The Augusta herald. (Augusta, Ga.) 1890-1908, November 13, 1898, Image 10
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SOME OF THE PLAYERS IN -CATHERINE."
of "Catherine' a# * dramatic
Itrunure, but all will ugree that never
,n tin- history of theatrical* lu this
rountry ha* a more ramarkabir rnat
been put together for the exploitation
sf one play That tn Itself I* enough to
maVo- the prod notion of ••Catherine" re
markable The cart In full folio tea:
Duke tie Domra* Frank Worthing
George Mantel... ....■■ Joseph Holland
M Vullon W J t*e Moyne
Heron Freuord J G **“' ,l< '
M I. Robert Hickman
Frederic Franck* Sedgwick
p aU | (Jrctta Carr
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Sara CowoU-lat Moyne
Catherine Vallon Annie Ruaacll
Helene. Vlacountess tie Grissolle*
Elsie tie Wolfe
Baroness Frouard Dora Goldthwalte
Madeleine tlt> t'outras Ethel Barrymore
Blanche Vallon May Buckley
Jeanne,. Georgia Memium
Louise.. Marion Kirk
The story of “Catherine” In Its main
yiente very closely resembles "The Ro
manic of a Poor Young Man." except
that In this case there is a heroine In
stead of a hero. The play Is probably,
from n.commercial standpoint, Imprac
ticable for the road. Inasmuch us no sane
manager would be foolish enough to
attempt to send a company of such uni
formly high priced artists on tour, us it
would be Impossible tor the receipts to
be large enough to enable the ledger to
make a satisfactory showing. Of course
a few of the very large cities may be
visited by "Catherine" with the original
cast, but it may be said. If the opinion*
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there Is no better artiste In her line of
work on the American stage. Hut it
would he dinicult. ns It Is unnecessary,
10 mention :my member of the cast who
does not give an exceptionally tine ren
d ling of the role intrusted to hint or
her, and, remarkable as It may scent,
. It is nevertheless » fact that It will
probably be many days ere New York
again see* the like of the "Catherine
; east.
J. 11, stoddart, the veteran actor
whose stellar venture In a dramatisa
tion of the "Beside the Ronnie Brier
Bush” stories was not the most glitter
ing success which the Amertoun stage
has known during the past decade, and
whose plunge Into vaudeville created a
genuine stir In dramatic circles. Is about
to forsake the continuous houses, ns ev
ery one expected he would do, and re
turn to the field In which his magnifi
cent art will have at least a qualified
opportunity to shine. The vehicle se
lected for his rentree Into the legiti
mate is entitled “Red, White and Blue.”
As may be supposed. It Is a patriotic
drama of a somewhat lurid type. Mr.
Sioddart's role will be that of Father
Savage, a naval chaplain, and the pro
moters of the piece may rest eatlstlcd
, m the consciousness thut whatever
there Is in the part of Father Savage
| win he developed to the full by this
veteran and sterling actor.
London theatrical circles have gone
daft on the question of a municipal
theater. The Comedle Francalse of
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their wishes. A gentleman, Shultx Ctn
j tts by name, also has a somewhat slml
, lar plan on foot in London. His desire
Is to build a Wagner theater which
shall be modeled after the Bairruth
plan for the sole exploitation of the
works of the "Shakespeare of Music."
So much money lute nlreudy been sub
scribed that the gentlemen having
charge of the enterprise are now look
-1 Ing for a suitable site upon which to
i erect the building. It Is not expected
that the enterprise will prove a fowl
ing success in a pecuniary sense, and
the money contributed has been accept
ed with the distinct understanding, as I
hear It, that there Is little probability of
any return save in the satisfaction of
having done a commendable act.
William Terriss, whose cowardly mur
der In London by a crank shocked the
English and American theatrical w orlds,
was always noted for his horse sense.
He never aimed at ideals of the attain
ment of which the slightest doubt could
be entertained, and the cond tlon of his
j bank account at the time of his death
I Indicated that he was a man who was
opposed to the theory of wasting money
on hobbies. He left a son and name
-1 sake, who seems to hare inherited much
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When "The Telephone Girl" was pro
duced at the Casino in this city, it was
unmercifully slated by nearly all of the
papers. Even the persons connected
with the management were confident
that Louis Mann and Clara Lippman's
Invasion of the stellar firjpiament was
doomed to dire and speedy,failure. But
somehow or other the receipts persisted
In refusing to fall oft and jjy the end of
the first fortnight one ofi, she Casino’s
marked successes bad besn developed.
