Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-21

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| Hall. Tuesday evening April "a. The Rev.
Silliman Blagden is well known all over
| the country, and wherever he has lectured
| large audiences have greeted him. The
Carroll Institute Orchestra will give a short
musical program before the lecture and
other selections during the evening.
Aside.
Fanny Rice is said to have refused an Of
fer of $500 week for a vaudeville tour.
The Northern Pacific railroad is to build
| 100000 theater in Winnipeg Manitoba
The engagement of Tim Murphy in 1.-The
Carpetbagger' in New York has been sx-
tended.
THE Gay Lord Quex" with John Hare in
| the title role, will open in New York next
November.
1.-The Cadet Girl is to be revived in few
| weeks in Boston, with Phyllis Rankin as a
shining light
1t is said that De Wolf Hopper has an
announced his intention of playing rip
Van Winkle.'
Will Armstrong, the tenor, has estab-
lished himself in leading part in Mann
| selle 'Awkins.''
Liebler & Co. have Augustus Cook under
| contract to play prominent part with
oe'i-ASS " A>eiA ia -lpIFte SiisAO-
| Weber & Fields are making preparations
| to open their New York play house next
| season with a Paris exposition burlesqus.
| James ]. Jeffries the pugiist, is to star
| under the direction of William A. Brady.
| a play has been written for him by Clay
| NJ. Greene.
| The stoessel Opera Company has been
making great success with 1.-The Wizard
| of the Nila'' VIII ManiaIila NIL Eror L.
| Daniels part.
Willie Collier will be seen in new play
| next season. now being prepared for him in
San Francisco by Augustus Thomas and
| George H. Broadhurst.
| Mrs Wellington, wife of Manager We'll
| lington of the Bijou Theater, is visiting in
| New York. She will remain ten days as the
guest of friends.
| 1t is more than probable that Sam Ber-
| nard and his brother Dick will be starred
| next season by Messrs. Brady and Zlegfeld
in farce extravaganza
| Hilda Spong is to succeed Mary Manner
ing next season as leading lady of the Ly-
| ceum Stock Company in New York, when
| the latter goes on her starring tour.
John and Emma Ray of "a Hot Old
| Time" fame have bought the rights to a
| farce called The Janitor," which they will
| use a successor to the former play.
The Duke of Manchester now controls
three London play houses-the GarriclS,
Comedy and Prince of Wales-the leases for
| which he has secured within the last week.
| At private dinner in New York last Sat-
| urday night Edouard de Reszke sang a pop
| ular coon melody by request and his hear
ars were astonished at the beauty of the
| piece.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Morton Seton, according to
| all reports, will not be with the Sothern
| company next season No special reason is
assigned for the breaking up of the long as
| ISOLATION.
| Edgar L. Davenport, a son Of the late
tragedian, E. L. Davenport, and a brother
| of the late Fanny Davenport, is to star next
| season, under the management of Liebler &,
| Company.
Marie Burroughs will shine as a star next
season in THE Battle of the Strong" Miss
| Burroughs best work will be recalled in
connection with her services as leading lady
| for E. s. Willard.
Eddie Foy will probably star next season
| in a comedy entitled Troubles Of His
Own" He and Joseph Standish are working
| together on the piece. which will have its
| first presentation in New York.
The Japanese players, on their way to
| the Paris exposition, but who have been
| located In New York for month or more
presented Japanese version of "Sapho'' at
| the Bijou Theater in that city this week.
Melba. the singer, who has been recently
divorced, publicly announced in Paris last
| Tuesday that she Is soon to wed Haddon
| Chambers, the playwright. The wedding is
to take place in London a fortnight hence.
Fougere, the French singer, and Fay
| Templeton do not speak. The French
woman doesn't like the way Fay carica-
| lures her in broadway to Toxic, but she
| Is getting even by initiating Fay Templeton
| as she gives limitations of Fougere.
1.-The Dancing Girl" has been the attrac-
| ton at the Murray Hill Theater, New York,
| the past week, with Manager Donnelly' s
| daughter, Dorothy, playing the role of Dru-
| silla Ives, and Thomas r. Coleman of this
| city that of John Christian.
| Notwithstanding the fact that Edna MAY
| and James T. Sullivan have dropped out of
| THE Belle of New York" Toby Claude and
| the remainder of the cast are carrying the
piece successfully through the country, the
receipts being very large at every stand.
1.-The Founders" without music will be
presented tonight in London by George Ed
wards at the Vaudeville Theater. This is
| said to be a straight version of Les Fe-
| tards," from which the Casino success was
| taken. Its title will be Another Night
Out"
Bertha Galland, who has been playing the
| leading roles with James K. Hackett this
season, recently signed q four-year contract
with Charles Frohman to continue in the
came position. Next season Mr.. Hackett
apd Miss Galland will play the leading roles
| in Richard Carvel."
| Last night at Days Theater New York.
Kitty Cheatham, formerly OF Days COM
pany. made her first appearance on the stage
since her marriage. The occasion was the
benefit for the OrthQpedic Hospital. She