Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-04-19

play Baron RonellL Mr. Morgan will re-
sumo his starring tour about the middle OF
the season.
THE Old Cabin Home" is the title OF
new play of southern life written by II.
Grattan Donnelly. which has been pur-
chased by Jacob Lift for production next
season.
Mrs. Alice Shaw. the whistler, and her
daughter Elsie are both confined to their
home in New York as the result OF fall
down steep flight of steps at Harlem
play house.
Ellie Fay was always an enthusiastic at
tendant at the races. She sent regrets
to the officials of the Aqueduct race track
on the opening day of the spring meeting
last Tuesday.
So far as examples are encouraging young
actors may take consolation from the case
of Edwin Booth. When he made his first
regular stage appearance he was the direst
kind of a failure.
Clyde Fitch. the playwright sailed for
England last Thursday. Before leaving for
the other side Mr. Fitch bought back a
play he had sold to Anna Held and another
from William Brady.
her place in San Toy" during several days
of the week on account of illness, her part
| being taken by Elgie Bowen.
In a voting contest at a church fair in
| Boston recently, Clara Lane, the we'll
| known opera singer. was adiudged the most
| popular actress and so won a brooch pre-
| scented by Sir Henry Irving and Ellen Ter
| ry.
| Joseph Haworth is to be seen as star
| again next season. He will produce a new
| religious play, called "Corianton," which is
| to be presented for the first time in Salt
| Lake City. The piece is by a Utah play
! wright.
Frederic Bryton, a well-known actor fif-
| teen years ago and of recent years a stage
| manager. died suddenly in Rochester last
| Sunday night of apoplexy. He was about
! forty-five years of age, and the loss of his
voice made him give up acting
There is a likelihood that Edna May will
return to this country to star next season
| in Kitty Grey" the piece in which she
achieved success in London kitty Grey
| is adapted from the French of Les Fee
tards, which was also the original of THE
| FOUNDERS"
A London syndicate is reported to have
offered Maude Adams $4,000 to play
| ''LAiglon'' and Quality Street" for ten
weeks in that city this summer The offer
was made through Charles Frohman and
the latter says it is doubtful whether the
actress will give up her summer vacation
| for that sum.
Mrs Fiske is to appear as Mary Magda-
| lene In a play by that name to be given in
! the autumn at the Manhattan Theater in
| New York. The play will be a version OF
the work of Herr Paul Heyse. a noted Ger
man playwright, in which the Mary who
wept at the tomb and Judas Iscariot figure
| as principal characters.
What is called the disease drama" has
| a London instance in 1.-The New Idol" In
| 1t the hero, who is a scientist, finds a young
| girl who has consumption. In order to save
her he inoculates the patient with the germs
| of cancer, and soon afterward finds out she
| is dying of that dread disease. whereupon
he inoculates himself with the same germ
and both die. Quite pretty picture.
Edwin Brandt replaced Daniel H. Har-
| kins in the cast of THE Last Appeal" now
being played at Wallack's Theater. New
| York The latter has been on the stage for
forty years, and on Monday night forgot
/! his lines so that the curtain had to be
| Wrung down until he again collected him
self. Mr.. Harkins is in very bad health
| and 1t Is more than likely that he will
| never appear on the stage again.
Mary Mannering will begin rehearsals OF
| Pauline in Frank McKee's special prodrc-
ton of The Lady Of Lyons" in which
| kyrle Bellew will appear with her as CO.
| star in the role of Claude Melnotte In the
supporting company Edwin Arden will play
Beauseant, w. H. Thompson, NJ. Deschap-
pelles, Mrs. W. G. Jones, the Widow Mel
notte. and Maclyn Arbuckle, Colonel
| Dymas.
| Elsie Leslie writes to a New York paper
from San Francisco that the reports of her
| Illness are exaggerated and erroneous She
| says she is now entirely well and that she
| suffered from a severe cold as well as being
| obliged to undergo a minor operation TO
cure slight local Inflammation She states
that Liebler and Company chose to termin-
| ate their contract with her because she
raQ ru-ith
| before the time set by her physician
| The scene of Pixey and Luder's new
| opera, The Prince of Pilsen" is laid In
| Nice during the carnival season The
prince is to be the honored guest of the oc-
casion. but is delayed and the honors
| through a mistake. fall to an American
| brewer of German extraction who is tour
ing the country with pretty daughters. The
| prince finally arrives and witnesses the
sport incognito. The opera is to be pro-
duced for the first time In Boston Nav IL
M N1GAT. MENTTON