Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-10-08

careful perusal of the newspapers, by which
she acquired, in course of time, knowledge
of our idiom and the other was her at
tendance at the theater as frequently as
possible She recommends any one anxious
to learn a language properly and well TO
follow her advice and do as she did. She
is an example of heredity, for her mother
Madame Hortense Scheff, still holds very
prominent position in the opera company
at the Hof Theater. In Frankfort, while at
one time she was a prime favorite in opera
In Vienna, where FRITZ herself was born.
She was only nineteen years old when she
became the leading prima donna at the
Royal Opera House, in Frankfort.
DECEIVED THE RooSTERS.-Henri
Gressitt, while in Washington the past week
experimenting his production of The
Dragon-Fly, told amusing story con-
corning the realistic effect of one of the
scenes In the play. The tale was not only
amusing, but also unusual
ut was the first night of the performance
of The Dragon-Fly' in Philadelphia" said
the genial and optimistic manager. "In the
second act of the piece we have on the
stage, along with other animals a couple
of game ROSTERS. When the fowls had
finished their work they were placed back
of the wings on the stage in little coop
and were forgotten as the performance pro-
ceeded.
THE closing scene of the last act dis
closes the battlements of Fortress Atone
II.
the scene progresses 1t gradually becomes
lighter, the shadows of the early day are
gradually chased away and In realistic man
ner the sun steadily climbs up the sky and
peeps over the horizon onto the fortress
BY an ingenious mechanical device" said
Mr.. Gressitt warming to his narrative with
a poetic enthusiasm worthy of John Luther
Long himself. I'VE had things fixed that
the stars could be seen twinkling in the
heavens. The development of the effect
| the gradual coming of the dawn, the steady
rising of the sun and Its breaking over the
hfllS-waS so realistic that the game rooS-
| tiers in the wings off stage were entirely
| deceived, and at the instant the sun was
, peeping over the horizon both the feathered
actors, true to the traditions of their kind,
| tapped their wings, craned their necks and
burst forth in series of lusty crows. They
refused to be queted even when the prop
| erty assured them it was fake day
| break and not the time for matutinal songs,
so they had to be carried off the stage.
''The mistake of the game cocks, how
ever, had bad effect the scene, for the
| gallery gods Immediately took up the chorus
| resounded with imitation Of 'day-break
| in the nen-house
THAT first night assured us we would
| either have to make the sunrise scene less
| realistic or else keep the BOOSTERS in the
! cellar, and since then we have resorted to
| the latter plan
| THE AUTHOR OF PETER PAM
james NJ. Barrie, the author of peter
| Pan" In which Miss Maude Adams will be
seen for the first time at the National
/ Theater Monday evening. October 10, has
what may be called in the literary world a
| niche all TO himself ever since the APP
| appearance of Aud Light Idylls. in 1887.
! This play. which had a long and prosperous
run in London, where 1t was produced by
/ Charles Frohman, has been the means OF
attracting unusual attention to the author
as 1t is so unlike any of his previous stage
| creations Gradually the number of MIR.
| Rarries believers has grown for in each
| succeeding work he has emphasized an In
| diyiGaai note that he struck eighteen years
ago in Aud LIGHT Idylls.. Barrteism, to