Evening star., 1900-05-19

in London are reported to be doing poorly.
Several nights during the pas week there
Were many vacant seats at the American
Beauty" and QUO Nadis.
Ed. Rice will put on "Evangeline" at
ST. Louis tomorrow for an indefinite run
and it is expected that 1t Will draw crowds
TO Dvlmar Park throughout he summer
as the company is strong one.
.'The Belle Of New York" opens an ex-
tended engagement in Boston Monday night;
Dan Daily will be back in his old role ana
Helen Lord takes the title part Toby
Claude plays the little French girl.
There were rumors aioat in New York
and London this week that either Proctor
or Keith would op,n continuous variety
house in the latter city. the tinnre:al back
ing coming from English capitalists
Fre,Ieric vroom an actor, struck his wife
in San Francisco. after she had accused him
Of loving another woman, and Mis- Nro"n
shot him, the bullet giancing from RIB,
which fact prevented serious results.
Mrs. Henry C. De Mile and Harrie, Ford
the authors Of The Greatest Thing IN the
World" have mad- n contract to write a
play for Mansfield, to be delivered III time
for the opening of the season next faA-
..Eip Van winkle' will he played next
season with Thomas jefferson son of Jo-
Sepn jefferson. in the tittr Fh!'- / ne l'IdN
viii he presented in cities which will not be
visited by the veteran during the snort
spring and fan tours.
Edward s Willard. who has been off the
stag for two seasons. will come to America
next season. opening in Boston IN Novem.
ber lie will preSen .'Ihe MIahienan, a.
rick and two new pieces not yet named.
one New York paper commenting upon
he flrr that IL II1DpPr had signed with
Weber and Fields said that the elongated
comedian will have The work OF his HE
cut out for him. and that it will be one
continued hustle for him to keep up with
the other good ones in the company.
Joseph Haworth will leave the Whitney
''Quo Nadis'' company May 26. 1t was de-
cided To run the play until the 1st of Au-
gust if the performers would submit to re-
duccd salaries. and al agreed except the
leading man. Who will take Mr.. Haworth
place has not yet been decided upon.
Charles Frohman has bought the Ameri-
can rights to tho English adaptation of Ed
moi nd Rostaud's .'R"manesques He Will
present it with Miss EIline Terriss as Syl-
vette and Seymour Hicks as Straforei
Mrs Patrick Campbell. who will presen.
the piece in London under the title THE
Ftntasticks." may come to America in the
fall, but in another play.
Viola Allen will have four new plays to
chocss from for next season One is dra-
ma'iZation of f Marion Crawford's In the
Palace of the King" another dramatiza-
ton Of ZangwilI's current serial. The Man
tie If F.liiah:" a third. "EnChantment.' in
which Jane Iiading is now acting in Paris.
and a fourth unnamed play by Leo
DietIichstein.
Next season Willie Collier will have a new
play written for him by Augustus Thomas
en- ifI~j .rrea,iwav Of YaIe.. The title
character and his adventures We're
celve1 by Mr.. Thomas after a visit to Yale
University, where there was a genuine
TrradwaE who captaiEed the winning var
sity foot ball eleven that conquered Har-
ward in The fall of 1>91.
During the preservation of the Lady
Siavry' in Boston last Tuesday night Marie
DrvS-lel' threw Dan DAILY through the
scenery. The comedian landed on his head
and was rendered unconscious. The two do
a comic aCrobatic turn in the second act
anu IGuE failure 10 prepare himself for
Ih, fall lcd 10 the accident The spectators
took tn, flight Of Daly through The air and
5rruery as part of the show and We're ag-
81. N"d when he failed to respond to the
encore.
The returns from the various theaters all
ovrr tn" country S:Jw a season Just clos
sn= "f almost unprecedented prosperity. In
many cities the managers say that they
have never in all their experience seen a
better year :oT The playicu~es. This is in
d'4jlVe to d degree of the era of pros
I,rrity which has settled on the country
for when people have money to spend on
the thraters It is safe To presume that
they have. in ordinary eases, the money for
the necessities of life.
Nlo-a Aliens next regular season will
open at the National Theater September
"a. whore she viii! produce her new
play. Miss Aliens managers have ar
ranged preliminary weeks tour during
which she viii dedicate two new theaters
on Of these is the new Richmond Opera
House at North Adams. Mass which she
vii! open September II. Another dedica-
tory engagement will be that of September
Il ana ~ at the new theater which Mana
ger Shub-rt, who manages severa, theaters
throughout the state and has recently Sc
cured the Herald Square in New York city,
is building at Utica y Y