Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-03-10

THE swashbuckler." Louis Parker's far
cical romance, has been accepted by Will
son Barrett
Burr Mcintosh mas been signed to star in
the place occupied by the late Edwin Mayo
al the head of 'Puddin' Head Wilson"
Josie Dewitt is credited with success
as the proprietress of the circus in the
Hotel Topsy Turvy-"
Robert Lorraine. Ju..e Ops former hus-
band. who was. to have supported Ada
Rehan in England. has gone to South
Africa.
Lawrence Hanley who was Julia Ar
thurs leading man for quite a period this
season. is back in New York and in sign
&c statement denies that he discharged.
Wilson Barrett and his leading lady Miss
Maud Jeffries, the American actress.
TO part company June L. Miss Lillian Nc
Carthy will assume the leading roles after
that date.
Nat c. Goodwin and Maxine Elliott Will
remain in New York until July 1 Playing
When We Were Twenty-one," when
tour to the Pacific cast will be inaug
urated-
After pummeIing and stamping several
deputy sheriffs and policemen in Boston
last Monday, Bert Haverly was landed in
Jail as the result of refusing to obey legal
summons in lapsed board bill case.
Raymond Hitchcock. the principal come
dian of THE Three Little Lambs" will star
next season in a musical comedy written by
himself, and which will be backed by a
company, of which he is a big stakeholder.
THE Belle of New York; has been trans
lated into German and will be presented in
Berlin ne coming summer. The German
comedy part will probably be cut out or
assigned to some other nationality
Jerome Eddy and Alice Ives have written
new rural comedy. entitled THE Country
Judge" 1t has many novel situations and
valuable property than THE Village POST
master.
The Indian band from the Carlisle school
will start on a concert tour next week.
opening at Newark N j. The band goes
abroad early in May for tour of Europe,
an engagement at the Paris exposition be-
ing part of the program.
Sol Smith Russell is slowly but surely re-
covering from his recent spell of sickness
and will be ready to go out at the head of
his company next fall. Michael Morton has
been commissioned to write play for him.
Dot Davenport and Flora Parker have
been singing the good old songs that made
them popular at the Bijou in New York
during the past two weeks and receiving
numerous encores therefor.
Leslie Haskell, who was with Thomas E.
Shea at the Academy this week. created
the original ingenue role in THE Girl /
Left Behind Me when it was first produced
at Albaugh's seven years ago.
Frederick Solomon, the stage director of
1.-The Man in the Moon show, has been
engaged as the stage manager for THE
Founders" and will go with that organi-
cation to London.
Miss Roselle Knott. the Lygia of the
Whitney Qua Vadis'' spectacular drama
Is one of the best rifle shots. as well as
being one of the most accomplished eques-
trfennes in the country.
Ellen Terry may not be able to reioin her
company until April. and will not be able
to leave her hotel in Toronto for over a
week. As soon she RECEIVERS sufficiently
10 travel she will go directly to New York.
1t is estimated that three of the local
theaters took in something like $50. 900 last
week. as follows: Columbia, with Mans
$1,000. and New Grand, with the Behman
show, 5000.
Two new "thrillers' will be put on the
road next season by Samuel Blair. Their
titles are The Angel of the Alley and
The Queen Of the Harem." Mr.. Blair's
'Bowery After Dark is reported to have
been very successful this season.
Following the Mansfield-w Winter compro-
mise proceedings comes the news from New
dered katherine Grey to be more specific
in her complaint. which is taken as favor
able point by Mansfield's lawyers.
Adele Richie has sued Edwin Knowles
and S. 5. Williamson for 5000 damages
for breach of contract Miss Richie was
engaged so she says. for the season in
Three Little Lambs" but received notice
of dismissal February H.
Ludwig Englander. the composer. has re-
turned to New York to resume his labors.
Mr.. Englander went abroad last fall to ac-
cept the post of musical director at a
Vienna theater. but change of manage
nent resulted in his retirement
Thomas F. Shea will play two engage
ments at the Academy the coming season,
one late in the fall and the second early in
the spring "A Voice of Nature will be
his chief reliance. although some of his
present repertoire will be retained.
Pittsburg report links the name of P. B.
chase with the rumored lease of the Du-
queSne Tkeater. In the event that the
story is substantiaed, seems likely the
house Will be devoted to polite vaudeville
in connection with the Grand here and the
Lyceum in Baltimore.
1.-The Better Life the melodrama which
Arthur Shirley and Sutton Vane founded
upon Charles Sheldons I'm His Steps"
failed in London and was withdrawn 1t
VIII be succeeded. however by another re-
hgfous drama founded on four of the Rev
Charles Sheldon's works.
Julia Arthur was compelled to cancel the
entire past weeks engagement in Chicago
on account Of illness. her physician giving
out the Information that unless she took a
rest she might not be able to play again
this season. Benjamin ]. Cheney Miss Ar
thurs husband and manager. is also con-
fined TO his bed with pneumonia
Weber and Fields have had a monopoly In
New York of frst-class burlesque but it is
now given out that the hackers of the new
Schley Music Hall are to organize a stock
company on the same lines as the older
organization. 1t Is expected that several of
the prominent members of the Weber
Fields happy family will be wooed AWAY
through offers Of increased salaries.
Under a contract with Mr.. Daniel Froh-
man. Harry B. Smith. the well-known and
successful librettst. is to make a stage
adaptation of c. d. Gibson's pictures The
Education of Mr.. Pipp." This is the first
time on record where pictures have been
dramatized, excepting in the cases of The
Yellow Kid and ''Hogan's Alley
F. F. Proctor. who already controls two
variety houses in New York, has secured
the well-krown Fifth Avenue Theater in