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Show IlP' !. (i ! I V f I 'Ethel Barrymoro's engagement at the ' , i' alt Lake Theater begins Monday evcn- ' i' . jig. The Interest at the box ofllco has ): cen lively and a big" opening house Is Jitleipated. Ethel Barrymore's Cousin Kato is a i , oung woman of 29, who has loved and cen loved several times; the men 6ho I . as loved never happened to be the ien who have loved her. As the play '' pens she meets on a train a strangor. I hares her lunch with him and becomes p much lntereGtod that she does not ek his name. She docs not hope to . Jeet him again, but she does. She Is J farming: up and airing- a lonely Httle Duntry cottage for her cousin, when ', pe stranger climbs In at the window. ; le Insists she need not bo afraid as he ' really a nice fellow and not at all ' fingerous. She argues that dangerous jien are not to be feared as much as he really nice ones, but she allows am to remain as Ehe feels so sure of i )erself and it dawns on her that she eally wanted to see him again any-, any-, tay. The entire second act is devoted ( b the meeting between the two and - he of the moat charming of love scenes 'j. ulmlnates In Kate realizing and nc-y nc-y inowledging her 'ove antl, almost lm- J - pediately discovering that he is the san to whom her cousin Amy had , leen. engaged and whom Amy had ' hrown over after a slight mlsunder- tanding. The straightening out of the ' angle takes place in the third act, In rhlch'the clever young lover does some emarkablo arguing with Amy and I ' . , fnally convinces her that she does "not J ve him, after which of course, It Is i j uch apparent clear sailing that the f inal curtain Is dropped while the audl- l nee Is hoping for nnd expecting anther an-ther between Kate and her lover. , j, here are but s-sven characters all told, ' '! lit each one is said to be of a type so ' trongly drawn as to bo easily recog- ' tlzed. I The first of the Dillingham attractions I D begin the season of 1004-5 will be the ' . 'rank Daniels Comic Opera company 1 i . hlch will commence its second tour ( :nder Mr. Dillingham's guldanco on I j' ,J lugust 21, at the Olympic theater, St. , ouis. It will be at the Salt Lake The- ,, iter five weeks later. i1 ii - 1 Monday night, October 3, Maxine El- i lott will commence her season, appear- ' ng at Harlem In Clyde- Fitch's greatest - uccess, "Her Own "Way," in which sho I,, i rill appear here in November. ' m Flo Irwin has been engaged to play )' he role of Pamela Frances Jackson, the I jSoston school teacher. In "The Sultan H tf Sulu," which wilt be at the Salt Lake Theater Christmas week. Mies Irwin las starred for several seasons : a her own companies. She Is j . sister of May Irwin, and Is ne of the best known comedlenens on t l nc stage. "The Sultan of Sulu" will ,i pen the season at the New Broaaway ' heater, In Brooklyn, on August 27. An- 1 1 ',' 'ther new member of the company will ''I le Miss Nellie V. Nichols, who will sing . he role of Chlqulta. Miss Nichols is a i, l reek, and was born In Athens. Her I'll lame in private life Is Miss Helon ' H1 :atechakes, lj ' ' . f j Jessie Izette is playing tho leading 1 pie In "Caprice" at the Fifth Avenue ,. ' I heater, New York. ' 1 1 I I On Monday night, August 0, at It ' pcvcland; Fritzl Scheff will Inaugurate ,' , i jer second season under C, B. Dllllng- ' '' ( jam's management. Her offering this ,. tear will bo a new comlo opera, "The ' j rwo Roses," by Stanislaus Stange and ' 1 fiUdwig Englander. I , Frederick Warde and Kathryn Kld- , er will begin their tour with Wagen- I 1 1 fals & Kemper's production of "Sal- i imbo" at Buffalo early In September, i ,,; IT-.oEe who are familiar with Flau- 1 i ' ert'B novel on which the play la ' Sounded may be curious to know 1 i t rhat characters appear In the play, j phe. more Important arc Matho, the I , ll jarbarian warrior, which will be played j , . ' y Mr. Warde, Salambo, the prlest- j i t - S of. Tanlt, played by Miss Kidder, jpendluE by Thomas Coffin Cooke. Narr 1 n 1(1 rJavas by Dudley Kellerd, Hamllcar by t ' 1 v"adBW'ortn Harris, Hilda by Miss Ina 1 1 Brooks, and the boy Hannibal by Mas- , ' H! r Walter Burrls. ' I hjl . a o t )J Florida Kingslcy has been engaged I ,) j y Henrj' "W. Savuge to play the role vln )l "Chick" Elzey, the orphan. In the j 'J (Veetttrn County Chairman company, I , 1 ( ( .j lhlch comes here. Tho part in tho I t ' ' i Eastern company Is played by Annie l v: L'j I Marie Dressier has an Incubator V 1 W iaby. It's a girl one of the prpttlost 1 , aI uid tiniest of the lot la the Incubators I fj t Coney Island. Miss Dressier, In HJ t ' l itandlng sponsor, has given the infant I l''1 U por ov,'n' nanM "as adopted it. , , fl (This Is the very thing" I have been Yi '.