The Washington herald., 1907-02-10

20 De IN alLeNuaNce.
Charles T. X. Miller. a former Wash
ingtonian. has been selected 90 manage
the attractions Of Thompson and Dundy
as general manager. He was not to
have taken charge Of the attractions
which this firm IS putting out until some
time later in the season. bat the sudden
death Of DUndy. one Of the partners Of
the firm. led TO his being reqUisitIoned
Immediately. and he has already taken
hold
Miller left Washington about ten years
ago as press agent for Tim Murphy The
venture was tentative, and he half ex-
pected 10 resume his newspaper position
in the Capital. But he never returned.
For some time he was connected with
the Shuberts, as manager Of the Herald
-quare Theater and q few seasons ago
he conducted Nine Schumann-H eink
across the country in her comic opera
venture. He is a careful business man
and very popular IN all circles.
The benefit to Frank c. Bangs. at the
Casino, on February T. promises 90 en-
list the cooperation Of a larger number
of prominent stars than any similar
event in years.
SOthern has volunteered % play q scene
from Hamlet" with Bangs as POlouius.
If the veteran is physically able 10 ap-
pear. which is doubtful. as he is said
20 be permanently crippled in the hip.
David Warheld and Mrs. Fiske viii ap-
pear, as also Will Margaret Anglin and
Mss Frances Starr. Belasco's new ind.
Henry Miller, Mrs. lie Moyne. and others
have offered their assistance.
Subscriptions are coming in from old
theatergoers. who remember Bangs in
his salad days, the handsOmest leading
man IN the country, and as one OF the
constellation OF stars in Julius Caesar
with Davenport and Barrett.
Mr.. Bangs was born in Alexandria.
Va, served in the Confederate army, and
while starring in Richmond. was officially
designated by the legislature as Eirginia's
representative actor.
He is one OF the Old-time gentlemen
actors. He never wasted his earnings.
as many needy Thespians have done. but
his income was consumed by providing
for a sister. now eighty years old. and
her two invalid daughters. who were all
/ their lives dependent upon him.
1t is expected that prominent South
erners viii take an interest in the benefit.
but 50 far there has been LITTLE response
/ from that source. Mr.. Bangs is well
remembered in the Capital. where be was
/ for some years "A member Of rhe N1-
tiOnal Theater stock Company imme-
/ diatelv after the war
It has been decided To hold no auction
/ Of seats and boxes, but % give the public
an equal chance, leaving it to the gener-
osity of subscribers what the seats shall
/ bring above the regular scale.
I spoke 10 Frances Starr the other
evening behind the scenes Of 1.-The Rose
/ Of the Rancho" and asked her how she
/ liked the sensation of leaping into fame
/ over night
L assure you the sensation is very
/ agreeable she said with laugh; but
it has its drawbacks also-at least its in
/ cOuveniences- As soon as YOU make
reputation you are the legitimate prey
of the photographer, and If he does not
munCpolize all your time. miliiHers and
dressmakers take up what leisure is left
on your hands.
a year ago I was glad TO see my pic
tUre printed once or twice q year. and
now / can't supply the demands for pho
tOgTaphs which come from papers and
T magazines. That's the difference be
tween being an ambitious asp.rant and
being "a full-hedged hit,
There's hardly day that some one
isn't submitting some new suggestion %
add 10 my fame But the greatest honor
/ done me so far is by the manufacture Of
! a certain brand of cigar. who has called
/ If The Starr and has a picture of me
I as Juanita on the cigar box. If that isn't
/ a tribute 10 my popularity. what is?
You know how I dress my hair in the
] ~-fa ell d
/ head and two curls hanging down on
each side of my face? Well, that's u
be the fashion a noted hairdreSSer
called on me the other day. She said
/ she had several fashionable customers
who wanted their hair dressed that way,
and she wished 10 see how I did IL. I
showed her. and she went away satisfied.
And then the mash-notes one gets
from male admirers, And the traps that
are laid 70 catch you, The other day 7
received a note from a young man who
said he wanted an interview for a college
paper of which he was the editor. I ap-
pointed a time, and he called He was
greatly embarrassed and so was l. for
he was very rambling in his talk and
didn't know whether I was interviewing
him or he me
AT last he broke down and confessed
that he wasn't an interviewer at all, but
just a college boy who had hit upon this
eXpedieut 90 get personally acquainted
with me 1 was indignant. He apollo
gized. and because he was so YOUNG and
still able TO blush I fOrgave him at his
earnest request and dismissed him with
an injunction TO so and sin no more. He
was only one of a class Of young men
who seem 10 resort 20 any trick to get
acquainted with an actress.
beyond the confines Of New York. when
went up to Albany several Sundays
ago TO visit my mother. and met the man
who has been supplying our family with
green vegetables for many years
He had read In New York paper
that Mr.. Belasco gives me 81 after every
performance If I have acted wei. and
$50 if I have been excellent This wit
Of writer added that I was sure 20 get
s. after every performance in the course
of few years.
Our vegetable merchant complimeuted
me on my success. But NE said; 7
see that Mr.. BelasCo pays YOU only 81
a night when you have been good and
$50 when YOU are very good. That's
mighty small pay for what you are do
ing. and don't think YOU are getting as
much as you should / certainly would
make him pay me more than that
4 reassured him by saying that 7 had
been promised 3 "a night after Washing
ton birthday FRED. +. SCHRAUEE
& Stock Company for the Majestic.
Miss Kathryn PurnelI. who win be re-
membered for her clever performances
during her stay In Washington. when
she played repertoire for two weeks az
IL
an indefinite stock engagement The en-