Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-16

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not caring for opera In foreign tongue,
he wisely conjeetured there must be many
others with thirst for the classic music
drama in the mother tongue His organ
izahon ran for three years, summer and
winter, with a change of operate bills each
week, until Boston people began to look on
his company as a fixture, If not an institu-
ton.
Mr.. Savage soon decided to extend his
sphere of influence in things operate TO
New York, and since Christmas day, 1897,
when he gave his first English grand opera
performance at the American, the history
OF his company has been an open book to
music lovers east of the Mississippi river.
On October 49, 1899, at the American, his
company celebrated it's five hundredth per-
Torrance of opera in English. Last year
In Chicago it celebrated it's four thousand.h
performance. In all that time one of Mr..
Savage'S boasts Is that a bill has never
been changed, once it had been officially
announced. Three years ago the PROPOSE
ton to centralize. his English singing forces
into one great standard company, singing
only grand opera masterpieces in the ver-
nacular, took form and f1ourished.
The annual tours of the company now in
clude all the principal cities of the east
and middle west. During the eight years
history of the organization Mr.. Savage has
produced no less than eighty-one operas In
English. Many of these have never been
sung except by his company. 1t is a part
of his educational plan to add some new
work to his repertoire each season. Verdi's
masterpiece, "Othello," having been select
ed this year. Mr.. Savage still adhereS to
his original plan of giving grand opera at
regular theater prices. The company still
includes a number of the best singers that
started with it several years ago, among
them Joseph Sheehan, Winfred Golf. Fran
els j. Boyle, Gertrude Rennyson and Mar
rion 1vell. Among Mr.. Savages new sing
ers are Jean. Lane Brooks, Antoinette LIE
Brun, Rita Newman, Pietro Gherardi, Remi
Marsano, ALDER WATERSHED, Harrison w.
Bennett.
CALLED HIM MIR. ELLIOTT."-NatC C.
Goodwin, who is the husband of Miss Ell
hott, as almost every one knows, was re-
Gently leaving the theater after witnessing
his wife's performance, when the carriage
attendant touched him on the arm to indi-
cate where Mr.. ~Goodwin's carriage was.
This way. if you please, Mr.. Elliott"
said the attendant.
Nat turned upon the attache of the house
and said: LH@ss';
MY dear young man, it may interest you
to know that my name is Goodwin, not
Elliott. The lady in the case is Mrs. Good
win. and l am not Mr.. Elliott"
AS the man stammered and murmured an
apology, Goodwin continued:
But bless you, l don't care. 1 don't
blame you.~@A MY wife has made such hit
that l knew some one would call me Mr..
Elliott sooner q later
AN ANIMAL IMPERSONATOR.-O OF
the best known names to the theater-go'ng
public is that of Mr.. George Ali. who has
been on thestage FOR over eighteen years.
although his, face has never been seen by
the audiences and chas never spoken line
in any piece which he was in. Mr.. Ali is
we'll known to the public as an animal
comedian, having taken the part in all of
the big extravasanzas which required the
impersonation of animals of various kinds
BrOadhurSt and Currie secured him to i'm
persona tie the part Of Tige. who is the in
separable companion of Buster in all his
mischief making. <
HAS PLAYED MANY PARTS.-Frederic
Bond, in Chase's bill next week. claims all
records long, short or middle, for his rep
ertoire of plays and parts.
Mr. Bond is turtle distinguished by the
fact that at one time he was the principal
member comedian and ''cynosure of all
eyes, in a summer stock company here.
Mr. Bond endeared himself to the laughter
loving public during those sultry summer
days by his performances of the various
parts in the bright comedies then present.
ed. Best of all was his Adonis Evergreen,
that prodigal parent immortalized in My
Awful Dad
Mr. Bond is really in earnest when he
lays claim to having committed to memory
more parts than any other American actor.
He has been in harness for twenty years,
part of the time with the Augustin Daily
company later with the Frohmans, after
ward with several stock organizations,
changing plays every week and sometimes
of md fn1 five CT a
has been staging and playing a new play
every weeip during at least fifty weeks In
each year. twill be seen, therefore, that
he has had the opportunity. at least. There
can hardly be doubt that his claim is
warranted BY the facts. Mr.. Bond thinks
he has perfected his memory to the last
degree, and he offers any odds against peo-
pie who have developed their retentive
| faculties by the hundred and odd memory
systems prevalent. He declares that. like
John T. Sullivan, another record claimer
| for his repertoire. he ''absorbs" parts. He
does not bother with sitting down faithfully
and persistently, and learning line after
| line, and cue after cue, but, book in hand
| he attends rehearsalS, and behold, when the
| first night arrives he has the part down
pat" He confesses that once in a while
he has to do a little 'winging" which Is
| the word actors employ to describe their
method of lacking their parts upon the
! scenery in the entrances and exits they use
/ in the play, enabling them to snatch hasty
SilmpSSS, anu upon rare occasions ne mas
| struggled his lines upon the stage, and
| hidden behind a book or under a news
paper or sometimes in his hat, he has gone
| through long part without a break. But
| these are the heroic expedients rarely re-
| sorted to except when the actor is aimos.
| wholly unprepared to play his part and
svins ns aSsawn
him." or catching cue from some other
| player. are not taken into account on the
debit side OF the ledger
| RHODE ISLAND HERo.-Lawrance
| D'Orsay and The Earl of Pawtucket'' are
! to appear in Providence this week. and a
rather unique interest attaches to the en-.
| gagement there from the fact that the real
| town of Paw5nekei Hes only four miles dis
| tant. The citizens of Pawtucket in recog.
milton Of the fame that this Augustus
| Thomas comedy fas given their town, have
organized asieelebration to be known as
''Pawtucket Night" The mayor and the
board of aldermen will occupy boxes, and
will be escorted hy the local company OF
militia. and the event promises to be one OF
| more than passing interest-for Pawtucket
at any rate.