The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-16

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The picture machine people sent an ex-
pert operator to the scene of the disaster
as soon after the report Of the storm
as possible, and number of views were
taken. Manager Wells wired the COM
pany ordering a set Of the views, and
yesterday was advised that the roll Of
pictures had been sent by express The
pictures Will be a feature at the Casino
all of next week.
Theatrical Amusements.
Rejane is to play ''Zaza.
Houdini is to appear in Germany and
France.
London's Playgoers' Club has 1000 mem
bers.
THE Prisoner in Pekin' is to be pro-
duced in London.
In New York eighteen dramatic theatres
are already in use.
IT shall not" says Sousa, Compose any
new music, however, until a year from
now
This seasons Drury Lane pantomime
will be "The Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast
THE Lackeyss Carnival is the title of
the new fouraact comedy by Mr. Henry
Arthur Jones.
sgnor Puccini has written to David
Belasco, asking his permission to put
IL.
Carpenters Louise" is to be heard
first in German at Hamburg and will later
be given in Berlin.
e. S. Wizards tour will begin in Boston
on November 18th, and is booked to con-
tlnue until May. Mr.. Willard will be seen
in a new play by Elwyn A. Barron.
There are in this country several clubs
of piaygoers, notably in the cities of ST.
Louis and Baltimore, formed chiefly to
encourage the best in the drama.
a recent addition to the Charles Dickson
Company in Mistakes Will Happen is
that Of David Conger, a nephew of Min
lister Conger, the American Consul in
China.
Sarah Cowell LIZ AIoyne has an Irish fairy
play by W. B. Yeats, called 1.-The Land
OF Hearts Desire 1t is in one act, and
she will use it in bill with BroWning.s
''In a Balcony
The kendals, Who have been busily re-
hearsins a. new play by Mrs. w * Cliff
ford, entitled, "UnWisely, but too Well,''
have been chagrined by the discovery that
Syd1;ey Grundy's play: "a Debt of Honor"
produced by George Alexander on Thurs
day, at the st. James Theatre, is almost
a replication of the work they had in
hand.
The Flying, Dutchn1an'' will be sung
next summer at Bayreuth for the first
time. It will be sung five times There
are to be two cycles Of the Nibelungen
Ring and seven performances of Parsifal."
Tristan and Isolde will not be sung at
all Siesfried Wagner will conduct most
OF the performances, as Hans Richter
VAL only conduct the Ring.
Probably no actor has ever had a more
painful task to accomplish than that which
has just befallen to the lot of Fritz Will
Iams His father, Fred. Williams, for
many years stage manager Of the Lyceum
Theatre, died a few days ago, and the
funeral took place on Friday. Last night,
nevertheless, Mr. Williams lived up to his
obligations to his manager and forced
smiles for his comedy role in 'The Hus-
bands OF Leontine" a the Madison Square
Theatre. AS the young man was derotedly
attached to his parent, it was obvious that
his continuance at rehearsal and participa-
ton in the first night must have been
nerve-racking: to an extraordinary degree.
New York Telegraph.
A Message from Mars is one of the
best things ever saw. There are in it some
wonderful effects Of snow and several
marvellous TRANSITIONAL ton scenes, But YOU
will see it all in q, years time, for Mr..
HaWtrey is to bring it over to this side
during the season of 1912. Mr. Hawtrey
by the way employs in playing his role in
"A Message from Mars the peculiar
London. It is fashion of dropping g's
and otherwise changing the sound of
words that has spread abroad in England
during the last five or six years Prob
ably the fad will soon be brought to this
side by American actors now visiting Lon
don. English actors who come to this
country invariably go home with the most
pronounced American accents.-J. E. bod
son in Dramatic Mirror
a -fO f,,1@
question: May an actor kiss an actress?
The quaint laws of Germany and Aus
tria, says a London correspondent. set it
down that he cannot The code prescribes
in effect that before a man can consider,
himself an actor he must know how to
click his lips at a distance from the fair
ones face without ever touching her
mouth. In the present case it would
seem that the actor and the actress only
had one bit OF love between them. and
that was entirely on his side The result
was that, in spite of repeated protesta-
tons on the part of the actress, and friend
ly and fatherly admon;tion on the part OF
the manager. directly the young actor who
played the lover saw his opportunity and
he persisted in Internationally giving
her a kiss. She claims damages
Time was when John Drew was the no.
blest Roman-in an artistic as we'll as
era of his extraordinary popularity at
Days. Being put forth as a star. Mr.
Drew Immediately took a place in the
entertainment world that was rivaled IN
art only by Jefferson and in fashionable
favor only by Sothern. At that time Hack
EFT was unknown, Faversham was play
ing secondary roles in the Empire Com.
pany and Henry Miller was a rolling stone
that had gathered no moss. Even Otis
Skinner, who supported Drew at. DAYS.
is now a star of magnitude writing his
own play and acting ii with general APP
plause May Irwin who played servants al
Days, has long been prosperous at the
head of her own company. and Willie
Collier. the DAILY call boy who summoned
Mr.. Drew from his dressing room to the
stage, is also a star. When our come
dian looks back to the old days it is ap-s
parent to him that almost all his former
comrades at DAYS are more favorab!v
situated than he. James Lewis, Charles
Fisher Charles LIE Clercq and
Virginia Dreher are IN heaven Edith
Kingdom IS a multmillionaress Oils
Skinner. his own author and manager
can snap his finger at fate, and, May Ir-
vim is = Klondyke in petticoats. Ill luck
has visited only the leading people of