Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-10-20

a surgical operation. 1t is believed that
Mr. Reed will be fully returned to good
| health when he leaves the hands of the
surgeons this time, and that he will be
able to resume his tour within the next
four weeks.
Creston Clarke has closed his preliminary
tour and is now in New York with his COM
pany to rehearse for two weeks in The
Only Way" which he has made arrange
ments to use for the rest of the season. He
Will open in Philadelphia November ..
Leslie Stuart. the composer of the opera
"FIoradora,'' has written many popular
Songs. being the author of Louisiana Lou"
and Soldiers of the Queen" the latter be-
ing the most popular war song in England
for years.
Frank Harris. the author expects to
startie London next Thursday night with
his play. Mr.. and Mrs. Daventry.' A
sensational risque climax is expected to
make the play successful. Mrs. Patrick
Campbell has The leading role.
A theater in Utica, n. Y, has been boy
cotted by the labor unions of that city.
Committees secure the names of business
men who attend the performances at this
house and then the unions boycott them.
The affair has reached serious stage.
G. A. Wegefarth the lessee of the New
Bijou has appointed Mr.. Frank d. Coyle
local manager OF the house. in place of Mr..
Charles P. Salisbury, who resigned. Mr..
Coyle was born in this city and has many
friends, who will wish him success in his
career local manager.
Victor Mapes, writing under the nom de
plume of Sidney Sharpe has quit news
paper work and will act stage manager
of the Frohman Lyceum Theater. Mr..
Mapes has formerly been assistant stage
manager at the Lyceum before taking up
newspaper work.
"OuO Vadis' has been successful this
season that additional company has
been organized to present the piece in Bos-
tor next week. The cast will be an unusu-
ally strong one, embracing Wilton Lackaye.
who will play 'Petronious,' Elita Proctor
Otis, Aubrey Boucicault and Rojiu Fernan-
deg. The latter played "Lygia' in the New
York production of the piece last spring.
Robert HiIiard. the handsome actor who
stepped from the height of society in New
York city into the front rank of legitimate
actors, has definitely decided to remain in
vaudeville throughout the season. His de-
termination is due to the demand for his
appearance in The Littlest Girl which
has achieved most marked success wher-
ever it has been played
John W AIbaugh jr., and his company
will enter polite vaudeville in Baltimore at
Chase's Lyceum Theater November 10 He
appears in '"Trenton.' a new twenty-five
minute one-act play, written by himself.
The scene is laid in Trenton on that Christ
mas night when Washington crossed the
Delaware to overthrow the Hessian troops
carOusing in that city.
A sensational scene occurred in the pre-
sentation of the melodrama, Lost in the
Desert" at Buffalo recently. Orlin Kyle
is the villain of the play and the heroine,
Miss Langford, at critical point in the
story swings over the head of the former,
holding to an artificial tree. This tree
broke. landing the actress on the head of
the actor with the result that Mr.. Kyle
will be in the hospital for several weeks
to come, as his neck was nearly broken.
VIM. A. La Velle, who plays the part OF
Lem Blackman in Charles B. Hanford g
production of Private John Allen, met
with painful mishap recently. While re-
hearsing a scene with Marie DrOfnah PTS
toll used in the play and loaded with blank
cartridges prematurely discharged by
Miss Drofnah at close range the powder
badly burning Mr.. La Velle's face. Fortu-
nately Mr.. La Velle resembles the au
thor's idea of the character he plays that
/ he IS not required to make up at all. and
| was, as a result able to appear usual a,
| the evening performance, slightly disfig
| ured. but nevertheless letter perfect, he
| put it.