The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-05-01

proceeded to fiji it with the professors and
their wives and all the pupils OF the College
Stanislas, where NJ. Rostand received his
ea~ly education. This is the play which
Richard Mansfield has secured for next sea-
son.
Mrs. Edna Wallace Hopper looked very
much put out when she referred TO a ru-
NOR that had got into circulation to the
effect that she is contemplating marrying
Tod" Sloane, the Beau Brummel OF jockey
dom. She has applied for, but has not yet
been granted. a divorce from De Wolf Hop
per, and consequently she thinks it would
De very bad taste, to say the least, for her
TO be considering another marriage. And
then, too, even If she should ever take an
other hllgband-a contingency which she is
mote-welI, Mr.. Tod" Sloane is a very good
friend of hers, but when it comes to talking
about husbands-'there are others"
oh, it's all too absurd to talk seriously
about, said Mrs. Hopper. Il really haven't
the remotest idea of marrying Mr.. Sloane
or anybody else. I've had quite enough
of ~connubial bliss-for the present, any
way."-New York Herald.
Ben Stevens and De Wolf Hopper, who
have been associated together in business
for more than a decade, are going to part
at the end of the season. owing to a row
said to have arisen in connection with Miss
Nella Bergen's engagement in 1.-The Bride
NANN1 NAAAO ~ that VA IlOPpCI Il
planned somewhat heatedly to Mr.. Stevens
that he thought a greater effort should have
been made TO retain Miss Bergen in the
Sousa opera and not permit of the entrance
Of Miss al hilda Clark ST. who succeeded Nella
terested In The Bride-eiect," couldn't see
the matter in the light in which Mr.. Hop
Hence the separation. Mr.. Sonsa saws he
will not let either Hopper or Stevens have
his new opera, The. Charlatan," until they
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gard to their affairs. Mr.. Reynolds, con-
nected with the management of Sousa's
band, not former Senator Reynolds, is
talked Of as Mr.. Hopper's manager next
season. Stevens will probably manage Jeff
OAngelis next season.
The morning that the Presidents wife
left Washington for New York three boxes
for the following night at the Manhattan
Theater were ordered for the party by tele-
graph. Abner Mckinley, the Presidents
brother, had witnessed Way Down East.
a few evenings previous and it was his in
dorsement of the rustic American play that
prompts the social incident for the enter
talnment of the first lady of the land. The
Herald says that New York never before
saw such an extraordinary demonstration
as was given in honor of Mrs. Mckinley.
me boxes were embowered in ferns, palms
and white roses. and draped with silken
fagS. Every head was uncovered as Mrs.
Mckinley passed through the lobby. The
audience arose as she was escorted down
the aisle and the orchestra played the
"Star-Spangled Banner" The ovation of
cheers continued after the guests had been
seated. When the curtain rose on the sec
ond act TIE demonstration broke out anew.
The stage scene represented the old sitting
room of a New Hampshire farmhouse and
on the back wall hung a large portrait of
President Mckinley. Mrs. Mckinley ex-
pressed herself as delighted with WAY
Down East" and sent a personal message
OF congratulation to Phoebe Davies. Way
Down East celebrated its o~ne-hundredth
performance last week. George Backus and
Bun Mcintosh have prominent roles in the
cast, and Brady & Fitzgerald apparently
have another winner.