-anting to do .for years," sold Miss , '. ' ' Jj Dressier, "for I simply adore babies. I I ' iSi fVhat am I going to with it? "Why, .( 2 false It, of course. I've' called it Marie, ;J Ind if the dear little cherub survives Hl ''' ' fhe christening, I'll do everything1 on iJ'i; I iartli to Insure Its welfare, I have iJ'ilM pened a bank account for her, too. 'j ' t PThose baby was she? That's-a secret, jj ! : t musrt reveal the name of her par- l!j i Jl ! fnta, but I'll say this, she's a New .' 1 h V'orkcr, a Harlemlto at that, and her ,"' ' l mother la American born." r: h 1 " ' 0 B - i ii j 1 , A great many people have asked how II . ' , sddy Foy, the grotesque comedian of fimi 1 Plff. Prt. Pouf," at tlio Casino. In ji' Ills i ' R10 sanL rnan-Bcene, manages to keep if. 'I' j eycu Pen aD( taJlc whlle-the bucket jlll'l ,'!! eand is put on top of his head up- sido down and the contents allowed to run down ovor his face for fully half a mlmite, says the Now York Globe. During this procedure Foy is shouting rt the top of his voice and both his eyes and mouth are wide open. Here Is tho secret In tho sand man. scone his makeup make-up Is as near the color of sand as It possibly can be made and when he comes out ho wears a veil of von' line mesh of the same color ns his make-up, which fits closely to his face and is virtually invisible to the audience. Tills veil acts as a screen and protects his eyes and mouth from filling with sand. u "When the publlo was growing in indifference in-difference toward the stage last winter much discussion arose over the "star system." .In a short time the feeling became general that it waB through tho persistent featuring of a slnsle player In each company that the period of depression de-pression had come in tho theatrical business, and many and strong were the pleas made to managers to put the separate constellations under their control in at least partial eclipse during dur-ing the season now close at hand. At first tho promoters gave some attention to charitably inclined advisers, but when they reasoned fully on the situation situ-ation Ahey became convinced the "star system" must remain. So, Instead of the theatric haven bc- ten we are to sec It once more studded with luminaries Jealous of their individual indi-vidual brilliancy. Wo aro entering on a season in which the "stare" will shlno more conspicuously than ever before, be-fore, and ther Is not the slightest sign of a change taking place In the distant future. New York Press. "William Lee Median, a. popular young Baltimore actor, by his quick thought turned a big laugh that had been directed di-rected to him upon the person who caused It. The Incident happened during a per-' formance In which Mary Chadwlck. his leading woman, was dividing honors and popularity Uth him. At the close of the second act, after much applause, they were called before the curtain, when a young man in the front row handed Miss Chadwlck a largo bouquet of rosea, then, presumably as a Joke, he proffered to Mr. Meohan a bunch of soup herbs and greens., There was loud laughter among the audience as tho young actor received the unusual offering of-fering and proceeded to pin It upon his coat lapel, with apparently as much appreciation as if It had been a rose Instead. Ab soon as the merriment had partially subsided, however, Mee-han Mee-han approached the footlights and loaning loan-ing toward the young man who had brought forth the laugh at the actor's expense, he turned It upon him, saying: "Oh, by the.way how is your mother going to manage without these for your soup tonight?" m The principal singers engaged by Henry W. Savage for "Parsifal" in English, which will probably be given here, have gone to Baireuth to attend the performances of Webster's festival play that are being given on August 5, 7, 8, 11 and 20. The list Includes Alois Pennarlnl, the principal tenor of the Stadt theater, Hamburg; Christian de Voses