The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-07-21

THEATRICAL CHATTER

there OF Miss Grace George next sea
son is a passenger on the Campanis
due Saturday in New York.
In New York recently Miss Eva Tar
quay hired delivery wagon and sent
the dozen big floral pieces given to
her at the Jardin de Paris Monday
night to st. Luke's hospital. to be dis
tributed among the patients.
The following dates have already
been taken for attractions at the Ben.
nington opera house: August 20, Sep
TENDER 4, II, 20 and 90; October l. T.
and IS; November Is December 16;
January 10; February Z and "a and
May 10Th.
"a Gentleman from Mississippi,
which is nearing its 400th perfor-
nance continues to attract large aud
fences to the Aerial Gardens atop of
the New Amsterdam theatre. in New
York. 1t has proved itself an ideal
roof garden attraction.
over in Holyoke, Mass, they point
with pride" to the fact that Miss Eva
Tanguay comes from that city. There
fore her neignbors went to New York
one hundred strong Monday night to
see her in "Follies of 1909" at the
New York Roof Garden and have en-
gagged seats right down front
Since Miss Maude Adams played
Joan of Arc" in the Stadium at Har-
ward great interest has been aroused
in the Schiller drama. Miss Florence
Aymar Matthews version, written
years ago for Miss Fanny Davenport,
is to be presented in the Orpheum the
atre Boston next Monday night
Four companies are rehearsing on
the Amsterdam roof for "A Gentleman
from Mississippi" James Lackaye,
brother of Wilton is to head one of the
companies. The season will start
early in August, two companies play
ing in the East, one in the South and
the fourth going to the Pacific coast.
THE Third Degree" continues at
the Hudson theatre in New York,
where 1t is enjoying a prosperity that
is limited only by the capacity of tne
theatre. The acting of Edmund
Breese, Helen Ware, Wallace Eddin-
ger, Grace Filkins, Ralph Delmore and
John Flood makes this attraction one
of unusual note.
John Drew and his niece, Miss Ethel
Barrymore, completed a journey from
the Pacific coast to New York yester-
day. Tney closed their respective sea
sons in Seattle and Sacramento, Sat
urday night. Mr.. Drew in Jack
Straw" and Miss Barrymore in Lady
Frederick. and the companies came
east on the same train.
Daniel Sully who is the proud owner
of six farms in the neighborhood of
Woodstock, n. Y, has secured new
play in wnich he expects to appear,
making production in or near New
York in the near future. The play
has not yet been named 1t is by
Gerald Shepard and Mr. Sully is
strongly enthusiastic over It.
THE Climax" is again comfortably
settled in its original house, Webers
Theatre in New York where Mr.. Joe
Weber will continue Edward Lockes
unique play for some time to come
Prominent is the audience at every
performance of The Climax" are visi-
tors TO the metropolis. No stranger
feels as though he could afford to
leave town without witnessing the
best play in years.
Maude Adams has been elected an
honorary member of the Harvard ORA
matte society in commemoration of
the performance of Joan of Arc"
given at the Stadium. AS the sign of
she has been presented
with the usual gold medal. On one
side is the seal of Harvard, on the re-
verse side tne seal of the Harvard
Dramatic Association and an inscrip-
tion reading, ITO Miss Adams, Our
First Honorary Member"
A Chicago man wno once permitted
himself to be persuaded to back
theatrical company was seated in his
office one day when he received a tel
egram from the manager of the show.
The troupe was somewhere in Mis-
souri, and the telegram read thus:
Train wrecked this morning and all
scenery and baggage destroyed. No
member of the company injured. WHAT
SHAH 1 uO he ans Wei oNhI bdNh
by the Chicago man was as follows:
TRY another wreck and haze the COM
pany ride in the baggage car. Chicago
Record Herald.
1t cost the management of the Bur
gomaster company at Spokane, Wash,
1929 to ascertain that verbal con-
tract made with a railway ticket agent
is not binding at least that is the
amount the manager paid for a round
trip for his company from Spokane to
/ lewiston, Idaho, June II. The man
ager had regular tickets from Port
land to Helena, but neglected to have
the agent specify in the contract that
side trips were free. He claimed the
ticket agent at Portland said that side
trips such as the jump to Lewiston,
and back to the main line were includ-
ed. I'll never take another railroad
mans word for anything even when
he annonces that the train is behind
time" Quoth the manager After
this everything goes down in black