The New York Clipper (December 1907)

1160 THE NEW YORK OLIPPEB. MCEMBEB 7, THE NEW YOEK CLIPPER THE FRANK QUEEN PUBLISHING CO.(LlmWd) pioraiRoiw. ALBERT J. BORIE, EorroBur. as» Busimass KASiam. »#^#%#^#KMM%i M y H Glance at Acts new to tbe metropolis BY HIKE. SATUBDAY, DEOEMBER 7,1907. Entered Jrme 24. 1870, »t the Po«t Office at New York, N. Y., «b second class mitter, under tic let oC March 3, 1870. Advertisements—12.80 per Inch, single column. Advertisements tet with border, 10 perct. «tra. 81BSCHIPTIOK. " .„ ^ One year, in advance, |4; six moatlu. IS; three months' II. Foreign poauge extra. Singlecopies will be sent, poatpnU, on receipt of 10 centi. Onr Termi are Cash. THE CUPPER la lnoed every Wednesday nairn- Int. The last four (advertising) pun QO TO PRESS on Saturday at 11 A. u.. and the other paii. on MO.NDAX and rUBBDAY. The Forms Closing; Promptly, Taea- dny nt 10 o'clock A. M. Please remit by express, Booty order, check, P. O. order or registered letter. 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AonwwaBi on wiibrbabouts hot ottzh. Ait. CI qcdst op neon M10UI.D writs to thobs whou i-nnr naaic, in cash or THE OL1PPBR Post Onto*, am. i.rrrrai Witt, aa auvbhtisbd ons warn om,i. If thb roots or ant thsatbical 1H IW MH I i" couoai, aarni to oca ijst- or Botrraa ox AMOTBCB raoa. Wa cannot sbnd inoTBn at juaji, or TSLronArR. DRAMATIC. D. M„ Hlgglns.—Wa have no record of tJje present whereabouts of the party. Address a fetter In our core, and we. will advertise it la The Cupprb letter lint. E. It. T., Indianapolis, C. D. 8.. New York, Miss M. S., Chicago, ■Mas. M. F. M., Webster droves, L. J., Doneaater, G. G„ New York. II. N. W. Went Wntertoo, Mm. E. ,1. L., flurfford, and Mgs. T. P.. Uuffalo.—See answer to I>. M., above. Mibs K.. Chicago.—Address any ot our song publishing advertisers. R. G.. Texas.—Addrean the Crest Trading Co.. 144 West Thirty-seventh Street. New York City. L. A. M„ Chlcojro.—L Tlie majority of the large producing rannngerg book direct ana not thrnugh nn ageacy. '2. Not as a rule, C. D., New York.—!,. B. lint's New York Clrcim whs located on the South side of Four- teenth 81 reel, directly opposite the Academy of Music. . _ L. McC., Rchenectady. — 1. Many of the loading vaudeville theatres will give trial performances. 2. t'ol. Gaston Bordeverry, Chevalier Lorls, McC'rea and Poole, nil of. whom con be addressed In ear* of this office, and tbe letters will be advertised in Thb Clitpkh list. G. W. W., New Orleans.—W« have no Knowledge ot the present whereabouts of tho party. M, K. M., Half Moon Bay.—Anna Held was brought to this country by Ted D. Mnrks nnd engaged by FlorenH Zlegfeld to appear in the revival of "A Parlor Mutch." with Evnns and Uooy In their original roles. In this production Khe made her American debut at the Herald Square Theatre. Miss O. A., Omaha.—The manager's name U unknown to us. B. M. Kochestor. — Frank Daniels never plnved hi "The Wizard of 0*." Ho did ap- pear In "The Wlrsard of the Nile." which is the piny you probably have In mind. Q, 8. U, Atlantic City.—Tbe M«ssrs. 8hu- bcrt directed thB Inst tour of Sarah Bern- imrdt. Thoy enn be Rddressed ot the Lyric ThPatre, New York City. II. H., New York. — We never answer queries- of n pnrsonil character. Write the iniriy himself. M. 8., North Mlddloboro.—Address any of our sketch-writing advertisers. Miss H. C, Sumner.—Address the party herself, at Wullock's Theatre, New York, as hIio Is bent able to answer your query. "June," Elmlra.—i'es, she starrerl In "A I'emnlo Drummer," under the uanagemeut of Charles R. Hlnney. N. M.—Kyrle Bellow played Romeo to the Juliet of Klenuor Hobwm. l'. M., Scrauion.—We have no moans of knowing, but wo doubt if ho allows any ono to publish thorn, ns his monologues and tmngn arc bis stock In trude. r>. L. McC, Mulllns,—Wo cannot aid yon. W. II. D., St. I<oultt.—Brown's Hlttont of 1hc Weti> Vorft Staye was published In three volumes by Dodd, Mead & Company, New JYork. i CARDS. J. P. Ih. Haaletou.—It i« o misdeal. C. B. H., Boston.