of the Netherlands Royal opera. Amsterdam; Hanna Mara of the Stadt theater, Breslau; Johannes Blschoff of the Stadt theater, Cologne; Putnam Grlswold of the Frankfort opera house; Franz Egenleff of the Theater des Wes-tene; Wes-tene; Florence Wlckham of the Royal Conservatory of Music; Francis Mac-Clennan Mac-Clennan of the Moody-Manner Opera company: and the conductors, Walter H. Rothwoll and Morltz GrJlmm. Mmo. KIrkby Lunn, who has Just closed her season at the Royal opera, Covent Garden, Gar-den, London has been detained in. England Eng-land by Important concert engagements, engage-ments, but she will Join her colleagues at Baireuth In time to hear the last two performances of "Parsifal." James RatUff, formerly with tho Bos-tonlans Bos-tonlans and "The Toreador," has been engaged to sing the role of Leopoldo In "The Yankee Consul," the comic opera In which Raymond Hitchcock la starring. star-ring. . At a gathering at tho Lambs' club last month, says the New York Sun. Sam Bernard tried to make them all believe that he knew a man who had invented a cowcatoher for a train which not only caught the cow but milked her and throw her back without Injury. "Very ingenious," said De Wolf Hopper, Hop-per, "but when you are speaking of mechanical me-chanical inventions It is probably only right that I should mention about my cousin, who lives JuBt outside of Chicago. Chi-cago. He has always been fond of mechanics and is constantly constructing construct-ing things for various uses. A few years ago he took up the gamo of golf and Joined a golf club. Every time he went over the course he lost three, four and sometimes five golf balls. You can see how expensive the game was to him. However, he got his mechanical thinking cap on one day and I think he Is now In a fair way to make his fortune. He has Invented a golf ball that 6queaks when lost. Here, waiter " De Wolf Hopper, with an elaborate revival of "Wang," Is to begin the fall season at tho Garrlck, Chicago, on September Sep-tember G. The Studebakcr theater, Chicago, has been reopened, with Raymond Hltch- cock. in a iuiir.ev vuiibui. j.ne piece has hod a run of five monthB In New York since leaving hero. a On August 25 Miss Lulu Glaser will make her first appearance under C. B. Dillingham's management at Rochester, Roches-ter, N. Y., in the new comic opera, "A Madcap Princess," by Horry B. Smith and Ludwlg Englander. , Maurice Campboll will mako his long'-promlsod long'-promlsod production of George Hazel-ton's Hazel-ton's drama, "The Raven," September 13. Edgar Allan Poe Is tho hero and Frederick Lewis, who played Oswald In Mlas Mary Shaw's presentation of "GhostB," will impersonate the poet. That the big Atlantic liners are now regarded by theatrical managers as mere ferryboats will be well exemplified exempli-fied when Maxlno Elliott takes "Her Own Way" to London In the spring. Mlsa Elliott, who is booked for a tour of the Pacific coast this season. wilL play a spring engagement In New York.; She will end her 'season on a Friday night in April, sail the nxt day jfor 1 J England, arrlvo thoro the following Saturday, and open her London season on Monday Just nine days after her last New York appearance. Richard Golden has a new rural play by a hitherto unknown author and It has been accepted by Henry W. Savage. Sav-age. Golden himself has done some llt-tlo llt-tlo work upon the manuscript where the Inexperlonco of the author was manifest. o Henrietta Crosman will next season continue to appear In "Sweet Kitty Bel-lalrs," Bel-lalrs," David llelasco's play, that ran tho entire year In the Belasco theater, Now York. The season will open the Belasco early in September nnd after three weeks there Miss Crosman will open thf new Yorkvllle thenler in New York City with an engagement of two weeks, this completing her S00 consecutive consec-utive performances of the Bolasco play In New York. The road tour will begin be-gin in October and will embrace the Important cities. V Richard Cnle's next musical comedy effort will be entitled "Tho Mayor of Toklo." The musical score will be contributed, con-tributed, very probably, by Robert Hood Bowers, whose work In "The Moid and tho Mummy" points to an excellent oriental vein in Mr. Bowors's irrav matter. a o "Weathcrbealen Benson," U now play, with Ezra Kendall as the star, will bo given Its first performance