The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-09-25
THE PLAYER FOLK

the week has won her many admirers
among the Academy clientele.
Miss Pettes is a Boston girl. and made
her debut with the new well-known
Castle Square company Of Boston. After
playing there for over a wear. during
which time she declares that almost ev-
cry kind OF part fell TO her Let. she went
on the road. " and has since proved her
alaptabiHty for many roles. In The
Bandit King" Miss Pettes scored one of
the hits of the piece. The role OF an
Indian somehow always appeals 10 an
audience. The faith. trust, and dos-Iike
gratitude of the race makes such d part
one Of absorbing interest. and. added
"a these qualities. Miss pettes innate re
fnement contributes all the subrleTy
and underlying beauty of the character.
Her performance was marked through
out with the utmost repression and his
trionic ability.
When asked where her home is. Miss
Pettes answered that her mothers home
is in Boston. but IT is only hers when
she is not acting.
When I went on the stage" the act
ress said last night everybody at
home thought that ! had lost my mind.
Many raised their eyes and shrugged
their shoulders in horror. and my girl
friends refused to believe it. But when
I went back 10 Boston as leading woman
they all hocked in to Sc me and We're
very anxious 10 meet the leading man
That was the length and depth Of their
resentment.
Hall Game. whose The Eternal
City Viola Allen is rehearsiug. has been
taken to task by London club TO which
he belongs for appearing on a Roman
Catholic platform on a previous occa-
sion His rejOindeT is that as dramat-
ist ne recognized the good feeling which
had nearly always existed between
dramatists and the Roman Catholic
Church That church. he says had been
the friend OF the drama il nearly all
ages and countries. and dTamatists had
TecipTOCated the good viii by treating
the priests and services Of the church
with becoming reverence. From the
earliest times the Catholic Church had
recognized the power of the drama 10
teach, instruct. and amuse. lllsi no
dramatist, whatever his faith, ought 10
fail in gratitude 10 the church which
had done its best to keep his craft
alive.
Burr Mcintosh. who recently signed to
play az Mrs Robert Osborn's playhouse,
has, requested that his contract be can
ceIed. and this has been done Mr.. Nc
Intosh is in a commercial business, and
has finally decidaI il is inexpedient for
him 10 combine the theater and trade
lie announces that he has now retired
permanently from the stage. His prin-
cipaI performances have been as Tany
Fail ~ Nd Tho old h1aGi---,1fTk In
In Nizzoura," and as typical South
ern gentleman in alabama
Dorothy Dorr has. registered an Of
fetal protest. accompanied by a Doctors
certificate, with W y. Lawrence. man
ager OF Hearts Aiame." in which she
IS playing Mrs. Harmony at the Bijou
Theater. New York. Al the end of the
third act Arnold Daily IS called upon 10
siep her severely On hSr cheek. This
has either brought on OF asEra Iated an
injury TO The nerve Of a sens. I've tooth.
and this. she claims, has caused sleep
less nights Mr.. DAILY has promised to
lessen his attack
Baron Humbug.T the new Barnett
musical play, with music by Lewis S.
composer Of Prince Pro
TEN. with additional numbers by N. ".
Daniels. b c. Henry. and D. K Stevens,
and lyrics by R. 4. Barnet, and D. K.
Stevens, viii be presented February
next.
Captain Molly is q frost" at the New
York Manhattan Theater. and so it is
declared null and void. giving way to
Minnie DuDree in "A Rose O. Plymouth
Town a. that house next Monday Miss
Dupree is the first Of she new stars on
the waiting list to get on Broadway
through one Of the early metropolitan
failures
Josie Sadler. whom John c. Fischer
has engaged 10 originate in this country
The part taken in London by Connie
Ediss in The Silver Slipper. - is known
of the stage as the wife Of Fred Len
1ox, the comedian, now with The Bur
yomaster-" Miss Sadler. who has
round face and figure has a thick Dutch
dialect that holds It own with that OF
sam Bernard.
Not much is known Of Eugene Walter.
author OF Sergeant James" except that
he is a newspaper man turned drama
list. KiTkc La Shellc, who has pro
IUced the drama. claims it is destined To
be as big a money maker as Arizona.
Il IS described as perfect avalanche Of
episodes and cIimaxes. Walter is not
The only newspaper man that has aban
Toned that vocation in favor of play
writing. There are Harry B. Smith
George ades Sydney Rosenfeld John ]
H. J. ". Dam, and Mr. La
Shelle himself
Fred C. Berger's tour with Wilson /
Barrett's The Sign Of the Cross" be
gan in Meriden, Conn. Monday afght. /
The company, composed of a copIbina- I
ion Of English actors from the cast of .
the play last season, and American
players. many Of them formerly mem (
5ers Of Mr.. Berger's Lafayette Square /
stock company, Of Washington. is
booked for thirty weeks. and will pIav
y most of the large cities where THE
Sign has been popular so long. as well
IS in all of the principal cities of lesser
ize-
Stuart Robson is. with the exception
g