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play at the fremont theater, Boston,
the middle of next month.

play AT the fremont tneater, BOSTON,
the middle of next month.
Anna Held, wearing an American
flag Of diamonds, sapphires and rubies.
drives a four-in- hand of American
horses in Paris and declares that the
sentiment of the great French masses
is distinctly cordial and friendly to-
wards this country.
The annual melodramatic production
at the Academy of Music, New York
city, this year, will be made by Jacob
Lift. who will present Sporting Life"
n.elodrama by Cecil Raleigh and Sey-
more Hicks. The play has had a great
success in England and 1t will doubt
less repeat it here. There will be in
the neighborhood Of 500 people upon the
stage during one Of the scenes of the
play. Elta Proctor Otis and Robert
billiard have been engaged to- create
the leading parts in the forthcoming
production.
"At Gay Coney ISLAND will open it's
third annual tour late in August and
will make an extended tour of the
North and Middle West and the coast
states. The farce has been strengthen
ed by the addition of lot of new
speclalttes and will be In the hands of
a strong company. "At Gay Coney ISL
and will be under the management of
Doc Freeman and Ambrose Miller.
1t has pleased various newspaper
gcssips to declare that Miss Ellen
Terry will leave Mr.. Irving's dramatic
company and make her appearance as
star actress under another manage
ment. A positive denial Of this false
statement is authorized by close friends
of Miss Terry and Mr.. Irving.
Mr. Austin Brereton, writing from
London, says: I'm the New York Sun
and in some other American newspa-
pers- credence has been given to a re-
port that Miss Ellen Terry may leave
Henry Irving in order to join another
management. VIII you kindly give an
absolute denial to this statement, as
there has never been the slightest foun-
dation for ito" | "
The same writer, who is Mr.. Irving's
blographer and one of his intimate
friends, says in his London paper call
ed the Housekeeper:
1t is well known and commonly ac-
cepted fact in all properly informed
circles that the artistic association Of
Sir Henry Irving and Miss Ellen Ter
(which began with the revival Of
Hamlet at the Lyeeum theater on Dec.
80, isis, practically, for life; and
one that is not likely to be broken
by any excursion on the, part of the
actress from the management which
mas been so instrumental in her fame
and fortune during the last twenty
years. New York Tribune.
Inc following story has been told Of
a playwright of several generations
ago, whose dramas left only a temper
airy impression upon the dramatic lit
erature of his age. He had written a
play for we'll known actor, in which
the star did not appear until the sec
ond act. The actor complained that he
ala not have enough to do, but the
author insisted, that it was more eff.
IectlVe as 1t Was On the first night
the playwright celebrated the event in
nelghboring tavern, where several
gay. young men about town usually.
gathered Some Of them were just
from the theater. and their comments
upon ms play did -noto please him. A
llStlcuH resulted, in which he was pref
ty badly used UP. AS he sat at one
OF the tables, bruised and detected. the
actor stepped in.
Why, what's going on?' he asked.
Nothing right now" was the reply
Ihls is the intermission. But. saw
L wish | had written an entrance for
you in the first act'' F}2sts
On no. retorted the actor, that
wouldn't do. It's more effective as If
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ltallan opera, with fine costumes. ele
giant scenic effects and with a "civi1-
lzed' chorus is something which is NOT
seen every day, and so it is with a
certain degree of anxious anticipation
mat the coming of the ROYAL italian
Glahu opera company is awaited For
the press agent of that organization
declares that all those things Will ac-.
company the Royal Italians" during
thelr tour this season. Approves Of
the civilized chorus Leander Rich
ardson, of the New York Telegraph.
mad few remarks to make the other
day, as follows:
The press agent of the Royal Ital-
ian opera company, which I presume
Is the same organization that PLAYED
at Wallack's theater last spring. an
hounces that operations will be renew
ed with several new principals and
with a civilized chorus and competent
orchestra. [ had not noticed any con-
splcuously barbaric qualities about the
previous chorus, but perhaps those
more closely acquainted than 7 with
the inside workings of the Royal ItaI-
ian Opera company were enabled To
discern things imperceptible ia The
casual eye. The main thing is that the
opera company will come back to
EARTH
Walter Hale has not been home this
year, putting in the closed season in
LONDON. He appeared at the Hackett
testimonial in London a few weeks ago
as charles Ii. in ''Sir Hillery's Wage
era new piece-and made a pro-
nounced hit. 49,
Laurence Irving's latest play is call
ed Richard Lovelace," and deals with
the soldier, poet and dramatist. who
was devoted fanaticaliy to the cause
OF Charles l., and wasted his entire
patrlmony in his service. He was born
IN 1919 and died forty. years later, af-
in great misery. His poems were pub
lished under the title "Lucasta," and
his well known plays are "The Schol-
ar and THE Soldier" 1t is strange
that such a romantic hero should 50
long have eluded the dramatists
What Happened to Jones" was pro-
duced at the Strand theater, London,
July y, with what, at this writing
looks like every indication of success
for private cable from an unbiased
source brings the information that the
audience was enthusiastic and, what
is more to the point the criticisms were
unusually commendatory
Miss Sybil Sanderson, who recentiy
married Antonio Terry, and was port
ed last March as having developed an
insidious form of paralysis of the lower
limbs, and feared at the time that she
would never be able to appear on the
stage again, is back in Paris now in
so much better health that it is likely
she will have entirely recovered by next
year.