Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-04-11
THEATRICAL GOSSIP

Julia Marlowe has been in the city with
friends the past few days, it being her
custom to rest the week before Easter. A
representative of The Star called upon her
this morning. There Is nothing theatric
about Miss Marlowe. She was as much In
| earnest when she talked about bicycling,
| her dog "Tany' and ether casual matters
as she was when reference was more par
ticularly made to the drama. to her IA
vorite characters. or upon other subjects
associated with dramatic art
Among the pertinent matters discussed,
in which tn. newspaper readers and thea
ter-goers PROBABLY take a lively interest,
was her position as an actress i'm regard to
Inc classic drama, in view of the fact that
| she has recently achieved such a signal
| success in modern romantic play.
Il Will always play the classic roles"
she sail. Il will always keep Juliet in my
repertoire as long as continue to act. She
is great character, and affords untold
| opportunities to portray a great variety
OF emotions. Though so youthful in years
| she Is always u subject Of interesting and
| intending study. Rosalind, too, 1 hope to
play always. 1 like the optimism; there
| Is SO much in her of the beauty OF life
Who could help loving the forest of Ar
den. hlled. as ii is, with such lovable peo-
pie! That is. all except jacques"
The conversation naturally drifted to
Miss Marlowe's new play. THE Countess
Vaieska, and incidentally to the charac-
ter Oh ner lover. Achim Won Lohde as a
man.
Il fear l cannot agree with many of the
| opinions that have been expressed in re-
| gard tc his character Some peoule saw
| that 1t seems impossible that a highly
| bred, beautiful woman should love a man
who has no regard for her patriotism. He
| Is the kind Of man who regards woman's
interest in such affairs as a preposterous
1 nfza 1,or
ability to grasp such questions, and feels
that she should be subserv;ent to him IN
| Eer convictions. as We'll as in her affec-
uons For that matter, 1 think that even
To-Day there are still a great many me-.
| VINO regard woman's advancement in law,
business. politics. and even in the sciences,
as presumption Like Achim. they are
| eSotists, who believe that it is sufficient for
woman to have a man to love and be
| loved. There is no doubt that women fall
IN love with such individuals. and it seems
| IL perfectly natural that the countess
should love her tall Prussian""
asked wa"
''Ok, 10, thank you." replied the actress
one production of a new play in a season
| IS as much as any actress should under
take. III she can find one character to add
to her repertoire each year she has much
| reason to feel satisfied. At present 1 am
resting as much as possible from my work
at the theater"
MISS Mariowe expects to spend the sum-
| nier In Europe. She will go more for rest
| than with any idea of making arrange
| mcats for her immediate appearance on
the foreign stage.
Some few years since a young American
GIRL Julie OPP, made ireffectual efforts TO
secure an engaSen.e nt among the man.
LETS a.i IN new YORK to play small parts.
fainng In this, he became a newspaDer
writer, and i'm special articles interviews
anu otner literary work soon had ample to
keep her profitably employed. The old love
Would not down, and so Julie Opp went 10
| England and there succeeded i'm her am
| billion, and became a member of George
! Aiexanders company at the St. James
Iheater. Miss OPP exhibited such talent
| mat she was rapidly advanced. AMI finally
Daniel FTohman induced Nj. Alexander 10
loan her for the New York Lyceun The
alter production of Pineros 1.-The Princess
| and the Butterfly" This attractive young
actress astonished the public on the
occasion of her debut at the I-yceun The
alter as Princess PannGnia by giving per-
1Grmance of a complex character study
that veteran actress might have been
proud to present. 1t is a little more than
| a year when Miss Opp appeared for tho
hrst time on any stage and her crogress
faS been amazingly rapid. One much
older in experience might well have shrunk
nom assuming role which is compounded
OF inaction, monologue and dialogue witty
though the latter may be. Miss Opp how
ever, yitalized the piaywright's lines aud
gave an air of plausibility to the whimsical
| heroine of fantastic play A BEAUTIFUL
presence and an exceptionally meIodio,s
and wel!-modulated voice are among the
| attractions of this new theatrical favorite
and these are supplemented by Intelligence
and histrionic a5iIity-an exceedingly fine
| brace of qualities.
Adolph link, the lively little comedian Ar
| the Liliputians, is an expert bicycle rider
and whenever his time permits he and his
wheel are inseparahle During tna long
| of 1.-The Fair in M6Qaf.nupv ;,
| York in the carly part of this season Mr.
link was living on the upper West Side
ard one of his principal pastimes was to
| take a spin on Riverside Drive. One Sum
Cay morning he ran down the avenue on
his wheel usual at a pretty fast gait
| when he suddenly noticed that a man on ;,
wheel was following him. He thought
| there was chance for great sport: he
chased down the avenue. putting all posi-
bic speed to his wheel. Faster and faster
he rode. but the big fellow on the wheel
| kept close to him The chase lasted a good
deal more than a mile, when link quite
exhausted. turned into I'D street The neNt
minute his pursuer was with him, and
| touching his shoulder, declared him under
arrest for scorchirg. He was taken to the
West Side police court, where Judge Kud-
Itch was dispensing law. The bicycle po-
Eeeman made his complaint, and told the
Judge what hard chase he had to catch
| up to the little fellow. With an earnest
| face the judge listened to it, but as link
was standing in front of his desk he could
not be seen by the magistrate, who order
| ed the prisoner TO mount the chair When
he saw little link he recognized him imme-
diately, being a great friend of the Lii
putians. and broke out in a hearty laugh.
He explained to the little actor that he had
violated a city ordinance for scorchiug
within the city limits and admonished him
not to repeat his grievous offense again.
He then discharged him. The most aston
| ished person was the bicycle officer. who
| up to that time thought he had caught a
reckless schoolboy and not one of the ia
nous Lilputlans.
GAITHERsBURG.