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ter a den of lions.
Rose Stahl and "The Chorus Iaady
company, bailed down New York bay
one mornng 'not long ago. hound for
the fogs of London. It will not be tip
first time that our British cousins have
made the acquafntance of Miss Pat
OBrien. Several years ago, when "The
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operator in "Via Wireless."’
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herd King” company, estimates that the
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Daily Matinee—15c, 25c. 35c; box seat*. FOe.
Night—10c, 20c, 30c, 50c, 75c; box seats, 11.00.
Chorus Lady" was
sketch. Miss Stahl
many months in the .. . .
halls. The Forbes humor and the slang
of the dressing room did not seem to
he over the heads of the Britishers in
those days, and sof there is every rea-
son to hope that now elaborated into
a four-art play, the piece will meet
with a kindlier reception than that
given to some of the other transported
American plays. the names of whih
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does the thing that strikes her as most
natural. "The more natural and simple
a person 58, the greater the surprine his
setions always cause' ’1* her explana-
tion, "the moat natural and unaffected
man in America today seems for that
very reason a constant source of sur-
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। in by all means: don't keep him wait-
| Ing A written list of Ethel Barry-
more's friends would be a bit of read-
| ing as wonderful for its length as for
| its variety. It would fhelude the
and "The Chronicles of Re-
are being dramatized by the
THE REAL
ETHEL BARRYMORE.
There is a well known singing teach-
er in New York who has very little
patlence with Ethel Barrymore. the
grtrest, but a surpassing enthusiasm
about Ethel Barrymore. the singer.
She could tell you of a pupil who to-
morrow night could more than credit-
ably take care of herself on the stage
©f any opera house in Maame Butter-
fly.” "Romeo and Juliet” or “Faust."
How many would guess the pupil to
be .Ethel Barrymore? To the tips of
her tapering fingers, with which she
ran as dasily make a plano sob Chopin,
dance ragtime or move in magnificent
tones to the measured tread of a fu-
neral march, Miss Barrymore is a fin-
tahed musiclan. When home is reached
at night after the theater, tt is on a
plano stool rather than on an easy chair
that she plays away tha strain of the
evening's work, and ji is always a
Strain, much as she Tow 8 it. There is
one room full df music--wTTh Beethoven
given the place of honor. Safanoff's
comnducting of Tschfko wsk y's "Pa-
tbetigue" is the best thing she ever
heard She is known to musicians as
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recreation—for the simple reason that _____
in life as upon the stage, she always teacher
facile light comedian - Frank
after the streets f Chicago.
Margaret Anglin has purchased a
summer home in Manchester-by-the-
Mea. Mabs., and there she will remain
from the time of her. return from
abroad next month until rehearsals
especlally fur herselt-- obliged to make
the most of Elsie De Wolf's gown -
one in particular. an affair vf bluf
with huge black butterflies scattere
about and oh why an that afternol
should those butterflies alight half wa
down her back. when they belonged oi
, church. He buys out an attraction one
by j night each year for the benefit of his
ted I church. thus helping n Worthy profrs-
-dision and saving the members ef his
congregation much work.—Show World.
Augustus Thomas says hh new play
does not go so far into the field of
the unknown as The Witching Hour"
It has to do with another branch of
psychology the development of char-
acter by suggestion. It deals with the
various factors in suggestion, direct
and Indirect It has nothing to do with
hypnotism. I am writing my play to
how the force of suggestion and the
Wall street
Puck.
Collector (angrily)—You know very
well. air. that this bill has been run-
ning several years; now. I put it up
to you, what do you want me to do
with it?
Debtor By George? I'd enter it in
the next Marathon race if I were Xu.
owes too much to the stage
feel aught for it than an
itable engine of industry. She learned
Ethel Barrymore in Capt
And that was how Ethel
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we need not mention.
