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Show THEATRICAL TOPICS. SAYINGS AND DOINQB OF THg I'LAYERFOLK. Tbo Clioroe - An llbeerver of Ten Ualoae Uelltullen Trlle la a Thlnle, Two III. Ulnraa nt Alia lUlia. Gilbert and Mat loo.llu. Speaking of tbe chorua of our parse, ular time, that entertaining goeix, Hillary Bell, thua contrasts tha f. tunes of the male chorister and their-mala their-mala chorister' "Chorus girts receive no betir wages tha are paid to chorus ma, but they possess some Ingenious W Inscrutable gift of Investment whk enables them, like Shylock, to dlvUe every ducat Into three thousand la-cata, la-cata, and thla economic ayetem or tl-vision tl-vision allows these lovely ladles, as Ue Free Masons say, to take heed and gn. am themselves accordingly, No mtui-ematlclan mtui-ematlclan since Euclid's time can It-plain It-plain how a cborua girl earning Ills week can pay $100 a month for u apartment and ride In the park In trr own carriage. Vet such seemingly la-possibilities la-possibilities are accomplished frequently fre-quently by the fair. The comeller at younger, therefore apparently lea thrifty they are, tbe more value thty extract from money, for It la an occtlt and Inexplicable fact that a withered chorister ran stretch her salary id further than Ita usual purchasing pov. er, while a fresh and beautirnl lui may live at the rate of 120,000 a ytir on $eo a month. A certain fascinator, young creature In one or our shoti gives her rook more than sbe earns it the theater, yet sb Is never behloj with her rent for fashionable apartment. apart-ment. Bbe goes to Paris every summer sum-mer for her gowns, keeps a carriage, and owna more dlamonda than her aalary would pay for In two centuries. Further than these Instances of cartful cart-ful Investment, It Is often obsened that chorua girls can remain out of employment for a long time without apparent diminution or Income and on three months' engagement at $16 a week they can apend $ 15,000 during tie remainder or the year." Thla Illustrates the difference between be-tween the theatrical and any other business. By diligence, ambition and honest purpose an apprentice to trade DOROTHY HAMMACIC. can raise himself Into partnership. But, with two exceptions, our theaters declare no Instance of male choristers escaping from the oblivion ot tbelr craft. De Wolf Hopper made his first venture on the stags In tbe chorus or Harrlgan ft Hart's theater comlque. It was at that time the vogue of people peo-ple ot fashion to find odd entertainment entertain-ment with the Irish comedians, and on one occasion Adellna Pattl attended their performance. The fine ear of the prima donna was caught by certain i notes In the chorister's voice, and when the play was ended she went be-iblnd be-iblnd the scenes to urge young Hopper to study for opera. Harrlgan and Hart, pleased as Punch at the condescension conde-scension or the famous dlrs, Immediately Imme-diately discovered that In one of their despised supernumeraries they had been entertaining a basso angel unawares, una-wares, and they raised Hopper's M'ary and opportunities on the spot, Toung Dabney, engaged for tbe huntsman a chorus or "Aa You Like It" t D . developed auch an excellent tolci that Maurice Orau carried him to the Metropolitan, where he secured the patronage o Jean da Itesike, and from $1S n week at Daly'a he has now reached $200 a night In London, Dab-.nay Dab-.nay baa changed hla name to DA"" my and Is singing Faust, Lohengrin 'ilomeo and other tenor roles with 'great success In England. No other 'rapid rises from the msle eborui are chronicled In the annals or our nag. Of all sad aongs by word or pea "e saddest are sung by chorus men. The talk about W S Gilbert Tln been "ao Imprested with the acting a Nat Goodwin and .Maxlne Elliott thai he Is trying to get their permission tc write a play for them.' motes Frank lln Fyle to tbla acourglng, by Impll cation, of the Fool Preaa Agent, whe seldom knoma where to atop: The representation ot a man or Ollbert'l ability and attainments chsslng an) actor In his desire to write a play toi him can be regarded only as humor ous. As a librettist (lllbert has nt equal and as a dramatist he ranki with the leaders of the present gen eratlon. Such plajs as "Pygmalion and Oalatea" and "Engaged" will never be forgotten. Etta Ollroy. the deter and attractive attrac-tive aoubrelte and dancer, was born In Columbus, Ohio, and made her debut de-but four years ago, with Hoyl's "A Milk White Flag" company. She Is a sister ot Mamie Ollroy and Is the wife of John Ursine. 8he has been engaged ETTA 01I.11OY. for next aeason for J, J. Rosenthal's "Dear Old Charley" company, Ada nehan, according to a close friend who baa lately diagnosed her ease, Impaired her robust health by her endeavor to study too many characters char-acters In the old comedy Reason Inaugurated In-augurated at Daly'a aome yaara ago. During tha past three or four winters ahe haa been a aeml-lnvalld, maintaining maintain-ing bar place at tha head or tha company com-pany by heroic will power rather than by spontaneous effort. She waa a sick woman when she sailed for Europe In the aprlng. Tbe ahock of Mr. Daly'a death proatrated hla atar, and at prea-ent prea-ent Mlaa Itahan la 111. Sbe bad no wish to visit the bungalow, her summer holiday spot In the English lake radon, ra-don, because It was associated with happier days In her history, and this year sbe is at Itamsgato, a fashionable watering place, nuralng her health under un-der a doctor's care. Here, however, comas a new difficulty. With the loaa of her health and her manager a considerable share of Ada Kenan's am-bltlon am-bltlon haa gone. It la reported that ahe tnanlfesta no particular Interest In the futuro. It la not unlikely that her Preaent disposition or mind and condition condi-tion of body may bring our actress home again at the end of the summer, sum-mer, and possibly she may open tht aeason at Daly'a theater In person. Ada Itehan can now afford to be Independent Independ-ent and to regard her own comfort as a matter of greater Importance than the amusement of theater-goers. Foi fifteen years she haa received a good alary, and during the last halt dozen seasona her earnings have been heavy. Bbe abhors wine, knowi nothing ol cards, has no lote for stylish equip-ges, equip-ges, and never bets on tbe races. Be-yond Be-yond her expenditure on houaekeeplni and Paris gowns she baa saved all het money. It Is a moderate estimate thai Places Miss Itehsn's estate at $100,000, and this private fortune. Joined to tht handsome logacy bequeathed to het by Augusttn Daly, enables tbe actresi lo retire from active life If she so de-Ires. |
