Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-09

seat was sold at each performance during
the engagement.
Il Is estimated that the loss to the theat-
ricaI profession as result of the lroquols
fire in Chicago reaches in round figures
nearly 100000
George AIDE is to write the book and John
Philip Sousa the music for a new musical
comedy in which De Wolf Hopper viii be
seen next summer
FRITZ schen, in "Babette" closes her
long season in New York tonight. 1t has
been uniformly successful. Her road tour
opens at Boston Monday night.
Knox Wilson and his wife Luella Drew.
who recently left THE Silver Slipper COM
pany have Joined the Broadhurst &c Currie
forces. appearing in Buster Brown
James J. Morton. Sunny JIM" well
known in vaudeville, was m Irried in Chi
cago last Wednesday to Mss josephine
Ainsley, a non-professional of that city
Owing to the controversy over My
Wife's Husband" Nat Goodwin has decided
to abandon it and appear in "A Glided
Fool'' and I'm Missouri for the rest of the
season.
THE Runaways'' will go out for season.
commencing at Trenton next week. May
Montford will take Fay Templeton's place
and Helen Lord returns to the cast in her
original role.
Ferdinand Gottschaik. who wss last seen
in this city with THE Girl From Dixie,
has been laid up in New York for the past
two weeks with an injured leg that may
have to be amputated
Weber & Fields have made the PROPOSE
ton and IT remains with the Shuberts to
say whether Fay Templeton returns to her
old position or not. She is wanted badly
for projected burlesques.
George Fuller Golden, the well-known
monologuo artist. and Blanche Ring are
TO have the principal roles In The Love
Birds" a musical comedy, when it Is pre-
scented in London February s. for the first
time.
Jack Hatfield. the exb ball player has in
stituted suit for divorce against his wife,
Ollie Hatfield. member of the Weber &c
Fields company. They were married hVe
years ago and have been separated for the
past two years
1.-The Virginian" dramatization in four
acts Of Owen Wister's novel of that name,
was given it's first production on any stage
at New York last Tuesday night Dustin
Farnum played the title role, and Agnes
Ardeck was the heroine.
The management of 1.-THE Sultan of Sulu'
will not allow Frank Moulan to take his
wife on the stage with him, as she is cred
tied with being the cause of the trouble be-
tween the comedian and his managers. Mr.
Moulan has not yet Joined THE Sultan"
When THE Medal and the Maid" reaches
New York next Monday night Miss jean
nette Lowrie will have taken Isadore Rush's
place in the company. Miss Rush's health
has compelled her to retire from the stage,
and she will go south to recuperate.
Arrangements were recently completed
whereby Bertha Galland goes to Australia
n Iyil 10 thnra n
Dorothy Vernon" and when Knighthood
Was in Flower" Mr.. Levers. the leading
man of the company, was born in Aus
tralia.
Olive Celeste Moore, who has been the
prima donna contralto of the Red Feath-
err company this season, has resigned, and
Will open In London In March in grand
opera. Miss Moore a Brooklyn choir
singer and her advancement has been very
rapid.
Barrle's latest comedy Little Mary"
was produced in New York last Monday
night for the first time in this country
and a unanimity of criticism places another
success on record. Henry Dixey and Jessie
Busley have the principal characters in the
piece.
Eleanor Mayo. who married James Elver-
son. one of the owners of the Philadelphia
Inquirer. and who retired from the stage
several seasons back. is reported to be at
the point OF death at her home IN the
Quaker city. Mrs. EMERSON is the daughter
of Frank Mayo and she last appeared on
the stage in Princess Bonnie.
Grace Kimball who retired from the
stage four years ago on account Of a seri-
Gus Illness. is to have the leading role in
THE Secret of Polichinele'' when it IS
presented for the first time next Mond ny
night, at Pittsburg. Before retiring NJ IS
Kimball had played leads with Nat Good
win and E. H. Sothern with distinction.
Charles Cartwright. the London stage
manager and actor. who came to this coun-
try to put on Merely Mary Ann for
Eleanor Robson, returned home after Civ
Ing the piece good starr in New York Mr.
Cartwright said before leaving that he was
sure Miss Robson will be a success when
she presents the piece in London next au-
tumn.
When Wilton Spoke Up.