Jessie Busley will undertake a spring
stellar plunge in Pittsburg in a drama-
tization of George Barr McCutcheon's
novel. "Beverly of Graustark." In her
company will be Grace Andrews, who
played the part of Juanita in “The
Rose of the Rancho” at the Garrick
during Frances Starr's illness, • and
Crossman Brown, a son of Henrietta
Crosman.
Kathryn Osterman played to a $1,561
house at Urbana. III., ano the house
manager kept 11.061 of the amount. For
that night the manager was Rev. Fa-
ther J. H. Cannon of St. Patricks
alutascbubdsisbtuancua-idmhcnheczek.
star. She has invited bad fortune
with more bad plays than are scored
up against any other living actress.
But her prosperity has been flawless.
An actress who year after year suc-
reeds in playing to greater audiencs
in worse plays than anybody else in
her profession, is worth considering.
One of- the two or three most popular
_ctresses in America Ethel Barrymore
is only occasionally to be seen in a
play that would be endurable in the
hands of any other actress. . Miss
Barrymore is easily the most success-
ful actress of what should be unsuc-
cessful plays. to be found anywhere.
at the Majestic this week. Those met-
ropolitan grand opera stays, Henry
Leone, the famous baritone* and Anna
Dale. the splendid soprano, will present
their operatic success, entitled "‘A Les-
son in Opera ” Signor Henry Leone is
one of the famous baritones of the Met-
ropolitan Opera company and Anna
Dale is equally prominent as a prima
y night
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SOMFTIING OF
WALKER WHITESIDE.
He is only 35
He was a star at 17.
His first role was that of Hamlet.
He scored heavily as the "Buy Ham-
let ' first at McVicker’s theater. Chi-
eago. in 1891, and then at the Union
Square theater. New York. In 1893
His New York first night house
amounted to less than $100; his first
week elosrd with a 51.600 house. Nym
Crinkle, the best known critic of that
day, designated -him then as the actor
of the future
Late in 1893 he started a barnstorm-
ing career of fifteen years' duration,
during which he wan never seen in one
of the larger cities.
He played "Hamlet," “Othello,” "King
I The New Orleans Picayune of March
23 had the following to say: The hu-
mor of Nat Goodwin and the beauty
of Edna Goodrich made the presenta-
tion of "The Master Hand” it the Tu
lane theater last night acceptable to
the large audience that had assem-
bled "The Master Hand,” written by
Carroll Fleming and Florence Miler,
can he styled a melocramatle comedy,
whatever that might be, and but for
the humor that Goodwin brings to the
piece, it would rank as a melodrama
pure and simple. Nat Goodwin is un-
questionably one of the finest Amert-
can comedians and hi« past acnteve-
ments have placed him in L— very
front of players in this country. Every-
body remnembers him in "The Gilded
Fool," "‘The American Citizen. ' "In Mis-
souri,” and "When We Were Twenty-
One,” and his appearance in any pray
is always heartily welcomed here • He
was given a warm reception last night.
The story of the play is interesting.
James RalIston gets his wife out of
the way by placing her in an usylum,
long years before the play opens. He
misuses her money, and when his
daughter Jean comes of age and he
feels himself forced to make some ac-
counting of her inheritance, the trouble
abounding love; there is nothing unreal
to her about it or its life. She never
tires of making up. and there is no
sense of monotony in playing the same
part an inMnite number of times if
only it is a part that can be played in
an infinite number of ways.
Ethel Barrymore’s advice to a girl
who sh» thinks would have any chance
upon the stage 1“ "0o, and God bless
you,” especlally If it is a question of
bread and butter. An honest liveli-
hood—perhaps a great career is to be
easily earned upon the stage and even
the playing of a slight part lifts a
woman Into a freer atmosphere than in
any other career open to women. She
believes the stage cultivates a finer in-
dependence and afford* a Iqare scopeful
view of life than any other professlon.
