Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10
| month -

4 SAN Nnlie IN u Louis.
1t is reported that Julia Marlowe will pro-
duce La RENE Fiamette" next year.
The theaters in Paris will. as a rule raise
| their prices at least ten per cent during the
| exposition.
| General Lew Wallace is at work upon a
drama. the scene OF which is TO be laid in
| Thebes.
Arthur Thomas is negotiating with Neil
| burgess Tor spectacular revival OF THE
Olga Nsthersole is TO visit Philadelphia
| with ''Sapho' April . directly foIlov-ine her
| engagement in New York.
1t is probable that Paul Gilmore Will be
| seen in Nat Goodwin's play, The Cowboy
and the Lady" next year.
1t is announced that Flo Irwin will star
next season in her sisters play. The Swell
4 Miss Fitzgerald"
1t is rumored that Mary Mannering will
| go on tour next year under the direction
OF Daniel Frohman.
The first tour in this country Of Henry
| Irving and Ellen Terry took place in 1854
This Is their sixth tour of American cities.
Elwyn Barron Of Chicago and Wilson
Barrett have Joined forces in writing a
colonial play called In Old New York"
La cavaIerieri," the Italian beauty who
disputed with Otero the favor of Paris, has
retired from the music halls for opera.
| Viola Allen will open her season with her
new play in this city on September "a
| An amateur minstrel company has been
| organized In this city, under the direction
| Of the old-time minstrel. Nell Bryant
| Sothern as Hamlet" has been postponed
until September. on account Of that actors
| fll-health.
| The first performance OF David Harum''
| VIII be given by Mr.. Crane and his com
pany In Rochester. N. Y. the second week
in April.
The receipts for the three weeks engage
| ment OF the James-Kidder-H anford combi-
nation In San Francisco amounted to over
$4,000.
Edna Wallace-Hopper has one of the
largest collections Of rare and expensive
| lace In this country. 1t has been her fad
| for years.
the synopsis OF new play by NJ Berton.
one OF the authors of "Zaza," has been re-
| ceived by Charles Frohman who intends to
| use 1t next season.
Broadway to Toxic" the successful
spectacular farce that has created quite a
| furore in New York. may be sent to Paris
for run during the exposition
| william e. Stewart, the baritone, who is
| remembered here for his excellent work
with the Castle Square Opera Company,
| mas gone into vaudeville. ,
| 1t is said that Mrs Leslie Carter is con-
| templating a production of THE Gypsy"
Jean Richepin's drama, written for Bern
hardt, when ''Zaza" shall have lost popular
favor.
1t is reported that Martin Harvey. the
English actor, has found a failure in his
one
| expected to bring the production to this
| country next fall.
| On account of the illness Of several of the
| leading men and women in "The Royal
| Box company that organization has Just
returned to New York for a thorough re-
organization.
Boston claims distinction as the only city
| that has not supplied a direct descendant
| of Barbara Frietchie to apply for compli-
mentary tickets to witness Julia Marlowe's
play.
| Yvette Guilbert had narrow escape
| from being burned TO death recently. A
| lace curtain in her apartment ignited. and
she was barely removed in time to escape
| the flames.
| Jessie Bartlett Davis is going to London
| the coming summer, where she will be the
guest of Miss Ellen Terry. 1t is said that
Miss Davis has been made a flattering offer
by an English operate company.
This country is backward in one phase Of
| the new drama. A horse at the London
Hippodrome appears fully dressed. and
after disrobing climbs into a bed. We
haven't got that far yet
Paula Edwardes, who created the char
acter of Carmelita in THE Runaway Girl
| and who left that company to play the title
role in "Mam'selle 'Awkns" has rejoined
the former organization and is now an
| pearfng in her original character.
The bulk of the estate of the late Charles
L. Davis calvin Joslin), which is valued at
$4,000, has, by direction of his WILL been
left to Margaret Schrsiver. a member of his
company and the wife of Detroit business
man
A curious omen for the superstitious is
the fact that the glass in the frame which
contains E. H. Sothern's picture at the
Broad Street Theater in Philadelphia
cracked just after his recent distressfui ex-
perience while appearing at that playhouse.
It is said that Paris is suffering from an
oyer-supply of actors and theaters. There
are over 10 places of amusement in that
city. and as profits are small and the pay
of actors miserable. it may be imag ined
that the exposition is being looked forward
to eagerly.
NINE. Butterfly" the new one-act play
| made by David Belasco from John Luther
Longs story, deals with a japanese girl
who marrtes an American officer. He re-
turns home under orders, and when he
again visits Japan brings another wife with
him. The Japanese girl. in despair, takes
her own life.
A candidate for local office in a Kan
sas town evolved unique campaign idea
a few weeks ago. He hired a dramatic
company that was visiting and gave free
performances to all corners, with political
speeches between the acts. The outcome
of his campaign is looked for with interest.
Mayor Harrison OF Chicago, according to
a dispatch, says that far as he is con-
cerned no effort will be made to stop the
production of ''Sapho,' should the play be
brought to that city. He says no complaint
was made of the show when 1t was pro-
duced there last fall.
James A Herne's Sag Harbor'' company
had a hard time getting into Plattsburg. N
Y, last Tuesday night, where every seat
had been sold a week in advance. Big snow
drifts were piled up on the railroads. but
special train made up of two locomotives