—A Is right, alio cards speak for themselves, nnd A, If his band WRB best, won, MISCKM-ANEOrf. A. V. 8., Kail ltlvvr.—The game being a t ie, all bets nru off. MARYLAND. Baltimore.—At Ford's (Charles I!. Ford, monagerl "Coining Thro' the Bye" begins a week's stay Doc. 2. l>oakstndor had a suc- cession of full bouses lust week. "The Itlch Mr. Hoggenheltner" comns 1). Nixon & Zihmkbman's Acadkmt (M. J. Lelimever, nmnnger).—Clara Bloodgood, In "Tho Truth," Is the attraction for 2-7, Eddie Foy did well with "Tho Orchid," closing Nov. .10, "BrewRtcr'R Millions" ft. AiAAUau's (J. Albert Young, manager).— "Society and the Bulldog,'' Pnul Armstrong's new piny, which was produced here last weak, will be continued tor threo nights this week. George Fawcett will give "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" for the rest of the week, nfter which Uio hnuse will be closed until Christ- mas week. Maiiti.and (J. L. Kernan, mnnnger).—Wal- ter Jones nnd Blanche Deyo head the hill for week of 2, followed hv McMalion and Chap- pelle, May Tally, Cllft Gordon. Vlnlo Daly, KoDorah nnd lilgoletto Brothers. Last week s eieellent bill attracted big nudlerces. Ai'DtTonii'M (J. L. Kernan, manager).— "Silas Slawsoa's Dreant." Hal Stephens and company gave a "dream" playlet at the One Hundred and Twenty-flith Htrect last week, called "Silas Slawson's Dream; or, A Modem Kin Van Winkle," which brought 4bc good old aero of tbe story, a hen-pecked benedict of the Catskllls, into Suite A mess of trouble, all because he had card so much of tho legend of those bills, and Rip's adventures got seated on bis mind. The little playlet was only fairly entertain- ing, because It did not move briskly enoagn. Mr. Stephens needs to polish the rough edges oft and inject more humor Into the lines. The changes of scenery are elaborate and pretty, and they are made In dark shifts with great rapidity, which Is a strong point in their favor. In the story it appears that Silas Slawson, of Tannersvllla In the Catskllls, goes to sleep right after hit wife has told him to split tbe wood, and dreams that he sees tho little old men of the hills, and then sleeps, for a twenty- year stretch, waking up to return to his old borne, all ragged and be-whlskered, to find that his wife, believing him dead, bas mar- ried his deadliest enemy. Silas Is brought back to earth Anally by tho sound of his wife's voice calling him, and asking If he has got all the wood split. His relief at (lading that his Rip Van Winkle experience is all a dream may be Imagined. Mr. Stephens has a good idea here, and al- though it captured some laughs last Monday night there is room for mors humor In it. Isabel Allen, as the wife, and Wm. Scanlon, ns the servant, aid him In its playing. The playlet runs about twenty-three minutes, on the full stage, I II The Seven YnuUlaaa, One of tho greatest Bisloy acts ever shown on a metropolitan Htnge was performed by the Seven Yuillans, at the New York last week. This act la one of Klaw oc Erlanger'a Euro- pean importations, and in its line there are few that can compare with It The members or this troupe Introduce some "stunners" In feats of acrobatics, oil of which are on a novel order, and when they come to the Rlsley work at tbe finish the audience is convinced that something startling Is about to be offered. Nor arc tho people disap- pointed, tor the rapidity and ease with which the several striplings are tossed about on the feet of the prostrate Yuillans bring forth storms ot applause. It is rarely that an ac- robatic act brings forth euch enthusiasm as did this one. It runs about ten minutes, on, the full stage. — HaBenbeek'a Elephants. A good circus net introduced at tho Hip- podrome last week was the one by the Hagea- beck elephants, n dozen In number, who are nut through their paces by Frank Melville. Four big animals and eight smaller ones are in this act, which has some capital features to It. Mr. Melville makes the eight smaller ele- phants stand on their front