Evening star., 1900-07-14

Barry and Mildred Connor for his "A Ger
tain Party" company.
William Bramwell has signed contracts
with II. V. Donneney to play leading parts
at the Murray Hill Theater next season.
W. H Thompson, the well-known char
acter actor, Will have a prominent part
with Annie Russell next season in "A Royal
Family
The success of My Lady Dainty in
Paris has persuaded Mr.. Frohman, to
whom the piece belongs for this country, to
give it an early presentation in New York.
Richard Carroll has dropped out of the
Boston production of Very Little Faust. -
Carroll is the l,brcttist of the piece. Otis
Harlan has taken his place.
Jeanette Lowrie Mrs. ALI Hampton, has
sued her husband for divorce on the ground
of desertIon. Mr. hampton says thal Thos.
q Seabrooke is the cause of his domestic
trouble.
LOUIS Mann and Cara Lpman's season
Will open in New ork, at the Garrick, ear
ly in september. They Will have a new
comedy by Leo Dtrichstein, entitled "All
on Account of Eliza.
Louise Hepner has served papers on her
husband, asking for divorce, naming two
chorus girls as correspondents. Mr.. Hep
ner contemplated the same steps. naming
case, but his wife reached the judge first.
David Belasco is in Paris looking around
for new plays and incidentally securing
models for the costumes for Madame Du
Barry, in which Mrs. Leslie Carter is to
star next season
Willie Collier and his manager have been
trying for some days 10 hit upon suitable
name for the new play just finished by Au-
gustus Thomas for The popular comedian.
II was finally decided to name it "On the
Quiet
A nice bunch Of royalties will be reaped
next season from the Hoyt farces. They
are so protected by advance payments that
a weekly income of from s1,2oO to $500 Is
assured.
Every state in the Union will be given an
opportunity next season of seeing the
SIange version of Quo Vadis. There W II
positively be four companies and possibly
six playing the piece simultaneously.
Mary Mannering and her husband, Jas.
X. Hackett, are in the Yellowstone wilds
Last Wednesday Miss Mannering tele-
graphsd to New York that she had distn-
guished herself by shooting a grizzly bear.
Two important engagements were an
nCunced by Liebler and company during the
week. They are Clarence Handyside for
the past six years with Nat Goodwin, and
William J. LeMoyne. The latter will prob
ably play the parson in The Choir In
visible"
Charles Abbe. who made such favorable
impression with the National Theater Com
pany some seasons back, has been signed by
Joseph Arthur TO play the part of Ezra
Cookus in Lost RIVER next season.
In Partisan dramatic circles there is much
talk over the debut Ecxt spring of a pupil
o. Nine. Bernhardt She is young and
l,.o yr-l,. Go,
Binda- She Ia the wife of Francois Le-
bargy, the well-knoEn leading man. She
will play Juliet" to Nine. Betnhardts 8 ''Ro-
meo.
William Botto. the Louisville plunger, who
Is not Yet twenty-eight years old has just
married his third wife. Mrs. Botto No 3
was Maud Leroy. a member of THE Tele-
phone Girl chorus last season and recent
ly in the chorus of a New York roof garden
production.
David BeIasco Is evidently trying to equal
Charles Fronman's record this season in Sc
curing new plays. Last Wednesday Lee
Arthur, the playwright. turned over TO Be
lasco an original comedy, entitled Amen
Bagley." When all the reports are in Be
lascD should have about twelve new plays
on his hands. The original title was You
AL of Georgia"
During the PEI ormancc of Primrose and
DOCKStlier S nlnStrclS at Manhattan Beach
last Monday night large concourse of
Masonic and Elk friends interrupted the
performers long enough TO present the two
leaders with handsome badges of the Two
fraternities Three hundred American
beauty roses were used as trimmings TO
the presentation.
oscar Hammerstein the energetic If err
ratio New York manager, has distinguished
himself once more in a managers sense
by securing Eleanor Duse, the great French
actress, for a season at his new theater,
the Republic, next season. Nine Duse will
play only on alternate nights on account of
poor health.
1.-THE Casino Girl had its first presenta-
ton in London last Wednesday night and
IS reported to have been an immense hit.
Eight curtain calls resulted from the en-
thusiastic plaudits Of the audience James
Sullivan. Mabel Gilman. Sam Collins and
"Rastus made individual hits.
Harry Conor the weIl-known comedian
returned from Australia during the past
week. When Mr.. ConOr went abroad 1t was
for a twenty-five weeks engagement, but
he made such hit in the Antipodes that
he prolonged his stay until over a year
had passed. Mr.. Conor received numerous
offers.
The Vaudeville Trust" will probably
have quite a struggle before It is set going
successfully. An antitrust organization has
been formed by agents and performers, en-
bracing quite a number of both, and they
have concluded to fight the trust on novel
lines. Tomorrow night warrants are to be
sworn out against all tho vaudeville houses
that sell standing room tickets or those
that allow people to stand. As Sunday
n rights business in New York has been
something tremendous these tactics may
worry the managers
Ii is more than probable that James NJ
Barrie, author of 1.-THE Little Minister"
will issue from his retirement the coming
fall. Mr.. Barrie has been silent since his
great success with the Scotch comedy dra-
ma. out of which he is said to have made
a; large fortune as ever came from one
piece. but he has promised two plays TO
Arthur Bourchler. manager OF the Garrick
Theater. London. One of these is a serious
play, entitled Two Different Kinds of
Women and the other comedy, yet un-
named. All of Mr.. Barrie's pieces will be
presented In this country by Charles Froh-
man.
Gus Hill, the wel-known manager, was
recently buncoed out of 500. A young man
dropped into his New York office offered
a melodrama for sale, and upon returning
several days later was offered sfD0 for