Evening star., 1902-01-11

| man. He plays golf, foot ball, he is a
| handy man with the gloves and patronizes
| an kinds of healthful outdoor sports. Com
| blned with his athletic qualities he has
! bluff hearty nature, is always CHEEKY and
bubbles over with the effervescent buoy
i ancy of a boy. His is thoroughly health
/ full personality.
| 1t was reported from Providence, R. L.
| that VIM. Faversham has been Ill and was
| unable to appear. No notice Of any Illness
| so serious as to interfere with his engage
| ment in Washington has been received here
| X X
1t would be strange If the name Of Au-
| gustin Daily should live longer by means Of
| the company that is to be at the Columbia
| Theater next week than by any other meth
| od The stock company which the famous
| manager worked so long to perfect, dis
| banded and went out of existence a short
| time after Mr.. Days death, but the neu-
| cleus of the musical company which he
| has formed for 1.-The Geisha." and had con-
| tinued with "A Runaway Girl" was main
/ tanned, and now is In another season with
San Toy, playing along with prosperity
that bids fair to make 1t permanent fea-
ture In American theatricals.
| Il
'Is 1t easy to keep beautiful?" was ask
| ed Of Julie Opp.
! 'I Sleep" replied the actress.
The writer expected a rush Of prescrip
tions about cold cream and hot milk and
an assortment of advice about hours for
| exercise and a display Of ideas about diet.
! She smiled sweety like child and told
| about sleep.
mo woman she said, "who hopes to
| keep her youth and whatever beauty she
| has can do it without sleep. If don't look
| like a thousand. as I sometimes think do,
| ii is simply because I spend every spare
| hour that I have fast asleep"
prr$ JafEn ao hall nd xx,ha nv,y,
| showed the gowns she wears in "A Royal
! Rival she told in what way clothes
helped
Straight lines In gowns" said Miss Opp,
ARE the secret of more than one woman's
beauty. If you are a professional woman
and can't sleep, adopt straight lines in
stead"
She spread out on the rug a wonderful
I field of cloth of satin. 1t was white and 1t
shone. 1t was In one piece and there was
| no lace.
''This is what I wear in the last act as
| Marta in "A Royal Rival, she said,
lady. % Isn't m itp i Strange, S she added that shat
| look about as little like gypsy as I can,
| yet this is the second gypsy part I have
| played? The other was in John Oliver
! Hobbies A Repentance, and that Is my
| favorite role
! The skill Of the experienced dramatist
| will be well illustrated in the production
| of Lady Windemere's Fam next week.
showing that the worth Of any particular
role is not always dependent upon the
| number of lines it contains. One Of the
| best parts in Lady Windemeres Fan" Is
Lady Agatha Carlisle, which will be play ed
| by Antoinette Walker. The part contains
| just one line, Yes, mamma" yet Is one
Of the most important in the piece and
provokes the greatest amount OF laughter.
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| There are curious customs OF the stage
| the origin of which is not to be found in
any history of the drama, and which would
make a most interesting volume. Why, for
| instance. do acrobats group themselves to-
| gether under family names, such as the
| Seven Picchiani Sisters or the Shaffer
| Family? Again. why do many vaudeville
soubrettes ally themselves together as sis
| ters? And, too, lusty thespians Of male
| persuasion link themselves under the name
| of brothers. Nowhere in the annals Of the
| stage is there to be found any essay or
/ treatise upon the subject. Perhaps 1t has
| grown SO quickly as hardly to excite COM
| ment among the people themselves As
| matter of fact, there are few of these al
| legged families that are actually relatives
| although the Picchiani Sisters are excep-
| tions. all seven being the children of one
| father and mother. Take the Hanlon
| Brothers, the world-famous clowns and
| acrobats All were not Sirnon-pure Han
| Ions. One, 1t Is well known, was Of other
| blood. Then there was the celebrated Shaffer
! family, the Nelson family, the Dammann
| family, the Todd-Judge family. and many
| Others too numerous to mention. Some Of
| these families numbered as many as eleven
| persons, claiming the same name and blood
| relationship. Some may have started as
/ families. and were made up OF father
| mother, sons, daughters and their hus-
/ bands and wives and even children: but
time and accidents break the ranks. and
then some plain John Smith or Bril- john
| son steps up and willingly sinks his own
| identity and name in theirs remaining SO
| the rest Of his life perhaps. Then, too It
I Is not unusual for person to be known
1 professionally as member Of family of
acrobats of one name, but In private life
| he is called by his own surname One
| thing Is certain, and 1t is that all these
1 families owe their existence to an early,
| primitive. genuine family of acrobats that
| made furore in their time and there
| after others borrowed their fame or ingra-
| tiated themselves in public favor as similar
families, perhaps making their names SIM
| liar as means of deception or to further
| Misrepresentation. Such thing Is not un-
| common these days. Often the dramatic
papers Will contain warnings from some
| family Of acrobats against another proun
/ of performers that have assumed q name
| closely like theirs. Borrowed plumaEe, as
| IL were. In the same way, too, the fad for
sister teams has developed, though 1t Is
1 not so common today as ten years ago.
| Who does not remember the EdgewOod
Sisters. the Lawrence Sisters, even the
| Irwin Sisters? And no article upon this
subject would be complete unless the vokes
/ Family were mentioned. Rosina, Jessie
| Fawdon, Fred, Victoria, and there was
another. but his name Is lost in memory
somewhere. And. by the way one Of this
remarkable family was an Outsider :"
neither kith nor kin of the Vokes family
| proper. 1t is to be hoped that some one
some day Will resolve this mystery into its
| various elements OF fact and fiction.
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| In studying out the character Of Miss,
Bret Harte's little border heroine. Nellie
McHenry evidently did so with the avidity
which has its reward in capacity houses
and big receipts. for each small detatl
seems to have received her undivided at
tention- 1t will be recalled that Miss Nc
Henry carries doll through the greater
part OF the play, which is made the object
OF her alternate affection and hatred. She
dances the inanimate young person on her
foot and then stabs her many times with.
as the police records would put 1t. intent
| to XIII" The actress formerly used a doil
OF more prepossessing appearance than the
one which nov figures In the play hut dur