feet, balance ihemselves on their hind feet, lie down and go through vnrlous evolutions. Then all the •■lephants. upon making their exit, place their fore feet each on the one in front of blm and walk ore on their hind legs. This troupe is splendidly trained, and the big stage of the Hippodrome is Just the place to show an act of this kind to the best pos- sible advantage. It mas about eight min- utes. ■ ■•«• Daisy Hodirlal. Daisy Hodglnl, Bald to bo a man, gave a fine exhibition of bareback riding at the Hip- podrome last week, performing In long skirts, and doing Rorocrsauits and breakneck things on the horse (hat some riders less cumber- somely clad would balk nt Llodglnl holds a chair about a foot above the horse's back, vaults over It, hangs backward over the animal's back until his head almost touches the ground, and discbarges two revolvers while in that dlaiy position. The riding is of sufficient merit to keep the spectators thoroughly alert during every Instant of it, and the applause which was given the rider at frequent intervals told of how thoroughly tho act was appreciated. It runs about six minutes. «■»♦ lies TronahettsBB. At Percy Williams' Colonial last week nn Italian tears, a man and a woman, calling themnelvos Les Trombetla, made their Ameri- can dobnt, and tho man's broken English Hccmcd to strike tho audience as funny. There arc some good imitations contributed, all vocal ones, which the man gives with a guide for the applause, saying "Ect'a fce- nlshed" after each one. He gives nn Imitation of a "lectle dog" and then a "heeg one," a skyrocket, etc., and his minced English Is rather laughable. Tbe woman of the team Is attractive looking and sings a la the French Boubrettes. The act was greatly liked last week, running about thirteen minutes, on the full stage. *« > Martin Van Dergen, Martin Van Bergen, at the Union Square last woek, sang some baritone solos very nicely, showing a great deal of sound com- mon sense In his selection ot numbers that appealed to the audience and at the same time ahowed his voice to the best possible, advantage. Be dresses neatly and last Tues- day was In very good voice, his reception tirovlug tbat bis hearers realised bow well io was rendering tho various numbers. "An- nie Laurie," his clnslug song, was particu- larly well done. Hia act runs about ten minutes. In one. Marcel mad Reae Pbllllpart. Cambo Devil, or DIabolo, said to be a Euro- pean erase, w»b shown at the nippodrome last week, by Marcel and Rene Pbllllpart, who are said to be the InventorR ond cham- pions at It, and the novelty of the game, coupled with tbe skill of tho men who played it, made a splendid Impression. DIabolo Is played with a spool whlca Is metal bound, and Is thrown In the air and caught on a string which Is held between two little sticks. The players roll the spool up and down the string, then throw It Into the air, catching It on the string again with great dexterity as It descends from a great height. The skill In the game consists In Judging Just the sbpt and the angle where the spinning spool is about to land, and the players must be agile. The act runs only about four minutes, but It Is worth seeing. #■» Mlna-Golem Troape, One of the best things at tbe New York Hippodrome's new show Is the clg act offered by the Mlrra-Golem Troupe of Arabian acro- bats. This act Is spectacular to an unusual degree, and last Saturday afternoon It bad the tremendous audience keyed up to a high pitch of expectancy and enthusiasm. The members of this troupe arc gymnasts of a high order, with something new to offer at practically every- turn. One balances a pole on his shoulder while another member of the company does all sorts of teats upon It, and then the man performing on the polo Is Joined on his swaying perch by one of the striplings In tbe company, and he tosses this youngster about with ease. A bit of Rlsley work terminates the offer- ing In whirlwind style. The entire act is a pulse-qulckeoer from start to finish, and would be n strong