The record-union., 1898-05-08

months ago she determined to leave his
employ he did not invite her to hurry
up about it, as is his custom when his
actors or actresses become fractions.
Instead, so I was told at the time by
one or two other theater directors, ne
Asent out a written notification that
Miss Gilman was under contract to him,
and that he should consider it court
esy due from one manager to another
not to engage her AS she presently
reappeared upon his stage, gather that
the appeal was needed. Anyway, Miss
Gilman is both pretty and talented, and
/ shall be very greatly mistaken if she
isn't heard from in earnest one of these
days"
Think of the time, now gone, When
Edwin Booth made his annual visits
to his dear old friend JoseDh Jerer-
SOM, writes Josephine Robb of Rip
Van Wrinkle as He is at Home IN the
May Ladies Home Journal can
you not see these two, with all the rest
of the family sitting around the open
fire in the big dining room? These two
great artists and dear friends are talk
ing Of days that have gone by-one tell
ing the story of some unfortunate pre-
dicament in which he had been placed !;
the other speaking Of some day when
they had met and who else was present
at the meeting. And then the history
of some happy time would be told, and II
would be, Ned, did you ever think,
or, Joe, will you ever forget? And so
the conversation would go on, and they
would be boys again. The light from
the bright fre-which was the only light
in the room-shows these two faces to
perfection. One would tell some old
joke and both would laugh merrily-so
merrily that all the family, down to the
smallest child, joined in. Then the tears
would gIisten in the eyes of each as
the name OF some old companion was
mentioned-some one whose life had
been full of sorrow and who had gone
before, perhaps-who knows?-to show
them the way The wonderful profile
Of Edwin Booth looks as if 1t were cut
in ivory, while the expressive face OF
Mr. Jefferson changes so continually it
would never suggest anything so firm;
it is more like wax-but wax with a
soul There came a time when the dear
but Mr.. jefferson himself will know how
much he has been missed"
Many plays have had Dante's tale of
Francesca da Rimini for their subject,
but in recent years George Boxers ro-
mantle tragedy, handsomely revived in
the eighties by the late Lawrence
Barrett, is the only one in which many
playgoers have, been interested. The
elemental situation is Identical with
that in the kindred legends Of Yseult
and Guinevere, and has been the found
alton of many plays, including "Yor-
ick's Love" George Alexander intends
to produce at the st, James Theater,
in London, a "Paolo and Francesca, y
by the new and loudly proclaimed poet,
Stephen Phillips, whose gift, thus far,
has seemed to be lyrical rather than
dramatic.
The Glasgow newspapers are exceed
ingly complimentary to Walter Firth s
new play Not Wisely, but Too Well,
which the Kendals have just produced
in that city, and on the opening night
there were scenes of uncommon en-
thusiasm The story, as related on a
previous occasion, is of middle aged
/ Duke, who, when about to be married
learns of the existence of his son by a
woman with whom, in his youth, he had
! contracted a Scotch marriage. The
great scene is where the deserted moth
er encounters the bride-elect, and is
cruelty insulted by her in the presence
of the Duke who thereupon repents
and makes reparatiOn. Both Mr.. and
Mrs Kendall are said TO be very well
suited.
Charles Frohman is going to have an
English stock company and has secured
Lady Ursula" a comedy by BissOn
The Pullman Conductor" and farce
by the author of THE Two Vagabonds.
He has also obtained the English rights
for Countess Valeska" and will present
| it in England, with Julia Marlowe in the
title-role.
THE Prisoner of Algiers," Frank Lin
den's new melodrama, will soon be given
all elaborate production in San Fran
cisco The play won much favorable
mention wherever il was presented on
! the route from Butte over the North
line.
| San Francisco Music and Drama: A
! local author has in preparation a new
and powerful melodrama, said tC
abound in thrilling scenes and effective
! climaxes, which, when completed, will
! first be seen at one of our local theaters
| Those who have seen the work are en-
/ thUsiastic over it and predict a great
! success
Nine Modjeska has returned to hel
ranch near Santa Ana, Southern Call
| fornia where she intends to pass the
/ summer, instead of going to Europe
as announced in the Eastern papers.
Forbes Robertson has been encour-
/ aged so much by the success Of his re-
cent tour in Germany that he is medi-
tatng a much more extensive foreign
/ tour for next year. He may even visit
/ Moscow and ST. Petersburg.
| Arthur Boucher, Lawrence Irving
and Miss Violet Vanbrugh will play
| prominent parts in George Bancroft:
I
duced in the Metropolitan Theater
/ London
/ NJ. Dubout. the author of 'Frede-
| gonde." a play produced last year a
the Coincide Francaise, has finally wor
| his case against NJ. Brunetiere, editor
! Of the Revue des Deux Mondes" NJ
Jules Lemaitre, dramatic critic of th'
Revue" sharply criticised NJ Dubout's