Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-17

| has fallen heir to a fortune of S400000 by
| reason of the death of her great aunt. in
Aberdeen. Scotland.
| Mrs. Fiske Will not visit Germany the
| ed, although she may do next year. She
will present Becky Sharp" and Tess of
| the D'Urbervilles.' should she visit the
country. as the books upon which those
| plays are founded are we'll known there.
| In the event of Mrs. Fiske visiting Ger
MANY she may also play an engagement in
London.
Mr.. Nat Goodwin is out in a most en-
phatic statement denying the reports that
| he is to separate from his wife. Maxine
| Elliott. or that they will star separately.
| Mr.. Goodwin says his wife is the most de-
lightful woman he has ever met. and that
he is not good enough at self-denial to de-
prive himself of the pleasure of her COM
pany. even if she were to wish for such a
thing. which she doesn't. Wherein Mr.
Goodwin shows good common sense.
Sam Bernard. the leading comedian of
The Man in the Moon met with an ac-
cident in a Philadelphia theater last Mon
Gay night that threatened his sight Ber-
nard wears a grotesque nose of putty in
Ms makeup and while he was trying to
remove the substance from his face with a
stiff card the sharp edge slipped and al
most cut one of the eyeballS in two. Mr.
Bernard was confined to a dark room, and
has recovered sufficiently to appear Monday
hight.
The sensational success of "Sapho" in
New York will probably result in the coun-
try being flooded with different versions Of
the great French novel William Brady pro-
poses to send out five or six companies
with the Ford and Stoddard adaptations
while John b. Doris is said to have signed
Sadie Martinez to play the title role in the
company that will he controlled by him.
Stock companies all over the country are
whipping into shape adaptations of the book
whereby n 20 az nf 10
advertising given the piece in New York.
Sarah Bernhardt has secured the rights
to Rostand's latest work. ''LArgion, and
was to have produced it in Paris the Goth
of this month. Rostand's agent in this
country advised a poStponement until
March > for copyright purposes and the
latter date will see the plays first pre-
sentation- Rostand's experience with ICY
rano' in this country demonstrated the
value of Uncle Sans protection. Outside
| of the voluntary contributions of Mr.
| Mansfield, Rostand received nothing from
| this country in the way of royalties for
4 his great work
The matinee girls of New York may lose
| one of their idols in the near future. Will
| lam Faversham is an Englishman and his
| name is upon the list of eligibles for army
service if needed. Recently Mr. Faversham
wrote to the officials of the war office in
| London that if he was needed he was ready
| to go to South Africa at the word. re-
| ply was received the past week to the eff
| feet that his offer of service was appreci-
| ated, but yet he not needed. If the
Beers continue their fighting much longer
Mr.. Faversham may soon have the oppor-
\ tunity of playing in reality characters SINH
| lar to those he has acted on the stage.
| H. s. Taylor. TIE theatrical manager. has
| signed contracts with Geo W. Lcderer.
| which give him the right to produce such
| Casino successes The Belle of New
i York, The Lady Slavey'' and The Tele-
| phone Girl. in the Philippines and Aus
| tralia. and is organizing an American stock
| company to present them. He expects to
| sail with his company March 1. and to
| give the first performance in Manila April
| =. After stay of six months in that city
| the company will go TO Australia. where
| The Belle of New York made great
| hit some time ago. The Manila Theater is
i a modern playhouse with Il seating capa-
| city of ] 300.