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Show TRUTH. We hear a great deal nowadays about Maude Adams and her wonder-fU- l dramatic successes. There is a naper here which every now and then becomes a bureau of publicity conthe cerning even the trivial doings of entertall is Now this actress. little Anybody aining I dont deny it. who successfully escapes through the doors of Zion into the outside world should have his or her name shouted from the housetops. But there is another lady, a Utah product, pf whom we hear but little. Her father I meet He almost daily upon our streets. modin a honors his wears daughters est way. I refer to Viola Gillette, the sego lily, who first breathed her girlish sweetness right here among us. Viola Gillette is almost as big in the operatic field as Maude Adams is in the dramatic. Still the newspaper horns in this town seldom blow the praises of Viola Gillette. Yet this fair maid is a thing of beauty in the Gotham eye and a joy forever to the Gotham ear. She has made a big hit as Colin in that great spectacular Mother Goose, musical success, at the New run with its six months Just now the Quakers Amsterdam. on the .Delaware are making the Chestnut street theatre noisy with their admiration for the show and the clever work of Miss Gillette. Yes, indeed, Viola Gillette is all right She is an especial favorite with the photographer. Her stunning figure and well rounded form have been the inspiration of The Broadway artistic cameras. shops are often resplendent with her pictures. Illustrated papers give full page displays to her shapeliness. The latest New York dramatic journals have shown her in the breeziest of In them she operatic regimentals. looks as militarily jaunty as is possible in any combination of flesh clinging tights, saucy boots and toy sword. Poets, too, have found in Viola Gillette a theme for rhyme and rhythm. The harp of Apollo, slumberous since the days of Byron and the Maid of Athens, has again been awakened. Listen! Viola Gillette! Viola Gillette!' You stole my heart and have it yet And yet, you bet, I am in your, debt Viola Gillette! Viola Gillette! If you have that heart you may keep it, pet, For I owe you that and the rest of me net. The Scrapbook Man. One of the best and most complete collections of scrapbook data concerning the stage is that owned by Frank Wilstach, who manages ue road tours of iola Allen. Wilstach s penchant s for collecting any old thing pertaining to history of the stage, and his odd moments are all spent iu musty old bookshops searching for something that will throw new light on the theaters of bygone days. Recently in St. Louis Mr. Wllstach came across an odd book, in which were carefully compiled all the clippings pertaining to stage productions in New York, Boston, Chicago and Cincinnati half a century ago. Mr. Wilstach says it is the most complete scrapbook of its kind he ever saw, but the covers have boen lost, and he has thus far been unable to learn who compiled it. lie thinks it was arranged by a Cincin- natian, but no trace of the author is discernible. Another recent find that Wilstach prizes highly is & metropolitan magazine in which Manager Daniel Froh-mais taken severely to task for importing a raw stage manager from the West. The stage manager was David Belasco. n Prof. Matthews Will Joke. In Columbia university Brander Matthews holds the chair of dramatic literature. And a worthy authority upon the subject of the drama Is this same Mr. Matthew's. But he will have his joke. Bless him for that. The other day he listened to the reading of a paper by one of his most promising young critics. Sardou represents a distinct type of the drama which he originated, said the young man. What description of that type do you offer? asked the professor. Theatrical plays closely packed with interest mark the bardine drama, replied the young, promptly and earnestly. Young man, laughed Prof. Matthews, with a can opener you may yet evolve the great American play. .. 13 Greenroom Gossip. Terror a Jarbeau-Bernstei- n is ously ill at her residence In New' York. Raymond Teal will star next season in a musical melodrama ny R. Law- rence .00. Libel Tucker is to star the coming season in Ills Royal Wife. under the management of II. n. Wilber. James K. Hacketl has bought tho American rights to another play by tho author of The Secret of Pollclil-nell1 o. tho others. Several were discussing a prize fight and the purse for which the fighters fought. Say what you like, fellows said one of them, tnls fighting game for me. Its away to the good. Thorn fellows must have rut up $17,000 or $18,000. Tho nt all so worse, theater-managin- Edmund Rostand is putting tho touches to his play for Coquo-lln- , and declines to bo drawn to Paris and tho Academy from It. Vellma Rerrell has joined Isabel Irving in The Crisis." Miss Berrell recently played Mrs. Smart in "The Smart bet. This is her first season. May Thurston has joined tho A Fatal Wedding company to play Bridlln-ishi- ng game aiDt g said another. I bet either Klaw or Erlnugcr could show a roll that a hound couldnt jump over. Id take RIck Mansfields game, said a third. "Actings all right when It gets cornin in that way. IIow about Melba nnd Calve?" ask-u- d a man with a broken derby. Thera canary birds gel $2,000 every time they pipes a trill. get, the role that was played by Mrs. There was a little man in the corLouie Quinton, who died last week in ner who smoked a cigarette. St. Louis. Say, he observed, "you dont want Caroline Hull has signed with B. C. to overlook liernliardL no Whitney to star under his management in a new musical comedy of which she is the author, entitled The Girl from Butte. There is much interest in the appearance soon of Kyrle Bellew as tho Chevalier in the revival of "The Two Orphans, that will assemble a number of notable players. Virginia Drew Trcscott, who has been starred ail season in tho society has recovered from play, Salifria, here severe Illness sufficiently to her to arrange plans for next season. The first of the cartoon plays to be seen in Australia will be Ilappy Hooligan. Gus Hill has contracted for a season there and is engaging a special company of comedians, vaudeville artists and show' girls. The same company will produce McFaddens Row of Flats later. Dont lose your temper because She is not to breakfast is delayed. on blame. your way to work Stop and order a ton of Castle Gate or Clear Creek. jen-ab- lo She aint piker! o On Howto Enjoy Hamlet. Sandford Rod go is not a sand man. fi3 is nn actor, and sometimes ho acts llamlet." 'Recently he did so in the Minnesota provinces, and that tho natives might not mistake either Ills intentions or his moaning no was preceded by a hill clerk, who distributed these instructions: Note As Hamlet is a literary and dramatic study, and not intended for light entertainment, it is requested that parents do not bring small children, and especially babies lit arms. Men under influence of liquor should not attend this play, as they . will not enjoy It. It Is especially requested thut people of the audience abstain from any noise that will in any way detract from tho enjoyment of tho play by others. Crumpling programs, munching peanuts or popcorn, coughing or talking while the play is in progress, is pro- hibited. Pleaso do not start to go out before the curtain falls on tho last act, as it Is considered impolite to do so. o . -- But, oh Viola! Viola Gillette! If that poor heart from- your keeping you let - I Classic Vernacular. Junto McCroo talks slang and sometimes he hoars others talking slang. One of the stories he tells concerns seri- will jump in the river, and, maybe get wet! Have a care, Viola. Remember, girl, that you are far, far from home. Poets, though they wear the livery of long haired innocence, are sometimes dangerous. Be careful, Viola do not further incur the displeasure of the gods! HARRY LB GRANDE. o WANTED. Special representative in this and adjoining territories, to represent and advertise an old established business house of solid financial standing. Salary $21 weekly, with Expenses advanced each Monday by check direct from headquarters. Expenses advanced; position permanent. We furnish everything. Address The Columbia, 630 Mondn Bldg., Chicago, 111. o Is there anything more restful than an evening spent before a grate fire that is bright and cheerful? Clear Creek gives the deBired results. o Cost of Census. 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