The times., 1899-08-27

kins is keeping up to her standard
And, not TO be outdone. c. p Nikral.
lately The Times dramatic correspondent
In Gotham, has recently broken into print
with the following:
Tick!
\ second has come and has faitered and passed.
And soul has just entered the worlds opan
While the that came in but moment be-
fore
Has lived and has loved and is dying at last
A second has come and has faitered and passed
Tockl
Which Is also fine in a way
Within the next week Washington will
be the poorer by at least one of its recruits
to the stage-Dorothy Hammack Miss
Hammaek leaves the city either tomorrow
or Tuesday to report for rehearsals to the
company which will present What Hap
pened to Jones' on the road during the
coming season. That the loss suffered by
the clever womans admirers viii be the
gain of Manager George Broadhurst no one
who has seen her can doubt. Endowed with
intelligence and excellent stage presence.
Miss Hammack is sure to be a decided
acquisition to the forces of the farce
writer. What Happened to Jones'
reaches here within the next few months.
and the friends of the departing ingenue
may then be counted on to give her what
burlesque queens term "a royal welcome .
Alonzo Lincoln who managed the exhi-
bition OF eTriiby' at 1909 Pennsylvania
Avenue during the past winter, wandered
through Washington a few days ago on
his way to the Sunny South and tarried a
while to shake hands with old acquaint-
ances. When Mr.. Lincoln was last here
most of the aforesaid acquaintance knew
him as ABE" and believed his cognomsn
to have been patrioticaily bestowed The
Traveller announced firmly, however, before
quitting the local Rialto that the correct
appellation Is, was, and always shall be.
AlonZo. The truth of the matter may be
surmised when it is related that there ara
portions OF the country in which the Mar
tyred President" has never been popular
and that it is the denizens of one OF these
who will be permitted TO have the next look
at '.Trilby."
Early last week .'Belligerent Bill" Dwyer,
of the Columbia Theatre returned from At
lantic City, bringing with him goodly tan
and leaving behind that portion of his sur
plus wealth which one usually forgets in
quitting a seaside resort. Mr.. Dwyer seems
to have been greatly benefited by his brief
vacation and announces himself ready for
anything the coming season may bring.
Talented Mary Helen Howe has gone to
New York and from thence will journey TO
Manhattan Beach, whare she is to fill an
extended engagement with Sousa's Band.
Miss Howe has sung frequently at Manhat-
tan and has always made so good an i'm
preston that her signature was deemed an
Indispensable portion of the Sousa con-
tracts this year. The soprano will spend
a few days in Washington between the close
OF her season by the sad sea waves and
the beginning of her regular term of work
Somewhere along the famous boardwalk
at Atlantic City two of this city's best
known Rialtoites are at present sojourning.
One of these is Whitman Osgood. press
agent of the Grand. and author of The
Curse of Gold" the other, Victor Johnson
conductor of the orchestra at the Lafayette
Square. Neither OF the absentees may be
said to be taking a vacation, inasmuch as
every dramatic editor in town is length
lily reminded of Mr.. Osgood's existence
daily, and Mr.. Johnson is regaling palm
gardeners at the Islesworth with his own
delightful compositions. Each will return
to Washington in time for the opening of
his respective house.
Milton SleInmer and George w Dayton
scene painters, are both in Washington
and busily engaged. Mr.. Slemmer is hold
ing forth on the stage of the Columbia,
where he is completing several settings
for that house, and Mr.. Dayton, who has
at different times equipped such produc-
tions as those of 'The Twelve Tempta-
tions'' and Faust" is supplying the Bijou
with new drops. Each is an artist in his
line and the theatres mentioned will be
the richer for the work of both
II is announced in dramatic circles that
William B. Downing, a brother of Robert
Downing, shortly will be married to Tonia
Adams, daughter of George Adams. the
celebrated clown. Both people are well
known here, and the statement that they
are to combine forces will undoubtedly
be received with great interest.
According to report clever Alice Judson
has been engaged TO play the role created
by Louise Beaudet in Mile Fiji" Miss
Judson is a maryeleusly charming little
woman of more than usual ability and it
is really a pity TO see. her arranging for
such prostitation of her talents as is TO be
expected when she announces her appear
ance in a work like that exploited by Bra
dy and Ziegfeld.
Williamson and Stone, two clever come
Theatre for the past week, introduce very
unique speciality in their performance They
are originators of lobster and rag time"
conversation, and their Philippine Oper-
attic Duet" is one of the most unique things
of its class ever heard here. Although the
team has appeared several times before
the Washington public, its popularity
seems to increase with each engagement.
The cast by which children Of the Ghet-
to- is to be performed at the National
Theatre will include Wilton Lackaye,
Frank Worthing William Norris, Adolph
Lestina, Claude Brooke Gus Frankel. VIII
son Deal. Frank Cornell, Fred Lotto,
Charles Stanley. Richard Carle, Blanche
Bates. Louise Muldener, Ada Dwyer, Ro-
sabel Morrison, Laura Almosnino. Ada
Curry, Sadie Striugham, Mabel Taliaferro,
and Madame Cottrelly.
From down at Warren Sulphur Springs
in Virginia, C. S. Fettis, the much liked
local correspondent of the New York Tel
egraph. . writes concerning his most recent
piscaterial accomplishments. Mr. Fettis is
a fisherman of more than ordinary ability
and it is said that John Wardes story of
the bass that damned creek created
emotions so strong that he was forced to
the eongenial pursuit OF digging angle
worms and with them tempting the habi-
tants of the briny deep-if there is a
"briny deep in Virginia. Evidently Mr.
Fettis has been successful in his attempt
at record breaking. In his epistIe the
sportsman remarks: John Warde's catch
is a mnnow compared to the one got to-
fttra rarf With