Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-30

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD'S HIT-WhNe ISIS
Hopkins" was here recently at the Acad-
envy little four-year-old in the au-
dence made a hit in the last act that
brought down the house. 1t was during the
scene in which sis" comes home from
abroad and is hunting the house over for
her father, who was, with others, gone to
the station to meet her. The little one
stood the quest as long as she could, and
then in shrill, piping voice, sang out,
They're gone to the stashun to meet you.
In spite of the helpful suggestion. however,
Miss Melville continued the hunt, although
the sCeene was prolonged trifie in order
to allow the audience to recover.
AN INTERESTING SCRAP BOOK
Norma Kopp's scrap book is one of those
big tones as the literary folk say, with
short leaves plentifully interspersing the
full pages The first cover page is typical
1t is inscribed; Season 10000, Frank
Daniels Opera Company in The Ameer,
Mr.. Danforth as Blakjak, Norma Kopp as
Fanny. Opened October and closed
The date of closing does not appear. In
between the quoted lines are likenesses in
colored pencil presumably of tine principal
characters Miss Kopp's, it is very evident
is a blue, black and white creation of a
girl with very black staring eyes of course
not at All ike HeIs Dul IL IeIllHueT. here
al the first page are clippings upon clip
pings that have never been pasted. Going
forward, columns upon columns of press
notices of The Amer appear with here
and there pencil and ink lines underscoring
the tributes TO the owner of the scrap book.
Here is one, for instance, Pretty Miss
kopp is again daring stripling;' at the
bottom of one page we find notice in one
of the New York yellows, as follows: Nor
ma kopp, one of the most popular of the
Syracuse beauties, who has made the stage
her life work. will be a contributor to next
Sundays yellow" A few pages beyond
the article mentioned appears. 1t is a
three-column affair. entitled First Night
in a New York Theater, by Miss Norma
Kopp." The illustration takes half of the
three columns allotted to the article.
At this point the statement in clipping
that Miss Kopp is a Cincinnati young lady
recalls the fact that In the preceding pages
IL was observed that in one place she was a
Syracusan and in another a Clevelander.
Actresses. like the sailors with wives in
every port have to be natives of every city
in which they become favorites. Here is a
beautiful six or eight-color photogravure of
Miss Kopp. Really she is prettier than the
picture, but 1t is mighty pretty and an at
tractive feature of the book
THE CLOCK AND THE INGENUE.-
Susette Jackson, ingenue of the Berger
Stock Company at the Lafayette. is a native
of Montreal. Canada. and while playing
Her Majestys Theater, that city, had a
humorous, though none the less unplea SAINT
experience. 1t was during a scene between
the ingenue and her sweetheart in the piece
Alec Robinson, that the tinkling of an
alarm clock was heard. At the familiar
sound of the morning call to toll the spec
tatorS turned to see whence Ii came while
Miss Jackson ceased talking. Finally the
clock stopped. But II was evidently SPAS
modic alarm or else stopped through tempo
rary exhaustion, for it suddenly started up
again, and the patience of the Berger Stock
Companys ingenue being taxed beyond the
point of endurance. she refused to proceed
with the performance until the ushers had
Iocated the offending timepiece. 1t was the
property OF man and woman, who had
peen shopping before they attended the the
alter, and tke clock still chuckled in gIee
as IL was borne out by its abashed owners
THE COLUMBIA COMPANYS PER
SONNEL-Eugene Ormonde. who is to
play the leading roles and who has been
engaged in organizing the acting portion
OF the new Columbia Stock Company. re-
turned from New York Thursday evening.
bringing with him the contracts of the
players he sought to engage in the me-
tropolis. The leading woman. Miss Aida
Cortelyou. was last seen in this city with
William Gillette in his production of "Sher-
lock Holmes" Although an American girl.
Miss Cortelyou has made her theatrical
reputation abroad, and IL was in Lon
don that she joined the Gillette company.
She nrst appeared in England in the lead
Ing feminine role with Wilson Barrett in
The Sign OF the Cross" Afterward she
starred through the British Isles in such