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MR. DENNIS EADIE, were "The Hawk," "Home

LONDON ACTOR DIES OF MENINGITIS.

LESSEE OF “ROYALTY."

Mr. Dennis Eadie, the actor manager and lessee of the Royalty Theatre, died in a London nursing home recently, from cerebral men- Ingitis. Ho was taken ill at Brighton with pleurisy and pneumonia, and was unable to continue his part in "The House of the Arrow,” at the Vaudeville Theatro. Following a relapse, complications set In.

Glasgow was the birthplace, on Jan. 14, 1875, of Dennis Eadie, one of the most versatile of our modern actors. The theatre had little or no attraction for him as a boy; nor even during his "teens did he show any desire to enter the theatrical profession. As a youth he decided to turn back on his native city, pos- sibly considering he could not ex- pect to and there sufficient scope for his business abilities. So It happened he came to London, where presently he found employment as a clerk in a wholesale house. It was there he was initiated by the junior members of the staff into the delights of amateur theatricals, quickly galning for himself no amall credit in comic and serious parts.

on

A WORLD MAP.

Leave," "Remnant," and "Billeted.",

In the spring of 1918 a move was

made to the Haymarket, where, in FIFTY YEARS WITH ROYAL August of that year, their principal'

GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY. and last success, "The Freedom, of

the Seas, was produced, only to be MR. REEVES & EXPLORERS. withdrawn after a run of 226 per- formances. Then came the rup- tare of relations between the part-side a comparatively small circle There can be fow people out- ners, Mr. Vedrenne severing his of explorers who know more connection entirely with the Royal about the remoter parts of the ty, and leaving Mr. Eadie to con-world than does Mr. Edward A. tinue on his own account. Soon Reeves, map curator and instruc afterwards his place was taken by tor in practical astronomy and Mr. Frank Curzon, and together the aurveying, of the Royal Geogra two new partners started with aphical Society, who is to be pre- revival of Barrie's "The Admirable sented with its Victoria Gold Crichton."

Medal.

Another changs occurred in June, It was in June, 1878, that Mr. 1922, when Eadie appeared at the Reeves went to the society as an Playhouse as Aubrey Tanqueray in assistant in the map-room, 80 association with Miss Gladys that he now completes his Cooper in the title-role of Sir fiftieth year of service. Arthur Pinero's famous play. In "As one might expect," Mr. the following year he returned to Reeyes told an "Observer" repre- the Royalty in "The Love Habit," sentative, "I have during my fifty after which came "At Mrs. Beam's years with the R.G.S., come into and "The Eternal Spring." With contact with many of the most in- the latter › ho toured for teresting people one could possi- some time, reappearing at the bly meet. I have trained, during Comedy for a season, and thereafter my time, in geographical survey- at the Royalty, in several plays, in-ing the staffs of many explora- cluding London engagement being tions, including those of Joseph in the role of the French detective Thompson in East Africa, the in "The House of the Arrow" at Expeditions to the Antarctle, Scott, Shackleton, and "Mawson the Vaudeville.

Thus encouraged, Dennis Eadie decided in taking the bold step of approaching George Alexander with the suggestion that he might do worse than accept him as a mem-the end. ber of his company at the St. James's. Unfortunately he met. with n decided rebuff, being advis.

and some of the staffs of the Dennis Endle will be remembered Everest climb. I was only reckon- as a finished actor, who took his ing the other day that some 600 profession seriously, and refused or 700 students must have passed to acknowledge "juvenile lend." through my hands.. Some were "heavy father," and similar old travellers who

were going into fashioned restrictions. Every part,, the wilds for sport and adventure; he said, should be a character study, others were more serious men and he carried out that, principle to whose. ambition was to know. more of the little-known outposts of the world. It was essential, of course, before setting out on such hazardous journeys that they

Thus they have come to me for my assistance. On their return they have come again, and with the aid of their notes I have com- piled more complete maps and charts, all of which are filed here at the society's headquarters, ready for future use.

ed to give up all thought of becom- RUBBER FOR ROADS. should have some sort of maps.

ing an actor. · Strangely enough, not long after, he found himself cast, in a revival of "The Idler," for the role played originally by Alexander, whose attention he promptly called to the fact."

+

PART OF THE FIXED PRICE PLAN.

TWO PROBLEMS.

177,000 MAPS..

Fortune In this particular In- stance favoured him. Among those The Hague.A copy of the present at the performance was scheme for the valorisation of Alexander, greatly to the joy of the rubber has come into my hands youthful stage recruit, So well and I am able to give some fur-

"Some idea of the growth of satisfied was he with Battle's work ther particulars of the plan.

the Society's activities may be that he at once nominated him a scheme is that it attempts to when I first came here, there were One feature of interest in the gathered from the fact that member of his repertory touring solve two problems by the same only 36,000 maps and charts, company, and later selected him to means. The second problem is compared with 177,000 to-day; be his understudy at the St. James's. that of paving streets with a again, instead of 500 atlases we To Eadie, however, it seemed that material that shall be durable and now have 1,600. There were no sufficient use was not made of his as nearly free from vibration and photos or lantern slides when I obvious abilities in that capacity, so noise as possible.

