Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-11-10

pany of players VINO nave peer APP
pearing with Easy Dawson the
Edward f. Kidder comedy. will close
their tour at the Grand Opera House,
New York city. Saturday, November
fl. Mr.. Hitchcock will resume his
tour early in December, When ne
win appear as the star of Il brand
new play which has been especially
written for him.
There are two college Widow"
companies on the road this season
and each is playing to enormous
business. This is not remarkable
when it is remembered that this ex-
ccllent work of George AIDES played
an entire season at the Garden thea
tire, New York city. The eastern
company closed a ten weeks engage
ment at the fremont theatre, in
Boston. on Saturday night. and inn
mediately began a long tour, which
includes the principai cities of the
east.
Henry w. Savage's famous Eng
fish Grand Opera company is now
playing a two weeks engagement at
the fremont %treatre, in Boston. Not
NlliISliuCluS Tue ldCl lHdl MI. 1Oi-
reid announced that his Grand Opera
company would not play in Boston,
giving for the reason that audiences
in that city did not appreciate grand
opera. Mr.. Savage's company has
met with a most enthusiastic recep-
ton. and the spacious fremont thea
ire mas been entirely sold out for
the entire engagement. When it is
I ,,nt,,c vah aro1 thnt thie cAra,,nnu lnet
been playing for more than a de-
cade, this business seems all the
more remarkable.
Henry W. Savage is making active
preparations for his next production,
which will be offered to the public
earlier than was anticipated. This
astute manager will provide Ray
mond Hitchcock, his foremost star
comedian, with a new vehicle, and it
will be produced for the first time
on any stage early in December at
the fremont theatre. in Boston. Mr..
Savage and his general stage direct
or. George Marion, have been in Hot
Springs, Va, for several weeks maxi
ing preliminary arrangements for
this new play. No announcement
has yet been made of the name of
the play nor of the authors. 1t will
be Il musical comedy, however, or,
more strictly speaking, 4 comedy
with music.
The western college Widow"
company, headed by Frederick
Truesdell, as Billy Bolton. and Dor
othy Tenant, as Jane Witherspoon.
the widow, played in New Orleans !
last week. The yellow fever ex-
element having subsidized, the COM
pany played the southern territory
uninterrupted, and is now vending
its way westward to the Pacific coast
via Denver.
Two former newspaper women
are now singing grand opera roles
for manager Henry w. Savage.
These are Miss Gertrude Rennyson,
daughter of the late Captain Kenny
son, editor OF the Norristown (Pa.)
Times, who graduated from the New
England Conservatory before going
to Paris, and Miss Claude Albright,
daughter of ]. c. Albright, editor of
the Albuquerque Register, New Mex
leo. Both Miss Rennyson and Miss
Albright We're society and music ed
itors before going abroad to study
for the grand opera stage.
One of the pleasant duties of Miss
Louise Forde, as the efficient chaper-
on in the college Widow" is to
greet with a kiss each of the boys re-
turning to Atwater College at the be-
ginning of the term
This is also pleasant for the boys.
To call this a pleasant duty for
Miss Forde without that young WON
ans consent leaves a doubt in the
mind whether it is really such happy
WORK for he".
You see, she has to pass around
twelve or fifteen of the prettiest en-
braces in the short space of ninety
seconds-rather rapid work even for
II with the vast experience that has
come TO Miss Forde during her long
engagement with THE College
Widow"
Miss Forde makes a very charm
ing C%haperon, however, and it is
needless to say that no one ever saw
any OF the young men in the cast
finch at the ordeal of greeting her.
The "blackbirds," '~'canaries'' and
tuc owl, ana even DAINTY n
Wren from Henry w. Savage's
WOODLAND company were out in
force at the Latonia race track last
week and when Woodlands galloped
home a winner, there was long and
Il applause from the end of the
grand stand where the bevy of beau
ues Hooked together. for they all
/ mad a bet on the winner,-out of
sentiment. You know. When the
hrst price was quoted against the
4 morse carrying the sentimental bunch
they We're all there. And he brought
I nome the "wampum. Helen Hale,
the Jenny Wren of the company. got
as good as 2 to / for $50. and tine
others bet all the way from a aye-
spot to twenty-five at the preyaiIing
odds. Harry Bulger, the leadiIS
comedian of the company. had 4
swell bet down at s to S. and whep
Woodlands number was hung I'm
there were many II told Won so'ss
heard in the grand stand.
It was the first visit of MANY az
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