Evening star., 1898-12-24
rect antithesis of Carmen is my part in the
.Termagant and I have paid greater at

rect antltheSlS OF carmen Is my part IN the
Termagant and I have paid greater at
tention to the production of this play than
any other in my whole repertoire"
Miss Nethersole said that she didn't pro-
pose to be satisfied with her present sue
cess, but would continually strive for high
er and better work. One of these days
she hopes to play Beatrice in Shakespeare's
Much Ado About Nothing" Rosalind in
As You Like It., and it was suggested
that Lady Macbeth might not be beyond
her powers.
Probably women will always go on ad-
miring Isadore Rush, for the very definite
reason that she really is the best-dressed
woman on the stage. This reason is not
won by the mare fact of having fine clothes
or of having really remarka BILE taste in the
matter of shape, ornament and coloring,
Dut frSt OF all because there is a sort of
trig, all-rightness about IsaGore Rush that
is at once the result of good breeding and
OF inborn femninity. 1t Is not merely
part of her equipment as an actress, it is
part of herself for she is just as well
dressed Off the stage as on, and she could
no more get out of order than she could
fly. A new play, in which Isadore Rush
appears, is always, therefore, a sort of
event Tor women, for 1t means more of her
relnarka bic dresses, new ideas in regard to
style, which girls about to order benefi. by.
In the play in which she will BE- seen
next week. she has the opportunity to wear
some seven or eight gowns in which she
is sure not to fail to please. One cannot
imagine Isadore Rush failing in anything
that she undertakes, or, to be more exact,
undertaking anything that she cannot do.
There Is a thOroughneSS, q completeness, a
general all-riShtness in her work, that in
spires one with confidence, and if seven
little parts with Mr.. Reed comprises her
layout of achievements. no one can say
that the seven little parts do not repre-
sent a very wide range CT women.
1t was only eight years ago that she
made har debut here as Lucy Joy in The
Woman Hater," and between that and
Henrietta Oliver are Bessie Bunting, a
twenty-year-old widow in Lend Me Your
Wife, Mrs. Abraham Oakes. a woman of
no certain age at all in Club Frend;"
Kitty marlborough, an eighteen-year-old
kitten in 'lnnocenS as a Lamb" Mrs Dar-
lipgton of very uncertain age, in Dakota"
the up-to-date and a century beyond it;
Cleopatra Sturgiss in The Politician" and
in each of these roles Miss Rush has scored
with the star whom she supports.
The story of how Roland Reed secured
THE Wrong Mr.. Wright" which has
proven one of the best successes this popu-
lar comedian has yet had, is most interest
ing. 1t was near the opening of his season.
and he was in quandary as to what he
should use to open his season with. The
day before the time he had called his COM
pany for rehearsal he was still without
play, when an express package came to his
home in New York. 1t containing a manu-
script of what was apparently musical
comedy, and as he was not looking for that
kind of play. it was thrown aside, and he
prepared to write the author that the work
was not suitable to him.
Whlie Mr.. Reed was searching for the
address of the author, he heard hearty
laughter coming from an adjoining room,
and on investigating the cause he found
his daughter reading the discarded manu-
script. He was greeted with: Papa, this
is an awful funny play with a great part
for YOU" He replied, But l cannot do a
musical play" His daughter answered,
It's great play without the songs" Mr.
Reed became interested and had her read
the play to MIN, with the result that after
consultation with his manager, a telegram
was sent 10 Broadhurst, asking him if he
could come to New York. A reply came,
saving, Yes, If you send me the money"
Inc play " as put in rehearsal next day,
produced in Boston ten days later, meet
ing with great success. Geo. H. Broad
hurst received nearly $4,000 in royalties,
which made it possible for him to produce
ready made him a small fortune
James O'Neill tells a funny story that
happened to him down SOUTH
MIR. ONeill had picked up colored lad.
VINO was to act as his valet and dresser
1t was the fellows first week on tn, road.
and he was not quite used to the splendor
| Hond Mr.. O'Neill went to a new hotel
there, which Is considered Cne Of the fin st
In the south. On asking the rates Mr.
ONeili was informed that they were SO a
day, American plan.
When the bell boy started to take Mr.
ONeilPs grip upstairs the actors valet
turned to the bell boy, saying: Him. IL
that amt taking money by violence, 1 am
no Norfolk nigger."