The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1902-04-19

month. and it is reported, he. will meet a
noted foreign playwright with a view to
new stupendous production for next
year
It is said that New York society is now
amusing itself at its own homes with the
antics of small, select and specially en-
gagged ballets made up of professional
dancers.
Frederick Conger, the original Little Bill
lee in ''Trilby." has been engaged to play
the leading juvenile roles in the Buffalo
stock company at the new Teck theater
the coming season.
Charles Hooker and NabelIe Davis clever
dancers who have been performing in Lon
don and Paris for the past six months,
have been signed by George W. Lederer
for his wild Rose company
Lillian Russell and Mrs. Leslie Carter
are personal friends and in celebration of
a special performance Of -Du Barry
Miss Russell presented the latter with
beautiful brooch of diamonds and pearls.
Two daughters Of J. Cheever Goodwin.
the lbrettist made their debut on the stage
last Monday night. One is named Eileen.
aged T. and the other Katherine Louise,
The Passion Play has been stopped in
Montreal. The church spoke through
Archbishop Bruchesi and the management
of the venture decided that to oppose the
will of the faithful would be to enlarge
travel to the poor house.
The trouble between the Lyceum and AL
hambra theater. London. over the services
Of Cecilia Lotus has been settled She will
appear with Sir Henry Irving in Faust
and the Alhambra win have first can on
her vaudeville services
England's Oldest actor. James Doel. cele-
brated his 9Sth birthday recently. In his
prime he played with Edmund kean and
many other famous actors and actresses.
From his present state of health he bids
fair to celebrate his century.
Rostand's next play is to be called Joan
Of Arc 1t is reported to have been re-
served for the debut of a society woman.
who is said to have paid $2O0.000 in advance
for it. Charles FrOhman has secured the
rights to it for America and Annie. Rus
sell IS slated to create the title role.
Emma Fames was suddenly taken i'll in
Chicago Tuesday night The doctors dag
nosed her ailment as ptomaine poisoning,
and attributed the cause of the trouble to
fish which Nine. Games had eaten. It was
announced that she would be able to ap-
pear in the course of several days
Elfe Fay, the well known American SOU
brette, has been ordered to be committed
TO the Holloway jail in London for default
against her for debt. Miss Fay is now in
Paris The judgment was for a dress
makers bill, and was for only a small
Frank Mckee, Mary Nannering's mana
ger. is said to have secured three new
plays for his star He is also having one
the success or failure of Mr. FTtch's play
depends the chances of the other pieces be-
ing presented
Not only has Amelia Bingham scored an
other personal success in a Modern Mag
dalen- but she is being applauded in New
Yord for affording the opportunity to Hen
I T.. DIXeN. Wilton IackaYe. Arthur BY
ron and others to share honors with her
A great many people believe Dixey has
made the hit of his life in this piece.
Chicago is to have two new theaters in
about another year. Both of them are to
located on RandOlnh street inst east ~
Dearborn. and to cost 100000. while the
present management of the Dearborn is to
construct another theater near the present
site of that playhouse
"A Chinese Honeymoon . a. London YER
| sion of Lecoq's operetta of '.Fleur-de-The.' %
made known here in the SOS as THE Pearl
| of Pekin,' is to be presented some time il
] the near future in New York by Nixon
/ and Zimmerman: Thomas O. Seabroole.
! Edwin Stevens, Annie Yeamans and Adele
| Ritchie are reported to have been engaged
/ for the play
Ethel Barrymore had narrow escape
recently IN Boston. She mistook an ex-
/ tremeiy strong medicine for bottle of
spirits of ammonia and took a dose before
/ the dlIefelce IN taste aroused her Sus-
picions and prevented the dose from being
a large one, but she had taken sufficient
/ to incapacTtate her Tor the time being. The
j curtain was kept down for some time but
she finally appeared.
The custom of adopting stage names
than it used to be. A writer IN a Brooklyn
paper points out that in the olden days not
peared before the public under his own
/ name OF the three sBillys' of ninstrelsy
! Emerson. Billy Rice and Billy " est. Elmer
4 sons real name was William Redmond
Rice's William Pearl and Vests John
| Murphy.
A bitter quarrel is on in the Messenger
Boy. company 1t appears that Georgia
/ Game was away from the company. last
week and so James 7. Powers was as
signed to the green room at the Alvin the
alter in Pittsburg, one of the best in the
country. His wife. Rachel Booth who has
a small part in the. production shared it
with him. When Miss Game returned she
was very WrOth that q subordinate mem
Der of the company should be housed in q
superior manner to the way in which She
/ mad been provided Tor. ana the result
a war of words between her and Powers
Edward L. Bloom. the manager of the
York and S F. Nixon had to be sent out
l to straighten the tangle.