Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-03
Gossip About Plays, and Pl0yhouses

cite, the French poet Of Canada, and a
score Of others.
A new use has been found for the gram
ophone A young lady In Australia thought
she had a singing voice, but wanted eX-
pert opinion as to whether she would be
Justified in taking a long journey from her
home to London to compete for a scholar
ship. So she sang into a gramophone and
sent the record to well known London
professor OF music and asked him II he
would try the record on his machine and
inform her what he thought Of the qualities
OF her voice and II Il was good enough 70
try for the scholarship. The professor us,
tened to the record, was duly impressed
with the possibilities OF the voice ana
wrote to say he thought she should try me
ing there just in time for the examination
and was one Of the two successtul canol-
dates out Of one hundred and ninety COM
Charles F'rohman has gone to Paris TO con-
cluds arrangements for the appearance IN
London next autumn OF q Leading hnsnsyn
actor In an important prodneton, OF wnlSn,
ton will come from Paris" During his
visit to that city Mr.. Frohman expects 70
perfect plans for a special season OF Enghs sIn
and American artists. The play Will be
given in English, the first being SHERLOCK
Holiness" with william Gillette in his orig
iRa part This Is to be r f0lG THfo by MsS
fair has run its course at the vaudeville
Miss Edna May will have her chance OF
charming Partisan playgoers IN music
From Paris Miss May proceeds to Brussels
Berlin and Vienna with the same object
The new vaudeville combination has not
been worrying Percy @. Williams, who con-
trolls a chain Of vaudeville houses in this
city and Brooklyn and who Is said to Pc
with the exception OF oscar Hammersteiih,
this city. He has Just made the announce
ment that he has secured Lily Langtry TOT
six weeks appearance T. ms h Yi sn near
in his houses presenting the sketch, Pug
iiacci," in which she scored a London sue
cess. Chevalier has been seeHred t9b ,s e
next season and Gransby Williams, Lon
don music hall Sgtist, will make his Ameri-
Mr., Williams has also made fiattering Of
fers through his London agent to Ellen
Terry and Mr.. and Mrs Kendall.
Among the actresses who have done
girl easier are Marie Cahill, Fay Temple,
ton and Bessie Mccoy. In "Moonshine,
appearing, ali the girls wear skirts to their
ankles. when / was poor had TO work
In a chorus" Miss Cahlll said, and some
outrageous. / resolved that IL ever 1 came
to employ girls they would not be asked
to wear clothes that would offend their
Five Minutes from Broadway in which
Fay Templeton is appearing, the chorus
girls wear dresses that would be appropri-
English musical comedies the skirts of the
girls have been heightened. The managers
are getting over the idea that tights are
necessary in the chorus. The skirt that
reaches below the knee Is now worn In
more choruses than are dedicated to tights
and the public is just as well pleased. Bes-
sic Mccoy Of "A Yankee Circus on Mars
has orgaHized a Chorus Girls Sabbath as
ISOLATION The girls that belong are earn
est, and the association does a great deal
of good. Chorus girls unions have been
organized from time to time but have
been frowned upon by the managers and
supported only In lukewarm fashion by
the chorus girls themselves. Many chorus
girls are members Of the Church and Stage
society of the Actors Church alliance,
which has in every city of. Importance a
clergyman who is especially anxious to be
of assistance to members of the theatrical
profession. There is a literary club in the
chorus of Sergeant Brue."