Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-06

scheme for freeing itself from all in
debtedness.
When the club moved into its new
home, in West Thirty-slxth street, about
a year ago, it incurred a debt of $4,000
by buying the property outright and
spending money lavishly upon the in
terror decorations. The club was organ
lied solely for the purpose of relaxa-
ton. Many entertainments, dubbed by
the club as "gambols," have been Civ
en-, at which the members were unable
to invite their women friends, as they
were in the nature of informal smoking
performances Several seasons ago,
however, in order to meet the demands
of their friends and relatives, it was
arranged to reproduce each spring, at
one of the theatres, the best of the re-
views of the year, to which the public
was admitted. These entertainments
have become famous all over the United
states, and many have been the re-
quests from various clubmen to have
them reproduced in other large cities.
This was not considered possible until
the present plan was perfected, by
which the club hopes to wipe out its in
debtedness in one week by a series Of
all-star' entertainments to be given
for the benefit of the club.
"A company composed of a galaxy of
stars, leading men, authors, managers
and musicians, has been brought to-
gether, and they are to appear in per-
formances after the style of those Civ
en- at the annual Lambs Gambol The
tour Will last only one week, beginning
May 23d, making one-night stands in
New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Wash
ington, Pittsburg, and Chicago, with
matinees in Brooklyn and Baltimore. In
each town there will be a street parade
in which all the company will appear.
Among the actors and singers who are
to shine in the unique aggregation, are:
Actors-E. A. Sothern Nat c. Good
win, William H. Crane, John Drew, Will
liam Gillette, Stuart Robson, Maurice
barrymore, Frederic De Belleville, j. E.
Dodson, James K. Hackett, William Fa-
yersham, Joseph Holland, Edward M.
Holland, Fritz Williams, Willie" Col
ller, Henry Miller, Robert Hilliard,
Wilton Lackaye, John E. Kellerd, Fred
erick Gottschalk, William Thompson.
Charles Richman, Cyril Scott, and AL
Lipman.
Singers-Henry c. Barnabee, De Wolf
Hopper, Henry c. Macdonald, Chauncey
olcott, Eugene Cowles, Jefferson de An
CELLS, Frank Daniels. Harry Conor Dan
DAILY, Ignatio Martinetti, Herbert
Grips, Rhys Thomas. William Philip,
Charles II. Hopper, Digby Bell, Joseph
Herbert, Walter Jones, Edwin Hoff,
Mark Smith, and Edmund Stanley.
All of these celebrities, who. by the
way, are bound by contract, have Of
fered their services gratis, in return for
which the management will pay all their
expenses of every name and nature
tnat may be necessary for the giving of
these entertainments, such as railroad
transportation, hotel expenses, sleeping
car accommodations, carriages, and cos
tunes.
The company will be further augment
ed by the following authors, who are to
furnish the skits and burlesques to be
presented: Augustus Thomas, Glen Mac
donough, Clay M. Greene, Edward e.
Kidder Harry Paulton, E. w. Presbrey,
Alfred Bradley, Stanislaus STANCE,
Clyde Fitch, Leo Deitrichstein, Charles
Klein, and, Walter Craven. Original
music will be composed for them by
John Philip Sousa Reginald De Koven,
Victor Herbert, j. H. Hitler, and Jesse
Williams; the souvenir program and the
etch1ngs will be prepared by e. w. Kem-
bic, Frederick Remington, Edward Sim
monds, James Metcalfe, and Robert
Reed; while the advance agents will in
clude E. w. Townsend, Charles Froh-
man, A. l.. Erlanger, Daniel Frohman,
Ed Jack, Frank Murray, AL Candy, Ben
Stevens, and Kirke La Shelle, who are
to write and work into print their own
effusions about this vast constellation
of popular men
Everything necessary for the tour will
be in the hands Of the Lambs. They will
handle the baggage and scenery, act as
stage hands and porters, and help swell
the street parade. The company will
travel in its own train, which will be
followed by another special train con-
tanning members Of the club who will
take no part in the entertainment but
have good time.
The entertainment to be given will
open with regular minstrel first part,
in which Chauncey Olcott-who cancels
week of his tour, as do Crane, Good
win, and others, to appear for the club
Will sing Only pansy blossom the
song with which he first became identi-
fed. Harry Gillig, who is well known In
san Francisco, will also sing a solo. A
prominent feature of the minstrel part
VIII be quadruple quartet, composed
of Messrs Olcott, Hoff, Philip and Stan
ley; Messrs. Cowles De Wolf Hopper,
Robinson and Wheeler; Messrs Mark
Smith, Gillig, Macdonald and Bell; and
Messrs. Rhys Thomas, Charles Hopper,
Barnabee and Golf. The end men will be:
Bones, Messrs. Goodwin, De Angels and
Walter Jones; tambourines, Messrs.
Robson, Collier and Dan DAILY De Wolf
Hopper will be the interlocutor, The
black-face orchestra will be composed of
twenty-five prominent musicians, who
belong to the club, under the leadership
of Jesse Williams, while the various
musical numbers will be directed by the
composers of the music. Following the
minstrel first part will some satires and
skits on the most successful dramas of
the day
The undertaking will far surpass any
thing of the kind ever attempted not ex-
ceptlng the tour Of the "all-star' cast
in The Rivals which Joseph jefferson
organized. With such a lot of clever men
cast for the minstrel first part and the
burlesque in the second half of the pro-
gram, 1t is safe to predict that the tour
will be great success and net the club
fifty thousand dollars, with which the
debt on the Lambs Club viii be paid.
OFF FOR THE KLONDlKE.