The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-05-26

One of the scenes win show a presen-l
tation of the heroine to Queen Victoria.
William Gillette, the author-actor, has
purchased a large tract of mountain
forest land in Tyron, N. c., for the pur-
pose of keeping his rustic hermitage
from the -encroachment of neighbOrs.
Theodore Roberts, leading man of the
Arizona" has been sued by
Mrs. A. A. Edwards of that company
for alleged statements made by the de-
PENDANT derogatory to the latter's char
acter.
Charles B: Hanford is to use Private
John Allen next season for : starring
purposes. The play has been wholly re-
written.
Richard Mansfield will open next sea
son with a play called Don Caesars
Return" a continuation of "Don Caesar
de Bazan." If it meets with favor it
viii be made his principal play for the
season.
The greatest pecuniary successes of
the New York season were Ben Hur'-
seen by nearly 400. 600 people-"Sherlock
Holmes" "Papa's Wife, lin which Anna
Held was the especial attraction, and
The Little Minister
Nat Goodwin's latest play has been
written by Robert Marshall, the Eng
lish playwright, and it will be produced
for the first time in London. 1t Is in
four acts, three of which are laid in the
cavalry barracks at L~oWchester. Eng
land.
Peter Dailey's piece for netx season.
I'm HimmelhOf," deals with the exper-
fences of a superintendent of a poster
designing establishment in which a
number of pretty models are employed.
The plot is said to be "a trifle giddy."
The rumor has been current for sew
eral days that David Belasco has pur-
chased the American rights to When
We Dead Awaken" by Ibsen. for 5000.
1t is said that Richard Mansfield was
also a bidder for the same play.
1t is said that Manager Ziegfeld a
determined not to let Anna Held appear
in The Education of the Prince on ac-
count of its alleged risque plot. The
play is to be produced in the fall, ac-
cording to this report but without Anna
Held.
Stanley Weyman's story, Castle n
IS to be dramatized by Henry Hamilton,
a well known English dramatist.
Mabel Gilman may be the successor
to Lulu Chaser in Francis Wilson's com
pany when Miss CHASER leaves to star.
Maude Adams ave her farewell per
f~orlnanceaof The Little Minister in
New Jersey. She has played the role
of Lady Babbie'' nearly $50 times.
1t was Mary Mannering's desire to
star Jointly with her husband, James x.
Hackett, but she yielded to the argu-
ment that plays with two leading roles
equal in interest are entirely too hard
to find.
Wagenhals and Kemper have hired
an armory at Orange. N. J., where they
mean to q reheaTsalS of next sea
sons enterprises under their manage
merit, Madame MOdjeska, Louis James,
and Kathryn Kidder.
The Dramatic Mirror last week pub
lished an item to the effect tina Maude
Odell would this spring marry a we'll
known western man and retire from the
stage, based on a letter purpOrting to
come from Miss Odell herself. Miss
Odell writes to The Mirror thai she did
not send the letter, which therefore was
a forgery, and denying the statement
it contained.
George Fawcett. the weII-known char
acter actor, who has been with Maude
Adams for several seasons, and J. H.
BenTimO of the Empire Theater Stock
have been engaged by Jacob
Lit for his new production of Michae
Morton's dramatization Of F. Hopkin-
son Smiths New England story, Caleb
West" which is to receive its initial
production early next season in New
York.
Alice Nelson has concluded her sec
ond starring season, which has been
very successful. In September she will
start on a third stellar tour, which will
cover the country from coast to coast.
She viii use The Singing Girl" "The
Fortune Teller" and a new opera which
will be produced in the spring. Miss
Nelson will probably be heard in To-
peka after the holidays.
Mrs. Annie Yeamans, at the Boston
Museum on May 5, received a bunch OF
American Beauty roses from Julia
Arthur, who was in a box. With the
flowers was his line: ITO Mrs. Yea
mans. a slight tribute to a great artist. -
Mrs. Yeamans appreciated the courtesy
shown her and cleverly turned the line
in her part in Why Smih Left Home
Every inch a queen to 4 am more
than queen BToadhurst Brothers
have re-engaged Mrs. Yeamans for a
new play next season. After the close
of this season she viii doubtless be seer
in vaudeville in a new sketch that Will
lard Holcomb has written for her.