Evening star., 1898-11-19

this week. for the offerings have AL been
good. The best of the Casino shows, The
Belle Of New York. has drawn fairly well
but nothing to what it should have done;
the excellent company interpreting The
Tree of knowledge" has not met with is
deserts In the way Of patronage. nor have
the sterling performances of Mr.. Charles
HanfOrd and his company, who have ap-
peared in a series of legitimate plays.
The offerings for Thanksgiving week are
such as should appeal to public favcr. Miss
Alice Neils"n, in her remarkable success
The Fortune Teller" will be seen at he
Lafayette Square, and Mr.. Frank Perley
has given a spleldid production of Victor
Herbert's tuneful opera. At the National
will be seen a domestic drama that is as
complete a representation of New England
rural life as is The Old Homestead" A
Few play that should excite the greatest
amount of patriotism will be seen at the
Columbia. it is entitled Tine Red, White
and Blue" and tells of the gallantry of the
American navy. The Grand Opera House
will open to present the Passion Play pic
lures, and Thanksgiving night there will
be performance of the bright burlesQue
written by the Harris brothers, called The
Hula Girl AT the Academy HaniOns
'Superba" will be given with up-to-date
improvements. The Lyceum will offer
good vaudeville program.
Mr.. Charles b. Hanford is sanguine that
MS JOlIl SldITlllS arrangement with L.
Mclean and Miss Odette Tyler will be pro-
dUctive of the most satisfactory artistic
and financial results Speaking to Star
reporter. he said;
Before Mr.. Mclean married Miss Tyler
l had considerable correspondence with him
with regard to a joint starring tour, but
nothing came of il. Several weeks ago |
was surprised to receive a letter from him
proposing the tristan plan. l looked with
favor upon 1t. and on November he and
his wife Joined me at Scranton, Pa, and
the following day the contract was signed.
! will act and also manage the combina-
tion. The alliance will be tirst-Class and
gilt-edge in every respect, and nothing but
the best will satisfy US l have thu scenery
and properties of the Booth and Barrett
and the keene and Philadelphia festival
productions, and they constitute the most
complete equipment to bs obtained. Never
theless, l shall order several new sets for
Romeo ana Juliet and the Merchant of
Venice We will play through the Eouth,
whers We all are strong favorites, and
about the 1st of February We viii invade
New York. There We Will seek a theater
on Broadway. and nowhere else. Our FRO
ductions will be as complete as they can be
made, and l do not fear the result. Mr..
Mclean had a brilliant career an actor
during the period he was on he stage, ard
Miss Tyler's record with Mr.. Charles F-Oh-
man is well known l could state il"
Miss Tyler is the daughter of Gen. H. H.
Kirkland and the niece of the author Of
"Hardee's Manual" She was born in Sa-
Nannah Ga. but at an Early age came TO
this city, and was educated at the George
town Convent. About eight yearG ago she
entered Mr.. Charles Frohm4n's employ as
an actress of comedy roles, and soon distln-
guished herself. She was 4 hit as Miss
Milford in Secret Service, and went to
England with the company last year. Be
fore going il became hnown thaI she was
engaged to marry Mr.. howard Gould, but
when she learned that his family We're op
sod Ia he ffh = @ @ -D.s1
declaring that her family was good, il
not better, than his.
This new arrangement will permit me to
crafty my lifelong visa tC play Juliet"
said Miss Tyler to The Star reporter, and
! don't mind telling you that If | initiate
GyDOdy, 1t will be the iate Adelaide Neil
sen. who was the ideal juliet. When | .lar-
ried Mr.. Mclean iast year l promised TO
leave the stage and 10 never return, ard
for a while | was cOnlaatcd to raise chick
ems on his fine properly at ShspherdstCWn,
W. Na.-yOu know his reaI name is Shep-
herd, and the town w1s named after his
father. but my husband called himself Nc
Lean Whan ne went on ,he stag. Then We
began TO rehearse Romeo and Juliet with
the poultry and live stock as audience, and
after having worked ourselves into the
stage fever again, hare We are. 1 will also
play the parts of the two Portias and in
time Rosalind in AS You Like It We will
be seen in Washington soon, and then Try
our fate in New York"
1t is only a year or so ago that the petite
and piquant Nielsen was an humble little
chorus girl in San Francisco. She gradu-
aled from Il Kansas City church choir to
the second lie of the Merry, Merry" al
the TivOIi, in the city by the sunset sea.
Soon her vocal abilities and natural aDti-
tude gave her 'understudtes,' then small
parts and nndIIy leading roles in all the
EH5ISn operas. She could not have had a
better training, for the Tivoli is an institu-
ton which boasts OF having successfully
presented more different operas in English
than any theater in the world, not even
excepting those of London. In her two
years connection with the California home
OF opera Miss Nielsen sang the So
Prano roles in any number of light operas
as well as in some Of the more pretentious
compositions which are rendered in English
Al the same time she pursued her musical
studleS, and one night Henry Clay Barna-
pee the rising and ambitious comedian
heard her sing in Lucia" He was AT tho
stage door waiting for her when the per
ioT-nance was over, and the result OF the
stoseqGent meeting was that little Miss
Nielsen Joined the Bostonians and as her
hrst opportunity was given the role of An
lta IN Mexico The next season she san,
Snnapel in Robin Hood" and followed thai
WIN Maid Marian in the same opera Then
came her great triumph as Yyonne In ..'Tha
serenade. 1t was a genuinely artistic hit.
ner success was of that substantial SORT
tnat Appeals 10 the mercantile portion of
the theatrical professiOn-the managerial
e4enent- Many would-be and already-Were
lnpfessa11os, entrepreneurs and out-and-
out speculators made her propositions more
or less aliuring. but Manager Frank I,
IerIey, VINO was already the manager Of
tAe Bostonians, and who. consequently was
nearer 10 her in business way than any
one else, succeeded in securing her and so If
is TINS season that she bursts out in the
tneatTlcal armament as a bright and shin
ING star There can be no question of Miss
Neilsens success in this capacity. nor of the
success OF her opera, The Fortune Teller"
u Is said that in this. his latest composition
victor Herbert has written a score that is
Drsht and inspiring, while the libretto of
IiaFry T. Smith is bright, interesting and
amusing. A production unexcelIed in
beauty, richness and elaboration frames the
opera, and one Of the most perfect COM
games ever organized interprets it, so that
piss Neilsen's engagement here IS one 10
be iookei forward to. and should result I'm
packed houses at the Lafayette SQUARE
Opera House. where she appears
LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
-oI more than ordinary interest TO lovers
o. hsht opera will be the preseutm,nt Nom
Gay nsht, at the Lafayette Square Opera
mouse OF herbert and Smiths latest rnu-
slea4 onering, The Fortune TelIer.'' which
Will be given by the Alice Nielsen Onera
Company. The Fortune Teller has al
ready received metropolitan verdict of
approval, and 1t comes here almost directly
rom very successful engagement AZ val
lacks Thsater. New York ANY comnosi-
tioD the work of those successful coIIator