The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-10-22

leading man and woman. Mr.. Herne's
daughters, Julia and Crystal, Sydney
Booth, W. T Hodge, Charles S. Pitt,
Robert. Gillig, Mrs; Sol Smith, Jessie
ley are also in the cast.
Arthur Krupp, the famous maker of
great guns has opened at Berndorf, near
Vienna, a theatre erected by him for the
ment.
Charles Wyndham's new London thea
tire, which will bear his name, will be
opened on a date yet TO be liked with
David Garrick.
Francis Powers has written new play,
Mother Earth soon to be produced in
San Francisco, the scene enc Of his r extra :
The new play is study. of life in the
Mexican provinces.
The professional careers of Mr.. and Mrs
Kendall are told in T. Edgar Pemberton S
1.-THE Kendals," shortly to be published in
England.
gustin Days executors the American
rights to 1.-The Greek Slave" which he
will produce with Dorothy Morton In the
lead.
Grant Parish has gone on an extended
trip abroad. He will write magazine ar
ticles and take special photographs of
Finnish and Russian life. Mr. Parish will
undertake also special government mis-
SION
Edwin II. Low is making arrangements
for the journey of Mrs Dangtry and her
company from London to New York. The
precise date of sailing has not yet been
fixed
of Tennessee" company at Boston, Oct
81.
Louie Maurice the musical director,
has just returned from a trip abroad,
having spent the greater part of the
summer at his home in Holland
Lillian Russelps- plea fol-. the transfer
of George w. Lederer's suit against her
from Brooklyn to New York courts, has
John Drew has been under doctors
care recently. Mr. Drew had a severe
cold and. fever setting IN, the physician
upon playing however, and left his bed
on Friday and Saturday rather than dis
appoint the audiences.
Ellen Terry tells of a pretty incident
which OCCURRED during a tour in Aus
tralia. "Do you know what 1 consider
the most glowing tribute l ever received?
There was crowded house, an intent au-
dience, and humor for the instant had
given place to pathos. You might have
heard pin drop, and I felt the tension
of the house was at breaking point The
intense silence was broken by a childish
voice-a girl s-who, turning to her na-
rent, asked, in broken voice: Mother,
is it real a"
Hamlet" which is regarded as one of
the longest parts given on the stage,
contains 100 lines, but "Colinette" In
Julia Marlowe's play, contains 5000 lines.
OF the. hours and 20 minutes acting
time of the play Miss Mariowe is on the
stage 2 hours and Il minutes. The other
. minutes are occupied in changing cos
tunes.
The stage banquet table Is usually a
good deal of sham. The wine is cold
tea and the canvas back ducks are of
paper mache. The salad is of sawdust
and the mayonnaise dressing is diluted
yellow, paint. No wonder the actors make
feeble pretence at swallowing these con-
coctions. Whenever the operation of eat
ing is demanded, one may be assured
that milk toast and sliced bananas with
cream are. used. Solid foods interfere
with the distinct utterance of the lines.
The hatless woman in New York the
aires came first from the cities outside
New York. 1t was the fall visitors who
set the example at first, removing hats
In the play houses. Now the autumn
visitors there can be seen every night
walking through the streets as composed
" as though IT were the usual thing.
On Broadway, on the cable cars going to
theatres and In restaurants may be seen
these well-dressed, refned-looking wom-