The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-07
THE PLAYER FOLK.

an AAitDlllloulA lOnE run OF DdI lLth- IltL
earliest endeavors were in conjunction
with Melbourne Mcdowell. husband OF
the late Fanny Davenport, in a number
OF Miss Davenport's successes principally
Sardou plays.
The local engagement-at the Lafayette
three years ago-was what is usually de-
scribCd a financial failure but an ar
tistic success Miss Walsh received col
umn after column Of newspaper praise for
her brilliant acting, which was not ever
eXcelied by the originators Of the roles
but the public did not evidence feverisl
anxiety TO witness her performances. and.
perhaps, on this account WashingtOnians
nave never again had the opportunity TO
view Mss WaIsf's acting.
] This year the actress commenced with
/ certain territorial rights TO play Janice
] Meredith then. after a brief period she
! shifted plays and tried Joan OF the Sword
I Hand but this was soon abandoned in
/ favor OF The Hunt for Happiness" which
J was printed In a New York quarterly pub
/ hcation several years ago. This was ex-
Pected TO provide the actress with the
l long lOoked-for Opportunitv to return TO
New York, where at one time. notably
/ during the existence of the A NJ Palmer
I stock company, she was very well known
/ md popular
But The Hunt for Happiness turned
! out 10 be another fasco. and now Miss
walsh Is entertaining her audiences
Win performance Oh Janice Meredith"
/ mat Is said 70 compare very favorabIy
With that-of Mary Mannering
Della Foxs friends assert that the
comic opera sOubrette has found phiIan-
throPicaIly inclined gentleman who is
willing TO spend lot Of good money for
tne purpose Of establishing the former
Iayorlte once more in popular favor
Since Miss FoX's last appearance in
/ Mashlngton-it was at Chase's the Sunday
night preceding the last inauguration
ceremony-she has been in retirement. so
. far as the stage is concerned. with the ex-
ceptlon OF playing a vaudeville engage
ment once in a while whenever manager
decided his patrons had a yearning for
one more view OF the Pretty Girl Of
I Wang fame.
Miss Fox's tour. Il is said. viii be com
menced in few weeks st Bethlehem, Pa.
SIS
sydney Grndy's new comedy. -Frocks
and Frills.' which will be presented for
the first time in this country at Days
Theatre. New York. tonight. was dis
closed 70 Londoners at the Haymarket
. Theatre last night. Jamison Lee Finney.
/ who made quite a success as the drunken
I husband in Lady Huntworths Expert
ment' at the National Theatre a few
I weeks ago. viii interpret the principal
I role In the London production this part
/ is done by Cyril Maude.
! When May Edouin returns to this coun-
| try next fall, she will be seen in a new
musical comedy which has been specially
( written for her ~ her father Willie
] d..
/ John Daily Murphy retired from the CO.
lumbia stock company. Brooklyn. last Sat
urday night. Mr.. Murphy was a popular
J member Of the lafayette company last
season, and will be the fourth Of last
( years organization to be "at liberty
I within the next few weeks. The others
I are Grayce Scott, who is now with New
/ England Folks" which viii close its sea
son January Is. and Louise Macintosh
/ and Robert Rogers. who are now members
/ OF Jacob Lifts company presenting The
/ Price Of Peace" at McVicker's Theatre
/ Chicago. and which VIII conclude It's run
/ there next Saturday night. All Of these
/ players were big fayorites with the local
/ public.
/ R. / Giheu viii have two stock COM
panies this spring. one in Richmond and
! another in Norfolk
Oscar Hammerstein has a new must
/ cal production in view for the Easter
/ season. The libretto will be furnished
/ by Aubrey BCucicauIt. and it IS said that
/ the piece viii De presented on an elabO-
/ rate scale-
Anthony Hope has written a new play
I which viii follow Iris" at the London
/ Garrick The new piece is said 10 be
unlike anything that has emanated from
this authors pen.
In The Toreador'' Christie Macdonald
scored a pronounced hit with Wash
+ ington assemblages last week. Away from
4 the stage this very charming actress is
known to her friends as the wife o.
. william Winter Jefferson, the your gest
Z son Of the dean OF the dramatic pTOfcs-
sion"
/ Miss Macdonald is the very persona
Gcation OF grace and ease. naturaIuess.
/ and the embodiment Of refinement and
culture In the new English musical
piece. Miss Macdonald quite fascinated
/ everybody at the National Theatre by her
/ bright and clever Interpretation Of the
4 biIthesOme Nancy
/ She was, earlier in the present theatri-
I cal year. member OF Peter F. Da ilav's
: company. presenting "Champagne Char
! lie" a comedy by Augustus Thomas.
/ which was tried In several cities and
/ found TO be sadly deficient both I'm humor
/ aud melody. Miss Macdonald retired from
I the Daley aggregation because the ro-
I tund star objected when the pIaybuls dis
I played her name quite as prominently as
they did his. 10 was the fault of the
/ management however. who had promised
I that Miss MacDOuald's name should be
/ printed ia large type in all OF the adj
! vertising matter.
{ So as the easiest solution OF the diff
I fcuity. Miss Macdonald resigned. and had
\ tine satisfaction Of seeing the organization
: disbaud few weeks after her detection
/ Miss Macdonald does not particularly
] care for the legitimate. She SAYS
/ The only dramatic experience I ever
I had was afforded me q few weeks ago I'm
/ Baltimore. when I LurriedIy took the
I place OF one Of the women members OF
! Joseph Jenerson's company. The papers
: and everybody were very, very kind 10
me and said all sorts OF nice things about
my work, but guess I belong to the mu-
J steal field and should stay there
/ II am wearing boys clothes for the frs.
/ time in my stage experience In The To-
! reader II all seemed so very funny and
/ strange at first. but really it's the most
! comfortable feeling in the world to 20
/ around without a lot Of skirts trailing
| after you.
The starring bee?- Just a little. to be
] perfectly honest. I shouldn't be at all
! ambitious il ] didn't want to head nv own
! company. The many recent failures Of