The. same experience has fallen to the
lot of this play In severaf’of the very
large cities of the country. The first
night's receipts would be heavy, the
next morning's papers would roast the
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producing the play there. In the strug
gle the manuscript representing the au
thor came out second best; hut, owing
to some hitch, the American whose copy
of the play had won the right of way
forfeited his Interest to the English pro
moter. To my knowledge the latter gen
tleman ha* forwarded to Mr, De Snu
chet tor the use of hi# play a good
many thousands of dollars, all of which
he might have saved had he been so in
clined. Furthermore, Mr. De Souchet
'has been Informed by the London man
ager that he will receive his percentage
on the approaching productions of "My
Friend From India" In several coun-
I trie* where it has not yet been tried.
One swallow does not make a summer,
and this one case does not prove the
rule, hut it does demonstrate the falsity
of a statement which has been so fre
; quently repeated In this city as to eon
' vlnce thousands of persons of its truth.
New York.
A Great Music In u'* Great Charity.
Three years have passed since the
first stone was laid for the House of
i Repose For Musicians, which is being
i built by Signor Verdi, situated in the
Piasxa Michael Angelo Buonarotti. a
i small distance outside of Porta Magen
| ta, Milan, and now that it is almost
completed Signor Verdi has begun to
take an active interest In its construc
j tlon and Is hurrying it to completion.
It is destined to house 100 musicians,
00 men and 40 women, during the last
1 years of their lives.
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tiotf. aa a rmwaiaH tpart on thi*
| aide of th* Atlantic, really date* from
the arvantnation »I the American Oolf
I , owri.mnn tn IW4 The foltovlna year
1 lha name of the nryantaatlon tra*
. htmel to that of t'ntted fttatea Oolf
.aaoctation and Canada farmed a ««v
--rrntnK bodv of her own.
In M*s there were J* eatabiiahed *olf
ciuha in ih* Cnitcd Atatea hatlnar a
rt tern her.kip at about tl.t*' Trtday
i here are over 7SO flourlahina club, and
over 2*o taw player*, and th* number of
both la Increaainn dally.
With thl* maaniltcent Increaae in the
number of *olf club* anil enlhitalaata
th* standard of play ha* easily kept
pace Men who two year# ago thounht
th.y w?r* pretty ,ood player* find
thefnavlve# now mere “ha* been*." anil
others who considered theni*elve* “haa
been*" l»*»w see that they belnn* to the
elara called "never waa." Thl* wonder
ful development In *o abort a time ha*
taken place because youn* men and
boys are taking up the game. Oolf la
unlike any other scientific sport In that
unless one learn* to play In youth be
fore the muscles become at all “*et” one
can never become an expert. In mak
ing a drive the club should describe n
perfect circle, and In every other stroke
the arc should be a part of the circle
described by the player when making
a drive. I’nles* the game 1* learned
when young no amount of practice will
looaen the muscles sufficiently to allow
the Stroke to be made properly.
For this reason the hope or our golf
era lies in the player* turned out by the
various big schools and colleges If we
are ever to produce experts as skillful
as those In Great Britain. The tourna
ment* of thi* season have shown al
ready how fast the younger element is
forging to the front. Although the win
ner of the amateur championship is a
Scotsman, yet the runner up was Wal
ter B. Smith, a collegian, and several of
the leader# were likewise college men.
The class of game put up by the play
ers tn the inte.rcollegiate tournament
last month showed a distinct Improve
ment over the one held last spring, al
though the play on the first day took
place In a driving rainstorm.
Players are often heard comparing
their scores with the records over the
St. Andrew's or other well known links
in Scotland. A player will say:
"The record at St. Andrew's Is 72. and
my score is only 74." and he will thence
forth regard himself as a coming cham
pion. Now this method of comparison
Is altogether wrong, for the simple rea
son that our links are much shorter
than the ones over the water. The
i length of the average IS hole course In
the United State# is seldom over 0,200
yards, whereas the St. Andrew's links
are 8.323 yards long. So that, If com
parisons be made at ail, then from 12
to 15 strokes at least should be added
to the total, according to the length of
the links played on.
