The times., 1899-12-03
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Yvette Guilbert is seriously i'll.

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The Burnt Cork Club gave the second
| entertainment Of its present series on
| Thursday night at Odd Fellows Hall.
! Oscar Hammersteins unfinished New
! York theatre will be opened by James A.
! HeTne with Sag Harbor" next September.
Duncan B. Harrison, formerly manager
OF The Pacific Mail" and other attractions,
! spent a portion of last week in Washing
! ton.
Ferris Hartman. last seen here in La
! Belle Helene has returned to the TivoH
| Opera House San Francisco, whence he
! came
Charles Dickson is trying again with
/ Mistakes VIII Happen, which some peo-
Dle regard as the worst mistake that ever
! happened
The Gay Debutante" and In Gay Pa
| rec both have been closed, Evidently
| these pieces were not as gay as their man
ayers took them to be.
/ Alma D'Alma has gone on the stage The
wise expected as much when they heard
of the fabulous story tCld last spring or
| Miss D'Almas adventures in Morocco.
James K. Hackett is to play the title role
in dramatzation of Winston ChurChills 5
| successful novel Richard Carvel, =" which
Theodore Burt Sayre is arranging for the
stage.
Dear Old Charley" will be shelved with
/ in a fortnight and J. J. RosenthaTs Elay-
ers viii take to a new farce, which has
received the facetious caption OF Which
is Watt?"
Col. Richard Henry Savage, whose My
| Official Wife" was Minnie Seligmans first
starring vehicle, has been sued for di-
vorce. Mrs. Savage urges a superfuity OF
unofficial wives.
Coo 90 I2-os 5t,,,,-+ ,,,+l,1- T 4.yt-t,,t
! Happened to Jones" has returned from
London. where he went for the purpose OF
witnessing the initial performance OF The
Wrong Mr.. Wright"
William Walmsley, Of the Lafayette, is
branching out into new fields. Mr. Walms-
ley believes that he has made a discovery
In local society girl. who shortly will
tour the Keith circuit under his direction.
At recent benefit given in London
large sum IS said TO have been realized
from sale Of kisses iuaugurated by The
Belle Of New York" girls The plan is
worth the consideration of American man
ayers.
Willard Holcomb, who quilted this city
TO assume the direction of the LiebIers'
press bureau. sailed for London yesterday
afternoon Mr.. HolcOmb will pave the way
for Children of the Ghetto" in the Brit
ish metropolis.
Kirke La Shelle, manager of Arizona.
came to Washington last week and devOt-
ed his time to experimenting rehearsals
of Augustus Thomas drama, the cast of
which IS being strengthened for a New
York opening
The Times is in receipt of handsome
souvenir of Alice Nielsen in THE Singing
Girl" This souvenir is in the form OF
pamphlet containing many excellent pic
lures of the star, and is a desirable addi-
tion to any collection.
Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush" which
originally was produced in Washington
and which has been touring the country
internationally ever since, Will begin a
New York run on January /. The Bush"
should bear golden fruit.
new dramatization OF The Silence Of
Dean Maitland" is promised Maxwell
Grays book has been adapted frequently,
and always has failed to score, but the
material is excellent, and the present YER
sion may achieve success
Della Fox has recovered from her recent
illness and will sail for Bermuda almost
Immediately Upon her return. Miss Fox
Trumps the DrGry Lane compilation
which Charles Frohman is to bring to this
country.
membered for her work in The Moth and
the Flame and Catherine" is to star
under the management of Liebler & Co.
Mrs. lie Moyne is capable woman, but it
is doubtful If she is ripe for big type and
calcium lights yet.
Lavinia H. Van WesteryeIdt Dempsey,
Queen Of the Holland Danes, etc, has
changed the name Of her new play from
"on Neutral Ground" to "A Patriot Hero"
Perhaps Her Regal Majesty felt that the
actors who exploited the piece would de-
serve some such title.
BY far the most capable amateur in
Washington is Anita Shade, of the Ger
man Dramatic Club Miss Shades various
performances in this city have evidenced
her merit and there can be little doubt
that bright future awaits the young wom-
an on the professional stage.
Ridge Walters novel publication THE
Chorus Girl" is out in all its glory. The
object Of the paper is the registration Of
employed and unemployed people of the
type mentioned in its title and the proba
bility is that the venture viii be a sue
cess, Certainly, there is a field for it.
After long deliberation, the Duke Of
Manchester at last has determined to hon
or the theatre by adopting the drama for
a livelihood. The place for his debut has
y
ord that up to date. Huber's Museum has
suggested itself as being most appropriate.
The company which opens in Naughty
Anthony" on Christmas Day at the Colum-
bia Theatre Will include Blanche Bates,
Frank Worthiug. William J. lie Moyne.
Olive Redpath, William Elton Samuel
Edwards. Claude GilIingwater, J. BrannOn
lyman. Maude Harrison, Fanny Young, and
others.
Announcement has been made of the
marriage Of Anna Held and Florence Zieg-
field. jr her manager, two years ago In
Paris. This statement viii not be a sur
prise TO those who have been at all inti-
mate with either party, for the secret was
not closely kept, and might have leaked out
some time ago.
A letter to The Times urges that the
the paper erred in commencing Florence
Kahn performance in "El Gran Galeoto"
because Miss Calm is a recent graduate
from school of acting. 1t is difficult to
see what that fact has to do with the
matter, beyond Frightening the actress
future prospects.
Cissie Fitzgerald-she of the naughty
wink-and The Prince of BorneO" are
twin failures at the Strand Theatre, Lon
don. Both have been followed
with a production of George Broadhurst's
THE Wrong Mr.. Wright" the farce in
which Roland Reed achieved one of his
greatest successes.
AMUSEMENTS.
NATIONAL THEATRE.