The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1898-12-04

and Hamiltons sub-oceanic fight, a
new successful melodrama presents a
balloon ascension and mid-alr strug-
gle for life between two aeronauts, ana
doubtless other excursions into the ele-
mental realms are being devised by
the great army Of imitators
When she married r. D. MacLean, lS
months ago, Odette Tyler announced
her intention to retire from the boards
and to devote the rest of her life to
rural felicity at her husbands farm
in West Virginia. Now, however, the
announcement is made that she and her
husband, an actor who used to tour
with his first wife, Marie Prescott, have
combined with Charles B. Hanford,
formerly Booth and Barrett's leading
support, to appear in Shaksperean re-
pertoire
The climax in new English melo-
drama is a marriage ceremony per-
formed in a church, by q burglar, who,
being interrupted in stealing the silver
communion utensils, puts on the rec
tors robes and reads the service.
Jefferson De Angels Madge leasing,
Laura Burt, the Hawthorne sisters,
Marie Dressler, Williams and Walker,
Robert Hilliard, Sadie Martinez and
Sam Bernard are among the volunteers
for the Elks' benefit, to be held Tues
day, at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, New
York.
James r. Waite has formed his the
atrical interests into a stock com
pany, capitalized at $40 per share, and
advertises for investors Last week.
says the Dramatic Mirror, he received
a wire from Mark Murphy asking for
20 shares of stock, and saying the
money for the same would be sent by
post The manager made out the GER
tificates in proper form, but, being a
careful business man, locked them in
the safe pending the arrival of the
promised letter. When it came, few
days later, he tore open the envelope
with eager fingers and drew forth two
confederate 500 bills.
w. II. Cranes Worth a Million" is
a fiat failure, and viii shortly be with
John Philip sousa is i'll, though not
dangerously and win be incapacitated
from welding the baton for several
weeks.
Francis Wilson is contemplating en-
thering the lecture field, and the lyceum
managers are after him.
Della Fox is to be married. A man
named Hugh Chilvers is the happy
bridegroom,
Han Game returns to England this
week, to resume work on a new play.
The Dramatic Mirror announces that
Providence is to have d new theater
before the season closes. The new
house will have a seating capacity OF
1900, and VIII be conducted on an in
dependent basis as a first~class com
bination theater. It is intended to fill
! the vacancy caused by Keith's opera
| houses detection into the vaudeville
ranks. and will undoubtedly become an
accomplished fact, as the funds are all
subscribed and the plans drawn.
Charles Frohman intends to spend
$50 O00 upon his production of Romeo
and Juliet" in which Maud Adams is
| TO be the Juliet and William Favers-
| ham the Romeo.
| The Baldwin theater, San Francisco
was totally destroyed by fire last week
| along with a hotel beside IT. The loss
| was 81 800. 900, besides several lives
: though none of the dead or injured We're
| theatrical people. Gillette and his Sc
I cret Service" We're playing at the the
alter. and the star lost everything
! scenery and costumes, together with
several valuable manuscripts, including
! his dramatization Of sherlock
&. w. Pineros "Treiawuey of The
IWells" opened the New York Lyceun