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Show facts That Arc Not Generally Known That Fernanda Kllsm, who has been engaged by Honry B. Harris lo pluy An- j nle Jeffries In the touring company of "The Third Degree," made hor first 'pronounced 'pro-nounced hit on the stage hi "Her Mal-esty," Mal-esty," In which Grace George starred. Miss Eliscu made her first pronounced New York lilt at the Manhattan theater In "Marta of the Lowlands." That Verner Clarges. who will be In tho company supporting Robert Edeson In "The Xoble Spaniard" this coming season, sea-son, became famous In England by reason rea-son of his wonderful Impersonations of the late Sir Henry Irving. That John 15. Maher. who will play an important ryle In .7aiii-s Hernard Fa pans piny, "The Knrth " In which Henry 13. Harris will star Edmund Brocse, played the longest consecutive engagement of any actor on the American stage seven years of uninterrupted work In stock. " j " Thai Elsie Ferguson, who will play the leading feminine, role in Chnnning Pollock's Pol-lock's latest play. "Such a Litllo Queen." Is tho only woman director In a horse show. Miss Ferguson is connected with tho Monmouth county. New Jersey horse nhow. which has an annual exhibition at West End, X. J. -t.il That Grant Mitchell, who will be in Kellett Chambers's' comedy. "An American Ameri-can Widow." under thr management of Henry B. Harris this coming season, was ono of the llrsi civilians to enter Poking nflcr the relief of that city" during the Boxer uprising. After five weeks of secret rcharsals. Manager Henry W. Savage produced for tho first time In America at the Apollo theater in Atlantic City last week the new Viennese operoita, " "The Gay Hussars.' Hus-sars.' Cnder the title of "EIn lTerbst mnnoevcr" (An Autumn Maneuver), this opera Is now a musical sensation In Vienna, Berlin. Munich and other European Euro-pean capitals. Both by music lovers and by critics Is It extolled us a rival of "The Merry Widow." In Europe Its fascinating fascinat-ing inuslc is applauded nightly In the boulevard cafes and whistled about the. streets In a way to bespeak world-wide fame for Its heretoforo unknown composer, com-poser, Emorlch Kalman. Karl von Bak-onyl. Bak-onyl. who wrote the book, has been one of the. best-known dramatists on the continent conti-nent for years, nnd It Is largely due to the thrilling military romance of his libretto, written In collaboration with Robert Rob-ert Bodanzky. that ihe opera finds such quick response in tlu hen i t of everyone that hears It. Every return lncr ttourist is talking of tho opera's success, and America seems destined to be swept by nnother wave of frantic admiration like unto that which followed "Tho Merry Widow." |