“Artists flock together, and so do mu-
sicians. sculptors, authors, but actors
are not clannish. Nowadays you find
actors on all sides- -Taken In' or being
taken into every phase of human ac-
tivity.”
It is with the stil fresh memories
"Rebecca of Sunny
broker, and Bigelow butts the market
on a little Texas narrow-gauge that
Rallson has invested his wife's aud
daughter’s money in Bigelow, how - |
ever, has washed his hands of nall-
■ton and is doing it all for the daugh-
ter. Jean finds out that her mother
is alive, insists on going to her, 1s
helped in that purpose by Bigelow, and
together they arrive at the asylum jus
in time to save Mfs. Ballston's life from
a drug that the rascally superintend-
ent and his employer, an equmtty rs-
acting on the American stage
Students of the art of acting. if there
pre any, will find food fpr reflection in
the careers and success of these two.
actresses It may be that the managers
who pin their faith on youth as against
experience and skill are right. It may
be that the public will pay more dollars
to look at a pretty girl making motions
ghat -a stage manager ha* taught her
than to see a skillful actress doing
things intelligently and uttering lines
beautifully, but if so it’s a Pity, and
one prefers to believe that It‘s a condi-.
tion that will not endure.
erwo VERY
FEMININE STARS.
Diseriminating theatergoers who
both enjoy and appreciate light com-
edy acting of a high order have at
presgnt, more opportunity to tndulge
Wehr taate tp .tels direction than Tor
some time la fact, the theatrical sea-
Tuesday and Wednesday Nights, April 20 and 31; Matinee Wednesday,
GAGNON POLLOCK STOCK COMPANY
Presenting The Unwritten Law."
.Matinee Prices—Adults. 25c; children, 15c. Night prices—10c. 20c, 30c.
Ladies free Tuesday night with 30c ticket if purchased before 6 p. m.
Tuesday. Seats on sale at box office
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responsibility of propio who make sug-
gestion, whether consciously or
years This reminds us of the Httlt
Illinois girl who had just started in
the history class, and who asked her
why so many Presidents of
’he United States had been named
donna soprano. “A Lesson in Opera”
gives both Leone and Miss Dale ample
opportunity to display their wonderful
voices. The plot of the story tells
how the music master (Leone) gives
singing lessons to his „pup1l (Anna
Dale) and the actions of both involve
much rich and high-class comedy. Fin-
ally the pupil shows she has a great
voice and ’.he duets and solos that fol-
low include masterpieces that thrill all
audiences. It is a great art and a true
headliner on any vaudeville bill, never
mind how pretentious. There is not}-
inedner rtthummanlsinging of Leone and
Dale ondtte cdage today outside of
pla noon « nd-Te t rot nn 1.
Mr. Schepp has a colelction of ogs.
to be
on the
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' A Company of Unuual Exeellence.
Artistic Performanee,
Beautiful Gowns.
in ket ping with her own surprising
self that in all her years upon the
. . stage Ethel Barrymore has never
rsonal ! known a shadow to fall upon the rare
’ success that marked her advent as a
her shoulders" Yet shi
a fresh outlook on things.”
In a word Ethel Barrymore’e phil-
osophy of right living is in all ways,
al ail times, to multiply ones emotions
with life She gets as much pleasure
and is just as apt to be found at a
meeting of the Faban Socialists as at
Viola Allen and a host of other star.*,
and to desert the little towns of the
middle west for the regions where
theatrie al reputations are made.
His first play under the new regime
was called* The Magic Melody” bv
authoress and Charlotte Thompson, un-
der the title of "Rebecca.” Klaw A
Erlanger hope that the result will hes
aa happy as was the blending of the
Alice Began Rice stories, "Mrs. Wig8
of the Cabbage Patch" and "Lovey
Mary.”
The New York Telegraph nays Lolo
Fuller has introduced at the Parisian
opera houses a new idea in stage scen-
ery Painted scenery is done awA¥
with. In its place an arrangement of
lights andstereopticons produces what
is wanted to be represented on the
stage, aside from the people.
