Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-28

with Miss Collier. Gertia Millar, whose
coming trip to the United states l have
already mentioned, and Alexandra ca
Isle. who will appear with Joseph Coyne
in THE Mollusc" in New York this fall,
you will see three Of the most popular Of
London favorites.
Fannie WsrI's production Of The Three
Of Us" Rachel Crothers' four-act play,
written around a Nevada mining camp,
proved another personal success for the
little American actress. The play iisei
has not been especially well received by
the critics. who declare that 1t Is raw, but
everybody agrees that Miss Wards acting
is above complaint.
Louise Closer Hale, who has become ia
nous in England as Miss Hazy in Mrs.
Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch sails for
New York next week at the conclusion o.
the provincial tour Of the company. She
has Just finished a novel dealing with the
stage experiences Of an American gil in
England and arrangements have already
been made for its publication.
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Joseph Coyne is the good boy u the
London stage. The celebration Of tie com
pletion Of a years continuous run Of The
Merry widow at Days discloses the fact
that the American actor has not been alb
sent from a single performance. He Is
probably the only leading actor N London
who can boast of such a clean slate. Coyne
tells me that the nervousness Of the IA
nous dance has taken fourteen pounds off
him and that he now feels in such splendid
trim that he would not mind tackllng
Tommy Burns himself-if the latter's hands
and feet were tied.
JOHN AVA CARPENTER.
Charles Frohman's Fourth of July.
Charles Frohman will celebrate the
Fourth of July in a decidedly novel, re-
markable and Napoleon'c way. He will
arrive in Paris on the evening of Ameri-
can Independence day and proc e1 almost
cir Getty 20 one Of the prominent restau-
rants. There at 7:2O o'clock sharp he will
meet all Of his American stars except three.
who cannot be on hand because they will
b. still on tour ana 1t would be impossible
for them t. change their contracts to ad-
NIT of their Joining the Fourth OF July
party. The stars Mr.. Frohman will meet
will come from almost as many different
parts Of the world as they themselves count
In numbers, and TIE extraordinary part of
It is that they are all expected to make
the trip to Paris and be there on this day
and hour expressly and solely for the pur-
J pose or ulnlng with tnelr manager. tiattle
Williams Is the only one Of the stars who
is spending her vacation in Paris. Marie
Doro, who will be then in Italy, will make
the journey from Rome. John Drew will
run over from London. So will Joe COyne
and Alexandra Carlisle. Ethel Barrymore
gees over from Il leland. Otis Skinner, who
is somewhere in the south of France, will
not have a very long Journey to make
Billie Burke will arrive from America
just in time for the dinner and William II
, Crane will be there all the way from Carls'
bad. where he is resting after one Of th'
most successful seasons he has ever had
Each of these stars received a brief invi
tation from Mr.. FTohman to meet him a
the dinner and that was all. This is thu
informal style Of the invitations sent out:
| shall expect you at dinner at IS
Paris, July the Fourth, at 1880 p. m. Don
miss the train. CHARLES FROHMAN.
There is magic in these words. No Froh
man star would mis'nterpret them. Every
one will he on rand for the dinner eXcep
Maude Adams. whose season has not We
ended and who will about that time b.
playing Twelfth Night" Francis Wilson
who is touring in western America, an
William Collier, who is playing in Cali
fornia. Mr.. Frohman will order the Dime
several days in advance and it Is expecte
that it will be a notable gastronomic a
well as patriotic event.