The times., 1901-05-26

SFleI at the great man death iS De-
yond description; Every building along
the road over which the funeral passed
was draped in black. and 10000 people
followed the hearse to the cemetery
The report that Sofia Scaichi. the ia
nous contralto, viii go into vaudeville Is
denied
AT the conclusion of her forthcoming
farewell vaudeville tour Cissie Lotus VIII
go TO England for a rest
Julian Edwards has written the Incl
dental music for THE wooing of Pris-
ella
Under Two Flags" with Blanche
Bates IS due at the Columbia Theatre,
San Francisco the second week IN June
The Royal Lnliputians are appearing in
a farce called The Merry Tramps."
Frank Gilmore viii be the leading man
of the Percy Hasweil Stock Company
when the season opens in September at
the Lyceum Theatre in Baltimore.
Joseph Arthur's play Lost River has
been converted into book form By the
author.
Burr Mcintosh has. resigned his role of
Phil Hennion. in Janice Meredith" in
order to attend to his New York photo
graph gallery
The Weber & Fields parody on Tell
Me, Pretty Maiden from 'FlOrodora"
has been introduced into The Girl From
Up There" in which Edna May IS ap-
peariDg in London.
Next season Richard Mansfield will have
Monsieur Beaucaire'' and Stephen Phil
lips IteFDN- Inc ltttteT play was gwen
last season in London by Beerbohm Tree.
benefit performance for Rudolph
AronSon viii be given on the afternoon
of May 2S, at the Casino Theatre, New
York.
Sandol MiIIiken. who has been support
ing Jefferson De Angels in "A ROYAL
Rogue, has been engaged for a new
Harry B. Smith musical comedy, which
will be brought out next year.
William Gillettes London season in
8. after week in Liverpool.
j. II. Gilmour. who Slayed F1ambeau in
Maude Adams production of ''L'Aiglon'
has summer stock company at Portland.
Me.
oden Williams will rejoin tke cast OF
Uncle Toms Cabin for the Chicago sea-
son.
James T. Powers viii go to London to
see THE Messenger Boy. in which he
will appear at Days Theatre, New York,
next fall.
Gertrude Bennett will be a member of
]. II. StOddard's company next season.
The Victoria Theatre. Chicago, has
changed hands. and will hereafter DC
known as the American
T.. ]. Morgan concluded his engagement
in The Christian" last night in Chicago.
Eric Hope Cthe Earl of Yarmouth sued
the New York Morning Telegraph for
libel He claimed $4,000 damages and Sc
cured g, 500
In a recent speech Joseph JeueTS0n Oe-
cIared that ne has no intention of leaving
the stage and that he will go out as usual
next spring.
Mrs Thorndyke Boucicault, assisted by
James Horne, is appearing on the yaude-
VILE stage in a sketch called "A Proper
Impropriety.
w. A. Brady has offered a prize of $50
to the child who writes the best criticism
on Uncle Toms Cabin during the chi
cago run of the play.
CT ,,~nIye ar 10 N "a
revival of Arizona" at the Academy or
Music New York, on August l6. Twenty
ty-fve cavalrymen and twenty-five cow
boys will make their appearance on horse
back.
The English provincial and colonial
rights to sThe Fortune Teller and 'The
Singing Girl have been sold to George
Musgrove, who will send both pieces on
tour at once.
.TTnIeavened Bread" has closed. The
play was revived a few weeks ago and
taken to Boston for run. but though
voted one of the cIeyereSt oHeringS OF tne
season it failed to bring out the people
Eugene Presbrey's play, New England
Folks" has Just been issued in book form
by the G.. W. Dillingham; Company. The
play win be produced in November at the
Fourteenth Street Theatre, New York.
Minnie Radcliffe of the Lafayette
Square stock company. is entertaining her
mother. who is known professionally as
Marion Lester. Mrs. Lester was assOci-
time but recently has been playing an
iuportant part with w A Brady'S East-s
ern Way Down East company She
will rejoin the Brady company in August
Emily Wakeman, who has scored Il
great success as the quaint. loyeiorn
country schoolmistress in Lovers Lane
at the Theatre Republic, New York, VIII
go with the company to Chicago Tor
summer engagement at McNickers me
atre later being seen in Buffalo and
opening next season at the fremont The
atre, Boston.
Miriam Nesbitt has made conspicuous
success as leading lady with the new
summer stock company at the EMPIRE
Theatre, Toledo
AIaude Caswen. the acrobatic girl, will
sail for Europe in July. to fulfill engage
Paris. and the Winter Garden, Berlin
She NAV remain abroad next winter, 10
appear in the London pantomimes
Junius Brutus Booth, formerly of The
Francis Hope for 81, 500 for alleged breach
of contract The actor was engaged TO
support Lady Hope in her vaudeville tour
but for some unexplained reason the lat-
ter refused to carry out her part OF the
contract
Frederick Hartley. who was with Julia
Arthur last year, Is finishing out the sea
son with the Mnrosca Stock Company,
San Francisco, with which he has been
consuicuously successful in varied roles
He will return to New York in the autumn
TO take part in an important Broadway
production
Maude OdeH has been so successful as
leading woman with the Baldwin Melville
Stock Company at the Grand opera
House, New Orleans, that she VIII go 10
Montreal later in the same capacity. IN
the summer she viii rest in Europe, nav
ing played winter and summer for four
years.
Tyron- Power and Edith Crane. who
are now playing in Australia under j. g
the head of their own conpany when
their contracts with Mr. Williamson eX-
pire. 1.-The Charity Ball." The Wife
''Nadjezda-" and The Tanning of the
Shrew'' will form the repertoire.
Harry Corson Clarke. a member of the
FrawIey company during its engagement
here two years ago, has reorganized his
company and opened a spring season in
What Did Tomkins Do?' After playing
to the Coast ne viii find a stock engage
ment of six weeks at the California The
atre. San Francisco, with the same COM
pany in a varied repertoire
The FrawIey stock companys season
will open at the Grand Opera House, San
Francisco on July for ten weeks Fraw-
ley is negotiating with Nat Goodwin for
the Pacific Coast rights to When We
Were Twenty-one." Z. j. Morgan md
Theodore Roberts have been engaged for
the company. and Mary Van Buren will
be retained as leading woman.
Alice NieIsen's hit in London is said by
her press agent TO be greater than that OF
Edna May or any other American actress
Next year Miss Nielsen will appear in
new opera by George V. Hobart and Gus
tay IuderS. Contracts have been signed
bv which Miss Nielsen will appear for
the next five years under the manage
ment of Major Charles p. Braslan, of San
Jose. Cal.
Albert Gerard Thiers. a New York vocal
specialist. several of whose pupils are
prominent upon the operate stage. has
recently perfected an original and sci