Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-10-28

at the Columbia comes the greatest and
latest success from the casino Iheater
The FOUNDERS. an adaDtatlon from the
French piece, Les Fetards,' by Mars and
Hennequin The adaptation was made by
Harry B. Smith. with original lyrics, and
the music Is by Ludwig Highlander. The
FOUNDERS comes to US with a record of
six solid months run at the Casino Thea
ter, New York, and has played to the larg-
est receipts ever played to by Casino COM
pany, not excepting the Belle of New
York" The company is large one, con-
tanning over sixty people, and in it's roster
is numbered some of the best known people
in the country, including as 1T does Thos.
O. Seabrooke, Dan DAILY, Harry Davenport,
Phyllis Rankin, Mabel Gilman Edward D.
Tyler. D. L. Dom and Catherine Linyard.
"a CONTENTED WOMAN."-of all the
many plays that Charles Hoyt has turned
out in the past, from all accounts, none
has ever appealed more strongly to the
masses than his "a Contented Woman"
which is reported as having broken all rec
ords. That "a Contented Woman has
wonderful drawing qualities is evidenced
by the fact that at every performance the
standing room only, sign has been
be Just what the theater-going public want.
1t is an entertainment replete with spark
ling music, witty dialogue, novel dances,
up-to-date specialties and bevy or the
prettiest girls ever seen on local stage.
The cast is headed by Miss Belle Archer.
"A Contented Woman" will be presented at
the Lafayette the week of November o.,
identically the same as produced at Hoyts
Theater, New York.
THE CUCKOO."-The National Theater
will have for it's attraction the week of No
yember q one of Charles FrohmanS best
organizations, presenting the new comedy
farce 1.-THE Cuckoo" This play bears no
resemblance whatever to the unfortunate
theatrical biped which met with such little
favor in this city last fall 1t is an adapta-
ton from the French by Charles Brookfield,
and has been everywhere designated as a
very merry bird. 1t will probably be re-
membered by many as the play whose pro-
duction was at first objected to by the CEN
sor of plays in England and subsequently
created sensation at the Avenue Theater,
in London. Previous to this it enjoyed a
run of two seasons in Paris. The play will
be produced here with the original New
York cast, which made one of the most sig
nal successes in New York last spring at
Wallacks Theater. The company includes
Joseph Holland, Amelia Bingham, Clayton
Whyte, Miss Eleanor Moretu, Charles Bow
ser, Miss Nellie Butler, Frank Lea Short,
| Carl St Aubyn, Miss Nora Dunblane, Miss
| Annie Wood and others.
Jerome Sykes Is one of the few comedians
| whose infectious humor is natural and not
| mechanical. In private life he has Pc
Cullar dry habit of thought and speech. AT
| New Haven, the other day. he happened to
| be in company with some convivial people,
| who insisted upon inserting liquids of more
| or less potency into his anatomy. But
! Sykes is temperate in all things and laugh
| ingly declined One of the party said:
| Jerome, you are big. strong man, and
| one little drink won't hurt you" Like a
| flash the actor replied: Right you are
old man, but I don't propose to rust my
| iron constitution"
| Harold Gator Heverin, who has number
of friends and relatives in Washington, has
made his professional debut successfully ir
| 1.-The Great Ruby" which the late Mr.
Daily imported from the Drury Lane The
| alter of London, and which Is now running
| at Chicago. Mr. Heverin, besides being
young actor of promise, has written two
| plays-''The Tiger Lily" and 1.-THE Colonia
Dame"-which have achieved some success
| He has also written one novel and many