Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-23

to put The Gunner's Mate on in New Yorl
for a long rum
Kathryn Osterman. who was seen here ii
Dear Old Charley" has a new and sue
cessful vaudeville sketch
Viola Allen will END her six weeks en-
gagement in Philadelphia December %. at
the Walnut Street Theater.
1t is asserted that Duse is dying of a
broken heart because Gabrielle d Annunzio
the Italian author, Tilted her
Joseph Hart and Carrie De Mar have or
ganized a vaudeville company and are play
ing under the direction of Weber & Fields.
1t is reported in Chicago that Sol. Smith
Russell is to retire from the stage for a
year or two to avoid the breakdown In
health which seems Imminent
A play for N c. Goodwin 1.-THE Hon
Peter Sterling" is being discussed. The
wonder is that the work of drama tizing
Edward Elsner now has the part of the
young husband in Mile Fiji which in this
city was played by Aubrey Boucicault. A
Miss Bowman plays the title role.
James A. Herne's new play. Sag Har-
Dor. with the author playing the leading
role of Capt. Dan Marble, is in the ninth
week at the Park Theater in Boston.
Although the title of THE Johnnie" Jo-
seph Arthur's new play. which Liebler &
Co. will shortly produce. is an English
term, the scenes are all laid in this coun-
try.
Mrs. Carter is said to speak more than
$4,000 words in the character of Zaza. There
are between II 600 and 1900 words in the
part of Cyrano as played by Richard Mans
field.
1t has been estimated that our theater-
going public pays s10O00,000 a year for its
entertainment. The calculated attendance is
100000 persons a week in the various
playhouses of the country.
Hundreds of yards of canvas and dozens
of blankets have been used to darken Con-
vention Hall for the fight pictures. The
enterprise is under the management of o.
H Butler, who is well known in this city.
Belasco's Naughty Anthony will have
its initial presentation in Washington, Bal
tinore and New York on the same dates
as ZaZa was first given--Washington De-
cember %; Baltimore January i: New
York, January s.
Rostand,s LIE Theatre" which will be
acted by Bernhardt, will embody the prin-
cipal incidents in the life of that actress
1t is intended that the piece shall be PLAYED
in America. Bernhard will also appear i'm
Hamlet, and Coquelin will play Polonius
Richard Golden has forsaken French farce
and Is to play in THE Princess Chic'-a
very different order of entertainment The
management is confident of its ability to
noid Mathiide Preville, for whose services
there has been litigation with Francis VIII
SON.
Josephine Hall claims damages from the
pennsylvania railroad and from her man.
ager because she lost not only her dia.
monds, but her lingerie. Those who saw
her in THE Girl From Maxip's" will he
convinced that the apparel which she
iiiourhs cannot long escape observation.
In response to inquiry, Has the stage
aeseneTasedz Henry Irving replied: De
Seie Ia Goodness. no! The stage has
Will the young never see the so-called de-
seneracy. 1t Is always the old who see what
'hey cohsider retrograde movement"
Whiting Allen who is associa+ad ,,,;.b 49,
business department of Princess Chic ;, h. :
tiie distinction of having done the highest
SSuteitisIIig ever known in the United
states. He once placed a stand Of hiIIs q :
the top of Pixies Peak for Adsn IN oi ~, d.
pdugh- special guard for the Washine-
ton monument during his stay in Wasbins-
ton mas been suggested
Madame Algeria Barrios. wife of the ,,ta
PRESIDENT OF Guatemala. and Mr. Arthur
IsSndn nave entered into an agreement
in
a repertoire of plays some new ard IT. "a,
already made famous by the great acfrese
MS sister, Miss Ada Rehan Madame Par,
r ,iof, was at one time regarded as one of the
rIchest women in North America WhiIa
much of her estate in Guatemala is in III
gauon, she Is still very wealthy.
Wilson Barretts powerful RELIGIONS and
Spectacular drama. The Sign of the Cross -
Is again touring this country with phenom-
ehaI success. The play is still being pre-
scented by William Greet's London com
pany. headed by Charles Dalton ibis
company was on board the in-fated ..Scots.
man, which was wrecked on the rocks of
Ihe straits of Belle Isle IA short time ago
me members of the organization lived four
days on an otherwise inhabited island.
A contribution to the benefit Of Treasurer
Wilson at the Bijou Theater tomorrow
h!ght that Will please the lovers of yaude-
vile will be the appearance of willis p
SWeatman. who has made millions of peo-
pie laugh Mr. Sweatman has had most
successful week at the Academy. The en-
IRE blJou stock company will appear In the
opening frst part, and seven all-star acts
VIII follow in the oliO including the local
Tuxedo Quartet In a melange OF music on
mandolins.
Lew Dockstader. who is now a theatrical
capitalist, with prospects of a permanencv
In New York. was the hero of a little Incl
dent in Toronto last week that goes tn
show the trend of public feeling in inter.
national matters. In the course of his
monolOgue he had occasion to refer to the
American flag, Two men in the gallery
began TO hiss at the mention of old glory,
and there was also mutterings of general
disapproval about the house Lew Stoned
In MS remarks and said: Tut, tut. bows
don't hiss that flag. You don't know how
soon you might need it. Some of your
wisest men think you need it now There
was pause of few seconds and then the
ehiire audience broke into wild applause.
Ho" the Beers Will Collapse.
From the London Spectator.
Our biunders are extremely tiresome and
Vexatious, but they cannot alter the final