The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-12-21
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ing incident which came under his no- tice while he was playing with, Booth and Barrett. MT. Barrett was, as IS wei remembered, a man of somewhat austers personality, and at all times severey tenacious of the highest ideals or the ac- tors art. A young man who nad srue- gled without much encouragement to im- press on Mir. Barrett the value or ms comic attainments in classic repertoire drifted away from the company and sup sequently made a considerable nit in one of Hoyt's plays. He met MT. Barrett wno was walking with dignihed tread along Broadway and rushing up to him seized his hand and greeted him effusiveiy.
 ..Of course you remember me" he said. 1T was with your company, you know.
 "Ah. yes, And what are you doing now?'
 The comedian was compelled to explain to Mr, Barrett a fact which the manage ment had been endeavorins to impress by means of advertising; namely that he hao made a hit as a Hoyt comedian
 And what is the playr" asked MT. Barrett with kindly interest.
 "A Brass Monkey"
 ..A-Brass- Monkey! H'm. I have no doubt Brass Monkeys are very scarce nowadays"
 When John C. Fisher. who produced 'iFlorodora, was in London last sum- mer completing his arrangements for the production in this country, he held sew ersl interviews with Leslie Stuart, the composer.
 Come down to the country with me and spend the night at your house," was one invitation MT. Fisher received from the composer.
 ''My house! exclaimed Mir. Fisher in surprise.
 T call 1t that" said Stuart. T paid for the place with the royalties you sent me from 'Florodora.'
 When Ethel Barrymore leaves the Sa- voy Theatre, New York. December H. she will have had three months of positive triumph there and will have more than duplicated the record she achieved in .NCaptain links at the Garrick Theatre last season. Miss Barrymore will make way at the Savoy for the season of Clyde Fitch's plays. which will begin December 9 with the production of The Girl with the Green Eyes" in which Miss Clara Bloodgood will appear.
 Charles Frohman Is arranging the fol- lowing new productions for New York: Clyde Fftch's latest play. The Girl With the Green Eyes," with Clara Bloodgood; ''The Unforeseen" 6 new play by Robert | Marshall, author of Second in Com mand," etc.. with Charles Richman and Margaret Anglin; Madeline Lucette Ky | ley's new play for Annie Russell entitled | Mice and Men," and stephen Phillips l Ulysses" in which over 200 people will ! appear.
 De Wolf Hopper, who is starring In | MT. Pickwick," on tour, declares he has about made up his mind to abandon for ever the curtain speech he used to make condemning the bill of fare of various hotels en route. He says that during the | two years that he was at Weber and | Fields, New York, he got quite as many bad steaks on Broadway as he ever did at Painted Post.
 | Henry W. Savage has accepted for pro- | duction an opera by Henry Blossom, the | author Of Checkers" It Is understood that this new work will be staged as quickly as George Ades Peggy from Paris" Is put on. With both Ade and Blossom writing for him, MT. Savage would appear to be well supplied witf humorous writers.
 This is apparently David Belasco'i crowning year. Failure has kept care fully away from him. It is reliably re- ported that Miss Blanche Bates, In "Tht Darling of the Gods just opened at Be lasco's New York Theatre. is practically tho sensational hit of the season.
 Peggy from Paris" is t0 be produced at the Studebaker Theatre, Chicago, ir January. Active r0hearsals will begir within a week. It is understood that ont of the scenes in the play will be re plioa Of one of the handsome rooms 1T one of the Chicago hotels.
 Miss Pettiooats," novel by Dwight Triton, N the latest publication to D, dramatzed. The work is being done bJ MT. Triton. in collaboration with George T. Richardson, the dramatic editor of The Boston Traveller, and the play is to have a production next spring.
 Joseph Hart and Carrie de Mar gavt copyright performance of their new farce, Sunny Jim," a week ago at Ben. nington, Vt. The piece will be used next fall, though William A. Brady intends keeping Foxy Grandpa" on the road fol some time.
 Blanche Walsh is meeting with pro. nounced success in Stanislaus Stangel romantic drama, '"The Daughter of Ham. Hear" and the papers in every city visit. ed by her have agreed that the part ot Salammbo is exactly suited to her.