The sun. (Wilmington, Del.) 1897-19??, 1898-04-24
WITH mask AND WIG
Personal Paragraphs Con-
corning Stage Favorites.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
vtems orthe Season...GOssip Ol
the Green Room-.-What They
are Doing.

Theodore Thomas wears a wig.
Mansfield began life as painter.
Marie Van Zandt is to marry Rlls-
sian nobleman.
Mary Hampton will star in an Indian
war drama.
Blanche Walsh has joined New
York popular price stock company
"a Trip to Chinatown" and "uncle
TOMS Cabin are touring Scotland.
A war play called Gettysburg" was
presented in New York on Monday last.
Henry E. Dixey will be seen in Nor
ton and Kerker's new review at the New
York Casino.
OF the 235 new plays produced in
London the past five years only % have
been successful.
A wax figure Of General Fitzhugh Lee
has been placed on exhibition at the
Eden Musee, New York.
Rose Coghlan will make her vaude-
vile debut in "Nance Oldtield' at
Keith's Boston Theatre on Nays.
At Manhattan Beach the coming sum.
mer DeWolf Hopper will revive"Wang,
"Falka," and 1.-The Black Huzzar'
Carl A. Haswin, John Jack and An
ME Ward Tiffany will be seen in Little
Lord Fauntleroy" in !. New York this
week.
In "Charles O'Malley," Wilton
Lackaye will sing the "Widow Malone,
Ochone," "The Man From Galway and
LET the Toast Pass"
The suit of Mrs. Ernestine Boniface,
wife of Actor George c. Boniface, for
absolute divorce, names Miss Bertha
Waltzngcr as correspondent.
Annie Russell will shortly produce a
new play in New York. The first act is
laid in Mexico and the other two in
Paris. She may star in it next season.
A report has been circulated that
Virginia Earle has had severe honor
rbagcs. This is denied at the theatre,
where it is said that Miss Earle is only
suffering from liberated throat.
Arthur W. Pincro and J. Comyns Carr
have completed their libretto for the
Savoy Theatre, in l. ndon, and the opera
has gone into rehearsal The score has
been composed by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
The population of Italy is 5000, GOO less
than the population Of France, but Italy
has more theatres than France and
twice as many as Great Britain, though
the population of Great Britain Is fully
100000 larger than that OF Italy
Louis James has received a cablegram
from Kyre Bellew and Mrs. James
Brown Potter inviting him to become a
third star for Il triple alliance proposed
for next season, but Mr.. James replied
that many contracts already made pre-,
vent him from accepting.
When Mrs. De Wolf Hopper retired
permanently from her husbands com,
pany, as well as from his society, the two
shook hands in a friendly way anC
wished each other success, presumably il
their professional paths as well as in the
proceedings now pending between them
In "The First Violin" produced il
Boston on Monday last, Mansfield breaks
away from his character creations ant
plays romantic part as a young lover
lie is the first violin in an orchestra in {
small German town, and several of The
scenes are located in German musica
boarding house.
Della Fox sang Fair Columbian il
"The Wedding Day." in New York las
week. This song she used to sing il
"The Kings Fool" Miss Fox" say
the Tribune, has not gained in refine
ment or intelligence or anything else ex
cept girth since her first disclosure to Al
amazed public years ago"
The stoly OF the forthcoming New
York Casino review revolves around tw'
statues-Nrro, and, we believe, Venus
that are supposed to be located in TIN
each other, and as they are really an'
truly Mr.. Walter Jones and Miss Mari
DRESSER, they shortly come to life an,
set out to see the town.
Ills Honor, the Mayor" Crane
new play, to be produced in New Yorl
on April %, is in three acts One seen
is laid in the Mayors office and anothc
in the green room of the Novelty Thea
tire. The story relate s the experiences @
the proprietor Of a concert hall who
elected to the presidency of the Board q
Aldermen. and ia the absence OF tn
cty's chief executive, becomes the actin
Mayor.
believe that the public is gettin
ready to be tired Of the made-up pa
triotism that Is offered to it at the thea
tres. There is never reason to fear tina
a troop OF our soldiers or the inspire,
strains of our many national airs will fal
upon unappreciatve eyes and ears; bu
the day by day and night by night din
ming Of canned icrvor is fatiguing evel
to those of us who are Americans to til
corc.-Sl. Louis Republic.
The war correspondent OF the Pres
Agents Association announces in
morning paper that Miss Lillian Rus
sell is preparing to abrogate all he
theatrical contracts and offer her service
tOthe Government IL Il nurse. A seriou
problem confronts the Government. Sup
pose, in the regular discharge of he
duties, Miss Russell should fall victim
to her patriotic enthusiasm, who wouIt
be entitled to place on the pension roll
Chicago Post
Nine. Sembrch's real name is Stem
gel, as that is her husbands name. He
own name before marriage was something
quite unlike Sembrich, which was he
mothers maiden name Nine. Nordic
is now in fact Nine. Doehme-if that b
her husbands real name--and had beef
Norton and Cover before that. Nine
Melba is Mrs. Armstrong, and was a
one time Mitchell. Emma Calve is her
self and has never changed that name b.
nAtrim0ny.