Evening star., 1901-04-10
ANU SEMENTS.

ADJUSTMENTS.
THE PRINCESS CHIC''-There Is now
city attached to the engagement next week
at the Columbia Theater of the Marguerite
sylvia Opera Company in Kirke La Shelle's
opera comique, The Princess Chic" mas
much as it Will present for the first time
here new star in the comic opera ranks
Reports have reached here with frequent
regularity that the tour of Miss Sylvia has
been one of more than ordinary success,
and that the beauty, magnetism and vocal
attainments Of the new star have won her
a train Of admirers wherever she has ap-
peared. Starting at Providence, r. l., last
October the route has extended westward
far as Chicago and into the northwest
where st. Paul and Minneapolis We're visit
ed, thence southwest into Omaha and Kan
sas City. The south was approached
through st. Louis, the tour including all of
the principal cities through Texas on the
into the central southern cities, such
Mobile, Montgomery, Birmingham, Atlanta,
Chattanooga and Richmond. The three
weeks engagement in Chicago proved a
fertile introduction of the new singer into
this territory, since the critics of the windy
city viewed Miss sylvia with much favor
and were loud in their praises of the COM
pany and production. The sale of seats for
1.-The Princess Chic" will commence tomor-
row morning. The management considers
the beauty Of Miss Sylvia enticing enough
to distribute as souvenirs at the Thursday
matinee auto-photographs of the star in
nineteen different poses.
JOHN DREW IN RICHARD CARvEL.''
1t is an open secret that it was an in
tense relief to John Drew when his man
ager, Charles Frohman, secured Richard
Carvel' for the actors present season, the
star having been heartily tired of the mod
ern "parlor plays" in which he has SO long
been popular In Richard Carvel' In
which he will be seen at the National The
ater the coming week, he Is, by all
counts, still the peerless social gallant In
matinee estimation, though garbed in an
tique cut and fabrics. Since Mr.. Drew has
reigned involuntarily as an arbiter of mas
culine dress in this country, his several
costumes In "Richard Carvel," the colonial
dandy, may be safely accepted as author
itative.
THE BANKERS DAUGHTER.-"Th
Bankers Daughter is in rehearsal for
next weeks production at the Lafayette
Square Theater. 1t is a strong high-class
society drama Of intense human interests,
with many splendid comedy characters in
terwoven in the plot. The story Is CEN
tered in the sacrificed affections of the
bankers daughter, who throws over the
man she really loves and marries out of
gratitude man who saves her father from
ruin in financial transaction. Mr.. Or
monde will essay the part of John Strebe-
low, made famous by Charles Thorn. Har-
old Rutledge, the sacrificed lover Of Lillian
Westbrook, will be played by Mr.. Wyngate.
John T. Sullivan will be seen in the char
aCter of Count de Carojac. Mr.. Craven
will play Lawrence Westbrook. the default
ing banker, and Mr.. Rogers Mr. Babbage
his partner. Mr.. Murphy will have splen-
did opportunity in the amusing comedy
character of George Washington Phipps,
an up-to-date American, who does Paris
in six hours and other things equally elcc-
trifying. Fred Sullivan win play Montvil-
lais, and Messrs Van Tyne and Conley the
parts of DR.. Watson and Mr.. Brown, q
very old man, respectively. Miss Haswell,
as Lillian Westbrook. in the leading female
role, will have ample opportunity to dis
play her emotional talents and Miss Mack
irtosh will be seen as the Widow Brown.
Miss Maynard will be cast for Mrs. Hol-
comb, and Miss Field in the part Of Lizette.
BOB FTTZSIMMONS IN MELODRAMA-
Bob Fitzsimmons. man of surprises in
the pugilistc world, has again started his
f1iends talking by his success in The Hon
est Blacksmith in which he will be seen
at the Academy all next week, with the
usual Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday
nlatipces He declares that the only rea-
son for his success is the fact that the
play is really story of his home life, and
that his wife, Mrs Fitzsimmons, and little
Bct5bie. tr., are able 10 take part in the
different scenes. THE Honest Black
smith is a comedy melodrama by William
Gill. FitZ is given plenty of oppor-
tuuities to display his remarkable ath-
lctic ability. and in the first act he is
found in the village smithy with forge and
anvil. making horseshoe. The last scene
is representation of the fighters home,
where, before the great fight has COM
menced. the villain visits Mrs. FitZ to tell
her that her husband has lost the battle
on which so much depends. The news so
sta9gers her that she falls on the lounge
in a faint. but revives while seeing beau
tiful vision In which the fight is fought
and Won by Lanky Bob: In this scene the
moving pictures of the Fitz-Ruhlin fight at
Madison Square Garden are shown, making
pretty picture before the final entrance
Of Fitz, who is again the champion.
| POLITE VAUDEVILLE.-Anoth "dou-
bic headIiner' bill for next week has been
prepared by Manager Chase. Fanny Rice,
! in Nell Gwyn,' and John w. Albaugh,
assisted by Beth Franklyn, in Lady Bet
tvs Highwayman," are the two stellar fea-
lures. Miss Rice is remembered as the
former comic opera favorite, but better
known recently for her presentation of "At
the French Ball" an adaptation from the
French by Frederick Schrader of this city.
Robert Griffin Morris is the author of Miss
Rice's Nell and has wisely selected but
| one incident from the life of the famous
English actress. forming genuine comedy
| Lady Betty's Highwayman' Mr. Albaugh
| has moe popular sketch for the presen-
| tation of his ability than he had in "Tren-
ton" 1t is by Justin Huntly Mccarthy.
The bill will include Stelling and ReveH,
| in a novel act on the triple bars; w. H.
| Celmart yentriloquist, in an original sketch
| called ION the Sands" and Webb and Has
| sen. balancers and acrobats. Les Trots de
Regney, Parisienne dancers and singers