The Washington times., 1905-02-12

three months ago. Mrs. Rush is in such
delicate health that her family fear that
the shock of the news would Kill her-
Antoinette Walker, who plays the part
of Jennie I'm '@rhe Music Master at the
Bijou was out Of the cast. her place be-
ing taken by her understudy, Antoinette
Ashton, last week.
5 hundred Yale students acted as sup
ers January 81 during the production
of The Pit at the Hyperion Theater,
in New Haven. and made things lively
in the stock exchange seene-
Fred e. whitney. who has recovered
after a long illness of pneumonia, left
January % fcl. Florida, where he will re-
main for a north Before starting Mr..
Whitney announced he would make
production IN New York April of n new
comedy by stanisiaus Strange called
THE School OF Husbands Grace FIJI
kins has been engaged for one Of The
principal roles.
Julian Mitchell md Glen MacDonough
went to Philadelphia Monday night to
attend the 500tn performance of Babes
in royland" at the Chestnut Street
Opera House Victor Herbert, the COM
Maude Lecne, VINO has been meeting
with success as Jearette Logan in "Hu-
man Hearts (NVestern, has been trans
ferred by w E. Nankerville to the
Southern company after closing the
Western company.
Laura Burt has made arrangements
with D. Appleton & Co. through their
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pIeton, to produce on the stage a play
founded on a book entitled John of
Strathbourne" The time of the play is
in the days of Francis 1, and the dra-
matte version has been made by Miss
Burt's husband, Harry Stanford, who is
now on tour in England with Sir Henry
Irving.
Fraulein Reuhke, of the Court Thea
ter, A:a+.;eh, who is playing the juvenile
lead in Hauptmanns 'Bergschmiede.| =
on January u found on her dressing table
a bonbon box with a note requesting her
to open the box before going on the
stage She opened the box just before
the last act. AS she did so an adder
darted from the box and fastened its
fangs in her dress. The actress screamed
and fell in faint. The deadly snake
was killed by attendants. Frau1ein
Reubke finished the performance
"a Chinese Honeymoon" had its two
thousandth performance in London last
week, passing the record of Charley 5
Aunt and making q new one for length
OF engagement in one city. In America
the musical comedy is being presented
by two separate companies under the
direction OF Sam 6 Shubert
Weatherbeaten Benson has several
youngsters in it, and nothing must do
the star at the beginning of the season
| but that he becomes personally &C
quainted with these little ones and do
| his share toward making them feel per-
| fectly at home in their new positions.
| He sought out each of the children, TO
| learn their names and TO help them in
| their parts, as well as to enjoy their So
ciety. Inquiring about their names he
| came across two girls who go under the
| cognomen of Pullman. He instantly des-
| ignated them as the upper and lower
| Pullman" and as sucn they have since
| been known and will be as long as they
| remain with Ezra Kendall and Wealth
| erbeaten Benson"
''ruubledown Town IS the novel title
| of a new book on which the popular
| comedian, Ezra Kendall, is engaged.
| UElik, his former work in that field this
| latest literary effort of Kendall is
conet-t ed story, very mitch On the order
of Mark Twain.
| George Edwardes expressed few OF
his ideas aboIt things theatrical before
| leaving New Y York for his home In Eng
| land last Wednesday.
| New York is the greatest theater
town in the wcrld,' said he. The money
, spent here for amusement is simply
| marvellous TIE theGteTs are beautiful
| and the producers are to be r"pllTaent-
ed on a spirit of progress and go ahead
which does not exist in any other coun-
| try on earth.
| Cecil De Mile is to revive and appear
! in the title part of Lord Chumley, Whic-
was written by MS father, H. {. ..
! Mile, and David Belasco. and in Whic1
| e. II Sothern won che of the greatest
successes of his career.
Mr.. Sothera has given the play to MI
| De Mile, ami in a letter on the sCbJec'
wrote to the young actor:
MY Dear Cecil: Ii you will play The
part sincerely | gla0ly give TO you al
the production of Chumley, knowing
how creditably you can do this. 1t vii
be delightful to know that your father
son is to play the part he wrote fo
me when you were a baby. Away
| sincerely, l.. n oo n 1Hf'-N'
Young Mr.. De Mile was formerly lead
ing man FOR Virginia Harmed (Mrs. f
Fl. Sothern) His mother, Mrs. H. G
De Mile, has arranged for the produe
ton.
t The Iroquois Memorial Association
securing subscriptions to build Il memor
ial hospital downtown in Chicago. y
its last meeting on January 2S, the as
sociation appointed 4 special committe
of Ludwig Wolff, DR.. George ]. Tobias
and j. J. Reynolds to secure Legislation
which would enable the city to acQuir
the Iroqucis Theater by condemnatio
Eproceedings and convert the building in
Ito Il memorial han and hospital. The!
feel that they have a right TO demand
that 1t build n building which Will b
a warning to all future administration
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