The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-09-11
THEATRICAL GOSSIP,

Jockey Tod Sloan, it is said, wants
| 10 become a theatrical manager and
! is trying to persuade Bert Dasher to
| go to England and aid him in the ac-
| complishment of his ambition. Sloan
| is understood to be the financial hacker
| of the De Wolf Hopper company. and as
| he realizes his appearance as manager
| would neither contribute to his own
prosperity nor help the company, he
is DESTROYS of securing the services Of
| some one who can manage affairs for
him and gradually enable him to at
tain the prominence in the theatrical
world to which he aspires.
1t is stated upon good authority that
while in this country Sloan submitted
his proposition to Dasher and the lat
ter promised to give it some attention.
Since then, it is also declared he has
written frequent and urgent letters to
Dasher asking him to make up his mind
quick. and offering special inducements
to assist him in reaching a favorable
conclusion.
Sloan's desire to enter the theatrical
field is based upon his social ambitions
and his inordinate vanity He has fin
ally been convinced that his value in
the world depends entirely upon his
ability to ride, and the regard felt for
him is about the same as that felt for
the horse. AS riding is all Sloan has
ever shown himself capable of, he
naturally dislikes it, and believes he
was cut out for something better
A few theatrical women who have
been in England have found it either
amusing or advantageous, says the
New York Telegram, to aid in swelling.
Sloan's admiration of himself until the
little man has become so puffed up
with his own Importance he surprises
himself every time he finds his clothes
fit him. He now thinks, it is said IL
hn h &c
race track to become full-fledged the
atrical manager his social position
might be benefited, and therefore con-
siders the venture worth the money it
is likely to cost HIM
If, as is stated, Sloan is the financial
supporter of the De Wolf Hopper com
pany, his beginning in the new field
has been a fortunate one. The COM
pany has made money in England, ac-
cording to all reports. and Sloan's
share of the profits is likely to be con-
siderable.
But because he is entirely obscured
by the artistic and personal success of
Hopper the jockey is reported to be
very far from satisfied with the meas
ure of success accorded him. He wants
it known he is behind the operate or
ganization, and in order to do this
wants Bert Dasher to assume control
of the company as his own personal
representative. At least that is the
story credited both in theatrical circles
and among horsemen.
Mrs Voynich, the author of THE
Gadfly," a dramatization of which is
soon to be seen in New York, is en-
gagged in what seems to her, and per-
haps is, heroic struggle with Stuart
Robson's manager. She strenuously OPP
poses the changes which the manage
ment have insisted on making in her
dramatic version of her own novel, The
management goes on coolly to do as it
sees fit. Mrs. Voynich does not yield a
point. however. and the fur flies more
thickly every day. Her idea is that in
dramatizing a psychological novel
where the motive of the plot is so large