Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-07-01
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Chatty Stage Gossip About the
ravorltes Of the Footlights.
Kcyen,s New opers "Foxy ouinor"-
s'Ben-Hur." Klaw and Erlanger's Big
Camel. Restored to Usefulness.
FRANK Mckee has engaged Louise
Rial to play Mrs. Meredith in Janice
Meredith" in support of Mary Man
neripg.
i nntropidi to sing the character old wo-
mans part in their new opera, Foxy
Quiller.''
Robert Drouet Will spend the sum-
mer in the mountains of Colorado. He
will not return to New York Till the
rehearsaIs of Janice Meredith" begin
the last week in August.
Ada Rehan will begin her next
American tour under the management
4 of Klaw e. Erlanger at the Euclid
Avenue Opera House in Cleveland,
Ohio. November 5th. Two new modern
plays will be added to her repertoire,
one Of which will probably be the dra-
s matte version of a wellknown and
widely read novel. Miss Rehan will
be seen in New York in January for
run.
William Farnum and Richard Buh-
Ser are two of the handsomest actors
on the American stage. and in them
the cast of ben Hur' will present
promise for the future. While neither
of them is particularly well-known,
the fact that they are retained by
ISlaw & Erlanger, the most conserva-
tive managers in America, is a very
good guarantee of their ability.
eKlaw & Erlanger are very busy with
their preparations for the production
Of the new Smith and de Koven opera,
Foxy CUTLER" in which they will ex-
plot Jerome Sykes. 1t will be as mag
nificent an effort as has ever been
seen in comic opera. The models of
the scenes submitted by Ernest eros
Y indicate q most Gorgcously magnifi-
cent equipment. There will be 125 pco-
pie employed in the new opera, who
will be supplied with $50 costumes, re-
curing an enormous outlay of money.
Such lavish costume display has
never before been contemplated by an
American management. Novel electri-
cal effects will be made feature in
the. staging Of the piece. Foxy Quill
Ter" will be presented in New York
for run in November.
When ben Hur.'' the big 1900
pound camel used in Ben Hur''
broke it's fore-leg last winter. it was
the opinion of everyone that it would
have to be killed. The animal is
worth $4,000. and Klaw & Erlanger de-
termined to save 1t if possible. For
two months 1t hung in a sling with it's
broken leg encased in plaster of paris.
When the plaster splint as taken Off,
Ats leg became drawn UP and 1t walked
lame. 1t appeared as If the camel
could never be able to move without n
pronounced limp. SO badly were the
Y muscles contracted, and that 1t would
+ be useless for stage purposes. Dr. Mar
tin. the trainer and veterinary, who
trained the horses for the chariot race
in Ben Hur." said he believed he
could make the camel as good as new.
He took 1t to his farm at Hampstead
l.. l., and there everyday. for the past
three months. he has had men manip-
ulate the injured leg by pulling and
rubbing it. relieving the contracted
muscles SO that they have completely
extended. The animal can now walk
as we'll as before the accident without
the sign of a limp.
Three weeks ago, jerome Sykes and
several friends spent a week at Ell
boron, n. j. The morning following
their arrival they went into n barber
Shop. One of the party noticed a fire.
mans hat and belt hanging on the
wall near mo. Is chair. You are a
fireman." said he to the barber. How
do you know that?" asked the barber,
surprised that stranger should know
that he iran with the machine" Je-
rome Sykes. too. looked surprised.
FOX Quiller!" laughed the wag. wink
at Sykes and pointing to the fire.
\ hat and belt. THE quintessence OF all
human intelligence" family murmur-
ed 1.-THE big comedian. That's what
one gets when ones to play Sherlock
Holmes character, even in comic
i opera"
Maclyn Arbuokle, whom Joseph
4 Brooks will star next season in Au-
gustus Thomas new play. 1.-THE Cen
tleman from Texas" was formerly Il
lawyer in Texarkana. Texas. where he
n was admitted TO the bar late one
afternoon in March, 1887, at the con-
then Fl years of age. and the disa bill
ty OF minority had to be removed by
the court before he could be accepted
for examination. Judge John NJ Nc
Lean was on the bench, and Judge
y Shepard, now member of Congress,
was then the prosecuting attorney of
: Bowie county. In which Texarkana Is
situated. This was the first examina-
tion of young lawyer in open court
In Bowie county in eight years. Other
APPLICANTS had preferred star cham
ber' examination. Although quizzcd
by three of the shrewdest lawyers at
the Bowie county bar, young Arbuckle
came through with flying colors.
Within week he and another young
were assigned by the court to defend