The Washington times., 1901-06-30

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fishing outfit for a trip to White Lake,
| Sullivan County, n. y.
Henrietta Crosman. who made one OF
| the hits of the season in Mistress NeiI,
| has gone to Europe with Maurice Camp
| bell, her husband and manager she
hopes to secure play or two abroad
| Ada Rehan, with the patriotism OF a
! daughter of the Emerald Isle, has gone
! to her cozy cottage in Ireland. She is
leaving 10 her managers the plans for her
| John Drew and his daughter. Louisa
Drew. are taking trip through England
| and France.
| at Navesink Highlands, N J. In the fall
| he will revive The Henrietta, which
| Bronson Howard wrote for the old firm
! of Robson and Crane, and which made
fortunes for both players.
His old partner. William II. Crane, is
| on trip to Europe, spending a portion
of the profits of the successful dramatiza-
| tion of David Harum.'
Lewis Morrison, the time-honored star
| of Faust has gone to his ranch in Cali
| fornia.
May Irwin, who has fine piece of prop
| erty at the Thousand Islands, will spend
! the summer there.
| Edward Harrigan lives in part Oh
Brooklyn. n. y, once known as Fenlan
| Hill. famous for its goats and shantles
| 1t is now the resting place of many Demo-
cratic politicians who have Waxeu
wealthy through close study OF the
| science of craftsmanship and of other
| things. MIR. Harrigan, as usual. VIII
spend the summer at Schroon Lake, n. Y,
| where he will put tho finishing touches on
| a new play The Old New Yorker.
Margaret Anglin. who is to be the new
| leading woman of the Empire Theatre
stock company next season, VIII go to her
home in Canada after the briet tour OF
Diplomacy is ended.
Maggie Cline cannot rest in peace dur
ing her summer vacation without visit
ing her faYorite State of New Jersey
She has a cottage at Bed Bank and fire.
uueutIy visits Long Branch and ASbuTy
Park
Mrs. Thomas whiffen of the "Diplo-
macy company, will visit Europe When
that company dishands. y
Annie Ward Tiffany. once a tearful
leading woman, but now as expert IN
acting rough and ready. irish females ist - as
Bay, Mass. She will remain there curing
the summer wita her family
Clyde Fitch. who was the most prollhc
and prosperous playwright of last sea-
son. is now in Sicily laboring OF new
plays
William Faversham has chartered a
yacht and will cruise along the Atlantic
coast. He is ar enthusiastic yachtsman.
Lillian Russell has gone TO Rockaway
Beach. where she has cottage. She mas
selected Rockaway Beach to be near the
race track. When the Saratoga race
meeting opens Miss Russell viii move 10
Ballston Spa to enjoy the waters and view
the work of the thoroughbreds; -
Fay Templeton has gone TO Europe 10
get some new ideas on English character
impersonationS.
Mr. and Mrs James 7. Powers are now
in London, where Mr.. Powers is studying
his role in the musical comedy, The Mes
Senger Boy.
Joseph NJ Weber and his wife have
started for Europe MT Weber VIII plSk
Weber-Fieldians Lew Fields will be at
West Baden much of the summer.
William II. West leads the. theatrical
colony at Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, n. Y,
which includes Lloyd Prince, Peter r.
Daley. and Helene Mora. Mr.. West has
a beautiful property called West Lawn
Mr.. Daley. his brother. ln-laW, tries am
James K. Hackett and his wife. Mary
Mannering, are taking a European trip.
Reginald De KovefI. the composer, and
his wife. who is well known in literary cir
cIes. have taken cottage at Newport
William Collier and his wife, Louise Al
where they have a cottage. Mr.. Collier
calls it .-On the Quiet. after his success
Bessie 7, rec has gone to Europe to Sc
lect a play for a starring tour.
Nat c. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott have
a house outside of London, in one OF the
most beautiful suburbs. MIR. GOODWIN mas
no plans beyond a needed rest for himself
and mis- wife.
Much interest centres in the Lafayette
stock company's production tomorrow
night of Captain Lettarblair," which,
aside from the merit of the play, will
mark Edwin Arden s local debut as q pro-
aucer During Mr.. Arden's dramatic ca
reer. and especially that portion covering
the last few seasons. he has made such a
brilliant record as an actor as to almost
eclipse his success as a stage manager,
and not a few people are ignorant of the
fact that he is thoroughly versed in all
the intricacies OF stage direction, having
served a long term at holding the book.
- As is quite well known, Mr.. Arden is
playwright having contributed half
dozen or more successful plays to the
stage, so there is no part of the dramatic
| field left unexplored by him In the mat
ter of active stage management ne has
had a long and profitable experience. HIS
own plays were all produced under his
personal direction, <and for several sea-
sons he occupied the position OF stage
manager for the late Thomas w keene,
l and was responsible for the very complete
| Shakespearean productions made by tnat
distinguished actor He has, at various
! times, staged plays for many of the stock
! companies in the country, but his produc-
tion OF Captain Lettarblair' at the La
! fayette will be an unusually interesting
one from the fact that II may be consid-
! cred almost in the light of an original
| production. When an agent furnishes q
manager with a play il includes, beside
| the manuscript and separate parts, ali the
! side plots, such as the stage. settings, ar
/ rangement of lights, and 3 list of furni-
! ture and articles 10 be used In the play.
! Indeed 10 the uneducated eye the whole
| plan Is a very complicated one, but the
| stage manager has no difficulty in reading
/ ii and IN directing the mechanics in fur
nishng him with all the accessories. By
! some Tpischance.. however, these plots for
/ Captain Lettarblair" were not forwarded
/ TO Mr.. Arden, and he was forced to the
1 necessity of making out an entire set of
/ his own. The scenery has feen painted
| under his direction, and some very effec
| tive sets are the result so the perform
I ance tomorrow night will be strictly orig
| inal with Mr.. Arden, and being familiar
! with the superior methods of Mr.. Arden
| as an actor. the local public will feel as
sured Of an interesting and accurate pro-
| duction OF Miss Merington's play.
Frank Mckee has learned, since he de-
cided to call Augustus Thomas new
comedy, written for Peter F. Daley,
"Champagne Charlie" that he selected
very popular title. No less than thirty
one claims to this title have been filed
with Mr. Mckee since the announcement
that he would use IL. This brings to
mind scheme for making few dollars
that was very extensively worked before
the copyright law was changed three or
four years ago. Several persons made
quite a business of copyTighting titles,
sending them to the librarian of Congress
In strings Of fifty to one hundred at
time As the cost was only 50 cents
title for copyright, the project proved
very profitable when one found he could
make a producer buy from him new
play-name he had copyrighted without
the remotest idea of ever actually using
II. A man holding public office profted
by this eXpedient for years. Mr.. Mckee
viii produce Mr. Thomas comedy under