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EDNA MAY GAINING
FAST IN LONDON
Irving and Terry Likely to Join Forces
Actor Commits Suicide on Stage.

From a Staff Correspondent
LONDON, April Edna May certain
ly is coming on, and this determined lit
tie woman. whom it has been the custom
at home to dismiss rather disdainfully,
may yet do something that will be worth
while. Since she appeared in The Belle
of New York Miss May never has been
seen in the United States in piece
suited to her No actress could have
saved The Girl From Up There" in
which the Syracuse maiden was starred
In New York after her London success
1t fell fiat on both sides of the water.
In kitty Gray"-her next piece at the
London Apollo, Miss May had chance
and did some really creditable acting as
pretty little baroness with a tickle
spouse. Her part in Three Little Maids
was a rather colorless one, but in THE
School Girl she plays with a good deal
Of ability, and it is largely due to her
performance that the Paul Potter Leslie
Stuart piece has run for $50 nights.
When, however, the Prince of Wales
management announced that they con-
tempiated dropping into" the school
Girl, travesty on the BelascO play at
His MajeStys, called The Darling of the
Guards" and that Miss May would con-
tribute a burlesgae of Lena Ashweu's per
torrance Of Yo San the American actress
friends were not sanguine as to the re
suit. But Miss May gave all hands a
surprise by furnishing "a study of the
ertswhile Mrs. Dane which would justify
the use of some rather strong adjectives
not only for it's faithfuineSs. but for it's
occasional revelations of the true comedy
spirit And now that THE School Girl
is to be followed with a revival of La
Poupee." Miss May has been given the
part OF the doil-an extremely difficult
one, the bestowal OF which by George
EI6W3TORS Nov
deal OF faith in her possibilities. And
EdWardes generally knows.
irving and Terry to Reunite.
1t now seems likely that the Australian
tour which Sir Henry Irving is planning
VIII be the means of bringing about a
professional reunion between the actor
and his most famous leading woman
Ellen Terry. Both parties are supposedly
rwillin'." for whereas the knights ex,,er-
lneht with Dante was not wholly happy
in its results, his former comrade is not
believed to have coined money as a sep
arate star. Sir Henry is known to be
anxious to tour Australia, project he has
had In mind for years, and wants Miss
Terry to go along, but the thing cannot
come OFF for year at least because Try
ing has arranged for a long provincial
tour in Becker with,Mrs. Cecil Raleigh
the American actress, as his leading WON
an, while Miss Terry is also booked, for
several months to come
IL Is Tor rather an odd reason that Leo
pold WenZei, who for fifteen years has
conducted the baI1ets at the Empire. is
ieaVing that famous London place of
amusement. Wenzel who is perhaps
BEST known as the author of two French
songs, 'VeuZ-tu?" and Petit BIeu." is
quitting the Empire because his orchestra
has been forbidden to salute" him. The
conductor always has been popular with
the members of the orchestra who for
several years have been in the habit of
paying him the compliment of rappfng
on their musie stands at his taking IN
MS baton. Not long ago the Empire man
agement ordered the players to diseon-
tlnue the practice-why has net been re-
Veaied-wheTeupon WenzeI threatened to
resign, not expecting however to be
taken at his word. His resignation has
been accepted, however, and he viii leave
the music haA on April Is
Actor Kills Himself on STAGE.
German audience which had gather
ed to see comedy had a tragedy enacted
before it the other night when Emil
HaSda, a fayerite comedian who at the
time was playing the comic part In Full
da's THE Twin Sisters suddenly COM
mltted suicide on the stage The thing
happened at Nimptsch, the Twin Sis
ters company being on tour from Berlin
All along they had played to bumper
houses, and from the first the comedian
Hasda, had been most applauded of all
the players. Tt is said that Hasda's rea-
son for self destruction was the fact that
one of the actresses In the company had
refused to marry him.
His part in the comedy was a broadly