feature on tbe stage of any theatre. It runs about ten minutes. < ■ «» Bert auad Lottie Walton. Tbe Hoe on the Pastor programme last week which referred to the act given by Bert and Lottie Walton read "Meet Me on the Rol- lers." giving the impression that the team perform a roller skating act. Acrobatic work, however, takes up more of their time than the dancing which they Introduce on rollers, and It is acrobatic work of a most praiseworthy kind. Bert Walton Is a gymnast of no mean ability, and although he did not extend him- self to any great extent last Wednesday matinee, for some reason, the feats of tum- bling that he accomplished were capital ones, nnd one could easily see that he was capable of.mdch better things. Lottie Walton's dan- cing was warmly applauded, and her steps on the rollers also brought her pleasing reward. The act is a worthy one, running about ten minutes, on the full stage. «»■» Kitty Gray and Dan Gillette. Variety seemed to be the keynote of the of- fering contributed by Kitty Gray and Dan Gillette at Pastor's last week, with mind reading, magic, paper tearing and harmonica playing figuring In it. Miss Gray also re- lieves her work by telling a Joke or two. The team opened the bill, and although they had nn admittedly difficult place to win success for the contribution, they seemed to have the elements of a good entertainment. Their mind reading, which consists of Miss Gray reading while blindfolded the writings of various people In the audience, is the best part of the entertainment. The magic Is not up to the mark, because the tricks shown are old ones. With some newer tricks this part uf the act could be built up nicely. The team works on tbe full stage, about twelve minutes. — Five Clifton*. One of the New York Hippodrome's now circus acts, last week, was offered by the Five 01 If tons, a troupe of acrobats made up of four men and one woman. Tbe nnder- stander Is a heavily set powerful fellow, whom nothing seems to feaze in the matter of weight lifting, and he finishes the specialty by holding upon his chest and legs, while balanced upon his hands and feet, all the others of the troupe, a heavy, padded plat- form, and some weights for good measure. The hand to hand work, balancing and other feats of the Five Clifton* are all or high class and most difficult of execution, and the act was liberally applauded. It runs about six minutes. 41 * The Maearte Slaters. Opening their offering with mandolin play- ing, tho Maearte Sisters, at tbe Union Square last week, passed on to a very pretty little Japanese dance, and then Introduced soma wire walking that made the natives sit up and take notice. These three sisters do name difficult and brilliantly executed work on the tight wire, and the feat which ends the act, the walking by ono of the sisters on a wire the ends of which are held by the other two In their teeth, is a big winner from a spec- tacular standpoint, and the audience last Tuesday mollnco was most appreciative of its excellence. The entire act is most pleasing, and is a feature for any bill. It runs about fourteen minutes, nn tho full stage. «i> The I,lpptnm»t». At tbe Union Square, lust week, the Up- plncotts, rellned singers nnd dancers, made an agreeable impression, offering some dan- cing that was characterized by the vim they put Into it, if for nothing else. Their sing- lug was abont on a par with the usual act of this kind, nnd they contrived to Oil out their allotted teu minutes agreeably, appear- ing In one. OCB LOSDO* LETTER. . , noif .oca own coxixspoaDiAt. Clipper Bareao, ' 14 Lelceater Street, Lelceater Saaare, • Losdoa, W. C. , Not. 23.1907. A floe old actor has passed away in Henry Kemble, a clear descendant from the great family which included Sarah Slddons. For a long time Mr. KembJc hsd suffered from heart trouble. He resorted to Jersey, In the hope of flodlng health again, but feeling the end near, he dictated a telegram to his old friend. Ijtdy Bancroft, saying: "All Is over. God bless yon." Mr. Kemble