The Washington times., 1903-12-27

ure to obtain. In the course Of his
trampings he appeared at the office Of
Daniel Frohman. who was then at the
old Lyceum in Fourth Avenue. He had
scarcely opened his mouth before Mr.
Frohman burst out with:
Lord Tweenwayes to the life-the
face, the figure, the very expression.
Sit down and sign this contract"
His Success ins"The Amazons."
1t seems that Mr. Frohman had been
holding Pinero's eccentric comedy, THE
Amazons." for months because he could
not find a suitable person TO play in Il
the chief male comedy role. which re-
quires a person just Of Gottschalk's
build
His success in the part was pro-
nounced, and he was at once signed as
a regular member of the stock COM
pany. with which he continued to be
identified when It was transferred TO
Daly's. where he unprecedented the tim
id young lord in The Maneuvers Of
Jane" pulling to pieces a straw hat at
every performance.
At the Garrick meantime, he had been
the pompous musician in Never
Again In THE Climbers" it viii be
remembered. he was the rich young
noodle. pairing off with Madge Carr
Cooke, now starring in Mrs. Wigs Of
the Cabbage Patch"
Anna Held's New Piece.
The thing that surprised me most in
Anna Held's new vehicle, Nam selle
Napoleon" was that Miss Held herself
had so little TO do Nevertheless. this
did not detract to my mind from the
show furnishing me with about the same
amount OF entertainment 1 received
from its next door neighbor. ''winsome
Winnie" In fact, IT is built on exactly
the same music hall plan-permittiug a
man 10 stroll in at almost any time and
find something going on 20 his liking.
which can be enjoyed irrespective of
before and after"
Miss Held was imported from Paris
something less than ten years ago to
sing. Wont You Come and PLAY wiz
Me. between the acts of the revived
Parlor Match" with Evans and Hoey.
at the Herald Square
Then. in October. 1897, Oscar Hammer
stein engaged her to reopen the theater
part OF his Olympia under its new name
the Lyric, I'm La Poupee" C'The DolTD.
Well, although Miss Held made a very
good impression. she didn't succeed in
keeping the house open long under it's
new appeliation. In fact IL was not un-
III two years later. when she appeared
at the Manhattan in "Papa's WIFI. %
that she demonstrated her right 10 have
her name printed at the top Of the bill
In big type.
Past Successes.
Henry Bergman. now the villain in
Trnr III.
then as Papa, and Papa's son was Hen
~ Woodruff. while Charles A Bigelow
NOW heading An English Daisy cast)
heaped TO himself honors as chief come
dian This play CAmericanized book by
the irrepressible Harry b. Smith. music
by De KovenJ lasted her two years
Then she came forward at the Casino
In The Little Duchess" by the same
men, That the piece lasted her two sea-
sons more is equivalent to saying that
II caught on with the same grip as its
predecessor.
Whether Nam seIle Napoleon" will
prove 10 possess equal staying powers
is doubtful. It's New York run termi- |
mates on January 10, making the short |
est metropolitan term Miss Held has
ever played. However, the lady NAV
take this as a compliment. II she likes. |
by recalling the fact that there is less
Of her In the new piece than in either
Of the other two vehicles In which she
has starred
Miss Held's early days here were re- |
for some amusing misstate- !
ments in the press. When, in the sum- ]
mer OF 1896. she was announced 20 come |
to New York in "A Parlor Match" the
Herald gave out this Information con-
corning her:
Miss Anna Held is an English woman. |
who, until a year ago last February. |
was practically unknown. although she |
had been appearing for some time al |