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wrong | hold that va should know how WeIl
they arc cared for and feel that none are I'M
posed on. a., we'll NJ be reasonably sure thht tnoho
ARE imposing on us. A home Ia or adjacent l"our
city would not only solve this problem but m"lh-
bnrs Of oar profession who from various causes
find themselves unable to obtain engagements
might find cOngenial employment women
nurses would be- ncedcd as we'll ~ men In charge
OF various parts Of the institution Mt
Aldrich mentioned without naming two
actresses. two actors and "A manager all help
less from disease whom the fund has supported
at a cost In each case OF over 5000 up To.
the present time These utter dependents ana
many Of the ourably III along with the super
annuated would be cared for at the home
Questions Of admissbllty are bound to arse
The charities Of the fund have thus far b'"n
extended broadly to every INDECENT and dis
abled person connected with theatrical WORK
A bill poster who fell from ladder and broke
his leg was cared for But the policy and
methods 10 he adopted may safely 10 bn let 10
tho small group Of earnest phUanthroN-t- now
IN control Truth 10 tell the people OF IN"
theatre generally have done next to nothing
for the fund. although ready to call upon II when
In straits. OF the III applications for pecuniary
or medical relief In year. of WHICH 6Si wer9
granted only thIrty-elght came from members
of whom there were 076. The annual due Is only
IN looking over the casts Of some of TINS
seasons early productions, some surnames
familiar In stage annals are found with unknown
Christian names. Their owners are the chill
dren and grandchildren of famous old players,
and some Of them seem likely to pcrpetuato
IN distinction the great names Of American
staReland. Joseph jefferson, Edward II.
Sothern, John Drew. the Hollands and James
X. Hackett are established and have won dis
tinctlon that would have been theirs even had
they not followed famous fathers. But Joseph
Wheelock Jr. the Jenersons boys" (who
are, by the way, no longer boys az all. Thomas
Whinen j. X, Emmett Sydney Drew, and Edgar
and Harry Davenport are some Of the newer
generation that are yet outshone by their par
ents In sag Harbor" Julie and Chrystal Herne
will come forward for their first severe now
York test. They have been seen hers in The
Reverend Griffith Davenport" but in parts OF
minor importance. Now they come forward
IN leading roles, one as the sentimental heroine
and the other in a part less serious but Of equal
prominence. With a mother and father so
talented in acting as MIR. and Mrs. James A.
lIerne much will be expected Of them. julie
Herne Is following her fathers footsteps also
rs a dramatst though none OF her writing has
yet been given a public trial Last season
Sag Harbor" had as one Of it, foremost actors
sydney Booth. whose father never won great
on the stage. but whose mother is tho
talented Agnes Booth. and whose grandfather,
Junils BrlItus Booth, and uncle. Edwin Booth.
held almost peerless positions. Young Booths
part will be taken this year by a scion of an
other famous stage family. the DreNs. Lionel
Barrymore Il q son Of Maurice Barrymore and
George Drew. grandson Of Mr. and Mrs John
Drew, great-grandson Of Thomas Frederick
Lane and Eliza Trenter. and nephew Of the
present John Drew. Mr.. Barrymore's first
part OF Importance In New York was in cum.
insiRnhcantly before that In some old comedy
rpvivals The company was somewhat OF
family affair, including rs il did Mrs. John Drew
Drew, her sitter, Phyllis Rankin and Lionel !
Barrymore. The last-named's sister. Ethel |
has quickly made her way, TO the front. and |
season. In the central part In His EXcellenCy |
the Governor" she was seen last year 70 have |
advanced rapidly in art and to resemble her |
clever mother in appearance and manner. An |
anecdote Is told OF her father Maurice |
barrymore, and his dislike for his brothor-in-
more taught his daughter 10 finish her nightly |
prayers with God bless mamma and papa and |
make Uncle John an actor" The, hit might |
finished comedians. He did much to help his |
niece on the stage, and VIII bring forward his |
'Richapd CsrveI,S Miss Drew's % only stage
nx perience was gained in a few Appearances |
last season as q maid servant III The Tyranny !
actress who has come 10 this country 70 act in |
Richard Mansheld's revival OF King Henry |
y.." Is a daughter Of Mr.. Mansheld's sister.
For many years principal name in the FORE
most New York stock company Of ts day. !
WallRcks, was Henriques. 1t will again be |
seen on the bills of leading stock company ~ |
this city Daniel trohman's. Then Henrlques
was preceded by Madeline, this time the first
name will be Gertrude. Wll the daughter re-
feet the beauty and talent Of the mother'
Olga Nethersole IL to add Mdodd !Sch,rdrtJ
next season 10 her gallery OF smirched hero
ines as she has the rights to Suedermann's play
In this country. Sir Henry Irving expected to
give Manfred" three years ago and the music !
was written for it at that time by Sir Alexander
Mackenzie who subsequently obtained permis-
sion to give 1t in concert form. Beerbohm Tree Is
10 call the stephen Phillips play "Herod" and not
The King Of the Jews" The latest decision |
oi the English censor as 10 the appearances Of |
Biblical characters on the stage seems To be |
that the personages Of Scripture may not even !
be referred to in dialogue aud must. Of course. |
not appear personally. Three hundred and |
Iorty seven plays were acted last year at tho |
Royal Theatre in Berlin. An annuity Of |
Gl25 has just been granted 10 Herman Men- |
vale. He was part author Of Forget Nc !
Not, which must have been played aS ire /
luently rs any English drama oi the rast |
wenty years. Mrs. T. 7. O'Connor's play |
IN the struggles of the late Charles Stewart |
parne has been completed and is to be pro-
iuced IN September as The Lost Leader"
It a London suburban theatre. David |
iarrick" was acted not long ago in London
~ group Of persons who had at one time
,ecn badly afflioted stammerers. The principal
,ctor had at one time been the worst of them
III and the object of tho performance was 20
how the wonderful effects Of his treatment
The Promise" has been selected as the name
u tho new DrtTy Lane melodrama which
aoob Lit il to produce here. The central
lgure Of the play Is famous man, who to
vert great war is called upon TO make a
,ersonal sacrifice. almost overwhelming In
Is character The heroine OF the play is
haritable woman OF society who spends her
lme nursing the sick The various scenes
+ the new mnlodrama ore to b. the interior
4 st Thoma-'s Hospital, the terrace Of tho |
Iouse of Commons, a skating rink and n mar
iagc at the fashionable st. Georges Church in |
.ondon.
Some OF the Paris theatres have shown an
Increase in receipts over those during the last |
EXPOSITION. but tho Coincide Franolis IS not |
.ns Of them. The receipts have been much |
mailer than they were eleven years ago, proba- |
'lv on account Of using the Odeon Theatre,