In Atlantic City the latter pari of the month. The piece will then be taken to Boston for an engagement, beginning September 6. u An amusing story Is told in connection connec-tion with the recent visit of the prominent prom-inent French composer, Salnt-Saens. to England to witness the production of his opera, "Helene," nt Covent Garden. After one of the rehearsals he and , several friends went to a small music hall in a London suburb. The pianist, who was "hitting out" the latest tunes, was a very poor player. During an Interval In-terval the renowned composer took his place and improvised. This pleased the audience, which did not know him, so much that it forced him to accom-panv accom-panv the remainder of the songs. At the "close of the programme the proprietor propri-etor came to him and offered to pay him G shillings, about $1.25 a night, if he. would agree to remain. "I am sorry' the composer said, "but It would not pay me to remain. I get more In Paris." Louis Mann will make his first appearance ap-pearance as a star undor C. B. Dillingham's Dilling-ham's management In this city September Septem-ber 19, in a new comedy, without music, mu-sic, which will mark a distinct advance ad-vance In Mr. Mann's artistic development. develop-ment. c T.llr 1,1c mnwi Illustrious fellow COUn- trynian Lawrance D'Orsay, whose genial gen-ial comprehension of tho American Jest early made him popular with his compatriots com-patriots of the stage, Roland Cunningham, Cunning-ham, the London tenor who Is to play a prominent part in Fritzl Schoff's new opera, "The Two Roses." had not been in this country many hours before he found himself the target for the gentle shafts of that satiric wit familiar as "Joshing," that to most Englishman Is but a cryptic mystery, says the New York Press. It will be a long time before be-fore Mr. Cunningham, who Is somewhat of a matinee idol at home, will fully recover re-cover from the shock of this particular affair, and this is how it all happened: Last Juno, when Mr, Cunningham met C B. Dillingham in London, the manager man-ager invited him to sing the next morning morn-ing that he might pass upon the artist's ar-tist's fitness for the role. "I don't like to sing before strangers.' answered Mr. Cunningham. "It makes me so nervous." "Oh, that's all right," answered Mr. Dillingham. "There will only be two or three people there my stage manager, man-ager, his wife and one or two others." So Mr. Cunningham sang the next morning and was engaged. Yesterday, when he entered the Broadway theater for the first rehearsal, ho noticed the supposed wife of the stage manager seated demurely near the door. "Hello!" he said cheerily. "Didn't I meet you In London? Are you gclng with the Fritzl Scheff company?" X Lillian, nu, w. .-l,.J. "Going in the chorus, eh, to be with your husband? That's good, said tho tenor. "Oh, no. Mr. Dillingham has given me a small part," she chirped gayly. "Righto, that's Jolly good now. I'm real glad to hear It," exclaimed Cunningham. Cun-ningham. Then th6 rehearsal commenced. com-menced. Willie Mr. Cunningham waited for his cue, the patlto young woman who had been Introduced to him as the stage manager's wife warbled a song. "My wordi what a voice she has!" cried the enthusiastic tenor. Then his cue came, and he made his entrance, to find himself face to face with the younir woman he had met in London. It was Fritzl Scheff, the prima donna, who had posed as the stage manager's wife so she could hear tho tenor sing without revealing her Identity. Mr. Cunningham still is apologizing. August 29 has been set as the date for the opening of the new Majestic theater the-ater In Brooklyn and "The Wizard of Oz," with Metraro. Montgomery and Stone In their original creations of tho scarecrow and the tin woodman will be the initial attraction. Mrs Leslie Carter, In Seattle, made her last appearance, for all time, in David Belasco's play, "Du Earry." As "Du Barry" Mrs. Carter has established several sev-eral remarkable records. During her three ysasona In this play ehe has been seen as the milliner-countess 1113 times, and has drawn to the box office, It is said, more than 51,200,000. Sho has traveled trav-eled this year farther, and played long--er, than any other star. During the entire en-tire three years she did not miss a performance per-formance until her