The Anaconda standard., 1899-01-22

more than the average man. Pluck
speculation and close attention to busi-
ness have placed them on Easy street.
Richard Mansfield must have a big
$4,000 out of Or. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde and "Cyrano de Bergerac' has
paid him at least the same amount up
to date. He has property in Rye and
in New York. He might quit now and
never lack for bread, butter and a
piece of cake.
After Frank Daniels had made money
out of The Rag Baby" in 'S3 he be-
gan to invest in land in Oregon and
Washington The farce comedy Little
Puck brought him more money. and
it went the same way. Then he was
wise enough to unload before the
slump came and realized an amount
that may be roughly estimated at $780,
900.
Joe Jefferson seems to be willing to
retire on his 100000 and live without
the glare of the footights. Henry Dixey
ought to have a lot of money, but after
he had made fully 100000 in "Adonis'
in 1884 he emerged a year later without
sou. Hopper did better with his mod
est earnings and must have a little left
According to the showing the mem
| bers of the male persuasion are not the
only ones who have come down the pike
of theatrical riches. Della Fox has
| about $4,000 or $50, 900 in jewels, besides
her cottage at Long Branch. Savings
from salary have done it all, for Della
is not the kind of girl to speculate.
Edna Wallace Hopper is given credit
for S6O,0OO or $4,000 but then she specu-
lates 1T is we'll known that she made
$4,000 in st. Paul stock while she was
playing in Yankee Doodle a short
time ago. Also, she has an interest IN
lei Captain of which she cannot be
robbed AT the close of the '96 season
about $26,OOO were turned over to her
from the play. She seems to be lucky
in everything she takes hold Of
Lillian Russell works on guarantees
and is always sure of $1,000 a week
with the percentage. She does not spec
ulate, but has made several good in
vestments that bring an income Put
her down at from 100000 to $4,000, with
the pyramid not near its apex.
Not less than a quarter of a million
may be written after the name of Lolita
Crabtree. She owns the Reynolds house
and the Park theater in Boston, both of
which bring her in a steady stream Of
money
May Irwin owns whole island all by
herself. 1t is up in the St Lawrence
among thousand others, but it IS hers
She started in vaudeville and made a
hit. From that time she has known no
want
Ada Rehan has probably put away
between $4,000 and $60,000 and knows
how to take good care of it,
Nine. Modjeskas ranch down in
Southern California is as well known as
her fame. She is comfortably supplied
with money.
So after all these years Henry Irving
and Ellen Terry are to part company
az last, says the Evening Sun. Sir
Henry's health is in such bad condition
that he will not be able to reappear this
season, even If he ever acts again, but
it is doubtful if Miss Terry would have
remained with him in any case, for
Miss Terry has been restive for the
| last two seasons and has been imbued
with the idea that her artistic success
would be greater if she appeared with
younger, not to say handsomer, man.
AS long ago as the summer before last
when Madame Sans Gene" was play
ing to comparatively empty houses at
the Lyceum, Sir Henry was fully
aware of Miss Terry intentions. Ever
since Frank Cooper Joined the company
as leading man and began to play the
opposite parts to Miss Terry's the ac-
treSs has been anxious to start a COM
pany of her own. Last year. lust at
the end of the season, she and Cooper
dld start out on a short tour, and it
seems that they met with so much sue
cess tnat they now intend to make their
summer snap company a permanent
one. Sir Henry's long illness has made
the way easy for Miss Terry, for it mas
given her chance to leave the Lyceum
OR rather, for the time being at all
events, the Lyceum has left her. The
disbanding of the Irving company will
throw a great many actors out of en-
ployment, many Of whom will find it
rather diihcult to secure engagements
elsewhere, for few, if any. prominent
English actors nowadays are indulging
in such repertory as Irving had. Ac-