The times., 1899-04-16
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Jefferson de Angels will stage an opera
by STANCE and Edwards next winter.
John Drew is to try his newest vehicle.
"a FiveCent Cigar in the Windy City.
Augustus Thomas most recent effort,
Arizona" will soon be produced in Chi
cago.
William Wilde, a brother of Oscar Wilde
and former husband of Mrs Frank Leslie.
died recently in England.
Nat C. Goodwin, has leased Anna Held's
private car, which was fully described some
months ago in The Times.
"a Little Ray of Sunshine" will be put
on the stage at Wallacks. And then the
calcium man will be out of job.
Dorothy Morton has gone into vaudeville.
which has received more recruits from the
legitimate this year than ever before.
Alice Nelson will be equipped next sea-
son with new opera by Harry B. Smith,
Victor Herbert, and Stanislau STANCE.
Ada Rehan is to stand sponsor at the
launching and christening of Sir Thomas
Lipton's cup challenger, Shamrock.
Separate acts of "Cyrano de Bergerac"
are to be done in vaudeville. Poor
.'Cyrano"-frst murdered and then dis
sected,
After a profitable run OF eight months,
What Happened to Jones" is about to
give way to why Smith Left Home" in
London.
Ward & Vokes are shortly to open the
Great Northern Theatre in Chicago as a
music hall, producing a burlesque on
Sporting Life
Harry B. Smith is making an adaptation
of a French opera for Francis Wilson. In
its new form the piece will be known as
The Festivals
Change Alley which even E. H
Sothern's personal popularity could not
keep from absolute failure in New York, is
TO be done abroad.
Rose Melville. whose remarkably humor-
Gus portrayal in by the Sad Sea Waves"
was highly complimented in The Times, is
to star next season.
The New York Telegraph" announces
the sale of Browns in Town" farce
written by ]. ]. Rosenthal." The piece
was the work of Mark Swan.
Kirke LaShelle manager of Frank Dam
iels. will direct Wilton Laekaye's tour in
Charles O'Mally.' Which is lucky for
Mr.. Lackaye and lucky for Mr.. LaShelle.
Clever Lillian Burkhart, the brightest
and daintiest of vaudevillians, has made a
hit of great proportions in San Francisco
with her new sketch, THE Lady of the
Rohan Tree"
Richard Mansfield will once more try his
luck as a manager He has purchased the
rights of an English farce, entitled "My
Soldier Boy" and will probably star
Etienne Girardot in it.
VIII Fox, who, as "Paddywhiskie," Gre
ated quite a sensation in the variety houses
some years ago. is to make flying trip
to America between some of his future
dates on the Continent.
David Hendersons new extravaganzaic
venture, AN Arabian Girl is to be pro-
duced Immediately at the Herald Square.
Eddie Foy has been engaged to make faces
during the performance.
La Loie Fuller is going blind as the re-
suit of the strong lights thrown upon her
while dancing. The glare has at last so
affected the optic nerves that there is no
possibility of her recovering her sight.
Willie Golfers new farce will be tried
tomorrow in Trenton. Mr. Collier is a
good actor and a good fellow whose sue
cess is one of the most desirable things
connected with contemporary theatricals.
The Telegraph makes an announce
ment that Frank Perley will not be con-
nected with the Bostonians next year. The
statement would be interesting had not
| The. Times printed it some three months
| ago.
Horace Wall, a well-known theatrical
manager who committed suicide a few days
ago. wrote his obituary for publication be-
| fore blowing out his brains-another proof
| that 1.-The ruling passion is strong in
| death"
| Mildred Howard de Grey is TO give her
| barefoot passion dance in London. Pre-
sumably, the fact that nudity is no longer
| novelty in the American theatre has
| driven Miss de Grey abroad for new con-
| quests:
| James A. Herne is making an effort 10
remodel Rev. Griffith Davenport but il
| is not likely that he Will succeed in doing
much with the piece. 1t is difficult mat
ter TO give interest TO topic that has been
| dead twenty years.
| A. John Pollock one of the affable at
taches of the Grand Opera House, has
severed his connection here and gone TO
| Utah. where he is to begin operations with
| Government surveying party.
| Julia Marlowe has purchased four-ac
drama. entitled THE Courtship of Bar
| bara FrietchIe,' from Clyde Fitch Mr.
| Fitch seems 10 have mania for supply
| ing historic personages with love stories
and then weaving them into his works.
| William Ballauf is the William Bah
| luff' who the Telegraph" states is to
| furnish Fred Irwin with a farce, entitled
"A Sun of a Gun" The Times knows this
| is true for one of its men saw the piece
while the author was employed at Ker-
mans.
| Theodore Burt Sayre. Henry V Esmond
| Leo Dietrichstein, and Charles Henry Melt
ger are all laboring on plays which e. II
| Sothern is to offer next season. Mr.
Sothern should have quite an extended
repertoire by the time that this quartette
| has finished.
| Andrew Macks latest work, which was
written for him by Ramsay Morris and
| called THE Last of the Rohans," will be
tried on May % at the Hollis Street The
atre, in Boston. Mr.. Mack's present vehi-
seen in Washington.
Julia Arthur lost her suit against Eu-
| genie Blair. lost her suit with the mana
gers of Wallacks Theatre, and is now
going TO sue the proprietor of a Chicago
place of amusement. Miss Arthur must b,
n firm believer in the adage about ''if al
| first you don't succeed"
| Charles Dickson. who will be remem-
hered in connection with 'Incog and
who was here last month with Mistakes
| VIII Happen has been engaged tor IN
| Gay Paree" Mr. Dickson began life as
| a burlesque comedian, so that he should be
well fitted for his new work.
A number of prominent Washing .onians
have arranged to visit Baltimore this
week for the purpose OF witnessing James
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