The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-01-07

Anna Held is to appear in Paris III
play by Henniuuin-
They say that, owing to the Boer war.
not a theatre in London is playing TO Slvo
night.
Katherine Germaine is to star in Have
You Seen My Sister" IL musical comedy
by H. Grattan Donnelly-
The Primrose Company IS
to appear in London, South Africa, Aus
tralia; thence will sail TO California.
..Cyrano' having lost its drawing DOW
err Mansfield revived his repoto:re during
the New York engagement.
Oscar Hammersteiu has composed an
oDereetta which has book by W. J.
Tho-old The title is The Trip of the
BillonaireS.
Sol Smith Russell, who has stricken with
nervous ,colipse while acting in chi
caso, is accounted next TO Joseph Jeffer-
son In wealth among American actors
Kate Davis has been unconscious ever
since she received the stroke of paralysis.
and has not uttered i single coherent SEN
tence. She is in q charity ward in u
Washington hospital.
Jessie Bartlett Davis goes occasional
~ 10 hear the BoStonianS and aoDiauds
their efforts generously, but does not visit
behind the scenes OF Sravltate toward the
stage door with other admirers OF the
newly-organized company.-ChicaSo News.
The. Children OF the Ghetto was u
worse failure in London than even mere.
1t will have made the quickest trip on
record as the people are already coming
back. 1t IS curious thai the only other
American piece which was taken o.ef
! there III its entirety, net with the same
fate of weeks run. mat was tne
Chinese piece exploited by Charles From
man and Dave 6el:,sco. The loss on ;h.t
venture was about S5ooCJ, and l presume
the Ghetta loss will ran quite as high
Brooklyn Citizen.
There were times in the old Comis:ue.
the New York ana III HdrriSlns Theatre.
when the first nights OF his plays were
events as fashionable as the premier5 At
Days or the Madison SIuare. Wien his
actors ana dances were nc:ab!e ana
where everybody sang. whiStled or
danced TO the melodies of Dave Braham
The UPS and downs OF Edward darrISan
between his start III and return to VaHHe-
VILE would make Il curious history OF
some wonder and as much pathos as ne
put into his famous CHARACTER OF ca
MISUNDERSTANDING Bell in New YORK
Press.
as follows: Nine. Calve. $1,000 a per-
Torrance; Nine. Sembrich, $1,000; Nine
Eames. $1,000: Nine. Nordica, $500 tpos-
sibly 81 ,cCO); Nile. de Lussan, $500; Nine.
Ternina, 81, GOO; Nine Adams $500: Nine
Strong, S2JU, NINE DE V ere. IN, ~ 81
yarez, $1,000: NJ. Saeza, $500: NJ. van
Dyck, $500: NJ. Salignac. Si0o: Herr DIP
pei. $500: NJ. Edouard, $500: NJ. Pol. 500;
Signor C1,mpauari. $3.50: Herr Van rsoos'
/ 500: Nine. Mantelli. 500: Nine Brend'
5000 Mile. Bauermeister, 500; Mile ohtL-
ka. s1OO: Signor Mancnelli CONDUCTOR.
$50; Herr Paur, $50; Signor Bevisnanl,
500 The absence Of NJ. Jean has not di-
minished receipts at the box office but II
has relieved the payroll of SLIGO to ~
SEQ a night, for the Polish tenor had
percentage of the receipts as we'll as
salary With the exception of Calve,
says Hillary Bell. there Is no remarKa-
bly, high-priced singer in the company
this :-ear.
1t was ..The Girl with the Auburn
Hair" who began It. Since she appeared
in Keiths an epidemic of cassocks ana
cottas has struck the theatres. and good
ness knows what the end will be- Prira-
rose and .Dockstader's Ministries intro
duce what they calh 1.-THE Choirboys
Dream in which a tenor sings fhe
Palms through the semi-transparent
walls of Il church. The "act" may De
a DREAM, but his voice isn't II no
sang .sThe Palms or anything else IKE
that In church he would be dfscharseo
after the service. Gertrude Haynes. IN
Roster & Bial's. goes way beyond keith $
and the Herald Square She has twenty
one choir boys, and they march on tne
stage singing Calvary. The stage Is
set to represent chance1. and has the
usual accessories OF altar. cross and
tapers Miss Haynes plays the reed Or
1rn& and sings solo Hhil0 ~ p9ayD.