At the benefit to be given for Miss
Clara Morris in the New York theater,
the actress will appear in a scene from
"Macbeth.”' Miss Julia Arthur (Mrs. B
F. Cheney) has sent Daniel Frohman.
treasurer of the testimonial, a check
for 1250 for a box.
Grace Filkins was born in Warsaw
Poland. She "is the wife of Rear Ad-
miral Marix, of the United States
navy Her tnaiden name W---jtreieska,
charles Dillingham will produce “fne
(‘andy Shop art elaborately staged
musical play, at the Garrick theater.
Philadelphia, toward the end of APFh
(leorge V. Hobart, as author, and John
L Golden, as composer-libettist, will
divide the royalties The production
is designed for the New York ummere
season, and a lengthy cast of well-
known people has been engaged.
Prominent among its members will be
William Rock and Maude Fullon, who
have beanassociated together. in vaude-
ville: Frank Lalor. Mrs Annie eat
mans, Louise Dresser. Florence Mor-
rison and Edmund Lawrence.
Wright Lorimer is now planning to
produce next season a biblical play on
the book of Daniel. Mr. Lorimer will
himself play Daniel and fearlessly ent
By Carrell Fleming and Florenee
Miller.
Mr. Whitesde with the first modern
role he had ever undertaken.
Last sumrazr he went ty England to
visit Israel Zangwill. nnd th*- Litters
greatest work. The Mel is Pot, ' was
evolved. _ .
Oct 5 1908, “The Melting Pot
was produced in Wash’ngton. and
President Roosevelt shouted from his
box. "It’s a great play, a great piay
And Jacob Schiff, Oscar Straus and
scores f others added words of praise
and wuen the play reached Chicago it
wa so successful that it ran much
longer than any'serious play had ever
run in that city.
But the words of praise lavished 09
the plav have been no more enthusiastic
than those used to describe the act of
Whiteside now a hundredfold more ma-
ture and fine than that which drew
New York and CMicago’s attention to a
youthful Hamlet.
Walker Whiteside has taken a place
in the very foremost rank of modern
players.__
since she is the elder actress As a much from watching Irving and saw (
young girl she studied for grand opera Un him a contradiction of the popular]
in Furls until illness oblige! her t/belief that any substantial per
abandon her ambitions in connection (fame eyer Comes merely from one’s per
with the lyric drama Then sue camesonallty or mannerisms. "Fame and all
back determined to take up work on forma of glory are the reward of great
the stage of her native country. She ! deeds,” la her saying, "personality or
was some time in getting a hearing, i personal mannerisms are merely acci-
making her first appearance in "The dental accompaniments..
White Slave” in 1889--which. It will Plain, ordinary bread with a little
noticed, comes pretty near being J butter was the incentive that inddco l
. —.---------- Ethel Barrymore to go upon the stage
the most
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house Monda,
THE FORT WORTH RECORD: SUNDAY MORNING, . APRIL 18, 1909. -PART TWO.
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approximately $75,0400,000 a year from
the amusement business.
I work out my story slowly,” says
Clyde Fitch, “sometimes taking a year
to get my materisl in thane. When I
have arranged the story to suit me. I
begin he writing of- the play ” Ie
thought "The Happy Marriage” wan
the fifty-first. “I think it is my fifty
first." he said, “but I'm not sur. Of
'course, a good many of my playa have
been Adaptations from others. I have
written about thirty-four original
names of statesmen, artists, society
en I leaders, vaudevjlle performers, an-
nd I archists, tramps, adventurers, sisters
I of mercy—in a word, anything motley
or bizarre in ihe entire fabric of hu-
manity 'T<» say a person is queer,
she contends, "‘is the finest of unn-
"The Master Haud."
.The advance agent announces
the public's favorite comedian.
