Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-14

Pauline Hall is said to have made great
success in Philadelphia in her original part
of Erminie in the opera of that name with
Francis Wilson.
Stanislaus STANCE narrowly escaped seri-
Gus injury by falling property statue dug
ing QUO Eadis' rehearsal in New York
last Sunday night.
Sarah Bernhardt says that the wearing
Of diamonds destroys the best expression
of the face. dims the fire of the eyes and
makes the teeth look like chalk
Willie Collier accompanied by his wife.
Louise Allen. and Helena Collier. his sister,
will sail for the Cape Nome gold fields at
the end of the present season.
Arthur sfdman will open the season OF
1901 in the spring in Boston in a new four
act pastoral play. the scenes of which are
to be laid in New York state
Violet Barney was compelled to cancel
her engagement with the American
Beauty" production in London on account
of severe attack of pneumonia
Sir Henry Irving has postponed his con-
templated production of a play built upon
the ST. Bartholomew day massacre until
next fall on account of his extended Ameri-
b can tour.
Walter Hale who sailed Saturday for
London to appear in The American
Beauty in that city. has been succeeded by
Frank Worthing as Edmund Burke in oil
yer Goldsmith.
Mrs. Maria B. Wilks. the oldest living
American actress, is lying at the point of
death at her home in Philadelphia She
was born in 1916 and early married B. II.
Wilks, the actor, who died some years ago.
A New York authority says Blanch=
Bates has been booked for passage for Eng
land May ). and that she will divide her
summer holiday between England and
France, returning to this country in the an-
tumn.
Richard Mansfield says that next year
he will devote his entire season to New
York. with a possible brief Chicago engage |
ment. Besides Henry v" and "Paolo and
Francesca he intends to present Tolstoi's
The Poet"
The late Augustin DAILY expressed his in |
tention Of producing Maeteriincks Pelleas |
and MeHsande, and he gave the part or
Pelleas to James Young to study Mr.
Young thinks Of producing the play next |
season.
Mr.. ]. K. Burke of the New Grand. whose |
headquarters are in New York city, was |
here on Thursday and Friday last. He |
has been engaged to book the vaudeville |
acts for Glen Echo during the summer. |
Norma Whalley and Walter Jones' vaude- |
Willie alliance will come TO an end soon. ac- |
cording to Miss Whalley. who says she |
she is glad she did not marry him. Jones
affairs OF the heart seem never to be started |
under prOpitious star. |
Weber and Fields have leased the Audi |
torium Pier. Atlantic City. for the spring |
season. and are trying to secure the En- |
pire Theater there for the summer. intend |
ing to conduct it as they do their Broadway |
Music Hall.
Marion Abbott. well-known here as a |
log har of ne
w. H. Crane company. has concluded % |
enter vaudeville this spring for while and |
deliver a monologue she has knitted to- /
gether.
If laughter. applause and wild enthusiasm
count for anything. W. n. Crane has made |
the hit of his life in David Harum" The
play opens in New York early next fall /
and will probably run the season through
without change.
A broad farce entitled the Nurse has
been quite a go in London. Its success is
said TO be based upon the cutlery against
its naushtiness, which has been worked |
up very cleverly by the press agents.
Mabel Howard, who has been Mrs Leslie
Carriers understudy during the past sea-
son. has been promoted by Belasco. Miss
Howard will be the star next season of
The Heart Of Maryland" company, which |
is to appear in the large cities.
Robert Taber. Jack Barnes. Lena Ash
well and Murray Carson will be in the |
STANCE production of "Quo Vadis'' in Lon
don. which opens about May 1. and which
ante-dates the Barrett production OF the
same play about six months.
Advices from London state that Charles
Frohman has commissioned Madeline Luz
cette Riley TO write new play for him
which will be produced in New York in the
early fall. 1t is said the piece will be a
comedy with unusually strong plot Interest.
Lewis Morrison closed mis- season in
q Frederick the Great in New Haven |
March n. Mr.. Norr:son's physician insist
ed upon me early closing account of
his health
Tomaso SaIvini is again ccting after sew
eral years of retirement He has renewed |
his former triumphs in the larger Russian
cities. where he has been spending the
winter.
Goldin, the juggler. is a Washingtonian
born Ciolderstein. He was a clerk in
here and one day. in doing tricks |
with bottle of ink. spilled it over a suit
OF "hand-rne-downs'' and then lost his |
place He is now a great vaudeville fea-
ture. and is considered the most unique in !
his line.
There is quite a weIl-defned rImor m |
New York to the effect that Mr. and Mrs |
Morton Selton. prominent members of Mr..
Sothern's company are playing their last
season with that star. Mr.. and Mrs Sell
ION nave been associated with Mr.. SOthern |
for many years. and there is no known
cause for the disruption.
F. H. Sothern has been the victim of Il
practical Joker located behind the scenes
and h. has employed a detective and offer
ed $50 reward for the Identification Of the
guilty one. In a recent performance of the
SuEker Bell some one substituted RED
paint for water IN the drinking scene. and !
as d result Mr. SOtheTn was made to look
ridiculous.
Ariel Barney. manager for Francis Will
son. j. responsible for the statement that !
" Florad"ra will not be produced by that
comedian next season. He was non-cJm-
initial when asked if both Pauline Hall and
Jessie Bartlett Davis would be members
OF the Wilson aggregation next year.
Master Teddy. a youngster who has a
small par in quo Nadis," was prevented |
from Appearing in that production in New
York few nights since account of the |
failure of the management to secure ii per
Init for him to act. The role taken
by Susie ROccamora-
Frank Mckee, who controls the stage |
rights of Janice Meredith has not yet Sc |
lected the actress To assume the title role. |