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Notes,

Notes,
The renewed statement that
Madame Mojeska would never act in
America again is again proved to be
wrong Ey the announcement Of a six,
weeks California engagement which
she will begin In October.
Theodore Hamilton has been en-
gagged to play Lord nunmore and w
S Hart to play Patrick Henry in sup
port of Orrin johnson In the coming
production OF Hearts Courageous.
r. Marion Crawford has written a
llay For Herbert Keicey and Ellie
shannon, 1t has heen accepted, II is
announced, and will be brought tor
ward about the middle of next season,
Weldon Grossmith has given VI out
in London that he will mover visit
America again, The failure of The
Night Of the Party had something TO
10 with this decision,
Viola Gillette, who has played the
role of Prince Charming In Ktaw \
Erlangers Drury Lane spectacle The
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast, during
the past two seasons, will continue in
this part the coming season tin the
opening Of the new Drury Lane
spectacle, Mother Goooso. when she
will play Colin, the principal 10y
Cecil Spooner, who has thorough old.
school training in singing dancing
fencing and pantomlme. will clay the
% n NJ In
Mother Goose, Ia be presented at the
New Amsterdam theater.
Valerie Bergere Is to abandon the
vaudeville stage next season and win
star in n new play that Is being writ
ten especially for her use Blllle'a
First Love. an attractive little playlot
by Grace Griswold, was used by her
for 3S weeks last season, and Miss
GrIswold had prepared for her another
playlet entitled His Japanese Wife.
which contained n role similar to the
one she had in Nine Butterfly, Miss
Mergers decision to star leaves these
two playlets at the disposal OF some
other vaudevillian.
Wide publicity has been given to n
report that Henrietta Crosman would
produce Twelfth Night This report
is erroneous Miss Crosman viii ap,
pear in Shakespeare for short time
next fall, but the play viii be As You
! Like II, In which as RosaIind she has
received high praise. Her revival OF
As You Like II viii open the regular
season at the Manhattan theater, New
York city, and afterward Miss eros.
man will make limited tour which is
to include this city.
An American who saw Bernhard
recently In London notes a falling of
In her performances. Bernhardt has
become grotesque She poses, rants
squoals, smirks at the audience, sobs
and cries theatrically, and uses her
voice to produce false tones in an
effort to evoke sweet sounds She
dresses like something out OF n
museum. There Is not note OF
sincerity left in her art.
Maurice Kaufman, the American
vlolinist now in London, has arranged
with Henry Wolfsohn TO tour the
United States next winter beginning
/ In an orchestral concert in New York
Kaufman, who is now 20 years OF
age, made his first appearance in New
j York ten years ago with the Thomas
orchestra.
hal lpstNf sfFaeg IuH h.n 40
! by Harrison Gray Flske for the
Spanish play, Marta OF the Lowlands,
that will be produced In New York
next season. Miss Browning came 20
New York from the west In 1892, when
she made her debut In Henry Guy
Careton's play, We Earle Trouble.
She Travelled with Joseph Jefferson
when that actor appeared in repertoire.
and accompanied Nat G. Goodwin 10
Australia, where as an lngenue she
became very popular. One OF her
greatest successes was made as Puck
in A Midsummer Nights Dream. with
James and Warde, Miss Browning.
who as an actress has a quantity al.
tractlys personality, also has
literary gift, says the Dramatic Mirror
n is said that she was paid writer
for The Youths Companion at the
early age Of seven years
The late Stuart Robson. while play.
Ing the role Of BERTHE the Lamb In The
Henrietta In Detroit last season, was
handed the photograph Of young
woman. who wrote: Please guess my
age, and tell we your age" Mr.. Rob
son was seated In the Office Of the late
G. ] Whitney Of the Detroit opera
house al the time. Are you going 10
answer the impcrtinent young person.