Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-08

auction during the week. Prices realized
indicate that Ada's charms have been for
gotten b. a tickle public.
Blanche Bates Is booked for a lengthy
stay In San Francisco next October. As
engagement.
Christian on tour next season ano e J.
Morgan will again bay John Storm Tor =
few Of the opening weeks.
Alice Lennon. who was taken IN in Phua-
delphiB. has been discharged from the hos
pital. but is not likely to continue with
+. s. Willard this season.
The collection Of jewels OF the late Kate
Castleton. who died about ten years ago, r.
to be sold at auction In Oakland. Cal. this
week Their value is placed at $4,000.
Bertha Galland will play = spring en-
Washington with Romeo and juliet"
beth"
His Majesty and the Maid is the tile
Joseph lie Brandt in whilh Many Emerson
viii star next season. She Wilt be under
the management OF Samuel Lewis.
The 2o0th perfol mance of '"ihe Marriage
of Kitty was celebrated at Wyndham's
theater in London on February Is. whsn a
souvenir in the shape Of a portrait Of Marie
tempest, autographed by herself. was dis
tributed to the audience.
George Fawcett, the Baltimore actor
manager, has secured Mrs. Osborne's play
house and therein installed Miss biary
shaw, who gave ibsen's Ghosts to the
peop.e who had declined comedy of the
mcnern sort and Shskespeare's plays done
without scenery.
Dewitt Clinton. who will be recalled in
Omaha as a member OF the Ferris stock
company during 1901. died In Chicago on
Wednesday from typhoid fever. He had
Omaha Mr.. Clinton went to San Francisco
where he was shot and dangerously
never fully recovered from the effects Of
that wound.
George AIDES bright new comic opera
sdcdssgy from H. cb PsTis is pr9 n q a6Siosd
where it has been running for several
weeks, and will hold the boards there untn
the summer season. dr.. Aue seems to be
as successful in comic opera writing as he
has been in the newspaper field. The opera
is beautifully staged and is drawing
crowded HOUSES nightly in Chicago. Peggy
from Paris" will not be seen west of Chi
cago this year.
In a recent.copy Of Der Artist a German
publication devoted to the amusement bust
ness, q want ad was to this effect: Young
man. aged rs. graduate prominent college,
good In pantomime. posing and flying rings.
English. Dutch, German and Portuguese,
desires a situation in a circus company OF
thester; acts as carrier IN equiiibristie
prefer locating in Italy, France, Turkey
Algeria. Egypt or South America Tumb-
ling and gymna stics have been evidently
taken seriously in this youths case.
II does not detract from the feeling of
public gratitude due the press agent that
most of the stories he tells about his star
have never happened to him. In fact, some
of the incidents certain players are made
participants in were old centuries ag1.
Many a good story is thus rescued from
oblivion. In this way IL is told OF a certain
comedian who was once touring a remote
part of Ireland, that he had TO stay over
night at a wayside inn not usually fire.
! quented by visitors. In the morning he in
formed the landlord that his boots which
had been placed outside his room door, had
not been touched. All, shure,'' said the
landlord, and you moight put your watch
and chain outside your room door in this
house and they wouldn't be touched
Bernhard. who. years ago, when she
shone in the Theater Francois, played the
title role in Racine's "~AndrOmaque," has
lately resppeaTed as Hermione in the same
play. and with unbounded applause. Her
youthful part she gave to a rising young
actress. Dufresne, who was warmly APP
plauded. This waif comes by way of Lon
don: in her loge, in the intervals of the
waits. Nine. Bernhardt was receiving hel
friends. To the herald Of the Pail Mall
Gazette the tragedienne was especially
gracious. All she said. when her hand
had been respectfully saluted you want to
know why | have chosen "Hermione." Be-
cause / wanted to- And she laughed q
little laugh of triumph. Besides. lou
know. one must Civ the young ones a
chance. and Nine. Dufresne has plenty OF
talent for such a part as Andromadue;
wasn't II fine"