The Washington times., 1902-01-26

! many languages and copies have been
| sold into the millions, the earning pos
! sibilities for an author are small as COM
| pared with the success of the stage. To
| illustrate, take a recent engagement of
"Ben-Hu at the Olympic Theatre. ST.
Louis. In one week the gross receipts
| reached the almost incredible sum OF
| s27. .101. Five per cent Of this is 81. .355 %.
| Not half bad. this. for story not ragingly
| new. The three weeks run in St Louis
brought into the box Office over scr. 900.
Five per cent Of this will ensure a blsz-
| ing leg fire for the winter to comfort
| the bones and kindle the fancy OF the ven
| cradle author in his rural home at Craw-
| fordsyille. Ind.
Show folks have been In the habit of
casting aspersions upon st. Louis as .
! theatrical city. This exhibit should for
ever entitle the Missourian city to bet
| ter standing.
II one might be allowed to use the ex-
preston in describing her. Ida Conques.
| is sort Of fiuttering bit of femininity
| who reminds one Of something fresh and
| in her second season as leading woman
with John Drew. a position which she
earned through her excellent work as
the secretary in THE Tyranny of Tears"
which Mr.. Drew presented two seasons
ago. Although the part which Miss Con-
| quest enacted in the latter play was not,
| by rights. the leading one. she has not
xvft roio cfn
being advanced as the chief support OF the
popular Frohman. In Richard Carvel''
she had role which. according to the
actress herself, brought her on the stage
without rhyme or reason. and which took
her off in like manner. OF her part in
Captain Marshall's play. Miss Conquest
chatted pleasantly with Times inter
viewer one afternoon last week.
"Muriel Mannering is a real, true. and
natural GIRL she said, 'and she does
much the same things that any other girl
would do under similar conditions. The
authors instructions in the original
manuscript are that she must be made
a woman of twenty-eight or twenty nine
years old. which, to me. seems rather
that she has never been In love e he: life
except with a picture. That would be
hardly probable in a woman of twenty
nine. unless she had been shut up In a
convent all her life. So / make Muriel
nineteen instead. and then there is some
excuse for her falling in love with a pic
ture and remaining true to It."
Henry Miller will begin the last week
of his run in Darcy of the Guards" at
the Savoy Theatre. New York. tomorrow
night Mr.. Miller will begin his tour on
the Monday following visiting Philadel-
phia, Washington. Baltimore, Boston.
Chicago, and a few other cities. in which
his play has not yet been seen. and will
reach San Francisco In the spring for his
annual engagement there.
Washington Aerie. No 125. FraternaI
Order Of Eagles. will give its first annual
benefit for its charity fund at the Ma
tional Theatre next Sunday evening. The
entertainment committee has received
many offers from volunteers who desire
to participate in this benefit performance.
Among those who will appear are Emma
Carus. the female baritone; Alice J.
Shaw and twin daughters. the whistlers:
the green Gloves" Monta que and West,
musical artists; Kat!e V. Wilson vocal
list; Anita Cluss, harpist; John T. Sulli-
van, Of the Lafayette stock; John p.
Rogers basso; Susie Rocamore. soprano;
W. A. Morsell. with some new coon melo-
dies; H. S. Whitney. basso; Geo. w.
Harvell. in an original marionetts
novelty: Prof. Holmes. the Madrid Trio.
Mr.. Yount. and Mr.. Holt. and a quartette
tin. Mrs. Blanche Mattingly Rogers.
Charles E. Myers. and James j. Nolan.
The Boys Symphony Orchestra of fifty
Juvenile musicians will be the feature de
resistance at Chases next week. The
remainder Of the bill will include Tom
Nawn. the best stage Irishman today.
and his excellent company; the Three
Meers Sisters, wonderful hlgh-wire ar
lists; KeitL's new sensational cycle whirl.
Carroll Johnson. the minstrel; Hiida
Thomas and Lou Hall, and Maude McIn
tire.
Louis Mann and Clara Lipman have re-
tired Paul Peters Boer comedy drama,
The Red Kloof," in which these stars
from the opening of the season
up to the close of their Providence en-
Both Mr.. Mann and Miss
Lipman made hits in their respective
parts, but it was evident the public pre-
,erred to see them. Mr.. Mann especially,
IN a play with a broad comedy interest
and not one where the comic vein had its
foundation in unconscious humor-funny
things done by a character even in seri-
ous situations.
Mr.. Mann certainly presented very
worthy performance OF the old Boer field
,ornet. Piet Prinsloo. but 1t was evident
hat while his audiences enjoyed his
work in this part, they would have pre-
erred to see him in a character based
solely on the motive st is to laugh"
Rich & Harris are too experienced man
.gers to combat evident public desire.
md therefore they have relegated the
OOci pldy " Il SAcii VIII lcScuh
Mann and Lipman hereafter in piece
hat was avowedly constructed for laugh
ng purposes only. "All on Account Of
eliza"
Martin Harvey will begin his Amer
can tour in New York next October, un-
Ter the direction OF Klaw & Erlanger.
,resenting his latest SUCCESS "Aftar AL