The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-30

/ WnRD one evening CiT f1enTy anu MISS
| Terry occupied a box during it's per-
| formance, and Miss Terry, not having
an opportunity to go back of the
scenes, left a note for Ethel. saying she
! must not think of leaving England
| without calling to say goodbye. The
| next evening accordingly Ethel ran
over to say farewell, when Miss Terry
| remarked:
We'll, Ethel. l suppose you are glad
to be going back to American"
Not at ALL answered she. Il have
been a trifie anxious to see my friends
| upon the other side of the water" she
added. but | really do not care to
leave London just yet"
We'll, my child" said Miss Terry,
| you need not go il you do not want
/ to-
/ This led to Miss Barrymore joining
Mr.. Irving's company. Whether
or not the elder Irving knew Of his
sons fondness for the young girl is not
recorded, but the gossips of the dra-
matte world hold to the belief that Miss
] Terry did, and that she acted for young
Lawrence Irving. of whom she is very
| fond. when she got her the engagement
| at the Lyceum.
| Now that Lillian Russell, Della Fox
and Margaret Mather have Indignantly
defended their sisters against the
charges brought by Clement Scott
as to the immortality of stage life,
there can be no doubt in the public
mind as to the complete inaccuracy of
Mr.. Scotts views, says the New York
Sun. This influential London critic
made some remarks on the effect of
stage life on actresses morals and the
rumor followed that he had been COM
PEELED to resign from the London news
paper with which he is connected; but,
as a matter of fact, he is still on the
staff, and likely to remain, as he Is
connected by marriage with the owner
of the paper. For two years past Mr..
Scott has been engaged in somewhat
bitter quarrel with Mrs. Kendall, who
has long typified all that was domestic
and pure in her profession. There has
been between Mr.. Scott and Mrs. Ken
dal continual row. which has exhibit
ed itself whenever occasion has offered.
The row began, IL appears, when Mr..
Scott wrote that Mrs. Kendall ought to
take better care Of her brothers tomb
stone. and she very naturally replied
that she could attend to the tombs Of
the members of her family without the
advice of outsiders. In this case the
brother happened to be Robertson, the
dramatist, and the matter was of some
what more general interest than Mrs.
Kendall was prepared to admit. But
she cleared herself of any responsible
ity in the matter. Since that time she
has kept after Mr.. Scott
T.. :. Willard was asked the other
day for an opinion as to the trend of
public taste in plays. He made this
answer; THAT is exactly what ! am
trying to find out. However, ! am pret-
ty sure that | know what they don't
want. They don't want plays that dis
cuss matters that it is not customary
for men and women in good society to
mention. Many good people doubtless
contend that the world would be better
If it We're less prudish and more frank.
but to reform the world on that point
the work must be begun in the school
and in the home. 1t is not the theater's
mission to begin a labor of that sort
after boys and girls have arrived at the
theater-going age. / think authors
make a great mistake in inducing man
ayers to produce plays that however
good their purpose or admirable their
literary quality may drive some people
out of the theater. plays which people
cannot discuss between the acts or talk
about above whisper as they go home
1t seems to me that theater-goers, as
they turn away from play, like to
talk it over. and not as they go up the
aisle have to fall back on bicycling
topic"
From theatrical time immemoral the
can-can has been considered the quin
tessence of fisquerie. although of re-
cent years ii has been compelled to di-
few of the thousandS-eVen the musi-
cally-inclined-Who have heard the mu-
sic and seen the dance, know that it is
selection from one of Offenbach's best
and most famous operas. In this day
of vaudeville and burlesque a perform
ance of that nature appears incomplete
without the can-can. a man of mathe
matical turn of mind estimates that %
per cent. of all burlesque shows intro
duce the dance at some time on the
programme. and that fully half of them
use the piece as finale. Thus is the
genius of an immortal composer kept
green in the memory of the people.
4 May Irwin paid $780, 900 in cash for
two New York dwellings the other day.
She is worth 100000. and will next sea-
son back two companies in addition to
her own. She has two sons, both grown,
who live with her One attends St
Francis Xavier college. the other is a
student at De La Sale institute. 1t is
ber intention to enter her youngest boy
in the naval academy at Annapolis. IF
/ Were a man. she said Il would be a
sailor
When in the first frenzy Of her grief
and terror at the murder of her old
friend, William Terriss. Jessie Milward
stood beside his body where it lay in
the dressing room at the Adelphi and
declared that she would never appear
upon the stage again, she was making
no vow born of hystera, for the latest
news from London is that Miss Milward
has gone into permanent retirement
A bill is to be introduced in the Albany
legislature to legalize Sunday theatri-
cal performances in New York but for
what reason is not explained. For once
the actors and the ministers will stand
together in opposition to such move
ment, the former from purely secular
and the latter from religious motives.
Frederick Wardes company Is to be
reorganiZed. because. it is said. Warde's
Shakespearean actors We're not suited to
'lskander." So an "Iskander' company
is t0 be made to order. Warde will still
be in it,
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