Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-07-12

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The usual affecting scenes witnessed at
the departure of a stock company will no
doubt take place at Chase's Theater to-
night The Columbia Theater will then
have the field entirely to itself. The theat-
ricaI season is about at it's lowest ebb and
the players and managers have ceased their
labors and are turning vacationward.
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Next season Chase's will have six weeks
of comic and grand opera and three weeks
of musical comedies. The operas will be
under the control and direction of Milton
AbOrn and his brother. Sargent AbOrn, who
deserve credit for the careful and artistic
productions that have been made this year.
The Aborns are fast becoming imprcssarios
of importance. They have just purchased
THE Wizard of the Nile and THE Idols
Eye" rights and plants. and are negotiating
now for six other royalty successes. They
intend giving them next season in the
vaudeville theaters. Already they have con-
tracts for summer seasons next year at
Brooklyn. Philadelphia and Washington.
with others in prospect. BY that time they
expect to give employment to so singers,
principals and chorus. Milton AbOrn is well
known as a comic opera comedian. and his
of his revival Of 'Mliss," with Nellie Nc
Henry. Milton conducts the N York office,
while Sargent looks after the detail work.
Both are interchangeable workers, and are
operate diplomats supreme. The way Sar-
gent Aborn has handled the big company at
Chase's admirably shows his capabilities.
There has never been a complaint to him or
about him during the entire six weeks.
Principals and chorus agree that they never
had a pleasanter engagement. But he adj
rnits that often he has had to strain his tact
10 the breaking point. Last week he heard
that six members OF the chorus intended de-
camping when they received their salaries
Saturday night. Forthwith he put up a
notice that salary payment was deferred i'll
Tuesday. Not word did he say to the
chorus about preventing the leave-taking,
but they remained till now. In just such
= ways as this he has quickly and effeCtualIy
Checked conditions that otherwise would
keep a manager and his company in hot
water.
The unique distinction of participatin in
nearly one thousand ring contests without
losing battle is not so bad 1t is a record
that Young" Corbett or tom" Jeffries
might well envy. and it is held by Lorimer
tombstone, who has been specially engaged
by the Edwin Arden Company for the produc-
ton Of Jim the Penman'' next week The
battles allued TO. however. occurred in the
course Of the popular play Sporting Life"
when JpllllSlpit, DIS the Earn Ol W ODu-
stock, and bob" billiard faced each other
with the mits on. For two years Mr. john
stone was leading man in the above play.
Last Saturday night he left the Herbert
Stock Company III Albany, n. Y, and after
a short stay in New York city came right
on to this city. Lorimer tombstone is no
stranger 10 Washington theatergOers. Only
few years since young tombstone was IN
the diplomatic service here as the bearer of
dispatches from President Arthur. Three
years ago he appeared here as leading
member Of the company presenting The
Paris Model"
native of Newport, Ky. and he is a
grand nephew of the great confederate
general. Albert sydney Johnston. Next
season he will BE- the leading man of the
stock company at the Grand Opera House.
The singers in the comic opera company
at Chases will tomorrow be speeding to-
ward all the points of the compass most
of them bent on vacationizing but a few
pointed toward other engagements. Frear
goes TO New York to do Koko in the forth
coming Madison Square roof garden pro-
duction of The Mikado." beginning Mon
day next. Anna LIGHTER and her hus-
hand. William Schuster, will go far into
the Vermont mountains for a stay of sew
eral weeks Grafton Baker and his wife
will HE themselves to Benton Harbor.
Mich. where Baker has an infantile fruit
farm which he cherishes very strongly His
wife IS Grace Orr Myers. the prima donna
or the Daniels company, and she spent this
week with him here. William Broderick
Will take boat TO Europe in few days and
make flying trip as far Paris. Nick
Burnham always spends his vacations in
Germany and this year will be no excep-
ton. Norma kOpp and her liege lord VIM
Danforth. who has been here with her this
week, will make for the Thousand Islands
as fast as train and boat can take them.
They own a little island in the group
alongside the one that holds the good and
gracious May Irwin all summer. None of
them Will get much more than a months
rest. as rehearSals for next season will be-
gin about the middle of August. The past
week has been pretty hard on them as
NikadO costumes are more than WEI. bit
heavy for a broiling matinee day or a
breezeleSS, sizzling evening performance
back OF stage" They are all glad to get
away, but regret to leave such friendly au-
diences as they have found at Chase's.
The opening Of Chase's Theater next sea-
son will hardly be later than September %,
which is the date of the opening of Chases
Theater at Baltimore. The bookings for
the coming season already include the
Charles Ross and Mabel Fenton Company,
Hyde's comedians. the Orpheum show the
kilties Band, the "Florodora" sextet
Loop the Loop Sherrie Matthews the
Hall of Fame. Phroso. Tom Eck's motor
sensation, Wimschermans bears. James
Thornton. Nick Long and Idalene Cotton,
Mary Norman, Elita Proctor Otis. Ten-Ichi
troupe. Clara BalIerini. Maud HUH. Valerie
Be-gsre. "Hoity Toity." Fanny Rice and
Fadette's orchestra.