The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-03-11
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Madame ModIeska may 90 into vaude-
VILE
Lafayette. the mimic. is initiating Ching
Ling Foo.
QUO vadis' had an eight weeks run
in Chicago.
Minnie Metaot may star in The Prin-
. cess Chic.
Andrew Maek's rev play viii be called
The Rebel"
James Youns's tour in Lord Byron IS
to come to an end on Saturday
Flo Irwin will quit vaudeville and re-
sumo her starring early next season.
Adele Richie. OF the Three Little
Lambs" company. has sued her manager.
Edwin Knowles. for breach Of contract.
Burr Mcintosh is 90 assume the title rcle
10 Pudd'E head Wilson" let without an
Interpreter by the death Of Frank Mayo
John Oliver Hobbies is said % be writing
another comedy for Daniel FrOhman. who
recently produced her The Amhass ador. 90
Sol Smith Russell probably will re urn
20 the stage next season. when he will 10
seen in a piece By Michael Morton,
author Of a Rich Mans Son"
!. II. Hanleiu. a local boz made hit
with a monologue delivered a few DAYS ago
al an entertainment given IN the Marble
Han Theatre Soldiers Home.
The other heavily billed act Is that OF
Patrice, a sturdy welter-weight come
dieune Of uncertain age and uur1mautic
heshiness. New York Telegraph"
Recently the audiences at Keith's Thea
tire, in Boston. have been 50 large that "a
adloining house was rented. and now the
same bill Is shown simultaneously on both
stages.
Madge Leasing whose form is her for
tune, has been engaged for the part OF the
Quakeress in The Rounders" What a
pity that the regular gsrb OF Quakeresses
isn't tights,
Harry st. Clair. who has been on tho
road with John GriCves Merry Revelers.''
is spending a few weeks in this city. He
VIII join the company again on March IS.
at st. Louis
BY The terms OF the will lef, By the late
John SIeeper Clarke. the Walnut Street
Theatre. in Philadelphia. becomes ths prop
erty OF his sons Crestou and Wilfred. both
OF whom are actors.
"Muussy's Magazine FOR April VIII con-
tain the opening chapters 81 f. Marion
Crawfords novel. In the Palace OF the
King, in a dramstization OF which Viola
-h&lcu IS 90 appear next season.
The Emperor Of Germany decorated
every player in his comedy. The Iron
Tooth, excepting only a Herr Molar
Which shows that, after all. His Highness
lacks a sense Of the fitness OF things.
Richards and Garfield. who have made
money as Joint stars in "A Temperance
Town" are being sued for divorce.
Which. considering the aforesaid rlrtt-r-
gh To sF.f
too far
Despite the loss OF several bushels Of
diamonds and other space-getting exploits.
Josephine Hall is out Of the cast Of The
Girl From Mazim's." and Merri Osborne.
who was seen here as the maid in This
Turtle. has replaced her.
Alberta Callatin is being billed in a
patent medicine advertisement as the
handsOmcst woman on the American
stage. but The medicine itself is said to
be quite reliable. "-Leander Richardson
in the New York Telegraph"
Mr.. Pipp. concerning whose education all
admirers OF Charles Dana Gibson pretend
to know something. is to share dramatic
honors with Mr. DoOley. Harry B. Smith
will incorporate the pictorial gentleman in
a play TO be written for Daniel Frohman
An amateur minstrel company has just
been organized in Washington. The troupe
will be known as the Columbian TrOuba-
dOurs. and those prominent in founding it
are Neil Bryant. Finley Hayes. J. W. Nc
Cam. John Handiboe. and Fl. J. Redfeld.
Martha Morton has developed the Au-
gustus Thomas habit and has named the
new Herbert Kelley and Efle Shannon
comedy Indiana" Mr. Thomas and Miss
Morton. between them. should have no
difficulty in using up all the states in the
Union.
Ethel Henry. an English actress, dis
missed from The Degenerates' on the
accusation Of incompetency. is alleging in
Gotham that the real cause Of her dis
charge was Mrs. Langtry's Jealousy.
How these dear girls do love one an
other"
Wilson Barrett is said to be negotiating
for the right TO dramatize Quo Vadis."
Since Mr. Barrett's The Sign Of the Cross
was almost precisely like the novel in
question. it is difficult to understand why
the author-actor puts himself to this new
expense.
The Girl From Maxim's" is to play a
return engagement in Washington. II
would be difficult to say why this arrange
ment has been c0usummated The piece
didn't make money last time It was here.
and it certainly didn't make a good i'm
preston
Il is reported that the firm Of Broadhurst
Brothers has been dissolved. and that
hereafter George Broadhurst. author OF
What Happened 20 Jones. Why Smith
Left Home" and The Wrong Mr.
Wright will be in the employ Of Charles
Frohman
E. r. Droop & Sons have published three
of Paschal j. Plant and Allen
C.. Moran-ballads. entitled He Could Not
Sing Abide With Ne. 'Zaza" and
To Meet Is Sadder Than to Part" AN
are creditabe. that first mentioned really
being a gem OF its kind
John Webster husband Of Nellie Ne
Henry, and a manager Of note. recently
disappeared and was believed 10 have COM
mitted suicide or late. however. many
persons claim to have seen Mr. Webster
In Washington. and a Systematic search
Tor the missing man soon will be begun.
\ Western paper says. Somebody put
dynamite under the stage while an Uncle
Toms Cabin Company was playing m a
Colorado town. and TODsy. Eliza. and two
1loodhCunds were hoistsI simultaneously
into the flies. Here is % pointer for the
persons who are always talking about 'ele-
rating the stage
The famous old Fifth Avenue Theatre.
n New York. has fallen the way Of Digby
Bell and Robert billiard 10 has not ex-
Ictly gone into vaudeville. but vaudeville
= about to 90 INTO il. T. F. Proctor bought
Edwin Knowles lease Of the house last
week and will devote its stage 70 "contin-
i0us' performances.