The Washington times., 1902-09-28
Ladies May Go Out
Between the Acts
as Well as the Men
-Orders as to Dress
and Department to
Be Enforced in the
New Amusement
TempIe-Miss Mum
70 Interested.

through the streets or to rumple herseli
up In climbing in and out Of a crowded
street car.
''The matter Of evening dress Is GER
tainly a custom that has been abused
by men and women in this country.
Evening dress should be worn every.
where. but in public places especially.
there is no excuse for defying good
taste Nothing to me is more bourge-
oise than crowd In theater dressed
as though they were going to lunch
con.
''Then cones the matter Of women
moving about between the acts. 1t Is
not right for men to be allowed to walk
and for women to be forced to sit still.
When one remains absolutely quiet for
two or three hours half the enjoyment
Of the occasion is lost and the relief 10
enormous when 1t Is all over.
Therefore. say. let the women walk
around. The foyer has been arranged
for this purpose. They. and the men as
well, can go there between the acts
and talk. think they will like the
arrangement immensely.
"Our principal nights will be Thurs
days. We have started regular sub
scriptions for the Thursday nights
performances, and the stalls have been
engaged By the season. which. BY the
way, will be for thirty weeks. That
will be the big night, like Saturday
night used to be at wallack's-
ut is my object for the pieces to be
much more disnifed than the ordinary
burlesoue seen on Broadway. 1 want
the house to be sort Of quiet Weber
& Fields, and I believe we will get it"
Where Mere Man Comes In.
The man engaged by Mrs. Osborn to
attend to the staging Of the piece and
The general business Is Louis Hooper,
who was brought from England to stage
'.F1orodora'' in this country. The play
he has selected for the opening Of the
house is called. "The Understudy." by
Messrs. Hughes and Walters. Mr.. Wal
ters wrote the music to a great many
songs in the Hoyt plays.
For the leading man Mr.. Hooper Is
having some little trouble. He il di-
vided between Harry Woodruff and
James T. Powers, and 1t seems that each
,f the actors Is hesitating between ac-
cepting the position or trying some
thing else. There is a marked contrast
between the work of the men, but Mr..
Hooper says the role would suit either.
In the matter Of women. Mr.. Hooper
promises to have an array of as pretty
faces as we're ever seen in theater any
where. Blanche Ring. whose only ap-
pearance in New York has been with
"The Defender" in which she has made
such big hit singing in the Good Old
Time" has been engaged for
the leading role.
Some of the Talent.
Some of the others already under con-
tract are the Hengler Sisters. Grace
Scott, Mary Adams. Helen Cheston'
Marie Barry, Kathrine Won Dendunl,
Mary O'Hagan, May Lillis and Henri
eta Eagan With. the exception OF the
Hengler Sisters. who were with The
Beauty and the Beast" last year, and
Miss Scott and Miss Cheston, none OF
them is known in New York. In fact,
it is said that many Of the voting
women have never been on the stage.
and are OF New York families OF ex-
high standing.
Mr. Hooper is probably the busiest
man in New York. He is young. coed
looking and with perfect manners. He
sits all day long in his office in the
new playhouse receiving applications
from stage-struck girls and mothers who
expect their daughters to revolutionize
opera, and. strange to say, his temper
Is never ruffied.
"I believe in the whole thing ne said.
land it certainly will be a success