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Show THEATRICAL T0PIQ3. OAYINOS AND DOINGS OP THE PLAYCftFOLK. J-JU Arlker Waals la Make lm 1 llr Own Arrcmal Made Metal.-.! I Jt-.ll! la ll a ralara lltor. g, Jan. leana f Daly's ! Mar, Julia Arthur seems determined to make a reputation as an Independent actress. While the wat playing an in-gagement in-gagement In llaltlmore last winter ihe had the curtain rung down becnuN a theater party annoyed her with ttrlr I loud conversstton, and stilt more re I rently she had a man rjeeled fruit u New Haven theater because he attenp. ted to flirt with one of the ladles In her company. Mlsa Arthur and Hi try I Miller are about the unly two etais I who are wllllne to ilefr rnbllc opinion i wno are wining 10 uery puuuc upiuwn and do what they please wluu they tie disturbed In their a (lug. but their sr tilt put their whole heart mid soul I Into their chtrnctrrt, mid the lent noise In the house auiiuya them ex I trtmel). Although. Olga Nrthutolet support I wat toveret) crltlrUed during thv pail teaton, there waa one member of hrr I company who desrrvrd dicldnlly more I commendation than slu melted I refer to Madge Mrlntoth llcr work at Detract, In 'Caimen," waa absolutely flaw lest, Thl rather 'weepy" pntt Is easily overdone, but Mlsa Mcintosh never onie let the character become tiresome or boring As I.tlean, In "Tho Second .Mrs Innqucray," she msde a most colorless part plausible Her other roles In Mlsa Nrtlieraolet repertoire afforded her but scant opportunities op-portunities The shirt charm about j Mies Mcintosh a ailing Is the felling I aud alm-rnt) six ins Into lur work Miss .SetherM'tc, It might 1 ml led, will be cupporlrd by an rntlicly American Amer-ican ram.tan) last araaon Miss Lnur-i Hurt 'in be called without with-out question ore of the must veranllle actresses un thp Anicrlriii stage today Krom the tympiillirtli rule ot June In "lllue Jenns whose lindon tucrcit wat larrcly due In this little laity's emi Mtld." The other afternoon I wit netsed a performance of "Krmlnle" at the Casino, and Mitt Iluiiell waa at beautiful and fasclnstlng aa ever, Florence Wicket may soon retire from tbe tlage. She confutes not to have made tbe success ahe fancied tbe would, She Is the daughter or the vice prrtldent ot the Pullman Palace Car company. Maxlne Elliott's sister Gertrude, who has been described aa a "pocket -edition" ot her beautiful slater, who Is tbe wife ot Nat (tuodwln has become n great favorite with laindon audiences She Is playing Midge In "The Cowboy and the laidy " Writing of compoae rt It Is said that the late Juhanii Htrnii't Just thirty years ago, was Inspired to writ the .TO$ir$f 7 'sm w MAIHli: M'lNTOSII. "lllue Dinube" and haling nothing riore ronenlent. Immediately trans-scribed trans-scribed Ihe theme upon his ruff. Tb success of The llraullfiil Utile Dan-ubo' Dan-ubo' bi,an In tl.c United States. It wat first sung In Vienna by n choir ot ir.nlo olcta. aud made no great Impression. Im-pression. The ronirciftr Mveanct Is extremely methodical In his habltt Karly at 5 In tbe morning he ills down at hit table and composes, as at that hour there Is lest noise than at any other time of tbe dsy from the streets. II KLOnENCE WICKES talent, to the part In Lederei's "Dangerous "Dan-gerous Maid," wherein she was one of ths duelllttt, thence to the name part In "The Purple laidy," whose chtract-eristics chtract-eristics are best told In the title, then to the extravahantn, "The Mtn In the Moon," In which she auccecda Marie Dressier In the part of Viola Alum, n burlesque In every way She has been likened to that deter artist, Yvette fjullbert, by tbe American press, and for her vrrsatllll) thi.ro could be no greater compliment Sho Is the inly American nctreet we can rsU to whom that praise la accorded From emotional to burlesque, she Is at home, yet by her pictures aim Mill wears the tame tiled hat We have a faint suspicion sus-picion she begins her Inters the tame way, too. James Young will retire from Daly't company nt the end ot the run ot "The Oreat lluby," and will stur next seston In "Lord llyron," written by Iuli Johnson, who was formerly Mr. Young's leading lady when he was stirring stir-ring In a repertoire of romantic plays Mr. Young It not the only member of tb Daly force who aspire to win ftmt as a ttar. Marie latmour (for-mtrly (for-mtrly known at Marie Murphy) will open with a company of her own some tlm In July, appearing In "A wlte Woman," a farce by Wilfred Clarke. A great amount of Interest Is being manlfetted at the appearance of Mrs Flsk aa Becky Sharpe, In "Vanity Fair." The production will be a f.t one from every point of view, while her company will be th best the hss ever hid, Maurice Harrymore appearing her leading man It neraa remarkable that UlHn rtueiell bit not tuccumbid to the dartt of Cupld-lately, She has been dl-d dl-d from Peruglnl about eight rnon-h'. and not a word hat been tpoken about a wedding all thli lime. Strani, t lit Waller Jones Is "The Msn In in Moon." Lillian nuesell Is "A Dsmtr- never opens the piano while writing music. Tbe opera "Nanon" h composed com-posed at a hotel, locking himself In hli room, not veu allowing his roost Intimate In-timate friends ndmlaslou. There art differences of opinion In reference te his new fairy opera Clndrlllena." Some Paris critics think It commonplace, common-place, while others think It charming It W said to be decidedly original, II any suggestion nt all ot Imitation, II Is ot an older school of musicians thai oven Wagner. It It noted at tlngutal that all the principal characters cxcepl that of Paudolplie are Impcnonatcd by women In this It Is similar tc Mairagul't "Zanctto," which Is om continuous duet for soprano aud alto. Sarah Ilornhardt, after her season In Kngland, will make a long tour ot hu-rope, hu-rope, visiting Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Den-mark, France, Switzerland, Austria-Hungary, Austria-Hungary, llulgarla and Turkey, returning return-ing to Pari In November. A young Italian woman rectntly had one of her works performed at a concert con-cert In Genoa, and conducted the or-ebestra or-ebestra herself. Such an example ol emancipated womanhood Is rare In Italy. Mrs. Alice J. Shaw, the whistler, and ner two daughter sailed from England recently for South Africa, there to fill a profeaslonnl engagement Edna Wallace Hopper will be starred Jointly- with Jerome Syket In "Chrlt nd the Wonderful Lamp," next teaton. Ethel Iltrrymore Is the guest of Mr. Nat 0. Goodwin (Maxlne Elliott) at Jackwood, England, Tbe centenary of Halev)'s birth wat celebrated In Pari recently. Ills best known work Is, of course, "La Julve." Mr. Henschel' newptra, "Nubls," which wilt be produced- In Dresden, xt ysar, la In thre.icls |