Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-21
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success This was the case with a little
ed lib work which Marie Stuart introduced
into the sketch in which she appeared TINS
week with Mr.. Clayton White. In the carry
portion of the p.ayette the da Shing lady I'M
personated by Miss Stuart wagers thou
sand dollars that she will compel the
friaky gentleman portrayed by Mr.. Whlte
to allow his wife to accompany her to PARIS.
One afternoon during the week it evidently
occurred to Miss Stuart that the playwright
had not rounded out his work, for the
. wager is lost sight of in the action. SO,
before the curtain fell, she turned TO ner
colleague and said:
Il will take thar thousand dollars now.
what thousand dollars?" inquired Mr.
White with natural surprise.
'sThe thousand dollars that we bet in the
early part of the act" was the answer.
OF course. Mr.. White was unable to hqul-
date the obligation, but he will. no doubt,
fortify himself with sufficient stage money
to meet the emergency in the future.
A STAGE DIRECTORS ROYALTIES
Edwin Barbour, stage director of the Pike
company, is a playwright who has found
dramatic writing lucrative, even If 1t
doesn't always bring fame. Although only
middle-aged, Mr.. Barbour might settle down
to enjoy for the remainder of his life the
royalties accrung from his plays If 1t was
not for the fact that he prefers the work
Of stage direction to idleness. His North
ern Lights is produced annually by almost
all of the larger stock companies, his Land
of the Midnight Sun and White Squad
ron" find many stock managers who give
them annual revival, and with the other
plays he has written, so comfortable sum
in royalties is accrued that Mr.. Barbour Is
one Of the wealthiest men in the theatrical
business. He has charge Of the Pike COM
pany's stage, and it's productions are made
by him.
OBTAINING TRAVEL VIEWS-With
the increase in popularity accorded to the
Burton Holmes lectures, no little curiosity
as to how he is able to obtain many of the
pictures which he exhibits is felt. With
very few exceptions, every one Of his pic
lures, whether the colored views shown by
the stereopticon or the motion pictures, are
taken by him personally or by his travelling
companion, Oscar Bennett Depue. In the
many countries visited by him the majority
Of pictures are not difficult to obtain, as
the average native. in barbaric countries
at least, has no particular objection to pos
ing before the camera, provided his hands
are crossed by the necessary coin.
Frequently, however. as in the case Of OBJ
tanning motion pictures of the Car Of Rus
STA, of Count TolStoi in his home garden
surrounded by his grandchildren, or Of
dash to fire by the Hawaiian fire depart
ment, no little diplomacy Is necessary. In
the latter instance the circumstances were
amusing, and at the same time eXaSperat-
ing. In the search for different character
istic scenes of animations suitable for mo-
ton pictures Mr.. Holmes rightly thought
that the people Of the United States would
be glad to have a realistic reproduction of
this insular fire department.
Having been keen observer of human
nature in its many phases for the past ten
years Mr. Holmes judges that it would be
o. fhc MN 1intp
thorities or the chief of the fire department
to turn out the engines and hook and lad
der companies for his especial benefit, and
1t. was equally impossible for him to wait
on a convenient street corner with his mo-
ton picture apparatus prfmed for business
until some infrequent fire should break out.
1t SO happened. however, that Mr.. Holmes
had planned to deliver three lectures In
Honolulu, and he decided to show motion
picture of the Omaha fire department
which, by good fortune, he had brought
with him. To this lecture he invited the
fire chief, his lieutenants and head men with
their families. OF course, the fire depart
ment picture aroused more interest and en-
thusiasm In their breasts than all the other
parts of the lecture put together.
At the close Of the entertainment dele
cation Of the f1remen waited on him in his
dressing room and asked. as an especial
favor, IL he would run the picture for them
again. This was done, and still he gave no
sign Of his deeply hidden motive The repe-
tftfon OF the picture aroused as much en-
thusiasm as before, and the chief of the fire
department, when thanking Mr.. Holmes for
his invitation. announced that while he
thought the Omaha fire department was all
right, the Honolulu fire department could
beat 1t all hollow. At this Mr.. Holmes
smiled incredulously,. the chief reiterated
his assertion and Mr.. Holmes again smiled
This SO exasperated the fire chief that in an
unsuarded moment he offered to prove his
assertion by turning out the entire depart
ment that Mi. Holmes might see for him.
self how much better they could do things
In Honolulu than they could In Omaha II
on having visible proof of this superiority,
and the result was one of the best motion
pictures in his collection.
NEW THEATER GOSSIP.-A recent dis
patch from Toledo, Ohio, announcing that a
chain of theaters including all the large
cities from New York to San Francisco had
been formed by Havln & Stair to book in
dependent attractions has not been con-
f1rmed 1t has been stated that the Lafay-
cite Of this city would go into such a cir
cult, and also that two new theaters would
be built here.
JOHNS OPPORTUNITY. Opportunity
Knocked suddenly and loudly this week at
the door of John r. Henley, an usher at
Chase's Theater. and John was in. This Is
the modern novelist's way Of stating the
prosaic fact that the chance for which
young Henley had waited long time final
ly came and he seized 1t like q tramp
grasping a pot OF hot coffee In weather
like the present. It came about, as usual,
through the misfortune that visited an
other, the other being Brannan Of the yau-
deville firm of Brannon & Martini, dealers
In bogus magical art. Young Henley has
cherished an ambition to shine on the vaude-
vile stage, and being a big. strapping
young fellow quick and Intelligent, every
body has argued that he ought to have a
chance, so John some months ago attached
himself to the Chase staff and bided his
time The most important step of all; ne
obtained friendly footing with the house
stage manager. a difficult accomplishment
always. because the occupants of that dis
tingufshed post back Of the curtain are
generally inclined to regard themselves as
Of more Importance than the manager al.
though this Is not SO much so at Chase's
Still John was right in doing as he did, as
later events proved. Last week Brannan
was hurriedly called away and 1t was
feared that the act would not be able to
play this week here owing to the necessity
for Mr.. Martini to have a comedian -clum-
silly expose the very clever magical tricks
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