The times., 1899-08-13

and commonplace,
Greed and vice and dross and folly, freazied in
the frantic race.
Naught avails, and we that linger sick at heart
and old and grim.
Can but pray to leave this rsbbIe loving Art
and following him.
These lines are precisely of the sort one
would have expected from the Tribune
critic, who for many years has labored un~
der the impression that all good actors.
like all good Indians, are dead. They
breathe the spirit of humility and tolerance
and sentiment 10 which Mr.. Winter has
been accustomed to giving vent periodically
from time immemorial. Arrogant youth. -
because. forsooth, younger men and young
er methods have succeeded the author and
his style; vulgar aims and commonplace T"
because they are not his; ''rabble, which
should begin showing it's weariness of Mr..
Winter. who is pleased TO consider himself
about the one person alive whose love OF
Art deserves mention-whose egoism is
distinctly of the me and Shakespeare
sort. Such verses could only emanate
from William Winter. They are doubtless
.exquisiteIy artistic''-'The Mirror says
| they are-but nevertheless the reader can
not help feeling that had Augastin DAILY
known of them earlier he might have post
poned dying.
From the announcements already made
of the personnel of the Castle Square Op-
era Company, which opens shortly at the
American Theatre, New York. it is seen
that the greater portion of the principals
engaged are well known in Washington,
having been heard locally three years ago
with that organization. Grace Golden and
Lizzie Macnichol are among those on the
list who have most friends here. but Ger
trude QuinIan, William Stewart, Harry
Luckstone, and Joseph Sheehan are not
unacquainted in this city. All alike are re-
membered admiringly for their good work
at the Lafayette and Columbia and all will
begin their year in Gotham with the best
wishes Of the denizens of the Capital.
From New York are drifting various ru-
mors and several certainties concerning
the booking being done there by Managers
Burke G Chase and John Grieves for the
Grand and the Bijou. By these reports it
appears that the coming season at both
| houses will afford many surprises to deyo-
tees of vaudeville. Scores of notable per-
formers have already been engaged and
the work is not yet completed. II is an
nounced, however, that Pauline Hall viii
be the Grand's headiner when that place
of amusement is opened, and that the first
bill at the Bijou will include Mcintyre and
Heath, Flo Irwin and Walter Hawley, ''The
Raymond Musical Trio" Collins and Col
Inns, Maud Mcintyre, and the familiar
stock company. Each of these statements
bears with it promise for meritorious en-
tertainment, and each will probably draw
big audiences when the respective terms
have been begun.
Genial Joe" Luckett and "Balligerent
Bill Dwyer, OF the Columbia Theatre, are
at last about to begin their vacaticnS-va-
cations which have been continually held
back by work in this city. Mr. Dwyer has
gone to Atlantic City for a month and Mr.
Luckett is about TO HE himself to Ocean
City, where the wild waves" are supposed
TO say things about big seasons and profit
able engagements. Both will have return
ed by the end of September's first week
The Lafayette Square Opera House will
be opened this year by THE Great South
ern Minstrels, an organization for which
the usual complement of excellencies has
been claimed. Lithographs announcing the
coming of the troupe are already making
their appearance, and, though the date line
occupies no place with these, it is an
nounced that Manager Painters house will
begin its season early next month.
John T. Warde. the local correspondent
of the Mirror" has come back from his
angling expedition in the Blue Ridge,
bringing with him a goodly tan and some
of the ''tallest" fish stories ever heard in
Washington. Mr.. Fettis. of the "Tele-
graph" declares that Mr.. Warde told him
of black bass so big that when it was
killed and got sidewise in the creek the
passage was damned and the shore flood
ed. forcing the captor to abandon his catch
But Mr.. Wardes friends affect not to be-
lieve this tale proclaiming it the result of
envy. Mr.. Fettis has had no rod-andline
exercise.
Far out in the wilds OF Ohio, Harry A.
March is rusticating and preparing for the
coming seasons work in Washington Mr.
March will probably return early in Sep
tember and will, in all likelihood. be con-
nected with the National Theatre in the
capacity of press agent. Whitman Osgood
one-while of The Times, has joined the
staff of the Grand in similar capacity and
the outlook for dramatic editors is bright
er than ever before.
1t was in the lobby of an uptown the
atrical hotel last week that a Times man,
in search of what might prove interesting
found Weiland. the juggler. whose portion
of the entertainment given at Kernan's by
the Bon Ton" Burlesquers proved OF ex-
ceptional merit. The wanderer introduced
himself and gradually persuaded his visa
Wis into conversation. There are few pro-
fessions'' quoth the performer. "the de-
votees of which do not feel that they meet
with greater difficulties than are encoun-
tered by anyone else. Nevertheless. l be-
lieve that | speak truly when | say that no
labor makes harder demands than that in
which / am engaged The successful Jug
gier must have begun training while still
a mere boy, and have continued without
interruption. When 1t is considered that a
really new trick cannot be mastered with
less than six months of practice, and that
several require year or more, one may
see that the adept does not finish his toll
when matinee and evening exhibitions are
over. Then. too, a feat, even when thor
oughly acquired is forgotten with the ut
most ease, and consequently must be tried
frequently The demand that juggling
makes on the nerves is incalcuable. Equi-
librists and others of the ilk are generally
wrecks within a few years; sufferers from
insomnia, muscular twitching, and kindred
disorders.
..Perhaps half the success of an act like
mine is won By getting into favor with an
audience Difficult as the performance is
to the performer, its preparation and ac-
comqIishment may reasonably seem weari-
some 10 a crowd Of onlookers, and eonse-
quently a brisk Interpolation of comedy is
desirable. A hearty laugh will make such
a gathering forgive blunders, too, though.
except for the inevitable accident these
should be very scarce. Some features of
such a turn as this are so difficult that
one who attempts them risks the disap-
probation of the house. For example
we'll during my portion of the show I
toss apples into the gallery and solicit their
return, endeavoring to catch them on the
prongs OF fork held in my teeth. Few of
those who receive the fruit are able to
throw them back so that there is the faint