The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-17


Ms ,T,,,5o rl,,y,r choirs, and we'll
was she liked that
when she announced. one Sunday morn
/ ing after the service last summer, that
she was going TO adopt stage career
| the musical committee of the church
offered some very substantial financial
reasons why she should resort to he
lprerogative Of her sex and change her
mind
/ This Miss DuVal refused to do, and
/ Just now has the satisfaction of know
ling that she did not make any mistake,
4 for she has recently been elevated to an
important part in the big production,
and the managers are SO pleased with
/ her work that they have promised TO
/ advance her as rapidly as possible
The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"
/ is not likely TO visit Wash, ngton this
season on account OF the immensely OF
/ the production, and its tour viii be con
/ fined to engagements o: three months
/ each in Chicago, Philadelphia and Bos-
ton. but next season the big spectacle is
scheduled 10 come here, and by that
time there Is every reason to believe
! that Miss DuVal will be int=usted with
the principal role of the piece.
| At present she Is unders. udying the
/ chief part. and II by any reason OF acct
! dent or sickness the young woman who
heads The Sleeping Beauty and the
/ Best" organization is unable to per-
form her stage duties, Miss DuVaTs op-
poTtunity viii come sooner than she ex-
poets
Sergeant James" Kirk LaShelles
new play that was recently presented IN
Boston with much success. will come 10
the Lafayette in the course OF the next
few weeks
| Mr. Thomas Mckee, this year direc:tn
the business affairs of TIE Bandit
King and The Cattle King" James
H. Walick's thrilling plays of West
ern life, which will constitute next
weeks attractions at the Academy of
! sE1uslc, is no stranger to Washington
+ He was, for eight years, manager Of
Robert Downing. the local actor. when
! he was in the height Of his popularity
After term Of eight years with Mr..
! Downing. Mr. Mckee transferred his in
/ terests to another exponent Of the
/ legitimate drama. the late Thomas ".
/ Keene. and was his manager at the time
OF his passing 10 the great beyond.
"Keene was certainly a great
/ tragedian.' remarked Mr. Mckee. rem
tniscently. in the Academy box office
yesterday.
7 remember q most amusing expert
| snce We had IN a small Illinois town
/ where we were TO appear. When Mr..
/ Keene reached the town, one Of the
members Of the company who played .
/ small part, was suddenly taken ill., and
Keene was for moEent at loss what
( 70 do He explained his dilemma to the
manag OF the local op'ry house and
/ asked If there was an ambitious young
man in the vicinity who imagined he
was cut out for an actor.
Why yes. replied the manager.
/ I've got the very fellow for you. My
! property man Is something of an actor
/ in fact, he has had q little experience in |
an amateur sort OF way, and rs pretty
| certain he can help you out in good
/ shape.
! When Mr- Keene interviewed props
| and told him what was required. the j
embryonic Thespian said ne had played
/ the same part with Mccullough some
/ years before
q" Then you won't need q rehearsal
| asked Keene.
Oh, no; can play the part all right
l guess, answered the youth.
! That night when the point in the
/ 70 make his appearance was reached, Mr..
/ Keene gave him his cue. but the fellow
| standing in plain view IN the WINS
never budged Again and again ia
/ Keene repeat the cue, but the substitute
actor did npt move. Finally, chock full
/ OF wrath and anger and disgust, Keene
/ was compelled to ring down the curtain.
/ cutting the scene IN half. He rushed
/ oul 20 the property man-actcr and de-
! M Ided why he had not come Gu
/ Why said the promising actor. I
, ever got my cue
I gave you the cue three times, as
serted the tragedian.
/ Nope. drawled the property man;
1 not the cue that McCuIIo..sh gave me
/ What was that2 asked Mr.. Keene.
Come on, you condemned idiot, come
/ on
Lloyd Bingham. a Wall Street broker
who foots the bills for the theatrical
ventures of his wife. Amelia Bingham.
| Will soon branch out as a simon pure,
blown in the bottle, manager on his own
account and will launch Charles Warner.
a well known English actor on the some
what troublous seas Of native theatri-
calls.
Mr.. Warner has been in America for
| couple OF weeks. In his own country
4 he Is regarded as an exceptionally fine
/ actor. one Of his notable achievements
/ being 1000 appearances in Charles
! Reade's DEMONSTRATION Of Zola's LAS
| sommoir," entitled Drink" His last
/ London enga cement was IN "Au TeIe-
phoLe" al Wyndham's Theater. playing
the part that Edwin Stevens will do
when Charles Frohman puts or this re-
markable little play IN New York next
month.
! And If Mr. Warmers starring tour IN
/ der the direction OF Mr.. Bingham is not
a bowling financial success, who knows
| but that he mag be transferred % the
position Of leading man of Amelia Bing-
! hams organization?
| Virginia Harmed made her initial ap-
pearance in Pineros new play, Iris"
d, Cleveland. Monday night, and the
! Geographic reports are TO the effect that
both the star and play were good.
Kiss Harned's company includes
{ FIIssa Spong. formerly the featured"
J "a. rnber OF Daniel Frohman's stock
a4pany from Days Theater. New
| YGck. and Louise Drew, daughter OF
/ Iohu Drew