One of the finest courses in this coun
try and one of the few which compare
with the magnificent seashore links of
Scotland and England, is the Morris
county course, near Morristown, V. J.,
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th* MainavwM'itt mi th* sc*rag* play
ssisk sa any flak* lisfo ■*■, fctsa. My,
lb. ad* low said that lli* pya#r*aa madk
by aor plkyayk Ik fans or fiv* r»af* w*k
t simply katokkdmg akd m*H kaf ba
dopiiratad across th* wa«*y tk Mat
| times that length at time H* said
i that a* th* pfasyar* gataed tk *«p*f»-
*MCW. cnachtfkg and c®k«d*»c* th*y
i would *vrßtttaUy pwa that, tn folds,
i aa tk many other apucta, w* isssd ****
[ a hack askt la kk country. He ta hep*
tag within a y*ar ur l»» la «tt test
t sort at aa In lama t left* 1 match at rang -
*d batwcaa a lam as our player* and
; thaa* at Grsut Btitalu and pcedlcta
i that ts our me* ensaa ih* ocean ta try
ronctuatana with their twvthreii they
will be much surprised at aevurkt
thing* Tor laatane*. th* meet tea as
, golf *tb|tiette and the awarding as pen
sit tea are much mare strictly ohaerved
In th* old country thaa la common with
iua He said that an International
mkteh would raise our standard of play
: a* «*lt aa afford ua many other useful
' hint* Of course th* Amerlran* would
i be beaten, far there ar* many playern
in England and Pcotland who ran gty#
Mr. Findlay It. Oaugla* one-third of k
j stroke k hole, wherea* he 1* easily tk#
beat amateur player ar* eak boast.
Aa regard* women golfer*. Mr. B*u
dalow said that their play would never
approach the atandard **t hr thalr
English am! ffcoteh alatera until gtrta
I and young ladle# In the women*# col*
j lege# were taught the gam* by rom-
I intent Inatruetora. Moat of th» larg*
' institutions auch ay Vaaaar and
, Wellesley, have club* and link*, but
■ the girl# are obliged to pick up th*
j game in a haphaaard faahlon. and. h*v*
mg once atarted wrong, never gain n
I |,* r fect style, without which It I* hup*-
! leas to become expert*. He regards
Mia# Beatrix Hoyt as In a elna# by hey
aelf. and ah* la Inferior to score* of w. ft
known feminine wleldor# of the club*
on the other side of the Atlantic.
CHARI.EH E. EDWARDKa
Karri Coostlea t outset.
It la a popular Idea that In a eoaat*
Ing contest, other things being equal,
the heavleat man should win. A eoaat.
ing match took plate in Hartford re
cently at which thi* theory was Entire
ly upset. Th.- course was short and
the grade at the beginning light Ona
rider weighed ISO pounds, and the other
was 60 pounds lighter. In the three
trials both men used the aame wheels
under almost Identical conditions. In
• the first trial the lightweight roasted
j 115 feet, covering the first 100 feet In
j ten second, w hile the heavier rider was
six seconds longer In going 100 feet, and
his distance was 20 feet less.
The second trial, w ith different equip
ment. resulted favorably to the heavy
man. who beat bis opponent half \
second in 100 feet and was only beaten
by one foot in distance. In the third
trial the spldcrweight was again victo
rious In time and distance. Both men
were supposed to be equally skilled
coasters, and by the rules under which
the contest was run neither could avail
himself of any movement to add to his
distance.
French Aid «o Theaters.
Howard Paul has compiled for Th*
Home Journal some facts and figures
regarding the system of tuhventlon in
France. The total amoum given annu
ally by the government Is 1326,000. The
/ Grand Opera receives 2160.000, the Op
era Continue 260.000, the Comedie F.an
calse 210,000 and the Odeon 220,000. In
addition the sum of 23S 600 is appropri
ated toward the maintenance of the
Conservatoire.' After e thorough exam
ination of the system of state aided the
aters Mr. Paul reaches the conclusion
that It is Ineffective. The directors at
the Opera find it hard to make both
ends meet, and were It not for foreign
visitors the other subventloned houses
i would seldom prosper.
The courtyards in the slums of Lon
don are being used by some charitable
people for the purpose of giving con
| certs to the poor.