The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-02-17

lie to see that / have been hard at work
and that | am not playing in the super
fetal manner which l am afraid char
acterized my work before. When l went
frcm here / joined Mr.. Bellows with
whom l remained two years. 1t is rather
singular that l should rejoin him here,
the scene of my embryonic efforts. Last
summer | played ingenue roles with the
stock company which Mr.. Giffen organ
lied in Richmond. 1t was the first OF its
kind in that city and in the beginning the
people were not generous in their support.
But ii wasn't long before they began TO
come. and then they treated us royalty.
That was my first trip South, and what
delightful people the Southerners are!
They live in such ease and comfort, quite
in contrast with the North, where every
thing is hurry and confusion. / am under
contract to play in Richmond during the
Coming summer with the stock company,
but aside from that l have formed no
plans"
Miss Scott is undoubtedly a welcome
and much needed addition to the Laf-
ayette company and IN her engagement
long felt want has at last been supplied
THE Ragged Regiment" play of the
war with Spain. by Robert Nelson Ste
Phens. is to be revived, it is said in April.
Il was given a New York City produc-
ton about the time the trouble with Spain
began, but was not very successful Ex-
plantations of this fact by the prospective
revivalists are to the effect that war plays
were not wanted by the public when a
real war was raging.
Mr.. Stephens. who wrote both "On the
Bowery" and AN Enemy to the King was
formerly dramatic critic on a Philadel
phia newspaper. OF late he has devoted
his time to novel writing, and is said to
possess quite a following among lovers of
commonplace fiction.
Cecilia LOTUS has decided to become
plain "Cissie'' again, and probably do her
mimic turn in vaudeville houses
Miss LOTUS gave up a 800 a week
vaudeville tour to accept a $3.50 a week
engagement as ingenue in Daniel Froh-
mans stock company in serious work"
She appeared in two plays in New York,
but did not receive unusual opportunities !
or exceptional press notices In fact. the /
noted mimic became simply an ordinary /
actress. il one is to judge by her New |
York criticisms. She Will leave Mr.. FrOh
mans management on March 2 and will /
return to vaudeville unless some manager
offers to star her.
Stellar lightning is said TO be striking
in proximity TO her abode.
Among the stars of conspicuous talent
now to be seen on the New York stage are
Frank Worthins. Robert Edeson. W. H.
Thompson, Lawrence d'Orsay, Charles
HICKMAN. JtNN AGSbn. henry dll4tT. fttT- /
bert KeIcsy, Eben Plympton William Red
mcnd. and y. C Goodwin. Among the
favorite female performers now visible in
Gotham are Mrs. C. II. Gilbert. Julia Mar
lowe. Effie Shannon, Jessie MillwaTd, Mar
garet Anglin. Maude Hoffman, Hilda
Spong Maxine Elliot Rose Coghlan. Viola
Allen. Amelia Bingham Mary Mannering
Efie Ellsler. Mrs. Barry, Jane Remark
and Edna May.
Camille DArvilIe Is again on the vaude-
vile stage. These retirements from the
stage create much amusement. Once in
many. many years We have a Mary Andcr-
son or an Edith Kingdom or an Annie
Robe, who really forsakes the theatre for
the hearthstone. Mind, there is nothing
the matter with the homelife of Miss
D'Arville. only, once an actress. always
an actress.
An oId-timer once said that the only
exit from theatrical life is when the
wheels go round toward the cemetery.
Quite an epidemic of runaway girls
seems TO follow in the wake of thea ri
cal production bearing a somewhat mi
lar term as its title.
The business manager of the attra etfon
which VIII be seen at the Columbia Thea
tire this week, "A Runaway Girl" relates
one two incidents that tend 10 illus
tTate how infectious is the title Of the
musical comedy.
In Toronto, Canada, and later in St
Louis, No. quite a furore was occasioned
by the disappearance of number OF sus-
ceptible young girls from their homes.
The newspapers had different theories {
TO put forth as to the cause. Whether he I
young ladies' actions were influenced b.
seeing the play so extensively ADVERTISED / ,
or by Witnessing the production. is a mat
ter OF conjecture. The fact remains that
these runaways invariably occurred after
the performance had been seen.
The wa in which the anxious mother of |
a pair Of runaways looked at the matter
can best be Judged by occurrence
vouched for by Mr.. Arthur Dunn, the lead {
ing comedian of the company. II was at
the Century Theatre, St Louis, during a j
recent engagement OF the company at that {
house. The first performance OF the play
had been given on Sunday night and the 4
next day the papers were full OF an ac- \
count OF the disappearance OF two young
girls, aged fifteen and seventeen respec- 7
lively. The anxious mother. an old Irish :
woman. had heard that her missing
daughters had been seen at the perform
ance Of "A Runaway Girl on the Sunday |
night, and thought possibly that they
would again be seen there the next even
ing I
With this idea in view. she purchased 4 c
ticket for balcony seat, and during the
performance kept sharp lookout for her o
missing girls, but without seeing them. B
Before the entertainment was finished |
the mother stationed herself at a favor .
able point of vantage and carefully | h
scanned every face that left the building
but without success. The old lady then
begged permission TO go back upon the :
stage. thinking they might be there Her
request was granted, and the first artist
she sdE Vas Mr.. Arthur Dunn whom she / :
recognized az once by his small stature
as having been the "Flipper'' Of The play
To him she related her troubles and Mr. Il
Dunn. after listening patiently, assured
her that her daughters were not among
the runaway girls Of the stage 8
ms "a pity that yez don't be afther y
changin' The name Of yer ould play" the
old lady said to Mr.. Dunn. fl
Why so?' asked ne 3
80 that it wudn't be the names of
ladin' foolish CIRRUS asthray," replied the !,
nov angry mother u
Mr.. Dunn was then given some good Il
advice by the lady. and to use her own
words related by the comedian: It's p
meself that wud lOike TO have the dxin u
up Ov thar play-doin' bit. SHIRE It's
not runHin away frum school and home +
that they wud be doin' afther | got thru C
wild thin"
ContiDuing she said: "Yees be Iettin' /
the girrul fly away frum school and go a
galivaftin' round the country and be
hayin' fOine time ov it-and thin wees n
let her fall in love wild d rich hausunl =
bucco and thin let Thin be married and 3,