The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-10-27

greater Tomasso. is still trying to arouse
IN Italian audiences an interest in the
classical drama. He is travelling through
Italy with a company that gives perform
ances of the works of Sophocles and AL
feri-
''MarcelIe'' has only been a half-hearted
success, and Blanche Walsh's managers
have secured the right of More Than
Queen from Julia Arthur, in which their
star will appear.
The legal proceedings instituted by the
Hashims against the Iiebler company on
ably settled. the latter guaranteeing the
former against loss.
1t is truthfully stated that the sun
never sets upon the performance OF
George H. Broadhursts What Happened
to Jones'" The farce is being played in
some part of the globe every one of the
four companies presenting 1t in America.
three in ENGLAND and one each in France,
Africa, and Australia. There has never
been a. record made by any farce to equal
or compare with this.
A fact not widely known is the way in
which "Florodora,' soon to be produced,
received its title. Owen Hall, the lbret-
fist of the opera, has two lovely young
sees where the title came from, with a
change of only one letter.
It is stated in several Italian papers that
an opera company formed in Milan that
started a year ago in South America had
such bad luck that the prima donna has
taken a situation as maid servant at an
inn and the tenor has cast his lot with a
trainer of animals.
The official censor of plays in England
has refused to permit exhibitions Of a
melo-drama entitled. 1.-The Women OF
London" He objected to a massage scene,
pointing out that as attempts were maxi
ing to suppress all massa geries in Lon
don he could not officially countenance
such a show on the stage
James A. Herne has settled down for a
New York run in his new play. Sag Har-
bor,'' at Hamm erstein's new theater. Some
Of the critics who have taken several good
really
written edition of his first great success
in this line Hearts of Oak"
Sarah CoweH lie Moyne has been estab-
lished as a star through the medium Of
1.-The Greatest Thing in the World" and IS
preparing a one-act play from the pen
of Death" or THE Never Never Land"
This little drama will enlist the talents
of Mrs lie Moyne, John Glendinning,
Robert Edeson, Charles Stanley and AL
phonz Either.
The mysterious suicide of Nine Senlx-
rah, the American violinist-better, known
In America by her real name, Harknes-
which occurred in Germany a few weeks
ago, proves to have been caused by men
tai unrest the result of systematic
blackmailing plot against her. The Ger
man police are investigating the author
ship Of a number of anonymous letters
which were found after the unfortunate
woman'S death.
Charles Frohman will present Barrie's
1.-The Wedding Guest" In New York about
next February.
The last surviving member of the fam
Gus Rossini family committed suicide re-
Gently at Milan.
Henry Clay Barnabee has sung the role
Of the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin
Hood over $500 times.
Burr Mcintosh has taken up coiored
photography as side line to his work
in Janice Meredith" while in New York.
William Humphreys who played ma
poleon' with Julia Arthur in More Than
Queen has been signed for the same role
with Blanche Walsh's company
Sothern's success in Boston with Ham
let has been so great that his manager.
Daniel Frohman, Is trying to get his star
back to New York for an extended run
1t is said that the Prince of Wales has
saved all his theater and concert pro-
granmes since he was a boy and dled