Omaha daily bee., 1903-03-29
Gonrip from staEelnnd.

showing these picturesque scenes Is near
ly 1000 feet long.
Gossip from st~aEeInnd.
Hobart Bosworth has signed to play leads
for Henrietta Crosman.
= Frederick Paulding, well remembered IN
Omaha. is playing Cassius with Mr.. Mans
Peggy from Paris although near the
end Of its third month in Chicago, Is still
standing them up"
Edward E. Rose and George ". Hobart
are to write a new play for Tim Murphy,
which he hopes to produce next season.
A fire in the home of Mrs. James Brown
Potter at M~aidenhead. England. destroyed
all her collection OF valuable tapestries and
household furniture.
prince of Pllsen" has made as big a
tear in New York as any of the other
Savage enterprises. Helen Bertram Is back
singing the widow part again. Dolly Morton
couldn't hold herself down.
Last Monday the one hundredth perform
ance of The Sultan Of sulu' was given IN
is no diminution in the attendance.
On Wednesday night the S5Oth perform
at the Casino in New York. This Is n
phenomenal run even for New York. The
piece is booked for Omaha next season.
Williams and Walker have made a tre-
mendous stir In New York. Two new
songs have been added to their list, If
Jonah Had Been {. Coon and He May
GEI ONtT IL Dul Il u ASfNl ocSh nv
Same"
Charles Cherry. who was under contract
to Maurice Campbell, has been released TO
Charles b. Dillingham; and will be leading
man for Maxine Elliott when she begins
her starring. tour next seasonsin Her only
Way"
Henrietta Crosman is to open next season,
according to the latest announcement, In
"As You Lake It," with an attempt to Sc
cure the original cast. that is. the people
who were with her when she rrst pre-
! eantad the niece at the RaDu0nC In New
York two years ago.
Clyde Hayerin, who wrote The Hunt for
Happiness" which Blanche Walsh played
a week ago under peculiar circumstances
He had just finished a play which he in
tended to submit to Miss Walsh when he
was stricken by heart failure.
Maurice Campbell is to become a real
manager. 1t is now announced that ne
will send Eugene Blair on the road next
piece to be given in the Stair & Havlin
houses. If he undertakes this he will force
the issue between the syndicate and the
independents to a certainty.
Lawrence D'Orsay. the English actor who
has been so successful III the new Augustus
Thomas play, The Earl Of Pawtucket.'
has been made the excuse for the revival
of a lot OF the most pointless jokes and
stories that ever died a deserved death.
His press agent is doing his principal nc
good by connecting him with the rotten
"Ftuff' sent out of late.
The benefit to be given on the afternoon
of Tuesday. April IA. for Miss Clara Morris
is growing to gigantic proportions. Amelia
Bingham is looking after the artistic end
of the AFFAIR and Miss Morris rector, Rev
Andrew II. Underhill of ST: Johns church
Yonkers, is taking care of the business end
Jacob Lift has donated the use or the
Broadway theater for the afternoon.
Advices from Berlin state that the actors
and actresses of Germany are violently
protesting against the prevailing low sala-
ries and that a general strike may result
At only twenty theaters in Germany-do the
| hest nf the actors and actresses receive
even 5000 per year. and only fve or the
dramatic profession receive over $500. TIT
players seek for a 10 per cent Increase.
1t Is interesting to note that. among
features worth remembering, the engage
ment OF Mrs. Campbell in Omaha was
the receipts were within s2l of eauaiing the
largest eyer taken In the United States
for a single performance by this star
Manager Lothian declined to say what tht
record is or where II was made, but gladly
accords Omaha second place.
Among other things for which Omaha has
to thank an unappreciative public else
where is that Annie Oakley win not b,
here with her play. "a Western Girl
Poor business brought the, tour to a close
cordingly cancelled. It may be consolinl
to some to know. however, that there Is 9
silver lining to the CLOUD. , We S S nav nav
that ought to help some.
Two Omaha men were talking OF Trixi'
FriganEa. IN bet her real name Ism.
ElAkdAiLdr 6dAd OllGs ANNf eoAs
the other, but II her face is any indica
ton. I'll bet her real name isn't OBrien.'
A little inquiry developed the fact that he
childhood's happy hours were spent in Gin
cinnati and her father was Con O'Callahan
her mother being a panish woman NAMED
Friganza.
Grace George has made her bow to New
York as Peg Wellington in Pretty Peggy
The verdict as to the result seems to fave
was a success; some others who are no
professional boosters insinuate that tn,
measure of the success is easily taken. an,
some who might be classed as knocker
say it's a frost. Mr.. William Winter ad
mits that there is one good actor in tn.
It is a buTro. and Mr.. Winter says It ha
lovely ears.
t. Daniel Frawley. who is heading
dramatic company now touring the Orient
has met with but little success. and write
a warning word 90 whomsOever may b
contemplating a similar venture, He state
cities OF India and China are all bu
crowded with American theatrical enter
Prises and Ia most OF she popular sue
ing this season. while business depression
and cholera virtually preclude a financial
whether TO tour Australia or South Africt
after leaving India, where he now is.
The death OF c. J.. Whitney OF Detroi
figures in the world OF theatrical manage
ment. Mr.. Whitney was an example o
the old school of theater propretors an
directors. but unlike some OF mis- fellows
he kept up with the procession to his las
day. In addition 10 his theater propertie
In Detroit and elsewhere he was associate
with his son. Frederic c. Whitney. In IN
tours OF Lulu Chaser I'm Dolly Warden.
and the Whitney Opera company In "Whe
Johnny Comes Marching Home" He wa
an entirely silent partner, however, an
left the originatlon and handling of thes
highly important attractions entirely 1
his sons hands. The old Gentleman wa
reputed to be very wealthy and IL is sur
posed hat his son Frederic Will now tax
his place In the management Of the estat,
He has shown a great deal OF sagacity an
] business fertility In building up his variou
large musical shows, and Is well htted b
experience TO assume the task that no
] confronts aim