Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-01
Gossip from StngeInnd.

Minnie little Bruno has recovered from
on the road with "Unorna-' She was to
have appeared in Omaha in November. but
Will not now Re seen here until near the
end OF the season.
A benefit for Clara Morris is being ar
ranged to relieve her from the threatened
foreclosure of a mortgage on her home.
Miss Morris has been very I'll of late, but
last reports were hat she was showing
great Improvement.
Ada Rehan has announced her intention
OF selling the DAILY collection OF scenery.
costumes and the like, used in many of
the productions that made the fame OF
AugIstin DAILY. She Will retain some OF
the more costly relies and bric-a-brac.
Martin Beck. secretary and general man
ager Of the Orpheum Circuit company, was
In Omaha a short time Friday, going on to
Fremont. where he Joined the Orpheum
road show. He will visit Kansas City
with the attraction, 1t playing there this
week.
Eagles, held at the New York theater.
broke all records of sIch affairs, netting
over $4,000. Gallery seats brought as high
as $50, and 500 was paid for a box. Al
most without exception the most prominent
theatrical people in New York either par
ticipatcd or attended.
rooms was last week introduced in the
New York legislature at Albany by Assem-
the rooms shall! each be eight feet wide,
ten feet long and nine feet high, and that
the gas jets shall be properly screened.
The bill provides that factory inspectors
are to see that the law Is enforced.
Blanche Walsh has temporarily given up
THE Daughter of Hamilcar" and will Gre
direction the new wagenhals & Kemper
production, which is to be put on at the
Victoria theater, New York, on February
16. At the end of the Resurrection per-
Torrance The Daughter of Hamllcar'
will be put on for an unlimited run In New
York.
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matinee Of Hamlet at which many promi-
nent people were present. Among these
were Julia Marlowe, Blanche Bates, Bijou
Fernandez, Lolita Linthicum, Hyperta
Pryme, Mrs. Kirk La Shelle. Mrs. Frank
Mckee, May Robson, Charles Richman, T..
NJ, Holland, Robert Harries, Paul Kester,
Fritz Williams and several members of the
Twelfth Night club.
Baby Josephine. a winsome 7-year-old ac-
tress, the only child of the eldest of the
on January IL while the company was play
ing at Chattanooga, Tenn. and died on the
following morning, was a clever and dainty
little actress and was well known through
the country, for she had played in Canada,
Mexico, nearly every state in the union,
and had made seven trips along the Pacific
coast.
Word from Salt Like is to the effect
that the second production of 'Corianton'
closed there to business almost as success
by the play. Miss Vigoreux, who was TO
have taken the part of Zoan Re lsobel. hav-
ing been taken Ill and the WOrk raining un-
expectedly to Miss Helen Boyer, who had
been cast for Relia. Miss Boyer's work in
the leading roll was so good that the man
nger allowed her to continue In 1t to the
end of the Salt Lake engagement.
Howard Kyle, who presented the Clyde
Fitch play of Nathan Hale at the Boyd
last season. had an unpleasant experience
recently when he was refused permission
to present his piece in Guelph, Ont. II
seems that the Canadians, too. have
patriotic feelings. and they felt that the
piece does not do the British justice, so
they refused to let II be put on. Mr.. Kyle
returned Immediately with his company
to the United States and in the future
will not undertake TO enlighten John Bull
on American history from a Yankee stand
point.