The times., 1899-11-12
THOMPSON,
ECCENTRIC ACTRESS.

Garden with THE Only Way, and is still
making money.
By the death of John Sleeper Clarke,
his son, Creston Clarke, will receive only
about S75, eco, instead of the million which
it was thought would go to him. The elder
Mr.. Clarke was worth only a trife over
$500 600, and this was divided between four
children after certain other bequests had
been made.
Harry Corson Clark has for several years
been billed in Manila, Hongkong, Toxic,
Jerusalem, johannesburg, and other out
of-the-way places. Were it not for the
fact that none OF the comedians pictures
resemble him even slightly it would be
unwise for him ever TO attempt escaping
from the police.
Joseph Luckett, OF the Columbia Theatre,
has purchased the rights to In Paradise,
and will put out a road company in the
piece Meanwhile. its adapter, B. B. Van
entine. is advertising ali sorts of threats
against the person who produces the farce
without his permission. Mr.. Luckett may
have an interesting time.
The most recent OF the Palais Royal
farces is entitled THE Fly" and is at
least, original in theme. 1t tells OF an in
dividual who wagers with chief OF police
that a detective cannot track him and then
attempts to keep liagon with the wife of
the other bettor. Brady and Ziegfeld may
bring the piece to these shores
Burke & Chase, Of the Grand, have been
unable to secure Ching Ling Foo, the Chi
nese magician. for their theatre. One
thousand dollars was offered the Mongo-
liam for a week for his services, but, in
asmuch as he is to return to Europe after
finishing his work on the Keith circuit,
even this bait proved unavailing.
1t is said that Charles A Bigelow, the
squeaky comedian of "Papa's Wife has
been presented with a handsome hymnal
and prayer book by the parishioners of
St James Episcopal Church, St. James,
L. L. the gift being intended as an eX-
preston Of gratitude for the players re-
cent services in the choir. Is this joke
F. Marion Crawford, whose story, In
Old Maryland" is % be dramatized for
Viola Allen. has arrived in this country.
Mr. Crawford viii not attempt making his
own adaptation OF In Old Madrid, as he
did with "Dr. Claudius," but will allow
the work to be done by Lorimer Stoddard.
who accomplished as much with Tess OF
the D'UTbervilles."
The roles of David Brandon and Hannah
| Jacobs, in Children of the Ghetto are
said TO have been offered 10 Kyrle Beiiew
and Mrs. Potter. If they are refused in that
quarter Robert Edison, formerly Maude
Adams leading man, viii forswear yaude-
vile for the part aforementioned, while
Rosabel Morrison viii be chosen 10 sue
ceed Blanche Bates.
Stanley Jones writes to the Telegraph
OF the possibility of Harry Cavendish
marrying the feature OF The Belle of New
York after she has been divorced:
The sossips still
In chorus say
That Harry will
When Edna May.
| Which isn't much more than half bad.
"A Chinese Romance" a piece written
! fnanciered and acted by Mongolians, is a
prospect of the near future. All concern
! ed are unfamiliar with the theatrical busl-
ness but the hacker is the only person
really in danger. The strength Of the pay
| and the merit Of the players are not likely
| to be very stringently criticised SO long as
| the company is kept out of Pell Street.
| John Blair, whose subscription perform
ances of decadent drama have been prom
! ised as q treat in New York, has arranged
| for a series OF local appearances. The first
! of these will occur on the afternoon OF NO
! yember %, when "El Gran Galeoto,' IN
| which Mr. Blair made hit last year. will
| De QCht at lue NdllDndl. trSOl 6c 1 i@HSelS,
| of Washington, is associated with Mr.. Blair
| in the local management
II don't fancy that Mr. Zangwill really
| intends to cue anybody for libel for saying
| that James A. Eerne is responsible for
| certain things in Children of the Ghetto,
! But, If he actually is in earnest, l invite
| him to come after me with libel suit
! upon the statement, here reiterated, that
| the one solitary dramatic episode in Chill
| dren OF the Ghetto was contributed TO il
| by Mr.. Herne. "-Leander Richardson. il
the New York Telegraph"
The +. J Lawrence Music Company has
| published two ballads, The Song We
| Love TO Hear and The Prayer Learned
at Mothers Knee" both of which are the
| compositions of J. /. Feeney, OF this city
! The words of each are considerably above
the average and the works are likely to
meet with a ready sale. Mr. Feeney IS
| we'll known in local labor union circles.
ePapa's Wife" is being totally changed
in preparation for its New York opening