The Washington times., 1901-09-15

if you do. you are 'queered from the
start.
After two or three hours hard work,
| Hart and his friend succeeded in making
J the trunk look though it had been from
the Atlantic to the Pacific several times
| and done the continent of Europe as we'll
| At any rate. the bluff succeeded, and
after Joe Hart's opening night in Balti-
more, he has always been an undoubted
success there
THE Outpost" which the Academy of
Music presented last week, is play deal
ing with the Boer war and is the first
| ever given in this country which uses
for a background the conflict between
British and South Africans. The Acade-
my has seldom held such enthusiastic
audiences as during the engagement of
this play, and the Standing Room On
ly sign played a star part during the
week, for not only was the piece, from
its locale. novelty, but ]. X. Emmet
and Lottie ellison, the stars are ma gnets
of superior strength and their admirers
turned out en- masse. The name of En-
met will live through many generations,
and were the present owner possessed of
no dramatic or vocal ability, his name
would see him through. AS to Lottie
ellison, she was long headliner in vau-
deville, and her Little Willie song prov
ed tremendous hit and practically made
her reputation. A Times representative
missec willie from Miss Gilson's vocal
offerings last week.
Why don't l sing Little Willie?' re
peated the actress. in response to the
interviewers query. We'll. ! thought it
was about time to give Willie a rest.
He's been working for long time, and
concluded the public had heard enough
of him. l may revive the song some
time if there is demand for it. but |
believe that ] have popular substitute
in God Save the King This song has
scored heavily ever since | introduced it
into the play. and the people never seem
to tire of its patriotic verses Yes |
prefer the legitimate drama to vaude-
vile, and | should have left the latter
feld long ago could / have done so salts
factorily. had made what | considered
a reasonable success-enough to warrant
being featured with a company-but
managers were not willing to do that. l
had offers from Rich and Harris, Peter
Daley, and many others, but they would
not consent to feature me- so l remained
in vaudeville.
Mr.. Emmett and | played two seasons
in the old Fritz plays, and as our pres
ent offering was not ready last year we
returned to vaudeville. We produced
The Outpost last spring for short trial
season, found it a success and here we
are. | am enthusiastic over my part. for
it is Just the kind OF work I've always
wanted to do. and I'm delighted with it.
The Interpolation of songs by Mr.. En-
met and myself is done because we
know our audiences expect them. They
have always associated us with singing,
and if we didn't do 1T they would be dis
appointed. Its best to please the ma
Jority, and We shall always aim to do so.
Shall We return to vaudeville? Well, /
can't say-thats too far ahead. We are
so pleased with the success of The Out
post that we are not dreaming of any
thing else. Possibly we may go in again
for the continuous for a short season;
but then. as | said. it's all in the future"
Miss ellison is in private life Mrs. ].
Is. Emmet. She is fun of vivacity, as
is readily conceived by her sprightly por-
trayal of Nora Desmond in the Boer play
James K Hacketts season at Wallack's
Theatre will last eleven weeks, the first
half of which time Will be devoted to Don
Caesars Return" his first production
since becoming his own manager. Some
time during October Mr. Hackett will pro-
duce another new play the title of which
has not yet been definitely decided upon
1t Is, however, described as a modern ro-
mantle drama, of the type of play in
which the actor has achieved popularity
as a star. II is from the pen of the we'll
known playwright, Edward +. Rose, who
has dramatized so many novels; but the
play he has written for Mr.. Hackett is
entirely original.
Later in the season Mr. Hacke1t plans
to produce Winston Chur, hills own dra-
matZation of his popular novel THE
Crisis" which should complete a splendid
repertoire for MIR. Hacketts enga agements
in the cities when he goes on tour
George w Mitchell, who plays the part
Of Fred Golwix, the deserter In Bar
bara Frietchie," Clyde Fftch's American
play. was a member of a company play
ing at Purdy's National Theatre, in Bal
timore Md. when Fort Sumpter was fired
upon. He enlisted at orce in COMPANY
b, Third United States Infantry. known
as Whites Regiment. Mitchell was then
but seventeen years of age, but very tall
and well built. He participated in the
battle of Bull Run and helped cover the
retreat to Washington. According to
General Sherman's history of the war, the
Third United States Infantry was the