Evening star., 1900-10-06

Chase of the New Grand refused Miss
Burkhart return date until she had new
sketch. and this clever lady may soon be
seen in this city
Alice Fisher. William Harcourt and Edwin
Emery made their debut in vaudeville last
Monday night at Keith's Philadelphia house
in a condensed version Of Don Caesar De
E3azan." They were we'll received.
One of the latest reports from the big city
Is to the effect that James Corbett and his
wife viii appear as joint stars In Naval
Cadet" 1t will be Mrs. Corbetts first ap-
pearance on the stage"
Nat Goodwin has secured years lease
of the Comedy Theater, London. He will
play In that house all of next season, pre-
senting When We Were Twenty-one' as
the inaugural piece.
Kyrle Bellew is back in London from
Australia where 1t is reported he has made
q fortune in coffee plantations. Mr.. Bellew
and Mrs. Potter will soon appear in London
in new play.
John w Albaugh. jr., will present his
new play. Trenton at keth'S New York
house Monday night for the first time. The
piaylet is built around the capture of Tren-
ton by Gen, Washington during the revolu-
tionary war.
Cissy Fitzgerald. the girl with the naughty,
wink. who toured this country several sea-
sons ago with The Founding" is said to be
IN Qlre want III London. II Is reported lndt
her husband, wealthy man living in this
country. has abandoned her.
Carrie Radcliffe's little boy Jack was the
first to make public the fact Of her mar
riage to Ignacio Martinetti. This was Miss
Radciiffe's second marriage and young
Jack is said to have objected to a step
father.
Terry McGovern is said to be already
tired of his stage experience in THE Bow
aFy Dark md anfS IN har rk
in the prize ring 1t will be remembered that
Terry pulled in something like $4,000 for
two hours fighting.
1t is now said that the ladies of the
riety stage will organize themselves into
body styled the white Mice as an auxii-
iary to the White Rats" Sadie Cushman
OF the team. Holcomb. Cushman and Hol-
comb, is at the head of the movement.
John ]. McNally, the author of many
farces and dramatic critic on the Boston
Herald. recently sent his resignation to that
paper. but ii returned unaccepted and
was accompanied by a iaudatory letter
commencing him for his long and meritori-
Gus services.
The Galveston benefit given in London by
'The Casino Girl took in $4,000 A men,
Der of the chorus, Helen Macnaughton. COL
iected something like $500 and gained a dia-
mOnd brooch prize for doing. The
bright young lady Immediately began gath
ering chances in the brooch and will rattle
Bonnie McGinn, a well-known chorus girl
at Weber Fields. had d narrow escape
from death recently at that play house. A
bas of sand, weighing several hundred
pounds. used nterweight. fell from
the flies Miss McGinn was passing under
Meath just grazing her shoulder. A pet cat
that was following Bonnie was crushed to
death.
Ching Ling Foo, the Chinese magician.
returned to his country in time to get mixed
up In the Boxer uprising. He went to
Tien Tsin and had great difficulty In escap-
ing with his life. all his assistants being
reported killed. He is now seeking to con-
firm these reports. and writes to Mr.. Keith,
thu big vaudeville manager, that he will re-
turn to this country very shortly If they
have escaped the massacre.
The latest news from London says that
five Of the leading English drama fists. two
OF whom Sydney Jones and PnerO,
have agreed to boycott actors and actresses
who refuse parts assigned to them 1t has
been the custom over there for the play
wrightS to select their own casts, and COM
planning artists have become such nuis-
ance that it has been decided to bar them
from all the leading playhouses.