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THE SU2sDAY OEEGOKIAN, PORTLAND, FEBRUARY 28, 190
"WHAT'S IN A NAME?
Theater Stars Love Sound of Euphonious Titles.
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rlLL "Robin-Hood," that sold mine
opera played by the Bostonlana,
soon fall from Its high estate, as
a drawing card to attract delighted
crowds? The time seems to be not yet.
The most enthusiastic audience that
greeted the Bostonlans during their visit
was the one last Tuesday night witnessing
"Bobin Hood." Many people knew the
opera by heart, but how they enjoyed
hearing: It -again! Henry Clay Barnabee
as the venerable Sheriff of Nottingham,
gave his inimitable rendering of the
part, and his comedy "was delicious. But
his singing is showing his age, to express
the matter delicately. A fine performance
was given of "The Serenade," and here
Gertrude Zimmer, prima donna soprano,
scored heavily. "The Queen of Laughter"
needs the pruning- knife, and a less fune
real Introduction. Its music Is really
clever and tuneful, but the libretto is
weak in many places. Douglass Ruthven
has a most pleasant tenor voice, and for
his first season as leading tenor he has
shown up well. In acting, he will Im
prove when he gets that ease and uncon
sciousness that come with time. All
three operas were handsomely staged.
Murray and Mack In "A Night on
Broadway" amused folks, and that was
all the contract called for. A some
what smoother performance was given
this time, and the scenery -was above
the average musical farce. Of course
Murray and Mack were the stars, but
"Bobby" North as Sol M. Guyer was
not very far behind. Glorianna Kittle
Beck was as gorgeously dressed as
over. The chorus girls wore charming
gowns.
?,The Case of Rebellious Susan," at
Baker's Theater, was popular all week.
The portraiture of Sir Richard Kato, law
yer, was not so sentimental as that usual
ly handed out to Mr. Alison, and he was
the clear-headed, logical lawyer, a shin
ing success In dispensing soothing syrup.
William Bernard has a fine opportunity
for pantomime work, and he took advan
tage of It Carlyle Moore appeared a9
the Impassioned lover. Esther Lyon gave
charming pictures of the many moods of
a willful woman who believed in the say
ing, "Do others before they do you."
Oza "Waldrop was very clover as the
young woman with advanced ideas "Will
iam Dills pleased In his character acting
as the old Admiral.
Fannie Curtis has the star part so far
as tearful woe Is concerned in "Down by
the Sea," at Cordrays. As the luckless
heroine she hasn't a chance to look up
but the heavy man is there In an even
ing dress suit with more "trouble for bcr
It is a fact that in nearly all melodramas
-when a city young man wearing good
clothes visits rustics who wear bad clothes
the city man is the villain. The 111-HtUng
oJothos of the rustics keep them from
evil, so it Is largely a question of tailors,
nftor alU Mortimer Martini made a cap
able and interesting Rev. Henry Melford,
and Miss Curtis divided honors with him.
The specialties were worth hearing.
The bill at the Arcade is a good one and
the show was deservedly well patronised
nil week. There Is more of a better com
edy tinge to the various acts.
"THE TWO ORPHANS."
Elaborate Production of Famous Play
at the Baker Theater.
Numorous requests having been made to
Manager Baker to put on "The Two Or
phans," the beautiful old drama In which
Kate Claxton has starred so long, it will
be givon a very elaborate production by
the Baker Theater Company for the week
beginning with the matinee this after
noon. Miss Ethelyn Palmer, who formerly
playod the part of Henriotte with Miss
Claxton. has been specially engaged to
play the part this week. The play re
quires a very large cast; also much spe
cial scenery. It deals with the low order
of morals of the upper and lower classes
of Paris. The two orphans. Henriette and
Louise, the blind girl, are inveigled from
their quiet provincial home by a roue of
tho aristocracy, and, entering Paris, Hen
riette is stolen and carried to the Mar
quis chateau, but escapes through the
vigil of the Chevalier de Vaudrey, who
afterward marries her.
Louise falls Into the hands of the vil
lainous old Mother Frouchard. and is
forced to beg the strets In rags. Jacques,
the villainous son of the old hag. is one
of the strongest characters ia the play.
After some time the two sisters are re
united, and the blind girl proves to be
the daughter of a French noblewoman
whose baby was stolen when it was a tiny
thing and left on the doorsteps of a
church, there to be found by the father
of Loutee. There arc many pretty fea
tures ia the "Two Orjhans." and it
abounds with cruelty and Intense situa
tions, tempered by love, valor and beauty
of oharactcr.
