THE SUM)AY " POKTLAKD, AUGUST 28, 1904.
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npHBY'RS' off - again. The theaters,
i fonj another season "and the wise-
aores are guessing what the out
come of the hot rivalry among the five
legitima'te houses and the four vaude
'vllles for the people's patronage will
be.
Cordray's led the way last Sunday with
a farce-comedy of considerable merit,
called "A Runaway Match," and the audl
erices at the opening and during the
week were satisfactory to the gentlemen
in the box office. Today two more show
houses enter the steeplechase, Baker's
with Melbourne MacDowell and his com
pany in .a spectacular production of
"Cleopatra," and the Empire with the new
"Weldemann stock organization in elabor
ately staged melodrama, "The Inside
Track." Next Sunday the Columbia. Thea
, ter will get into the running witfi its
' stock company entered for "Captain Let
tarblair," and 10 days later the Marquam
will complete the field. Meanwhile the
continuous people are coining money and
are worrying not at all over the prospect
of competing with their big rivals.
"CLEOPATRA" AT THE BAKER
Melbourne MacDowell Opens irSar
dou's Drama at Today's Matinee.
With the matinee the season of 1SW-5
will open at the Baker Theater today.
"Cleopatra" is the offering, and It is the
greatest of the Sardou plays, according to
many able judges. Melbourne MacDow
ell, who for years has starred In the Sar
dou repertoire, will appear In his favorite
role of Marc Antony, which he played so
.successfully with the late Fanny Daven
port and Blanche Walsh. Charlotte Deane
will essay the title role, and the remain
der of the long cast will be in excellent
hands.
Nothing has been overlooked to make
"Cleopatra" a beautiful and impressive
production. The costumes are gorgeous
and the scenic , equipment lacks nothing.
The storm scene of "Cleopatra" is nota
ble and will be given with some new ef
fects at the Baker. Frederick Esmelton,
vthe best authority on Sardou staging in
the country, will have charge of the pro
duction. In addition to the regular com
pany, the players are reinforced by a
v large aggregation of extra people. From
. present Indications "Cleopatra" will prove
the most pretentious and elaborate attrac
tion ever holding the boards of this thea
ter. There are six aots In "Cleopatra, and
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they tell the complete story of Antony's
passion for the Egyptian Queen, from the
time the couple meet until Cleopatra, ends
her life by permitting an- asp to sting her.
The narrative relates how Cleopatra en
chants the Roman and induces him to lib
erate her people, after which Antony re
turns to Rome, but is lured back to Egypt
by the Queen, who raises a terrible storm
and destroys his ships so that he cannot
leave her. The drama is full of powerful
situations and beautiful language. It Is
an epic of love and passion. The produc
tion at the Baker Theater next week
promises to be a genuine surprise to the
most seasoned theatergoers.
AT CORDRAY'S THEATER.
James Keane in "Fabio Roman!"
Begins an Engagement Tonight.
James Keane. who oiens tonight with a
dramatization of Marie Corelll's powerful
story, "Fablo Romani," has had a very
interesting and rapid rise in his chosen
profession. Ho has In turn supported
James O'Neill, Henrlette Croasman. Mrs.
L. J. Lemoyne, and in addition he was
for a number of years the leading man
of the Boston Castle-Square Stock Com
pany, one of the strongest dramatic or
ganizations in this country. He is a hand
some, well-trained artist and gives a per
formance scarcely expected In a popular
priced house. His company is evenly bal
anced, his plays are finely costumed and
staged -with every possible attention to
detail.
Last week the patrons of Cordray's were
treated to an uproarious farce. It is the
policy of the house this week to present
an attraction of an entirely dlfforent char
acter. The story of "Fabio Romani" is
entirely unreal and improbable, but It Is
strong, weird and has that peculiar fas
cination that always attends the evolu
tion of tragedy from out the working of
human passion and vengeance. No recent
writer has produced anything so strong
and impressive as this great recital of
wrong and the inevitable punishment that
follows evid deeds.
The story Is laid in Naples during the
terrible plague. Fablo Romani, a noble
citizen, is seized with the awful disease
and during the excitement Is burled alive.
