The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-04-28
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Fanny Rice is said to have refused
an offer of $500 a week for a vaudeville
tour.
The Northern Pacific railroad is to
build a 100000 theater in Winnipeg,
Manitoba.
LiebIer & Co. have Augustus Cook
under contract to play a prominent part
with James O'Neill in Monte Cristo."
Weber & Fields are making prepar-
ations to open their New York play
house next season with a Paris exposi-
ton burlesque.
James J. Jeffries. the pugilist is to
star under the direction of William A
Brady. A play has been written for
him by Clay NJ. Greene.
The Stoessel Opera company has been
making a great success with 1.-The Wiz
ard of the Nile" Will Vaudeville play
ing Frank Daniels part.
Willie Collier will be seen in a new
play next season, now being prepared
for him in San Francisco by Augustus
Thomas and George H. Broadhurst.
At a private dinner in New York last
Saturday night Edouard de Reszke
sang popular coon melody by request
and his hearers were astoniShed at the
beauty Of the piece.
Edgar L. Davenport. a son of the late
tragedian, E. L. Davenport, and a Dor
Their of the late Fanny Davenport, is to
star next season, under the manage
ment of Liebler & Co.
Marie Burroughs will shine as a star
Strong Miss Burroughs best work will
| be recalled in connection with her ser
| vices as leading lady for E. S. Will
| lard.
Eddy Foy will probably star next sea-
son in a comedy entitled Troubles of
| His Own" He and Joseph Standish
are working together on the piece, which
will have it's first presentation in New
York.
Melba. the singer, who has been re-
| Gently divorced, publicly announced in
| Paris last Tuesday that she is soon to
! wed Haddon Chambers, the playwright.
The wedding is to take place in London
a fortnight hence.
The New York engagement of ben
Hur' for this season will end May II. 1t
will open again in that city September
/ 2 May II the play will have run six
months and will have been presented
1914 times. 1t is estimated that at that
time over 100000 will have seen the show
and that the box offices will amount to
something like $780, 900.
Miss Deronda Mayo, youngest daugh-
ter of the late Frank Mayo has decided
to adopt the stage as a profession, and
| will make her debut next season. Miss
| Mayo is just out of school and lives
with her sister, Mrs. James Elverson OF
Philadelphia, who, as Eleanor Mayo
make such success in the title role OF
Princess Bonnie"
The Japanese players, on their way
l to the Paris exposition but who have
been located in New York for a month
or more, presented a japanese version
of 'Sapho' at the Bijou theater in that
city last week.
James A. Herne's great influence fol
the betterment of the American stage is
being recognized in many materia
ways. A new theater, which will be
named in his honor, is now in course OF
construction at Pittsield. By speeia
arrangement the famous actor-authol
will dedicate the new Herne theatel
with a performance of his latest success
Sag Harbor,'' next September, before
opening Hammerstein's new Republic
theater, now building in New York.
Francis Wilson is sponsor for the fol.
y lowing story regarding the success OF
''Erminie": MANY years ago Violei
Melnotte wanted an opera and Jacob
owski sent her two She liked the libret
to of one of them, but thought that tn,
music was commonplace. In the othe
opera the ibretto was distinctively bad
but the music was melodious and catchy
And so she sent for Jacobowski ant
asked him if he couldn't weld the goot
libretto and the good music togethe
and make one clever opera out of tn
mediocre ones. Jacobowski took her ad
| vice and 'Erminie was the resultant"