The times., 1898-03-06

about members of his company. Mrs
Robinson. who is with The Silent Sound.
which will be seen next week at the city
Theater is a niece of -." and George
Brown. of the Gentle Onion Company.
had a narrow escape from death the other
day." or William Henry. who VIII be
here tomorrow with the Fallen Among
Plumbers combination, stopped a run
away horse" and so on ad iniinitum- In
fact. there are a few more than are ex-
pressed In that last phrase According
to these press agents. every actor has at
least Sl0 adventures week, all Of which
the greater majority Of the general pubic
solemnly believe. Talk about leading
swift lives and the mortality in the pro-
fession-can one wonder at the size OF the
death-rate in a business where the work
ers spend half their time having adven-
lures?
Truly. this is an age of advertising, and
truly, as +. T. Barnum has said, the pub
lie does enjoy being biIked.
And. speaking of orchestras, there is
crying need for new one at the Biiou.
The present one was good enough as long
as cheap melodramas and farces held the
boards there. but the first essential TO *
cellence in a vaudeville entertainment u
the accompaniment. and now that Mana
ger Grieves has shown his enterprise in
securing clever people for his theater. a
good orchestra has become a necessity.
At every performance several acts are
ruined by the wretched music and hardly
a Monday passes without some perferHa--
having to request the leader to keep quiet
while she recites her song. There Is net
only "A lack of experience in the musi-
clans work but evident poverty Of Te-
I hearsal that is nothing less than fearful
If Manager Grieves wishes to improve the
r.f haa kr-
getting a new orchestra.
Rather n novelty in rival companies Is
presented here next week in the separ-
! ate bids for favor made by May and Flo
| Irwin. These ladies are not only sisters.
/ but one is producing a play formerly
used by the other. They are appearing
/ in houses under the same management
| and the tour Of one is directed by the
/ father of the man looking after the in
/ terests of the other. OF course rivalry
under such conditions could only be
/ friendly and the warm feeling between
| the stars is shown By the fact that Flo
! will be Mays guest while here y rumor
/ crept out during the week that the latter
would manage the former sister next sea
/ son. which would of course. serve 70
| draw the bonds tighter
| Nothing has been more notable or quick
! er than the success of VIII y Page. for
/ mer Washington boy, and present Times
/ correspondent in New York He has not
been away from this city more than five
months, but in that time has made a
reputation that is nearly. if not quite,
international He is at present conduct
ing Roy McCardelIs famous COLUMN on
the New York Telegraph. and has also
made a pronounced hit with his work on
the Standard. The latest advices from
the gay metropolis are to the effect that
Mr.. Page is seriously considering an offer
to go to London 10 work on a weekly the
/ atrical paper. 1t is likely that he viii
accept this offer although he has not yet
done So Mr. Page sails for England in
/ May, TO look over the ground before de-
Gliding. He is an able. earnest and con-
scientious writer ana shOulI succeed
/ anywhere.