He escapes from the tomb, and returning
home - finds his wife confessing her love
for his. best friend, Guldo Ferrari. He
first resolves on a terrible and Immediate
death for both, but finally decides to adopt
a keener and more striking method of
vengeance. JMsgnised he wins his own
wife from the false friend whom in a
-AS-
duel he kills. He then lures the unfor
tunate wife to the tomb wherein he was
formerly buried, and she in a moment of
madness commits sulcUie.
In the part of Fablo Mr. Keane is fur
nished with a role that fits his magnetic
personality, and he portrays this difficult
character with finish and distinction. The
company gives a strong and finished pro
duction of a play of rugged grasp and
strength, and It is presented with special
scenery and most elaborate costuming. It
will be repeated Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday, evenings. There will be a
change of bill Thursday night, wlien the
company will present Mr, Keane's new,
play, "A Mexican Romance." This play
Is in a lighter vein and Is also sure to
please the patrons of the house.
"THE INSIDE TRACK."
Weldemann Stock Company Opens
the Empire This Afternoon.
Today's great, big event will be the
opening of the Weideman stock season at
the Empiro In Oliver Dowd Byron's fa
mous sensational comody-drama, "The
Inside Track." Every act. of this great
production represents a stage picture of
surprising beauty and wonderful effect,
the magnificent settings furnishing tho
scenes for a play of unusual heart Inter
est, which commands the instant sym
pathy of the audience, which Is Jtept vi
brating between laughter and tears. The
largo and exceptionally competent com
pany tell the story of the play In a most
thrilling and convincing manner, and
those who like the very best In the dra
matic lino will agree that no better pro
duction of Its kind was ever given in
Portland. Keep fresh in your mind the
fact that the opening occurs this after
noon at 2:15, that "The Inside Track"
will run , all week with Wednesday and
Saturday matinees, and that it is the
best show in town.
THE STAR.
Cyclone Rides Today New Bi!
Starts Monday. '
Closing one of the most successful en
gagements In his history, the great Cy
clone will ride today at the Star Theater
H.i auu, a.w ana j. . i.
The new bill that starts tomorrow. mer
its equal recognition from a pleasure
seeking public. The Bennington Duo, far
famed as entertainers, will produce a
spectacular comedy. Jaston and Harvey,
the renowned Australian Duo, will appear
for the first time In Portland, Swede
Fisher, a character comedian, whose laur
els are the brightest, has an act that la
unrivaled for pure and unadulterated
mirth.
Clilng Foo Lee, the Chinese magician,
has brought to America the black art
of ancient China, and his act Is one of
the meat mystifying that ever enlivened
o '--vmirip.vlHf! nrosrramme. A pretty spec- ,
Ltacle, full of flashing lights and beautiful
color, is the act ot isarmta, jne serpen- ,
tine dancer, -who is herself most bewitch
ing. Will C. Hoyt -will sing a pictured
iaiinrt In hln DODular baritone, and the
projectoscope, "with new moving pictures,
will end tne excellent programme, a pro
gramme such as the public expects to
find at the Star.
Today's bill Is continuous from 2 to 10,:30
P. M.
A .special performance will be given
Monday morning from 11 to 12.
THE COLUMBIA OPENING.
Season Will Commence With a Mag
nificent Production.
Portland's fashionable theatergoers are
In a delightful flutter of expectation "at
the prospect of the early opening of the
Columbia stock season, -when Manager
Welch's admirable company of lady and
gentleman players will present Marguerite
Merrington's charming comedy, of English
society and military life, "Captain Let
tarblair," in which E. H. Sothern achiev
ed one of hl3 greatest successes, Miss
Catherine Countiss, Frederick Baume,
Rose Etynge and their associates, all ar
tists of recognized ability and experience,
are rehearsing daily and the scene paint
ers, stage carpenters and costumers are
hard at work preparing- for the opening
next Sunday afternoon.
It Is most fitting that the Columbia, the
handsomest playhouse on the Pacific
Coast, should be the home of the finest
stock organization ever established in the
West, and the theatergoing public may
well be In a flutter of excitement. The
play selected for the opening, "Captain
Lettarblair," Is splendidly adapted to the
purpose of Introducing the new people
and affords the members of the company
who are well known' favorites here fine
opportunities,, for their reappearance .be
fore the public. The lines and situations
are remarkably beautiful and forceful
and the mountings have never been equal
ed here in a stock production. The sale
of seats has been going rapidly forward
and those desirous of securing desirable
locations will do well to secure them at
once. The downtown office is located at
Rowe & Martin's, corner Sixth and Wash
ington, and the box office at the theater
is also open for the sale of tickets.
