Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-11

ence, ana remarked that it was the old
case OF like mother. Ike child
William r. Hodge, whom the late
James A Herne described as the best
portrnyer OF village character on the
American stage, and who has made q
big hit as Stubblns I'm Mrs. Wigs of
the Cabbage Patch" IA to star next
season ip his own play. Eighteen Miles
From Home and which ne has recent
" elaborated into book soon 10 be
published,
Rumors OF shakespearean reyivals
are plentiful In London. Not only II y.
Irving, but Mr.. Martin Harvey is TO
play Hamlet" and Beerbohm Tree Is
talking OF AS You Like It," "Othel-
To- and Macbeth" MIR. Fred Terry
r. also said TO be medatng productions
Of AS You Like It," and "Othello."
In which he would play jacques and the
Moor and his wife, Julia Nelson, Ros-
alind and Desdemona. Lewis Waller.
now acting In Henry "" Is TO do Ro-
meo and Juliet in the spring
A member OF the unsuccessful
American Woman company, which
closed IN Kansas city last Wednesday
night, wrote 10 Frederick J.. Power OF
the Bush Temple theater this an
nouncement Of the demise ~ regret
70 report the approach Of the death of
the Amber Lawlord american Wo-
man" company. The event win talCe
place at the close OF our engagement
here on Wednesday night Feb 1. Tho
end VIII be peaceful, probably no one
being present but couple Of comps"
and the janitor What IL left win be
shipped back 10 Chicago"
70. s. willard mot with "a dire failure
IN his production Of Lucky Durham"
and that play by the late Wilson Bar
nett Is 60 he l7id aside for revival
Of The Brighter Side" This Is the
charming odaTtatlcn from the French
OF Alfred Carus, which Mr.. Willard In
troduccd under the title Of "rhe Optim-
ist' some time back The change IN
title was due tt "A claim made by sgd
ney Resented that he has Il play and
controls ihc utlc cf THE Optimist" Mr..
Willard has also made important
changes In his company, and will
strengthen It w materially before start
ms Ms tour ir the new play
NJ, j. Wilder the monologist. writes
TO the Dramatic Mirror OF what ne has
seen theatricaly IN Japan. lie SAYS.
among other things; THE children are
legion I'm japanese theater as ev-
erywhere and I'm this kindly little ma
ton the child ia king Unrebuked they
wander about the theater, at least n
dozen climbing TO the stage between the
acts and peeping under the curtain.
Every one, men and women, smokes
continually until the air Is nlled with
q mick blue haze, Women with babies
strapped to their back are an ordinary
sight everywhere In Japan. and may be
seen az the theater as frequently as in
| the streets"
undaunted by their costly experience
| with Gabrielle Rejane Lieblcr a. 90
are arranging FOR Il farewell visit Of
| sarah BornhaTGt TO Americas friendly
| shores next season Nine. Beruhardt
mas not visited here for some time, and
| lAe promise Is that when she comes
oyer the newt time 1t will be 10 saw
| Ndleu 10 her admirers ON the western
| hemisphere. These foreign tours are
| costly experiments sometimes. Relane
| me most recent case I'm sight. has cost
| Liebler & co. "A small fortune. but thoy
! evidently are net content, as Mma.
! Bernhardt viii come even niger than
| the French Coincidence All Of which
suggests mat wise observation "that
she'll 70 wen II she makes money"
!
Sothern, even I'm the smaller cities
! mat he and Miss Marlowe are visiting
on their tour, Is diligent In training the
| supers' that come 10 his hand. though
| he may use them I'm only single per-
| tormance Not long ago, IN New Eng
iand city, he was patiently training one
| OF them to mount guard i'm the castle at
10
| hungling and Sothern's patience
! waned. Finally he plucked the spear
| from the super. mounted guard himself.
! with a Cant You do what ! dOR The
! man awokc. III / could" he snapped.
edo You think I'd be working here at IS
! cents "a uight?" Thus do old tales take
| new forms to suit the Shakespearean
! star Of the hour Mccullough. to So
! nothing NJ others. had, according 10
! TO tradition, a very similar experience.
When Franz, Mills, the American ac-
| tc' whom Gorge ~ Tyler brought back
| from LONDON To- rlay the muscIan IN
! Merely Mary Ann entered the calling
@ few years ago hIs salary (Which he
! did net geD Was theoretically fixed at
! 81 week seven years ago he went to
| London, IN winch capital he secured a
| FIRM rtoirsscral footing and earned
sound reputation for his work. lie
has a pretty homo In st. Johns Wool
a quarter Of London that II sacred IA
! the artistically minded, where h. finds
! recreation In his own garden and lives
the life Of the idcalist he Is. Instead
| of a salary Of s. a week, on paper he
draws from Lieblor g co, during sea-
| son Of five months, $3.50 a week, and, by
way OF perquisitos, pay for his Sleep
ing car accommodations on tour and
all cost OF ocean travel from aud back
| TO England for himself and Mrs. Mills.