Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-04-06

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| duced by companies organized by him, the
| former at the now Herald Square Theater
| and the latter at the Broadway. Mr.. Carte
| was an excellent musician and pianist. He
| married Miss Helen Lenoir. an able bust
| ness woman who was for years his princl-
| pal agent.
| George ODonnell. who plays DIR. Fenlon,
| in Arizona which comes to the Column
| bia Theater next Monday, is full-fiedged
| medco in real life, as we'll as in the mimic
| world. ODonnell took his degree In the
| University of Dublin. and subsequently
| abandoned the service of Esculapias for
! that of Calliope; from comic opera he came
| to the dramatic stage, thence these tears
for those which flowed recently in the
dressing room of the Herald Square Thea
ter, New York, when ODonnell Temperate
ly returned to practice. Vincent Serrano
had sore throat and asked O'Donnell to
suggest a soothing lotion. Walter Hale,
| who plays the villain, had previously asked
| ODonnell to procure for him some sort of
| a solvent which would loosen the spirit
| gum Wherewith he fastened his villainous
mustache to his upper lip. Not being
| member of the New York Medical AsSocia-
! ton. and licensee of the board of regents,
| ODonneil couldn't write a prescription.
| and so he volunteered to personally fulfill
DOth requests at contiguous drug store.
4 He did SO and he got the bottles mixed.
! Serrano. Lieutenant Denton, meekly
| vanished his vocal chords and tonSils that
| night with solution of alcohol, ether and
| chloroform, while Hale besmeared his
| handsome countenance with Browns mix
| ture or some similar sirupy compound in an
| attempt to remove his mustache The
| things they said and the things they did to
| the Dublin M. d. after the performance
l have not been specified even in club anec-
| dote. but George O'Donnell Is now salts
| fled to extract the ball from the chest of
| Capt. Hodgeman las per Augustus Thomas
plot and to leave his coworkers in the
Arizona" company to the gentle minis
| tration of regular practitioners or Miss
| Matte Earle, who is the company's single
advocate Of the doctrine Of Christian
science.
| In the ARIZONA" company an inquisitive
| New York newspaper man discovered more
| persons who had Qualified for other pro-
| fessonal occupations than one might i'm
agine could be rounded up in any dramatic
| or musical organization. He found, for in
stance. that j. W. Cope is a mining engi-
| neer, Columbia, SO; Stephen D. French
| who plays the Chinaman, is a member of
the New York bar, University of the City
| of New York. '95: Walter Hale, who plays
| Hodgeman, the villain, Is an artist and il
| illustrator known to all magazine readers;
| his wife, Louise Closer. who plays the
| nurse, is the authoress of a number of
/ sketches printed in the London Queen and
| the Ladies' Magazine under the serial cap
| ton Through England on a BICYCLE
( George O'Donnell, who came to the dra-
| matte stage from the ranks of light opera
was originally educated for position at
| Dublin University; Helme Calvert was a
Subaltern in the Canadian northwest po-
| lice. although he is American born; Ed
! gar Selwyn. who plays Tony, is a young
| dramatic author. who wrote THE Rough
| Riders Romance" and moro recently a
| vaudeville sketch for the Earl Of var
! mouth; Marion S. Barney, who portrays
| the weak wife, Estrella, after she left
school, made something of a reputation as
| water-color artistic, especially happy in
| the designing of ladies' costumes; Edwin
| Holt, during the summer solstice superin-
tends an automobile factory In Minneap-
| ellis. OF which he is the vice president; Will
| liam Haworth and Matte Earle are the
| only two members Of the organization to be
| seen at the Columbia Theater next week
| who frankly own that they never sought
! fame or fortune in any other profession
than that which they at present adorn.
Carl Hagerback, the famous trainer Of
wild animals Is expected in this city from
| abroad next week to overlook the perform
| ance at Chase's New Grand of his latest
| and most remarkable troupe Of performing
! lions. Hagenback's name is as potent in
| Europe as Barnums was In this country a
decade ago. as he is undoubtedly the great
| est living trainer of lions His circuses
| have for years toured Europe and he has
| trained many troupes of animals for ap-
pearance in this country. For the past
1 three months Mr.. Chase has been nego-
4 tiating with Mr.. Hagenback for the en-
| gagement, as the European agent Of Mr.
| Keith and Mr.. Chase reported that the act
| is the most thrilling performance and
greatest animal novelty ever witnessed
Two weeks ago Mr.. Chase received a cable
| gram announcing the shipment of the
| beasts and they arrived In New York only
| yesterday, but he did not feel like making
4 the announcement FOR next week until ne
had positive news of their arrival. There
| fore 1t was that the regular program for
/ the coming week has been made up and
1 announced without reference to the expect
| ed sensation. There are five African lions
1 In the troupe, two of them being males
and the other three females, all Of mon
| strous size and, although ferocious, they
| have been splendidly trained. The entire
| act Is staged inside of large iron cage
| eighteen feet in diameter, and inside of 1t
| among the lions Mr.. Hagenback or his
| substitute will direct the feats of the king
| of beasts"
| The Chicago News gives the following
| description of tombstone Bennett, who has
been obliged to cancel all her Immediate
| engagements and undergo a systematic
| treatment for acute rheumatic govt with
serious complications of jaundice and nerv-
| Gus prostration. She is brainy creature,
is Miss Bennett. and. although she has
! never reached any eminence as an actress
her comedy Is immense, and save that her
own eccentric attitude and demeanor have
limited the sphere of her endeavor, she
might have been among the noted come
diennes of America. for her talent Is
weghty enough. Experience never took
from Miss Bennett the narrowing quality
| of eccentricity. though she had the best
| schooling and acted with some OF the best
| actors In the world. Nobody looking for
\ talent could be other than attracted by the
| rich vein OF comedy In tombstone Bennett.
| Her wit u the serious, roundabout sort.
| very cynical and decidedly masculine.
though never descending to the coarse or
imper tinent She Is rather over-mannerIy if
| anything and Is toierably extrayaxaut in
| courtesy OF her boyish. smart but mascu-
line sort She married a young fellow. who
Immediately made her exceedingly tired
and wore out her pocket book: then she
went to acting, but in perfunctory scorn-
l fui way. with her eyes wide open to the