The Washington times., 1901-11-10

tract. multiply and divide as painfuliy
and SLOWLY as the average man.
At one recent performance he subtract
ed t9,SI3 O45. ii0. l23 from 6S09. .746 IA.
Ie5 as quickly as the result could be
A written on the blackboard. These figures
were given in groups OF three by dozen
voices from the galleries. the main fioo:
and the boxes. He added 2.S3s. ESQ e55
and 7.s45. and had his sum ready long be-
fore his manager had finished writing the
: numbers. He squared 1915. divided seven
hgures by five, added four columns OF
four figures, made another subtraction OF
row as long as the first one given And
ne did all four operations at the same
time.
During the time that he was engaged in
TINS work, he was answering questions
from at least fifty people sn over the
house.
! "on what day did March 4. 1873. falY'
i June 80 1922
! ~ pril g fszs2'' etc
As fast as the dates came Tnaudi re-
4 spondcd with the day. giving the answers
swiftly and unerriugiy, and hardly walt
ing for the question to be finished before
he answered and was ready for another
Montgomery and Stone. who were the
chief attraction at the Bijou last week.
threaten to become stars next season.
For some years they have been recognized
4 as the very best team of comedians and
dancers on the vaudeville stage. and that
their worth in this respect is quite gem
orally shared was attested when Manager
J Charles F'rohman selected them in prefer
! ence to all ether performers in their par
ticular line to support Edna May in The
Girl From Up There" last season.
Two weeks hence Montgomery and stone
will sail for England, where they will fig
ure prominently in the Christmas panto-
mime at Liverpool. Said Dave Montgom-
cry to Times interviewer the other even
ling in his dressing room at the Bijou:
II We find the Liverpool pantOmime is
as good as the average affair OF the kind
we shall endeavor to secure the American
rights and bring it to this country next
season and place ourselves to the fore as
stars.
| we have had many offers to head or
gaHizations. one of the latest being from
I Klaw & Erlanger who wanted us To
appear in their pantomime The Sleenirv
Beauty and the Beast which they in1e
ported from England and which has lust
made such a big success. This firm of
managers promised they would star US
next season II we proved as popular In
The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast as
we did in The Girl from Up There but
we were unable TO take advantage Of the
opportunity to play in the piece at the
Broadway Theatre New York on account
OF our existing contracts for the Liverpool
pantomime
But we will be back again next season.
ana there is every eason to believe that
we viii be real stars then"
New Workers have taken very kindly to
Elsie de Wolfe and her Fitch piece. The
way of the World" The general tone of
the reviews of the play was very favor
able, and there was scarce dissenting
voice among the critics last Tuesday.
Miss de Wolfe scored a personal suc
cess perhaps on account of the fact that
the audience was composed principally of
her friends. who let no chance pass to
STOW snow tnelr loyalty not only to the chief
payer but almost the entire company
As in this city. Clara Bloodgood made
the most emphatic hit of the performance
The Bostonians tried Harry B. Smith
and Reginald de Koven's new ooera
Maid Marian" at Philadelphia last Mon
day night and found it a very good sue
cessor to Robin Hood"
Most of the characters in the latter
opera are continued in the new piece and
the music is described by the PhiladeI-
phla reviewers as about the best Mr. de
hoVen has turned out in a long time
Peter F. Daley has turned his atten-
tion to the vaudeville field, and will ap-
pear IN the twice-a-day theatres with
eight companion players in a condensed
version of Champagne Charlie" which.
In Its former three-hour shape. was found
sadly wanting
In his vaudeville venture Daley will
nave the assistance of Frank Lane. an
old Hoytian favorite; George Beane an
other Hoyt player; Mae Lowery Helen
Reimer and a number of others DALEY
VIII play vaudeville engagements for the
next eight months or so, and will then re-
turn to the Weber &c Fields organization
James Lackaye, a local Thespian. has
made strong success in new rural
play. York State Folks" which was
written by the late Arthur SidInan last
season and in which he had intended to
appear this year as a star.
An Albany paper. in speaking of the
first performance of the Sidman play.
says:
York State Folks is the best American
rural play that has been put upon the stage.
And this statement is made upon due consider
alton OF the long train of pastoral plays-'Old
Homestead Shore Acres and David Har1tu1'
down to Lovers Lane, 'Eben Holden and their
like. York State Folks is not lust another
rural play. 1t is the pastoral play made perfect
It's first production in Albany last night at the
Empire Theatre not only a triumph for the
play. but for james Lackaye the Iess-known
brother of Wilton Laekaye, whose art gave to
an otherwise simple idyl OF village life the
sharply drawn note OF character which raised
it to the dignity of a human drama, and made
its comedy effective by contrast
Joan O. the Shoals" the new play writ
ten for Henrietta Crosman by Mrs Eve
lyn Greenleaf Sutherland. is in active re-
hearsal.
The authoress. who has lately won dis
tinction by her splendid dramatization of
Monsieur Beaucaire" for Richard Mans
field. has been travelling with Miss Cros-
man and her company. aiding in the di-
rection OF the rehearsals.
Those who have been privileged a
glimpse at manuscript and rehearsal are
of the opinion that Joan o. the Shoals
predict that Miss Crosman is sure of
even greater triumph in il than she had
and is having with Mistress Nell" Its
scenes are laid on the historic Isles of
Shoals and it is redolent of the salty and
prolific waters which fascinated the dis
coverer of the islands. Capt John Smith,
whose fame is linked with that Of the
celebrated POcahontas.
1t is a costume play, full of opportuni-
ties for the exploitation of picturesque
and eye-satisfying scenery.
Mrs. Fiske's press agent says that evil
dence of the policy that will prevail
at the Manhattan Theatre, New York, is
seen in the announcement that Mrs. Fiske
and her company have In preparation the
second rlay intended for production this
season at that house. Miranda of the
Balcony is closing its second month to
excellent business, and its success would
JUST " its continuance for a much longer
term than originally was designed FOR it.
The new play in rehearsal is an original
drama of New York life by Mrs. Burton
Harrison. entitled TIE Unwelcome Mrs:
Hatch" This author, who is distinguished
for her literary strength and charm, is
said in this play to have evolved a pow
erful dra ma, showing in sharp contrasts