The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-09-29

from smiles to tears and showing ten der heart. wrung by grief. trying to shed its fitful rays through rifts of threatening clouds Pauline Phelps and to fit the capabilities of Miss Thurston, evidently knew their material well: The star and the play flt each other admlra- bly. There are four acts and the special scenecy is very effective, especially that of the farm, which excels in beauty any thing of the kind recently seen here"
 The tour of Madame Modjeska and Louis James, whose joint appearance is regarded as the most important theatrical combination affected since the memor able tour of Booth and Modjeska. will begin in Orange, N. J., tomorrow, in a produc- tion of Henry VIII. They will appear in the principal cities of the East and South to be followed by tour of the Pacific Coast. Their season will end with four weeks engagement in New York, be- ginning early in April. Wagenhals and Kemper who have presented many elabo- rate Shakespearian productions in the in Henry VIII. which suggests so many opportunities for spectacular effect. They have surrounded their famous stars with a company of well trained and experience ed legitimate players, among whom are Norman Hackett, Mrs. Loretta Wells, Wadsworth Harris, Thomas Cofln Cooke, and Louia Gale.
 MI. Charles Froham, the rights to Leo Ire vor's comedy drama Brother Officers" |" and will soon send 1t out, starring Howard Gould, in the part of Lieutenant John Hinds. Brother Officers" was one of the most pronounced hits of the New York Empire Theatre, last season, where it was put on for three different engage ments. with William Faversham, who is now starring in "A Royal Rival" in the role in which MT. Gould will now star. Manager Wilklson has secured the origi- nal scenery used in the Empire Theatre production.
 In the Klaw and Erlanger Opera Com pany, with De Koven and Smiths Foxy Cutler" are seventy-five people. In addi3 tion to MT Jerome Sykes, who plays the Miss Eleanor Kent, Miss Grace Cameron, Miss Almira Forrest, Miss Lillian Seville, Miss Marian Bent Miss Marie Christie Mir. Julius Steger, MT. Adolf Zink. the liliputian comedian; MT. Harry Macdon- ough. Mir Louis Cassavant and others. Of. MT. De Koven's music the verdict or the public seems to be that he has found successor to his Robin Hood. Ihe score Is particularly rich in melody. ana its instrumentation is we'll calculated to produce the most charming etrects. the new opera MT. Smith took the char- acter of Foxy Quiller, which MT. Sykes @ made famous in "The Highwayman, put the remainder of the book Is entirely new new. Foxy Quiller" is not a successor or The ElBnWayman, put an endIoIy S"' "a tinct and original work A fact worth mentioning is that there is neither coarse ness nor suggestion in the jests nor acton Especial attention has been paid 10 the elimination of everything that might or fend. The success of Foxy ouiller has been due to the inherent excellence Of the opera itseuf so that while 1t abounds in fun of the clean sort, there is no recourse to vulgarity or the horse-play which oft times mars the ordinary production of comic opera. Foxy Quiller" Is now on the Southern Circuit and will be seen in Montgomery.
 The New York papers have made much of the fact that Mss Maude Roosevelt, who plays the Queen of Spain with James K. Hackett in "DOn Caesars Return" Is not only by birth first cousin to Presi- dent Roosevelt. but by marriage is the Baroness Mumm von Schwartzensteln Miss Roosevelts maiden name was Le Vinsen, being a daughter of a proml- nent New York family. On May 30. 1898, she was married to Baron Wilhelm Mumm von Schwartzenstein. member of a noble and wealthy German house, and former attache of the German legation in Washington Not liking life abroad. she returned to New Y0rk and studied for the OpSratic stage. Learing eK her ambition