Evening star., 1900-05-19

going community is protesting, claiming 1t
| is wrong to sing hymns in music hall.
John Glendinning. who has Played prom
| fnent part with the Nethersole company
| will join Mrs. Sarah Cowell lie Moyne next
| season.
Duse has scored an artistic success at
| Frankfort Germany. but suffers financially.
as the Germans will not stand S. 81 ard
SO for admissions
Gertrude Coghlan is TO he seen next year
| in production Of Becky sharp" a drst-
matization made by her late father Charles
Coghlan.
Henry Miller is making elaborate prerara-
| tons in New York for his season In the
Pacific coast He intends 10 feature The
Only Way"
1t is said that George c. Boniface. sa.
contemplates starring again in his old sue
cess Jean Vatican" a dramatization Of
| Les Miserables''
| Robert Buchanon is to write a pay for
Mrs. Langtry. in which she is To star next
season. Marie Autoinette is said to be the
| theme of the play.
| r. F. Keith the vaudeville manager has
| secured the services Of Ciss3e LOTUS for
thirty weeks next season, and will pay her
| at the rate Of $50 a week.
The Rogers Brothers open their next sra-
son in New York about September |. and
their new pay will be called The Rogers
| Brothers in Central Park
Mrs Leslie l,4. Garter is TO appear next sea
son in The Queens Drawing Room" one
| of the scenes will show a presentation of
| the heroine to Queen Victoria.
| Sparrow. the well-known comic juss,er
| was the only American in a big htl, at "A
Berlin theater recently and is credited with
/ hli,,
| The stage is to be elevated once more
| Jim Jeffries. the champion pugilist, will star
| next season in play written by Clay
| Greene, entitled The County Sheriff"
J. X. Bratton. a composer of popular
| songs. has been chosen as the musical d.
| rector of I'm Himmelhof." the show in
which Peter DALEY is to star next season
New Orleans is to have no French opera
| next winter. The last season was disas-
trous financially. and Mr.. Charley. the
| manager. has decided to give up the strug-
gle.
| Walter Thomas. who has done good work
| with 1.-The Greatest Thing in the World"
| left for Denver last Tuesday where he will
join a stock company for the summer sea-
son.
The first presentation of Her Majesty"
| with Grace George as the star. given
| at Plaintield. n. J., last Monday night
|
scored success.
Charlotte Deane has signed with Daniel
| Frohman for the queen mother and Anne
| of Austria with f. H. Sothern in his pro-
duction of Hamlet and The Kings Mus
| keteers" next season.
William Gillette. the author-actor. has
purchased large tract OF mountain forest
land in Tyron. n. c.. for the purpose of
| keeping his rustic hermitage from the en-
croachment of neighbors.
Theodore Roberts, leading man of the
| Arizona company. has been sued by Mrs
A A. Edwards of that company for al
| legged statements made by the defendant
derosatory to the latters character.
| Charles B. Hanford is to use Private
John Allen next season for starring pur-
| poses. The play, which is by Lee Arthur
| was produced in this city some time ago
| with promising results. 1t has been wholly
| rewritten
Peter Dailey's piece for next season. I'm
| Himmeihof," deals with the experiences of
| a superintendent of a poster designing es-
tablishment in which "A number of pretty
| models are employed. The plot is said to be
| "a trfie giddy."
| The rumor has been current for several
| days that David Belasco has purchased the
| American rights to when We Dead
| Awaken" by Ibsen. for 5000. 1t is said
| that Richard Mansfield was also bidder
for the same play.
1t Is said that Manager Ziegfeld has de-
termined not to let Anna Held appear in
| The Education of the Prince" on account
of its alleged risque plot. The play is to
be produced in the fall. according to this
report. but without Anna Held
The Alice Nielsen Opera Company gave
| performance of THE Singing Girl' at
| Providence. R: l.. last Wednesday after
noon. for the benefit OF Richie-Ling, tenor
| OF the company. who has been Ill for some
| time. Mr.. Ling. whose condition is i'm
| proving. has been re-engaged by Manager
| Perley for next season.
Marion Abbott and Charles Silke's farce
| Paying the Bill" has undergone revision
at the hands Of the author. who came on
| this week from New York for the purpose
| He is Mr.. Lndemann who wrote 1.-The Ed
itor." which has made hit for Kathryn
| OStermann.
| Alfred E. Aarons is to have three mu-
steal comedies in the field next year. They
will be The Military Maid" with Jose
phine Hall for the star; THE Magnetic
Maid" and ''Mam'selle 'Awkins." which Is
to be revived. Aarons is also to direct the
tour of new melodrama entitled Near
| the Throne
Barnum and Bafley's circus has been
| creating sense ton in Europe. During
their engagement at Hamburg it is report
ed that they paid the electric street car
companies 5000 not to run a car during
the five hours the parade was touring the
streets.
Weber and Fields after their perform
ance in this city last Wednesday night
teegraphed their representative in New
York that they had played to the biggest
one nights business at the Columbia of
any since they had left the great metropo-
| lis. Something like 5000 is said to have
passed through Cashier Stnes hands.
Nat Goodwin's latest play has been writ
ten by Robert Marshall, the English play
wright and it will be produced for the
first time in London. 1t is in four acts
three of which are laid In the cavalry bar
racks at Lowchester. England.
James Powers. one of the Powers Broth
ers trick bicyclsts. is managing three