The Washington times., 1901-08-18

| Mile Celeste. the French actress who
| toured this country some years ago IN
The French Spy and Mile. Celeste pre-
scented them to Miss Lester as token Of
| regard.
THE Emerald Isle the joint work of
| Sir Arthur Sullivan, Basil Hood. and Ed
ward German, was copyrighted recently
| at the Library of Congress. Herbert Pat
| tee, a local actor, took out copyrights on
| two original plays entitled Dora S Joke
! and AN Engagement
| Hobart Bosworth. late leading man
with the Bellows stock company in Den.
| yer, and who had signed a three years
| contract with Henrietta Crosman. is
| seriously i'll in Denver. and has been
forced to abandon all ideas of returning
to the stage this season
A rumor is afioat that Blanche Walsh
and Maude Fealy will become co-stars
next season In an elaborate production
of Romeo and Juliet" Miss Walsh and
Miss Fealy appeared in the Shakesperean
play recently in Denver With much Sue
cess, according to the Denver papers
William Seymour, stage director during
part of the spring season at the Eafay-
cite Theatre, has accepted similar posi-
ton with the Pike stock company of Gin
cinnati His daughter. Mary Davenport
Seymour. will make her professional de-
but a member of the same company.
Another Revolutionary period play. will
be seen next season in .Mollie Pitcher"
which Glen McDonough has about COM
pleted. The piece will be used by George
ii. Brennan and James B. DeIcher to pre-
sent Katherine Kidder as a star One of
the principal scenes in the play Will be
the battle of Monmouth.
Isadore Rush. who was associated with
the late Roland Reeds productions for so
many years, and who last season replaced
Della Fox with the Rogers Brothers COM
pany. has been engaged for the role of
Lady Hollywood in the "t'lordora'' COM
pany which will be sent to the Pacific
Coast and through the West.
1t is probable that the opera which
Stanislaus STANCE and Julian Edwards
have written for Lulu Chaser may not go
out under the title of Dolly Warden
John w. Dunno, OF the Chase musical
comedy company. asserts his ownership
to the same name in a play which he
used some time ago to star Patti Rosa.
In view of Henrietta Crossman's enor-
nous success in Mistress Nell,' her
manager has concluded to send out an
other company to present the play over
be unable to cover this season. Agnes
Ardeck has been engaged for the title
role. and King Charles III will be played
by Mace Greenleaf.
Marie Bates has been transferred from
Mrs Carriers company by David Belasco
TO that which will appear with David
Warfield in THE Auctioneer. Mrs. Bates
has been supplied with character part
IN the new play which is said to offer
her better opportunities than any part
which she has hitherto assumed.
f. f. Proctor has obtained the exclu-
sive rights to produce several of the sue
cesses of the late Augustin DAILY. among
them "A Night on" The Great I'm
known" Nancy and CO. The Rail
road of Love" and The Last Word.
The plays will be rehearsed under the
direction of Frederic Bond. who was
formerly a member of the DAILY company.
Ada Rehan will not act this season.
Her tour had been booked. but recently
her dates were Cancelled and her com
pany notified that she would not return
to America for the proposed tour In
Sweet Nell of Old Drury- Last spring
Miss Rehan's season was terminated
much earlier than was anticipated. owing
TO the ill health of the star and IT is now
rtlmored that she may never acSngain.
Native musicians are rather at a dis
count in Switzerland. At the great ma
tionaI fetes German and military bands
are usually employed. This summer the
same arrangements are being made.
Il Avenir Musical" one Of the Swiss mu-
sic Journals. asks Indignantly. Why not
invite the German Emperor at once 10
take possession of the country? 1t ad-
vocates the employment of the band of
the landwehr of Geneva, the bands of +,
Lausanne and the band of Chaux-de-
Ponds.