The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-09-11

Harrison, NJ. w. Whitney. ir., Clar-
ence Handyside. Josephine Bartlett. Ida
Hawley, Louis lie Baron, and a singing
chorus of fifty.
William c. Schrode, the clown and
pautomimist. has been engaged by Klaw
& Granger for their coming production
of the latest Drury Lane spectacle,
"HIumpty-D umpty" which viii be given
its premiere at the New Amsterdam
Theater, in New York. early in the
season. 1t. will be q larger production
than any Of its predecessors from Drury
Lane. both i'm scenic effects and com
pany. Mr.. Schrode will play the title
role. and Mr.. Rice. Of the comedy aero
batic team of Rice & Provost. Will
play "Humpty's brother" This viii be
the first production made in many years
in which clowns have been center Of
interest. and viii revive memories of
the famous George L. Fox, favorite Of
past generations.
Leander Richardson describes the at
titude of a characteristic Empire Thea
ter audience in these highly well-bred
sentences:
Mr.. Drew was. as A matter Of course.
received with well-bred cOrdiality-not
the boisterous effusiveness Of a favor
lite of melodrama or the acclaim that
often greets a comedian of comic opera,
but the prolonged token Of esteem ex-
pressed through the clapping Of hands
encased in the white kid gloves Of con-
ventionai evening wear For an opening
night at the Empire is an occasion that
draws together the elements of fash
ion and tie imitators thereof.
1T is a well dressed crowd and most
~ well bred in the best sense Of that
term. II does not indulge in vigorous
expressions Of approval upon the lower
floors. and cat-calls and stampings of
feet never issue from its gallery. But
ment the fact IL not less clear than II
would be under other and more vehem
ent methods Of conveyance.
Pretty Peggy" the picturesque play
by Frances Aymar Mathews. which was
one of the few really genuine dramatic
hits of the last two seasons in New
York, where it ran for five months at
the Herald Square and Madison Square
theaters to capacity audiences, viii be
sent out on a transcontinental tour the
coming season under the direction Of Ar
thur c. Aston and J. Emmett Baxter.
Jane COrcOran, VINO Will De starred III
the role Of Peg Wellington. has demon
strated IN the past her worthiness for
stellar hbnors. She viii be surrounded
by a company Of prominent players. in
Guiding Andrew Robson, the leading
man. as David Garrick, a character for
which he is eminently fitted. Mr.. Rob
sons successes having been In roles of
a similar type in THE Royal Box and
orchard Carvel" IN which plays he
starred during the past four years
Datas the man Of wonderful Dem-
orv. closed his six weeks engagement
at the New York theater roof garden
last Sunday evening and sailed for Eng
land wednesday. on the Teutonic. Da.as
has loft behind him a wide circle of
frieEds in New York who leaned 20 re-
spect him for his sincerity and modesty
Of manner. as much as for his phenome-
nal mental powers. Datas' coming 10
America was no mistake. either sor him
self or his managers. They paid him
$500 a week to answer questions as TO
historical dates, and made a profi- on
the bargain. Three years ago, when
Datas was a stoker in the London gas