THE ARCADE.
Another Week of Merry Acts Begins
Tomorrow.
Fun has reigned supreme at the Arcade
Theater this week, and tomorrow will
see the beginning of another lively pro
gramme at this popular vaudeville thea
ter. Heading the new bill Is the Electric
Trio, who are the funniest of funmakers.
They made a great hit at the Arcade
last week, and beginning tomorrow they
will appear In a new farce, full of gibes
and gambols, and quips and cranks of
the merriest kind. There Is not a dull
moment whlle-the Electric Trio Is on the
stage. Every word, every gesture, strikes
a apark that sots the audience in a storm
of laughter.
The Groat Stansfield Is a character
comedian whose merits as an entertainer
are known from sea to sea. Alice Alva
Is 'a talented performer, whose musical
act is unexcelled. The two Buttons do a
comedy sketch that has won them great
applause, when they appear as "Happy
Guy and Merry Aggie." Kate Coyle sings
a new illustrated song, arid the American
Bioscope haa a new series of moving pic
tures, illustrating the latest events, as
well as catching some funny scenes from
.real life.
Today's bill Is continuous from 2 to
10:30 P. M.
A special performance will be given
Monday morning from 11 to 12.
THE LYRIC.
This Week's Big Show Will Have
Something In It to Please All.
The most widely diversified programme
ever offered by the popular Lyric will bo
presented next week, commencing Mon
day afternoon. It includes tha very best
acts obtainable-, regardless of expense,
and it is arranged to suit all tastes. The
Lyric management guarantees the ex
cellence of the performance to be given,
and when he goes to" the Lyric with this
guarantee no one need to have any, mis
givings as to the character of the enter
tainment offered.
Beginning with the matinee Monday af
ternoon the next bill will include Ernest
Yerxas, tho "Elastic Supreme," intro
ducing hl3 spectacular contortion and
posturing act, the Great De Coe novelty
balancer, who uses no elaborate prepared
paraphernalia, but accomplishes his re
markable feats with the assistance of the
most ordinary kitchen furniture, Mr. and
Mrs. Clark Mounts, high-class singing
and talking entertainers; Katheryne Dy
er, the dainty aoubrette; Tommy White,
one of the cleverest comedians in. the
business; Thomas W. Ray, the matchless
"tenor, in his illustrated ballads, and the"
ever-amusing and Instructive life-motion
pictures. '
THE BIJOU.
Wonderfuj. Dancers at the Sixth
Street Hou3e This Week.
"Since vaudeville first opened in Port
land no such bill as that arranged for the
Bijou this week has ever been present
ed In any house. Dancing, clever and ar
tistic, will be the feature of the bill. The
Monday matinee will witness the new
features.
Zlnn's famous Broadway Burlesquers
are the leaders. This group of actors
presents so different a performance from
that of the ordinary vaudeville team that
comparisons are Impossible. They must
be seen to be" understood. "A Night in
Turkey," Is the name of the-operetta to
be presented. XJght music, dancing that
holds the eye entranced, cleverness and
originality supreme distinguish it.
A wonderful comedienne is Frances
Grey, herself a leader for any vaudeville
show. Mann and Franks arc sketch
artists well deserving of such company,
itself a mark of high merit. Erroll Is
another comedian worth seeing. The pony
ballet, six charming auburn-haired girls,
bring people to the house more than once.
Harry DeLaln' has a prima donna act
that's funny. The vitascope has the lat
est in picture slides.
STAGELAND. -Mrs.
Flske plans to epend the greater part
nf Vi .Minn In If nim nlflvfintita In TTir
York City, where her Urat bill will be a re
vival of Langdon Mitchell's "Becky Sharp,"
a dramatization of Thackeray's "Vanity Fair."
She la to have the support of George Arllss,
John Mason and Frank Mclntyre. Later sho
will give several Ibsen- dramas, including
"Rosmeraholm." A new play by Charles He
Lallan and the much-discussed. "Monna Van
na" of Maeterlinck are mentioned In. her
prospectus.
As far as known, the following paragraphs
relate the plana for the theatrical season of
1004-5 of the American players who either
head companies of their own, are starred, or
occupy positions which place their Individual
names' largely before the public, saya the Chi
cago Tribune. Foreign players who will visit
America are Included. Soma well-known play,
ere have not yet announced their plans, but
the list affords a good general view of the pro
posed activities of the season.