C. Goodwin, and his associate
P Erles Cherry, who is playing “The
Bachelor." has been selected by the
Messrs. Shubert to make the first Shu-
bert world tour. Principal points of
the itinerary will be London. Cairo,
Aden, Bombay, Colombo, Madras, Cal-
cutta. Rangoon, Singapore, Hong Kong.
Shanghai. Pekin, Yokohama and Hono-
lulu. _______________
HENRY LEONE and MISS ANNE DALE
Is Their Operatie Comedetta, “A Lesson Is Opera.* j
It was a har-
ry body -far the
med of Georgie
daughter as an
John Drew, and
Irving and
Edna Goodrich, gei
the play and says “there is a
tocking man outside who says
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tain goes flown Mn Goodwin as John
Bigelow is seen at hia best, and in
sunshine or shadow he was intense and
convincing. His humor in the love
scenes was delightful. He is alway3:
Nat Goodwin, and that means a gcot |
deal. Miss Goodrich cam up to ex- .
pectations for beauty and grace or
young womanhood, and she charmed
and fascinated, her audience. She was
at all times a delight to the eye. M13s
Zeffie Tilbury took next honors by a
fine performance of the Widow Ran-
dolph she seemed fairly to revel in
the part and to enact it with all zest
of mind and heart Miss Ann Heritage
was very pleasing in an ingenue role.
Loowell J Sherman gave a capital im-
personation of the ardent young lover
and Arthur Behrens’ portrayal of the
young man from Texas was excellent.
"The Master Hand” Is interesting,
and with Goodwin in the cast, is most
entertaining.
At the Mnjestie.
Manager Mullay says a programme
of rami headlinera will be the offering
Before she became a star.
Her next appearance was a brief en-
gagement in what was then called va-
riety. In 1890 rhe played subordnate
parts in Augustin Pah 's company. .then
•til! prosperous; the following year she
Joined Daniel Frohman's Lyceum Thea-
ter Stock company, following that
with two years of miscellaneous perCs
with Charles Frohman's company, dur-
ing which period she spent much time
©n the rosl A year in stock ensued
Her first striking sugeess in a part of
predominance was perhaps in "Glo-
ri ana" at the’Madison Square theater
but after a few performances,she was
taken ill and did not play for a year.
For some obscure reason the road
claimed her after that until 1900, when
•he began her career as a star. Sinee
then she has played with conspicuous
success in many productions, the best
known being "Mistress Nell.” "One of
Our Girls,” "Nance Oldfield." The
Sword of the King" and " Madeline
Miss George's career has not been
qulte so extensive. She is one of the
few stars who are graduates of a dra-
mmatic school, the American Academy
of Dramatic Arts being her sponsor.
She made her debut fifteen years ago in
“The New Boy," a farce popular at
•tit time She was the Lucy in "The
Girl I Left Behind Me. played an
ingenue in "Charley’s Aunt.’ Madeline
in "Frederic Lemaltre, ' and then went
into vaudeville with Charles Dickson
She returned to the legitimate stage in
• French farce called "The Turtle,"
then appeared in "Mme Fifi. and was
first starred in "The Countess Chiffon."
the was scarcely ripe for that honor at
the time, but persevered her first real
success in a star part being achieved
in "Her Majesty. Then followed
-Pretty Peggy, Frou Frou," The
Marriage of William Ashe,” "Clothes.
“Divorcons” and now "A Woman's
Way."
It is not pretended here to enumerate
every part played by these two act-
resses but only to name enough of
those parts to indicate that these two
players have arrived at their present
eminence legitimately. In the onlyway
in fact save in the case of prodigies,
by which such eminence can be justly
attained and securely maintained.
Miss Crosman In "Sham" and Miss
George in "A Woman’s Way” are now
xiving exhibitions of skillful work in a
’ field of histrionic endeavor in which
American actresses have of late seldom
. excelled and in which the English are
for the most part far our superiors.