"SLAVES OF THE MINES."
Play With Ingenious Plot and Bril
liant Comedy at Cordray's.
Commencing with the usual Sunday
matinee today, and Sunday, Monday,
vf opera played by trie nostonians, m ftgSBSgHIK H WWM.t v II
H S13SS?SK?asaf' 1 VniVK I . 1 sciHuu m every paiiitumr, unu wui I I . -vJ
sFEa&iy engaged to
Tuesday and "Wednesday evenings of this
week at Cordray's Theater will be pre
sented a splendidly constructed play with
a consistent plot, a heart story which
strikes home, and brilliant comedy in
"Slave of the Mine." which is the Joint
authorship of Daniel L. Hart and G. E.
Callahan, both prominent in the ranks of
popular dramatists, as Is attested to
by their respective success in 'The Par
ish Priest" and A Romance of Coon
Hollow." etc.
A law peculiar to most mineral states,
and certainly so to the State of Penn
sylvania, which Invalidates a claim to
Utlo in subsurface ores not specifically
mentioned In the deed conveying land on
TvMfVi fhnxr nro fUsonvered nrovides the
theme for an ingenious plot, and thfe
Joint proaucuon 01 two ceieDratea wniers
is permeated by the same character of
ivrnHnnt ami nnttirat dialorue so notice
able In "The Parish Priest" and "Coon
Hollow." joined to which are vigorous
ciimnT-RQ rtTTint jiKimatls situations and
i Tmnrlnhln oi-nrvlr- (mtjistrotlho in Which
a mine is shattered and fired by an ex
plosion of Are damp.
A enlnff Tnntr.mnlltnr cast and STiecial
KoitiHfiil tcinprr Vv James Fox.
of New York. Including a real elevator
or cage In actual operation, are loatur-js
of "Slaves of tho Mine"
HOWARD KYLE IN "ROSEMARY."
Attraction at the Marquam Grand
Monday Night. '
Howard Kyle, in "Rosmary," will be
the attraction at the Marquam Grand
Theater tomorrow (Monday) night only
This is a source of congratulation for
local theatergoers, especially in view of
the fact that a short time ago there was
but little likolihood of the coming of the
play. After the first announcement was
made a sudden change occurred in Mr.
Kyle's bookings, which necessitated the
cutting out of this city from his route.
When Manager Pangle received this infor
mation he immediately yut himself In
communication with Mr. Kyle's manager.
George H. Brennan. and insisted that ar
rangements be effected so as to insure
Mr. Kyle's engagement. Mr. Kyle's man
ager was at first unable to comply with
this request, but. after a long delay, he
wired Manager Pangle that oy making
still another change in Mr. Kyle's route
he would positively visit this section of
the country and present the charming
play. "Rosemary," in this city. It. Is
said that Mr. Kyle's supporting company
Is one of the strongest that has ever been
associated with him. The cast Includes
Frederick "Webber. George Gaston. Henry
Booker. Norman MacDonald, Alfred Con
ibear, Louis Ellsnor, Sadie Handy, Edna
Bwen and Margaret Hardy. Seats are
now selling.
DANIEL SULLY IN A ITEW PLAY.
"The Chief Justice" at the Marquam
Wednesday and Thursday.
Daniel Sully, the well-known .actor, has
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finally found what he considers the Ideal
play in "The Chief Justice." in which he
appears at the Marquam Grand Theater
next Wednesday and Thursday nights,
March 2 and S.
Mr. Sully has a personality and a style
of art that is all his own. and so he has
carved out success for himself along lines
that are entirely original and unique.
"The laugh and the tear" Is the actor's
motto, and In Fitzgerald Murphy's new
play he has found a character that comes
up to his Ideals in this respect. Notwith
standing Its excellent title, there Is no
tiresome courtroom scene in this play that
dnals with modern society. The scones
are laid in the library of the Judge's pa
latial home on Fifth avenue. New York,
and on the lawn of his country residence
on the Hudson. Interwoven with tho main
theme of the story are threo pretty ro
mances silhouetted against a background
cf social ambitions, the fierce struggle for
wealth and the unscrupulous methods to
obtain it that are resorted to by the new
school of "Wall- street financiers.
The characters are all modeled on liv
ing personages that hold tho attention of
the public daily through tho newspapers.