was sixty-one years of age, forty of which he bad spent on the stage, so quickly did he abandon the civ.l service, for which his people Intended him. He graduated in the old, hard school of tbe stock compaby. Qdite soon be reached Lon- don, and rarely left the city. For a long time he was with the Bancrofts, thereafter with Mr. Tree. In his later days he needed little aid of make-up for the character of an elderly, somewhat eccentric aristocrat: In certain characters of this type It will be quite impossible to replace him. Mr. Kemble was a member of the Garrlck Club, and also of the BeefBteak Club, In the Intimacy of which he was always called "Beetle." A play, entitled "Cesar Borgia," was pro- duced by Henry B. Irving at the Theatre Boyal, Edinburgh, on Thursday night It Is the' work of Justin Huntley McCarthy, whose best known play Is doubtless "If I Were King." Caesar Borgia is b figure new to the Btage—he formed the centre of a seventeenth century play, that is all. McCarthy's play is "historical," as the phrase goes, only in en- vironment He has Invented a love story, in which he depicts the merciless and cruel em- peror as a fascinating lover—fated, of course, to a tragical' end. It B. Irving is fitted with a tine part, in which he greatly distinguishes himself. .._.„'.„ "It is impossible to see Marie Dressier," says The tiailu Telegraph, "without feeling that she is worthy of better . things. Sbo seems to combine the tragic fierceness of a Charlotte Cushman with the frivolous petti- nesses of the most Ingenuous soubrette. The secret of her success seems to be In her strong sense of character. A strong, rugged melo- drama part, written especially for her, should display her talents In the most favorable Arthur Morrison's realistic stories of lower classes seem to have a curious fascination for the dramatist Preceding the successful "Irene Wycnerley," at the Klngsway Theatre, Lena Ashwell hi now playing "A Stroke ot Business," which Horace A. Newte has as- sisted Mr. Motrlson to dramatize. This tells the story of a. sordid scamp, who believes that his annt, whose heir he is, cannot live long—that it will be cheaper to bury her in the country. . So he Invites her to bis bouse, and, In a salubrious air, she recovers I . He is confronted with the alternative of boarding her Indefinitely, .or turning her out and, by admitting his rascality, losing the legacy.. Walter Gibbons' latest accession of music halls now puts him in personal control of twelve London variety theatres. Walter and Fred Melville take a benefit at the Standard. Shoredltcb, on handing it over to tbe "great Leviathan.' Tola used to be the largest the- atre In London. The Melville boys Inherited It from their father, a slop-dash author, actor and manager, who began with nothing, made 1,11)0,000. and died In middle age. Jerrard Grant Allen and Jerrold Bobert- shaw have entered Into partnership, and se- cured a lease of the New Thee tre. They will revive "The New Boy" on Wednesday, but only as a stopgap. They have several plays on hand, notably "The Tenth of August" by Alexandra von Herder, in which Nina. Boucl- cault will appear. Cosmo Oordon Lennox has cut down the title of his new play from "The Platonics of Angela" to "Angela" simply. It will Immedi- ately replace "The Barrier," at the Comedy Theatre. Marie Tempest will figure as An- gela, the very Independent daughter of an elderly savant, whose friends, by an amusing process of diplomacy, induce her to the haven of matrimony. When Charles Frohman Installs hU annual production ot "Peter Pan" at the Duke of York's.Theatre, during the Christmas season, Pauline Chase will resume her . "original" part Gerald Da Maurier cannot be.spared from "Brewster's Millions," at the Hicks The- atre, so A. B, Matthews will play Mr. Darling, and Robb Harwood tha Pirate King. Martin Harvey Is to lecture in Liverpool on "Some Phases of tbe Shakespearean Drama." He has secured from William Faversbam the English rights of "The World and His Wife." One