Miss Crosman, to be sure, has personal
limitations, which in the present in-
stance prevent her from giving a thor-
©ugh impersonation. She scarcely seems
the member of an old, arisoc ratio,
fashionable Knickerbocker family. But
this weakness in her representation is
more thgr atoned for by the deftness,
and flexibility with which she indicates
the various moods that take possession
©f the character which she plays The
manner in wich she reads a letter in
the last act of the comedy is in itself
a liberal education in the art of light
comedy acting, and no young actress
who has aspirations in the same field
ousht to miss seeing it She is mistre sg
©f mirth that rises above tears and of
tears that Aust peep through mirth. Her
art is as strong and flexible as the arm
©f a skillful fencer.
Mias George’s act, while it i exerted
in the Fame field of light comedy, ia of
a less overwhelming character. The
lightning of light comedy is just yet
not for her but she is mistress of the
-zephyrs and the sunshine. She gives,
moreover, a more genuine impersona-
tion than does Miss Crosman She is
Dearer being the woman that the play-
aon is waning with considerabiy more
dignity than it has exhibited at any
time since it opened‘ast September. 1”
addition now playing tn this city with
those of players of quality the public
has an opportunity to compare the re-
sults in the case Of two experieneed
women stars now playing in th** city,- — __
With those of more youthful but far j saved the day-------
less wail qualified aetresses who havejagement. Miss Rarrympre was &
been eized upon and exploited by I the part for the rest ofthe season
managers who. think that the public 1 her stage debut be cameMstory.
prefer* youth to brain* and boauty to Her name and her natural fitness for
skill, says the New York Sun. I the stage by tradition helped Ethel
The two stars who are at present Barrymore so little that it was seven
enforcing this comparison are Miss years before she was given a part that --------- ---------- -------- - _
Henrietta Crosman and Miss Grace amounted to more than a few lines in queer and unusual 1* to have ideas and
Meorge. Both of these actresses uavo stageland -nothing but more work - -
achieved stardom only after a longicomes of * name that bespeaks histri-
period of apprenticeship and year* oonic lineage The public expects just
bar ! work and intelligent study and , double of one whose name is familiar
exercise They furnish an instructive I than of one who come* from nowhere
contrast to the hand made stars with ' A year's apprenticeship in England in
have, become rath- Sir Henn Irving s company brought
her in close contact with the greatest
living master of the stage and a ver-
finally became a star on the very stage
graeed time and again by her mother. j
Georgie Drew Barrymore, and her 1
father, Maurice.
Charles Frohman once said of Ethel
Barrymore that he always welcomnes
the day he has an office appointment
with her, because it is an interesting
game of chance. It is heada she will
bring along the duchess of Bloomsbury
with her, or tails - one of the Sweeney
sisters from the unwashed music halls.
Necessity is no more th-' mother of
Invention than Ethel Barrymore is the
mother of surprises. Hurling bolts
from the blue seems to be her fondest
Lear,” fThe Merchant of Venice,”
■ Richard III' and 'Richelieu."
And when ciassic repertgire failed
to draw he produced romantic drama
with such titles as "Cousin of the
King.....rhe Man in Black,” "The Red
Cockade,” "Heart and Sword,” and
"We . Are King,” most of .which he
wrote himself
During this fifteep years he was his
own manager as wl as his own stage
director.
Two years ago he decided to sign a
contra- t with Messrs Liebler & Co.,
the managers of Eleanor Robson.
ponies and monkey* that are said to bo
the greatest In their line. They furnish
a lot of amusement for th* little folk
and astonish with their intelligent
feats. The monkey* are almost human,
and five splendid little ponies drill and
execute many circus tricks. The act 1*
one of the very best of its kind and Wil]
be found a strong attraction.
