Show THEATRICAL GOSSIP COMMENT OP OF playa AND PLAYERS I airl sni trie ait 1 il I 1 for the tile lie too of sa in ill g Sili if 4 it t mit ml le Ifer atif I 1 new ew istria I 1 uri HAT applies to the IL stage applies equally dl lit to brand grand it is the present absurd s st tit of payi payl it g c x trava gant prices for singers services s t r v I 1 c e s thit brou brought klit about the dicent bankruptcy of ale masars ars abbey G gnu r a u to 1 kiy ay iy a singer 1600 1 GOO a performance la is not orill idl idt but crim nil not on oil the part of tile mi managers io simply supply the but on the pirt of our million alres ft alto ho u raLe tho tile satin ty fly jiing fintis tic prices for their boxes and spits belts sp its think of whit hit 1600 inlang and antl thousands of pool gool ire hippy to mike th tit it much in a beir but jian ran de tie lacz ie I 1 e or clive live tin 1111 make it in a it coups of hours I 1 tut flat la is bore they do to not sien slen I 1 tit flit money here but tiko tike it out of the country we actu ill lose a cir car by b li inking tying thee the e ah ab k tiredly high prick pric s to sliders N ili 1 ire these prices bild simply for rit nunes tries not for alces granted thit jean do 10 aleske Is the finest tenor aling and Is worth morth even more than he Is it necess necessity iry thit that our mini min Kers igers should amplo the services of such an all expensive artl arti ta f there are plenty of 0 tenors in france ind and italy mho ho bins ring for one tenth pirt part of whit de feszl e gets ind and who coul I 1 rive give just is t much pleasure sure to those who go to the opera to enjoy open oper i tor for itself they do to not pay these prices fibroid yet ot the abbey ind grill toul LOUII I 1 not compare from the point of artistic ensen ibl nath the pro of open in the greit con coil tit antil centers it Is indisputable in anit it while the productions at the mettr open house new lork ork aare for the big names in the c cist the minor demills of eich each production were mere neglected p cirl regard to the chorus ind the bal lit ot it Is the sinic with our open goei as with mith our eliy goerg a they go to ec the not to alsten to the opera Il ernhardt to manace Iler 11 delf sarah bernhardt Dern hardt sis tint thit it she re euins to aberici foi anotoli tour she mill ft manage herself tint thit Is to siy the she will engage some ons one at so much ft a week neck to attend to her tier business if fairs instein ot of farming herself out to abbey orau grail as a heretofore and thia this step it la Is said was det mined upon lone long before that firm filled f I 1 have never tie er been able to comprehend why wh actors of international time mme like bi anhardt and lr in ing need irim trini ging their names alone pro ure tire them the best booking throughout the cotui tr and ahny do not iced the endorsement of in important man 11 firm as do coquelin Coquel ln or sully whose success here Is 1 argel a mitter of speculation differ trice to the star Is of course conel consi lerable for while i I 1 business can be procured for a modest si lir a big shires in the receipts and takes from the star thousands of collir dol lir the jonii out ippi rent advin tigi igL to the star in being under the wings of i L big dinager Is that the latter ts usually willing milling to ghe gie the artist i guarin guarantee tee but and do not need guarantees theater goir flock to see their perform performances inces in the eime sime spirit in which they the go to the circus maggie mitchall MIt choll sue ressor alma alken mathes Is the daughter of the well nell known actor frank E alk a J hlll pie 1 1 ALMA alken AIKEN MATHEWS en she mide her professional profesa lonal debut in the role ot 0 sam willoughby in ner flithers there f fi production of the ticket of leie lete man she next joined fine finn da Kaven porta company rom pin in which she plied minor roles the following season she appt app ared tired with louie louis james ind marle right in their shake spear ein repertory follow ini ing this engagement g FF ment she plied soubrette in kinard 1 ward company and anti dinelt I 1 next taking up tit heay business she plax d the adien adventuress in ilo lee vt with ith J 11 polk io subsequent ly she plied pl iad roles under IV A brady s nun mani lament kement and last be beison csoll in bolm bunne production of the new 1 I inchuk ablie created the part of faaet witch to this latter line title of character chir acter sho she now 1101 aIll res ind his has reason to 10 hopp tit thit it then in she nia ma M win in lasting fame Itaf tin t in new N w oper opera marguerite tit the ir neeri ballet M which 11 fell has been running at the olympia music hill new lork ork for so several ral months Is the product of oscar r hammerstein s fertile brain II 11 mr r arote rote both the music and libretto of the opera devised man of the different dances and says he lie even eden compose I 1 the scenery it Is a production and many of the dancing hits ire decidedly original one of the nio mo t effective Is tho the vil lige Ned bedding ding mh mill its qu aint costumes of aln airs irs igo this Is the only set which his i i leider the little littie fiddler who plis while the wed ding 11 pirty eke i I 1 rac eul dance la Is III 1 Is luclle lucile turges whose dainty a and anti viett fice arc are familiar to ill alio hue hie sten ten this opert billet she 19 1 only sixten kars ears old and ins iris been ii en in feral fe ral prodoc tiong lr il will hive have a I 1 art for her tier in the new nen opera he be Is writing A new I 1 iris favorite l among the litot favorites on the paris stage Is a mile nille jaline a portrait N X ff iw A we X r ell W 4 MLLE JAUNE of A whom born appears la ia this article mile tile jahne who mho lb au now one of the mot mott prominent members of the theatre du G emnase 1 mawe company coni piny hafl ma her debut at the theatre de I 1 odeon in 1884 since that time she hie hu been identified with the tile productions of a great number of successful plis she wa was 8 a member of the theatre du vaude ville from 1891 to 1892 and was as then induced to go to the gym nase where she haa has met with great success 1 I allks I ers len in a fe few eara ears mind adams has adin ced from a player of small roles to the prominent poti petition tion of bomin in the john drew drel company miss adams Is an actress of rare ind and charm ind he her r acting Is as dell Late as glicr ph physical appearance she 1 Is delightful in high comedo comedy and in her latest part that at of the neglect ed wife in the squire of dames she unexpected emotional strength |