Evening star., 1899-03-27

meister and Roudez, will present La Ira
| viata," in Italian, Friday evening and AT
| the matinee Saturday 'FausS' will be sung
| with cast of unusual strength. Marguerite
1 will be sung by Nine. Emma Eames the
American prima donna. so successful with
| the Grau Company; Faust by NJ. Albert
| Saleza, the great French tenor; Marta by
| Mile. Bauermeister, Siebel by Madame Man.
| tell, Valentine by NJ AIbers and Mephis-
topheles by the great and only NJ. Pol.
| Plancon.
| Tunis F. Dean who is here in advance of
Sousas comic opera, The Bride Elect"
has as one of his duties to secure accom-
| modations for THE Bride Elect donkey
which plays a part in the first act. when
| Hart, the comedian, makes his entrance.
| The donkey was recently interviewed and
| this is the story he told:
| This is my first season in the theat-
| real profession. Before accepting my pres
| ent engagement had several offers one to
star with Uncle Toms Cabin. but had a
| dispute with the bloodhounds regarding the
| star dressing ROOM and decided not to go.
| Then they wanted me for a horse show but
| ~ was small part, and l kicked. Wouldn't
that jar you! AT present 1 am suffering
| from bad cold, and i am obliged to cut
! my music. Our business representative
| Mr. Dean, is the only one against whom |
| can register a complaint He will insist in
| putting me up at bum hotels. until life as a
| uouper has become irksome In Detroit he
engaged apartments for me at an awful
| JOINT up dark alley, where 1 was waylaid
ore night and robbed of beautiful blanket
with my monogram written I'm gold letters -
| Like all other stars, the donkey had little
| TO say about the production but consid-
eranle esTh ,Ia aoout his work in the first act of
| Ihe Bride Elect after which he always
| hurries straight home and goes to bed
The report that Israel Zangwin will
| change the title of his new play. founded
| on his novel, children of the Ghetto - 70
| The jew" is denied by Manager Caorse
| C. Tyler OF Lebler & Co. who will produce
! II. This firm is too shrewd to lose the hem
ent OF the pre-interest which the book has
| created in the play by changing its title
Children of the Ghetto is a yalusbIe
| trademark
Dainty Christie Macdonald recently con-
tr1buted a letter on THE Art of Reing
Happy, which Won for the little lady a
| Number of congratuatory letters from her
| friends and admirers. She said:
nhe craving for happiness has been,
| since the beginning of the world every
body's companion. known or unknown, and
sometimes continues for life time
| There is specific for happiness al there
| Is one for unhappiness. One can be happy
even though his burden of hunger and sor-
row be great, while another is uusatistied
| with all earthly advantages. To the latter
belong those especially petted by fortune.
Now, there is a wonderful little remedy
Tor this ailment if we but take It Every
one can be his own doctor and prescribe
Tor himself every minute, if he but wishes
| and, am glad to say, in but few cases 1t
proves failure. 1t is a remedy which the
head dictates and the heart grants and
| which is sure to heal the sickness of earth
iy unsatisfaction. this terrible aiiment that
the costliest medicines have no power to
heal. This cheap, homely remedy is called
Look Beyond Yourself
"a yVNar1 wits
and weigh others misfortunes with your
own and rejoice to see the scales balance
| in thy favor There is a legend attached
to this remedy. Many years ago there was
a wise judge. In the town he lived there
were many complaints of unbearable bur-
dens to carry. Therefore he said, Let all
men pack their burdens into a bundle and
lay them down before the town and then
| let each one pick the bundle most suitable
to him. This was done, and every one
picked the bundle which he thought most
fitted to him and went home But soon
each one found his burden unbearable
again, so the judge said. 'Ye see'st even
when We art allowed to pick your burdens
ye are still unsatisfied do my bidding and
let each one think he has the smallest and
that there are others larger and harder to
bear
Each one followed the judges wise COM
mand, and henceforth there Were no more
complaints"
Held profits from 'Cyrano de Bergerac'' for
twenty weeks are S120OO0. At a glance this
seems an eXorbitant profit, but it should
be remembered that Richard Mansfield a
man of energy, taste and intelligence, has
made acting his business He has devoted
himself to the theater with the same in
dustry that would be required in the ordi-
nary channels of commerce; he has faced
pecunfary risk and encountered many hard
ships His earnings the present season
represent in lump sum the reward of
many seasons of courageous toll added to
an original capital of industry and brains.
OF Mr.. Mansfield's personal disposition it is
needless to speak, as he seldom obtrudes it
upon the public of late. And nothing after
all could be more strictly his own business
1t has been denied that he possesses the
quality of emotional self-effacement essen
tial to robust tragic roles. But this opin-
ion involves no question of his mastery
abilities in other directions. And the cir
cumstances which have called attention to
the fact that he is not convincing in tenn
pestuous passions are infinitely to his credit
His productions which have not survived
were all evidences of a determination TO
appeal to the public's intelligence well
as its pocket book
With the average play producer Cyrano
would be regarded merely as a lucky in
vestment. With Richard Mansfield it is the
natural result of long culture and devotion
to the drama in its refined aspect No one
except Mansfield would have had the cour-
age to put the time and money and labor
into the production. That his own work in
the piece is open to question is not to be
denied. 1t is true that he exaggerates
Cyrano's nose beyond all probability. But
the resentment vanishes after the first act
and the audience accepts him nose and all
hero. He had measured the force of
the noses impression with accuracy and
knew how far he dared go. A more human
nose might have been more satisfactory.
But the experiment has not been tried in
Washington, and the Mansfield nose must,
therefore. be accepted. That he hurried
some of his speeches was evident, but he
thereby enabled the audience to get home
before / O'Clock next morning. He appears
to have sacrificed his own interests as an
actor in order to avoid cutting the play.
This may have been mistake from a prac-
teal point of view, but it is a gratifying
assurance of scholarship. It Is not hard to
find small faults with Mansfield's Cyrano-
but it is probable that the American public
would have had no Cyrano at all had ii not
been for Mansfield. and this consideration
should alone be sufficient TO make criticism
whether professional or amateur, doff its
hat in respectful salutation.
PORTO RICANS TO BE VACCINATED.
Efforts Will BE Made to StOp the