The evening times., 1901-11-26

| Whitman Osgood manager of the Acad-
emy Of Music, will sever his connection
with the Stair playhouse at the. end of the
month and return 10 Chese's, where he
| did the press work for several seasons.
| Mr.. Fettis will be retained, but Mr.. os-
good viii exercise a general supervision
over the Chase Theatre advertising.
During the few months Mr.. OsgoOd was
at the head of the Academy of Music the
house prospered wonderfully and the the
atre was never in such good condition as
this year.
Arnold Daily, who went TO London with
N c. Goodwin to play Harry WoodruR's s
part of The Imp in When We Were
Twenty-one," has been such success
that George Alexander, the London actor
manager, has offered to star him in a
/ piece that calls for an actor capable Of
| playing a seventeen-year- boy. Alex
ander has been in possession Of the play
for some years, but has been unable to
get an actor that came up 10 the require
nlents until he saw DAILY with Nat Good
win.
/ It was not so many years ago that Ar
! mold Daily was an Office COY in the en-
/ pIoyment of Charles FrOhman. The man
! 1ger gave him several small chances, and
he did such good work that he was en-
trusted with more important parts. until
l finally Gillette selected him to play VII
/ fred Farney in the original Secret Serv-
| ice" Company After playing the youth
/ fuI Virginian three years Daily went with
! Because She Loved Him So and scored
/ another hit.
/ He had much 10 contend with when he
/ tried to succeed Harry Woodruff with
/ Goodwin, but his performance was so sat
{ isfactoTy that the London press singled
| him out for praise from all the other
members Of the company.
Both Mrs Carter and David Belasco
/ show 4 decided preference for Washing
t ton as a city to pass critical judgment On
I a new play, and for this reason Jney have
/ selected the National Theatre stage upon
/ which to first show La du Barry" Mr.
! Belasco has practically completed the play
/ and the TehcarsaIs have been under way
| in New York for several weeks Much
! secrecy is maintained by those close to
| the playwright regarding the story Of the
I drama that will enlist the services Of
Mrs. Carter. but it is understood that II
] VIII give the actress the widest oppor-
4 tURity to demonstrate her many and YER
/ satue gifts.
BeIasco chose Washington. and the La
fayette Theatre. when he presented
I '-Zaza" with Mrs. Carter in the name part
three years ago this month. and the re-
/ ception accorded the play here vas taken
/ as good omen by both the dTamatist and
I the actress
Again, when BeIascO produced his
! comedy Naughty Anthony" year later
( he determined TO first show Il in WASH
/ inEton, and brought it 10 the Columbia
/ Theatre. so with La Gu Barry coming
10 the National each Of the principal local
theatres VIII have enjoyed the distinction
OF having introduced Belssco play for
the first tine.
May Irwin is about TO attempt to re-
/ main in New York for an extended geriod
without the assistance Of a new play
She viii begin her annual engagement a
the Bijou Theatre, with The Widow
Jones' one Of her old pieces which every
/ body supposed had been reIegated 10 the
storehouse permanently after her sister,
Flo Irwin, got through with Il on the one
night and the popular priced circuits two
seasons ago
May Irwin has not been so fortunate as
OF yoTe in getting plays adapted to her
/ peculiar style of comedy Glen MacDon-
OUgh a capable playwright, took her
measure. as he thought. but il was after
ward discovered that his effort fell far
short Of the mark ana The Belle OF
Bridgeport was quickly replaced last year
with Ramsay Morris ''Madge Smith. At
toruey." an Improvement upon the Mac
( Donoueh piece, but not up 10 some OF the
earlier Irwin offerings
William A. Brady, who makes a spe-
cialty Of reviving almost forgotten plays
on q scale OF much magnitude, is said TO
be considering monster production OF
The Two Orphans" with Grace George
as Louise Henrietta Crosman as HeRriette,
Wilton Lackaye as the Cbevalier, Theo-
/ dore Roberts as Jacques, Henry a Dixey
as Picard. Rose CoghIan as the Countess,
and Otis Skinner s Pierre the cripple. II
selecting his cast Mr. Brady has overlook
ed an actress named Kate CIaTton. who
has had considerable experience in The
Two Orphans and whose temperance
would doubtless tend TO increase interest
in the proposed revival
For the first time in years woman
dramatist has two plays running IN New
York Lottie Blair Parker is the FORUM
ate writer Her popular % Way Down
East is attracting big crowds to the
Academy of Music, while Under South
eTn Skies,'' her latest play, Is doing well
at the Theatre Republic
Edward Harrigan and Mrs Teamans
are mentioned as members of an Uncle
Toms Cabin company that will be seen
in New York early next month These
two players have not appeared in the
same cast since the famous HaTTigan and
Hart days
The gIee clubs of four of the principal
colleges, YaIn- Harvard, Cornell, and
Brown, are singing the Jolly Good Eel
lows" song from The Chaperons" 1t is
said to be especially well suited to
college concert, and it will doubtless do
a good deal toward dispIacing the time
honored Drink Her Down dittfes the
undergraduates so love to sing
There are other catchy songs in The
Chaperons," notably, 1T Made Me Think
of Home sung by Walter Jones; IN Ny
Official Capacity" Digby Bells eontribu-
tion to the performance; When I Sang
My Low c. by Joseph c. Miron. the
basso: Military Mary by Marie CahflI;
1T Seems as Yesterday by Louise Gun
ming; My Sambo,T by Eva Tanguay, and
The Man Behind the Scenes q comic
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