hundred performances of "The Chris- tian" have now been recorded at tbe Ly- ceum. Matthoson Lang Is playing John Storm again. Herbert Slcath produces "The New York Idea" at the Apollo Theatre on Wednesday next Herein his wife, Ellis Jeffries, will appear. When "The Education of Elizabeth" Is transferred to the Haymarket ou Monday, Miriam Clements will be replaced, as Eliza- beth, by Hilda Antony, a young actress who made quite a hit in "The Morals of Mar- cus" on tour, but who is new to town. "Behind the Sccn.es" Is the name of a retue which Seymour. Hicks has .prepared for the Tlvoll. It goes on early m December. It will prove to bo a.pow-wow of music hall and theatrical abilities—Mrs. Pat Campbell "Arouud the Clock" begins a week's engage- ment i!. following "Playing tho Ponies," which drew largely last week. "At Yale" is due 0. Prlvcuhh (8. C. Little, manager).—"Car- men" will be heard Ibis week, with Bertha Mittleck as star. "Faust" and "Tho Bohe- mian Girl" were well done last week. Iliii.Liu.w Stkkrt (George W. ltlfe, man- ager).—"Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model" returns 2 for ono week. "Tbo Convict and the GUI" did well last week. Colo aud John- sou cume 0. HiANKY's (Charles E. money, manager). —Cecil Hpooner will be seen In "The Dancer nnd the King" 2-4, and "The Girl Raffles" §•?, "Deadwood Dick's Last Shot" did well, closing Nov. 30. Gavrtv (W. L. Bailout, manager).— Charles KoblnBon's Night Owls are here 2-7. The Heutz-Hantlev Co. did Its usual good business lost week. The Behman Show Is nunouueed for 9. New Monvmental (Ram. M. Dawson, manager).—The Lady Birds open 2. Wat- son's llnrlesnucrs did well week ending Nov. .10. Next, New Century Girls. LvniN'a (Edward C. Earl*, manager).— Millar Brothers' Diorama. Mono. Herbert. Wilson and Moran, and Dan Forrester are new 2. i ii Annapolis—At tbe Colonial (W. A. Hal- Inbaugh, manager) "A Pair of Country Kids" Nov. TiO. "The Great Divide" Dee. f, Doek- stader's Minstrels 7. Nora—The reBt of the season should bo brighter and better In the theatrical line, A new electric road Is being constructed, and tracks aro being laid through tbe city, giving employment to a great number of people. " «**» VERMONT. nurllngtojn— At the Strong (Calm t Grant, managers) "Rip Van Winkle," Nov. 27, pleased. "Tho Lion and the Mouse," 28,« filled the house. "Mary's Lamb," 29, pleased. "The Golden Rule" 80, "Coming Thro' the Rye" Dec. 2, "Tbe Isle »f Bong Bong" 8. Notes. — At the Theatorlum and Lyric good business Geo. D. JarvlB, who la all that remains of the Burlington Baseball Association, is laying out an Ice skating rink at Athletic Park, and in tbe Spring will erect additional buildings thero for an out- door theatre, etc - «<» NEW HAMPSHIRE. Manchester.—At the Park (John Stiles, manager) tbe house stock company will give "The Postmaster's Daughter" weak of Dec. 2. Nickel (Manuel Lorenten, manager).— 8. R. O. I* the rule here. Mechanics' Hai.l (Dan E. Gnllegtjer, manager).—Excellent business Is In evidence. Nutr. —Cbas. Gilo, for the past: two sea- sons stage carpenter at the Park Theatre here, left for his home In Lowell, Mass., 25. Wtuand Artn-WvciAKD have Just returned from a successful tour through Pennsylvania, and will play around New York until Dec. 23, when they' play the Howard, Boston. dropping logic with Sam Poluskl, and so on. F,rlc Lewis, the.actor,, has written a plav- let called "A Lesson In Shakespeare," which Cyril Maude will shortly produce at the Playhouse. At a recent meeting the English theatrical managers "plumped" for the retention of the censor, and also asked that his powers might ho extended, so that plays of which be dis- proves may not with Impunity bo performed in semi-private by tbe many stage societies that now flourish. Lillian Price, who used to be a gaiety nctrcHs, is in great distress, and a subscrip- tion llBt has been opened for her. 8ho U best remembered as a dancer In the famous pas de qvutrc. Itobt Cou'rlncedge, Just homo from America, Is liard at