The play is said to be of a high order of
literary merit, and possesses strong dra
matic situations of tho suppressed and in
tense order.
To successfully interpret a play of this
kind requires first-class players, and Mr.
Sully has surrounded himself this season
with an excellent company that does full
justice to every character. Tho advance
sale of seats will open tomorrow (Mon
day) morning.
VAUDEVILLE THAT AMUSES.
Continuous Bill at Arcade Today
New Programme Monday.
Continuous vaudeville that amuses Is
the only kind produced at tho Arcade
Theater. Today a continuous pro
gramme from 2 to 10:30 P. M. will pre
sent tho Three Renos, famous comedy
acrobats; Leslie and Langton, pretty
girls who sing and dance: the Three
Malverns, clever acrobats; Stoddard and
Wilson,' amusing musicians; Jessie
More. In Illustrated songs, and the
American bioscope, with moving pic
tures of Irish, life.
Tho new bill starts Monday afternoon
with a star programme of six acts:
o'-oss and Holden, far-famed as jovial
comedy sketch artists.
Allen Sisters, marvelous acrobats,
tumblers and contortionists.
Mason and Filburn, a team that sings
jolly songs and dances dashingly.
The Three Renos, the eccentric com
edians, whose popularity led to their
engagement for a new comedy act.
Jessie More, the sweet singer of 11
lustrated songs.
Tho American bioscope, with new
moving pictures of scenes In real life.
"UNCLE TOM'S CABIN."
Stetson's Dramatic and Scenic Pro
duction at the Marquam Saturday.
Stetson's colossal dramatic and scenic
production of "Uncle Tom's Cabin'
Baby Greta as Little Bra in "Uncle
Tom's Cabin," at the Marqnam.
come3 to the Marquam Grand Theater
next Saturday afternoon and night, March
5. This production far surpasses that of
last season in every particular, and will
be the best seen here. Special attention
has been given to the staging of the piece
and several new scenic effects are said to
be magnificent.
A clever quartet of colored singers adds
materially to the programme by a number
of high-class specialties. Colonel Sawyer's
prize pack of genuine Siberian blood
hounds, a lot of beautiful Shetland ponies.
trick donkeys, etc, are also with this
great combination. The street parade has
two bands of music", a number of gorgeous
chariots, tableaux wagons and little car
riages, built at a large outlay of money.
making this the finest free street pa
geant aver given by any similar organi
zation. Taken as a whole, it Is an enter
tainment that can be enjoyed by young
and old. and parents should gratify chil
dren In their desire to wltnesa what will
oe to. mem a pleasure long to oe remem
bered. A popular-price children's matinee will
be given Saturday. The advanco sale of
seats will open next Thursday.
OLYMPIA OPERA COMPANY.
Opens Engagement at Cordray's
Theater Thursday.
The Olympla Opera Company comes to
Cordray's vTh.eater and will be seen In
"Said Pasha" for the opening opera. Few
attractions before the public contain more
pretty and stylish girls than does the
Olympla Comic Opera Company, which
plays an engagement of ten nights at
Cordray's Theater, commencing next
Thursday evening, March 3.
In making in especial effort to secure
beauties for tte chorus, the management,
Messrs SeamAn & Matchette had in
mind the evbr-lncreaslng desire of the
public to see beautiful and stylish women
In the chorus, women who can wear fine
costumes as they should be worn, and
women who can-sing and dance with an
understanding of what those art3 mean.
All of the above essentials have been
combined in the beauty chorus of the
Olympla Company, and when It makes its
appearance Thursday night it la sure to
create enthusiasm.
At the head of this famous organiza
tion of light opera singers -and comedi
ans Is probably one of the brightest little
stars of tho comic opera firmament. Miss
Lottie Kendall. She Is noted for her
grace, beauty. Intelligence and sweetness
of voice, as well as for her superb abil
ity to nortray the Drincioal roles In some
of the late and standard musical composi
tions.
The principals that make up the cast in
support of Miss Kendall are all well-
known comic opera people of more or less
National reputation. Eleanor Jenkins.
the dram tic soprano, has been with some
of the best attractions out of New York.
Carl Francis Haydn, the tenor. Is also a
New York favorite, lyric tenor. Carrlck
Major, the baritone, Robert Pitkin, come
dian, and John E. Young, the leading
comedian, havo all had New York sea
sons.
Georgia Minstrels.
