The Washington times., 1906-06-24

Mary z. Goodman. The wilderness. q"
a comedy in three acts. bS H. Y. Es-
mond.
Doesn't that show a pleasing Variety
From Bible Jim" 10 'Mamizelle Cham
pagne." and from "A Major OF Indus
Try no mere captain. mind you-and
Money. Money. Money TO "A Mans
Worst Enemy and King Cowboy"
To say nothing of While Frisco was
Burning" Whoever wrote that ought
10 go into competition with George n
Cohan as a lightning play writer.
And that suggests the fact that there
has been considerable complaint about
the distribution Of money for the actors
left in bad circumstances through the
Frisco fire. The money that the Lambs
Club sent out reached its destination all
right. but IN dividing II up may who
were deserving and really needed funds
got such a small share OF il that IL was
like accepting charity One cOrrespon-
dent says she returned the money al
loted 10 her rather than be unCe7. obII-
cations TO anybody. and went over TO
Oakland for n few weeks engagement
and earned enough money 10 start East
next week.
That's the right spirit. OF course. don't
be under obligation unless there's a
whole lot in II.
Aoropos Of nothing at aIl-it Is told
that Julia Sanderson. while bathing 81
Winthrop Beach last Sunday rescued a
chorus girl named BessieScOtt
II was heroic. but no one saw the deed
but the press agent
II is also told-or rather wss-thst
Mignon Phillips. "a handsome young W
man connected with the Smiling Island
company recently committed suicide in
Philadelphia -
But Mignon says us a lie. Don't
know whether she means the hand
some young woman" or the suicide
story Glad OF the correction. anyhow.
And furthermore that May Yohe re
Gently trOtted down the gang plank OF
an incoming. rather slow-going steam
er, and admitted that she was looking
for work No press agent welcomed
her. and even the cabmen. hearing that
sh9 had failed 10 pay her London cab
bill. wanted cash in advance Myi nyt
30 press agent-cash in advance-and
looking for work Times certainly have
changed!
And moreover-and this is the lowell
est or all-that Seymour Hicks. who has
distinguished himself in London by his
very free adoption of song features
original in this country for his musical
pieces. is now about to begin to trans
form Shakespeare into musical com
edy, first experimenting with -'As You
Like It" Needless to say, Shakespeare
will survive the experiment-but isn't it
lovely?
On the same line is an advertisement
in the Dramatic Mirror, which sets
forth that "a woman for Ophelia and
other people are wanted for Stetson's
Uncle Toms Cabin which plays un-
der canvas during the summer months.
Grant Luce is manager. to whom com
munications should be addressed" It's
evidently going to be a mastodonic
Uncle Tom" company If it takes In
Opheiia- The ad says nothing about
Hamlet, Lady Macbeth, or Othello.
Speaking of Uncle Toms Cabin"
Maud Raymond. who was Topsy in he
Brady all-star revival OF that popular
classic. is making the hit of her young
life as Beezy. the colored attendant in |
the manicure parlors in the first act
of the Social Whirl." She has made
a big hit with the song ''Bill Simmons
and Is often mistaken for a genuine |
"cullud pusson." She Is not a South /
erner, but an ordinary East Side New
\ orker, from a part of town where
tnere are Few negroes, and never even
blacked up until she played Topsy /
She's proud of her makeup, which she l
says Is the result of considerable ex-
pertinent with brown paint; no burnt /
cork about it, She says: THE greatest |
compliment / have had on my work IN /
The Social Whirf 1 presume are mash /
notes from real coons' who take me /
for one of their kind The other night l
a man in the second row left his seat 4
and asked Mr.. Perlet, the musical di- /
rector. II IL was true that 1 was a white /
woman"
Before quitting this babble-the En-
gelstenn sisters, from this town. want \
their friends to know that they are
making a Dig hit in the music halls |
and the roof gardens of New York |
And George lie Guere CMullaly) sends /
word that he is now playing light COM |
edy with the Majestic Stock Company |
IN Utica, N Y Don't happen to know |
George. but some readers may. so the |
good news is passed along j