Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-24
PLAYS and pInyers,


Julia Arthur has announced her inten-
ton Of retiring from the stage soon.
The advance salee for Paderewski in
New York and Boston were. 81, 900 before
he arrived IN America.
Alice Nielsen is Keeping her eyes on
The Conspirator,' the opera of II. J.
Stewart and Clay Greene.
Lillian Russo ell is touring the vaudeville
circuits. She is booked for appearance in
Omaha during the season.
Henshaw and Ten Brock are touring
prosperously this season at the head OF
their own company in "Dodge's Trip to
New York"
1.-THE Carpetbagger," Tim Murphy's COM
edy by Orie Read and Frank Pixley, will
dedicate "A new opera house at Iowa City
Wednesday, December 81.
De Wolf Hopper produced The Mystical
Mss CThe GhaIlatanl at the London
port that the presentation was successful
1t is now reported that Marie Burroughs
illness is due to nervous worry over the
discovery that she does not really love the
man to whom she is engaged to be mar
red.
Milton and Dolly Mobiles nave made a
great vaudeville hit in their new
admirable successo or to why Walker Re
formed"
tombstone Bennett, the female with the
masculine fads and the nose for press
titular role in "A Female Drummer over
600 times, and is tired of it.
There are limitations it would seem in
the favors that even Paris is willing to
extend to Bernhard. She lately wanted
to act as her own lawyer In a case of
which she is defendant, but the court de-
MED her the privilege.
Della Fox has regained her health and
is in recuperating. She has been
ENGAGED for the soubrette role in the
Trumps,' and will return to New York
when rehearsals are called.
At the request of Admiral Dewey, Lillian
Russell volunteered her services and sang
ing fund of the Naval Veterans home,
given at a private residence in New York
City on Thursday evening last.
1t is said of the late Joseph Hurst, who
died recently, and who had been in charge
of the box office of the Lyceum ~t'leater,
London, for thirty, years, that only once
performance at the Lyceum in its en-
tirety.
1t is said that yiotorien sardou will
the poisoning case that created such a
sensation in France between 1870 and 1850,
during the reign of Louis XIV, when
Madame de Montespan's influence was
dominant.
o.hsr t@por!ant drematizatIon a noyel
being Paul Leicester Ford's The Hon,
Peter Stirling" The author has arranged
with Miss Mildred Bowling to collaborate
with him in dramatizing the story.
III W HASil ""' A'NHs NAl''SH ~ VII
counter In Montreal some of that kind of
demonstrative adulat!on which is far by
gone in most cities. The mayor went on
the stage to present a floral wreath ora
torically, and her carriage was drawn
from the theater to her hotel by young
men.
What should the newspapers say about
indecent plays? Describe and decry them.
undoubtedly, though that is to recon-
mend them TO those people who like wicked
entertainment. The Philadelphia Jour
nails let drive at THE Girl from Maxim's'
with all their might, It was to have stayed
only a fortnight; now it is to be kept there
a month.
William Morris, unquestionably one of
the leading romantic actors in America
today, is 10 appear this season in THE
recalled hat this play Obtained wide rec,
o~gnition under Mr.. Daniel Frohman's di-
rection a season or so ago, and the rights
to produce it in this country have just
been acquired from him by Mr.. d, V. Ar
thur, who will direct the coming tour,
which is announced to begin on or about
Christmas.