Richards & Prlngle's Minstrels, the
"Famous Georgias," will be seen at Cor
dray's on March 13. The personnel of the
organization this season is made up of the
brightest of last season'? organization,
with the addition of a number of novelty
performers, seen for the first time in this
part of the country.
STAG ELAND.
After our forefathers had become saturated
with thunderous Wagnerian and other forms
of grand opera, those deft purveyors to the
amusement-loving world theatrical managers
cast about for something new to amuse their
patrons.
"Faust;" "II Trovatore," "Lucia di Lam
rnermoor." "Siegfried," etc, had had tho call,
andthen came a period of opera, bouffe. which
gaVe us "Chimes of Normandy," "Bohemian
Girl." "Giroac-Glrofla," "Fra DIavola," and
operas of that class.
Passing from the opera bouffe period, we get
down to the time of the simon-pure comic
opera, in which claes is included "The Grand
Duchess," "The Queen's Lace Handkerchief,"
"The Beggar Student,' "Merry War," "Pina
fore" and "The Mikado."
Then came one of the greatest successes of
all "Ermlnle." This marked the beginning
of the end of comic opera. "Ncdjy" followed,
so did "Robin Hood," "The Highwayman,"
"Princess Chic" and some few others, with
comic opera pretensions, followed, but the real
hits nowadays ar of the type of "Florodora."
"Liberty Belles." "The Little Duchess," "Sll
ver Slipper." "Prince of Pilsen," VSultan of
Sulu." "Peggy From Paris," "Mile. Napo
leon," etc The only real comic opera out
this season is "Dolly Varden," and It always
keeps within the picture.
The musical eccentricities and extravagan
zas of today, which some people mistake fcr
comic opera, are nothing more or' less than
Hoyt's ideas made over.
M. Pierre Wolff, whose first American play.
"The Secret of PoIIchlnelle." has made such
a success that he Is of particular interest just
now. Is young, a bachelor, a man who counts
among his friends -many of the popular liter
ary men of the day. Caups. George Feydeau
whose youngest child . Is Wolffs godchild
George de Porto-Riehe, Emanuel Arene. are
all among his cronies. Wolff lives in bachelor
apartments In the smartest part of Paris
Just a step off the Avenue des Champs-EIysees,
at the Rond-Polnt, and h!a study windows look
down the avenue at a wide angle. His house
hold consists of a cook and "buttons" and his
dog. "Dolly," a beautiful wire-haired fox-ter
rier, and her son Punch.
Like most Parisian writers. "Wolff -works
best after life oa the boulevards id over that
la to say. between 2 o'clock and daybreak. It
Is not ia Parts, however, that Pierre Wolff
writes his plays. In Paris he merely plana
them. He ponders "over them even When talk
ing In the cafes he makes note of clever
cnMch on anv cran of oaser near him. orirt
on- returning home carefully transcribes these
choice bits of sentiment or humor to a. square
book, -which is locked with a key he wears on
his watch-chain, and then, in addition, puta
the locked book under additional lock and key.
"When the foundation of his play is built, and
he is ready to write the dialogue, he consid
ers it done. He then packs his bag, takes his
dogs, runs away and remains in seclusion un
til his play is finished.
The Chicago city authorities prevented the
uso of "spot lights" in Sir Henry It-ring's
production of "The Bells." and compelled the
stage management to U3e Instead in the dream
scene a strong Incandescent light. This action
made Sir Henry very angry, and in a speech
to the audience he said: "I trust that you
will not misunderstand me if I refer to the
recent fearful, lamentable disaster whldh oc
curred here the disaster which was the result
of panic. Panics are always terrible, and the
disasters they produce are always terrible.
That which occurred costs no reflection upon
your city or on the. theaters in your city, for
It could have occurred In any other city In
the world, and in a cathedral, in a church or
In a railway station. Just as easily as in the
theater. But it has produced a panic a panic
among your officials. And I would like it to
be thifcoughly understood by you that some
times much Injustice may be done by 'Jacks'
in office. And I would earnestly beg of you
to exert all your influence to allay the feeling
of panic which at present exUta among of
ficiate of your city."
In the cast of "The Tenderfoot" Company
Is Margaret Sayre. who is a sister-in-law of
Manager Pcdley. of Evansvllle, Ind.. and
Owcnsboro. Ky. Miss Sayre belongs to
prominent Kentucky family, being a grand-
niece of ex-Senator Willis B. Machen. a niece
of Captain Al McGooJwln, of the Confederate
army, and a former member of the Kentucky
State Senate. She is also a relative of ex-Secretary
John G. Carlisle, and Is relatod to the
McGoodwIos of Louisville and Princeton. Ky.
