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son, mas Deen taken Ill and compelled
to retire to her home in the country
for the remainder Of the season. Her
place will be occupied by May Lewis,
an English girl. who has been doing
small parts In the piece.
Madame Calve has declared that
she will never sing Carmen" in New
York again In fact. she is frank
enough to say that she does not like
New York, either Its public or its crit
les. She likes better to sing in the
West and South and her tour of sixty
concerts next season will be gov
erned In some measure at least by
her wishes In that respect.
Miss Ellis Jeffreys started out in
life to be violin virtuoso. A kindly
teacher, however, smote her so se-
verely over the wrist when she failed
to play to suit him, that he broke her
violin-her wrist does not seem to
have suffered-and the public was
saved. She never bought another fid-
die. Instead she studied singing and
began her stage career in light opera.
The story that Nine. Bernhard
scolded small audience in Youngs-
town, Ohio, week or so ago proves
to be at least six years old On the
occasion of an earlier visit to that
city she interpolated four words ef-
fectively in the dying speech of Ca
mile. "Ahi" she said, Il see a face.
I cna n h.xE g.
Nine. Bernhard has had no occasion
for comment Of this sort this season.
Mrs. Thomas O'Brien, we'll known
for many years as the feminine half
of the vaudeville team of O'Brien and
Havel, died last week at her home in
New York after lingering illness.
She had not been working for some
time. O'Brien will continue the act
originated by himself and his wife,
with Effie Lawrence, Of the Lawrence
sisters, as his new partner. She has
been playing Mrs. O'Brien's part dur
ing her Illness
Florence Ziegfeld, Jr., who has been
abroad for year now with his wife,
Anna Held, is reported to be in diff
cult financial straits. Ziegfeld, be-
tween his operations upon the Paris
Bourse and the Casino at Monte Car
10, was reported last summer to be
rolling in luck and piling up snug
fortune. Later reports have it that
this rs all dissipated and that it will
likely bring the fair Anna back
to America next season in a new mu-
sical piece.
Mr.. Warfield played "The Music
Master" for the five hundredta time
last week. and made short speech,
saying: with the aid Of a discrimi-
mating public, whose intelligence has
never tagged, we have succeeded in
reaching our five hundredth perform
ance. record Of which we are
proud" He twice tegan another SEN
tence, but broke down each time, and
was finally forced to go behind the
scenes, the audience applaudlng even
louder than before.
Perhaps no actor of equal celebrity
has had his name mispronounced in
so many ways as Kyrle Bellew. He
has been called Curley Belloo, Kirrel
Blew, Kirle Baloo and half score of
names. The pronunciation given by
the actors distinguished father (bish-
op Of Calcutta and queens chaplain
at St Georges. London) is as II the
name were spelled Curl Bellyou. That
is an interesting bit Of information
for the thousands of matinee girls
throughout the country who worship
after this stage divinity.
Forbes Robertson and his wife, Ger
trude Elliott, will come to this coun-
try early next October for a tour OF
the entire country in shakespearian
under the management Of
Klaw G. Erlanger. Mr.. Robertson,
who has appeared here the last three
seasons, both with his wife and alone,
has long desired to make an extended
tour OF the United States with Mrs.
Only within few days
have all the details for the forthcom-
ing tour been completed. The Eng
lish stars will bring an entire English
repertoire Of plays. which will include
Hamlet" "Othello," THE Merchant
Of Venice" Romeo and Juliet" and
other Shakespearian plays, and Rich
elieu.g The tour OF the United States,
which will extend to the Pacific coast.
will be made in a special train de
luxe, and only few performances
will be given In all Of the principal
cities between New York and san,
Francisco.