The Washington herald., 1906-11-03
ABOUT PLAYS AND PLAYERS

May Yohes effort to recharge Mile.
Champagne at the recently profession
allied Berkeley Theater. New York.
doesn't seem 20 have produced anything
theNpublic would mistake for izz. so the
venture has ended in n fizzie. Whether
the fault lay with May or ''AIademoiseIIe''
is hardly worth inQuiTing. 1t is probably
another case OF "honOrs are divided" As
salaries hadn't been paid and a row was
on between May and her manager, L. r.
Lawrence, the members OF the male chorus
seized the costumes Thursday afternoon,
and the new run OF the thin little musical
skit was over.
Arnold Days artistic temperament finds
a fresh way Of mauifesting itself almost
every hour. At the Lambs Club the other
night the emotional Arnold was inundat-
ing the grill room with a soulful imprO-
visati0n on his fayorite motif. George Ber-
Edrd Shaw. the flow OF his intellectual lrri-
cation spout was directed specially toward
the arid brain-oatch OF Alfred Hickman,
which seems to have made Alfred tired.
he not caring to be bothered with 4 crop
Cf psychic Brussels sprouts from the DAILY
nurseries. So Alfred murmured Rats"
or something like that. whereupOn the in
dignant Arnold soaked him in the Jaw. 4
lovely little bout followed, full of spright-
" action and convincing inte-changes of
dstic and other compliments. until the
house committee called time. Arnold has
been suspended from the privileges OF the
club, until the board Of governors can in
quire into his case.
II your eye happens 10 light on the an
nouncement that VIII ThaHer made his
debut in "OnkeI TonT' at the Irving Place
Treater in New York the other night,
don't jump 10 the hasty conclusion that
It's a sporadic case Of reformed spelling
Will Thaller is q German comedian. and
good one at that. and ''Cnkel Toni a
sort Of TeutOnic version Of John HuG-
sons Wife
Every old-ume theater-goer in Wash
ington and ia most other American cities
viii hope he doesn't really need il, but
nevertheless Henry Clay Barnabee is GO
ing 10 have q benefit IN New York on
December II coujointIy with the widow OF
his old associate in the Boston Ideal
Opera Company and the Bostonians. the
late ". II. Macdonald. The matter was
arranged at q meeting Of professi0na
people al the Lambs Club a few nights
ago. The benefit viii take place at the
Broadway Theater, and il will be a very
notable affair.
John Edwards and Miss Ollie Woolford
were fined at Memphis the other day for
being absent from the rehearsal OF the
"Pin. Paff, Pouff" company. But the fines
were remitted when it was discovered
the pair had taken the afternoon off TO
get married.
The latest about Upton Sinclair Is TO the
sad effect that he was ambushed and
tossed into the flies by q steer at a re-
hearsal of THE Jungle the other day
Aside from a slight disaUTangement OF
his views on socialism. Upon is said
70 have suffered no serious damage. The
steer was put on half rations for three
days by way Of fine for his lack Of rever-
ence for genius.
Langdon Mitchell, author Of ''The New
York Idea" in which Mrs. Fiske has
made such a pronounced success. is en-
gaged in writing a new play for Hen
rictta CTOsman.
Jefferson de Angels and his "Girl
and the Governor" company made the
trip from Philadelphia to Boston by au-
tomobile recently.
A New York amusement promoter has
just returned from Europe with the
scores and books OF no less than 1--WE
musical comedies, which he picked up in
Berlin, Vienna, and Budapest.
Bertha Kalich is recuperating from her
recent illness at Atlantic City.
In his new play. EILEEN Asthore. "
Chauueey- Oicott bursts into song on the
slightest provocation, and without any
provocation. He emits little Jets of song
as he comes on the scene and as he goes
off. and just foods the place with It be-
tween times. He is suspected of har-
boring designs Of appearing in an Irish
opera next season.