The aunt who educated her is Mrs. L. B.
Speed, a daughter-in-law of the late Joshua
Speed, ex-President Lincoln's Attorney-Gen-
cral. Miss Sayre was for two years In the
company of Weber & Fields, and one season
with Charles Frohman's company as under
study to Edna May in "Tho Girl From Up
There."
Ralph Stuart has been offered the manage
ment of the. new theater that Henry E. Corey
& Co. are to build at Broadway and Sixty-sixth
street. New York City. Jessallne Itodgers,
who lately appeared la a revival of "East
Lynne," at the special matinees given by
Ralph Stuart and his company at the Amer
ican Theater, New York, has played the role
of Isabelle upward of COO times. The part of
Archibald, which Ralph Stuart played, was
the one in which this actor made his debut 12
years ago in Kansas. City.
Attractions at San Francisco theaters last
week: Columbia. "The Old Homestead'
Tlvoll. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home";
Grand Opera-House. "The Gamekeeper"; Al
cazar, '"The Wrong Mr. Wright"; Central,
"King of the Opium Ring"; California. "Hu
man Hearts"; Fischer's. "Roly Poly; and the
Orpheum, Fuleoa and Errol, Eddie Glrard and
Jessie Gardner, George W. Day, Morris and
Bowen. Werner-Amoros Troupe, Harry Thom
son, Orpheum motion plcturM, and the Eight
Vassar Girls.
Georgo Jabour. who managed one of the
shows at the Elks' Carnival in this city last
season, and who afterward failed with 587,000
Indebtedness at Minneapolis, Minn., got Into
trouble a short time ago in New York City,
charged with shooting at his former treasurer.
Caesar Sabbagh. Trouble arose because Sab-
bagh had wedded In Chicago Madame Najala
Megabgab. who for years had been .labour's
principal backer in his circus ventures. Ja
bour ultimately apologized, and is again a free
man.
Manager Phil Hunt, of the "Down by the
Sea" Company, playing last week at Cor-
draya. and three women of the company re
cently had an exciting experience In a copper
mine at BIsbce, Ariz., where the attraction
was playing. After the tourists descended to
the Interior workings of the mine, the rope
that the held the basket fell from the wind
lass above, and the exploring party were prls-J
oners tor a. numeor oi nours, udui repairs were
made, when they were conveyed to the surface
again.
Millie James was recently married in New
York, to Edgar Stachelberg, a cigar manufac
turer. Mr. and Mrs. Stachelberg Immediately
aftor the wedding luncheon left for the South.
Mrs. Stachelberg Is the daughter of Louis
James, the well-known actor, and Is known
through her clever work in "Lover's Lane."
"The Little Princess." and "Glad of It." Her
friends say that she will not act again.
Charlotte TitteL the eldest of the Tlttel sis
ters, is starring la the Middle West, presenting
The Cavalier," ono of Julia Marlowe s suc
cesses. Wallace Munroc, her husband, is man
aging the attraction. She was a member ef
the stock company playing at Cordray's Third-
Street Theater several years ago.
March 27 the Baker Theater Company
opens in Seattle for a four-weeks' stay.
then plays at Tacoma for three nights, and
six weeks at Los Angelos. The season
will probably be finished at San Francisco:
A special request comes from Seattle to In
clude "Jone" la the repertoire.
Frederick Warde is yearning toward the lec
ture platform, and before many seasons have
passed he may forsake the stage. Next season
he will continue under the management of
Wsgenhals and Kemper, and be and his old
colleague. Louis James, will sever their busi
ness relations.
Cathrlne Counties, formerly of the Baker
Theater Company, has accepted an engage
ment as leading woman with Keith's Stock
flipiMnr. Thl!ajJ(lnhta and later In the ki-
son will appear with Rafph Stuart's Rood
Company on its tour of the Pacific Coast.
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Harry Dfiffield. who at one time managed the
Frawleys, and appeared In - Baker's Theater
mm a. member of the Nelll-Morosco Company,
JJLIET. la her youthful love affair
with one Romeo, may have had faith
In her utterance about what there is In
a name, but Juliet had probably never
contemplated becoming a theatrical star.
else she would have entertained another
sentiment. When it Is a, question df put
ting it out before the theater In electric
lights or printing It luridly on a three
sheet poster, the name is something of a
desideratum.
