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Show bJbT H people or ii I T STAGEtAND 1& 1 v VJ BTr Ignntlo Martlnottl has signed a contract with Messrs, Hamlin nnd Mitchell to play tho leading rule of tho "boy babe," Alan, In their next reason's production of "Babes In Toy-land." Toy-land." Norman Hackett, who has played leading Shnkcspcnrcan roles in Wngenhals nnd Kompcr's companies tor sovornl seasons, has been engaged for prominent parts with Julia Mar-Iowa Mar-Iowa and 13. H. Sothcrn. Sir Henry Irving, at a reception given in his honor by tho Manchester Art club. Bald that he would retlro from tho stago in 190C, and reminded his henrors that It was forty-eight years since he first trod tho stage. King Oscar of Sweden awnrded on Juno 1 the Medal of Litcraturo and Arts to Gcraldlno Fnrrar, tho American Ameri-can singer, who achlovcd so much success In Berlin. Tho medal was conferred in recognition of her performances per-formances In Stockholm. Forbes Itobertson seems to havo inado n great hit as Jim Poulctt, In lyondon, in tho now play by Margaret Young, "Tho Edgo of tho Storm." Tho London critics say that ho was a tower tow-er of strength to n not very good play. Miss Young Is an unknown writer. "Tho Prlmroso Path," a now romantic ro-mantic comedy In threo nets, by Es-tollo Es-tollo Clayton, hnd Its first production on any stage at tho Provldenco opera houso last week by Isabella Evesson nnd company. Tho action of tho play occurs during tho Colonial days in Now Englnnd. Maxim Gorki, tho Russian author, has finished a now play, "Summer iluests," which will bo performed in ,tho Theater of Artists at Moscow. It (teals with tho Hfo of tho Russian professional pro-fessional classes. Among tbo charac- perlcnccs ot two young women wlia H try to mnko n fortuno by soiling bogus' H turf tips. In tho iden there Is, appar- H cntly, somo degree ot originality. As. a literary effort it Is chiefly remark- H ablo for Its copious storo ot horse H slang. H Somo tlmo ago it was announced H that Cnpt. Marshall was writing a flj plcco for Miss Ellnllno Tcrrlss and H Seymour Hicks. Ho has now trans- H fcrrcd tho task to Cosmo Hamilton, H who Is busily occupied with it. Tho- H plcco Is to bo called "Tho Catch of the H Season," and will bo produced at tho- B London vaudeville about tho mlddlo H of September. Tho story Is described H ns a modernized version of tho legend H of "Cinderella." Mario Jauscn, In Boston, filed a vol- H untnry petition in bankruptcy, under B tho nnmo of Hattlo M. Johnson, glv- fl on to hor by her foster father, Bon I Johnson. Tho total liabilities of Miss B Jansen nro given at $1,32S, thonssots B $177. Miss Jansen Is now living In B Wlnthrop, Mass., whero she Is said I to bo earning a living doing needle- Bj work. Sho deserves sympathy, for B her purso was always open fo tho- H needy in her good years. And shot B was an artist. H Ono of tho noteworthy events of tho "" ,E4 season now waning to its closo was ' Nfgr' tho revival of interest In a drama B which, thirty years ago, moved play- B goers to a pitch of enthusiasm und 9 sentiment that fow other efforts off fl tho nineteenth century stago werot iB nblo to Inspire. It was on tho oven- S lng of Dec. 21, 1874, that A. M. Pair-, jfl cr, then In tho brilliant beginning of? fl his long managerial career, presented1 fl "Tho Two Orphans" for tho first tlmo- fl on tho American stago. His Union B Squaro Stock company Included,. fl jl I J-Tj b --ii-" " ';" ffl rk"(!!rR2 I1' tU' .'(B$ --v?')