The times., 1899-11-19

aggregation viii change its vehicle twice
week and should coin money for itself and
Tor rs
But IL is not only as a haven for stock
companies that Manila viii appeal 10 the
mercurial manager The city may become
tbe centre OF an International circuit. While
the distances probably seem long when ne
are merely telling about them there viii
be- little difficulty in jumping from san
Francisco 10 Honolulu from Honolulu 40
Manila and from Manila no fertile Austria
lia- SeEeu DAYS OF pleasant sailing viii
accomplish this final "trip. and ~ an cN-
Densc trlliuE I'M comparison "lth that
endured by any number OF American d.
TectOrs- I believe thsf when this Is real
ized there viii b. perfect stream OF at
fractions going over the route. and !
should net be surprised iT the value ci the
Philippines fr0I q theatrical viewpoint
VIII DO mueh toward mitigating the harm
done the California metropolis bg the syn
dicate
Ny present visit to the United States is
The result ol it1a planning On my os-u
behalf. Manila IS not the semi-ciTilizej
place which most people picture ir, ana few
cities cf its size have produced "a greater
number Of musicians. one Carl MiniL the
leader Gf the Sixth Artillery Bend. organ
lied about eighty Of these among them
Zen women. Into another band. c0nsidera-
biy ahead of his JHn. The company plays
Jhe classics ana the pCpuiaIi-ies wonder
fully lt has been together only seven
months. ana already is universally recog-
nizce ia The Philippines having appeared
before over sag i9 plsasuTe-seeEsFs at q
conceTt given 1u Juiv 4. ] am anxious 10
tour America with This combination. ] be-
Iieve that curiosity would bring us houses,
and that The merit OF the band would do
Ihe rest The emigration commissioners
have sanctioned nay scheme and row
only have lie secure a furlough for Mr..
Aiiudr in order 70 haEe accomplished my
purpose
Mr. Seymour is an enthusiastic cxpcn-
si0nist and his .iews on the political
questions OF tie Islands are most inter
osting. They would hardly be In place on
a dramatic page, however and hence their
repetition is delayed until more oppor-
tune time
John Tieruey. who was here last week
with Have You Seeea Smith ." through
q misfortune and not a fault. is a Wash
inEtCn boy He has been on the read for
q number Of years, however, and his Oh
servations on che subject OF things the
atrical are decidedly keen. IN speak ng
of the business done locally by his attrac-
ti0n. for example. he said The fact Of
the matter is that the country is too ful
Of farcicai companies. No sane person
cares for the nonsense that is dished up
ia these pieces. Their pristine vogue was
the result OF interest in their specially
features Nowadays tha vaudeville no -ses
furnish acts that no travelling manager
can afford, and the consequence is that
amusemeHu-lovers frequent such places Of
entertainment Al The expense Of their popu-
lsr-priced rivals Then. too as ! remark
ed. there are far more hashgs OF the class
mentioned than ans series Of cities can
be expected TO support Whenever head
liner OF the varieties finds Jkat his friends
are getting tired OF him ne lakes out some
such vehicle. Dramas or even straight
comedies are net gotten easily. So be
gr0-ures "a Farmers Almanac for 1872 a
pair Of scissors. and a pastepot and with
lhese goes TO work Within fOrty-eighJ
hours ne has evolved a -Dnkelsniel on
IIIth Avenue or a .-Nunlts Youngsters.
and is offended il mea and women do no,
H0Ck So see il. This is the condition, and
Lhis-Nith other thiLgs-Is the reason thar
Have You Seen smith was shown 10
empty benches.
on Friday night after the Hon. John
GrfEsby had lriumphed over mis- enemies
and proposed 10 his pr0tege, James Lack
aye, whose claims 10 distinction are IN the
facts fhat he Is good actor, brother 81
wilton LacEaye and Wasling,Cnian, SAL
iu little German res aurant and told SJo-
rles. one Of these concerned a recent ad-
venture Of an exciting nature We were
playing In Clneiunati' said Mr. Lack3ye,
and j had devoted great deal Of Iay time
tc the critic of oue Of the towns daily pa
pers-a gC-as-Eou- please friend OF The va
ricty Z prize most highly Tnis gentleman
rn Sunday AH4U
re reached the station he discovered THAI
Ve had several minutes 10 spare ana p-o-
posed a farewell drink. / was not sure
OF The lime but finally consented. with the
result That when ! arrived al the platform
my train was gone. I was in "A quandarE-
oIo other c0uid get me to Louisville In sea-
son for Mondays performance, ana NOT
only had no uuderstudy. but was III pos
session of the only manuscript Of the pari
oHned by the company. The newspaper
man talked the strait over with me and wg
decided that we would have 10 hire an en-
gfne and overtake tAe flyer. This idea WAS
enacted. ] caught the Sol Smith Russell
organization just as i discovered my a0-
sence and began 10 wonder what On earth
was TO be done The experience WAS e
novel one but special locomotives are cN-
Deusive Iuxuries and ] am on short Ia
tions for few weeks.
where have I seen you before quota
The Times mzu-
And Joseph Covue. 0f The Girl il Tho
Barracks" 10 whom me remark WAS made
--entured no ancient joke. bat Eraveiy re-
riied. IL Nas with a Dog IN the Man
azr' az the lafayette, and all through las
Monday nights performance 7 kept dread
fug that some OF you critics would
remember me in connection Wltt
that fearful Gasc0. Say -reninislently
sdid yea ever see more com
r:ate failure thau that same "A
bog iu the Msuger- The fact is tha- thl
piec1 should never have been staged
Charles Eovt was under contract Ti-h hL
nzr-uar SIR Mckee. - tGrn Out one lArci
every season He had bsen very ll. Ilr-
-5ziIr ~ The result Of the death OF hta sIte
and could not undertake a new wo-l- Ae
c0rdingIy he went AZ The manuscript q th'
'Htag' which originally was written 80 ad
vrfi=e psteut me5icine owned by Riel
a. Harris. and Rhich. LuG-r the tide 0
-Cezalfa.' was produced twelve years $50 a
fbe Globe III za-re Boston. The fEtIg WAS
ezeezGirgly bad. ard al. Hogt was uUt iE
caudi ion 10 patch -f up- sir Mckee how
ever. feIt that might Be built upon aftE'
-ne Grzt Performance. rs ere AL Of INC au
7hcr's comedies. ard pGt ii In rehearsal
The company had onlg week Ln EEicl
70 Labor With lhF dramatic canine, ard "a
stead % 6evetiug al his attention t0 thf
labor &r Eog1 saw bGt tT0 rsnderiugs BE-
fore the curtain rose q. me Lafayette
Ane- the uaering had b5eu presented, th
playwright was FCo iii Tor further efiCr,
I4e was despatched to Virginia aud th
Dog Ras killed Mr. Hosg has quite re
covered H0w. and the pu5.5c may eap-r