That the namo Is worth the considera
tion is evident in the number of, actors.
and actresses who carry a nom du theatre
and whose real name, that by which the
.family address them, at dinner, is 'all un
known to the thousands who give them
applause across tho footlights.
Take Edna May, for Instance, says the
Pittsburg Dispatch, Mrs. Fred Titus
i wouldn't be halt as effectual, and Yet Miss
May's husband, or erstwhile husband. Is
j Titus by name. Maude Kiskadden would
hardly do to exploit the fascinating Lady
Babble., and yet If Maude Adams used her
real name that's what it would be- Mrs.
Ada Bow Currier, under whose tutorship
Julia Marlowe received her first honors.
is' a genius at choosing names, and
changed that of Sarah Frances Foster to
Julia Marlowe. Miss Marlowe, by the
way, had an effective demonstration of
the fallacy of Juliet's theory which she as
Juliet so often uttered. After wedding
Robert Tabor she added her husband's
name to her own. on the billboards, and
the result was greatly distasteful, not to
say disastrous. She isidlvorced now.
Henrietta Crosman I is Mrs. Maurice
Campbell. Sarah Truax Is Mrs. Guy
Batcs Post. Marlon Baliou is Mrs;
George Pauacefote. Lizzie Hudson Col
lier simply combined her maiden . and
marital names after wedding Walter Col
Her. Sarah Cowell Le Moyne did the sam
thing. Henry Irving was born John Henry
Brodrlbb. Ada Rehan's name was Cre-
han. i
There are some labyrinthine marital
tangles In the theater. Now Lillian Rus
sell If she used all her names by mar
riages would have incorporated In her
elongated title the names of Harry Bra-
ham. Teddy Solomon and John Chatterton
,DeWolf Hopper would have his family
name attached to a number of pro
grammes If Ella Gardner and Ira Mosher
had the stubbornness of Edna Wallace,
who has hung to Hopper.
Elsie Leslie is Mrs. William Winter, and
Christie MacDonald Is Mrs. William Win
ter Jefferson, Jr.; Blanche Bender is Mrs
Joseph Jefferson, Jr. Lotta's name, as
everybody knows, was Charlotte Crab
tree. Marguerite Sylva is the profeaslon-
al name of Mrs. W. D. Mann, and Mrs,
Kendall Is Mrs. William R. Grlmston,
Both Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, you see, have
staglfied their names. Before marriage
Mrs. Kendall had the good old English
theatrical name of Madge Robertson,
which was her own. Amelia Bingham's
JARGON OF THE STAGE
Queer Technical Names for Land Back of Footlights,
iLFRED DAVIS, the general stage
manager of the Proctor Theater, ex
plained the other day that spot
lights were employed to cast a circle of
light upon the stage where a single person
was to be brought into especial promi
nence. It consists of an arc electric light
inclosed In a cylindrical hood about the
diameter of a stovepipe, and provided at
the open end. with, a condenser lens for the
purpose of concentrating the rays upon a
small area. Possibly If a bit of scenery
were permitted to rest upon the hood for
20 minutes the heat of the Inclosing iron
might har it, or even burn it.
A flood light is an arc in a rectangular
box, painted white upon the inside to
serve as a reliector. it is supposed to
flood the stage with light, hence its name.
Bunch lights are clusters of gas or in-
.candescent lights, either arranged within a
reflector or exposed naked, says the New
York Tribune. They are used back of a
scene behind doorways, where Jight Is
needed off the stage to represent the Illu
mination of that part of a dwelling not
shown. For the same purpose "strip"
lights aro used rows of Incandescent
lights fastened to a strip of wood pro
vided with a hook by which It may be
hung to the back of a scene when re
quired.
"Side" lights are incandescent lights ar
ranged on either side of the proscenium
arch. Sometimes they arc built within the
arch, or they are arranged to be swung
outward when the curtain is raised.
The footlights are familiar to all, and
the "border" lights are those hung over
tho stage, directly above the scenery,,
shutting off the top of the stage. TJiese
are arranged In a trough like an inverted
"U," to cast their light down upon the
stage. These are practically all of the
lights used upon the stage of a house,
though magic lanterns are employed at
times for the simulation of water effects,
DOES BEAUTY HELP AN ACTRESS
Maxine Elliott Says the Most Successful Are Plain.