(k!' I I II ,BBl-fl 1 wk BJJlBBjflBB ,ji, ' &j I ' flBJl i ,' H I ' 4-iBiB I I 1 r .,. ... jjj j m &0M &J&HOPT7 ters aro a physician, a lawyer, an author au-thor and an engineer. Horr Conrled Is tenor hunting In Europe. Ho Is not to havo Jean do Heszke next season, but ho has his eye on two, Caruso (not Ttoblnson) nnd a Spaniard named Nulbo, and on two or three now operas. Herr and Frau Conrled havo been tho guests of Countess do Grcffulho. draco Georgo will contlnuo ns Louisa In tho all-star production of tho "Two Orphans" tho drst part of tho season, and nbout tho first of tho now year sho will bo seen In a spectacular spec-tacular production of a now play, dealing deal-ing with an Important religious topic, written for hor by tho Hov. John Suy-dor Suy-dor of Wellesloy Hills, Mass. Mmo. Itojano will arrlvo In America Ameri-ca In November and will mako her first appearance at tho Lyric theator, Now York, on Nov. 8. Four of tho twolvo wpoks of her American tour will bo given to New York. Tho rest of tho tlmo will bo taken by Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and Now Orleans. Or-leans. It Is seven years slnco sho was last seen In tho United States. A monument is to bo erected to Vordi at Milan, at tho Porta Magenta, opposlto tho homo for musicians founded by tho master. Italian artists nro invited to compoto, Tho first prlzo Is of tho valuo of 5,000 llro; for each nt tho next best flvo designs a sum of 1,000 llro will bo awardod. For tho monumont llsolf thero Is, In addition, addi-tion, a sum ot 120,000 llro ($24,000) at disposal. It has been settled that Ellallno TerrlsB nnd Soymour Hicks will visit Amorlca for a Joint starring tour, under un-der Charles Frohman's direction, during dur-ing tho season of 1905-1900. To this ond Mr. Frohmnn has commissioned Capt. Robert Marshall to furnish thorn with a vohlclo In which thoy will bo seen in London. Thoy will retnln tho Amorlcan rights, and tho play will bo used for tholr starring tour In America. Amer-ica. "Tho Monoy Makers," by doorgo Itollor, produced recontly at the Ix)n-don Ix)n-don Royalty theater, seems to bo a preposterous but llvoly and amusing farco. It relates to tho oxcltlng ox- i i among others, Kato Claxton, Maudo- flj Granger, Hoso Eytlngo, Mcta Bartlctt,. flj Kato Holland, Charles It. Thorno, Jr.. HJ Stuart Ilobson nnd Mr. nnd Mrs. Me- flj Kco Itnnkln. That organization has fl been described as "a company capa- H bio of Idealizing tho romantic school of tho drama." 9 Details regarding tho last Illness of H Antonln Dvorak aro given In Vlon- 9 nose journals. Ho had been weakened 9 by an nttack of Influenza, but had ro- m covered so far thnt tho doctor had fl nllowed him to plan an excursion to- fl tho country. Ho was particularly anx- .kR lous to hear again tho song of tho "W birds, which always had given him fflt much pleasure But beforo ho could HI start on this trip ho hnd n stroko of paralysis and died. In courso of a conversation with a Journalist a fow wooks beforo his death ho declared that ho had not given up composing: symphonic works, notwithstanding tho entreaties of publishers, and that ho would dovoto tho rest of his career to writing oporas. Ho had already bo-gun bo-gun work on two now operas, and was so eager to contlnuo that ho refused all offers from managers, Including: ono for a tour through Austria, Germany, Ger-many, Franco and Italy, for which ho was to rocolvo nearly $4,000 a week. Wilton Lackayo has been talking again, nnd this tlmo much to the point. "Tho regular theator-goerH, especially es-pecially In Now York," Rays Mr. Lack-aye, Lack-aye, "belong to tho class that has tho blcyclo oyo for dollars, and they don't II want to think nt night. Thoy want to n bo distracted. Tho man who Is accus- M tomed to seek distraction In chowder 9 parties doesn't rcallzo thnt chOBS also jfl may bo a distraction. Thero is tho, a samo dlfforonco between musical com- ody and Ibson. Musical comody rep- rosonts tho theatrical temper ot Now I York. Now York Is not tho dramatic 1 capital of tho country, anyway. Most1 J of tho successful plays In Now York 1 this soason succeeded in Chicago first- Pcoplo with tho largost hands h-ivei 4-W tho poorest tnsto, as managers often find to their cost whon thoy tako a typical Now York success into tbo smaller and proportionately raoro cultured cul-tured communltios." |