Maude Adams la to have a new comedy by
Israel Zangwill, entitled "Jenny." She will
not, however, open with it, having plans for
a Southern trip of six weeks, when she will
revive "The Little Minister." It Is said that
Miss Adams will also be seen during the year
In a new one-act piece, " 'Op-o-Me-Thumb,"
which has been liked In London.
Otis Skinner, who goea to France this week
for a brief vacation, and who will in all prob
ability meet Jean Rlchepla. will, on his re
turn,, continue in "The Harvester," a play by
that author, which was given its Initial per
formance by the star last Spring in Milwaukee.
It is said that his wife, Maud Durbln, will ap
pear as bis leading woman.
Richard Mansfield's plans are yet indefinite.
There has been some talk of his presenting
"the Sea "Wolf," Jack London's new sto'ry,
but there has been no confirmation of the re
port. It is possible that Mr. Mansfield will
continue with "Ivan the Terrible," as the play
has yet to be eeen in New York and other
Eastern cities.
Julia Marlowe and E. H. Sothern will ap
pear ias co-stars In revivals of "Hamlet,"
"Romeo and Juliet" and "Much Ado About
Nothing." Miss Marlowe's Juliet and Beat
rice are pleasant memories. Mr. Sothern's
Romeo and Benedick: will be new, as will his
co-stara Ophelia.
Henry Miller has begun his season In the
"West. His play is "Joseph Entangled." by
Henry Arthur Jones, which he produced In
San Francisco two weeks ago. Hilda Spong
Is his leading woman, and Jesle Buslay is also
In his company, which Is soon, to Include Henry
"Woodruff.
Edna May will be seen In "The. School Girl,"
which' was written to order for her by Paul
M. Potter and Henry Hamilton, and has a
score by Leslie Stuart, the "Florodora" music
man. It is said that she may give eome per
formances of "La Poupee," an operetta by
Audrart.
Olga Nethersole will remain In England this
year. She Is negotiating for a west-end the
eater in London, and. should she get It, will
likely- produce an adaptation by W. L. Court
ney of Paul Hervlen'a "Le Dedale." which
was given a French hearing last year.
Denman Thompson will open his reason on
September 6 In New York with an elaborate
production of "The Old Homestead." This
will signalize Mr. Thompson's 51st season as
an American actor, and the 18th consecutive
season of "Tho Old Homestead."
Kyrje Bellew began hla season last Monday
night In Denver, presenting "rtafflea, tho Am
ateur Cracksman." B. M. Holland Is In Mr.
Bellew's company, and will play an opposite
part to the star. Miss Clara Blandlck Is to
appear as leading woman. ,
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Lionel Barrymore will be sent on tour at the
head of the cast, but not a3 a star, of Augustus
Thomas" light comedy called "The Other Girl,"
successful last season in New York, where the
young actor made a hit as a lovelorn punlllst
with social ambitions.
May Irwin will use the farce, "Mrs. Black
Is Black." by G. V. Hobart. Rehearsals will
begin in New York tomorrow. This piece will
signalize the return of Mlgs Irwin to the etage
after a season's absence and a rumored per
manent, retirement.
Arnold Daly will offer "Candida," by Ber
nard Shaw, and later will play '"You Never
Can Tell," by the same author. Mr. Daly's
eeason began last Sunday night in San Fran
clico, Whre he will play a two weeks' en
gagement. Jefferson De Angelis will employ "Fantana,"
a musical comedy, as his vehicle. In hla
company will be Adele Ritchie. Julia Sanderson
and Kattle Barry. The opening will be made
at the Garrick Theater, Chicago, on Septem
ber 10.
Mrs. G. II. Gilbert will become a star this
year In a play written for her by Clyde
Fitch. It is called "Granny," and will be
produced In New York early In October. This
Is said to be Mrs. Gilbert's final season on the
stage.
Mrs. Patrick Campbell will open her next
American tour on October 3 at the Herald
Square Theater. New "York, in "The Sorceress."
At the conclusion of her engagement In New
York, she will make a tour of the principal
cities.
Herbert Kelcey and Effle Shannon will begin
their season on September 3, presenting for the
first time In English a three-act comedy from
the German entitled "Tapa." Miss Shannon
is said to havo an important part in the play.