last month, when she was obliged to stop for three nights, In, San Franclijco, owing to a nervous col-' lapse caused by overwork. "The public has become familiar with Miss Maude Adams on the "stage as a sympathetic girl with a strain of devll-Ishnees devll-Ishnees in her make-up." says Charles Frohman. "That Is tho kind of character char-acter that she l Identified with in tho public mind. Now In this play that I have obtained for her, ' 'Op o' My Thumb.' she will appear In an entirely different character. "The part Is that of a waif, a pathetic character, in which MJoa Adams will .have an opportunity to display talents that she has never before brought Into use.' I have eald very little about this play in tho news that has been given out concerning It, but that is not bo-cause bo-cause I do not appreciate It. In fact, J. am very much wrapped up In the idea of the story and I believe that It will bo the best thing Mlsu Adams has ever done." "Military Mad," the new comedy by Leo DltrlchBteln. will be produced In New York the latter part of August. Ida Conquest is the leading woman. Others in the cast aro Leo Dltrlchsteln, Thomas Wlso and Henry V. Donnelly. A E. E. Rice Is famous In theatrical annals an-nals for tho "Amazonian marches," which ho featured In his various attractions. attrac-tions. One night there was a great commotion com-motion behind the scenes, and Mr. Rice went back to Investigate. He found a scared youth In peril of rough usage at the handu of an Indignant mob of scene shifters. "Now, what is the trouble?" demanded the manager, after effecting a heroic rescue. "I I was only peeping peep-ing Into one of the dressing-rooms," gasped tho terrified youth. "Humph!" commented the managor, who perceived that the offended had been sufficiently punished, "I will make you out a pass for a seat In the parquet. You will have a better view there." m There is talk of a low comedy opera that shall have Falstaff as a character for Do Wolf Hopper, with Victor Herbert Her-bert muflc, but as yet It has taken no definite form. Nat C. Goodwin and his wife, Maxine Elliott, will return from England the first of September. Mr. Goodwin's tour begins on Sept. 2S In Detroit. Maxine Elliott will continue with hor last year's success, "Her Own Way." In the rapid rise of Miss Clara Blan-dlck, Blan-dlck, the beautiful and talented leading woman with Kyrle Bellew In his celebrated cele-brated drama, "Rallies, the Amatour Cracksman," to be seen here September Septem-ber 1, 2 and 3, is an excellent illustration illustra-tion of tho power of determination and hard work when coupled with merit. A few years ago Miss Blandlck was unknown. Now she occupies one of the most envied positions on the stage, though young In years. Miss Blan-dlck's Blan-dlck's method Included Incessant study nnd the taking advantage of each opportunity, op-portunity, great or small, as It presented pre-sented itself. Beginning with her very first engagement, in "Tho Walking Delegate," Del-egate," she understudied every feminine femi-nine part on hor own responsibility, and therefore was ready at a moment's notice to step into the place of any of the other actresses In case of sudden Illness. Sho was thus enabled to save a performance of "The Walking Delegate" Dele-gate" when Edith Hardy, the principal "bov," was stricken with sickness. Next while playing In "The Tarrytown Widow," Carrie De Mar, who acted the title role, became ill and Mlas Blandlck played the part on less than two hours' notice. Charles Frohman's attention was called to her and he engaged her to support J. E. Dldson and Ida Conquest Con-quest In "Because She Loved Him So," at tho Madison Square theater, New York. When Miss Conquest suddenly was called to England. Miss Blandlck was the only one prepared to play her role. The next year Daniel Frohman selected Miss Blandlck to support E. H. . Sothern and to understudy Cecelia Lof-tus. Lof-tus. Miss Loftus twice was stricken with fever and Miss Blandlck played her parts In "Richard Lovelace" and "If I Were King." So pronounced was her success, Llobler & Co. placed ,her at tho head of "The Christian" company com-pany to act Glory Quayle. Last year Miss Blandlck was given the choice of following Viola Allen in "The Eternal City" or of creating- the character of Gwendolyn Conron In 'Rafiles." She chose to associate herself