TAKIiNU ner own experience as tne
basis of her remarks, Maxine El
liott, famous as one of the most
beautiful actresses in the world, says
that beauty as an adjunct to a stage ca
reer Is "all bosh," and that It Is far more
important to have a little intelligence
and gray matter, rather than a vast
amount of beauty. Miss Elliott actually
avers that her pronounced beauty was
an obstacle In the path of her professional
progress, and if she has now achieved a
sensational success as an actress it is due
to years of hard work rather than to per
sonal appearance.
Stage-struck girls who have decided
upon stage careers because their friends
have told them they arc beautiful should
hesitate before going any further, says
an exchange. Talking to some friends
the other day. Miss Elliott was asked
what she thought of beauty as an acces
sory to a stage career.
"Beauty as an accessory? Bosh," she
said, decisively. "It is only helpful as
an introduction to managers. In fact.
beauty is a fifth wheel to a serious
minded1 actress," she went on, unsmil
ingly, and with earnestness she proceed
ed -to elucidate this queer text, declaring
herself weary of the eternal subject of
beauty, and almost ashamed to possess
this wonderful thing for which most
women would lay down their lives.
"Beauty Is of no real help to a woman
at the beginning of her stage career,"
said Miss Elliott. "On the contrary, it
Is a positive hindrance to be a so-called
stage beauty. The mere fact that one
Is noted as a stage beauty challenges at
tention, and one's poor beginnings as an
Is assisting Manager Wahieek In running the
Casino In Los Angeles.
Richard Harding Davis states that he will
devote himself exclusively to play-writing for
the next five years". Branson Howard onee
said that five years Is none too much time to
spend on one play.
Owing to the temporary illness of Rlph Cum
ralngs, of the John Griffith Company, in "Mac
beth." Claude Soare3. who Is the Banqoo, re
cently played Macduff, at a moment's notice,
la Union City. led.
The manager of the New Star Theater. New
York, sent to the East One Hundred and
Fourth-Street Station for protection, one night
recently, "The White Slave.'' which tells
about a feud between the Six Companies and
name In years agone was Smiley, but she
married Lloyd Bingham. Fannie Rice is
much better for stage purposes than Mrs.
G. W. Purdy, and Vernona Jarbean could
hardly stagger Under the title of Bern
stela when before the footlights. Marlon.
.uanoia did well for her career when she
changed from Mlna Stevens, and would
hardly benefit if she adopted the names
of either of the husbands from whom she
Is divorced, viz.. Jack Mason and H. S.
Mould. Katherine Grey Is now Mrs. Jack
Mason.
Mrs. Leslie Carter stuck to her namo
and Lulu Glaser to hers, but May Irwin
wouta oe -iirs. Keller if she were pro
fessionally the same as privately, and
Camllle D'ArvllIe would be strusslinsr
along with a cognomen something like
this.: Neelityee Dykstra. Helen Dauv
ray's name was Gibson and she married
and was divorced from John.M. Ward.
Grace George is Mrs. W. A. Brady and
Maxine Eilott Mrs. Nat Goodwin, while
Katherine Florence Is Mrs. Fritz Wil
liams and her name was Rogers before
marriage.
Marie Janscn s name was Hattte John
son and .May Robson's Is Mrs. A. H.
Brown. Modjeska could hardly exploit
herself as Countes3 Charles Bozenta
Chlaporsk yet that Is her name.
And one could go on ad Infinitum. For
Instance. Clara Morris Is Mrs. Frederick
Haclott; Eleanor MorettI was born
Rogers. Sadie Martinot is Mrs; Louis
Nethereole. Clara Lipman is Mrs. Loute
Mann. Madame Janauschek is Mrs. Fred
erick Plllot. Ida Mulle's name Is Mrs.
Tuthill. Josephine Hall Is Mrs. Alfred
Aarons. Maude Granger's name was
Brainard, and she is now Mra. Baxter;
Gertrude Elliott is Mrs. Forbes Robert
son, Sylvia Gerrsh is Lillian Rollins and
Marie Decca is Mary Johnson.
It must not be believed that only ths
actresses chango their names; The men
of the theater are addicted to the same
sort of thing. Fritz Williams signs his
checks Frederick Williams. Maurico
Barrymore. they say. is really Mourlco
Cline. Henry E. Dixey's name is Dixon.