first came, but in recent years a off he went to Edward Terry, by Rubber has often been suggest steady collection of these has whom he had the luck to be welled for this purpose and occasion been made from returned travel received, and with whom he was ally used, but its cost and lers and other sources, until now destined to enjoy an all-round ex-instability of price have militated, we have 71,000 photos and 22,000 perience that later proved eminent against any extensive develop-lantern slides, of all parts of the ly serviceable in the struggle toment of this use. In principle world, which, as you may imagine, obtain recognition,

the scheme is based on the idea greatly stimulate the interest in A PLAY WITHOUT A WOMAN.

that surplus stocks sold to local our lectures, authorities for road-making at a "Incidentally, I might add that Endie's career As a West-end cost not seriously higher than all the people who have come to actor may be said to have begun in that of production would dispose me have not been Englishmen. I the early part of 1900 with the re- of such stocks without loss to the have had Frenchmen, Japanese, vival of "The Prisoner of Zends" producers and at the same time Chinese, Negroes from West at the St. James's. Shortly after- leave the producers to meet ordin- Africa, Indians, and even one wards he, migrated to, the Court, ary commercial demands on pro- Tibetan, one of four youngsters where he obtained still further ex-fitable terms

sent over by the Government. perience. By this time his reputa-

One of my most eminent students was Dr. Hamilton Rice, Vice-Pre-

£1,000,000 Capital.

tion had been establishd as a pro- Mr. P. J. F. Kloppenburg, the sident of the American Geogra mising young actor, and during the Hague banker, who is responsible phical Society, which is now start- next few years he had little or no for the proposal, has worked the

difficulty in obtaining engagements, scheme out in considerable detailing a similar course of instruc In October, 1907, he received an in order to present it to the inter- Office had been sending classes of tion, Until recently the Colonial offer of a more permanent order national committee of inquiry.

from Miss Lena Ashwell, who just He proposes the formation of a some twenty to fifty students for then was starting in management at "Bank of Rubber Valorisation" them in their future duties as instruction, which would help the Kingsway; where she opened with a capital of £1,000,000, to Commissioners or other Govern- with a piece named "Irene Wycher be subscribed by producers in pro-ment officials in the remoter parts ley." With one brief exception portion to the acreage of their of the Empire and British pos- Eadie remained with her for two plantations. Part of this capital

sessions." years, steadily gaining experience. would be paid in cash and part Thence he passed to the Duke of might be written off against rub-

FOREIGN HONOURS. York's, to take part in the repertory ber supplied by the subscribera.

Each subscriber, it is proposed, season in the spring of 1910, and should place at the disposal of to his present position he edited When Mr. Reeves was appointed appearing during it in such widely-the bank at cost price a certain the new edition of "Hints to Tra contrasted roles as Falder in "Justice," Homewear in "The Sen- the bank would supply this to book. He has also been respon percentage of his production, and vellers," the Society's guide timentalist, Philip Madras in "The authorities at no more than a sible, in addition to his notes and Madras House," Tom Wrench in working profit. Any greater de papers, for the Society's paper, "Trelawney of the Welis," and mand for rubber of road-making for an interesting volume on maps Charley Wilson in "Chains." can, it is suggested, be met by and map-making. In addition to No longer content to be merely a "reclaimed" or "regenerated" his services to the Society, he has member of a company, Eadie now rubber, the trade in which may rendered valuable assistance to decided to venture into manage thus be increased."Dally Mail" foreign Powers, for which he ment, in conjunction with J, E. correspondent. Vedrenne. Together they leased

the Royalty, where 'on April 26, 1911, they made their first production with a plece entitled "The Master of Mrs. Chilvers." Among subsequent productions | were Galaworthy's "The Pigeon," and Macdonald. Hastings's "The New Sin" an extramely elever play, of which a novel and striking feature was the total absence of the female element from the cast.

has received official recognition. In 1919 he was made a Chevalier of the Order of the Crown by the King of the Belgians, chiefly for writing on Survey subjects, some of which

were translated into French for the use of the Belgian Officers, and for cartographical work for the Belgian Government during the war. Again, In 1922 he was awarded the Cullum Gold Medal of the American Geogra phical Society for improvements in surveying instruments and methods.

March 5, 1912, was to prove a red-letter day in the history of the Royalty. It was then that Arnold

It is Interesting to note that Bennett and Edward Knoblock's

the presentation of the Victoria play "Milestones" was produced,

Gold Medal to Mr. Reeves will be with Eadie in the character of John

an honour of more than usual Rhead. It nchieved an immediate,

significance, for it is not a periodi and emphatic success, nor was it

cal occurence, but one which is withdrawn until after 607 perform-

made on almost rare occasions, The last recipient. was: Sir ances. Although falling consider

Are you a “wet blanket?" Is Charles Close, the present Pre- ably short of this magnificent re your liver torpid? Are you fil-sident of the Royal Geographical ault Mr. Knoblock's subsequent tempered, gloomy, billous, dull, Society. play, "My Lady's Dreka," in 1914, depressed? If so your need is did by no means badly with n run

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minde a desp Impression as to-night, and you'll enjoy your ·Wife: "Do you know I have a "Disnell in Loula Parker clever breakfast, fel.pver so much bet very little mouth. In the glass it comedy of that name, produced inter, brighter and more com-

doesn't loo April, 1910 Other places, present panionable to-morrow morning, my tongue." ed during the two subsequent years Of chemists overywhere.

Husband (testily);, [It isn't '' ^

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