'
John Drew will present "The Duka of Kll
Hecrankle," by Captain Robert Marshall.
Margaret Dale will again support him as leaa-
Ing woman, and the comnanv will Inrinrfe
Ferdinand Gcttschalk and Fannie Brough.
Ethel Barrymoro has already bceun hir Ma
son In the West, and is appearing in "Cousin
Kate." Later she will play in Thomas' Race
ward's "Sunday," a London hit o last season.
Bruce McRae will be her' leading man.
Ada Rehan will begin her season on Novem
ber 10. presenting "The Taming of the
Shrew," "School for Scandal" and "The
Country Girl." Robert Lorraine, the English
actor, will be seen, as her leading man.
Cecelia Loftus will be starred thU vpar In
"The Serio Comic Governess." She will enen
In. November at tho Lyceum Theater, in New
Tork, and, should the play prove a success. It
will bo presented later in London.
Virginia Harned will be toured in a new
play from abroad. Neither title nor author
ship has been made public, so far. Probably
it will be "La Montansier," which Mr. Froh-
man controls for this country.
"William Faversham is to nlay the leadlne-
male part in "Letty," by Arthur "Wing Pinero.
who wiu take the title part has not been an
nounced. Julie Odd. his wife, is to havn an
Important part in the play.
David Warfleld will go out under David
Belaoco'a management in a new play called
The Music Master." by Charles Klein. In
his company will be Marie Bates. Minnie Du-
pree ana Campbell Solton.
Blanche Walsh will make an extended tour
In Batallle'e drama from Tolstoi's "Resurrec
tion," and It is said will also Droduee Jacoh
Gordon's play, "The Kreutzer Sonata," and a
ne-jf play by Clyde Fitch.
Bertha Garland will continue in "Dorothy
Vernon of Haddon Hall," and in the Spring
will play Juliet a week in New York. Orrin
Johnaon will be her leading man. He will
play Romeo to her Juliet.
Viola Allen will revive "A- Winter's Tale"
as her chief offering, and will also be seen in
"Twelfth Night." in which her Viola has been
regarded with popular favor. Boyd Putnam
will be her leading man.
Lillian Russell has so far kept her own
counsel regarding her engagement for this
year. Rumor has it that she will be eeen
again in comic opera, with a possibility of
starring.
Fritzl Scheft will open her season on August
20 In Cleveland, appearing In "The Two
Roees." On September 5 Miss Scheff will be
gin an engagement at the Illinois Theater,
Chicago.
Marine' Elliott will commence her second
season as a star on October 3, in Harlem.-
She will again appear In Clyde Fitch's "Her
Own Way," In which she scored last year.
Blanche Bates will continue to play "The
Darling of the Gods," used by her last year.
Whether she will produce another play late in
the season has not been definitely stated.
DIgby Bell will continue In vaudeville, bay.
ing signed contracts which will engage his
cervices for more than a year at the leading
variety-houses between the two coasts.
Mrs. Langtry will tour the States again this
year, using a play called "Talked About.'
which Is said to be a dramatization of her
early experiences In this country.
William Collier will spend the season In
"The Dictator," a farce by Richard Harding
Davis, in which he made a sound hit the latter
part of last season in New York.
Nat C Goodwin is to play a new comedy,
"The Usurpers," by I. N. Morris, and - Its
initial performance will be given In Chicago at
Powers Theater on October 3.
Francis Wilson, it is announced, will be
placed about November 1 In "a new comedy
without music." That in about all that is
known concerning his vehicle.
Robert Edeson will Inaugurate his season
THE HAPPINESS
Actor Folk and a Few Others "Would Tell Us Where It Ends
The Matinee Girl, In Dramatic Mirror.
h T was all Sadie Martinot's fault, for
B she denned, in the Matinee Girl's hear-
Ing, happiness as she had known it.
"The greatest happiness I have ever
known has been In achievement," said
Miss Martlnot.
That was the ralson o'etre of this
writer's purchase of a book and her sub
sequent cribbing of all the definitions of
happiness she read, and the pestering of
every one who called for the caller's in
scription in that same book. It was as
great a bore as the waning autograph
book, but the collector reaped a harvest
of other people's Ideas, part of which she
pleasurefully totes forth to the readers
of the Mirror.
This, the babbling book testifies, is -what
Florence Smythe, of the second "County
Chairman" Company, thinks about it:
"Happiness consists in dreaming of the
past, hoplng'for the future, and forgetting
the present."
