Evening star., 1900-03-03

10 said to be the backer Of the deal. Miss
Biggar, by the way, once was Washing
tonian-
Eddie Foy continues to make a hit as
the clown in THE Hotel Topsy-Turvy."
In spite of its length. Les Aliserables'' is
making an emphatic hit in Paris. 1t has
six acts besides twelve tableaux.
Wilson Barrett's Sign of the Cross" has
been translated into Polish and produced
with success at Warsaw
One Philadelphia scribe charaeterizes
'"The Degenerates" merely tedious"
and not shocking in the slightest.
Haddon Chambers has written a new play
for Charles Wyndham called ''Faithiess."
1t may be produced in this country.
Everett King who played In Washington
IN MY Son Ben" has a character part in
the Blaney production. Across the Pa
cific."
After this season in Mans Enemy
Theodore Babcock is to be starred under
the management Of Gus Hill, in a strong
romantic play.
John Stapleton, author of "A Bachelors s
11OHeyI yInOOi, Is NlSillIiS III lHe CITY, lue
guest of his friend and colaborator, H. NJ.
Greenwald-
Jimmie Powers and his wife, Rachel
said to be forming plans to star next sea-
son in a new musical play.
Gertrude Elliott will have the part of the
Quaker wife in The Rounders' when it
Is put on in England under its original title,
Les Fetards.
Eugenie Blair will shortly begin a pro-
tracted engagement in Cleveland, where she
is well and favorably known. Her first ap-
pearance will be in "A Lady of Qualify
Those who visited the Academy this week
noted coming comedian in little Willie
Jarrow. grandson of Joseph Jarrow, the
playwrite The little fellow tips the beam
at forty pounds.
Local Rialto rumors announce three stock
companies and one all-Summer vaudeville
house. The list may possibly narrow to
one good resident company early in the
tGrrid season.
Sol Smith Russell is taking life easy at
Atlantic City. where he is slowly but surely
recovering his health and strength. He
will in all probability resume his starring
next fall
An operatie version of THE Polish Jew
which is none other than Irvings THE
Bells, is to be produced shortly at the
opera COmique, PdrlS- NJ victor MaOrel Is
to have the part of Matthias.
VIII Vaudeville, one of the comedians in
1.-THE Princess Chic and whose work was
of the redeeming features of that op-
era, will shortly begin starring tour in
The Wizard of the Nile
Mr. Irving will produce ''Bluthochzeit"-
THE Crimson Nuptials'-by Albert Lind
ner. the poet, who. until his mind became
clouded by insanity, promised to be one of
the leading lights of Germany.
In Baltimore last evening Thomas E,
Shea gave the first city production of "A
Voice of Nature" after trying it success
fully ION the dog 1t is said to have been
well received. The drama is by the author
Of Aria, the Musicians Daughter"
The first American actor to appear in
London was the little-known Mr.. Browne.
who did Hamlet in that city in 17S7. Mrs.
Young was the first American actress to ap-
pear in that metropolis. She made an ex
cellent impression as Desdemona in 1873.
Jane Coveney, who died lately in Lon
don, aged seventy-six years. had been an
actress since her eighth year. She had
played with Macready, q. V. Brooke, Chas
Pitt, Chas. Dillon and Creswick during her
earlier years and later with Osmond Tearle.
Boston girls are at a loss to fathom AL
fred Klein's age. Some insist, according to
a Boston paper, that he is not yet sixteen
years old. but that would make him but six
years of age when he played with De Wolf
Hopper in Castles in the Air. in 1890.
Count Tolstoi has anything but favor
able opinion of Ibsen and his work. When
interviewed the other day by the editor of a
Moscow, Russia, paper, Tolstoi said There
has been great deal of talk about 1bsen
i have read his last drama, When the Dead
Wake 1t is simply a deiirium, and is de-
void of life. character and dramatic action.
Thirty-five years ago such drama would
have been stifed by a cutting parody in the
press. and the piece would have been ridi-
culed to death.
Trouble has broken out in the Weber
& Fields happy family" About a
week ago David Warield. the come
dian of the company, chided Miss
frankie Bailey of the chorus. for
recognizing friends in the front sea1s
of the theater. After that incident friend
Of Miss Bailey's gave Warfield severe
pummeling at the stage door. Last Tues
day afternoon, Immediately after the final
curtain of the matinee had descended, Miss
Bailey pounced on Warfeld with a riding
whip and Iashed him severely across hands
and face. After the fracas. Miss Bailey
was discharged by Mr.. Weber and harmony
Is once more restored Both Mr.. Warfield
and Miss Bailey have been with Weber q
Fields for the past five years.
The story is going the rounds to the eff
feet that papyrus recently exhumed at
Pompen gives some interesting accounts
of the ancient Roman theater. including
a description of the different modes of ap-
pIause. From this it would appear that
different degrees of appreciation were differ
entity expressed. Moderate satisfaction was
expressed by swapping the fingers; greater
by striking the fingers of the left hand
against those of the right. The resultant
noise was said to be like the beating to-
gether of earthen ware vessels, and this
kind of applause was, therefore. called
..testae' "a potshertD crescendo in feel
ing was marked by clapping with the hands
held fiat and hands held hollow; but the
sign of highest enthusiasm was waving
of corner Of the toga. 1t Is said that
the Emperor Aurelian had bits of cloth dis
tributed for this purpose among the lower
classes. who were not permitted to wear
the toga. There Is nothing new in the in
formation given by the alleged papyrus
The three kinds of applause were called
the Alexandrian. and Nero had his claque
trained to high effectiveness in them when
he sang at Naples. The other kinds were
called 'bornbus "a dull sound, buzZingj
and '.imbrices," which probably meant
stormy Gmbricus. rainy.