The Washington times., 1901-11-10

n, ople confused US. so Mr. Frohman re
clriStened me Eiiston. have always re-
Erctsed il, because L nau won some re-
ogniti0n as Grace RuttCr, and had TO
begin all over again to make FRIENDS un-
der another name. and in tins pr0Ies-
sion there is no time to be lost IN making
and building up a reputation.
1T 5. ems quite strange that l have Wis
tied Washington SO infrGQuentiy, but II
just happened that the plays in which
| appeared under Mr.. FrohmaU manage
ment did not come here. His EXceliency
the Governor was one of them. l oFlsl-
mated the insenue role, Ethel carton, IN
that play, and Jessie Millward, VINO, by
the way. is seriously ii IN LONDON piayed
Stella and she was ideat in the part L
felt very much like a stranger coming
to Washington this time, and imagined
that everybody was saying Well, VINO are
your So I've worked very hard that
they may remember me-or at least, l
My role in The Helmet of Navarro
is unlike anything I've ever done, but
its great. broad part with many act
ing possibilities, and very responsive. /
have several scenes that are difficult for
me, whore / am compelled to stare out
into the audience because those around
me are not supposed to see my face. and
il isn't very easy to stand quietly during
such long spee ches as are in these scenes.
I hat 5 about the hardest thing l have to
dc. and it's quite hard enough / have
always played in light comedy and So
ciety dramas, but now have wandered
For the past several years, winter and
summer, / have been associated with
Henry Miller's coiIpany, paying in all
his productions except Richard Savage
We had such beautiful summer in San
Francisco, and the engagement was more
like a holiday. The people out there are
delightful. the country is glorious. and
the climate almost perfect. ! should love
to live there. but professional people
haven't much time to think Of living
anyw here but in their trunks. Now that
sounds like one-night stands, doesn't it2
chanaed as regards Washington. that
hereafter / shall get here at least once
a year. If the Capital City will only
rcciprocate my coed feelings, l shall be
more than gratiiied."
As an extra attraction and I'm conjunc-
ton with Bob Manchester's Cracker
Jacks. commencing Monday matinee,
November IS. Manager Kernan, of the Ly-
ccuni, has engaged THE Little Demon. 90
Harvey Parker, the wrestler He viii meet
all coIners and give So to anyone he fails
To throw in fifteen minutes.
Amusing scraps Of conversation float to
the surface from a crowd leaving the
theatre. Many a manager has stood in
the crowd, become one of them. and drunk
in the tone and temperament of the de-
parting audience, accepting it as the in
faiiible barometer Of his success. 1t may
not be adjectives he hears But an au-
dience which leayes the theatre in cheer
full. exultant. buoyaut mood. laughing
and chattering, is the audience which has
been put in that temperament by the play
and the players.
The other evening newspaper writer
ricl5ed up a curious comment from the
people leaving Mr.. MansfielG's Beau
cairo" 4 pretty girl was laughing and
chattering with hcr escort
Did you ever think Of the after Of
our heroes and heroines?' she asked.
.'After2- her companion repeated en-
yes. the future taking the thread of
the story after the play is over, she
continued Take Monsieur Beaucatrc ana
LADY Mary for instance What do you
snnnose they did after that eyentfUl
morning in the assembly room at Bath
DO you suppose the King forgave his
cousin2 ] wonder has Wintersett ever re-
covered his prestige after the awful bioW
What becomes Of most OF the characters
I'm C-ir popular playsZ When VIII some
scholar with the right Imagination and
the delicacy OF touch write the coniinua-
tior of ShylOcks careerI What came Of
the poor abused. broken Jew after he
dragged himself from the Doge's courtH
There was Bernard Shaws Dick Dudgcon
in The Devils Disciple He escapes the
hangmans moose. and the last the aud
fence sees Of him he has his arm about
"a abused little Essie, walking down street.
Did he remain at homer Was The
Devils Disciple" justified? Did his les
son IN true Christianity carry TO the hard
shells about him. OF course Pardon and
Mrs Anderson lived together. but did
Dick marry Essie2 These two instances
might be answered by no one better than
by Mansfield himself. But there are in
Vulnerable examples in the drama Of un-
finished and undetermined careers OF pop
ular heroes besides Beaucaire, Shylock,
and Dudgeon.
Lyman b. Glover. the dramatic editor
of the Chicago Record-Herald" does not
believe that most OF the plays in which
American actors are appearing are Of
foreign manufacture. and says:
1T IL a common belief. frequently com
bated in these columns. and yet widely
entertained in spite of all denial. that a