Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-30
collaboration in "A Colonial Girl and
Americans at Home

tpilADpEdiIbH III y tOlOhldl Nf4fb anu
Americans at Home.
David Beiasco hopes he has discovered
another Mrs. Leslie Carter in beauty and
talent in Matde Courteney. whs is singing
the "Old Songs at the Grand this week
at the average compensation of s1.35 per
each singing minute of her time.
All three of the Wilstack brothers are
associated with the literary or business
branches Of the theatrical business. Ciax-
ton WilStack + now here representing De
Angels. Frank Wilstack is with De Wolf
Hopper in London and Paul Vi1stack, we'll
known in Washington has been for q long
time business manager of Richard Mans
field.
Ridge Waller, the treasurer of kernan's
Lyeeum Jheater, has gotten out The sec
ond issue of his unique publication the
ChoruS Cir. 1t is a strictly business en-
. terprise designed to keep coryphees and
managers informed. 1t is as matter of fact
as ira te Journal, and gentlemen of the
genus job lnie' are expressly barred from
the subscription list.
The engagement of Ching Ling Foo was
accomplished by Manager Chase on We'd
neSday last. The wonderful Chinese i'll
lusionist and magician will appear at the
New Grand during the week beginning jan
uary l.. Mr.. Chase youches for the as
sertion that he will pay Ching Ling Foo
$1,000 and railroad fares from Boston for
the period he appears here.
Mr.. George Clarke, long associated with
the late Augustin DAILY. returns from Eng
land on the Germauic, and will al once
proceed to stage Sarah CoweIl LeMoyne's
new play. The Greatest Thing in the
Ord. in which he will also play q part
Mrs. LeMoyne's first stellar tour will prob
ably be inaugurated at Washington. D. c.
the scene of most Of tiebler & Cos pre-
mieres.
Stuart Robson's new comedy. OLIVER
Goldsmith introduces. besides the author
of The Vicar of Wakefield" DIR. Johnson
David Gtrrfck. Boswell and Edmund Burke
Goldsmith's affection for Mary Horneck
and the incident of his installing a private
house for an inn are woven into the play.
The scene of act > is the brury Lare stage
during Il rehearsal of she Stops to Con
quer."
4 do not believe" says olga NetherSoEe.
that there is any profession brStling with
so many difficulties and drawbacks as the.
dramatic profession, aud ii ast0unds mo to
hear of nuvi"es lightly and cheerfully ahan-
dOning excellent prospects in other walks
of life to take up a dramatic career which,
shorn of its possiblities-which come only
t. a very few-is Il most heart-weary1nS and
spirit breaking business.
Mounet-Sully recently acted in Odessa,
and was called before the curtain thirteen
times after the performance of "Oedipus.
Then the applause subsidized, and the audi
rNce was dStOnlShed TO see the actor once
more appear before the curtain. The man
ager rushed to the dressing room in as
constituent to ask the cause of such I'M
digni1ied conduct. MoUnet-Sully explained
that he would never under any circum
stances consent to appear thirteen times.
az ill-luck would follow him for the rest
of his life,
W. D. Mann. manager. and Chas. T.
Evans owner OF the Herald Square Thea
ter. New York, We're in this city yesterday
to see Naughty Anthony" which goes into
their theater for an indefinite run week
after rext- THE farce is all right" said
the New York gentlemen. but it viii have
to be fixed up considerably before 1t will
do for New York" Il suppose" said Mr..
Mann. that Mr. Belasco thinks the single
kiss and the stocking scene is sufficiently
shocking. but they might he safely played
in New York Sunday school entertain
ment nowadays.