The record-union., 1899-03-05

been booked. Brahm Stoker, who is
Mr.. Irving's personal representative, is
now in New York.
| Blanche Bates, made her debut with
the Frawley Stock Company in Salt
Lake City five years ago. She has
| been a leading woman of that company
I continuously since until recently and is
a prime favorite with theater goers in
San Francisco and other Pacific Coast
| cities. Ambitions for a New York
career beset her. When she received
an offer from Augustin Daily she
promptly accepted it. She laughed
when she wrote her reply. She remem-
bered the day five years before when
she had presented herself, timid ap-
plicant, at Mr.. Days Office. Mr.. Daily
neglected the little formality of remov-
| ing his hat, which shocked the boarding
school bred girl. 'Who are your" said
| Mr.. Daily. Miss Blanche Bates falter-
| ingly explained that she was nobody
much,'' but she hoped to be. What
dye want?" asked the manager Miss
Bates explained her aspirations for a
stage career. mo, don't want you,"
was his "businesslike" reply. ''And
now he does want me-" she laughed
| gleefully as she wrote an acceptance of
his offer two months ago. She came 10
New York few weeks ago. She played
Celia in ''As You Like It." The critics
gazed. She played Blanca in THE
Tanning Of the Shrew' The critics
wondered. She played the Countess in
THE Great Ruby" The critics adored
and rhapsodized. The astute manager,
A. NJ. Palmer, is saying Il told you So"
He won a $500 wager on Blanche
Bates success in 1.-The Great Ruby"
Now he is predicting that she will be
the greatest American star She has
captured the popular fancy. When
the announcement of her sudden with
drawal from the DAILY Company wss
made she received a flood of letters
Their writer's ranged from the owner of
a Fifth-avenue mansion to a god of
the galleries. They were all cordial,
| all anti-Daly, and all predicted phe-
nomenal success.
| John Cordray has a novel scheme at
his theater in Portland, Or. After the
orchestra has finished the overture a
neat sign rises to the view of the au-
dience from the floor of the stage. 1t
|
proper time for ladies to remove their
hats" And if they are not already off,
| the sign works wonders.
| y
Otis Skinner is presenting "Rose-
mary in the important cities of the
South to large audiences. His imper-
sonation of Sir Joseph Thorndyke is
said to be very clever. Skinner will
bring out a new romantic drama early
in the spring. This is the field in which
this talented actor is destined to win
success. Jacob Lift is contemplating
a big revival of Hamlet with Otis
Skinner as the Prince
1t seems to be universally agreed,
says the New York Tribune" that
THE Great Ruby" which was pre-
scented at Days Theater for the first
time recently is the most remarkable
work of it's kind that has been seen
here. The scenes and effects are of a
sort not often seen on this or any other
stage, and these and the incidents of
the play have called forth abundant
applause from large audiences ever
since the opening night.
Minnie Palmer, who has not per-
formed in America in the last two or
three years makes her temperance
| March 9th. She comes from England
and brings with her new play by an
English author. and company of four
or five English actors to interpret it.
Milwaukee Sentinel: Some one has
gone to the trouble of counting the
words and cues in the part of Cyrano
de Bergerac. There are II, $40 of both
Rostand's play contains GA characters,
/ Cyrano has 621 speeches, Roxine has
326 speeches. the speech describing nose