New-York tribune., 1903-03-02
NOTES OF THE STAGE
Mr. sotbern Sits for a Bust, and Discovers
+het He Resembles Cromwell.

,,,u.- orduvav Partridge, the man VINO says
a.. pos+on must accept the fact that she Is Ao
longer the intellectual or art centre OF tne Conn.,
and that an artist to make a living IheIe ~ t
live in the atmosphere of afternoon teas, 80 Is ~ y.
engaged on a Hfesize statue called 1houeI1
b;cb he is to exhibit in Paris next year. MS
model IS E. H sothern, in the character ana cos
tune Of Hamlet Yesterday MI souherh Su
mitted to the operation or having i, nlasA u -,
face taken to facilitate the work. and Daliiel
man when the mask was made remarked at ones
on its resemblance to Oliver Cromwell Mr: rIon
man SAYS that he is going to ask justin hulluS
Mccarthy to write play for MI. So'neiil' ~ ~
Cromwell as the hero. If this Is oone' MT f0
tridges influence on the drama will be assured
BY the way would it not be good idea foT II the
sc seugSF 6SFoD to SsRo for veon G9Ps 10 Of the
Cromwell death mask aea Eae l;brsrR b1e Mr. Hale
has galaBty to 5he defffGe pos oE
city sgspfbs fba M any one csn DOUBT Of Boso
possession Of great men and women attfr t &
ject? Boston has artists. he afrms, who, on their
merits nG have EEfaS their He shoud Be per-
lead. lead 60 O--0O ~
Lawrancs D'orsay who is at present appearing
with much popular success at the Madison Square
Theatre as the Englshman who tries to disguise
his accent in 1.-The Earl Of Pawtucket' is himsel1
an Englishman Of pronounced type as the
earl Of the play Another actor might assume the
part; D'Orsay iR his proper person ABOUT
the stage. Even the musCaches are his own AS
e RGT }@ 0d os Tits Il an H
''I tried one day to teach Mr.. D'Orsay the proper
American pronunciation of several common words.
s nsd s SeS tRae apF *
Don't say daon'ts' 1 cautioned hlIn' say
=" MY dear young lady he replied with dignity
osSnT So yoH SA DO. ?S said J. 1. and gave it up.
| Whether it is the part he Is to play at the Man
haitian Theatre tonight, in THE Bishops Move"
or whether 1t the fact that he recently asked
| to marry a runaway young couple on the train, or
/ a combination Of both, W. H. Thompson does not
! disclose; but for some reason other his head
gear has undergone radical change He no
longer wears the hat commercial nor the nat the.
sugtere and Clerical soiidity crowns bis white hair
Every one who has seen him on the Risito since
| cago has noted the change. He has even been
behind.
1t seems to be getting as easy to build theatres
| in the Boston papers now as in this metropolis
Reports from that city announce, with a due
sprinklng OF SALT that in addition to the Stair
| & Havlin Theatre, already opened, and the new
soong am6ns hee s in up
for the erection of a theatre Klaw Erlanger are are
| same intention Rich & Harris are doing the same
fng pange n tfsf den Boon Wes foT
/ the loss Of its old Museum.
For the benefit OF many people who have ex-
pressed pleasure at Henry K. Hadley's music for
Nancy Brown" little extent due to the
The Katydid. the Cricket and 3 the o Frog" @ The The
son are the composers Of that CHEEKY and tuneful
number.
| 1.-The Theatre" in order to give mute, inglori
Gus Pitches chance to be heard. has offered to pro-
| duce with good cast at a Broadway theatre next
fall the best drama Of American life by an Amer
| ican author submitted to that publication before
| August 1 next. The judges will be a playwright
and stage maRager to & be @ N m the read n
| the order in which they submitted. and the
magazine urges all competitors to hurry up with
in the current issue last Saturday, the axioms of
| one Sentimental Tommy would not seem TO De ap-
AS an g ysfterthought, IT might be added that all
| competitors must be subscribers to 1.-The Theatre
| Miss Jane Field the young Chicago girl who has
| recentIy joined the cast of 1.-The Earl of Paw
| tucket," was previously with Sergeant James
| this season, and while playing in Montreal with
| that company probably made the best use OF a
bunch of roses presented to her by an admrer that
| Is on record. Wearing the roses at Ginner, she
noticed a man and woman at the next table cast
4 ing curious glances at her bouquet. She became
uneasy under their scrutiny, fearing all sorts of
beinS that her adnirer had stolen the roses from
florist, who was then sitting next ner; Al length
breken bre i English if the bowers alye Miss
red sssurgG So ny 8 1ae Then 70 her puzzled glance he
replied that he was Boer. just come from the
He asked that his wife might come over and smell
Miss Field answered by presenting the entire
| bunch to the admiring couple That night at the
| theatre. Miss Field says she cheerfully hopes.
| there was at least one disappointed soul In the
4 front row.
Tonight Ghosts will squeak and gibber in West
Forty-fourth-st.-at Mrs. Osborn's Play House. to
/ be specific; and at the Manhattan Theatre '"The
Bishops Move" will be produced Monday, the
4 18th. the opening is announced OF Cynthia" at
| the Madison Square, played by Miss Elsie de Wolfe;
1.-The Earl of Pawtucket," which will thus be forged
from that theatre at the height Of its PopulaTity
| will be seen again In Broadway on March g. when
| It will come to the Manhattan, marking Kirke La
Shelles FIRST alliance with the Independent inter-
| ests. The thirteen musical pieces among US stu
| dance spFingward to ragtime.
Miss Adele Ritchie. formerly the Mrs. Pineapple
1 Of 'sThe Chinese Honeymoon" cast who has been
to Europe 50 it is said, to pick out & musical COM
edy OF sufficient merit to setting for her
starry talents returned yesterday the delayed
/ Celtic Humbly she affirmed that she should
4 sume her place at the Casino. The present Mrs.
| Pineapple has been doing very WELL that Miss
| Richie on her return, did not find the Casino
| dreped with Grape. However. Miss Richie Is only
! an actress like Miss Cahill and one or two more
/ and doubtless she will insist on being the only