The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-20

success-pathos, villany, and comedy. Be-
sides, the scenic surroundings make
picturesque stage production and that at
tracts attention. This will appear at the
Academy of Musicc Monday night, Sep
TENDER twenty first.
At the Academy of Music on Tuesday
night, September 9th, will be seen one of
the most important of the early attrac
lions booked here, this being Marie Mon
tagu in her new play of Sweet Jasmine"
Miss Montagu is Virginian by birth,
but has been so long in England that she
is heralded as an English actress. She is
the niece of the late Major Candee, Pay
master General of the United States
Army, and in her girlhood days was con-
sidered one of the most beautiful girls in
Virginia Her success upon the stage
has been most wonderful, for in the space
of five years she has arisen from a mere
novice to the envable position of Il re-
cognzed Star Her greatest success has
been achieved in emotional roles, in the
greatest of which she will be seen here.
After an absence of four years Mr.
James Young will again be seen in the
South this season, appearing in Miss
Viola Aliens magnificent revival OF
Twelfth Night" Mr.. Young will play
the part of Sebastian, the twin brother
to the Viola of Miss Allen. The elaborate
production of Lord Byron which Mr.
Young presented on his last tour of the
South with his own company is still re-
membered for its poetic beauty and
charming stage settings. During the past
three seasons Mr.. Young has created sew
eral important parts in the plays present
ed by Mrs. Fiske at the Manhattan
Theatre, New York, and has appeared
with Sir Henry Irving, making a tour OF
England, Scotland and Ireland with the
famous actor. He and Miss Viola Allen
resemble each other strikingly.
Corinne, that charming young woman
of the lyric stage, is credited with this
story: Last week." she says, 81 was es-
corted through an asylum with a number
of other visitors, and asked the attendant
if he had any famous persons in custody
at that time We'll, no, miss, we amt
got none as you call famous, but we has
just got in two as you might call inter
estfng, he replied. Who are they? l
asked, with morbid interest.
- They re sort O. common up mere, ne
answered. one is woman who thinks she
can write verse for breakfast food, and
the other is a fellow who says he can
write an accurate railroad schedule for a
summer resort.
Daisy Hamlin, who is playing the role
of Angela in king Dodo," and who will
be in Raleigh this season. tells an amusing
story of a cousin of hers, whom she was
visiting last summer.
zone morning at breakfast says Miss
Hamln, my cousins husband remarked;
What if l were one of those hus-
bands, my dear, who get up in the morn
ing and bang things about, and kick like
everything, just because the coffee is
cold?
:" John, replies his wife, I would make
it hot for you
Miss Percy Haswell's forthcoming APP
pearance in this city as a star, under the
direction of Mr.. George Fawcett, the ac
tor-manager of Baltimore, will be made
in her new play, 1.-THE Favor of the
Queen" by Roy S. Sensabaugh. She will
also have Romeo and Juliet ready for
production, but it has ben decided to give
her new romantic comedy hearing here.
This play, which was the winner in the