The Alaska citizen., 1914-12-28

stage fifteen years ago, returned to
/ it for two performances. one in Bos
! ton and one in New York, to raise
money for the relief of families OF
actors in Europe. She appeared in
/ Boston in the first week in Novem
! Der in Thomas Bailey Aldrch's
"Nerccdes" In New York she played
with William Faversham early this
month. Miss Arthur. who In private
+ life is Mrs. Benjamin p. Cheney. of
/ Boston, made her last appearance
on the stage in the autumn of 1899
IS Josephine in More Than Queen.
/ Mr. and Mrs. William H. Thomp-
son Isabel Irving) celebrated the
/ fifteenth anniversary Of their mar
riage Monday, Oct 49, Mr.. Thomp-
son was playing the Patriarch in
THE Miracle Man" at the Astor
! theatre in New York and Miss Irving
was appearing in Under Cover" in
/ Chicago. The two organizations gave
dinner to the happily married pair
after the performance on the ami
versary date. A feature of the event
was a speech in photographic form
by Mr. Thompson to the guests at
his wife's dinner in Chicago and
one by Miss Irving to the guests at
her husbands dinner in New York.
Tie following, from the Mirror Of
/ Oct. 90, concerning Charles A,
j Taylor, who brought a stock com
pany to Fairbanks some five years
! ago, with Helen Barham as leading
woman, will prove of interest to
his many friends here:
The grimy old signs of The
Drone, which have been guarding
the portals Of Days theatre for two
years, are to be TAX i down. No
as paradoxical symbols Of theatrical
activity. The famous old playhouse
is again to take its place in the
list of New York's producing the
aires.
Charles A. Taylor, the first hus-
band of Laurette Taylor, has taken
over the historic old theatre, and
after making the necessary improve
ments, will open 1t on Nov. % with
! his romantic drama, yosemite.
/ This play was first presented at
] Paterson. n. j., six years ago with
a cast that included, among others,
Laurette Taylor, Theodore Babcock.
and James Durkin. An all-star cast
has been promised for the revival
which will be under the direction
of Ralph Cummings. During his
lease of the theatre, Mr.. Taylor plans
to revive a number of famous old
plays, as well as making many new
productions.
"Charles A. Taylor will be remem-
bered as one of the chief contribu-
tors to the stage in the days when
melodrama reigned. Besides "Yos-
emite," he is the author Of the king
of the Opium Ring" 'The Queen of
the Highway" "The White Tigress
of Japan" TRACKED Around the
World" "The Female Detectives, "
which the Russell Brothers made
/ famous; Through Fire and Water"
"From Rags to Riches" in which
Joseph Santley and Laurette Taylor
(then known as Laurette Cooney)
appeared, and others. Most Of these
melodramas were produced at the
New Star, American, and Metropolis
theatres in the years of 1903 and
1904 He has also conducted stock
| Western cities
| Vernona Jarbeau, widely known as
an actress in comic opera some
years ago. died Oct. 16, of a COM
plication of diseases at her home
in Manuel. N. Y Miss Jarbeau was
fifty-three years of age. She was
the widow Of Jefferson Bernstein.
former member of the Auditorium
theatre in Baltimore. He died three
years ago.
A prize Of $4,000, offered by the
Los Angeles Music Teachers asso-
citation, for the best American opera,
has been awarded to Professor Hor-
alto w. Parker, of Yale university,
The work is entitled "Fairyland,"
and the libretto is by William Brian
/ Hooker, who collaborated with Pro
fessor Parker in the opera, Mona. "
The opera, which was selected
from fifty-six submitted by musicians
and authors in all parts Of the
United States, is pageant, and
will be produced July !, 1915. by
the American Opera association, of
Los Angeles.