The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-09-02

Doherty's White Poodlef, the Three. Daw-
sons, Adele Purvis Onri, 10 Vernon. Her
bert's Canine Wonders, Maude Courtney,
Rosaire. Jones & Walton, Little Alice
Lewis, John Rice and Sallie Cohen> These
are a few of the attractions for the sea-
son.
The vaudeville combinations which will
play at Chases New Grand are: The Ben
man Show. the Great Lafayette Company.
Harry Williams Vaudeville Company, the
Burke & Chase Vaudeville Company.
Hyde's Comedians. Fulgoras Stars, Hop
kins' Trans-oceanics, the Empire Vaude-
Vile Company and the Orpheum Show.
Paul n. Furham, who is at present act
ing treasurer of Hashim's Academy of
Music. will, in few weeks, return to
Philadelphia. He will be the resident man
ager of the Park Theatre, where Henry
Dixey will present THE Adventures OF
Francois"
Godfrey Stein. the well-known charac-
ter actor Of this city. viii play three
weeks engagement with Henrietta Cross
man when she produces Little Nelf' at
the Bijou Theatre. New York City, next
month.
Anna Held and her husband. Manager
Ziegfeld. returned from Paris during the
week Miss Held will continue to present
"Papa's Wife" I'd those cities that have
not seen the musical comedy until early
spring. when she will produce new adap-
tation from the French. called THE Ad-
ventures Of the Prince"
Rochester. N Y. is Threatened with a
Becky Sharp" warfare Rival dramati
cations of Vanity Fair" will soon occupy
the two theatres Of that town. Mrs. Fiske
will present Langdon Mitchelrs play at
the Cook Opera House, ordinarily devoted
to exploiting lurid melodrama and
sentimental society plays at cheap prices.
At the same time Gertrude Coghlan will
show what her own idea of Becky Sharp
is. and how she thinks the character should
be played. at the Lyceum, the syndicate
theatre of the town. Miss Coghlan's play
is version of Thackeray's novel made by
her father. Charles CoghIan, shortly be-
fore his death Miss Coghlan's managers
are showing much confidence in opposing
Mrs. Fiske in city where she is a great
farerite.
Madge Leasing, who. for sume years past,
has been a familiar figure in Casino pro-
auctions. has been engaged by Francis
Wilson to succeed Lulu Chaser In the SOU
brette role of the new opera he will pre-
sent this season. Mr.. Wilson was under
the impression for some months that he
had found valuable substitute for Miss
CHASER In the person of Minnie Ashley,
who viii be remembered by local theatre
goers for her extremely clever work In
The Geisha" and THE Circus Girl
On the morning of the first rehearsal
of the new Wilson opera, Miss Ashley ap-
peared on the scene, accompanied by her
mother. and astounded Mr. Wilson by
calmly announcing that she had decided
TO break her engagement with him. pre-
sumably for the purpose of keeping an
engagement with a young gentleman who
is Tammany Congressman, and who bears
the name of one of the oldest families of
New York City.
It is understood by Miss Ashley's friends
that she will soon be in possession of
decree from the court, severing her nuptIal
ties with William Sheldon, when she will
forthwith proceed 20 change her name and
take up her residence in Washington while
Congress is In session.
Miss CHASER, who for thu past seven or
eight years has been prominently identified
with every production of Mr.. Wilson, may
have a chance to show that she. is worthy
of stellar distinction. Andrew Mccormick,
formerly manager of the Broadway Thea
tire. New York City. and who was largely
instrumental in producing The High
wayman." The Three Dragons and
several other operas. thinks Miss CHASER
is pretty good business proposition. The
chances are that if she appears as a star
II will be in an opera originally written for
Della Fox by Edgar Smith, with a score
by Herman Perlet. the well-known Wash
ington musical conductor.
Otis Skinner, by many competent judges
believed TO be the most promising actor
Of the present day. will open his season
at Wallack's Theatre tomorrow night in
Prince Otto" adapted by him from Rob-
err Louis Stevenson's romantic novel of the
same name. Mr.. Skinner produced Prince
Otto in Chicago last spring with a great
Seal of success.
Mr.. Stevenson always believed this story.
above all his other works, to contain strong
dramatic possibilities, and as matter OF
fact, it was written with the inten-
ton of eventually dramatizing it, In
adapting the story, Mr.. Skinner, though
not following the theme closely-dramatic
effect would not permit it-has been happy
in retaining the beauty of character and
situations found in the novel. and has also
retained two of the strongest scenes ana
incidents in their entirety.
The action of the play takes place in
Kronefeld one of the smaller principalitles
in Germany. during the earlier part OF the
century. There are FIVE acts, the scene
Of the first and the last being the same
a German peasants cottage; the second
the state apartments in the palace at
Kronefeld; the third. the council chamber
and the library the fourth.
The production will be an elaborate one
and Mr. Skinner has surrounded himself
with a strong company.
The success Of her London engagem ent,
where she scored what WIS without a
doubt the greatest hit which any Amer
can actress has made abroad, has not
turned the head of Mrs. Leslie Car
ter. Hard work of the most exactiug
kind evidently agrees with this actress,
for, in spite of the fact that she had Just
concluded a season in "Zaza" which be-
gan early last September. Mrs. Carter is
said TO have never looked better than when
she returned from Europe last week.
David Belasco who returned with Mrs
Carter, has laid out a seasons work for
himslf which would appal two ordi-
nary men. Besides starting work
at once on the English version of
The Du Barry" which Mrs. Carter in
all probability will present next spring,
Mr.. Belasco will prepare Blanche Bates for
her debut in "Nicondia,' and begin
at least half a dozen different adapta-
tions and original works. One of the pet
projects to which he is going to devote a
great deal CT time is the writing of the
play now partly finished, The Only Levy"
in which David Warfald. OF the Weber G
Fields Company, viii star under his man
agement next year.
Before Mrs. Carter appears in THE Du
Barry" she will be seen either in The
Red Mouse" or when the Dead Awaken"
But, in any case, these productions cannot
be made until late in the season, as Mrs.