The sun., 1898-10-23
WITH mask AND WIG
Personal Paragraphs Con-
cerning Stage FavOrites.
PLAYS AND PLAYERS
stage Items Of the SeasOn---GOssip Oh
the Green ROOm--What They
are Doing.
Calye is i'll in Paris.


Marie Jansen will make her vaude-
vile debut tomorrow.
J. NJ. Barrie is to dramatze George
Meredth's EVAN Harrington"
Stephen Grattan has joined Albaugh's
Baltimore stock company.
+. II. Sothern will produce The
Kings Musketeer" in Philadelphia on
November 2S.
Companies that have gone to pieces in
clude Williams and Walkers Senegam-
bian Carnival and 'The Purser."
Miss Yaw, the vocalist, with voice OF
record breaking range, has altered her
name to Yew for her London appear
ance.
Attalie Claire, the opera singer, is
about to sue for absolute divorce from
her husband, DR.. Alfred kayne, on
statutory grounds.
Mansfield settles the problem authori-
tatiyelv by pronouncing "Cyrano' as
though it was spelled Sirrano, with the
accent placed squarely on the first syl-
liable.
William Courtleigh has replaced Rob-
bert Hilliard in Sporting Life" The
latter is in vaudeville, playing the "Lit-
tlest Girl"
Nine Ristori, the great Italian actress,
whose Elizabeth and Mary Stuart and
Medea and Lady Macbeth electrified the
country in 1895, is lying critically Ill a,
Rome.
Louise Baudet, who is playing the
French girl in "The Belle of New York;
used to pose as a tragedienne in the
company of Daniel Bandman, the Ger
man tragedian. Snel elmarried Bandman
and played Ophelia and other roles.
Clyde Fitch and Charles Frohman
haye signed a contract whereby the next
play upon which Fitch is to set to work
is to be produced by Julia Marlowe. 1t
will probably be ready for the star the
beginning of next season.
Potter earned $4,000 from "Trilby,"
bat, by his neglect to secure American
copyrights, Rostand cannot draw so
much from "Cyrano." Richard Mans
field, who manages himself is making al
least 5000 week out of ''Cyrano."
Adolf link, of the Liliputians, has
brought his family, cons sting of faith
er, mother, two sisters and brother,
over to this country and has bought
them a house at Fordham. He an
nounces his intention of becoming an
American citizen and voting the Demo-
cratic ticket.
There is a plan on foot for an call
starr cast of "Erninie" to play the
large cities next April on the same plan
In pf f,yn h
'"The Rivals" Pauline Hall, now sing
ing in vaudeville, is booked for Err.
mimic; Francis Wilson will play Cadean
and De Wolf Hopper the opposite COM
edy part. Barnabee of the Bostonians,
and Frank Daniels are also in the cast,
and Janauschek has also consented to
play part; Francis Wilson is engineer
ing the scheme.
Sarah Bernhardt designs her own cos
tunes and they are almost invariably
OF inexpensive stuffs, yet no actress OF
these times arrived at such successful
effects IN gowns as are achieved by the
great French woman. 1t is not cost, it
is taste, that pleases the eye. Daring
the recent season of "The Meddler"
Marie Burroughs displayed gowns that
grief to the spectators. The secret of
women. Annie Russell. dramatic
genius, is dulard in dress. Minnie
Madden, dramatic genius, knows
nothing OF the art CT gowning George
Cayvan was famously bad dresser. 81
is Viola Allen. So is Virginia Harmed.
The best dressed woman that our stage
has known since Miss Dreher left it was
Julia Opp, but her gowns we're designed
by one OF great cunning in taste.-tiil-
larry Bell in Ncov York Press.
"Sir Andy De Bootjack," buresquc
on "Cyrano De Bergerac," was intro.
duced in the second act OF "In Gotham''
at Roster Il BiaFs last week. 1t was all
amusing twenty-minute skit by Richard
Carrie. Sir Andy was played Dick Ber
nard, Christian Endeavor by Richard
Care and Rosiana Reehan by Miss
Josephine Hall. Augustin Dooley (Mr.
Lang, and Richard ManztleId (Mr
Guise), We're also introduced. Any one
familiar with "Cvrano' can extract con.
siderable amusement from the burlesque
1t is IA persihage on the first three acts OF
Rostand's play, doggere being substi.
tuted for the stately Alexandrne's ofthe
original. Both Mr. DAILY and Mr.. Mans
field are introduced as characters, and
side hits are made at Mr.. Daly's version
of the play. Miss Josephine HalI's
"make-up'' is intended to resemble Miss
Rehan, but she acts and sings like "Sis.
ter Mary Jane" Sir Anthony's nose j..
playfulIy referred to as an awning.
Mansfield is first and last an indetatg-
able worker. He has absolutely no use
for the popular actor about town, who
does everything but rehearse who can
remember and repeat innumerable goo,i
stories, but always forgets his lines; who
goes to suppers and clubs when he ought
to be studying a new part by the light OF
a candle, with a wet towel round his
head Perhaps Mr.. Mansfield goes a
little too far in this respect. fIe is al
ways ready to denounce with some We.
hemence such institutions as "The Play
ers' and "The Lambs" in New YORK.
Thes" clubs are, in his eyes, bane tt
the profession; they keep man away
from his work, and they lead him into
all sorts Of bad habits. The men who
sit up all night at the Lambs, says the
great actor, with some truth, are always
most brilliant about 8 Il. IN. They can