The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

that could eclipse an ordinarily bright
woman, and the eccentric Sarah is so
| much of genius that her new rival
must indeed be a sinlian wonder.
| Lizzie B. Raymond, the bonny, noisy
and magnificent American VINO married
Sam Bernard once upon time and then
| said vivaciously, "Forgit it, forgit it, .
which Mr.. Bernard promptly did, has
| been making a great hit abroad. She
caught the Londoners with her brusque
wit and hearty nonsense and she found
! the way to the heart of Vienna and has
| enjoyed her success as we'll as made her
| American visitors enjoy it. She gave a
fine dinner to Joseph Herbert and his
pretty wife, to which We're hidden as
| many American comedians as We're
wandering around among the sights of
London. Lizzie sung her best sentiment
| tai songs over there, and wore stun
ming froeks and shouted coon ragtlme
at the pit until the east end swears by
her.
Blanche Walsh opens her starring
season tomorrow in Chicago, where she
will present "Gismonda." Miss WALSH
prefers costume plays to modern ones.
The rights to produce 'In Paradise"
in the British Isles have been sold to
the English syndicate which is exploit
InP Charles Hawtrey, the comedian.
The career of 1.-The Maid in the Moon"
on the New York Casino roof, closed
abruptly last Wednesday night, much to
the surprise of the company, who ex-
pected it to run for many weeks longer.
Boston tneaters this week-Tremont,
Way Down East; Boston, Sporting
Life; Hollis, "On and OFF,; Museum,
Roland Reed in His Absent Boy;
Park Mile. Fiji" Grand Opera House,
Graham's Southern Speciality Company;
Castle Square, "CharIey's Aunt
New York theaters this weekly
ceum, Anne Russell in Miss Hobbs,
a new play by Jerome K. jerome; EN-
pire, Hi; Excellency. the Governor,
Criterion, 1.-THE Girl From Maxim So;
Madison Square. why Smith Left
Home; New York, THE Man in the
Moor; Star. THE City of New York
Academy, Andrew Mack; Wallacks,
"A Little Ray of Sunshine; Casino,
THE Founders" Manhattan, Willie
Collier; Fourteenth Street "A Young
Wife; Grand Opera House, 1.-THE King
of the Opium Ring; Bijou, I'm Para
disc
Maud Courtney, who was billed to
appear out west in her particular brand
of entertainment, is in a flaming sulk
and refuses to move out of New York
because another saucy soubrette is do
ing an improved act modelled upon that
Miss Courtney considers her own. All
of which amusingly brings to mind the
war poor Dixey had to keep his songs,
his gags, his dances and his costumes
from being grabbed up by the mounte-
banks who could do these things and
wear them with as much success as
Dixey. He fought for everything in
"Adonisp when there was little need,
for Dixey held his own there against all
imitators. Irene Perry, the black-eyed
Coincidence, who married Albert Web
err felt called upon to copyright a smart
little step which she took in two moves
of her shapely ankles, and Sylvia Ger
IRISH wanted the way she draped her
skinny yachting sash kept for her and
her alone These days pretty much ev-
erything theatrical is exactly like ev-
erything else and the mimics grab ev
erything novel, without conscience or
rebuke. There is so little invention
among actors and so little individuality
among playwrights and song-writers
that a surprise is viewed askance un-
less it is heralded from afar and the
dense public prepared for originality.