Evening star., 1903-10-10

during the action of the piece. Juliet speaks
800 words in the Shakespearean romance,
while Portals part in The Merchant of
Venice is 100 words longer Desdemona in
"OtheIlo' and Ophela in Hamlet each
have about 1000 words and the roles of
Camille and Carmen are but little longer.
Most of these roles, however are not of the
sort that generally termed strenuous
as is Mrs. Carter's part in David Belasco's
play, and the actresses who portray them
are seldom the victims of overwork
QUAINT AND CURIOUS.-A curious
feature of old English life in the days of
the hard-riding. deep drinking, fierce fight
ing and true-loving lords of the Elizabethan
age Is found in the great dining room of
cid Haddon Hall, in Derbyshire. On one
of the walls of this ancient banqueting hail.
whose carved panels and time-melowed
beams have been the admiration of archi-
tects and art connoiSSeurS for years there
Is a queer sort of coHtrivance, little above
the height of a mans head, whose pur
pose always has to be explained to visitors.
IL is sort of a pulley, with leathern thong
running through it, and when the master
of the revels discovered that one of the
guests was not drinking his full allotment
of burnt sack. the delinquent was trussed
UP by one arm to this pulley and the wine
non, as drawn by Charles Major in his
original novel. Dorothy Vernon of Haddon
Hail. is depicted as one of these royster-
ing. deep-drinking noblemen, so in Paul
keSter's stage version. in which Bertha
Galland is starring. under the direction of
J. Fred Zimmerman. this feature of Had
don Hall is reproduced
MR.. CHASE AND THE CHURCH.
While theatrical managers nowadays are
called upon to enlist their services and
finances in aiding many public benefac-
tions-and to their credit be it said that
the majority avoid the publication of their
names-it is not known that many have
contributed from their purses to the estab-
lishment and erection of churches.
This latter distinction is possessed by
Mr.. p. B. Chase, but he acquired it more in
the fulfiliment of a filal duty than in an
effort to be an exception to the rule in this
regard. Mr.. Chase was born in the still
thriving little town of Sparta, Ohio where
his parents continue to reside and are pill
lars of the Methodist Church. While at
his home this summer Tor a brief period
Mr.. Chase learned from his mother that
the old church editice was sadly in need
of renovation, and it devoived upon his ia
ther to see that the necessary work was
done. Mr.. ChaSe's mother was of the opn-
ion that what was needed was a new
church edifice, but her husband did not
in going so far, and he proposed to stop
simply at necessary repairs.
Observing how ardently his mother de-
sired modern and more pretentious build
ing, Mr.. Chase offered to give the equal of
any sum that the congregation might
raise for this purpose, provided it was not
less than $1,000, as he considered that at
least $1,000 was the amount required.
When this proposition, the result of Mr..
Chase's wish to oblige his mother. was
communicated to the congre CATION, it was
received with great satisfaction and act
i've missionary work begun toward collect
ing the church's half of the sum. At the
present time the members have raised
over $1,000, and their fund is still growing.
Mr.. Chase now expects that he will be
called upon in the near future to draw his
check for at least s., 800 as his half of the
cost of building.
VIOLA ALIENS DEBUT IN TWELFTH
NIGHT"-The formal opening of Miss
Viola Aliens production of Twelfth
Night" in which she will impersonate
Viola, will occur at the National Theater,
Washington, on October 26. Since becoming
star Miss Aliens initial production of
her plays have occurred each season at the
National Theater and as her several initial
appearances in THE Christian" I'm the
Palace of the King and The Eternal City
met with extraordinary success, she was
naturally desirous that her debut as Viola
in Twelfth Night should begin in the
good old way" Actresses are all tiny
bit superstitious, and a plan which has
proved pleasingly profitable and artisucally
successful is not likely to be departed from
without very good reasons. Miss Aliens
production of "Twelfth Night" is to be at
least a third larger than either I'm the
Palace of the King" or THE Eternal City"
both of which filed two sixty-foot baggage
cars, while this one of Twelfth Night will
occupy every inch of three of the largest
sized cars. Her company. too, is one of the
first magnitude.
FROM CONVENT TO CHORUS-From
convent to chorus is the rather unusual step
just taken by Miss Mary Don, who is max
ing her first appearance on the professional
stage as Dudu in "Winsome Winnie" al the
Columbia Theater this week. Miss Don,
who has lately been a resident of Newark
n. j., has for some time past been the So
prano soloist at st. Patricks Cathedral, in
her home city having been selected for the
post after having completed her musical
education at ST. Elizabeths Convent, near
Morristown, N. J., and deciding that she
would not take holy orders. Since leaving
the convent Miss Don has been active in
concert and amateur dramatic work, until
her abilities attracted the attention of the
Messrs. Shubert, who offer her a place in
their new opera, with the promise of rapid
advancement to a leading role as soon as
she shall have acquired a little more stage
experience. She is now also understanding
one of the principals