Alfred Keley, the eminent actor, as-
slated by Mathilde Bothe, will present
the laughable farce comedy, "A Tale of
a Turkey.” Thia fun-producing playlet
has many bright lines and amusing sit-
uation* and keep* the audience amused
from the rise to the fall of the cur-
tain. The tale is of the actor who
pawned his watch for a Christmas tur-
key, and his wfe pawns his dress suit
for another, turkey, each ignorant of
th* other’s action*, then it finally turn*
out that each in a moment of generos-
ity gives away the two turkeys and
to their dismay there 1* none for their
own Christmas dinner. It is really
very funny and has to be seen to bo
appreciated.
William Maxwell and Daisy Dudley
have a singing comedietta called "For
Sweet Charity/’ which gives them am-
ple scope for the display of their comic
opera abilities. Both Mr. Maxwell and
Miss Dudley have appeared in several
metropolitan productions with success
and have been sought after since their
entry into vaudeville.
The Be Ano Duo are garbed as "Tho
Iady and the Clown," and do a number
of stunts that have given them the sob-
riquets of "boneless wonders." Mr. Bo
Ano. who is a large man, squeezes him- .
self into a box that 1* scarcely eight-
ee2 inches either way, and Miss Be Ano
•Q does remarkable contortion feats
.dls* Bessie Greenwood has the unique
’ distinction in the musical world of be-
ing able to sing the highest musical
note ever rendered. She reaches the
highest G on the keyboard, this being
four tones higher than Agujari, Ellen
Beach Yaw or Jenny Lind ever attained
to and in the capitals of Europe ani
in this country Miss Greenwood is ac-
corded the place of honor and ts ac-
claimed the future greatest soprano of
them all. She is only* 22 years old and
her success has been phenomenal. ‛
Wharton and Mohler are a ateam nt
black and brown face comedians, sing-
ers and dangers, said to be the equal
of the best in that line, and .they have
just finished the tour of the Orpheum
circuit, where they made a shining suc--
.cess. They have all new material anda
the singing and dancing is of the best®
The usual line of carefulv selected"
moving pictures will complete one of
the most pretentious and high-grade
otferi ngs of the aeaaon
‘Telephone Talk Recorded. ,
“Chalk this down as a new experi-
ence for me,” said the business man.
"The other day I had a telephone caii.
The man at the wire wanted to tall
about a building contract. The first
thing he said was: "Is your stenog-
rapher there?’ I said she was.
*‛Weth* satd he; -win yourhavher
take down your part of the conersa-
tion? My. stenographer is right here
and will make a note of everything I
say.’
“In a kind of huff I asked the man if
he was afraid I .would go back on my
word unless it was down in black and
white.
“ "Not at all,’ said he, 'but this is a
custom of mine. Everything I say over
this telephone is taken down by my
stenographer and in matters of im-
portance I like the other fellow to dp
the same.' *
"Of course I had no objection, so.
sithough it seemed a needless precau-
tion, the girl made a note of my own
disjointed sentences.”
•Fhe Luwrittea kaw."
Th* sy the Gasnon,
Pollock Stock vwiii i n» ha* Jut
finished another sucessfui weeka.
opera house, and Monda!
night will give way to Nal. A
Goodwin and Miss Edna Goodrich open-
ing Tuesday night with “The Unwritten
Law," a correct representation of the
killing of Stanford White byl Harry K
Thaw. In fotr acta. ike iesbon found
in this play has made it one of th* |
genuine succeszes of the American I
stage. That except ionak and very capa- I
ble little actress. Miss Edith Pollock,
will interpret the character of Eva
BotchkIs*, the young girl who, through I
early associatlons, has strayed from the I
stralght path. The role offers Mias
Pollock a better vehicle than she has
ever had before, and she brings out I
the best there is in it. A great deal of
just praise has been meted to- this pop-
ular star for her impersonation of a
• role that is at once difficult and yet I
so thoroughly Interesting that the the- j
later goer becomes thoroughly absorbed
। in the belief that It is a character of I
■ real life rather than merely the pre- I
| Mentation of a role on the stage. Bert
C. Gasnon, who portrays the part of
Harry Thaw, le suave, distinguished
। in manner, masterful and adroit. Mr. |
Gagnon’s conselentious and masterful
interpretation of admiration from both |
press and public wherever he has pre- i
tented "The Unwritten Iaw." The pro-
duction of this the one-time sensation
of the year will surpass anything yet
offered by this stock company, both in I
Cramatic art and scenic mountings. The
settings now being prepared by the
stage mechanics are beautiful crea-
tions of scenic art and the production
of The Unwritten Law ’ at Byers opera I
house, beginning Tuesday night, will
i without doubt prove the dramatic event
of the Gagnon Pollock stock company's
engagement in Fort Worth
There will be new illustrated songs l
by Bert C. Gagnon.
