The Washington herald., 1906-11-21
ABOUT PLAYERS AND PLAYS.

Inc PittSburg police and puDhc are
puzzled at the claim put in by Miss
Bessie Abbott, the opera singer, that her
carriage was held up by thug on Satur-
day night while she was driving to the
station 10 take the train for New York
after her concert in Pittsburg To be held
up has become so common in Pittsburg
that no one thinks any more Of telling
| about it to friends. while only rubes from
the country report hold-ups to the police.
Miss Abbott says that when the thug
reached through her carriage window and
grabbed her wrist, demanding her money
and Jewels. she slugged him with mon
ster bunch Of roses and he faded away
into the double-dyed Pittsburg night
DIscord impends In the Pittsburg Or
chestra over the question OF outside en-
gagements by the musicians. The man
agement recently prohibited the men from
taking outside engagements in the future
and the men threaten to strike If the
order isn't reselnded.
Chicago has been selected as the dog
on which Claiming Pollock Will try his
new play. to be called The Secret Or
chard" and no doubt a dramatization of
the story Of that name BY the way. Lena
Ashwell will take Charming Pollock's
Clothes" home with her when she re-
turns to England. as well as two other
American plays, for use in her own roper
tory.
May Irwin is telling all her newspaper
friends in the striCtest confidence that a
man has come forward with an offer to
take her around the world next year. on
a professional tour
Victor Capoul. once the best-beloved Of
great French tenors, now spends his IN
emotional days in raising grapes and
violets on his fine estate near Toulouse
Occasionally some event in the musical
world, like the production of a new opera
or the debut Of a new prima donna, will
draw him from his quiet retreat in the
south 10 the hustle and glare Of the boule-
wards.
The hustling vaudeville manager never
misses a bit. One Of them in New York
says he has cabled an offer of s4O0O a
week to Count Boni de Castellane to give
fencing exhibitions on his circuit
As Miss Lima Cavaluri suffered severely
from sea sickness during her voyage from
Europe, she viii not appear in the open
ing performance at the Metropolitan
Opera House in New York. as originally
scheduled. La Boheme" will be substi-
tuted for Fedora
Her five years retirement doesn't seem
TO have weakened Camille d'ArviIle's grip
on the public on her reappearance.
Monday night at Springfield, Mass.
where Of old she was a special favoritc.
small ovation greeted her. The Belle
OF London Town" described as Il comedy
with music. was the piece she appeared
In.
The Pittsburg police can't stop the cpl
demic OF crime there, but they have
closed up a so-called school for chorus
girls. That may help some
One Of the most rousing benefits ever
given on Broadway Will be that sched-
uled for December for Henry c. Bar
nabee and Marie Stone. two Of the most
popular people who ever appeared in
comic opera in America Il is feared that
Mr.. Barnabee may be too feeble to aD-
pear, as planned. al the benefit and sing
the tinker's song from Robin Hood"
Olga Nethersole's supporting company
this year IS all English. you know with
the exception Of Frank Mills, her leading
man. And he has been acting in England
so many seasons he now talks United
States Ike an amateur.
The professional scandalmonger OF the
New York Telegraph blurts out that
Caruso was a butcher before he became
one Of the greatest tenors in the world.
Della Stacey, now playing at the Majes-
tic Is the daughter OF the late Col VI. H
Stacey. L. s. A, and sister of Mai. Crom-
well Stacey, now serving in the Philip
pines. At eight years Of age Della was
living at Camp Thomas, Ariz., then in
command of her father. She was fond
Of everything that breathed, but fairly
hated saw-dust-stuffed dolls One day.
willie her father was of on a scout for
certain of the dreaded Apaches, Miss
Della, with purse containing all her saw
ings. and her nurse In tow. visited the
luulah women on the OutkslrJS OF the
camp. Here. finding a big Indian boy
baby, in the care CT its mother, she ap-
preached. emptied her purse into the
squaw's lap, and, picking Up the papoose.
insisted upon Rose Ann, her nurse, carry
ing II back 10 headquarters. She wanted
a live coll The fond mother Of the
papOose did not object on reaching its
new home the Indian child was washed.
fed and dressed in the clothes Cf civiIiZa-
tion, with all Of which IL was cOntented
for several days. When Col Stacey re-
turned. however he objected 10 adopting
an Indian into the family. summoned an
orderly, and had the sergeant go in
search of that unnatural mother" Poor
Della. in tears. had to give Up her live
doll The Indians in the interim had had
a feast with little Miss StaCey's savings.