Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-27
DRAMA

the Lafayette company Another local
player in the company is Miss Bryant. She
plays the part of Rosie and who signal
lied her debut on Monday night by setting
up lusty cry which removed all doubts
about her being real live baby.
1t is reported in New York that a PROPOSE
ton has been made to the Hashm Brothers
to undertake the management of theater
in London and devote it to vaudeville on
the same plane with their houses in this
country, among which are included the
Academy of Music in this city. The Hashms
are said to look upon the idea favor
ably and have sent a counter proposition
to the London managers. If it is accepted
the house will pass into Hashim control.
The house in question is the National
Skating Palace, Argyll street. and the
present lease has thirteen years to run.
Bongiorni, the artist who was especially
engaged for the portraits which adorn the
walls of the interior scenes in Private John
Allen was informed that in addition to the
like nesses of eminent Southern statesmen
and heroes, some family portraits of John
Aliens people would be wanted. Like all
men of genius the Italian artist has some
highly ingenious traits in his composition.
He shrugged his shoulders and said:
Then 1t will cost the Signor Hanford still
more money. Portraits of public men are
not so difficult. If people recognize them
they are satisfied; but when you make
family portrait all the members of the fam
lily come around and pick flaws in it and 1t
is what you call in English d-n nuis-
aEce."
The new McNally farce, with Otis Har-
Ian in it, was produced Thursday night at
New Haven and was pronounced a good one.
In the second act dining scene is put in
to introduce the August family of jugglers.
Thpir ic hair at ri
method of handling furniture, china, brio
a-brac. etc. makes a rafting good piece of
business for a farce. Marie Cahill, whose
clever work in Three Little Lambs won
for her a large clientele of Washington ad-
mirGTS, and Mae LoWer:e are also star
members Of a long cast. The opening night
Harlan and little Nellie Lynch while doing
dance accidentally struck against the
scenery wall on one side and Nellie plunged
through. Otis chung to his partner and
went flying through the aperture himself.
The scenery was badly damaged but the
accident made great hit
The stories of extravagantly large salaries
earned by vaudeville performers naturally
lead many to wonder what they do with
their money. 1t may be said. not only that
their profits after paying necessary run
ming expenses are probably not nearly as
large many suppose, as the expenses of
various kinds are much greater than is
generally understood, but that, rule,
these people are much more saving than
used to be the case with the profession.
Many of them have handsome homes and
summer residences where they rest from
the fatigue of drawing large salaries dur
ing the winter months and not few have
invested successfully in real estate and
stocks of various kinds.
Helena Mora, with Hydes Comedians.
and Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Sidman, who have
been seen here this season. have elegant
sea, pretty suburb of Greater New York.
while Fison and Enrol. who are to come to
Chase's during the present season, have a
farm near Detroit, on which they raise
Strawberries and peaches that are famous
in that city and bring very fancy prices.
Papinta, the myriad dancer. has a $3a,HD
stock ranch in the San Joaquin Valley. Cali
fornia, while Lille Western, the musical
artistic. has at least $6O,rob worth of real
estate in the suburbs of Brooklyn.
Others have .fads' that cost something
to nourish. Miss Carrie DeMar, who IS
Mrs. Joe. Hart, for instance, has penchant
for watches. which may explain the fact
that she is always up to the times and she
has a collection numbering nearly seventy,
and including many very curious timepieces
of varying degrees of beauty and costly
design. Mr.. Hart INDUCES fancy for an
Gent curios. many of which are of much
intrinsic value and others are costly be
cause of their rarity. Among his antiques
is a clock one hundred and thirty-tive years
times it's original cost to him, and he also
takes pride in the possession of news
paper containing the news of General
Washingtons death. English shilling of
ITS a continental dollar bill, bearing the
date of 1777, and signatures of w. Hohen-
dorf and NJ. Chevalier while in THE Quiet
Mr. Cay" he wears as watch chain charm
an American half penny, more than hundred
years old, wich he has had plated with
gold. Mr.. Hart is also the owner of several
large apartment houses in New York, and
1t costs him something also to indulge his
penchant for collecting manuscripts of old
plays.
1t is doubtful If any grand opera star has
more admirers or larger circle of friends
in this city than Marie Tavary, the prima
donna soprano who will head the bill of
fashionable vaudeville at Hashim's Acad-
envy next week. 1t is rare to hear good
singing in vaudeville that there Is ample ex-
cuse for celebrating the fact Her rendi-
ton of the popular gems from grand opera
Is really excellent. A glorious reception is
reported for this singer from Hashm's
Grand Opera House. Philadelphia, last
week