work on a series of pantomime pro- ductions in the provincial cities. Charles Frohman, having bought the Eng- lish rights In "Samson," now so popular fn Parle, lias engaged Arthur Bourchier as tho actor most likely to do the play Justice. Bour- chier went to Paris on Sunday to see "Sam- son" for himself. Edwin Geach, an Australian entrepreneur, haR secured all rights on "Mrs. Wiggs of tbe Cabbage Patch" for the colony. Walter- Wirdroper !s lurapacltated by throat disease, and In distress. Years ago, with his "twlu-Uke" brother, Henry, he used to give a protean entertainment. Indeed, tho Brothers Wardroper were world famous. Within a few days of the ending of the regular opera season at Covent Garden, tbe Carl Kosa company will begin a "popular" season. , "^ Charles Wyodham was "commanded" to Windsor Castle on Saturday. He gave a per- formoncc of "Still Waters Run Deep" before a company including tbe King and Queen, the Kaiser and tbe Kalserln. . " M i w »^I 0<) l! ; of Holland" has now been played 800 times at the Prince ot Wales' Theatre. George Bernard Shaw says that if a drom- ntlst shocks you. "you should respect his courage and Inspiration, even though you To-morrow evening Hw* will no-a grand concert In augmentation of the Playgoers' Club Fund for sending poor children to a pantomime. ~ -. Sarah Bernhardt set out on her homeward BABY GIRLS ECZEWt Covered with Yellow Sorea-Slgfct of Bye Destroyed—Doctors Fall; CURED IN A JEJl r CUTICURA "Our little girl, one year and a half old, was token with eczema. We took her to three doctors, but by this time she was nothing but a yellow, greenish sore. ■ One morning we discovered -a little yellow pimple on one of her eyes. Doctor No. 3 said that we had better take her to some eye specialist, since it was an ulcer. So we went to Oswego to. doctor No. 4, and he said the eye- sight was gone, but .that he could help it Well, We were nearly discouraged I thought ■■ we woul.d try the Cuticufj Treatment, so I purchased a set of Cuti- cura Remedies, which cost me $1, arid in three days our daughter, who had been sick about eight months, showed great improvement, and in one week all sores had disappeared. Mr. and M r < Frank Abbott. K. F. D., No. 9, Fulton' Oswego Ca, N. Y., Aug. 17, 19 06. iourncy on Sunday. She means to rest unin her reappearing in "La Sorciere," in Pari" Gilbert Parker, novelist, dramatist and parliamentarian, celebrates a birthday to-dnv J^dy Brampton, the aged widow oftte" famous Judge, always remembered aa n a * kins who died the other day, leavine b% vast fortune to Catholic charities was • fairly well known actress In the fifties, sv was- a member of old Buckstono's comnant at the Haymarket <.<««uanj, Charles Frohman has secured the American rights of "Lady Frederick," now runnloi? at the Court * Charles Wyndham will preside at the aa- nual dinner of tbe Savage Club, on Sundov Dec. ,8.. . .-,... " __Wentworth Croke's right to reproduce "Tie Christian," at the Shaftesbury Theatre aS it Is removed from the Lyceum Theatre S challenged. . . * Evle Greene, the musical comedy actress now on the road with. "The Lady Dandle<" was bitten through the cheek by a dor it Birmingham, but not seriously marked Gene*, who goes to New.York in January has Just completed ten years of service with the Kmplre. Of course, dancers begin very young. .. ' B ' Beam Stoker, so many years Irving s man of business, thinks the censor of piayi a necessary "literary policeman to keep liter- ary hooligans In order." He referred to tbe late Fred Leslie's caricature of Irving. Les- lie was told by the Lord Chamberlain that if he persisted, • the license of the play In which he was appearing would be withdrawn. A man of Irvine's standing, said Bram Sto- ker ,v„ w . a8 Jfoporly protected from affront Millie Legarde, a pretty musical comedv actress, announces that she has been engaged to appear as Aladdin, in the Adelphl pan- tomime. This would mean that the neeo- tlaiions with Evle Green have come to nought. ■ - Oscar Asche and