Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-01

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and shocked. so that she required medical
aid and attendance
This cold and practical consideration of
subject SO long surrounded by the halo of
romance is bitter shock to the idealistic
temperament. Even the Borgias, with all
their diabolic igenuity, never thought of
the kiss as lethal weapon. 1t is only one
more of the cruel disillusionings of this
icoEoclastic age. But it is hard. 1t is like
taking poor Cupid, who has long been
shivering at the threshold of the divorce
court, and giving him his coup de grace
with a sand bag.
There is a probability that Janauschek
will be the next occupant of the vacant
chair in the Forrest Home for Aged and
lnfirm Actors in Philadelphia. She is
enty years old, and has had a career Of
usefulness for which her present crcum-
stances are an ill reward She belonged to
the school of actresses which no longer ex-
lists. The stage of the present reflects the
sweeter and quieter attributes of woman
hood in many instances. but they who are
competent to assert themselves with the
kueenly power of a Lady Macbeth are but
few, and their talents are for the present
buried. Januschek took her vocation In
LIE most seriously; too seriously, perhaps,
to enable her to reap the full pecuniary
wards to which she was entitled. She was
an ardent and arduous discipline rian. Re-
hearsals We're her delight and the dread of
her supporting companies When business
was bad. whether because of the weather or
other circumst anceS Independent of the per-
Torrance. she would Immediately call an
extra rehearsal, in order to make sure that
the lack of favor was not due to deficiencies
on the stage.
trifing incident which occurred In
Washington many years ago illustrates
her determination of character and her
minute sense of justice. She was stay
ing at hotel whose mana cement was
noted for it's smallness She CHANGED to
break wash bowl, and when her bill came
found that she was charged with an entire
toilet set.
Il only broke a wash bowl" she said to
the manager
But it was a portion of the set'' was
She made no further protest Presently
the occupants Of rooms looking on an inner
court were startled by a crash. 1t was fol-
lowed by another. The manager rushed to
Janauschek's room, from whose windows
ch1naware was being thrown.
What's all this?' he asked.
1T is my toilet set" she answered, as she
poised the last piece on the window sill. II
purchased 1t; and l am disposing of it ac-
cordlng TO my own IDEAS"
number of new attractions selected
Thanksgiving week in which to open.
Among them were THE Battle of the
Strong" which is interesting to Washing
ton because Of the fact that the enterprise
Is under the direction of Daniel v. Arthur,
whose brilliantly successful stock COM
pany at the Columbia Theater Is 50 pleasant
ly remembered. 1t was produced on
Thanksgiving day at Macauley's The
a a1e,G,. Louisville Ky. with Marie Bor-
duction is said to have been at some dis
advantage owing to the fact that Maurice
barrymore was not perfect in his lines and
Hoibrook Blinn had had his hand split dur
ing a rehearsal and was. so to speak, not
in form for the combat scene in the
fourth act The dramatization of Gilbert
Parker's novel is very highly spoken OF.
Joseph Hawarth also selected Thanksgiv-
ing day for the production at Worcester,
Mass, OF his new play by Grace Livingston
F'urniss, King Robert of Sicily" 1t is a
dramatization of LongfelIow's poem of the
same name.
Ada Rehan added another Nell Gwynne"
to the already long list by her pre-
NATION of Sweet Nell of Old Drury" at
Buffalo last Monday night. Henrietta
her performance of George Hazleton's Mis-
tress Nell" but Marie Tempests Nell
Gwynne' has not been the success In LON
don that was expected and will probably
soon be withdrawn.
Nathan Hale" was produced at Meriden,
Conn.,, on Thanksgiving day, the parts orig
inally played by Nat. c. Goodwin and Max
Inc Elliott being In the hands Of Howard
Kyle and Nanette Comstock.
Maclyn Arbuckle will produce Marsac"
In New York next Monday.
Percy Haswell will play her final
performance with Otis Skinner tonight at
the Davidson Theater Milwaukee. and to-
morrow will 90 IN Chtca On rooobfp- yUo.h
ington on Monday morning ready to COM
mence rehearsals with the Lafayette
Square stock company. She will make her
ilrst appearance as the permanent leading
lady of that popular organization on Mon
day evening, December 10. Miss Haswell
Cruickshank in Rosemary all the past
week while playing as Mr.. SINNERS lead
ing lady In Milwaukee. The role is much
like Sylvia in "A Bachelors Romance"
The role. as many theatergoers will re-
member. Is the last one which Maude Ad-
ans played with John Drew prior to be-
coming star in 1.-The Little Minister"
The association of vaudeville managers
held a meeting in New York this week,
which was attended by members of the
eastern and western branches, including
P. B. Chase Of this city, who Is general
secretary. 1t was the most important ses-
sion in the history Of the association. and
for weeks prior to 1t the rumor was preya
lent that there would be disruption Of
the interests involved. In speaking Of n
Mr.. Chase said yesterday: "The talk Of q
disruption was idle gossip The associa-
ton is not likely to dissolve, because n 10
necessity. Without such a pooling and
harmonizing Of interests as exists the
vaudeville business would be about the
most precarious that man could embark
in"
Pittsburg has been agitating what IA aI-
ways a delicate question, that of the issus
Of free admissions to theatrical perform.
ances. A New York newspaper obtained a
number Of interviews on the subject. in
which managers pictured themselves as
victims Of grinding system Of extortion.
Interviews on the subject were solicited In
Washington. and two were secured. ona
from p. B. Chase and one from Frederick
Berger. Neither appeared to regard him.
self as having any definite grievance, The
! main trouble seems to be with the litho.
graph passes, such as are issued to mer.
chants and other people controlling window
space. In return for the privilege OF dis-
playing pictures. merchant whose a..
tention the Ptttsburg and New York All