CAPE MAY HERALD, THURSDAY. MARCH 23, 1905.

By Wireless From the Footlights

HE since doors of tUe |»UJbou»n In which lU.Unrd MansHeld (tDil Ada iiehau were up peariui; In BoaIon o;» - i»«->l on the kuuic street, and the iwp players tuel one momlnc while Mr. Mnusfleld was hurry Init to a rehearsal of “Ivon the

Terrible.**

“How I should like to see your portrayal of

1 Shy lock !" re- ' marked Mies

Bohan. “1 have wanted for a

MCKiTO VA.nitu). >o»Stln*los«

your i-oneeption

of the part, hut never found an oppor tnulty to do so.” “Come in when I play The Merchant of Venice* tomorrow evening." suggested Mr. Man.stleld. “How can 1? My acting will keep

me busy.'* .

“Would yfiu like to see me act the part now?*" asked Mr. Mnusfleld. Miss Behan, somewhat surprisi-d, replied In the affirmative. The actor led her to the stage of the theater, where his company had gathered. T will defer the rehearsal of ‘Ivan the Terrible* until this afternoon," aald Mr. - Mansfield. "We will play The Merchant of Venice* this morning for

Mias Behan.”

Thus Shakesiieare’s comedy was per formed in its entirety during the morning. with the distinguished actress as

an audience of one.

One night Fritzi Scheff gave a party to a few Intimates in her apartments. Among the performers were two negro singers who are prominent in vaudeville. They had no Idea of the iden

f of the evening. Their made a great bit

with the party, which Included Max Ime Elliott. Ethel Barrymore and Cosmo Gordon Lennox. Miss Scheff sug-

gested that she would^ like to bear the l errot song In the second act of "Babette” syncopated. But the negroes had not heard 1L So she sat down at the piano ami sang It The eyes of the colored men expressed some amazement as well

as delight at the beautiful voice of the prlma donna. Aftlr Miss Scheff had sung the number two or three times they reproduced it in ragtime with happy affect Then the party went on. At the close of the vaudeville entertainment when the ragtime men were leaving, one of them whispered to Miss SteCTs bus Wind. Baron von Banleli I., n: “Say, mister, that wife of yours Is all right If abe had her voice cultivate! she would he good enough

for the stage."

Maclyn Arhuckle -of Henry W. Snv age's "The Cofiaty Chairman" compa- i ny has played many parts during bis career on the stage and baa ranged from Hamlet down to musical comedy of the ship stick variety. At one time he essayed the |>urt of a lovelorn tenor In an opera company. A certain high note was quite beyond the reach of Arhuckle. ami after sevej^l Ineffectual efforts to reach it dnrth^ebearaal the conductor glared at him and said. **Ar- • buckle, after this when you come to that note I gnesa you Jiad better dance

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“Things that actually occur

Stage are often more ludicrous and Startling than the Invented incidents of the press agents.” aald Jamea Young, who la appearing with Miss Viola Allen as Sebastian In “Twelfth Night" and as Flortael In The Winter’s Tale." “I wasplaying a Shakespearean repertoire throughout the south and received an offer of a guarantee to put on 'Hamlet* at.the little town of Prlsfleld, on the eastern shore of Maryland. The theater In Criafield was not a theater, but a long, narrow ball with a platform st one end for us and rows of benches tar the audience. We could use no scen-

ery. but there waa certain business of the play ' that demanded some kind at preparation— namely, the burial of Ophelia. There waa no trap through which to lower her and ret she moat he ■at rid of sumewaj

