The times., 1899-05-07
BRIEFLY TOLD.

BRIEFLY TOLD.
Minnie Seligman has returned to vaude-
vile.
Tim Murphy, who has been very ill, is
recovering.
Mary Anderson is now in this country
on a short visit.
Olga NethersoIe has recovered from her
recent illness and is playing out her sea-
son.
Jerome Sykes has been engaged for the
forthcoming production of the new Sousa-
Broadhurst opera.
Richard Mansfield has taken out life
insurance policy for $1,000 Undoubted-
ly Mr. Mansfields friends will call this
action new example of egotism.
Claiming Pollock will sail from Boston
for London on May IL on the Dominion
Line steamer Canada. He will have as a
fellow passenger Thomas L. Shea.
Before the season of the Frawley Com
pany has ended at the Columbia Theatre
revival of The Dancing Girl" will be
presented with Blanche Bates in the cast
The Mirror" list of Companies Cos
ing" last week adds the names of twenty
four organizations to those already an
nounced as being about to terminate their
tours.
May Buckley, whose hit in "The First
Born" Will be remembered, is going abroad
for the purpose OF creating a role in George
Edwardes' production of his Chinese opera
at Days.
This months "Munsey" contains a pic
ture of Mary Van Buren, of the Frawley
Company. The cut resembles her just
about as much as a pin tray resembles a
freight engine.
Virginia Harmed has returned from Eu-
rope. Which means that hereafter E. H.
Sothern's girl admirers will only make
themselves unpopular by waiting for him
at stage doors.
La Loie Fuller who was said to be going
blind some time ago. is recovering the use
of her eyes. which were injured by the
glare of the lights thrown upon her while
she was dancing
Daniel DAILY, the altitudinous comedian
of the Casino Company. will be seen in the
French musical comedy which is to follow
revival of "Erminie' at Manager Leder-
er's Broadway house.
William A. Brady who. whatever else
may be said of him, is not In the theatri-
cal business for purely hygienic reasons,
has removed THE Manicure from the
stage of the Manhattan. The farce was
failure OF colossal proportions.
Adolph Sonnenthal, the great German
actor, has ended his engagement at the
| Irving Place Theatre, in New York. and is
| now on his way back TO Vienna, where he
| has been employed at the Burg Theatre
| for the last forty-three years.
| The Washburne Sisters and Jack Craw-
lord hn ic thn h,,rJ
| serio-comics, have taken a cottage on Long
Island, where they will spend the summer
months and whatever coin of the realm is
| required to support life at that resort.
Why Smith Left Home" is said to have
| achieved success in London. Which fact
! VIII serve to impress upon the minds of
| those who saw the piece here the knowl-
| edge that an Englishman's ideas of humor
are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Sam T. Jack has. been unfortunate re-
Gently. First he died and next the license
| OF his New York theatre was taken away
| from him-two occurrences which, happen
ing within day of each other, might be
| quoted as an example of very bad luck.
Charles Frohman has consummated an
arrangement with his brother Daniel
Frohman. whereby the Lyceum Theatre
passes into the hands of the syndicate di-
rector. The Fourth Avenue playhouse is
valuable and important piece of property
| Anna Belmont has been married to NJ.
A. Kraus. New York advertising agent.
| The wedding took place last January, but
| was kept quiet until the dissolution of
| Browns in Town" with which Miss Bel
mont was appearing at the time of the ac-
| cident.
Cornelius Gardener, who has been for
| several
| passed through this city last week en- route
! for Manhattan Beach, where the diminu-
| tive comedian is to be seen during the hot
weather period. Mr.. Gardeners home is
| In Washington.
| Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush" which
was initially presented in Washington and
| afterward rewritten by Augustus Thomas
| is success in it's new form. j. H. Stod-
dart will star in the piece until hot
! weather sets in and will then lay it aside
| for resumption next season.
Cissie LOTUS, the celebrated mimic has
secured her divorce from Justin Huntley
Mccarthy, the London litterateur 1t has
| been rumored that Miss Lotus will mar
| ry Sam Bernard shortly. but this both
deny, although Mr.. Bernard is quoted as
having said that "Barkus was willin'."
William Faversham, Mr.. and Mrs. James
| Viola Allen, John Mason, Julia Marlowe,
Anne Sutherland and E. II. Sothern are
among the latest players who have an
nounced their intention OF spending the
| summer abroad. John Drew is also going
| Gilmore and Leonard have dissolved
partnership and each will be seen next
year at the head of his own company. As
originally projected, Mr.. Leonard will star
in Two Jolly Rovers" and it is possible
! that the senior member of the firm may
take out third edition of "Hogan's AL
| ley"
Sandol Milliken. n pretty local girl who
has teeE appearing " ith the Eonnelly stock
Company at the Murray Hill, has been en-
gagged to appear next season with w. ii.
Crane. Selene Johnson. Of the Frawley
Company, is to be leading woman with the
organization. and William Courtleigh, who
was here last week in "Trelawny of the
Wells" will be leading man. William In
gersoil is also to be seen in the support.