The Philipsburg mail., 1899-01-13
married women, "a widows and 80 d.
vorced or abandoned wives.

vorced or abandoned wives.
Spain, like England, has. a peer OF
the realm on the stage, for the "hrst
walking gentleman" in the compan!
of Sonora Guerrero, now acting in Par
Is, is her husband, the Marquis de Fon-
tenac. He is grandee OF the nrst
class, who some years ago marrleo
the daughter of Marshal Serrano, the
ex-regent. Having lost his wife, and
feeling himself attracted by the foot
lights, he joined the Teatro Espagnol
at Madrid where he achieved great
success, fell in love with his mana
gepess, and married her-an event
which caused no little sensation.
John Hare, in recent interview, de-
cIared that he had long cheris he'd a
scheme for the revival Of Robertson s
comedies, which he is now. putting in
to execution in England. After pro-
ducng Caste" last season, he has be-
gun the present one with Ours" In
which he is delighting provincial audi
ences with his Prince Perovsky. Next
he will present School" resuming his
famous impersonaton of Beau Farm
tosh. Society" IN. P" and Play
will follow in due season. and in each
of them he will be seen In the charac'
ter originally played by him.
NM. Berton and Simon, the authors
Of "Zana," which is being adapted from
the French by David Belasco, and in
which Mrs. Leslie Carter will make
her temperance IN New York this
| winter have decided to visit this coun'
try to witness the first American per-
| Torrance of the play. NJ. Simon Is tht
son of Jules Simon, the French states
man, and NJ. Berton was for some time
leading actor in Nine. Rejane's com
pany.
They are wrangling already In Lon
| don over the original Of The Terma
CANT" Miss Nethersoles new play. y
| S, Graeme claims that it is in man.
! respects identical with "Provencales
or, the Court of Love-" written by him
SELF He fatty states that most OF tn
| people connected with THE Terma
CANT" have at some time or other seer
his manuscript, and he thinks the.
stole 1t.
"Nicandra" was acted in London
"Nicandra" Is an Egyptian princes
over 5000 years old, and has lived al
that time in the form of snake. Som
old professor brings the snake from
the tombs Of Egypt to his house Il
London. where by some chance it be
comes metamOrphOsed to its origina
form, and proceeds to make troubi
generally.
The day after the performance Gf
play in a certain large city the man
ger Of the theater wrote the followin
chilling note to the leading actor: IN
Dear Sir-Your performance last nigh
was SO bad that several deadhead
have written demanding that the1
names be removed from the free list!
Tit Bits.
There is a hiatus Of one night (SuI
day. October 3O) in the Detroit Lyceul
bookings, and yesterday arrangement
were made to fill it with the Ralp
Cummings stock company, which wi
be brought over from Cleveland IL
that night only. 1t is possible tn;
"Monte Cristo" will be the pla.
though the matter is not definitely Sc
tied.
Augustus Thomas is writing anothe
play for Stuart Robson. The scene
will be laid in Washington, and M
Robson will impersonate a dare-dev
young fellow whose friends nominal
and elect him to congress much agains
his will.
The scheme of erecting in Berlin
} Joint monument to Haydn, Mozart ar
I Beethoven has been abandoned. TT
, sculptor Siemering has instead be5
commissioned to send in designs fl
= three separate statues.
3 The phenomenal heat Of the la
; summer in London appears to have h;
S most depressing effect upon theatr
e cal business, and several theaters ha'
r been compelled to close their doors pr
D matureiy.