the j

Improvising a trap. After this waa done we found that It was twelve feet to the ground underneath, but this difficulty was overcome by piling dry goods boxes nudor. the stage to form n platform u|kiu which ths gravedigger was to stand. The l«ox of dirt, the skulls and bouea all being placed In position. the trap was Replaced, and we were ready for the perform a me. Night came, the piny proceeded uneventfully, we arrived at the churchyard scene, the trap wns./'fnkon up. thrown aside and the curtrtlu rung up. The dialogue between the clowns being over, on* went with a “stoop of wine." and the flrat gravedigger, merrily singing. "A pli-kur and a spade." leaped into the UJ«?n grave, but Instead of bindlug upon tbe boxes that hud been placed there he disappeared. We beattl a splash and a yell. fJt- the fellow had Jumped Into tbe Chesapeake bay. He waa down under tbe building In lu>|>euetrab!e darkness and splashing waters eight feet deep- The liall was bull! on piles, and the back emended far out on tbe shore. I>urtng ths night a high tide came lu am! washed the Imxcs away, together with our useful ‘props.* tbe bones ntid Yorlck's skull. The poor clown was finally rescued, hut it was probably the first time on record that ‘Hamlet* ever furnished the principal sensation of a modern tank drama.” Rir Henry Irving, at a reception that was tendered to him lu Philadelphia by a literary club, narrated some of .the memories of bis youth. “My barnstorming days." be said, “seem very distant, and yet very dear to me now. I recall with particular pleasure a melodrama of crime in high life wherewith I barnstormed tbe provinces for two successful seasons a long

time ago.

“My part called In the first act for a dark stage. In this darkness I fought with an old earl, threw him heavily, and. when be did not rise after the loud thud of hla fall. I cried out: “ ‘Great heavens, whr.t have I done?* “.Usually this scene Impressed and moved my audience tremendously, but I remember one night in Birmingham when a coster with cne little witticism turned my outcry and the darkness and tbe old earl'a tragic fall Irfto ridicule and laughter. 1 have never seen tnat coster. but I remember hla voice well. It was a slow, dry voice, like Mark Twain's, and It manifested Itself Just after tbe fall of my -aged .and noble antagonist. Tbe old earl had dropped heavily, and Jn the silent obscurity I bad cried. 'Great heavens, what have I done? when the coster spoke up: “ *8trlke s light, young fellow, snd we’ll have a look.’ ** Francis Wilson, whose new “Cousin Billy." by Clyde'Fitch, is a snceena in New York, says that Maurice Barrymore once made the rounds of the offices of the theatrical managers In Iondon trying to get them to put on a new play that Barrymore himself bad written. One of the managers to whom Barrymore had read the play seemed much impressed. Before their Interview had ended, says Harper’s Weekly. It had been decided to give tbe piece an early production and to have Barry* more “do" the leading role. A boat a week after what Barrymore bad supposed was the definitely agreed upon arrangement had been reached tbe actor received a note from the manager asking him to call. When Barrymore responded to _ the summons the manager said: mAifcts wiLaoit. “I like the play, old fellow, and I’m going to give It a fine production; bnt really. I don't see how I can one you In tbe cast Your beastly American accent won't do at all, you know. They don't like It here.” "That’s odd.” said Barrymore. “They tell me on tbe other aide that I won’t do on account of my beastly English sccent What on earth am I to do— give recitations on the transatlantic

steamers 7”

Tody Hamilton, tbe circus man. tells a story about an English show which had been playing to poor bnalnw. Finally tbe performer*, with a tumbler named Zeno at their bead, went tp tbe management and Insisted on receiving their hack pay. They were put off repeatedly. a definite date was at last promised, but the that arrived, nod still there waa no money. Zeno expostulated. whereupon /he management explilfied that It had begun to pay aalarie*. commencing with tbe names beglnnW with A. t and so on. bat that tbe money had rub out ootnewbarn la tbeB-s. The comppay walked home. A year later «eoo appeared at ths at •res at the ebvws sad ashed for on ea-

BHUCE M’REA.

"One moment." skid tbe performer. I “This ysar my asms Is Ajax.” Bruce Mrllae. the English actor, who , Is Ethel Barrymore's leading man In her now play. “Sunday.“ tells a story about an Irishman's experience In a

theater flt». When tbe fire was first dfscoygred Pat wna up In the scene toft. He yelled “Fire!" then opened a win dow and went out over the alley, hand ove- hand, on an eb ric wise. He ti* 1 there but a moment, swung bis legs a bit. looked down, swung bis

legs again, then closed fils “yes rod dropped. He was picked up supposedly dead, but recovered consciousness it tbe Hospital and lu a few days was out

on cnitebes.

“Why.dld you drop. PstY’ some one asked him. “You should have waited

for a fire net."

