Evening star., 1949-01-23
By John Cloeett rfoetor

Mrs. Roosevelt and the children"
Francis Wilson played other pieces
besides those mentioned, but not at
the National. He may have played
"Ermine" there, as he surely did on
several occasions at other Washing
ton theaters. Jakobowski's opera
was Wilson'S best production, and its
place will always hold tender
spot in the affections Of theater-
goers. It's beautiful lullaby will
always appeal to the tenderness OF
human affection.
Front Seats for Csc
Victor Herbert's The Fortune
Teller" as sung by the Alice Nelson
Opera Co.-nearly half a century
ago according to my program-un-
doubtedly will be recalled by hun
dreds. What a wonderful array OF
talent the cast included. Here are
some of the characters: Alice Mel
son herself, Richard Golden, Joseph
Herbert, Frank Rushworth, Joseph
Cawthorn, Marguerite Sylvia. Jennie
Hawley, Billie Norton, Paul F. Mich
olson, jr.; May Boley, L. Devere, M
Devere, J. T. Gray, Edward S. Met
calf, Louise Hilliard, Annie Clay
Nellie Marsh, Martha L. Carrine
Eva Kelly, J. B. Henrichs, William
Brown and Eugene Cowles as San
dor, a gypsy musician.
Who will ever forget standing
perhaps for an hour or more, on the
iron steps leading to the gallery
entrance of this theater and almost
breaking his neck up those three OF
four flights of narrow stairs to gel
a front seat for Is cents?
De Wolf Hopper in 1898
De Wolf Hopper was too big tc
dance. He had a good cast when
his company put on THE Charlatan
in 1898. It included, besides Hopper
Edmund Stanley, Mark Price, Al
fred Klein, George w. Barnum, Ar
thur Cunningham, Harry S. Stone,
Charles Arthur, Nella Bergen, Alice
Judson, Katherine Carlisle and
Adine Bouvier. THE Charlatan'
was another Of Sousa's operas. now
almost forgotten with the rest OF
his operatic efforts.
OF course, the writer saw John
Nc cCuliough at the National-three
times in one week, in the sos, In
"Othello," "Virginus" and The
Gladiator" with Viola Allen who
was then his leading lady, and dur
ing the week Of February ~. 1897
"A Parlor Match" with Evans and
Hoy, and Anna Held as an added
number.
On January 7, 1901, Maude Adams
starred in "LAiglon," followed the
next week by Sarah Bernhardt In
the play as the Duke Of Reichstat
son Of Napoleon and the Arch.
duchess Of Austria. No doubt you
recall that THE Eaglet," as he was
derisively styled, was q frail, deli
cate little fellow who died with
tuberculosis when he was just about
entering manhood. Maude Adams
physique exactly fitted the part
whereas it was difficult to conceive
of any one who had the Divine
Sarah's proportions dying Of such
wasting disease. Undoubtedly SHE
was 4 great actress. but her dis
advantage in filling such a role was
manifest to all.
Exquisite Maude Adams
| Maude Adams had made her rep
utation years before she put on
"L'Aiglon." The Little Minister
was about as fine q bit Of acting as
one might wish to see.
E. H. Sothern frequently came
to the National. In 1900 he played
there THE Kings Musketeers, fol-
lowed the next year by Hamlet
in which the Prince of Denmark
could not have done better. Julia
Marlowe, in private life Mrs.
Sothern. also played at the National.
~ no,,rse she came there a number