Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1898-01-23

announced LOT SOdC " Manly SOiOTS,
named, such favorites as E. D.. Lyons.
Georgia Busby. Ellie Wilton and Bruce
w. Is calculated 10 re en- mo one OF R she
speaking of the old Lyceum stock. as 1t
first appeared here in The WIFE now
was composed of Georgia Cayvan, Herbert
Kelley, Grace Henderson. Louise Dillon,
Mr.. and Mrs. Walcot. w; J. LIE Moyne;
| Henry Miller, ali of whom are still living,
with the exception of Nelson Wheatcroft,
who died about two years ago. while all
Dillon. who married and retired from the
stage. are still in active work. Most of
them, in fact, are, or have been. stars OF
greater or less magnitude.
Octave Mirabeau's socialistic drama,
THE Bad Shepherds" just produced by
| Bernhard, in Paris, has made a sensa-
ton. enthusing some and disgusting 9TH
ers. Bernhard plays Il factory
A...w,. girl, who marrieS a labor agi-
Appa"'nS tator and participates in the
Stage scenes of anarchy rsulting in
p.,,su both their deaths. Here is a
~ description of the closing
scene: I'm the fifth and final
act the battle is over and the factory is a
mass Of smoldering ruins. Widows and
orphans shrieking in despair throng upon
the STAGE. searching among the slain for
ers with human bodies blackened by fire
and smoke are one after another placed
side By side in long rows, amid the heart
rending sobs of women and children. The
development of realism never before at
tempted on the French stage. Voices ex-
claimed; This is not a play; It Is the Char:
Enough. Enough! 1t is the morgue! 1t is
the morsue" The emotion reached a climax
when a woman rushed forward saying:
Madeleine, lifted by the arms of two men,
begrimed with ashes and dirt. IS drawn
hole in her forehead. Clots of blood have
matted together the locks of her blonde
hair. Blood trickles over her glazed eyes
and waxen face. For a moment she re-
gains consciousness. She places her left
hand upon the terrible bullet wound in her
blood. and. gazing in horror at her stained
fingers. rises slowly to her feet. asking for
her husband. This resurrection, as it were,
is appalling. Jean, Jean! Bring me Jean!'
the body of his son Robert, who was among
the first killed. Go away. go away! Rob
victims are brought in on stretchers. At
last the body Of Jean Roule. fearfully man
gled, appears. Madeleine, dripping with
nervous clutches. and then falls dead upon
the corpse of her husband. Applause and
Kisses. ordinations of disgust and Of eager
approval, resound in about equal propor-
lions from every part of the theater."
The Matinee Girl in the Dramatic Mirror
has something to say about the meteoric
stage. This is the way She tells it: NO
long ago I met a young girl
A.. who had come from the West
Ahu to become g member OF a
There Are school of acting. She had
o.,.- brought $500 with her. which
otners she paid in advance when she
ioined the school. Then she
bought a lot of makeup and felt like a full
fedged actress at once. met her one
Evening eve bse aft eIlo a psrfG to appea m T she had had
walked across the stage twice and had
spoken two lines loud enough for the leader
her She was simply consumed by the first
faint flush of success. She knew that she
had q great future before 9 tss a and sn World 3gd
was hers to conquer-that is how she felt
for one beautiful. brief night; Now ', THIS his
turning to the bosom of her family. with
$500 worth of experience and the memory OF
the night she Saes Talks 81 ae WiH Five 5Re f har de sno
good papa a receipt for the $500. show him
a programme with her name on it, and tel
f made nf IN New York. and that she has only
gone home to rest-yes. maybe!'
The Actors Society, of America, has
sent a communication to Governor Black, OF
New York, and to the legislature protest
ing against the bill recently introduced by
Assemb.rman Hamburger. OF
this city. legalizing Sunday
Against theatrical performances. The
Sunday communication states mat me
Tbeatricsl,, Actors Society Of America
wishes 1t 'unequivocally re-
corded that players are OPP
posed to Sabbath performances, believing
a day of rest to be as essential 10 tneir
we'll being as It is to that OF any other
class of workers." The communication fur
Their states that the society must decline
to acquiesce in a. proposition Lending color
to the %unfounded impression that the people
of the stage are Indifferent to the ameni-
ties OF life and to the moral CT
Christian people" IN conclus1on IN, inc COM COM
PEELED, perforce. to submit to many IMPOSE
lions, and we ara subjected to indignities
that, inasmuch as they are offered alike
are already unbearable as they are humil-
iating. The single measure OF protection
specifically extended 2te, n Korl to II the ths actor npob Thae5 'n oe
Sunday performances. Therefore. do we ap-
peal to the sense Of justice that should an.
innate the legislator to insure to us at least
a continuance Of the one law now operating
in our favor The communication states
that the society numbers 1.0a2.
In Pinero's new four act comedy. Tire
,awney Of the Wells,' which was sue
cessfully presented at the Court theater.
London, on January 20, and which Will be
seen at the Lyceum theater,
New York. later, Rose Ire
Pinero's lawney. the heroine. Is a pop
New ular actress VINO mas been
Play. Wo1 pee , amo w sncer9r ~ Rsfors
giving his consent to the
union, the vice chancellor invites Rose TO
stay at his house in order that he may see
for himself. what sort of a person she is,
and whether she Is sufficiently presentable
and cultivated to be admitted to SO ex-
allied a family circle. 1t appears that the
name of the play is taken. not from the
wells at Bath or Tunbridge, but from the
old Sadler's Wells theater. made so famous
by Samuel Phelps. A unique feature OF
this production is that the young Earl
of Rosslyn is playing the role Of the
son. under the stage name OF Mr.. stuart
Erskine; OF this mnoyeity, the ,,, L Sa
first peer who has appeared on the stage
although the barcnetage has supplied the
theater with one or two able performers
the earliest of whom were Sir John and
Lady Oldmixon, who played for some 1T
tie time at Covent Garden theater in the
first years of the century, afterward MI
grating to America. where they became
exceedingly popular. AS Lord Rosslyn's
mother was a FitZroy, he is a descendant,
of Charles II. and Barbara Villiers, Ouch.
ess of Cleveland. a lady who was in hel
day distinguished for her marked prefer.
ence for the stage. Nor is Lord Rosslyr
the only descendant OF Charles II. now
upon the stage. for Mr.. Cosmo Gordon, q
now acting under the name of MI. Cosmc
Stuart at the Comedy, is a descendant OF
Charles Lennox. Duke of Richmond, left
handed son of Charles H. and the famou:
Duchess of Portsmouth"
Discussing the evils of long runs in one o.
his harum-scarum and paradoxical article!
in tho London Saturday Review, Mr.
George Bernard Shaw gives u%tterance t
the following bits of sobel
truth: Take the case of tn,
A PIea TOT great italian actors who hav,
A1fepnafiya visited lis and whose acting Il