The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-07

ory Of theater-soers. was, satisfactory
as the Governor, as were also Messrs.
Roy Clements and w. G. Renter in their
respective roles.
Notes of Players.
"'Way Down East finished its severn
ftaenth engagement in New York last
night at the Academy of Music. Despite
its age. the pastoral play broke all rec
ords for big business at that house, tho
receipts for single evening often hav-
ing exceeded 5000.
De Wolf Hopper will begin his season
und ar. the management of William "A.
Brady next October at the Academy of
Musi, Montreal. Mr.. Hoppers first We
iicle, "a Runaway King was finished
last week and is said to be worthy sucr
cessor Of wang
Bona fide stock brokers' clerks are to
be employed in the produce exchange
scene of THE PITT when Wilton Lack
aye produces the play in New York. Will
liam A. Brady found that he was able to
engage these men for night performances
! and that it greatly simplified the task of
rehearslng the big mob used in the sltua-
| tion.
The popularity of ]. NJ. Barrles play
Little Mary" in London has caused an
indefinite postponement of plans for Grace
Georges presentation of Pretty Peggy"
at wyndham's Theatre. william A..
Brady was offered time at the Avenue for
Miss George as soon as 1t was learned
that Little Mary" would continue at
Wyndham's, but he rejected the offer.
] Miss May Boiey of the "Chaperons'
company, Isidore Witmarks successful
comic OPERA, which is headed South. has a
most surprising collection of pets and she
carries them with the company much to
the discontinue of the baggage master OF
the "Chaperons" In whose charge the pets
ara placed.
Miss Boley's lOt of pets include a bull
terrier. a cockatoo, maltese cat ca
nary, a monkey, q white mouse and a
Mexican burro. The pets are named af-
ter the characters In THE Chaperons."
and the burro enjoys the name of the title
role of the musical comedy and really
"Chaperons' the entire dumb cast.
The wonderfully successful engagement
of Blanche Bates in THE Darling of the
Gods is now drawing to a close in
Philadelphia at the Broad Street theatre.
Despite the fact that the newspapers
| daily printed reports from the Municipal
Commission. appointed by the mayor to
| investigate the Philadelphia theatres, say
| ing that houses were unsafe, and even one
day going SO far as to state that the
| Broad Street theatre had been closed,
Miss Bates played to capacity" at every
performance. On February 18th Miss
| Bates and the Belasco-Long play will be
seen for the first time in Chicago at the
| Grand Opera House, being the first big
attraction to be presented in Chicago
after the period of suspended amusements
| which has prevailed there since the fire.
This may be called the calamitous year
| in theatricals. More plays have failed,
more companies disbanded more theatres
closed, more actors idle-the estimated
number is 3.0O0-than has ever been known
In the history of the stage.
The successful musical play THE
Chaperons." which will be here soon Is
one of the few entertainments of a light
comedy nature without an interpolated
musical number. Every one of the many
hits the performance contains being the
sole work of Mr.. Isidore witmark, and it
is an acknowledged fact that there are no
less than seven distinct whstling num-
bers in addition to seventeen other
superior musical compositions. Those
'humming' tunes that are sure to be
popular all over the South are "Sambo,"
Talk, Talk, Talk" 1.-The Little Girl Who
Couldn't Say No." Were All Good Fell
lows" THE Bots de Bouloage." "They
Wink like That" and Low c."
The announcement of the return of
Harry Beresford and his most excellent
company in "Thhe Professors Love
Story" should be received with delight
nv all lnI-arG NJ hfvh OF
On his visit to this city the early part
of the season Mr.. Beresford proved him
self an actor of a high order. Those
| who cannot picture to themselves stIid
man of science. a believer in actually o
| facts only. becoming entangled in the
mesres of such an ethereal thing as love
should not fail to witness the perform
ance of THE Professors Love Story"
1t is needless to give herein the theme
of the play. it is only necessary for you
to know that Professor Goodwillie
hard headed man of science played by
Mr.. Beresford). has actually. but I'M
consciously fallen in love, and that the
young comedian extracts two hours and
forty minutes of fun, laughter and tears
from the part.
An enthusiastic admirer of Thos. ".
Ross as Checkers in Kirk La Shelle's
book, went into the Book Dc artment of
one OF the largest stores in New York
the other day and asked the saleswo-
man: Have you Checkers She re-
piled: up stairs; second floor, children's
toys"
While in Paris. Maud Adams purchased
a sedan chair which might have belonged
to La Pompadour or Du Barry, and had
it brought to America. 1t is now the
telephone booth in her New York home.
II In these days. enthusiastic audiences
showered their favorites with coin and
currency. as they did in the time OF
Lolita. the stage on which Josephine CO.
han dances and acts, it IS said, would ne
nightly hidden from sight. Her success
in Running for Office" has been an ar
tictic triumph.
Girls Will Be Girls" in which Al
Leech and The Three Rosebuds are star-
ring. has been playing to enormous bust
ness in the West. according to their man
ager.
William A. Brady denies the report that