Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06

the state MIR. Dodge impresses these i'm
portant points on his audience
| ''Note-AS Hamlet is literary and dra-
| matte study. and not intended for light en-
| tertainment, it is requested that parents
| do not bring small children, and especially
i babies in arms.
| Men under influence of liquor should not
| attend this play, as they will not enjoy 1t.
1T is especially requested that people of
| the audience abstain from any noise that
! will in any way detract from the enjoy
| ment of the play by others.
"Crumpling programs, munchinS peanuts
| or popcorn, coughing or talking while the
play is in progress is prohibited.
Please do not start to go out before the
curtain falls on the last act, as it is con-
| sidered impolite to do so.
ACCURACY IN MAKE UP.-The general
| inadvisability of historical accuracy in
| makeup which Julia Marlowe understood
| when she was cast for the role of Barbara
| Frietchie, is demonstrated afresh in Peg
| Wellington. the character Grace George as
| sumed in Pretty Peggy" The Irish ac-
| tress was an exceedingly comely woman IN
| her day-and this Barbara was not-but
standards of feminine beauty have changed
| since then, and Peg would not create much
| favorable comment on street if She We're
| to walk out of the picture by Hogarth.
| ''She was too short and too plump. says
| George Anne Bellamy, who had little love
| for her. 1T IS true that her eyes were fine,
| but he could not be found who would en-
| thuse over the regularity of her features.
This girl, clad in the high-waiSted, full
| fronted. wide-skirted dress of the eight
zenith century, would not cut very pleas
| ing figure in modern eyes
| 1t is improbable that Miss George would
cause herself to resemble the Wellington
| even if she would Sir Henry Irving took
| many inches OFF his stature when he played
| Napoleon. but Sir Henry and Napoleon al
! fected trousers. Miss George is rather tall
! and decidedly slight. She is also blonde.
Peg Wellington was a brunette. J. FltZger-
| aid Molloy describes her IN his biography
| as follows: "A girl of seventeen, with blue
| black hair. Her form was ample,
but beautifully turned" Miss George has
| an aversion to wearing wigs which she has
| never conquered.
Persons who associate Peg Wellington
! with Rose Coghlan in Masks and Faces"
Will find il difficult to conceive of her as
seventeen. Yet she was at this age when
she met Garrick, played Ophela at Covent
Garden and made a conquest of London.
Miss Coghlan also made Peg blonde. She
was given the liberty to do this by the IN
structions in Tom Taylor's prompt-book of
the piece: Wellington may be made up to
suit the fancy of the player; so little IS
known of her appearance that it were
ridiculous to describe it in detail" Miss
George is said to >llave been wonderfully
successful in copying her brogue and man
ner, having the luck, for the first work to
be herself of Irish parentage.
ALDRICH AND QUEEN ALEXANDRA,
Charles Aldrich, the iliusionist, has been
| added to the list of tie few American act
| ors who have been Commanded to APP
pear before King Edward and his royal
consort Queen Alexandra. Naturally, he
| is making the most of it. but, curiously
enough, and showing that his point of
view is quite as unique as his comedy spe-
cialty is exceptional, Mr.. Aldrich discov
cred that her majesty, the queen. like most
women, does not want to know when she
is fooled or how she is fooled.
1t is not forgotten, and Mr. Aldrich will
not permit it to be long as audiences
continue to pay their money and applaud
it, that an important feature of his act is
his limitations of the astonishing China
| man, Ching Ling Foo, who created a fu-
! rore in this country. First of all Mr.. Aid
rich performs his tricks with all the mys-
| terry and dignity of the ajestic oriental
| whom he initiates. The conclusion is a
comic expose. or. rather, he shows the au-
| dienCe how he did 1t. In this way he does
| almost the whole repertoire of Ching Ling
| Foo, bringing forth from under the folds
| of his oriental robes glass bowl of gold
| fish and the various other articles that
| will be remembered, including a red-hot
cook stove. When he appeared at Sand
| bingham. the royal home of Englands
rulers, Mr.. Aldrich duplicated the per-
| Torrance he was then giving at the EN-
! pire Theater, in London, where ne con-
! tinued for six months.
| Queen Alexandra was very much i'm
| pressed by the illusions, but to Mr.. Aid
| richs sharp eye she did not respond to the
| exposes. He COnfeSSeS that 1t somewhat
discomfited him. as usually it calls forth
| laughter and applause. The king had seen
/ Mr. Aldrich before and, Or course, was not
expected to manifest any royal surprise.
| After the performance the kings secre-
| tary, Sir Francis Knollys, brought the
American comedian into the royal pres
ence, and when he had been graciously
| commended and thanked he ventured to
address question to the queen. He asked
| the royal lady if his disclosures of the Sc
crets of magicians had surprised her.
Indeed" said Queen Alexandra. Il was
| so much mystified by your reproductions
| that l fancy l would have been better sat
| isfied If you had not exposed your method
| of doing them. Really" she continued, i
think, Mr.. AIdrch, that the majority of
| women would rather not learn how they
have been befooled" Then the queen
| laughed at the recollection.
Il thank your majesty, replied Aldrich,
! but | am a comedian. and necessarily L
must turn the grave into the ridiculous
Both king and queen assured MN that
| he had done 50 most successfully, ana ne
| took r,is departure from the royal house
| hold receiving from the secretary, accord
| ing to custom, before he went, magnih-
| cent diamond pin as souvenir or the oc-
| casion and an evidence of the royal pleas
| ure.
| STAGED MANY PRODUCTIONS.-Tho
Ricketts, the original stage director OF
| The Burgomaster." who is now playing
| his old role of +. Booth Taikington, the
| actor, has been connected with more mu-
! steal comedies as stage director in the past
! few years than almost any other man in
| America. He staged the original "Burgo-
| master" in Chicago, the New York produc-
| ton, those for two road companies, and
| this year staged the big revival which will
| be seen here. He staged Miss Simplicity
! for Frank Daniels. The Defender for A.
/ H. Chamberyn. Fred C. Whitney's pro-
| duction of Dolly Warden" for Lulu CHASER,
! and has brushed up some three or four
! other musical pieces that needed little
polishing
| In addition to this he staged Facing the
/ Music and over a Welsh Rarebit' for
| Henry T. Dixey, and has acted in each of
| the pieces of which he was stage director.
| A NEW VIEW OF GARRICK.-The
matinee girl whose knowledge of David
| Garrick hinges on her recollection of her
| favorite actor in the play of that name
| has severe shock coming to her when
| cba caar tho treatment accorded the char