Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-12-01

oSi Io'''iAs 49,"
''Hnre lies interrai Priscilla Bird.
Who sang on earth till sixty-two;
Now on high above the SKY,
No doubt she sings like sixty--too."
1t is said that If Mr.. FORBES Robertson
succeeds in arranging for a London sea-
| son in the spring, he will probably pro-
duce "Othe!lo." paying the Moor him
self, with Miss Gertrude Elliott as Des-
demona
Julia Arthur, writingito the author OF
'"Her Majesty" expresses keen delight
in Grace Georges sympathetic performs
ance, and adds, 81 do hope that in her
future career, which is certain to be
brilliant, she will retain the simplicity
and nature quality of manner and
method that are now SO charming. We
have quite too much artiiciality upon the
stage"
English worthy of the Japanese was
used in London by MIR. Saunders of the
Court theater. wso announced that
thanks to the sudden indisposition Of
Nine. Yacco. the japanese actress
doubtless not intentional but seemingly
unkind-the Japanese company of which
that lady was the star would not be able
to make it's reappearance on the ed, as
expected. .
-- ST.
Truly Shattuck is now advertised as
the california Nightingale" 1t used to
be as the "California Venus" @
Miss Katherine Grey, who is suing
Richard Mansfield for breach of contract.
specifies in her complaint that he de-
manded too many of the privileges of
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too familiar, and one of the charges IS to
the effect that in the play called 'The
First Violin,'' in which she took a part
requiring he'd to he kissed - Mansfield,
the actor did so in SO insulting a man.
ner that she became seriously i'll as the
result of a Shock" She did not specify
whether or not it was an electric shock.
Sarah Bernhardt is to receive for every
appearance during her present Ameri-
can season the sum Of 1000. which is
more than any actress ever got here be-
fore. Eleanor Duse. when she was ne
gotiating with an American manager
three years ago, demanded that sun for
the services of herself and her company.
She was to get $1,000 a performance for
seven performances a week. and was to
pay the actors. Nine. Bernhardt Is the
only actress speaking a foreign language
that ever made money for her managers
in this country. But the French actress
has never been able to keep any of hef
earnings. During her last tour here four
years ago she sent by cabl to Paris her
share of the receipts. Sometimes she
was paid in small towns. and the rate OF
transfer by cable was high, but she was
never willing to postpone the transfer fol-
a day. The only cash that she carried
back with her to France was the sum
of 81, 900, which was her share of the
profits during the week n a half end
ing the night before she took the steam
er. As her jewels, which were taken Out
of pawn for her American tour, were al
pledged again the day after her arrival
in Paris, h amount did not last her
very long. 7
The cost of the organization may have
been understood from the size Of the
guanty demanded outside Of New
York. No less than $4,000 is necessaryto
cover the cost of every performance.
Constant Coquelin is to receive $500 fol-
every performance. which is probably
previous tour. 81
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The New York Sun has some interest,"
ing cha about actresses. 1t says some
Of the actresses whom Americans know
are noteworthy for one thing or another
Just now in London. Lily Langtry is re-
constructing the long abandoned old I'm
perial theater, once a dramatic adjunct
of the Aquarium. and will open 1t early
in the new year. Ellen Terry has beer
compelled by illness to retire from the
diving company. Cissy Fitzgerald is nei-
Their i'll nor destitute. as reported. Loie
Fuller has followed her prodigious sue.