New-York tribune., 1903-01-08
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Miss Blanche Walsh Will Play in THE
Resurreetionn-Miss Eta Butler Dead.

After a series Of rurnors which made free with
thesnares Of Mrs. Brown-Potter. Mrs Campbell.
NIisA julie Opp others, fact follows and Oscar
Hammerstein announces that the actress to play
the leading part the English version of Tolstoys
The Resurrection has been definitely chosen.
She is Miss Blanche Walsh. Miss Walsh will at
break off her present tour in The Daughter
of Hanilcar.'' which has reached St. Paul.
and East 10 rehearse. The production will be
made at the Victoria Theatre in this city Febru
ary il
Miss Walsh is under the management of wagen-
halls & Kemper, who will combine with Mr.. Ham
merstein in the enterprise. Mr. kemper leaves here
to-day for France TO the play in Paris, and
later TO the Tree production now in rehearsal
in London The English version used by Mr.. Tree
is the one controlled in this country by Oscar
Hammerstein
Miss Eta Butler. an actress of twenty-four years
who came out of California into the Eastern vaude-
vile circuit few years ago, died yesterday from
typhoid fever at the Roosevelt Hospital. Her ILL
of long duration, though the fever that
was the immediate cause of her death had been
running less than month Miss Buffers first
hit at Roster & Biars in 1885, when she
mimicked Mrs. Ffske. Olga Nethersole and other
actresses Her last appearance was with the Lib
erty Bells last season
Arnold DoImetsch. who first appeared in this
country at Days Theatre last Tuesday at Mr..
Franko's concert Of old music. will lecture at the
Manhattan
and I4usical instruments of the past. illustrating
by selections played these Instruments them
selves. His collection Of archaic instruments is Of
great value of priceless value him. Not
string or a fret but is numbered by his watchful
care And when two years ago in England one of
his lutes, a valuable instrument dating back to
1890 was stolen, his grief great
But lust before his departure for America
American woman TO whom ne was describing the
lost lutte told him she sure that very instru-
uoent was housed in the Metropolitan Museum Of
Art the description tailed so exactly with her
memory of the lutte in New-York- So yesterday
Mr DoImetsch went up TO the Museum. his heart
high with hope revolving schemes III his mind for
Getting back his prize The lutte in the Museum.
as a matter Of fact did resemble almost exactly
the lost instrument. But certain little private
marks were lacking. and Mr. Dolmetsch sadly
turned away His disappointment may appeal only
to collectors, but they viii sympathize.
In this column a day two age it was an
nounced that Charles Dillingham; had changed the
,.,,a Of Mrs Burnett's chdren's play from THE
i++,e TTnfairv Princess" to The Little Princess
mig announcement followed by the single
comment WHY
Mr. Dillingham; now wishes to know "hy'
why?'
why, why. why?" seems to be the obvious an
swer.
= has been suggested that at the Cayvan benefit
.b-ez FsoucIcauit play a scene from 'Alt Heidel-
49,. IN German. to the kathie Of Miss Oster-
,,an of the irving Place Theatre while John
rs,stAl Of that theatre. play the Prince in Engish
- .ta Kafhie of Miss Minnie Dupree. Why rot
cs,ea Mfr Mansfield TO read his Icelandic play at
the same time for an accompaniment