The times., 1898-11-13

cesses. Really, If this sort of thing keeps
up long, Washington's critics will have
to have engraved on their cards the
words. Il told you So
Marie Bates. whose fortunes have not
been rising since the closing of 'Chimmie
Fadden. has been secured by David Be-
lasco to play leading role in his forth
coming presentation of Ia Ia
After a few days of child-Iike squab-
bling over one thing and another, Geo &c
Wilson and W. s. Cleveland parted a
fortnight ago in Alabama. Ezra Ken
dali and William West had trouble also
and separated here. while Hi Henry is
said to be getting few worries of his
| own. Minstrels must be harder to handle
than opera singers.
Some of the cleverest of local amateurs
| have bundled together Under the title of
| the Columbia Dramatic Company, and
| will give a number of performances dur
| ing the Winter. Among the members of
| the organization are Daniel F. Murphy.
| Finulay s. Hayes, E. H. Poddard. Henry
F, Dolan, Michael Dolan. Katherine Hol-
laran, and Mrs. Theodore NJ Hardy.
Charles Kleins hastily finished Sol
| Smith Russell comedy has been dubbed
THE Hon. John Griggsby," and will be
! done week from tomorrow in Philadel-
| phia. From its name and the fact that
| Mr. Russell is to have the title role, one
, may guess that the star will assume the
| role of an opulent gentleman for the first
time during his stage experience.
Davis a. Keogh recently made an offer
of SlO0 week TO the son of Jesse James,
which that young man very properly and
! sensibly refused. Excepting these, there
are not two men in the country who
| would ask individual to trade on the
| fact that his father was an outlaw. The
| partners are an outrage upon the Ameri-
can stage. ana should be tolerated no
| longer than possible.
The Augusta Victoria, which arrived in
New York last week, brought Madame
Eames-Story, Madame Sembrich, Edou-
ard de Reszke, Pol Plancon, NJ. Van
| Dyck. NJ. Salaza, Madame Schumann-
Heink and Herr Schalk. And there was
20 peace commission on board, no broken
furniture, no regulation against firearms
and no mutiny flag. And yet they say
that the days of miracles are over,
Jerome Eddy's play, ..The Village
Postmaster" will be done tomor-
row in Gotham with Il cast which in
ciudes Frank Mordaunt, w H. Pascoe,
George ober, Eugene Powers Jennie
Neathersby, Adelaide Cushman and
others. Mr.. Eddy is the gentleman who
writes so entertainingly of theatrical
IA liiS iltlrbpOiS fOr Inc Times
under the nom de plume of Nancy Sykes
woman named Olive Bowers adver-
tises in the Mirror: II awake latent ge-
MUS and develop your magnetic person
ality. Special attention to operatic and
dramatic professions" Some philan-
thropist should charter Miss Bowers ana
give her services to the stage free OF
charge. Such an act would be generous
ana timely. The players need it and sc
does the public.
Ralph E. Cummings and Lewis Morfi.
son have communicated to the Mirror
their opinion in the matter of "Cyrano de
Bergerac" by writing that despite numar-
Gus offers they have concientiousIy refus.
ed to ignore Mr.. Mansfield's rights in the
case, and play the title role NJ Rostand
created Now We know that Messrs. Nor
rison and Cummings are honest men, ii is
not difficult to see why neither has made
any money of late.
II. Beerbohm Tree has made a hit with
his production of Sydney Grundy's adapt
ed Three Musketeers.7 The play was
done in London ten days with Mr. Tree
as D Artagnan, and Cora Urquhart Pot.
ter as Anne of Austria. Minor people arr
attempting to duplicate the actors sue
cess by the same methods Mr.. DAILY ha:
pursued in this country with "Cyrano dt
Bergerac," though with very little re-
turn up to date.
The long slope toward the footlight; OF
the stage at the Lafayette has fnall!
been filled up with cement. The ditci
was a dangerous pitfall and has spoiled
any number of scenes since the theate
was built. Tom Keene slipped on it on
night while playing Hamlet" and fel
prone on his face, while Jefferson de An
gels. Eddie Foy and the principal teno
OF the International Opera Company hav
been recent sufferers.