The times., 1899-12-17
BRIEFLY TOLD.

J. X. Emmett is a bankrupt No Won
der.
Charles wyndham is to present "Cyrano
de BerEerac.
Oscar Hammerstein may build theatre
. in Philadelphia
Martin Harvey has revived The Only
Way" in London.
"El Captain" has been rendered 150 times
in the British metropolis.
". A Brady is cut Of the manage
I ment of Roster & BiaIs.
The Girl From Maxims s. viii be taken
to London. Poor London.
Arizona" viii be booked for a return en-
gagement at the Lafayette.
Fay Templeton has been re-engaged for
Weber & Fields Music Hall
Nj and Mrs. Reginald de Koveu viii
spend this winter in Washington.
William Walmslsy. OF the Lafayette. was
married last week in Philadelphia
Wuifred Clarke. the minister of The
Choir Invisible has gone into vaudeville.
Charles Frohmau viii star William H.
Crane in a dramatizatiOn Of David Ha
rum"
Marie Tempest is cut OF the London cast
OF san Toy and is looking for theatre
Of her own.
Grant Parish. the Washngtonian who
went abroad for the -Munsey Magazine"
+ has returned.
/ Marie Burroughs is reported TO have
/ broken her eugagement- matrimonial-au
may resume her work
( Francis R Garfield, who opens here to-
/ morrow with "A Female Drummer has
! just been sued for divorce.
I Ellen Beach Yaw the soprano with the
! elevated note, and The Rose Of Persia,
are twin failures in London.
Maude Winter viii star. Isn't Miss Win
/ ter a bit new to the stage for the cultva-
/ tion Of that troublesome bonnet-bee?
/ Willis Swetnam. of the A Female Drum
mer' company has been with that farcicai
/ organization since its first night on the
road
I Mrs. George Gould is to reappear behind
/ the footlights FOR charity Some women
should stay away from them for the same
] reason.
o'Kane Hills. who was here last week
! with THE Open Door. might have been
remembered as the bashful blacksmith OF
The Choir Invisible"
/ Wulschuer & Son. OF Indianapolis. arc
/ publishing Go To sleep My Baby, the
/ charming lullaby which Isadore Rush did
! so much to make popular
William T. Baxter, an actor. was married
/ 10 Florence Brown, q non professional. on
/ last Friday evening at the residence Of the
/ brides parents in this city
The Devils Doings" is the title Of a
/ new melodrama II is TO be hoped that the
( work Of the presenting company is not
] !, 10 FrarsF . vaF.
Harry Corson Clarke, one while OF the
/ Frawley Company al the Columbia Theatre
/ is said 10 be coming money in the west
/ with What Happened TO Jones.
Last weeks Dramatic Mirror contained
/ a spirited reply to the frequent attacks
made upon the Actors Fund by Franklin
/ FyIes, the critic Of the New York Sun"
A. W. Schroeder's orchestra is winning
/ new laurels by its work this season at one
OF the local theatres. The organization
is among the best of its sort in the country.
Minnie Maddern Fiske terminates her
J long engagement in Becky Sharp" at the
/ Fifth Avenue Theatre on next Saturday
/ she VIII be seen in Washington within a
month.
The Theatre Comique -fthe house tnal
| Jack built" in New York-has been par
/ tally purchased by Gus Hill and, hereafter.
/
| attractions.
Il is reported that WnoHa Shannon. a
Washington girl, is 20 be married shortly
| TO Joseph Holland. Mr.. Holland is well
fitted for the position OF benedict. He is
/ stone deaf.
F. Augustus Anderson. who made a hit
/ with John Blair in Fl Gran Galeoto. viii
| play the role Of Quilp when Mary Sanders
| goes starring in an adaptation OF The Old
! Curiosity Shop
Eugene Tompllins' Boston Theatre. long
the home Of spectacular productions. has
| been sold to the Messrs Hashim Of Phil
! adelphia. and by those managers VIII be
| conducted as a vaudeville house.
"Our Girls" an amateur company under
| the direction of II. E SALESMAN, gave three
| performances Of The Mikado" last week
! al the Marble Theatre, Soldiers Home. and
| al the National Rifles Armory. The pro-
! duction was a great success. In the cast
| we're W II Conley. Myra Lee Civalier, Mrs
Albert F. Ferguson, Mrs. s. L. Dickinson,
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