with Mr. Bel-lew Bel-lew and the result has been most gratifying grat-ifying to both. No little of the success suc-cess achieved by "RafTles" In New York last year, where it was presented 200 times, was due to Miss Blandlck's personality and acting. Alphonse Ethier of Sprlngvllle will be again In the cast of "Ben Hur" the coming sea6on. It opens at Milwaukee Sept. 5. "San Toy," which is booked for this city, has, it Is said, all of the elements essential to a great big musical success. It Is tuneful, witty, clean and original, and besides gives almost unlimited scope for Introducing pictorial embellishments. embell-ishments. Among the few leading men who have emerged more or less recently from the rank and file of the theatrical profession Is Alexander Von Mltzel, leading man for Blanche Walsh. . His first chance for recognition came last season with tho role of Prince Dlmltrl in "Resurrection." "Resurrec-tion." In which he succeeded the late Joseph Haworth. Wagenhals and Kemper Kem-per have re-engaged him for the coming season, and be will again appear In "Resurrection" on Its fall tour of the big Eastern cities. In the "Kreutzer Sonata," Son-ata," the new play which Miss Walsh Is to present In Chicago In December, Mr. Von Mltzel will have the leading role, and he will mako his debut as a leading man In New York In January with the new play now being written for Miss Walsh by Clyde Fitch. Among the players engaged to support sup-port Cecilia Loftus in her new play by Zangwjll, "The Serio-Comlc Governess," are her sister (Katherlne Loftus), Julia Ju-lia Dean, Earl Ryder, Charles Standing, Kate Patleon Sclten, Eva Vincent and Nclllo Butler. The play gave great satisfaction sat-isfaction on its first reading to the star and company. In speaking of his new play for Ethel Barrymore recently, Charles Frohman said: ''Her beautiful face, her graceful figure and tho handsome dresses she wears have all become more or lets familiar fa-miliar to the public. She has made a great success In parts where these Incidentals In-cidentals were nlicossary. Now I am going to star her In a play where she wears poor clothes Instead of handsome ones. In this play of 'Sunday' she has the part of a rough Western girl, which is as far removed from anything that Miss Barrymore has before done as can be imagined. It's a sort of a sunbonnet part, with rags and dirty hands and unkempt un-kempt hair. I don't Imagine that the public can ever picture in It3 mind's eye Miss Barrymore in such a character, char-acter, she has been so much Identified with the other kind." i Annie Russell will remain at Pema-quld Pema-quld Harbor, Maine, until the second week in September. She does not begin her season In "Brother Jacques" until the end of October. n v . Clyde Fitch will arrive from France the middle of August. He will rehearse and produce two plays for the holidays holi-days Clara Bloodgood In "Tho Coronet of a Duchess," which will bo given here In January, and Mrs. Gilbert In "Granny." Curtain Advertising Causes Riot. The people of thlo goqd old city, fa-moUB fa-moUB as the birthplace and homo of Hans Sachs, have mado a strong protest pro-test against what, they call "an outrageous outra-geous American innovation.' says a cablegram from Nuremborg to the New York American. On the Apollo theater, at Ps,en Vnc famous Gorman tragedian, Adolbort Matkowsky, la to bo seen In Shakespearean Shakespea-rean plays which crowd the theater every night. Now, tho manager of the theater, who haB spent some tlmo across tho Atlantic, Atlan-tic, had mado a contract with an advertising ad-vertising firm allowing them, by means of a magic lantern, to throw advertisements advertise-ments on the curtain between acts. The first night when this was being done an art-loving audlonce was admiring admir-ing M. Matkowsky In "Othello,' when, after the first act. tHero appoarcd on the curtain advertisements of chewing gum. bicycles, patent medlcinoB and various va-rious other articles. For a moment the audience was dazod at this desecration of their temple o art. Then pandemonium ensued with a noise which mado the stage manager think a lire had broken ;OUt, nnd tho audience did not cease roaring until they had driven the offending advertiser adver-tiser with his magic lantern out pf the building, trembling in fear of his life. Then tho play went on. |