Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-11

papers in New York had that fact IN tyne.
Faversham has been in a most unpleasant
frame OF mind ever since.
Virginia Harmed. who slipped and fell on
an icy sidewalk in Detroit. showed up In
New York all right and on time. in spite
OF the sensational accounts Of the acci-
dent published by the yellow papers.
Madeleine Lucette Ryley sailed for Lon
don New Years day, where she IL TO see
Paui Arthur PTGdueti Ib Of her play Tn rn9
in New York by Nat Goodwin and Maxine
Elliott.
~'Corianton," under the management OF
duction at Salt Lake City on New Years
evening and is now on the road out. west
Miss h~tgorealx, who acts the part OF Zoan
70 Isabel, is the feature.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is super
intending the rehearsals of her play, AN
Unfairly Princess" at the Criterion theater,
New lork, these days and is having her
TO be used in the production.
New York is to have a genuine thriller
right away. Jim Bludso.' which first
broke out In Chicago and was reviewed by
The Bee last season, has finally reached
Gotham and Robert HilliaId is doing the
role of the reckless hero of the Hay poem.
Upon the completion of his present CON
tract with Charles Frohman, William Fav-
ersham will head a company under his
own management as co-star with his bride,
circulated quite extensively In New York
last week.
Stage love is becoming almost as fatal
as the real kind, Out at Greenwood, Neb.,
fatuated with a young woman in the same
company with himself committed suicide
In her presence because she resented his
profered love.
over at Ottumwa the other day a new
feature In the way of strikes came of. The
actors OF a company playing. "Caaght In
weeks back salary. After waiting two
hours the receipts of the evening were dl-
vided among the strikers, the play was
given and the company disbanded.
Clyde Fitch found time the other day 10
send curios valued at $4,000 from his town
house to the new one he has built about a
mile north of the Fairfield County Golf
club, near Greenwich, Conn. This house is
on a hilltop overlooking Long Island
sound, and its elaborateness gave rise TO
the remark on Broadway that Mr.. Shake
speare would have been wiser If he had not
written too soon"
The engagement of David Warfeld at
the Columbia theater, San Francisco, seems
to be a veritable triumph for that actor
and makes good a promise he made when
ne left that ~town-which, by the way, is
his native place-some thirteen years ago.
Warheld was a newsboy in San Francisco
and got an idea that nature had intended
him to be an actor. After much trying he
hnally succeeded in getting an engage-
ment at a local music hall at a salary of
S5 a week. His turn consisted of imita-
ttons and he was Kissed on the stage on
his first appearance. He left town shortly
0ANNAt fO"AA6 ltNSi W thhAh hhAAA ~
came as a star. His present engagement Is
the fulhument of this vow.
James X. Hackett and Miss Mary Man
nering will appear together at the Georgia
Cayyan testimonial on January 10 IN the
1t will be Miss Mannering's first appear
ance in the role of Martha. Miss Fay
Davis, who appears in a new one-act play
by Anthony Hope, Mr.. Faversham and Miss
Mannering will all come from Philadelphia,
where they will appear that week for the
benefit. Another feature will be Miss
Beatrice Herford in a special new mono
logue written for this event. More con-
tributions have been received by Daniel
Frohman, including 500 from Brent Good,
$25 from William H. Bliss, $50 from Mrs.
G. II. Bard, $40 from DR.. /. Landers, $40
from Douglas Taylor, $40 from Dr.. w. 8;
Rainsford, $40 from Mrs. r. A. Shainwald
and $50 from DR.. A. Thomas.
In spite of numerous contradictions from
numerous quarters, 1t is definitely stated
that David Belasco will manage and star
Lillian Russell next season. The scenario
has practically been accepted by the star
and her manage and the work is now
under way. The name of the nbrettist is
locked la the i~mpregnable breast of Be
lasco, but the strongest sort OF a rumor Is
current that William Fuerst, who COM
posed the incidental music for THE Oar
ling of tbs Gods" and Is now director of
Mr.. Belasco's production, has written the
music for the piece in which Miss Russell
will star. The opera Is going to be unique.
For some time past musical productions
have been very light and meaningless, de-
pending rather upon the ingenuity OF clever
comedians and the interpolated numbers
than the intrinsic merits of the piece
itself. Belasco intends to change this and
open the eyes of the theater-going world
with Miss Russeirs piece as he did with
Gods when compared with the ordinary
m production.