Evening star., 1901-10-12
DRAMA

MI SulliSdH NUuStISlSt- 4No. HS oIilt
one we encountered we captured alive"
Miss Walker Qnterestedly)-"R Really?'
Mr.. Sullivan nonchalantly)-'Reall
Miss Walker (excitedly)-"Do tell me
about it,
| Mr. Sullivan tseriausly)-'1 was accom-
panied by the scenic artist of the theater,
| a man of brilliant ideas and rare discern
| ment Before starting he said: An we
! shall want for mountain lions is a large
piece of zinc, a hammer and a pot of paint. .
| Miss Walker Gncredulously)-"A pot of
paint?"
Mr. Sullivan (unheedingly)-"Na
wondered much at those weapons. How
ever, we went into a great thicket, and the
| scenic artist proceeded to paint the realistic
| figure of man on the piece of zinc
| Miss Walker Gnquiringly)-''What for?'
Mr.. Sullivan Gmpressively)-" Of US
| got behind the zinc, 1 holding it up and
| the scenic artist waiting behind with the
| hammer in his hand. Soon mountain lion
| came along and, seeing the figure on the
/ zinc, supposed it to be a real man. At once
he came bounding along and fiercely sprang
| at the image his claws going through the
| sheet of zinc"
| Miss Walker (nervously)-"And then?'
Mr.. Sullivan (dramatically)-"The artist
| was expecting this and Immediately clinch-
ed the lions claws with the hammer. after
| which both of US carried it alive to the
| camp on the sheet of zine
Miss Walker ENTHUSIASTICALLY for
| truly?"
! Mr.. Sullivan (positively)-"Really for
| truly"
An important member of Elsie De Wolf S
| company is a French bulldog-gender fem
| inine-named Fauvette, which has been pro-
| nounced the finest specimen of her species
| in France, England and America. Fauvette
| has seven first prize medals tucked away
| in her kennel and has won three additional
special awards. The dog might now be a
blue blood had her mistress cared to part
4 ID
saw Fauvette during Miss De VOLTS CONT
mental trip the summer before last and
| through his equerry offered the Russian
equivalent of $3.50 for her. Miss Fauvette
appears in the first act of the drama. but
| no apprehension of stage fright is enter
| tanned for her because of many crowded
/! dog show experiences. Miss De Wolf
! maintains an ideal bachelor girls home in
/ New Y ork and between seasons, lives at a
| country seat she owns in Versailles, France.
! About two-thirds of the actors who orig
| mated the characters in THE White
| Slave" and the gifted author, Bartley
| Campbell who was dramatist, poet, humor-
| ist, manager and producer. are dead.
| Though nearly twenty years have passed
| during which time The White Slave" has
rested three seasons-one of the original
cast, Charles Webster, has remained to i'm
personate in his inimitable way the quaint
character of Glen. Mr.. Webster has played
in THE Lower Million How Women
Love-" my Partner" The Galley Slave"
and My Geraldine all written by Mr..
Campbell prior to The White Slave" He
has passed from youth to old age since he
first made up" for the part that has become
second nature to him, and is this season
making a hit of huger proportions than
ever before. singing couple of old-time
songs to the accompaniment of banjo an
instrument which was presented to him by
an ex-save many years ago while he was
| visiting a plantation a few miles from
Charleston, 3. {.
| There will be quite reunion of vaude-
vile players at the Bijou next week, when
Charles T. Aldrich, Josephine Sabel and
| the great Albni. the magician, who has
| been re-engaged for next week on account
of his successful work during the past
week, meet.
| All three performers last appeared on a
program in London last spring, when they
volunteered their services at the benefit
| rendered to the noted English dancer, Let
| tie Lind, who was in America with several
| of the imported musical pieces number
of years ago. Aldrich was at the time of
| the testimonial performance the big hit
| of the Edna May Company, presenting
'1The Girl From Up There" His clever
travesty on the magical act of Ching
i>iH6 Too was Nciy popuidl, although, OIL
course. the Britons did not understand the
| burlesque on the several tricks, as they
had never seen the originals. But just the
same they accepted Aldrich as a bona fide
magician, and it was not very odd, there
fore, that the committee having in charge
the Lind benefit should request Aldrich
and Albini to get up a brother act"-that
| is. appear Jointly instead of giving indi-
vidual entertainments.
The two clever players got together and
| arranged act the like of
never before seen. Albini went through
with his regular card tricks and then on
! came Aldrich with his funny hobo make
up The Ching Ling Foo act was gone
through in it's entirety. Albini appearing
as the assistant and performing all sorts
of tricks on the side, while Aldrich was
preparing his different mysteries
Miss Sabel contributed her services to
the occasion. and with the addition of Nat
NJ Wills. the happy tramp. and Montgom-
cry ana stone, also of the Edna May Com
| pany, they We're the only American repre-
sentatives of vaudeville on the program
The three have not met, so it is said since
that now celebrated Lind benefit. and if
the Bijou management could only prevail
upon Aldrich and Albini to repeat their
London performance the audiences next
week would be treated to some rare snort
But 1nasmuch as American audiences are
much quicker than their English cousins, it
Is doubtful II they would countenance the
amount of nerve" displayed by the two
vaudeville artists when they enjoyed "euy-
ing that particular London gathering
! even more than the spectators enjoyed the
performance.
Edmond Rostand. the author Of LAG
lon" and "Cyrano de Bergerac," is to lee
ture In Chicago the latter part of this year
under the auspices Of the Alliance Fran
caise. NJ. Rostand expects to spend the
Christmas holidays with his sister, who is
the wife of the first secretary of the French
embassy in Washington.
Wright Kramer, who made many friends
| while doing leading Juvenile roles In the
summer stock company at the LAFAYETTE
Square Opera House. is now filling the part
of Wheaton Tuttle' in dward Kiadar.s
new pastoral play Sky Farm" produced
In Boston this week for the first time
Frederick Truesdell. Washington boy. ia
also In the same cast
Otis Harlan and the members of Chase.
Musical Comedy Stock Company will appe.r
in Richmond and Norfolk during the newt
two weeks. At the end of that period thev
will return to Chases Theater for anotbar
season Of musical comedy and intersnersea
vaudeville, which will last four weeks.
new production will. as heretofore, be given