M. B. Curtis, of course, couldn't carry
Samuel Skellnger to success, and so
adopted the other name. Kyrle Bellew re
tains his family name, but Damo Dom
Inlck Harold is the rest of it away from
the footlights. Robert Mantell Is Robert
Hudson and R. D. MacLean's name Is
Shepard. Henry Lee. the man of many
faces, was Reinrich Rosenweig before go
ing on the stage. Dr Wolf Hopper mado
his professional name by cutting William
from in, front of It, while Joseph Hart
retained' the first two names originally
given him-and clipped off Bowdron from
the end. John Hare's name 13 John Falnj,
and Lew Dockstader. to go from the sub
lime to the ridiiulous. Is really George
A. Clapp. Thomas Q. Seabrooke Is really
Thomas Quigley. and Denman Thompson
is Henry D. Thompson,
These are a few of the examples that
may suggest what's in a name in the
theater. A rose by any other name might
smell as sweet, but would an actor or
actress by any other name win the samo
success?
moonlight ripples and lightning. The old
fashioned calcium, using the oxyhydrogen
gas, is so seldom employed In the modern
theater as to call for no comment. For
Instance, the "tormentor" Is the first cur
tain back of the proscenium arch. It Is
so called because tho actors will crowd
in that entrance for a better view of the
performance, and so torment the stage
manager, whose domain It Is supposed
to be.
"Entrances" are not doors, but the In
tervals between the bits of scenery placed
on either side of the stage. These aide
pieces are "wings,1 except when tliey aro
in two parts and hinged so that they
may be opened out and made to stand
without support. In that case they aro
"flippers." The scene at the rear of the
stage is a "drop," if it Is merely a cloth,
with stiffening pieces at top and bottom.
If It Is built on a framework It is a flat.
Any flat piece of scenery is a "flat," but
an interior built of "flats" Is a "box set
tipg." If a piece of scenery Is hoisted
above the stage it is "flled"; the curtains
above the top of the stage are "flies,"
and the space above the "flies" la "head
room." The platform on one side of tho
stage, from which the ropes for these
scenes are worked, is the "fly" gallery,
and the men working there "flymen," In
contradistinction to the regular stage
hands, who are "grips." If there is a
second' gallery above the first, it i3 a
"tieoff loft."
When a scene Is put together it is "set,"
and when taken apnrt it is "struck."
Ropes used for hanging scenery aro
"lines," and there are three to a scene.
The one nearest the "fly" gallery is the
"short line," the one farthest away the
"long line." The wooden pieces in which
the lines are tied are "battens by," but
the lower strip to hold the bottom of the
scene even is a "key." A platform above
the stage is a "bridge," but the bridge
upon which the lights are worked from
immediately behind the arch Is a "bird
cage."
artist stand out the more glaringly be
cause of the prominence one would so
gladly escape during those first two or
three years.
"If, however, . a young actress has tho
other things needful for success, and
after years of working and waiting, at
tains success, then good looks do not
stand in her way. They may even bo a
little help. But at best beauty Is only
a fifth wheel. You have but to look, at
the successful women of the stage to
prove that- They "are plain, almost with
out exception. It is In the chorus of the
extravaganza and the comic opera that
you Arid the real professional beauties.
They are the peers of any beauty in tho
world, but their beauty alone, without
talent and determination and hard work,
will never get them out of tho chorus."
"But what about attractive personal
ity?" "Attractive personality? What has that
got to do with an actress? Absolutely
nothlng. Why, If it was simply a ques
tion of attractive personality that mado
an actress you would find 4000 of them
In every city. Attractive personalities! aro
to be found everywhere. No, person
ality of the attractive order Is simply the
power that forces your talent over tho
footlights. That is all. It doesn't make
an actor nor an actress. It Is a very in
significant part of the whole thing."
"What does make an actress, then?"
"Just what Mr. Kendall said: 'You've
got to have the constitution of a horse
and the skin of a rhinoceros.' You must
work and study and fail, and suffer dls
'appolntments, and never say die. and
then, perhaps, if you're lucky, you'll get
there."
tie Terrible Nine In San Francisco, was play
ing at the theater. Fifty Chinamen In the
gallery get into- a squabble and were persuaded
by th police to leave.
Ada Rehan and Otis Skinner will appear
again in Xew York this season, arrangements
having been concluded whereby they will play
a week's engagement next month at the Har
lem Opera-House.
Recent Paris advices say that Maurice Gran
has entirely recovered from the Indisposition
which compelled him to give up the New Yf rk
Metropolitan Opera-House. nearly a year ago.
An excellent pieture of Mlna Crolius Glea-son.-
of the Baker Theater Company, appeared
In the San Francisco Dramatic Star, Febru
ary 20.