Show BITS OF STAGE NEWS 1 1 I Annie Russell le will shortly > r 0 a uce a I I new play In New York The first so Is laid In Meilco and the other two In Perle She only far In I It nex1 reason Wlh nil the EM I from somewhere Plays why haa The Girl rrom Ireland bcennotarilyl But we are to have one I soon with Katie Rooney In the title rol > She Is I a daughter of that Pat Rooney at whose Irish caricatures we used to laugh In the variety shoxvs TIll population of Italy Is I 800001 < less I than the population uf France but Italy I It-aly has more theaters than Fre11LO and t t1 n 111lt twice ns many as Great Ilrltaln thouh the population of Great Britain Is tully ICKWOOO larger than that of Italy Mica Terrys chief nmllsemnts he confesses are reading driving and yarhtln while Sarah Grand of Uoav nly Twins tan enjoys nothing more then eOlloloory IoU I and countrv lire An Interesting rcll front the Alaine I n rvot8r formerly used by Captain I r < JRm Slcsbee has hern presented to Al Hay man Mr llayman has hid it put Inn I In-n handsome frame nnd will place It In the lobby 01 the nllerhoekr theater Nw York Thlq Is I one of the method resorted to fOT attracting the public In I the nwtropol Arthur W Ilnro and J Comn Carr h1tv 00111 ted their libretto for the Savoy tIeutr In Lon < lon and the opera 7 7Trr 1 I has gone Into rehearsal The score lIe been composed by Sir Arthur bulllvan These are porno of tho new entertainments entertain-ments of London The Skirt Dancer Uattle of the Sexes A fl C or rios ale the Frholou Elizabeth Robins will probably play next autumn In lehlOry Mariana In which she has been seen at some of the Century theater performances In London Hyery Performance of en lb men play seems to prove that the general gener-al Public grow more end more i indlf ferent to his work The Little Minister the piece In which Maude Adams has been Playing to 1mm nfio audiences In New York since the beginning of tho season Is I to bo produced In Berlin The Pullman Conductor Is I the title will rro under which Charles Frohman duce the adaptation V BI sim l4tel farce Nellie Parrcn Is I 49 years old Summer Par The author of One old John Drews play Is I but JS Year itT Nordlcas husband Is I a longer 11 1 tr J M lItu formerly 1largaret lstld a thers manager has It Is I said ° 11000000 In the Klondike t t |