The times., 1901-04-14

OF course, among singers. as with the
rest OF the world individuals v-ry. Miss
ence. Only once have We disagreed. Miss
sylvia IS an enthusiastic horse woman
and she recently decided to have a ride
! could not then accompany her. so
! asked ner TO wait. IL was necessary for
| me TO go to the theatre on matter Of
business. Coming back TO the hotel some
tine later, met her unattended and rid
| ing a vicious brute giesfuiiv down one Of
the principal streets Half an hour later
she returned to the hotel limping on one
foot, and looking somewhat the worse
Tor wear She told me that her mount
had run away with her. jumped a fence
into vacant lot. and that she had left
him there. The liveryman explained that
her steed had been stseplechaser."
The life story of Col w. F. Cody. or as
he is more generally known. Buffalo
! Bill, is very entertainingly told in The
! Last of the Great Scouts" by his sister.
| Helen Cody Wetrnore. 1t is a recent pub
ication that win be read with much in
terest' for 1t is not only a well told. d.
Verting story, flied with tales OF adven-
| tlre and hazardous experiences in the far
NeSt, OUT IL IS quite notable contribu-
ton 10 the list of autobiOgraphies OF well
khoWn Americans, and as such is OF con-
siderable worth.
| Colonel Cody's sister. in telIino, the story,
or his exciting and very interesting ca
reer, has made no particular effort AT
| me writing. but has included between the
covers Of the book vast amount OF renni-
niScence that makes the story of tinconn-
| mon interest From the very first chapter
4! which concerns the early days of the Cody
family in Scott County, Iowa. to the final
! pages, which Tecite the efforts OF Buff
| falo BilP to develop the Big Horn Basin
/ IN wyoming, for which purpose an irrf-
| eating ditch has been constructed at an
| expense OF nearly a million dollars the in
terest OF the reader is retained by
! new facts concerning the life of the sol
! der scout, Indian slayer, champion buff
/ falo hunter. and Snowman.
| The book is well printed and a number
l or Illustrations by Frederic Remington
| and T.. w. Deming add considerably 10 it's
| attractiyeness.
| Two ambitious Washington actors were
at the Columbia Theatre last week with
| the Arizona" company. They are VIII
| Helm, who Is known to the stage as
4elme Calvert, and Edward O'Connor
| Both have unimportant roles, but In the
little they are called upon 70 do they dis
play much ability and Will doubtless be
heard from In the future.
Matt Flynn, whose Big Sensation
company will be at Kernan's tomorrow,
was in Baltimore last week, with his or
ganization. and came to this city last
night to perfect arrangements for this
weeks engagement. Mr. Flynn related an
incident that is not at all uncommon in
the theatrical world. and which serves to
illustrate the manifold claims that are
presented for free admission to play
houses.
Mr.. Flynn was standing at the door OF
the theatre when a fashily dressed young
man came up and enGuired for the man
I'm the manager" replied Mr. Flynn
Y ou are, eh2 Well. then. youse the
Gull I'm looking for, guess and the
int
inside coat pocket, presently drawing
forth card which conveyed the fnforrna-
ton that the youth was none other than
J. Harrington Stafford, the worid-famous
baritone song illustrator, low comedian,
Yentriloquist. and-mind reader.
who are you WITH queried Mr.
Flynn !, as ne took his pencil, preparatory
TO O-k-ing the card.
Well, I'm not with any one just now,
but expect 10 join Henry Irving when he
responded the mind reader.
ou are Ell? Now, see here I don't
know anything about you. Just prove to
me that you are mind reader and I'll
pass you in. Now what am ! thinking
about at this moment?'
The youth put his forefinger to his
head, wrinkled his thoughtful brow a mo-
ment, and after series of facial cOntOr-
tons said: You're thinking you're going
to give me a pass.
You're a bum mind reader, was the
Flynn rejoinder. You were never further
from the truth in your life. Here's your
card and get out of here mighty quick,
too"
The receipts of the Janauschek benefit
performance in WaIlack's Theatre. New
York city, on Friday afternoon, amount
ed to 5000. The performance was
great success in every way and enlisted
the services of most of the prominent ac-
tors and actresses in the metropolis.
Some Of the players who volunteered
were Lillian Russell and De Wolf Hop
per, Viola Allen. Julia Marlowe, Blanche
Bates, Campbell Gollan. ]. H. StOddart,
j. E DOdSon, Weber and Fields. David
Warfeld. E. j. Morgan, James I. Powers,
Amelia Bingham, and score of others
Manager Chase has leased his Lyceum
Theatre. Baltimore. to George Fawcett.
husband of Percy Haswell, of the Lafay-
cite Theatre Stock Company, and il is ex-
pected the Percy HasweH stock company
will soon apply for the patronage of the
Monumental City's theatregoers-
''Nicandra," Russell vaun's new farce.
was presented for the first time last Sat
urday night in London. Mrs. James
Brown Potter played the leading role and
scored a personal success, but the play
was not favorably received David Be
Iasco controls the American rights.
II don't know what first induced Mr..
DAILY to take his company TO Europe"
writes Mrs. Gilbert in the latest INSTALL
ment of her very interesting reminis-
cences in "Scribner's." II dare say
it was a tit-for-tat policy. En-
gIish companies came to New York,
why should not a New York COM
pany go to England? Anyway we went,
first to Mr.. Toole's little theatre. just off
the Strand, later to the Globe then to
the Lyceum, and finally to our own the
atre in Leicester Square. 1t has always
been mystery to me how even the man
ayers can tell what will take on the
other side of the ocean, what viii stand
the test of transportation Indeed. mis-
takes are always being made in these
forecasts and reckonings, and English
successes are failures in America, and
New York plays are wholly misunderstood
in London.
In his first London venture Mr.. DAILY
had the late Mr.. William Terriss as his
adviser and doubtless much of his advice
was excellent but il was cOmically wrong
in one particular. Mr.. TerTiss seriously
counseled that Miss May Irwin. who was
in our company then, should not be taken
TO England.
=" Her kind of fun is peculiarly Ameri-
can and would not be understood over
there. was his opinion
Mr.. Daily thought differently and he
carried his point and also carried Miss lr-
win to London, where she made a hit at
once, Just as she did in France and Ger
many. Miss Irwin's fun is neither Amer
lean nor English. but universal She has
the real spirit OF comedy in her, some
thing of the rollicking mischief that al
ways lived in Mrs. John Wood Her si-
lences were as funny as her speeches,
and to see her as the respectful but too
knowing maid, listening TO Lewis in his
was a treat that foreign au-
ii9DreS annrpCIatpd q Z first sight