Evening star., 1901-04-20
MUSIC

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slider himself lucky that he did not get it.
Agreeable actor though he is John Drew
Is hard man to tit with a play. Mr..
Itackett was doing 50 well with the Pride
"f Jennic"'' that the pecuniary objections to
disturbing him were strong. He was there
fore required 10 continue in the old piece.
and John Drew Was given Richard Car
vel The latter play is one of the hardest
shocks the dramatized novel has had No
play has started out with brighter expec-
tdtipUs and come further from realizing
tht m ON the contrary, nothing whatever
was expected from THE Princess Chic
when it was originally produced in this
city But it has been recast and remodeIed
Uhti 1t Is, to say the least. a charming
vehicle for the star, Marguerite Sylvia.
Miss sylvia. by the way. is a lady of
varied accomplishments She proposes to
add those of th+ librettist to her list. She
has completed the scenario of a new opera
whose scene is laid in Belgium The new
star u something Of a polyglot, as well as
spetchmaker. Her little curtain talks
her thanking the audience for their appre-
cation. were not unfamiliar efforts In
New Orleans she addressed an audience in
French; then il German. and then in Eng
iish
She was born in Brussels, Belgium. of
rench and German parentage. She speaks
both French and German with the fuency
"f the native. Her English is almost per
iv'I' only an occasional word being marked
by slight accent the tendency to roll the
Rs giving an interesting charm to her pro-
nEncidtion. She IS both graceful and gra-
ci"Is of the stage. and the fellows around the
Columbia this week have been yieine with
one another TO do her a favor Miss Svlvs.s 8
particular hobby-evcry star must needs
have "ne-is collecting odd and ANTIQUE lit
Il" trinhetS of jswelry. and now that she
mas an operate organization named for her
she can afford to indulge in this rather ex-
IenSiEe fancy. When Miss SYLVIA was seen
mere Nv" seasons ago with the Alice Nielsen
company in comparatively small part
there were many who predicted that she
WIS soon to attain to the stellar ranks
Their prediction was well founded. and she
Il now on the highway TO still greater sue
c~ss than she has already achieved in The
Princess Chic Miss sylvia S red tights. that
have called forth such adnliring comment
during the week. came near being a serI-
Gus thing for her earlier In the season. when
some Of the dye from ;he hose unceremoni-
ously crept into a chir"podal incfsion in her
foot. Blood poisoning was threatened. it is
said.
Miss sylvia is in private life plain Mrs.
Billy Mann-that is. she is as plain as d
native gift of remarkable good looks will
permit her to b. Billy accompanies his
wife but. although he is a weI-known the
aJrical man himself. takes no part in the
performance. Billy Mann is we'll known
in Washington. His connection with Evans
and Hoey and with the Herald Square The
ater have made him friends and acuuaiut-
anCes everywhere He ard the yiyaciDus
Marguerite are very ha ppy couple a fact
that is made apparent 10 any one with
whom they come in contact. The fact that
Miss sylvia is married and accompanied by
her husband has been heartbreaking news
to many q chappy, who has been thrown
into note-writ.ng ecstasy by the lovely
vision of The Princess Chic in red silken
costume. Mr.. and Mrs. Mann have many
friends in Washington. and have been ex-
tensively entertained at dinner and supper
parties during their stay in The city.
The fortunes Of Harold Routledge :"
"Thc Count de Carojac" and the other old
time novel-like personages concerned in the
career of The Bankers Daughter.
awakened interest in the Lafayette Square
Theater. The play goes away back to the
arts-trUSt days. when Sso.(HD was consid-
cred large sum Of money. The spluree
which MIR. Ormonde cuts by signing a
check for this amount will be quite in
comprehensive to the auditor Of a genera
tipn hence. If the present billion dollar
standard of wealth continues, If all the
actors had play yej their parts as We'll as
C"nley played his old man character bit. it
would have been n memorable production
well done.
The summer musical comedy season is
Row an assured fact. The Runaway Girl :,
opening May 6. Will he the first of a Sc
riss. which will continue into the regime
OF warm weather and lower prices
Paula Edwards has been engaged for her
original role of Carmenita, a role that she
has not played in Washington. She will be
regular member Of the company Henry
Norman will open in The G-isha." and re-
main for the season. The Geisha' y i'll in
tr"duce EIsie Bowen. one of j. c. Duff s
discoveries. in whom lie has the greatest
confidence The third week is to be de-
voted To The CIRCUS Girl the fourth week
to "The Greek Stav-.' To be followed by
Prince Pro Tenn, neither of which have
ever before been presented in Washington
clally engaged people in each cast An
orchestra of twenty will be provided. and
the company will number about flftv neo-
pie This will be the first time these rieces
have been done at popular prices
Next Saturday night the BeIlows-I,on-
company will. as an organization say au
revoir to Washington, although some OF
the favorite people will remain Mr. Bel
lows. who, as stage director, has done so
much efficient work, will return to Denver
for the annual season in that city. Other
members who go on Saturday night are
MIR. Ormonde, Mr. Wyngate, Mr.. Murphy.
MIR. Craven and Miss Scott. John T. Sulli-
van will remain for three weeks, and his
admirers will be graIifed to see him as
the leading man OF the organization Miss
Haswell remains, one of the strong induce
ments being the opportunity which will be
given her to play Juliet" She will ap-
pear In this role in May. Edwin Arden,
who follows Mr. Sullivan as leading man
will play Romeo" 1t is expected to add
The following to the company: Thomas L..
Coleman. for leading heavies: Myron I.ef-