Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-25

now lives. Mr. Henry w. Savage first heard
this imported maid of Athens sing in con-
cert. and at once picked her out for the part
of Chiquita. An interview was arranged, at
which it decided that Miss Nichols
should enact the role of Chiquita, or some
equally important character, for the next
five years.
A ROBUST HERO-When Raymond
Hitchcock, the star of the Yankee Con-
sui" was down to hard pan with a barn
stormng troupe-and it wasn't very
many years ago-he was called upon to play
the heroic role in a blood-crudling meIo
drama During the play the hero is tied
to the railroad track.
MY character, said the comedian, in
telling the story, recently, was that of
a brave section hand, and if I remember
rightly, the heroine was the daughter of
the village boarding house keeper. The
mean villain first locked the suffering hero
inc in the fiagmans shanty, and then after
terrible encounter he bested me and tied
me TO the track. Now the property man
on this occasion had forgotten to place
the with which the heroine was to break
down the door and liberate from my
perilous position. The lady impersonating
the heroine was rushing around-like Rich
ard of old-shouting in hoarse whispers,
An ak, an AK The men in charge of the
train were overZealOus, and without wait
ing until the necessary ak was secured,
started the train. Eight day coaches and
a baggage car passed over me- to say
nothing of the pasteboard engine, yet l
was ready in the next act to deal out de-
ferred retribution to that deep-dyed vii
lain.
ROYALTIES MISSED Shakespeare
would rival even Barrie in royalties If he
had copyright now. The Tanning Of the
Shrew'' is nearing its hundredth night at
the Adelphi in London with Oscar Asche
and Lily Brayton; Walters Henry w Is
doing uncommonly well at the Imperial, and
now, succeeding The Tempest" Beerbohm
Tree puts On Much Ado About Nothing
at His Majestys.
Rumors of other Shakespearean revivals
are also plentiful In London. Not only H.
B. Irving but Mr.. Martin Harvey is to
play Hamlet, and Beerbohm Tree is talk
ing of LAS You Like It," "Othello" and
Macbeth" Mr. Fred Terry is also said
to be medtating productions of LAS You
Like IT. and "Othello.' in which he would
play Jacques and the Moor, and his wife,
Julia Nelson, Rosalind and Desdemoua
Lewis Waller, now acting in Henry v"
is to do Romeo and Juliet" in the spring.
OLD Enthusiastically the good old
"Burgomaster' was being played in the
New York Theater. In a box sat Gustav
Luders. who founded his present prosperity
upon its score and Miss Ruth White, whose
star dreams were frightened by her ap-
pearance as Willie Van Astrobilt in the
original production in the old Dearborn
Theater, Chicago. And they sat and
listened it is said that together they en-
joyed a good cry. Which is probable. The
tears streamed from the composers face,
and he exclaimed "Ach my first baby, 1
shall never write another like It," The
warm-hearted German seized Miss White
by the hand and said: when will those
times come back?' referring to the time
Of the original production in Chicago, when
Luders was poor tolinst and Miss White
the prima donna of the company. Luders
is now wealthy man, making in the
neighborhood of $4,000 year from royal
ties, while Miss White Is to be starred in a
new opera by Victor Herbert by w. P.
Cullen. manager of THE Burgomaster."
CHORUS GIRL STATISTICS-Soms en-
terprising stage statistician got very busy
recently and interviewed eighty-six chorus
girls with figures-in figures. The follow
Ing summary was submitted without afi-
davits:
AS to former occupations: No oceupa-