eompletely so that her presence at a.
concert often has much to do with its
programme
in fact, about twelve years ago the
lack of a few dollars made Ethel Bar
rymore ascend the stage instead of the
. ooncert Diet form—to be an act res* in-
etead of the great pianist she gave
promise of being. ©he was to have
gone to Germany and Russia to com-
plete a ourse of etuies that had ad-
Va nr *d her as far a* possible in the
utny o pianoforte in America Then
the fudns gave out and ■ young school
giri by the merest chance stepped in
as an unerstudy for Elsie De Wolfe,
cally woman doctor, have connived At
jgiving her that she might appear out
of her mind. Mrs. RalIston lersel”
never appears on the stage. She is
left to the imagination. After every- !
thing's happy again, John Bigelow, the I
bachelor plutocrat, asks Jean to nvrry i
him and-she nods herrhead vigorously
in the affirmative just before the cur-
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Leenbhhs.eahccnj
BHRT C. GAGNON AT BYERS
OPERA HOUSE Tins WEEK.
of "The Awakening of Helena Ritchie
are begun in August Miss Anglin’s
theatrical "kit" (to quote her manager,
Louis Nethersole) arrived in New aork
by sailing vessel one morning last
week it had been on ts way from
Ansi rails since Dec. 20 last.
t prise--1 mean the President" Miss
Barrymore goes where she likes, says
what she likes, does what she like*
; and thrive* under the treatment. If
she is hungry and Childs’ restaurant is
■ handiest, she will eat as heartily and
I aa m ach at home in Childs as in
■ Sherry’s. If her manager come* te her
2,"
g
laugh began on hearing her entrane
of her own career in mind that Ethel
Barrymore smiles a godspeed to every
girl ambitious to carve out a career
on the stage. Opportunity and achieve-
ment came so sioway and so unex-
pectedly in her own case, that she
always thinks there are ten talents of
success in store for the girl with one
talent of genuine ability. It was to
the old Walnut Street theater in Phil-
adelphia one night less than ten years
ago that a vast audience had flocked
to see the first performance of a new
play by Clyde Fitch. Managers, play-
wrights; critics, society, were present
en masse — for the event had been
much talked of A little after eight
o’clock, with the stage already set
for the first ad the orchestra sawing
away at the last strains of the over-
ture, and-on the stage some of the
ac tors pacing up and down nervously
repeating ther lines, the original of
de Ivanrowkf’s painting gowned just
as he painted her, rushed out of her
dressing room. ’.aid her hand on the
arm of the stage manager as he was
about to signal the rise of the curtain,
and said, "oh no; please wait one
second ” She had sent for the manager
of the company—an old, wizened HD
veteran in the business. And when he
came she said to him haltingly, ”1
haven t any money, do you think you
could let me have $5 until salary day?”
"Five dollarst’ roared the crusty old
manager, "do you know how many
people are in the house? No? Well,
look through there.’ ‘directing her tn
the peep hole in the cut tain And the
acrtess loked out expecting to see a
half empty house, only to find that it
was packed from dome tn pit
"Here are your $5 ‘said the man-
Ager, handing her ten times the
amount, "and here is tonight's pro-
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