The Washington times., 1901-06-30
THE PASSING SHOW.

year.
These fortunate and thrifty ones are
crossing the ocean or seeking cool noun
tain heights. or lounging in seaside cot
/ tages, or enjoying the calm of country
| places, according to the Chicago Tri-
bnne. Few players are summer re-
sorters' in the general use of the term,-
I as such a mode of existence too closely
approaches the conventional Many how
ever, are members of colonies and the
| Long Island coast in particular is dotted
/ with groups of the county homes of
actors and actresses. Even in the pleas
ures of their leisure hours they desire
! the company of their stage acquaint-
ances.
| But this wear the number of those able
! TO devote themselves to the search after
amusements is less than usual. Last year
/ it was less than the year before. Next
( year it is likely TO be diminished again
; For several years the regular dramatic
season has been growing shorter. and
1 the players necessity of bridging the long
summer with labor greater.
! Fortunately, ways have opened before
/ and actresses, aside from the opulent
I stars, the end of the regular season
means the beginning of summer work as
members of stock companies and as mem
I hers OF organiZa tions making special sum
mer productions. Musical pieces give en-
plOyment 10 scores of comedians, SOU
! bretteS, dancers, and singers. In a nnm-
/ Der Of the cities of the far West the con-
ditions of climate are such that the sum
mer is the active theatrical time of the
year. To these cities &c players who for
the other nine months are in the East.
Even the stars are more given to sum-
mer work this year than usual, though
not from any financial need. 1t happens
! that the engagements of several of them
! have been of such sort that they must
l be continued beyond the ordinary clos
ing time. London considers that its the
/ atrical season dees not end until August
/ /. So Alice Nielsen and Edna May, play
/ ing there in The Fortune Teller" and
/ 'The Girl From Up There" viii not seek
/ rest until then unless the public should
J cease TO be attracted by the pieces. Nine.
1 Bernhardt and NJ. COquelin likewise are
I in London. embarked upon season not
/ TO end until late in July. At its end they
! will go TO Paris for a rest of two months.
/ In this country Blanche. Bates is TO
( play the melodrama, "Under Two Flags,
I in san Francisco throughout the summer.
( Chauncey OlcOrt also viii spend the sum
I mer in a theatre in the same city. Fran
/ els Wilson is to begin what Is expected
TO be an ali-summer engagement this
! week in new musical piece, The stroll
[ lers, in New York City. In Chicago,
Z Leo Dietrichstein, Thomas Wise, William
! Courtleign, Olive Nay, Joseph Sullivan.
! William Norris. Lillian Green, Charles
I Dickson Frank Mordaunt and their
many associates in the plays at the va
rious theatres, are working as If vaca-
tions did not exist
/ The list of present and intended pleas
/ ure seekers, nevertheless, is long one.
Richard Mansfield, having concluded his
/ on the day when the telegraph proclaimed
( he was being served with papers in the
Gross suit at Indianapolis, has sailed
1 away TO italy, there to join Mrs. Mans
field who has been in Europe since last
Mrs. Fiske is in the heart of the Adiron-
dacks, worn out, it is said. with the tolls
of year given TO the performance OF
! Becky Sharp and Tess Of the D Urber-
] Villes' in cities ranging from the Atlantic
( TO The Pacific Coast She viii need the
energy she expects to gain, for the coming
! year promises 10 be the crucial one in her
career. She has secured New York
theatre. the Manhattan, and is hence
l forth 70 be 4 theatrical director as well
as an Independent actress. In little
while she Will begin 10 plan for the new
play she viii produce in October.
i Mrs. Carter is in the same mountain
district, also recuperating, and preparing
/ for a new production. 1t viii be either
Ibsen's latest drama, When We Dead
Awaken, or play OF David Belasco
own making. La DuBarry"
| Viola Allen viii 90 TO Rome in short
1 time to consult with Hall Caine concern
1 ing the dramatization of his new novel.
The Eternal City, for her use. AT pres
| ent her country place on Long Island is
| diverting her sufficiently.
julia MarlOWe has a country home at
| Highmount, y. y, and now that When
| Knighthood Was in Flower has been
given its last performance Of the season,
/ she will soon be under its roof
/ Annie Russell is the proud owner of
| farm at Great Neck, L. l.. but she will
hsve to leave ii before the summer is
! much more than half over She rs to
I present "A Royal Family" to San Fran
| cisco audiences. beginning the first week
( IN August.
/ w H. Thompson, the Cardinal in the
/ same piece and Mrs. Gilbert. the Dowa-
/ ger Queen Of the play, VIII have 10 short
/ en- their vacations for the same reason.
! Mr.. Thompson's wife, Isabel Irving, in
/ consequence, has gone to Europe, ac-
1 companiod by her sister, Evangelne
! Otis Skinner, skilled fisherman. an
| expert canoeist, and a lover Of outdoor
/ life, has gone to the lakes of northern
| Wisconsin. where he will accumulate tan
( and muscle until August is near its end.
Ills wife, AIaude Durbin, is his COM
/ panion.
Joseph Jefferson is at his country seat
| at BuZZard's Bay, fishing, boating, and
/ enjoying life to the fuil extent of Sis
wonderful capabilities in that direction.
| Later 80 the summer his new daughter
! in-law, Christie Macdonald, VIII be his
I guest She and her husband. William
/ Winter jefferson, have not yet returned
I from their honeymoon trip 70 Europe.
/ Amelia Bingham has A place in Nir-
ginia, and she and her husband, Lloyd
/ Bingham will be found there until ii is
! time for her stock company TO assemble
again to begin the touring season of The
| Climbers"
/ William Gillette IS Siiiu DN one report
I to be abroad but its truth Is somewhat
more than doubtful. Mr.. Gillette is to
| begin the next season OF Sherlock
1 Holmes in London at the Lyceum Thea
/ tire and when that time comes he cannot
| egcape the travel. But he dslikes ocean
voyages. and Is not given to foreign wan
| dcrings II is more likely that he is the
author Of the story of his European
wherea bouts. hut Is himself not far from
New York. He has q fondness for the VII
/ lages OF Connecticut and for scorchinS
summer ln New York, and his log hut in
| the mountains Of North Carolina. and is
apt 20 divide half his prowlings between
the contrasting places.
Ethel Barrymore may go TO London.
She may conclude, however, to remain
near her unfortunate, brilliant father,
Maurice Barrymore, from whom the
shadow Of madness never Will lift.
Maude Adams Is in France, and By this
time she may have heard the yarn that
she in the semblance of Juliet is To listen
TO Mime. Bernhardts Romeo love making.
She has facts enough 10 claim her atten-
ton however. without giving ear 10 fan
tastes. She knows she must gain new
the heroine j. M. Barrie has created from
| will meet Mr.. Barrie In London In few
weeks
Mime. Modjeska is visiting her sister in
| far-away Poland. While allowed the priv
| ilege of social intercourse, she Is barred
] from all public performances In her ma
tive land. She will return in the <all to