Evening star., 1907-11-03

tracts they had with amusement enter
rises On account Of these bank failures
The condition fleets both drNnatic and
musical attractions. Waynesburg, Pa, is
the latest town heard from in the Way ot
a cancellation on account IF ii bank fail
ur-, and the following extract from LET
ter received by K. +. Johnston. concert
manager Of NOrdlCa. Gerardy and other
not musical artists, from one OF its
leading citizens who had contemplated
giving several local concerts. as had
been the custom in past seasons, VIII
serve 90 jEpert the general effect Of these
failures throughout the country: y ours
in regard to the recital by MaConda IS al
hand. NacOnda las sung here twice. and
. 9 great local favorte. but I cannot see
ny way clear 20 p1 resent her as wa have
had Il bank failure and have given up
the idea Of public entertainment this win
ter"
\ PRESS AGENTS STRANGE DIS
. COVERY.-An added interest has been
given the production Of The Straight
Road" which Blanche Walsh brings 10
the National Theater the week beginning
Nondey, Noverlber j., because OF
curious bit Of information which has Just
oeen dropped. Mrs. Berth Ramsey, q So
cial mission worker in New York, has
written Mss Walsh to tell her that Clyde
Fitch took The pr:ncipa. incidents from
Ese SIC says that the real MOIl OHara
the character played by Mis- Wa!sh-
Low a happily married woman. secretly
saw t.@ pay several times during its As
Tor Tuea ter run. and that she wept and
laughed al the presentation Of scenes Of
her carly life.
ERNIFTE NOVELIL.-Ermete Novelh
The distinguished Italian actor, who scored
such . success during his four weeks
. engagement at The Lyric Theater. New
York city, last spring where he appeared
In twenty different roles, IS to inaugurats
lts present American tour at the Adeiphi
Theater, Philadelphia. Monday, Novem-
her i The Messrs. Shubert have COM
uleted arrangements with the Italian firm
Of ParaGOssi q Cons.gN, by which S.gnor
Novai will visit between twenty and
thirty OF the leading cities east of the
Mississippi. including Boston, Ph!ladel-
phia, Chicago. Cincinnati, Ptttsburg,
Washington. Providence, Baltimore ard
New York city. He arrived in Amer
/ .ca by the Hamburg-AmeriCan liner
Ka!serin Augusta Victoria on Saturday
. October %. anu mis- company of fOrty-fve
associate players reached here a few
da,s later on the steamer Hamburg from
Genoa. NoveM IS bringing with him all
the scenery necessary for forty different
plays, and while in this country will do
sor the first tine new four-aCt drama,
entitled Dante" written by Miss Hsloise
Il.rant Rose an American woman Of Ital
ian descent. The play deals with the life.
love romance. exile and sorrow OF the
. great F.orentne poet who wrote The
D.vfue Comedy" He viii! also do for the
first time in America Michael COssa's
wc!l-kaown Italian tragedy, Nero" In
most Of the cities which he will visit No
VEN vii. present at least three of his
Snakespearean portraTals probably
Otheu3, Shy!Ock and Petruchio. He viii
also DO Louis XI in most of his weekly
rcpeTto.res.
NORRIS DEBUT.-WlIliam Norris,
the comedian in the Tom Jones' COM
pany. is the son of a San Francisco mer-
chant who 81 one time was very wealthy
Norris as boy developed great taIent as
= pianist and at one time thought of
adopting music g. profession. He was
in London when the opportunity Offered
for him to appear IN one OF the leading
music halls. lie hastily set to work and
arranged an act for himself which con
sisted Of q humorous monOlogue while
| he sat playing a the piano. This little
act made quite a hit. II was Mr Norris
first appearance on the stage. He appear
. cd in the London music halls for few
, / "a AynA nd