The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-09-06
THEATRE TOPICS.

 Tim Murphy, the comedian who is to
 star this season in "orhe Man From Mis- souri," was talking the other afternoon
 with Robert II. Davis. the well known
 newspaper man who wrote "The Wood chuck Song" After he had said good bye to Mr. Davis the comedian strolled
 over to group of friends, and smile
 was on his face.
 What amuses you?e one asked. "I have to laugh every time see Da-
 vis," he replied, for I am one of the
 few men who know why it was he came
 east. You see Davis brother Sam, is not
 only one of the best known men in the I far west, but he Is editor of the Carson City (Nev) Appeal. Some dozen years ago he went on a vacation, leaving Bob
 in charge. It was at this time that the
 first Keeley Cure man struck Nevada, and he went at once to the office of the
 Appeal"
 q want to do some advertising with
 you" he said to Davis What are your
 rates?'
 | DOllar ana d nall a Hue. responded Davis.
 "Good Lord" answered the anti-drunk-
 enness man. that's as much as they l charge in New York"
 "Yes, I know that" said Davis, "but | you want to reach the drunken classes, don't you? Your advertisement will not l appeal to men who don't drink ''That's true" said the other. | ''Wel then you want to advertise in | 4l XoI11
 order to reach the drnulards. And you'll
 reach them through our sheet No sober man would buy the paper" added Davis, softly.
 ! eThat" concluded Mir. Murphy, "is
 why Davis lost his job in Nevada, and came east"
 l Weber and Field have begun rehearsals at their music hall on Broadway. and
 Peter F. Daley and John c. Sparks gave Louis Mann, the new recruit, an fnitia- ] tion that he will soon remember. It is 1 thought that Lillian Russell was an ac- cessory before the fact, although this has not yet been proven.
 When Corinne last played in Philadel- phia. she visited friend who has a little
 boy nearly six years old. Some day at | dinner,' says Corinne, Robbie wanted pie before he had eaten anything else. l His mother told him to have patience, | whereupon his father asked him If he
 would rather have patience or pie. l Pie" replied Robbie with emphasis. | "But if you take the pie," continued
 his father, "there might not be any left | for us
 Well" said Robbie, ''then you and | mamma can have some of the patience" 1 The long promised new theatre at 1 Quebec, Canada, will be finished hl time
 to be opened as scheduled on September i 17th by the Lulu Chaser Opera company l in Dolly Warden" The new house will
 be called the Auditorium and will be un-
 der the management of A J. Small.1 Miss
 Chaser will be the first star to appear in | Quebec, a city of nearly one hundred | thousand inhabitants, for more than a l year as that place has been without | proper theatre for large companies to ! appear for that length of time. Miss Gla- ] ser's tour this season embraces trip to 1 California which will be her first appear ance on the coast since she has been a star. Harry Sloan who did such effect i've work ahead of san Toy" last season
 has been engaged by F. c. Whitney as
 advance agent for Miss Chaser. Jerrold Shepard's new drama of Creole
 life, Red River will be played for the
 first time at New Rochelle, New York.
 September 5. The tour is under the di-
 rection of Charles Nuekols.
 Cole and Johnson Brothers have writ
 ten several new numbers for Marie Ca- l hill in Nancy Brown" and with the Congo Love Long" and other favorites of last season they will have fourteen
 numbers in this musical comedy.
 Among the new interpolations Is a
 drinking song. A few days ago one of 1 Daniel V. Arthur's representatives called
 on the composers to arrange some matter
 about the music, and he was nervously
 startled to hear a small boy in an ad- 1 joining back yard singing this same I drinking song. It seems that the boy had l heard Rosamond Johnson playing it. and
 had picked up the air. As Fthe song Is
 only as yet in manuscript, and as Mir.
 Arthur owns the exclusive rights to 1t.
 his representative was afraid that the
 song had become public property. It was
 then suggested that an injunction be ob- 1 tained to prevent the boy from singing l the song, but Bob Cole said that that | would be useless unless they obtained one against the mocking bird in the house on the other side So it Is plainly seen, that it Is not safe to sing a catchy song before the copyright is perfected if a musical boy spends his time in one back yard and mocklng bird in the other.
 Roselle Knott is spending the summer at her home in Hamilton, Canada. She
 will return to New York soon to begin
 rehearsals for When Knighthood Was | in Flower'
 After an absence of many years Rose l Coghlan is to again return to the New l York stage. Only for a brief engagement
 of eight weeks, it is true but even that l short time will mean much to those who | remember her in Diplomacy" as Lady l Teaze and as Lady Gay Spanker The
 younger generation of playgoers will also l have an opportunity to see acting that
 once caused Alan Dale to ruin a new
 pair of gloves by his applauding as he confessed in public print It would | therefore seem that her appearance in l Ulysses" at the Garden Theatre will | be an event of much importance in the | theatrical world.
 Tim Murphy and his company are busy I rehearsing "The Man From Missouri" | and MT. Murphy says that the new play ! is by far the best he has ever presented. Walker Whiteside will open a number of new theatres this season with his new | play, "We Are King"
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