The times., 1899-01-08
FRIENDS OF LAST WEEK.

There is so little talent in the world that
it seems pity to waste it as Georgia Caine
is doing in "a Reign of Error" Miss Caine
is a charming little woman-bright intel |
ligent. well educated and a thoroughly ex-
perienced and capable actress. In the two
different stellar roles she has assumed dur
ing the few years in which her field of work
has been the East-Julie Bon Bon in The
Girl From Paris" and the prima donna in
Lost, Strayed or Stolen she has sue
ceeded in making uniformly good impres-
sion. Her humor is so delicate. her chic
so unstrained and her impersonations SO
natural that the success she achieved
seemed well deserved, and the clever lead
ing woman appeared 10 have taken the
tide of fortune at its food But Miss
Caine was probably offered a big salary By
the Rogers Brothers and was Coerced by il,
for only year after her greatest triumph
she is playing a part OF few lines and
fewer opportunities with an aggregation of
variety people who. while they are pos
sessed of undoubted merit, are not in the
same class with their co-worker Miss
Caine is not even featured with the organi-
zation. the wife OF one of the stars Maude
Raymond, having been given that place on
the bills. If this is hard for Miss Caine. it
is also probably hard for Ada Lewis and
George Marion, both of whom are legiti-
mate people of great ability. Neither OF
them has any chance to make good in
"A Reign of Error or, indeed are they of
any use to the management excepting in so
far as the drawing power of their names
goes The idea of subordinating them as
they are subordinated with the Rogers
Brothers is hardly a fair one. The stars
are clever and the public does not worry
much about the matter in consequence. but
it must be CALLING TO the trio named and
one can only misunderstood their having
accepted positions which must hurt them
every way but financially.
Recipe for three hours OF fun. as given
the property man at the Academy by the
proprietors of 'Hogan's Alley" One trick
slot machine, ten slap sticks. fourteen
| bottles of seltzer, eight whirigigs. two re-
yolyers, one mortar for explosion effscts
two strings attached to hats. fifty wooden
chairs. two silk stove pipes" to be SAT
on; two canes. two folded newspapers witt
which to club the man who tells the joke
four misft suits. eight homely girls one
trunk for wardrobe Of said girls. two prop
erty babies, one trick tree. seven bad
songs one big American nag. sixty three
war jokes. one set Of humorous signs
twelve pairs of big shoes. eight pairs Of
tights, one small boy and a great deal of
| bad grammar.
OF all the bright. dainty clever little
women in creation no one eXcels charming
| Lulu Glaser. who will be known without
| further description as Francis Wilson's
| leading woman. Miss Glaser has all the
pleasing grace and thorough intelligence
| of an artist. She also possesses something
! exceedingly rare in the fair sex-a fne
! sense of humor and the understanding 10
| express it. Her sweet voice is made
| doubly pleasant when she sings by the
/ care with which she articulates and her
method is admirable. Viyacity. personal
appearance. youth and many other like
| things go to make up Miss Glaser's mag
/ netism and she possesses as much of this
! quality as has any entertainer on the
| stag. Had she not already achieved it
one would wish her every success in her
| calling.
J Why is 1t that an intelligent actress vii
| often assume n part without making am
effort to find what the prototype is like in
real life? In cases where the impersona-