On the opposite page Eleanor Merron,
actress, and author of "The Dairy Farm."
remarks: "Happiness is the discovery
that what one thought was an entire lail
ure is complete success."
Channing Pollock, who dramatized "The
Pit," sums it up in five words: "A proper
sense of perspective," but amends with
a postscript addition of Edgar Allan Poe's
words: "The essentials to happiness are
three: Physical health, absence of ambi
tion and the love of a woman."
Joseph Totten, the comedian, wrote thus
rhapsodlcally. "Happiness is true ljve,
and true love Is an introduction into
Heaven, with angels twining your hearts
together, God's breath In your souls."
Then Mr. Totten added a postcript. The
only persons who added postcrlpts wore
men. "I'm a bridegroom and ought to b
pardoned."
It -was Hotvard Kyle who wrote: "Hap
piness is recognized progress in doing the
thing we most like to do work and giv
ing pleasure to those we love."
"A broad and unselfish love for our fel
low creatures, living to the greatest de
gree of which we are capable at oneness
with the divine life, through which wo
have strength and power to accomplish
that which we would, and with all agreat
peace. This is happiness," wrote one of
Marie Cahlll's support in "Nancy Brown."
Importuning of writing friends for th3lr
sontiments brought forth this from Doro
thy Dix: "Happiness consists in being
swallowed up In the clean joy of wont."
and from Mrs. Martha McCulIough "Wil
liams: "Happiness, as I view It, is
summed up In Pierre Lorillard's require
ments of a gentleman, to-wit, namely: "A
thousand dollars a day and expenses.' "
And what do you think of this amazing
declaration of one of the widest awake
magazine editors in town:
"Happiness is sleep."
A hopelessly confirmed bachelor wrote
from the bottom of his cobwebby, empty
old heart: "Happiness can oply be found
In a settled home existence, real affec
tion." Dr. Carleton Simon, the noted neurolo
gist, wrote, after much frowning reflec
tion: "Happiness is the state of mind in
which no regret of the past overshadows
the future; when the present Is in keep
ing with one's ambition, and the immedi
ate necessities of life are provided; when
the future looks bright and clear, and
contentment and a cican consscience
crown all."
This alienist man wanted, a plenty,
didn't he?
A famous criminal wrote one word three
times: "Love! Love! Love!" And he is
still a widower.
There is a good deal of talk by the
clergy about duty being the thorny path
way to the shining goal qf happiness, and
perhaps they are right. But the plump
little woman who snuggled down at my
desk and wrote, "To be nappy is to im
In New York Sn January 30 In a new play by
William C. De Mllle. son of the late Henry
r n -riiia ramRtlst of note. '
,
Fay Templeton will continue-In "A Little
of Everything," the musical piece which has
been running all Summer in New York. Pete
Dalley is also In the cast.
Chauncey Olcott begins his season tho latter
part of this, week in St. Paul- - Hla reper
tory will Include ""Terrence" and "A Romanes
of Athlone."
Christie MacDonald has been engaged by
Henry W. Savage to sing the role of Hunl
Bun in "The Sho-Gun."which opens its season
In Boston.
Sir Henry Irving will not come to America
until next season. He will spend the year la
the English provinces, playing his well-known
repertory.
De Wolf Hopper will make a -tour of 20
weeks In "Wang," and will play an engage
ment at the Garrick, Chicago, beginning Sep
tember 5.
Charles Dickson will be sent as a star la
play, "The Spellbinder," by himself and Her
bert Hall WInslow. Ralph Delmore will be la
the cast.
Joseph Jefferson will play a six weeks tour
in repertoire. Jefferson Winter and Mrs. Win
ter (Elsie Leslie) have been engased for his
company.
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Max Flgman has been engaged, to play tha
role of Sir Reginald In "The Marriage of
Kitty," to be starred jointly with Betlna,
Girard.
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Margaret Anglin Is to star in a play, "The.
Eternal Feminine," from tho German of Rob
ert Mlsch. No date has been set for the open
ing. www
Delia Fox will return to the stage in a new
musical piece, "The West Point Cadet," be-
ginning her season In New York next month.
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Eugene Cowles has added his name to th
recent vaudeville recruits. He began a, tea
weeks' tour at Indianapolis last week.
