The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-11-23

covering from a sudden and serious
illness.
The Rogers Brothers, from the
laughter of the public. have made
enough money TO plunge heavily in
real estate and will have a bona fide
interest in the new theater which is
being built for them. Gus. the elder
of the two and who began his busi-
ness career as errand boy TO a haber-
dasher, recently paid S250,0O0 for an
apartment house.
William II. Crane is a shrewd in
weston in real estate and Francis
Wilson never touches anything in the
way of investment, on or off the stage,
which is not a sure thing" Wilson
is what New Englanders would call
near" for he wastes none of his in
come on Tiotous living.
Corse Payton is one of the richest
men in the business. and every dollar
has been made in the poDular-priced
houses. "Ten-twenty-thi has been
his tocsin, and thanks to unique adj
vertising and indomitable energy. he
is now owner of two Brooklyn thea
tiers, a Boston house, and innumerable
stock companies. When he wants to
please his wife. who has worked
faithfully al his side. he just losses
her the deed to a bit of metropolitan
real estate.
Mr.. Payton, while not exactly on a
plane with Mr.. Mansfield, nurses his
secret ambitions. Last year while in
London he was chatting with some
English actors conversant with his
dramatic methods. and he mentioned
his ambition to play the role of Ham,
let. A jest that was not devoid of
sarcasm was launched at this state
ment, to which the gentleman from
Brooklyn replied quietly:
No, l may not be in Sir Henry
Irving's class, but if put on Hamlet
can do something he cannot do
play it in my own theater."
Maude Adams Very wealthy.
Maude Adams is undoubtedly the
richest American woman on the stage
to-day. Her contract with her man
ager calls for a liberal salary and a
percentage of the receipts In view
of the fact that Miss Adams and the
'standing-room- only" sign have long
walked hand in hand, it goes without
saying that her annual profits have
been enormous. She leads a very
simple life with her mother, Mrs. An
ME Adams, also an actress and of
frugal habits. They own both town
and country property, and were Miss
Adams to retire to-day. young as she
10, SHe WOuiu De INeQ TOT lie.
Julia Marlowe, it is said, cleared be-
tween seventy and seventy-ffve thou
sand dollars last season on when
Knighthood Was in Flower" and that
is one reason why the knowing ones
claim that she preferred a conveient
attack of nervous prostraction to sink
ing hard-earned funds in a produc-
ton which promised no better than
Queen Fiametta" and which is pre-
sumably shelved after a short life.
Viola Allen laid the foundation OF
her wealth in THE Christian" and fol-
lowed this up with another money
maker, "In the Palace of the King. -
From these two. it is said, that Miss
Allen sailed down for the proverbial
rainy day the sum of 500, O0O AS her
new play, THE Eternal City" is also
scoring, she will be pushed into the
front rank of money-makers this sea-
son.
Virginia Harmed, now in her second
season as a Frohman star, has found
a money-maker in Iris" and is rails
ing her weekly earnings close to the
thousand mark.
Thanks to her success in Mistress
Nell, Henrietta Crosman is also 1ay-
ing no golden treasure.