The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-12-01

kosch. is the manager Of Graus Metro
St Petersburg has also decided that the
waits between acts in theater must not
last more than fifteen minutes. e,-,..a.
Sarah Cowell lie Moyne- Otis Skinner
and Eleanor Robson probably VIII make
special tour next spring in Browning $
Maude odeii, leading woman with the
Imperial Stock company, st Louis. seen seen
in Topeka. last season, with James q Neil.
may appear in vaudeville at the close or
her present season.
for fitting titles A late three-act musical
fantasy IS called ''McAdam and Eve; or,
Students of an up-the-state college all
but mobbed a. theatrical company because
an innocent play was given when ESapho
had been promised.
Judge Thomas has decided in favor OF
the theaters in Denver, in the cases
brought by Dean Hart to prevent Sunday
theatrical performances there.
George Dolby, who managed the Amerl-
can reading tour of Charles Dickens, was,
it is said. in abject poverty at the time
of his recent death in London
Miss Fatmah Diard, who viii be re-
membered one of the prima dome of
the Bostonians is this season playing the
part of Constance, in The Highwayman-
4 feature of ''The Old Homestead"
which has always been impressive Is the
splendid effect the grand organ gives TO
the rendering of the Psalms in the Grace
Henry Guy Carleton. the playwright is
a of the late General James II. Garlic
and once held commission in the SER
Louis James and Kathryn Kidder will
open in New York city next season with
a revival of THE Tempest" in which Mr.
James will be seen as Caliban and Kath-
ryn Kidder as Miranda
The authoritative ruling is that Q-u-e-x,
in 1.-The Gay Lord Quex," is pronounced
Kwex, and not either FIX, Kay, Kux,
Cooks. Quick. Cue; Cuss, Quiz, Queeks,
Kiss Squeak or Cakes.
The landing Of William of Orange and
the stirring times that followed in En-
gland about the year l6SS, are drawn upon
for the action of Lulu Glaser's new opera,
Page
Harry Conor who has played the lead
ing parts in several of Charles H. Hoyt's
farces. will be a member Ofsthe company
headed by Miss Edna May. which is to
play The Girl from Up There"
Talking of stage superstitions. a player
now playing the part Of JuStinian in
Theodore, in travelling company. car
ries with him in place of a rabbits foot a
coin issued by Justinian himself
1t is said that freshet at Blyth, En-
to the stage level and submerged the par
quet, but a performance was given before
an audience seated in the balconies.
'Madge Smith. Attorney" is new
comedy that May Irwin is to do at spe-
cial matinee December u. in New York.
1t was written for her by Ramsey Morris,
business manager of Louis Mann and
Clara Lipman.
Hortense Nielsen. sister of Alice Nielsen.
has been engaged to play ingenue roles in
the Lafayette Square Theater Stock COM
pany. Washington She is said to bear
striking resemblance to the light opera
star
Among the prominent stars who may next
season act plays written by American au-
thors are Richard Mansfield, Tim Murphy.
Julia Marlowe. Ada Rehan. Henry Miller,
William Gillette and Kathryn Kfdder.
William Yardley. who died lately at
Kingston. England. was well known in
this country as a dramatist and journal
ist. He wrote parts of the burlesque or
Little Jack Sheppard" Very Little
Hamlet and many other pieces Of p light
comic character.
Human nature is the same in royalty as
in those of less exalted stations. A mouse
interrupted a state concert before the EN-
perOr of Austria at the Palace in Vienna.
Nine SaVille broke down in a song at
sight of It. and when It ran toward the
royal party the ladies fed.
c. Haddon Chambers, the Well-known
English playwright, will sail for this cOun-
try on December !. Mr.. Chambers ex-
poets to remain here about three weeks
and VIII visit Boston and Philadelphia,
well New York During his stay
he will gather material for an American
play for Charles Frohman.
present playing at Central theater. Ber-
lin. has acquired the German rights to
the popular MortOn-Kerker extrava ganza.
THE Belle of New York" and this emil
in a German version reftment of the
text into Berlin acclimatized surround
ings.
Edna Mays husband is a member of
THE Belle of Bohemia company His
name is Frederick Titus. and he appears
in the cast as one of the policemen in
the Coney Island scene, also q. unit of
the 400" at Newport. Despite all this
Mr.. Titus is not starred
To while away the otherwise tedious
leisure of touring the comedian Tim Muir
ply has organized book and magazine
club in his company. The dues per mem
Der are . cents 2 week, and on this the
comedian finds Il q his professional fam
lily can read eight of the monthly maga-
zines one American and one English
quarterly, and increase the travelling IL
brary two books a week.