The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-19

nan, ana was following Lillian Law
renee, very great fayorite there.
The climax Of my struggle for dra-
matte recognition was reached the clos
ing night of the season. when I plaved
Galatea. ! really cannot remember how
many curtain calls I received. but I do
know that the management sent me q
basket OF flowers as large as q piano,
and the stage hands of the theater. too.
remembered me with a monster floral
Offering.
And, then, after the play. the hun
dTeGs Of persons who thronged the lobby,
OF the theater and cried Come back next
year, Miss Hall; Come back" Good
luck to you" and all that. made me for
get the hard work and the mental SUI
fering I had endured Indeed, IL was a
sweet triumph"
When Miss Percy Hasweu appears in
"A Royal Family" at the Baltimore
Academy of Music Monday night she will
be greeted by the members OF the George
Fawcett stock company, Of that city.
and there will be no more enthusiastio
spectators than Mary Shaw. Virginia
Kline. and the other Fawcettites.
The sale Of seats. which opened yes
terday, is said TO be the largest in the
history Of the Academy Of Music.
Another Washington young woman has
taken to the stage for livelihood
This time it is Miss Maude Love and
she has Joined The Chinese Honey
moon company, playing at the New
York Casino Miss Love is a wen-known
young lady, who is decidedly good-Iook-
ing, and has more than an average share
Of talent
The odd thing in connection with Miss
Loves taking to the stage is the fact
that she Is not saying anything about
assisting in the elevation OF the stage
mentions nothing about her hopes for a
career, or anything about her art. 3"
but IS simply getting down to hard work
IN an humble position and with the be
lief that II application 10 duty, pretty
face, fairly good voice. and more than
the usual share Of intelligence will as
sist in getting to the top, she viii Ger
taInly get there.
Miss Love has done considerable writ
ing Tor Washington and out-of-town
papers, and is considered very clever in
this line Of endeavor.
Genevieve G. Haines and ". \. Law
renee have entered into an arrangement
whereby there will be a permanent stock
organization in New York having for its
title Geuevieve Hai1es' Company.
By the terms of the agreement Mrs.
Halnes, who is the author of Hearts
Ahame-" running at the Bijou Theater.
New York, under Mr.. Lawrence's direc-
ton, is TO give to the company a great
portion Of her personal attention in the
direction Of the stage, and is 20 assist
Mr. Lawrence in the distribution OF the
parts.
Most important. however, is the stipu-
lation that she shall write one play a
year-no more, no less.
]. H StodGaTG, who is still in '-Under
the Bonnie Brier Bush. says that never
in his extended career has he enjoyed
playing a part half as much as that Of
Lachlan Campbell IN the MacIaren play
William H Crane makes a similar
statement regarding himself as David
Harum.
You simply cannot stop the bubbling
enthusiasm of these youngsters.
Perhaps the fact that they are both
making more money than ever before
has something to do with their artistic
eSuberance.
Henry Arthur Jones' principal melo-
dramatic output. ''Hoodman Blind. -
written in collaboration with Wilson
Barrett, has been revived in the New
York American TheateT.
It is quite number Of years since
this noted play made its extended run at
Wallack's Theater. when Kyrle Bellew
and Annie Robe headed the company Of
the late Lester Wailack.
In the American Theater revival Mau-
rice Freeman has Mr. Bellows old part
Of Jack YouIett, and Jessaline Rodgers
plays the heroine. Nance
Kirke la ShelIe has selected St Louis
as the city in which to make the first
production Of Checkers. - as that Is the
native heath OF the author, Henry Bios
som.
The manuscript Of the piece has been
banded about managers Offices even as
much as was The Message from Mars, %
which Charles HawtTey finally staged.
Of course. II Checkers" is the antici-
pated hit those that let 1t slip through
their fingers will not be heard from.
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