The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1899-04-23

roueher type are ready to start for
I Alaska with me hioHu'Ac Do 'heir Oh
Jccuve point
Ramsay Morris 1.-THE Last of tho Ro-
bansr h. scheduled for presentation at
| the Academy of Music, New York. late
| In August
Charles Hawtrey, the popular English
actor. As TO make a visit to America
carly next season under the management
or George w. Lederer
KATE Claxton produced dramatiza-
| tion of Kiplings The Light That Fail
! cd" a curtain raiser in New York last
week Tie Two Orphans" followed.
Margaret Augnn viii be a member OF
! the company headed by Henry Miller
! that is 10 Doe repertory of well-known
plays on the Pacific slope this summer.
All the seats for the opening perform
! auce of MaGde Adams in Romeo and
/ Juliet" 40 the Empire Theatre. New York
city. May Sth. have already been sold.
| Kyre Beuew has been offered the part
/ of Napoleon ln Julia Arthur's production
/ of "Pus que Refine" but has not decided
| whether other engagements will permit
! him % accept
: on March 10th "Cyrano dc Bergerac
I had its four hundredth and last perform
! auce at tlc Porte 81. Martin. Paris. Tho
/ run Of this play may well be described
/ ass phenomenal The total receipts are
I announced as $4,000
/ Augustus Thomas is finishing a comedy
} Tor STUART Robson. Bronson Howard and
/ Hrauder Matthews are TO furnish play
/ for w. IT, Crane. in which that actor
/ VIII Doe seen as Peter Stuyvesant. a one
/ legged character of old New York.
Reginald De Koven has received about
/ $4,000 from robin Hood" Barrie will
probably take $4,000 or more from 1.-THE
J Little Minister" Bronson Howard has
} had over $4,000 from Shenandoah"
I David Bolasco took $4,000 from THE
Heart of Mary land" and beyond doubt
| Doe WIFI earn an equal amount In royal
Z ties from "Zaza."
Two old men, who have been rather
widely described I'm recent months as be-
ing utterly broken down and az tine end
of their respective careers, seem TO be
very much alive az this particular mo-
! ment. They are Victorien SardOu and
Sir Henry Irving. and their Robes
pierre seems 10 have made the greatest
success over scored by Sardou as an
( author or Henry Irving as an actor
The Professional Woman's League IS
going to- play The Three Musketeers" In
New York The version Of Dumas ro-
nance TO be used is the one made by
Paul kester. Fanny Janauschek will be
the Cardinal Richelieu, Maude Banks the
D'Arugnan, Olive Oliver the Buckng-
ham. Lillian Russell the Anne Of Aus
tria. Mazda Craigen the Lady de Winter
BIjou hernandez the Constance, Ethel
Winthrop the King Louis and Mary
Zimmerman, Margaret St. John ard En-
gel Sumner the Guardsmen. Other parts
viii be played by Frances r. Haswin,
Pauline Willard. Mathilde COttrely. Ma
rie Addison. Kate Crouch, Lizzie Rech-
ellie. Miss Annie Hagen. Mrs. Edwin
Brandt Elma smith and Margaret St.
John Wood. The odd affair is set oown
for May 18th. at the Broadway Theatre
We doubt not that Maude Adams will
make a charming Juliet, with this guard
ed exception. she will lack the quality
that for a want Of a better name may
De described as warmth of nature. Miss
Adams Is artistic, but We can hardly
imagine her as the representative Of
Shakcspeares impulsve maiden, born
and ripenod under Italian skies ana COM
parable only to the luciOus fruit Of that
sunny cline, or TO some one Of the tend
or, colorful flowers Cat grow only where
warmest sunlight falls. Juliet is all pas
sion Miss Adams will have 10 manu-
facture even the outer fringe Of this emo
ton as 10 is given life and expression
in the unhappy daughter of the Capulets
The genuine article is nowhere 'n her
mental or physical makeup or. al least,
so far as discOverable in any of her
previous stage work-C VI. Bregg. in
Philadelphia Call.
30 other than Spanish and native thea
o.. al rn.f g..
though ain English variety show is 90
open soon. I'm expectation Of support by
our soldiers. From letter I'm The Clip
per &c Is learned that outside OF two
purely Tagalo theatres the only steady
place Of amusement Is the Gree Filipino
occupied alternately by Filipino acrobats
and Spanish opcrctta singers This thea
fro is q tumble of sheds. with corrugated
iron roofs hut within there is n fair
sized auditorium with a cement floor
The orchestra seats are wide mahoglnv
armchairs. with cane bottoms At the
Sides are n couple Of rows Of chairs ex-
tending tho length of tho place. and
above these are the balconies. where the
box parties SIT. The people smoke as
many cigars and cigarettes as they
choose. Tn the centre Of tho stage. NJ
the front ie tho promoter cage He
stands rhrotto I'm hand and reads every
line Of the dialogue indicating with his
FINGER the man who is To say II and
Keeping a neck ahead Of him IN tho
time To nm occupant n IRON seat
The performance IS made hichlv absurd
Tho orchestra IS an uu-to-9ato o~rauiza
tion NJ FNinino7. directed bv a wise