Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-04
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Gossip of staReIand.
Sarah Bernhard has followed out her
alleged sleeping I'm a coffin as a pleasant
bed to its logical conclusion. 1t is said she
has had a monument erected TO herself IA a
Paris cemetery.
A woman's faith goes beyond all under
standing; Not seeming to mind The fact
that D'Annunzios dramas failed to draw
Madame Duse is having a couple more
pieces written by that weird playwright.
Richard Mansfield has become tangled up
In a controversy over the correct way to
spell Shakespeare. AS the immortal VIII
liam signed his name no less than eight
difficult for any one at this late day to de-
eide which one of the eight styles of spell
ing he preferred.
1t is really pleasing for we OF the woolly
west to note that blase New York has fol-
lowed cultured Boston in giving hilarious
and unstinted endorsement to the antics
and melody of The Sultan of Sulu."
Kiram's cocktail song touched a responsive
chord in the knickeTbocker bosom, just as
Hub.
Dorothy Morton is to resume her role of
Mrs. Crocker, with The Prince Of Pilsen"
company at Omaha. Helen Bertram, who
has been doing this role since Miss Morton
left the company, will go to the new Saw
age company, to create a part in Peggy
from Paris. Miss Morton will sing Tor
the first time under the new engagement at
Omaha.
Beatrice Terry, the little niece of Ellen
Terry. played a childish part in Sara
CAtNN III LOlldun AtNthNAS Will tlld n
able self-possession and grace and justi-
fed the expectation that the traditions of
this remarkable family of actors will be
maintained by a new generation. Her
voice is said to be clear and resonant, and
she Is said to have brought tears to the
eyes Of many spectators by simple touches
of pathCs.
One Of the pathetic circumstance that
came to light in New York City on Christ
mas eve was that Pauline Markham, once
the queen of stage beauties, is now earn
ing scant subsistence by sCrubbing floors
In a Harlem fiat building. This is the
woman whose arms were once described as
the lost arms Of Venus and to whom
Whittier indited an autograph letter de-
claring her to be IA pearl among pebbles"
She is old now and has lost her beauty,
but she retains some measure of pride,
for she conceals her identity behind a ic-
titious name.
The young man Known as kid" Broad,
who on occasions punches the head of
other young men for a share in the purse,
recently attended a performance of Mans
bought an admission ticket, and after he
had entered he could not get near enough
the.rall to see the stage, so dense was the
crowd. He hoped upon tiptoe three or
four times; he lodged about from point to
point, ,trying, in vain to find a loophole
where he could peep. He gave it up finally,
and went back to the manager of the
house. "Hully gee!' said he; "hully gee,
but dis show is a money getter! Who
wrote it?"
Possibly the most beautiful theater in
Mexico is the Teatro Juarez, in GUIANA
JudIO. IL COST SOUu,UJU ana Will seat ABOUT
5000 people, but has never been opened.
The reason of this is: The president of the
republic, General Porhrio Diaz, visited the
city about five years ago, and during his
reception they stoned him. He took an
oath that he would never return, and they,
thinking he did not mean it, invited him
place OF amusement, and he has persisten ly
declined to do so. Consequently its doors
remain closed. for TO open 1T under less
august auspices the management cannot
bring itself.
neighbors at New Rochelle has a perfectly
lovely little boy, who never gets any one
into trouble and who had rather go to Sun
day school than stay at home. The other
and when he came in for his supper he de-
clared to his mother that he had at last
father. How is that?' asked the mother.
We'll, you see,.' replied the little fellow,
ne was bsI aagoin ? by; an, his horse nnnS got : pa 6atky y
wouldn't go no more. But he didn't get
mad about 1t. He just set back an told
that horse all about God an the-the bad
place"
The death of Nate Salisbury removed from
the field of theatricals and the circus bust
ness a man who, in his quiet way, left his
stamp on a good many novelties. OF late
years Mr.. Salsbury's career was devoted
hess, and having a half interest with
Colonel w. f. Cody in the Buffalo Bill
show for years. he has accumulated a for
tune. Though he turned to the circus
business and found II a lucrative one, his
earliest associations were with the stage.
Before taking up Buffalo Bits business
over the country. Salisbury himself was a
comedian of no small ability, and his work
was always a feature of these dig shows,
particularly in his "Greenroom Fun which
was a novel thing. 1t was in this piece
that Nellie McHenry, Eddie Girard and a
score of others who have become widely
known since scored their first hits. Green
room Fun" by the way, was a novelty in
that 1t was one of the first pieces to give
the audience a glimpse of behind the
scenes life, only I'm this instance 1t was
travestied for laughing purposes. II was
m the midst of this success that Salisbury
that time Colonel Cody was appearing in
theaters, and the bullet-pierced walls of
the Peoples theater in the rear of that
house today are mute reminders of his old
borating the show, and making 1t the big
thing that 1t has since developed. OF
course, at the outset, things were not done
on such a big scale, but from time TO time
the show was increased. and with its prog
ress Salisbury became e~stranged from the
theatrical business almost entirely. An
other of his ideas was the taking of the
Buffalo Bill show to England. He had
travelled a good deal in Europe, and took
advantage of the queer notions the Eng
lshmen had concerning America, with the
result that many ignorant of this country
accepted the show as a reflection of Amer
lean life. The enormous success of the
European trip demonstrated how thor
oughly he had sized the ton up In ad-
firing disposition, especially for a circus
man, but he had wonderful executive
ability, and as much credit mas always
been given him for the great success of the
connected with that show, not excepting
Colonel Cody himself. As a result of his
remarkable foresight and good manage
ment Of a good thing after he got 1t sails