The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-02
THE PLAYER FOLK

| Three seasons ago. when Harry C0rsou
| CLARKE first played What Happened to
| Jones" in san Francisco on Friday
| nfEht with company OF thirteen char
| acisrs. he occasioned no little surprise
! ana comment among people interested il
! dramatic Affairs His disregard OF the
traditional horror Of the number thirteen
/ and of Friday night gained for him at tho
| hands Of the critics and newspapermen
/ the distinction Of being the one man
| PlucI1od out Of ten thousand who was 81
| peTi0T to the ancient claims of superst :
| tion-a superstition, too, supposedly held
! in particular fear by actors.
/ But those who knew Mr.. Clarke mora
/ intimately thought they recognized in his
novel departure from all established the
/ atrIcal precedent the indication of pet
| superstition Of his own. which is dia-
metTically opposed TO the popular feeling
! that iil-luck and calamity lie in wait for
| those who put -hei- faith in thirteen, OF
| are careless or courageous enough to in
/ aUgUTate new events on Friday
It IS known by his friends that on the
| contrary 3fr. Clarke. who was born on
! he thirteenth OF the month, CheTishes an
Instructive tTISt in that number. and pre-
! iers to institute beginnings on Friday
rather than on any other day in the
/ seven. therefore while the public mar
Yeied that what Happened TO Jones' 50
lnapsDlcicUsly begun should meet with
| such immediate and unquestioned sue
! cess The ac1OT-maI2ger himself expert
enced no sensation OF having dared the
fatcs, or moro or less narrowly survived.
AIT- Cl2Tke's What Did Tcnkins Do2''
( calls Tor a company Of thirteen players.
the same working force demanded by
Jones. and, like What Happened to
Jones was first presented on q Friday
night. Considering the dread OF thirteen
almost universal among actors, il is re-
markaole that the fact of numbering three
and ten occasions no sort OF alarm in the
Clarke company, every member OF which
seems not only to share the stars indif-
ference to the popular superstition, but
even to regard it as mysterious protec-
ton against disaster.
The stock season at the Lafayette
Square Theater viii be brought to close
4 week from tomorrow night. when most
Of the Bellows company will leave for
Denver, where the organization viii play
during the summer
The season in this city has not been so
successful as last year. perhaps OF ae-
count OF the fact that a regular stock
company IS no longer. regarded as an OBJ
ject OF especial interest, as was the case
when the Bellows company was first
| brought 10 the lafayette two seasons ago.
The greatest success that has been
scored ~ the local company during the
year just about 20 be brought to a close
was with The Little Pilgrims" which
established q record for stock business
in Washington, and which could no doubt
have been probably continued for an
additional week had not the management
OF the theater arranged for benefit per
Torrance OF a Midsummer Nights
Dream " which could not be postponed
The new management of the Lafayette
playhouse = paying proposition with trav-
cling companies of the second class, in
which event Washington viii be minus
| stock company next year
Fay Templeton. who has been one of
the features OF the Weber & Fields com-
Bauy for several years. announces that
she is through with the German com
edians- and that next season will and her
playing in TIE vaudeville houses, where
the remuneration is much better and the
work considerably easier
Miss TempletOa viii make her vaude-
vile venture in q sketch Of her own com
position which IS the same as saving that
1t VIII De inEeasUrCabiy superior to most
/ affairs that occupy the continuous and
| twice-a-day houses. as she Is one OF the
cleTerest writer's the American stage has
ever known
And as Miss Templeton leaves the
Weber-Fields colony Of burlesqUers, Peter
F. Daley viii probably return, and not
withstanding the force of May Twins de-
NAL, there is : good chance that the ro-
tund conedienne will be secured by the
-7y-s~,
to replace Miss TempIeton. which she will
find 4 very hard task. even admitting the
genuine abilities OF Miss Irwin as a clever
fUn-makeF.
The Empire TreateT viii close its doors
for the season tomorrow night, with the
last performance Of the Harry Wards
minstreIs-
The old Hoytian farce. "a Parlor
Match" which made several fortunes for
Evans and Hoey, is to be revived next fall
by Charles Evans. who viii play his
original part OF / McCorker
The last time "a ParlOr Match was re-
vived, II engaged the services of Anna
Held as its chief feature and following
this plan. Mr.. Evans proposes to get some
European novelty TO strengthen the per-
Torrance.
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Viola &llen in her production Of The
Huchback' will be able to escape from a
red wig The exigeEcies of the roles
which she has enacted during the past
four years have compelled her 10 wear
an amaranthine head covering. first as
Glory Quayle and IatterIy as Dolores de
Mendoza in In the Palace Of the King"
II was necessary owing TO the authors
text that Glory be crowned with an in
! carnadine capillary head covering, since
in the first act Of the play Hall Cain
makes Glory say TO John Storm.
7 can no more help being gay than I
can help having red hair
Likewise, in 2. Marion Crawford's
story, Dona Dolores de Mendoza is de-
scribed as follows: she was very fair,
with golden hair and deep gray eyes"
Such actresses as have appeared as
Julia, the character Miss Allen imperson-
ates in James Sheridan Knowles famous
old comedy. have always worn 4 brown
OF black wig. Miss Allen has become
so welded to rebicund erubescent hair
that TO see her in raven locks will he
quite a novelty.
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