Arthur Byron will star under James K.
Hackett's management in a farcical piece,
entitled "Jack's Little Surprise."
Mrs. Carter will be supplied with a new
historic play by David Belasco. No name has
been given It for publication.
Mary Mannering has postponed her tour un
til the season is well under way, and there
fore has made no plans.
Ezra Kendall will start under Llebler & Co.
In a new comic play, "Weatherbeaten Ben
son," by E. E. Kidder.
Frederick Warde and Katherine Kidder will
tour as costars in "Salambo," beginning early
next month in Buffalo.
Ellen Terry will -come to America to ex
ploit a new play by J. M. Barrfe. The name?
is not yet announced.
Richard Golden will be seen in a new rural
play, the author and title of which are yet to
be announced.
Edwin Arden has been engaged by F. F.
Proctor to be at the head of one of his stock
companies.
Mrs. Thomas Whlffen will be seen with. Miss
Clara Bloodgood In "The Coronet of a
Duchess."
Marie Tempest will play in America again
this year In Sydney Grundy's '"The Garden of
Lies."
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Henrietta Crosman will continue In her suc
cess of last season, "Sweet Kittle Bellalrs."
Nannette Comstock will star in "The Crisis,"
under the management of James K. Hackett.
www
Henry Clay Barnabee will play In vaudeville
in a 30-mlnute comic opera.
plicitly trust some one," had a slightly
different angle of view.
Then comes the clipped dictum of United.
States Senator Clarkf of Montana:
"I am a happy man, but trouble comes
to every one. Happiness is in the suc
cessful carrying out of one's ambitions."
Elbert Hubbard, also clipped, blow3
away morbid fancies with one of hi3
clear, common sense Philistine breezes:
"Happiness Is a matter of habit, and
you'd better gather it fresh every day.
or you'll never get it at all. If you want
to be happy, don't look for happiness in
anything outside of your work."
Lillian Bell's "Matrimony a happy
marriage the making of a home a home,
mind you, not keeping house is the only
legitimate business in the world for a wo
man," drifted in from a homily in one
of the magazines', and from the jsame.
source came Tolstoi's "True joy can only
exist where man understands that life is
a service, and has the well-defined idea
of a life aim outside himself and outside
all personal happiness."
A fortnight ago Manager and Playwright
Oscar Hammerstein said to the Mirror:
"Happiness is of two kinds; that of the
home and that of success, and the greater
of these Is the happiness of success."
From all of which the great difference
of mental visual slants is apparent. Of
one thing we may, however, be reason
ably sure. That Is. that happiness, phantom-like,
eludes us if we pursue it con
tinuously as a life aim. If, on the other
hand, we turn our back upon it with the
simulated indifference we show a bashful
child or a sulking man, like the child or
the man, It will In good time find Its way
to us.
Echo of a Song,
Philadelphia Ledger.
To my fancy. Idly roaming, comes picture
of the gloaming;
Comes a fragrance from the bleesoms of tha
lilac and the rose;
With the yellow lamplight streaming I am sit
ting here and dreaming
Of a half-forgotten twilight whence a mellow
memory flows;
To my listening ears come ringing vagrant
notes of woman's singing;
I've a sense of sweet contentment as the
sounds are borne along;
'TIa a mother who is tuning her fond heart to
love and crooning
To her laddie euch a
Sleepy little.
Creepy little
Song.
Ah, how well do I remember when by crackling
spark and ember
The old-fashioned oaken rocker moved with
rhythmic sweep and slow;
With her feet upon the fender. In a cadence
low and tender.
Floated forth that slumber anthem of a
chUdhood long ago.
There were goblins in the gloaming, and the
half-closed eye3 went roaming
Through the twilight for the ghostly shapes
of bugaboos along;
Now the sandman's slyly creeping and a tired
lad half sleeping
When she sings to him that
Sleepy little
Creepy little
Song.
So I'm sitting here and dreaming with the
mellow lamplight streaming
Through the Vine-embowered window in a
yellow filigree;
On the fragrant air come wjnging vagrant
notes of woman's singing;
"Tls the slumber song of childhood that is
murmuring to me.
And some subtle fancy creeping lulls my senses
half to sleeping
As the misty shapes of bugaboos go- dream.
Ingly along.
All my sorrow disappearing, as a tired lad I'm
hearing
Once again my mother's
Sleepy little
Creepy little
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