the actors Of that earle
school.
Plunkrt Greene who sings S,.vcra
hundred songs from memory, has II pc
culiar reason tor never singing from note
His audiences have often not iced that Ii,
seems afflicted with nervousness, ant
haze wondered that SO experienced
singer should show so much trepidation
This nervous affection is due to an acci
dent he met with when boy. Wllil
skating he fell and struck the back Of hi
head on the ice. His nerves have neve