The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-07-08

tire. the Proba torium. for Enacted plays of
unknown authors. Permission was given
by the authorities on condition that mem
hers Of the society draw no money from
the performances. Vienna already has
three OF these free stages. It was one
phase of theaericals, but the new insttu-
tons flourish. They have given several
p!9vs TO the regular stage,
Free concerts of classical music for the
working classes have met with great sue
cess in Germany. Since Easter day, 1895.
twcnty-four concerts have been given be-
fore about 5000 hearers, who were almost
entirely workingren. In Leipsic, Ham
burg. Cologne Frankfort. Vienna and 9TH
er cities the scheme was a complete sue
cess. In those hours IN which Beethoven
or Haendel speaks to him, there comes to
the laborins man the :dea that there is a
force which cannot be estimated in wages
and a LABOR not TO be paid for By the
hour
George V. Hobart, the playwright, will
have seven plays and adaptau tons produced
on Broadway next winter. He has fin
;shed his work and IS ready for his vaca-
ton. Hobar!'s works are The Military
Maid for Josephine Hall; Hodge. Podge
6. Co, an adaptation. for Peter Daley;
| Helen Prinnt." for Marie DRESSER "A
Million Dollars" a collaboratio at the
New Va n, -hi i'IdGh - 1'iGIh, -hdS
lrwins new play; Commodore Cupid :"
which be is writing with Stsn!slaus Stangk'
and Reginald DE- koven, and The
Daughters Delightful
Giuseppe Giacosa, Marco. Praga, Luigi
Iilica, Roberto Braceo and the other con
| spcuous Italian drRmatists are to appear
| as actors in a performance in Milan for
| The family of Lhero Photo. who died
! recently. Photo began as a wandering
.crO IN bond trDIJpn In which
Eleonora Duse belonged. She was then
child but acted leading roles. Once he
and the now famous actress were to ap-
pear IN Romeo and Juliet" but she was
: so weak from lack Of food that she could
not speak So the two robbed the larder
Of a good-na tured peasant landlord and
were forgiven by him when he learned
their plight.
George Clarke is the newest of vaude-
vile recruits At the mere hint of this
Augustin DAILY must turn anew in his
uneasy grave. For five and twenty years
Mr.. Clarke was not only the prop and
mainstay, but the chief dignity OF Days
Theatre There was, indeed, a brief in
terregnum. whom this aclor found the
starring bee In his bonnet -nd invested
all his savings in a melodrama (Which
ha wrote produced and performed in the
BowerT- II was Mr.. Days inexorabie
law never to take back any actor who
had voluntarily left his company-sl,ch
impertinent conduct being sure proof TO
the manager that his dis.oyal employee
was stark, staring mad and better fitted
for an asylum than the stage. This rule
was relaxed however, for GO Clarke.
wno after MS starring bubble had burst
in disasted. applied for readFnission to the
sacred circle Of Days company and was
forgiven as a brand saved from the burn
ing. That happened eighteen years ago,
and since then George Clarke has carried
himself with proper air, as a fallen angel
who had been restored to paradise The
dignity of Days and its traditions were
conferred in this actor. The manager might
wear an old nat, but George Clarke al
ways had a new one; Ada Rehan might
give an Indifferent performance on Ger
tain occasions, but George Clarke still was
reliable; John Drew might desert to the
enemy. but the F'rohmans despaiied of
George Clarke. That this Admirable
Crichton has fallen from his once high es-
tate as the guide. counsellor and friend of
Ausustin Daily into doing "a turn be-
tween trained monkeys and clog dancer
is the most convincing of modern instances
OF the power of vaudeville. Mr.. Keith may
now set his trap fer Joseph Jefferson,
may engage Sarah Bernhardt for the con-
tinuous, and may carry out his long-cher-
ished purpose 10 have Nine Calve for his
theatre. After George Clarke nothing need
be unexpected. Vaudeville is king-N. Y.
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