Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-10-12

| was the opening night of the house for
the season, and there was large audi
| enee that fairly shrieked with merriment,
which is considered a showing for a first
night; A dormitory in girls boarding
| school, showing four girls in bed. opened
the first act, and the audience almost
gasped at the audacity of the thing. but
| II was all right. and was greatly applaud
ed. A good run is predicted for the show.
Inc book is BY Harry b. Smith. The
| Cipher Code was given its first presen-
| ,ation az the Fourteenth Street theater
| last night, and those who were there do
not yet know what they saw. The critics
| call 1t dramatic maze and wonder what
the author, Charles Klein. was trying TO
| DO When he wrote it. II was toe much
| Tor Fourteenth street.
Married life mas received another iole
> III the theatrical world, and the latest
| asplfant for divorce hOnOrs is Mrs Hone
Booth EARL. known on the stage as
| Hope Booth. She made an application
IN court today fer alimOny at the rata
Of $50 per month and counsel fees or
$3.50 pending the tridl of her suit fn"
absolute divorce. Mrs. Earl says tina.
| after their marriage she made two the
atrical ventures to keep the wolf from
the door. although her husband James
A. Il. EARL, had the income from 500,
! OoO. She employed him as her business
| manager at $40 pc: week. but as the
season for theatricals was not guoG
| one, she made a failure and Quit in debt.
She says that while they were living en-
! west Scventy-siXth street her husband
| never gave her any money for clothes,
| SHOES. hats or clothing. and Us il was
necessary for her to have some of these
| articles the theatrical way was locked
! npon to help her out. Earl denies al
his wife's charges.
Theater ticket speculation continues to
| thrive in front of some IF the show
houses despite the statements of the man
ayers that they are doing all they can to
| abate the evil. 1t has come To be that
II Is impossible to get n good seat al
many of the theatery without patronZing
the men on the sidewalk. They rush up
| to YOU with bunch of tickets and money
between their fingers, and their actions
are almost equal to those employed by
the bankers in front of a secondhand
store on Baxter street. The other night
| there happened in front of the knicker-
hooker little incident that shows how
the spectators conduct themselves. 4
gentleman approached the door and two
of the men made a rush for him. each
| anxious to get there first. They col
| lided and as a result there was a rough
ana tumble hght for a few minutes that
! was more interesting to the Broadway
throng than tire Rogers Brothers in
| Washington" The apDearancp Of n No
part of the belhgerents and the pros
pectlve customer, thinking he had enough
| entertainment for one night, walked
away. 1t may not be generally known
| that the ticket spectators are licensed
| IN New Ork; about the only restriction
being placed on them is that thew must
| not obstruct the doors to the playhouscs.
The future of ''Florodora." which has
peeh the subject of anxious doubt for
some weeks. has now been decided, in
| what is sad to be generally satisfac-
| tory manner. The trouble was that two
contracts were made in good faith and
afterward developed an irreconcilable in
| consistency. "FlOrodora" began its run
| at the Casino almost a year ago, with
q contract that it should stay there as
| long as the weekly receipts were main
| tanned above certain point Another
contract was made for the occupancy of
| the Casino by Miss Anna Held and her
company in The Little Duchess" on
| September 30. date afterward changed
to October IA. Nobody thought that
| tlorodora would have any use for the
theater for whole year, but the receipts
at the box office persistently stayed far
| above the mark agreed on. Accordingly
the managers of the Casino found them
selves in the curious attitude of having
no legal right to put 'tFlorodora" out of
the house or to keep The Little Ouch
ess" out. 1t has now been arranged that
Miss Held shall have the Casino ON Oc-
| tober II. and that "F'lorodora' shall be
| packed up and taken to the New York
| theater. where it can stay till the pretty
maidens in the seXtette lose their com
plexions and have to use makeup. if the
public still does its part as it has been
doing for so many months.
Cupid plays strange pranks-but it is
not on record that the blithe little god
| "A l1.ls oh ION. In
| than that brought to light at the we'd
| ding of Miss Mayhem Slaughter, daugh-
| ter of Marie Wainwright. to Frank
Sheridan in Grace church. The wedding
was quiet one, and aside from family
members only few close friends were
| guests was. there was difficulty enough
| i'll determining what relation each bore
| to the other. 1t was as if they all mad
| been thrown i'll a grab-bag, taken out IN
pairs. thrown back, and picked out
again at random. One of the guests
was Mile James. who is now playing
| the. part of Simplicity Johnson in 10y
| ers' Lane now playing in Philadelphia.
| Her relation to the bride is most strange.
| Mrs. Sheridan is Marie Wainwrigh:'s
| daughter by her. first husband, while
| Miss James is the daughter of Louis
James by his finst wife. Marie VAIN
wright was the second wife of Louis
| James; thus MAYHEM and Milie became
| stepdaughters. Later Miss wainwright
| married third time her husband being
Franklin Roberts. who is now in the east
| of Lovers Lane with Miss James
| This made Mr.. Roberts the second de-
gree stepfather of Mile and the stem
| father of Mayhem. All this mixup does
| rot prevent the two young women from
| being on good terms with the various
| step-parents and all attended the we'd
| ding.
Paid Teachers for Sunday Schools.
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