The times., 1899-05-21
BRIEFLY TOLD.

bhIEfLl IULD.
Forty companies closed last week.
| Schools out.
Ward and vokes will soon produce a
new skit, The Floor Walker
| Corse Payton's ct. t. T." company
cleared over S25,000 this season.
The engagement of Harrison ]. Wolfe
and Marie Darlington is announced.
/ 'Papa's Wife" is to be the next vehicle
| for Anna Held. And still they come
Nat Goodwin and Ned sothern contem-
plate joint starring tour next season.
Maude Courtney has again made big
hit at Roster G Balls She was greatly
liked here.
Felix Haney. the laughable Hi Hol-
ler.' OF "'W Way Down East" has numerous
| Washington relatives.
Half OF the brief notes of the Dramatic
Mirror" are to deny ridiculous stories of
the New York dailies.
Eddie Dunn will do press work in Dem
yer during the summer. Eddie will just
suit the Colorado city.
The valuable furniture and souvenirs of
the late Alexander Hermann were sold
last week at public auction.
Louise Nesmith. formerly with Thomas
E. Shea, will do leading business in The
| Village Postmaster" next season.
Has it come to this? The Lyceum COM
pany is said to be contemplating the pro-
duction of drama, The Libertine."
Blanche Bates comes on to Join the
Frawleys after Private John Allen" TAX
ing the title role in The Dancing Girl"
Otto E. Sellhausen will look after the
finances of Glen Echo. No better selec-
tion or more popular man could have been
/ found.
"a Stranger in a Strange Land" seen
here early this season. will be revived in
Gotham having been built up greatly. II
should go.
Eugenie Blair will be seen in Lifts "The
! Club Baby" She will play opposite Ar
| thur Forrest, for many years Mansfield s
leading man.
(! Efie EllsIer, OF Hazel Kirk" fame. will
! play Glory Quayie in a road company of
The Christian" Dorothy Usner is now
due for the part
His Japanese Wife" comedy by Clay
NJ. Green, was produced in Frisco lately.
Its plot would not be suitable for Sun
day school primer.
Robert Grau. Clint Wilson. and Joe Page
have Joined hands, creating a powerful
vaudeville management The firm will
have London representative.
Charles Dickson will be seen next sea-
son in q new three-act comedy. "All Men
Are Liars" II his proposed ''angel" is an
exception, the piece will be seen here.
Baltimore can again rejoice. The Ly-
ceum Stock Company completed its career
of devastation among the old-time plays
last night. 1t will open again next sea-
son.
Minnie Ashley. the little woman who
was generally praised here with The
Geisha' has made the hit OF her life in
Prince Pro Tenn" Even Boston enthused
over her.
Julia Arthur rang down the curtain on
"a Lady OF Quality" in New Haven the
other evening and declined to continue her
performance until drunken Yale stu
! dent was removed from the house Her
action was generally applauded.
Pearl EVELYN. with Way Down East"
was a former member of the Columbia
! Stock Company. She assumed the role OF
| Kate when Louise Galloway was compelled
to resign on account of sickness. Pearl is
said to have made quite an impression in
the part.
John Blair, late leading man with Julia
| Marlowe will give a special performance
of Ibsen's Ghosts on May %. Herr
| Emanuel Reichter, of the Deutches Thea
ire, Berlin, whom Ibsen considered the
best delineator of his creations in Europe
has deferred his departure to direct the
production.
The Telegraph" says: THE effort of
finishing his last play was so very dis
| tressing that II. A. Du Souchet had to go
| to the Hot Springs to recuperate- He has
Just come back to New York after seven
weeks absence" Which shows that Mr..
| Du Souchet is really human and can suffer
as do his audiences.
Charles Coquelin and Jane Hading are
| to produce Edmond Rostand's Plus Que
Refine" in London. Julia Arthur owns the
American rights to the drama and will do
it next season in New York with cast and
| scenic investiture that threaten to COM
pletely hide the star from sight unless her
press agent is an exceedingly able one.
"The Club Baby" a farce which Jacob
! Lift has been threatening to produce for
| the last five months, will be done at Nc
Vicker's Theatre, in Chicago. a week from
Sunday. Since Max Figman is in the cast
it is safe to announce that everyone within
mile OF the playhouse mentioned will
know when the piece is finally presented
Emma Calve has ordered her tombstone
and the sculptor announces his intention
OF exhibiting the work at the Paris Expo
sition. Madame Calve should make some
arrangement with Sara Bernhardt. who
owns her own coffin. and with Madame
| Fougere, who is said to have had her own
grave dug, that the show may be COM
plete.
Nat c. Goodwin and Annie Russell are
| to share the Duke OF York's Theatre in
| London Mr.. Goodwin being seen there
every night and Miss Russell at the matt
| nees. Mr. Frohman had found it impo5-
sible to secure a separate house for his
clever woman star and hence this ar
J rangement. which promises more novelty
| than profit.
| Alma D'Alma is said to have fallen a vie
| tim to some Moorish monster in far-off
Morocco, Nanette Comstock has been de-
scribed as the sufferer by an automobile
| runaway Nine. Melba is supposed TO have
| made a fortune on the stock exchange. and
| the month has furnished other evidences
| OF the fact that spring fever has no effect
! upon press agents.