“01 wuz afrald-the wo!re 'ud bm^k. sor.“ was-Pat's reply. Tact In dress Is necessary to every woman who hope* to become representative of that refinement which la tbe chief ornament of womanhood or girlhood. It Is rare that one sees French people dressed out of keeping with their surroundings or position. In the latter half of the nineteenth century a notfd woman of France. Mme. de Girardlh, said. “Style ought Inevitably to vary according to position and age. It should fit Itself to tbe fortune. to the habits, to the form, to the circumstance* and Indeed to every detail in the life of those who wish to appear Its It* idem.’* This truism Is ns real today s« at tbe time It was written. hut unfortunately outside of 1a belle France this fitting of self to one'# sphere Is honored more In the breach than In the observance.

RUSSIAN GOVERNOR *HOT. Melnik ke. a One Aratrd TerrarUI. W..united Hint Tkree Time.. VIHOilG. Europcau Itussla. March HI.-Governor Mlusoredoff was shot and seriously wounded lien- by a lad named nattl UJalmar UeiuikL*-. a seif confessed anarchist. Tbe u*«u*#lu, who Is alsiiit fifteen years oh. obtained an entrance to the guverno. » office knd fired three times st him. one bullet inflicting a serious wouul and the others sHghtly wounding the govern or's legs. The governor's .clerks and secretary were unable to stop the would he assassin, who reached the street, where, however, be was arrested without a struggle. Tlie governor's condition Is critical. \ At .1 o'clock In tbe afternoon llelnIkke gained access to the governor's caljnet and fired a shot from tin* threshold. Then, advancing, he Ijfred twice more, after which. Jumpirur behind and under the . g ivernor's writ tug table, with h's pistol he held up the clerks who were ni-dtitig In and finally managed to ren<-h the street. Secretary Markoff, who followed him., summoned assisuinee. and the would be assassin was captured.

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t’LKYKLAMi.O.. March -j "K has bwm said repeatedly that I hare asserted that Andrew t'arui-;: • was my father. 1 deny that, and I deny It absolutely.” The foregoing statement was made lu an emphatic luuooer by Mra. t'usde 1.. Chadwick' to .« pre-ui repre-eutatlve In the first authorized

Interview shut.- her trial. Mrs. tHiudwiek said:

"It bus been reported that I made the statement that Judge Taylor was preju ilcud against me. Now. I want that denied. 1 do not think that Judge Tayler was prejudiced, and 1 think that in every respect he did what he thought was fair. But 1 do think that from the Is-ginulug of my trouble Proseeutlng Attorney Sullivan nod Marshal Chandler have been unfair and that they have Is-en bitterly preju-

diced.”

Ills Toes Amputslcd. COWBGO. N. Y.. Man-b HI. The eon i iBU-iii of I'. M. Baker, railroad commis j siotter, whose toes were amputated a 1 number of days ago. is not satlsfac- ! ory. and another o|ieration may be lecated advisable.

Wllsna Confessed te Harder. ALLENTOWN. Pa.. Man-b 21.— James Wilson, age-1 twenty-two years, was arrested here on suspleion Of having shot and killed John P. Ebert In the yard of the latter’s home on the night of Feb. 23. Wilson later made a full confession to Mayor Lewis. He gave as his motive robbery and the settlement of an old grudge

Hanlef's Hodf l.les la Mate. IIAItTFoltl>. tVmii.. March !£l.-,\e-rompanhai by hla widow ami daughter* the iMidy of General Jose|4i IL Hawley arrived here last night and was met at the station by a large gathering. Acting as an olfieial escort to the former soldier and statesman were Hols-rt O. Tyl«C, post, G. A. IL. and several men prominent •In public and military life, among whom were Mayor Heuney. Adjutant General Cole and Governor Uoberts. who accompanied the body of General Hawley to the eapltol. Tbe body lies lu state here and has been viewed by an Immense

Sraipatbr For Mrs. Travrr*. WASHINGTON. March 21. -^’resident Itoosevelt sent a telegram of eonMoleuce to Mrs. Frank C. Travers at Oyster P—y, whose bnsliand is dead In New York. The president and Secretary .l>»eb wiH send flower*. Mr. Travers was chairman of the committee on arrangements for the banquet given, in New York by tbe Friendly. Sons of fit. Patrick.

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