Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-06-07
STAGE NOTES


Miss Elita Proctor Otis, who played
the adventures in Sporting Life, has
received an offer to play Zaza in Aus
traIia. She is considering it.
Emma Pollock, who used to be the
soubrette in Harrigan plays, is now
favorite balladist in London music
halls.
New England during the next two
months will be the scene of a lively
war between the three biggest tent
shows in the country: Forepaugh and
Sells Bros, Ringing Bros.'s and Buff
falo Bills Wild West. The Forepaugh
and Sells Bros circus and Buffalo
Bills show, both of which are con-
trolled by James A. Bailey, will be ar
rayed against the Ringlings.
Attached to the theater built on the
grounds of the Paris exposition for
LOie Fuller to give her performances
in is a museum containing paintings
and statues Of the dancer by the first
artists of France including Rodin and
Gerome.
Mrs. James Brown Potter says that
while London society cannot get along
without the professional actress,
American society maintains a snobbish
attitude towards women of the stage
and she does not recall a single in
stance where an actress in America
has had any social standing. Mrs
Potter declares that the stage has been
elevated since her going upon it.
Hearts Are Trumps, which is run
ming at McVicker's theater in Chicago,
is said to be the most perfect produc-
ton of malCdrama ever brought to the
city. In the course of the play the
spectators have seen the great recep-
ton hall at Oak Dene with a game of
baccarat in progress, have watched
| the crowds of pleasure seekers wander
ing through the botanical gardens,
Regents park; have taken a peep at
the Bohemia of the artists studios;
| have looked in upon throng of fash
ionable men and women as they
viewed the annual exhibition of paint
| ings in the Royal academy; have seen
the swagger Maison Phrynette taken
| possession of by the bailiffs; have
| dropped into the dressing rooms Of the
Frivolity Music hall and later into the
stage Of the same place of amusement
| and last Of all have seen the wonders
Of the Swiss Alps in the glory OF sun
rise.
For 20 years Of successes and disap-
pointments, in times of fortune and in
times of illness and sorrow, the late
Mile. Rhea relied for help and sympa-
| thy upon her devoted companion, Ma
RE Michailoff. Together they travelled
over half the world, and none who
knew the artist failed to note with
| interest and admiration the loyalty of
| Marie, nor the tender regard for her
! of the actress. Mile. Rhea practically
| adopted her lady in waiting, and that
! the former made provisions in her will
| that, she thought, would make the fu-
ture secure. But after Mile. Rhea's
| death last year it was found that her
estate was not large enough to cover
her outstanding obligations. Indeed,
there was scarcely enough ready
| money to pay the funeral expenses.
The house in Montmorency, France,
which should have been Marie's home
for life, was sold for the benefit OF
creditors. a donation that Mile. Rhea,
| on her deathbed, made to her friend
was not admitted by the French court,
and owing to technically the life IN
surance in Marie's favor was not paid