The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-13

| Manager Rapley is to be congratulated
| on the splendid manner in which the ad-
vance sale of seats for the Bernhardt-
| Coquelin agement was conducted. His
| plan of receiving orders by mail proved
| TO be Unexpectedly popular and prevented
! spectators getting large numbers of the
/ best seats in the theatre, which would
NEST assuredly have happened had the
| sale been conducted in the ordinary man
ner The requests that reached Mr.. Rap
| ley by mail numbered over 1900, which
will serve to show the interest with which
the general theatregoing public regards
the appearance of these eminent French
artists.
The theatrical columns OF the metro
| politan papers have much to say anent
the evils of ticket speculation and many
views have been expressed by the erudite
managers, most of whom, however, have
a personal financial interest in the trade
that is carried on in front Of their amuse-
ment places, but the plan adopted by the
National of receiving orders by mail in
advance of the regular seat sale is The
most sensible and effective method If put
ting an end TO the sidewalk spectators
that has ever been tried in Washington.
Miss H. Winnifred Dewitt is now the
general manager of the Grand and MIR.
Chase's various other vaudeville interests,
including his Baltimore house, the
Lyceum. Since her advent as the business
manager of the Grand Miss Dewitt has
made many friends for the theatre, and
by her personal knowledge of the merits
of the different vaudeville performers has
been of inestimahle assistance to Mr..
Chase in selecting his programmes. She
has the further distinction OF being the
only feminine manager of any Importance
in the country and her recent elevation
is ample evidence of her worth.
In Philadelphia last Monday night Ethel
Barrymore was launched as theatrical
star in a piece called Captain Jin6s Of
the Horse Marines" by Clyde Fitch. The
new addition to the ranks of women at
fractions of the first water made only a
fair hit while the vehicle was but mildly
praised.
The story of Captain links deals with
a pretty love story @. Aurelia Johnson,
young American prima donna and Captain
links, who makes her acquaintance
through a wager with two of his friends.
A note of sadness is introduced in the
opposition of the captains mother to their
marriage but all ends happily. The piece
is said to bear slight resemblance TO
'.Trelawney of the Wells" and if this
is so and the likeness is strong enough,
Mr.. Fitch must have written i decidedly
clever comedy.
Lincoln j. Wagenhals, OF the firm of
Wagenhals & Kemper, who presented
Henry Miller with so much success at
the Columbia Theatre last week, in dis
GUESSING the quite rapid rise of his firm
called attention to the fact that they were
the originators of the summer stock com
pany idea. This is Mr.. Wagenhals' YER
sion of their early venture
Il was member of the DAILY company
nine seasons ago, and while playing an
engagement at Cincinnati met Mr. KEN
per, my partner then a young actor in
one of Daniel Frohmans organizations.
We were both from Ohio, and we scuss-
ed our ambitions much after the style of
any two young fellows similarly situated.
The next spring, while in New York, l
was accosted on the street by young
man who recalled himself as the acqua mt