The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-02-24

vous and failed to disclaIm the young
men, so they were marched to the sta
ton house while a search for a bon Is
man was instituted. II is need ezs to add
that they have had quite enough OF stage
realism.
Charles Frohman has Just secured from
Augustus Thomas, who is sometimes re-
ferred TO as the great geographical dram
atisr, a new play which bears for its
title the name OF a state The new one
is called Colorado" and vii present
pictures of Western life. 1t rounds out
a quartette started by Alabama" fol-
loweu by I'm NJ ~ .ur4" and Arizona
all from the Thomas studio
Nat Goodwin emphatically denies that
he is being coached for his forthcoming
debut as Shylock by Dave Varied.
Maude Adams summer home on Long
Island has for years been seven miles re-
moved from any regular station on the
Long Island road BY arrangement with
The company last week Miss Adams Will
build a new station at her home. known
as Holbrook and viii defray all expenses.
This playing the role Of a millionaire
is not what il is quite cracked up to be,
said Ferdinand Gottschalk. In New York
the other day. Through three acts Of
The Climbers chatter g.ibly about buy
ing suppers and riding around in auto
mobile drags. Then sneak out after the
performance. regale myself with a ham
sandwich and either walk home or am
trampled to death in the street cars Of
the proletarIat."
A story about Kathryn Kidder has just
come 10 town. 1t happened in Carson
City, and the only hotel in town had the
"standing-room only" sign out when the
Kidder-James troupe arrived. Having
OTIS of time on their hands, several Of
the members. including the stars and Mrs.
Louis James, were ted to a place whose
chief attraction was roulette wheel Mss
Kidder. be it distinctly understood, disap-
proved of the entire proceedings but she
just had to play or the others would
1ave felt so bad. Her luck was immense.
and her winnings about $1,000 Mrs.
James was $500 ahead of the game wnen
she quit, but poor Jane Cakes, the st.
Louis heiress, was out all she can make
during the next two months.
Della Fox was witness in the Supreme
Cour in Brooklyn one day last week for
Charles ]. Campbell. a tenor, who had
been in her company in 1851 Mr.. Camp
bell is suing former Senator William Fl.
Reynolds to recover $3.50. less $3.50, on
contract which it is alleged Mr.. Reynolds
violated. Mr.. Campbell said that he was
engaged for forty weeks. and that he was
discharged with only ten days notice.
Miss Fox said that her full name was
Della Fox Levy.
Della Fox Of opera fame?" council
asked
Not necessarily of fame" she said.
but Della Fox"
She was asked what Mr. Campbelrs
reputation as an opera singer was, and
replied:
I'm one of Mr. Campbens greatest ad-
mirers. He is a charming gentleman and
a great artist. But far as my contract
is concerned that was guaranteed by Mr..
Reynolds"
was Mr., Campbell singing satisfac-
tory?"
1T was perfectly satisfactory to me-"
On cross-eXamination Miss Fox was
asked if It was not fact that at times
Mr.. Campbell's voice failed him.
why, yes, to be sure" she replied, 1--WE
all have bad times i'm our profession, and
especially while out on the road"
Miss Fox tried 10 explain that Mr. Reyn-
ODDS was the hacker of the company.
Justice Houghton said that there was no
necessity for this kind of testimony, and
Della said that she wanted to tell all she
knew. The case was NOT concluded.
The report that Miss Ethel Barrymore
would play the part of Jessica in the all
star cast of "The Merchont of Venice
wifi h Net Goodwin is 60 he ID his spring
Is denied by Manager Charles Frohman.
Manager E. D. Price voiced the sent-
ment of many theatrical producers the
other day when he said:
where are the next seasons pays TO
come from? Clyde Fitch cannot write all
the plays required for America. His pr s.
ent plan is TO give his b ain a rest and
spend che next six months in cutting off
coupons Nearly everyth ng in book form
has been drama tized, except the patent
office reports and the British encvcl1pe
Ola. The foreign markets give no sign Of
fru'tfulress and the Quito is particu-
larly gloomy for men with big, expensive
theaters on their hands.