The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-04-12

land in the support of N. c. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott three years ago, ana remaining there, has since attaineo to unusual prominence. MT. hopertson ana Miss Elliott will be supported by their own company and will bring to this coun- try their entire scenic equipment They will open their tour at the knickerbocker Theatre in November.
 Klaw 6 Erlanger have secured from George c. Hobart. the humorist the stage rlgnts to his series of comic DOCKS calieo
 John Henry" In colaooraton Witn Edward E. Rose, MT. Hobart will make dramatic version of these stories as the vehicle for Dan Daly's appearance as star under the direction of klaw & Err anger at Daly's Theatre the latter part or May. Mir. Hobart's stories, which are printed in four volumes, have had cir culation of over 3O0,0O0 copies. Several light comedians endeavored to secure the dramatic rights to these stories, but MT. Hobart decided that Mr. Daily would make the ideal John Henry. Klaw & Erlanger will give the new piece a very elaborate production and will surround MT. Qaly with an important cast.
 Joseph Brooks Herbert Gresham and John J. McNally, representatives Of klaw &s Erlanger, who recently went to London to witness performances of Mother Goose, the spectacle now running at the Drury Lane Theatre. which this firm will AAAAPVAt Ac4L SedSOn, nave EStuEHc0 to 4NOW York after spending month abroad. While in London MT. McNally secured material for the new farce he will write for tho Rogers Brothers for next season,
 The Rogers Brothers in London" This farco will be the first attraction present. ed in the New Amsterdam Theatre, which klaw 6 Erlanger are now building on Forty-second Street, near Broadway. It will be followed late in November by Mother Goose.''
 Stuart Robson recently celebrated his 67th birthday as he lay i'll at his home In New York. MT. Robson had forgot ten that 1t was the anniversary of his birth until telegramS of congratulations began to pour in upon him. Messages were received from Grover Cleveland, Senator Arthur Pue German of Maryland. Joseph Jefferson. J. H. Stoddart, former Clara Morris, Ambassador Joseph Ii. Choate. Mrs. Benjamin Harrison, Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller, Secretary John Hay, W. H. Crane and Samuel L.. Clemens (Mark Twain). while players and playwrights innumerable. living in New York, sent him notes of congratu- lation and appropriate gifts. MT. Rob- son who has resumed his tour as the Dromio of Syracuse in The Comedy of Errors, under the direction of Daniel V. Arthur, read all these we'll wishes, and as he expressed it afterward, They made me so happy l just took up my bed and walked.
 Edith Ella Barker, who is soon to debut as a star in her play, "The Point of View" tells the following story of how she ruined the climax of John McCul- lough's farewell scene in Damon and Pythias." T had never seen the play, and as Damon's child had so few lines to speak that the stage manager only had rehearsed with me. Night came and the scene. with McCulloughs acting, and the strength of the situation so overeame me that instead of bidding my father (Da- mon farewell and telling him to go as he embraced Hermion. the mother, 1 fell at his feet, clasped my arms around his leg, leaned my face against his knee, cried and rubbed my make up on his silver feshlinee I hung on to him so that he could not get away. He was obliged to finish the act in that position. When the curtain fell he picked me up in his arms. carried me to the dressing trying to quell my sobbing. He seemed to feel more satisfaction, in the thought that his acting had been so real to a little girl. than annoyance that his scene had been ruined and his tights spoiled"
 William A. Brady has purchased com edy, entitled with Good intentions,'' for Grace George. This paving material will not be used until the season after next, Pretty Peggy serving in the meanwhile.
 Frances Aymer Mathews, the novelist in whose play, Pretty Peggy" Grace George has scored a success, has an- nounced her intention of going on the stage in order to master the practical de- tails of dramatic writing