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... B I R T H D AYS OE THE WEEK. J MANY HAPPY fim f RETURNS OF THE DAY 3 Mr. E. F. Benson is the author of Dodo and a son of the late Archbishop of Canterbury. He is a Marlborough and King's man and was born in 1867. After leaving Cambridge he devoted himself to archaeology for a time, but soon found that his true bent was the study of modern men and women. He played racquets and Rugby football ...
... PLAYS, MUSIC, AND OTHER ENTERTAINMENTS Week by Week, MISS GERTIE MILLAR IN THE TOREADOR AT THE GAIETY Ellis Walery ...
... Madame Calv6, whose portrait has been taken by W. and D. Downey, has been scoring new triumphs with M r. de Lara's opera, Messaline at Covent Garden, while her Carmen is as fascinating as ever it was. She was born in 1866, and made her first stage appearance at Brussels in 1882, and at Covent Garden in Cavalleria Rusticana (who can forget her Santuzza in 1892 ...
... THE T O'READO'R A SOUVENIR. OF THE OPERA AT THE GAIETY THEATRE. 'T'he Gaiety has lost two trusty servants in the persons of Miss Katie Seymour and Miss Connie Ediss, but Mr. George Edwardes has replaced them by players of a very similar type-- Miss Violet Lloyd and Miss Claire Bomaine, who is the daughter of the late Mr. Edward Solomon, the composer of Billee Taylor. And Mr. Edwardes has ...
... If ever I marry, my husband must be In some occupation attractive to me I'm sure I should dote on an artist of note With wonderful ties and a velveteen coat MISS VIOLET LLOYD AS SUSAN. THE FLOWER. SHOP GIRL Miss Lloyd plays the sort of part that used to be taken by Miss Katie Seymour. This picture is by Ellis and Walcry ...
... . Those who wish to get a notion of the luxury of the modern millionaire even in matters of music ought to pay a visit to Erard's, the well-known pianoforte manufac turers in Great Marlborough Street. The Erards are now showing a piano, the price of which is 3,000 guineas. It is a wonderful grand in an inlaid mahogany case, and fitted, of course, with every modern improve ment. 'Phere is ...
... . A nother batch of theatres is closed and the reign of dulness is increased. One of the next important factors is the production of The Whirl of the Town, which will be seen at the Adelphi, now the New Century, Theatre. I am told that the piece has under gone sundry necessary alterations for the English market. Mr. Davis is, of course, brother of Mr. Jimmy Davis, formerly con nected with ...
... We're dear little girls, you know, And dear little lives we've led But still I'm afraid each dear little maid Has brains in her dear little head MISS MARIE STUDHOLME AS DORA SELBY Miss Studholme is a ward in Chancery who is in love with our Consul at Villaya. This picture is by Downey ...
... If you want to show your passion In a floral kind of fashion, You must choose the proper Blooms for your bouquet There are several I know of With a meaning clpropos of Just the sort of thing That lovers like to say MISS COLLINGBOURNE AS NANCY STAUNTON The portrait (by Ellis and Walery) shows M iss Collingbourne in her first part at the Gaiety. She left the cast of San Toy to go there ...
... . A mong the new pianists who have ap peared this season is Herr Wilhelm Backhaus. He is seventeen years of age .and was born at Leipsic. He has studied with several professors, but principally with Mr. d'Albert and Professor Iwan Knorr. He has already gained considerable repute in Germany, playing at Leipsic, Hamburg, Gies sen, Darmstadt, Strasburg, Frankfort, Halle, Dresden, and other German ...
... THE COUNTESS OF WARWICK. FROM A PAINTING BY ELLIS ROBERTS Lady Warwick, who is attending a festival this week at her agricultural college in Essex, is the daughter of the late Colonel Maynard and stepsister of the Duchess of Sutherland ...
... The arrival of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gould in their splen did yacht, Niagara, on these shores recalls the fact that Mrs. Gould made London her home for some years before her marriage to the son of the late Jay Gould. As Miss Kathrine Clemmons Mrs. Gould en joyed a considerable reputation as an actress of great personal beauty and some dramatic power. Her native place is the Golden City of ...