Evening star., 1898-11-12

great artists. Washington should be proud
0f Charlie HanfOrd.
An author who write play that
can draw an average of $1,000 a week, -
said Harry S Award, acting manager of
James X HaCketts company. one day this
week. lis enabled to make so. Geo to SO 600
n year. providing. of course the play runs
through a season. If the author is fortu-
Late enough to have several plays going.
uhCcr similar conditions. he can become
r-ch III a very short time. The most eX-
pthsiFe plays for managers are usually the
'4tapt ST. for If the royalties be large the
Frolts grow accordingly. Now Daniel Froh-
man greatest success was The Prisoner
OF Ienda: the plays receipts averaged $40.
90" Il week. and in one season he paid the
a1Ihor nearly $4,000. Mr.. Hackett as you
kn1w. sue eeded Mr. Sothern in the title
role but the revival was fully as success
Ial as the original production. Three big
successes at the Lyceum, in New YORK,
were me Wife, The Charity Ball and
Lord ChGmlcy: | believe il is on record
that Mr Frohman paid Belasco and De-
Mli!" considerably over S1OO,OuD in royal lties
1or this trio of plays. Mr. Pinero got big
money Tor his share out of Sweet Layen-
DER, and no less than $4,000 from The
-mazons, and Mr.. rrohman paid Sardou
"pout lnls same sum for the cIty and road
production OF his Americans Abroad [
OF tentzau, which Mr.. Hackett is to put
en- III Philadelphia week after next. and we
are hoping that Anthony Hopes remit
tanCes from Mr.. Frohman VIII be yery
heaNE, Tor this will mean that our re eipts
are very large. Mr.. Frohman has every
cGnhGSnee in Rupert and as vuu know
ms Judgment is well-nigh infallible A
man who has only scored two or three
iahtfeS IN twelve years, must be accepted
as a pretty good prophet
Il will not retire from the stage" said
Mss Arthur because if | did 50. l would
give tne lie to my whole struggle in the
pfGi5SslCn So far-since my c,cN Cnth year.
| would say in doing SO that | had been
WORKING simply for reCOmpenSe One of
the old philosophers said that it is not fhc
attainment OF success that brings pleasure.
1t is the struggle to attain it. | find Il
pressure in an earnest endeaVOr for sue
cess which no amount of money could pur-
chase for me in any other way.
10 speak of my private fortune = ~
nection with my stage work is 10 do
llllk, even greater InJuStlce 20 my " urs
as an actress. My aim upon the stage IS
Just the same now as it was in my for
ner hard-spent years in the dramatic
succeed upon my own merits and with only
the aid of whatever talent nature and ex-
pertcnce may have endowed me with. ]
always intend in the future to adequately
produce my plays. but to think that l will
make use of a fortune to draw the atten-
ll'll III tIt puDIlc To my elIOTlS VIII De,
think. to beiittle my work for which | have
always claimed the one merit-that it was
honestly attained. / feel that should one
person see me because OF the elabOrateneSs
of my productions. and not because of the
rendition Of the role 1 present. he or she
will come to see Julia Arthur the woman,
and not the actress. and the struggle ! have
gone through to attain what little proml
nence | may have achieved to be utterly
wasted"
This is the last week in New York for
The Little Corporal" Mr. Wilson's latest
opera. it giving way to another attraction
much 10 the regret of Mr. Wilson, for the
reason that the business that gentleman is
doing insures run for the rest of the sea-
son if his stay in New York could be pro-
longed. This is impossible, however for
the reason that The Little Corporal goes
on tour, reaching Washington in January.
Whether or not it is creditable to ones
self to have been born in New York city
is question. Those who live there say it
most certainly is; they who were born else
where (and these latter are considerable in
numbers maintain that amy old place is
good enough to hail from" At any rate
James K. Hackett the actor. was born and
brought up in the metropolis, and every
year but one since he has been on the
stage, he has gone home to vote. Men OF
stageland in this country are generally
criticised and condemned because they pay
little or no attention to the affairs of church
and state-particularly state. The father
Of Mr.. H&ckett took a deep interest in poll
tics, and this seems to have descended to
the SON Mr.. Hackett journeyed from
Utica to New York to register. and last
Tuesday he went from Baltimore to his
home and voted for the now governor-elect
Of the state. whose personal friendship he
has long enjoyed. Indeed. in the Hackett
company politics has been discussed of
late to the exclusion of all else, save 'Ru-
pert of Hentzau." The star diiated so
much upon the duty of good citizens"
ct cetera. that Mr. Hoops. the company vii
lain" and Treasurer John J. Donnelly be-
came infused with interest, and accom-
panied Hackett on his registering and his
voting embassy.
The recitals of the Chamber Music So
cfety organization should interest the stu
dent and music lovers generally, for the
opportunities to hear the class of music
that Is scored for instrumental trio or
quartet are limited. The interesting per
formances of the kreisel quartet have ac-
qCainted many with this character Of
music. but the fact that this organization
has always been heard in the afternoon
has prevented many from attending. The
Tccitals of the Chamber Music Society will
be given in the evening and at the Univer-
salist Church. so that it is possible for
many to attend who can not be present
ar a matinee performance.
The subscription is open at GuZman'S, in
E. r. DrOop & Sons, The public sale for
the season opens Wednesday morning, No
Vcmber l6.
There was one actor who will fare mighty
well by ROOsevelts election in New York
state. and that man is Mason Mitchell, who
vas "a member of the Roosevelt Rough
Rider Brigade" at Porto Rico. There is
another actor. who would have got the op-
posite medicine, had it not been for the far
sighteduess OF his manage That actor is
Ode3l Williams of the Way Down East
Company. During the engagement of the
play at the Harlem Opera House, New
York city. a few weeks ago, Richard Croker
and a party of friends Witnessed the per-
formance. and some one of the party hit
on the idea of getting Mr.. Williams, who is
a member Of Tammany Hall, to go and
stump the state in the interest of Van
Wyck, following up on the trail of Mason
Mitchell. who was doing noble stump
work for Teddy. the Rough Rider. Mr.
Williams was foTcibly struck with the idea
of beng a political orator, seeing visions
of getting d good political position if Van
Wyck was successful. Hunting Up Mana
ger Brady, he asked for his release and
was greeted with the Information that If he
desired it, well and good but as 20 grant
same would be a serious Inconvenience
Mr. Williams was informed he could never
again return to Mr. Brady's employ, for
during the run at the Manhattan Theater
New York city. Mr.. Brady permitted Mr..
don to appear with Mrs. Leslie Carter in
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