Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-09-08
supporting Herbert Kelsey and Fife Shan


supporting Herbert Kelsey and Fife Shan
non.
owen Davis, the author of many popular
melodramas. has Just concluded new
southern piece, entitled THE Gathering
Storm" IL will first see the light of a
Boston theater and will he put on for a
run
Jessie Mnlward and Margaret Angiin. the
twin stars of the Empire Taeater company
now playing Lord and Lady Algy'' and
Brother Officers" viii stol al different no.
tells while on the road, IL is said that each
has very poor opinion OF the others abil-
uy "a an. actress.
Emma Behrens. sister ~ Robert Man
tells second wife, Charlotte Behreus, had
a warrant sworn out for t',at actors arrest
last Tuesday. charging him with the abduc-
ton Of the lotter's child. which was in her
charge. The papers were served at Mont
clair. y. J.
Loe Fuller Is having trouble with her
thcater on the Paris exposition grounds.
The courts have taken hold of the receipts
until she test the validity of the claim
OF the contractors who built the theater.
Miss Fuller alleges that she paid the archi-
teCtS a sum of money 10 apply on the
building which has not been accounted for
The Burke and Chase Vaudeville Com
pany opened its road season at Omaha,
Neb.. last Monday. and so far it has met
with great success. 1t is headed by Nine.
Hermann. and contains. in addition TO other
eminent spocialties. Miss Mabel Maitland of
this city. whose delineations of negro char
acter and dialect were vastly enjoyed here
last season
Lavinia Shannon writes concerning pc
1ition signed by her friends requesting an
opportunity TO see her in the Lafayette
Squares stock company, that before Mr..
Berger secured the theatgr and prior to
the circulation of the petition she had
signed leading lady for the Grand Opera
House. New Orleans.
Mabel Gilman who has been playing the
leading part in ''The Casino Girl in Lon
don. and who has taken Edna Mays place
in the affections of the British public, had
an operation performed on her throat last
week and will be out of the cast for some
time. Miss Gilman shows doctors GER
tifcate proclaiming her inability to appear
but the manager of the show hints at un-
derhand methods in the retirement of the
popular singer
1t IS reported around the theatrical agen-
Cies in New York that so far this season
las been the most disastrous in years for
small road companies, which generally be-
GIN their season about the middle of Au-
gust. There were something like a dozen
managers of these shows in New York dur
ing me past week trying to raise money
enough to move their companies from town
to town. The hot weather is said to have
been the cause of The slump
Carmanceila. the sensational TRANSFORMED
ton danseuse has been doing good work
for the outing children at Coney Island
not only appearing for their benefit, but
enlisting the services of other artists. Some
months ago that blythe and effusve publi-
cation. THE Chorus Girl described her
as follows. La Belle Carmencella with
her pretty face. her soft violet eyes her
sweet, smiling mouth, with its red. pouting
no. aff a;,k,
her mistress of the multitudnous folds of
her ample silken gowns"