The Saint Paul globe., 1901-06-23

Proberts a clever young comedian. who
was with William H. Crane in David
Harum," will take his place.
Digby Bell has been engaged as the
chief comedian in 1.-THE Chaperones,' the
Rankin Witmark comic opera, due early
next season. Archie Gum, the artist,
and they are unusually handsome.
w. T. Carleton and jeanette Lowrie are
the latest engagements for next season s
Florodora" companies. They will enact
the American millionaire and his daugh-
ter, which r. r. Graham and Gullma
Baker will probably continue to play in
the other organization.
Edna Wallace Hopper received a tele-
gram from California yesterday saying
that her mother who has been i'll for
some time, was in a serious condition.
She has made preparations to leave "F'lo-
rodora at moments notice. Grace
Dudley will be ready at any time to take
Mrs. Hopper's place.
ly for Klaw & Erlanger to produce a
musical farce by Harry B. Smith called
THE Liberty Bellies" 1t will be shown
first at the Chestnut Street theater, Phil
York later. Cyril Scott, Eta Butler,
John Siavin and Sandol Milliken have
been engaged for leading roles.
Mary Mannering and James K. Hackett
are spending month in the south OF
France. They will finish their vacation
tour abroad with a four weeks yachting
cruise through the Mediterranean. Miss
Mannering will return to America the
last week in August, and begins rehear.
sails Sept. 2 for her second tour in Janice
Meredith"
Rich and Harris. who will manage An
drew Mack in his tour in tom Moore''
next season, have engaged George F.
Nash, Theodore Babcock, Myron Calico,
Eddie Heron, Frank Mayne, r. ]. Dillon,
Giles Shine. H: P. Stone. Thomas jack
son, Josephine Lovett, Margaret Fielding,
Jane F@Ston and Susie Wilkinson, as the
principals Of his supporting company.
Louis Mann and Clara Lipman quite un-
eXpectedly sailed for London Saturday.
the 18th inst. to consult with Paul Pot
ter, who wrote the new comedy in which
they will appear next season. They were
originally booked to sail the 10Th inst.
This will expedite their return to this
country by two weeks and considerably
further preparations for the new produc-
ton and rehearsals.
Frank Mckee has secured the rights to
Ramsey Morris, new play, Ninety and
Nine" This piece, which takes it's title
from Evangelist Ira Sankey's celebrated
hymn Of the same name, treats of life
in two small Indiana villages, and will
employ cast of thirty people, and a
large number of supernumeraries. 1t win
be one of the most important productions
of the coming Metropolitan season.
Work has been started on the a'tera-
t1ons of the Broadway theater necessary
for the production there of ''The Sleep
ing Beauty and the Beast" This big
Drury Lane Christmas pantomime will
be staged at the Broadway on Nov T.
Joseph Brooks. of Klaw & Erlanger, will
bring it over, Mr.. Brooks returning from
London in August to make the necessary
preparations.
Clyde Fitch can't be resting much In
Carlsbad. Besides the plays for Elsie
De Wolfe and Cadie Martinot for next
season, which he has just finished news
Genes of five more pieces that he has
egreed to finish within year. One is
for Maude Adams, another is for Annie
a comic opera libretto for Anna Held,
and the fifth to be produced by William
A. Brady, perhaps with Grace George in
the star part. 1t would seem that one or
two of these will have to be old plays OF
his brought down from the shelf, like
Lovers Lane or adaptations as the
Martinot drama is.