Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-07-03
The Columbia Theater Still Presents
Attractive Programs.
"A SCRAP OF PAPER" NEXT WEEK
Kernan's and the Cinematographe
Draw Audiences.
SOME INTERESTING CHAT

a t5trta tI2liatin. the new Leading lddy
of the Columbia Stock Company. is about
the most acceptable successor TO Katherine
Gray who would have been selected out Of
the whole list of popular American lead
ing ladies. Washington can almost claim
her. both because of her previous resi-
dence here and since she numhcrs many
friends and relatives among the best fam
flies Of the capital city and the south. But
Miss Gallatiu dislike: above all things to
he classified as q society actress. She
insists that by your works.. Aot by your
relatives. "ye shall he known" and with
as excellent record on the stage as she
has had she is quite able TO go 1t alone, 50
TO speak. The only time 1 ever sued
my family to help me along was when
first started ON the stage" said she. My
father n great friend of c. W. Coul
dock, the veteran American actor, and
awaited myself of this friendship to get
dear old Dunstan k;rke' to give me
letter of introduction to Joseph jefferson.
who was my faVOrite actor. Mr.. JET
fer~on greeted me kindly. ana although
ne not able 20 give me the opening l
had secretly hoped fer III his company. did
give me some eXgeIlen, advice, which has
helped me greatly throughout my career.
1t supe-fiJous to recall all of shat.
Suffice ii that 1 had the usual struggles
and diSstp oiutn,un-S OF beginner befCre
l achieved Il position where l could carry
ont some Of my long-Ciierishcd Gspir;t tions.
one of these was TO play isosslind, anu
among my most cherished rccollcctions is
the al freSco performance OF As GU Like
1t given by Chas Il. Hanford at Marshall
Hall four summers ago. when L had the
pleasure Of living the role for brief
evening. anna Il natural forest THAI served
to realize Arden completely 10 my imag-
nation. If i did well on that occasion
and Washington critics declared that l did
1t was because the scene so completely
harmonized with The sriri; of Shakespeare
that it fairly carried me away with it.
Mr.. Hartford played the melancholy
Jacques. and Creston Clarke WAS the Or
lando. y splendid male chorus rendered
those. delightful old songs under the green
Wood trees and the whole affair was a
delightful realization of 4 dream of the
play that l had long cherished l have
never been content 20 Play the part on The
regular stage, with SCI trees and prop
crty grass. since that time
The summer after that | Joined the
National Stock Company and played Tor
month so. but as the roles that fell TO
my lot were not strictly in -ay line and /
could not see that they were doing ME any
real good. i gave up the engag"El23: be-
fore the season ended The season fellow
ing I was with Mr. Mansi"il and my hes,
opportunity was march, in A P@risIaH
Romance Llr. Mansfield has so Gey eloI g!
the originally small role of Baron CEeyral
that ii has become Ine central inquire Ct the
play. and l was gratIlirl with the tribute
Of many critics. in .lUtiing those Of Wash
ingtOu who said tn II | had made Narcotic
again the logical if not the lctual center
OF tbs romance. The last time | mad the
Tleas ure of e??slrin2, in Washington was
with +. Fl. Soth.r1 last season. when |
had the role Of the gypsy girl in An Enemy
10 the kirg.
Il am afraid that. after ny lcns ahae nee.
/ have been almost forgotten here. but
with the parts that are promised me with
the Columbia company | hope 70 regain
recognition. 1 nay say. without being
considered irnHIoies-. l hope. tnlt the
Part of SHAME. in a Scrap of Paper,
has been a special stud with me, AMI l
PLAYED il with considerable success fix"
years age. With iii" excellent s'inport
Ct the Columbia company l hope TO repeat
If no, improve upon that r=corl next
week
actor of all natfonalities'' is what they
call Godfrey Stein the clever Washington
boy who has come TO the front 50 pronli-
neutly in the Columbia Stock COMPANY
During the season 30 far he has been call
81 upJu TO take variety of widely differ
ent characters. and has done them all with
such cleverneSs that il = difficult to de-
eide which was the best. He was the &C.
centric American in "NiObe, the Tcuton
art critic in A SUpcrfiuous Husband. one
type Of Portuguese In "A Man With
Past" and another. totally different in
manner and makeup. although not in dia-
lect, in Jack Robinson" Then he played
TIE rustic EugIiShmdn In His Little
Dodge" and the polished French professor
In A Bad Lot and ii viii ice remembered
that he impersOnatci ferocious Fl ndOO
in The Cherry Piekers" last season. and
later on he il east for an freshman and
possibly iarkey. Every one has ackHowl-
EDGED Mr.. STEMS talent in whatever line
he has been seen. but IL has remained
for the summer stock season to prove his
wonderful versatility, and his stock as an
aI-rrUHd character actor ought to rise way
above par next season. one reason OF his
success IS the nicely Of detail with which
he ImbutS every character. and if the time
and trouble he takes 10 study and adopt
the characteristics Of each race he Is as
signed - represent were known it would
be d:scOy red that the genius Of har work,
coupled wIth great natural adapJability,
has brought about his success
No one knows the trials OF beginner
said a bright young woman Who has made
a success in opera both here ana elsewhere.
Il know ! mad stuffed hard under CoDpe
tent teachers and / was confident ! could
sing better than many who had made
cess in opera. l didn't much care
whether made my first appearance in
comic or grand opera. / was up in
several roles and had learned both the
t-nsilsh and italian wCrds. so / was per
feet ia both languages / wanted 10 Try
MY wings. II were. and see II | could
both sing and act on d real stage surround
ed by scenery and behind fOotlights My
opportunity came with an opera troupe
headed by a lady who had been Il
actress his comp any was TO go out for
q snort season and my teacher suggested
That l should take al engagement to do
small parts and TO assist III the chorus II
necessary, 90 as 70 give me freedom on
th| stage and acCustom me TO the real sur
r"uHuInes Of opera. l was TO have one
to"d part, however, which | was to select
myself, ana Il Vas 10 be my formal debut
DetpTe The public.
1 selected a role which was full of pleas-
1hs melodies, and the opera was a popular
enc, anu the management decided that Ii
would be better for me to sing il first al n
Saturday matinee. The cori.parv was n
ntw oLH, and the people hadn't got used 20
each other, and so Tchearsa!s were Ind
every day, which worked US an very hard
i sang in the chorus nearly every night; al
though | was told that ! need not do so
but / wanted to have The strange feeling
mat one mas when she first appears upou
the stage wear away. IL so happened that
Una prlfna donna was the wife of the leader
OF the Crcht Sira, ard of course h.. was
hiiX!cus IL her behalf, and the rehearsals
We're principally directed to making p-rfec.
the scenes IN which she Gppea red to The
best advantage. II got tc be FRIDAY and
had had no rehearsal. so | went 10 The
manager and told him that / Cjdn't think
he was doing the right thing by me ex-
planning that there had been no rehearsal
OF the opera in which / was to make nv