Lady Brayton have In- vited their professional comrades to occupy all the available seats at the afternoon per- formance ot "As You Like It," at Ills Males- ly 8 Theatre on Thursday next ifay Beatty, the Australian actress, will be principal boy In Dick WhJttlngtoa at tbe Tyne Theatre, Newcastle, I told you a while ago that an Important engagement was pending at the Palace The- atre. The murder Is out! Seymour flicks and Ellaline Terriss appear there for eicht weeks, next Fall, at a Joint salary of $2,000 At a meeting of the London County Council on Irlday. the fate of the Coliseum and the Hippodrome, in regard! to the sale'of Intoxi- cating Honors, was settled for twelve months. Neither house is to have a license. County Councillor Reynolds (who used to be an ac- tor) began a. speech about the Maine laws, but tbe chairman stopped him, saying that It had nothing to do with the case. Beerbobm Tree tentatively played an adap- tation of "Edwin Drood," at tbe New Thea- tre, Cardiff, on Thursday night. It is by J. Comvns Carr. Every year Vane Featherstone (who nsed to be a popular actress, but seldom appears on the stage now) gets up a theatrical "Five 0 Clock Tea and Entertainment," In aid of the Theatrical Ladles' Guild. Many well known performers will nsslst at the next, o» Dec. 7, rn Queens Hail. "Pierrot in Fairyland" is the title of tbe Christmas show at Beketov's, formerly Heng- ler'e Circus. It will employ a hundred chil- dren. . ' Harry Cadlc, senior partner in the egencr business of H. & K. Cadlc, Is dead. He suf- fered but a short time from gastritis. Cadle, who was a connection of Oswald Stoll, wai much liked. K..H. Bostock has received on address of congratulation, signed by many performers, on resuming the management of the 7.- < and Hippodrome, Glasgow. For some'time be entrusted the bookings to the Moss Empire office. •• - „• Alice Lloyd bad a cablegram on Wednes- day, begging her to hasten her return to Nev York—to get thero for Christmas. It possible But she Is hooked for pantomime here. At tho Water Rata' matinee, next week, wo are to see the first performance In Enj- land of the Flying Weavers. ■ • Adellna Patti and Sir Charles Santley are to sing at the Albert Hall on Friday. Queenie I.e Brunn, the singer, has ban to undergo an operation In Charing Cross Hos- pital, where they aro exceptionality kind 10 professional people. Sbo hopes to b^ well In lime to play in pantomime. Daisy Wood—ono of the Urge family of Hoyds-T-retlred from the stage on her mar- riage ; but she has been tempted to play prin- cipal girl at the Crown Theatre. Peckbara. Gus Elan is Just now appearing at tbe Moss Empires around London. Kate Phillips is tho most rocont emigrant from the "regular" stage to the' variety stage. ■ She Is u conilc actress of a high type long associated with Henry Irving. She visited America with the Lyceum company at Jts best. Miss Plillllne is doing & protean sketch, called "A Lesson to Husbands.'' While the man Idles at home he has a succession of visitors, who administer a salutary lesson. They are, of course, madame In a number of ingenious dlsirulses. Claiming to bo the oldest of our music halls—the claim is capable of dispute—the Canterbury shortly celebrates Its fifty-fifth anniversary. Fred Ea'ruo's newest Bketch Is entitled "A Tragedy of Errors." The hero, ruined by ill kinds- of extravagance decides to commit suicide, but lacks courage. So he makes a devoted friend promise, on oath, to kill hint without warning. Meanwhile, an unexpected legacy relieves the financial strain. The comedy Is evolved from'his dresd of death. for it is a long time ere he is able to find n» friend and induce him to believe that cir- cumstances have altered the case. _, .„ A sketch entitled "Tbe Phonograph Gl/I has Just reached town, after an experimental tour of the provinces. It Is mainly the worx of Paul Knox. "The Phonograph Girl" Is ot the usual musical comedy type, the noveitj being the Ingenious use of a phonograph to teeord tbe hero's flirtations.