Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-07

week hence the William Morris Com
pany will close what is unquestionably the
most successful stock season Washington
has ever known The plays presented have
been happily selected and admirably acted.
and the individual members Of this splendid
organization have by their collective con-
scientiuusness succeeded in making hun
dreds of friends who will always make
them welcome to the capital of capitals.
APropus of their coming departure July
II. their immediate future may be of in
terest.
Mr.. William Morris. to whose splendid
stage direction Is due the perfectness of de-
tail constantly in evidence al the Column
b!a this summer. will remain in Washing
ton with his family, he having leased
furnished house in Sunderland place, near
Dupont circle. Ii is, however. quite prob
able that on about the first Of august
Mr.. Morris will take a trip across the big
pond and a peep at the Paris exposition.
lie has not a. yet settled for next season,
but Is negotiating with well-known man
aSer who desires To star him in romantic
roles.
stephen Grattan will spend the month of
August at Newport. where he has many
friends who are numbered among the Sc
lect 500 .ety set of that watering place.
Next season will find Mr.. Grattan a mem
Der of Stuart Robson's company. he hav-
Ing been engaged by that comedians man
aeer. Daniel V. Arthur. for the role of Ed
mund Burke in Augustus Thomas classic
comedy. oliver Goldsmith
Miss Percy Haswen goes to SiaSconset,
Nantucket Island. Nantucket. Mass Miss
HaSwell. who in private life is Mrs. Geo.
FawCett. has a cottage at SiaScOnset. which
Is situated thirty miles out at sea- and she
declares that the breeZes her veranda
are enjoyable as those to he encountered
on the shady side Of an ocean greyhound
without many of the discomforts of those
water craft Miss Haswen is enthu-
sia<t on the subject of golf. while her hus-
band is accounted one of the most expert
amateur devotees Of that pastime. Mrs.
G. II. Gilbert. after whom Miss Percy ,I4l
bert Haswen Fawcett taged three) Is
named, and Mrs Hopper. the mother OF
that elongated comedian. De Wolf Hopper.
to be guests at Miss HaSwell's island
home during August Miss Haswen has
decided not to travel next year. but to re-
main in New York city. accepting special
engagements that call for her appearance
In Greater New York only.
Miss Olive Oliver has all her arrange
ments made for a visit TO the Adirondacks.
where on the banks Of the Saranac lake
she has spent many previous vacations 1t
is needless to say that Gyp. the pet mare
presented to her some two years ago. will
be included in this mountain trip. as will
also a bundle Of golf sticks. together with
assortment of fishing equipment. out
door sport being a fad long followed by
this lady. Miss Oliver is as much at home
while casting sixty feet of silk line. with
scarlet ibis fly firmly attached to the leader.
she Is enacting emotional roles. Miss
Oliver will be member of Mr.. William
Gillettes company next year, appearing in
sherlock Holmes.
Miss Eleanor Carey will go to Europe and
Paris. returning In time to begin rehear-
sails with Olga Nethersole. when that Eng
lish actress resumes her American tour IN
"Sapho' in the fall
Mr.. Charles Lane will summer at Say
VILE, l. l., where his mother owns cot
tage. 1t Is quite likely that Mr.. Lane will
be seen next year as member OF Marie
Burroughs company, when that beautiful
actress Is launched star In dramati-
zation OF Gilbert's Parker's powerful story,
The Battle OF the Strong" which is to be
produced under the direction OF Daniel v
Arthur.
Clifford Leigh has an ocean voyage and
visit TO the Paris exposition all arranged
for. and Will be back in time to resume his
original role OF Captain Horneck In Stuart
Robson's production of "Oliver Goldsmith
They do say that Leigh has decided to
separate himself from enough of last win
tiers hoard TO make this trip possible be-
cause he expects to have his exchequer re-
plenIshed in the near future by a court de
cision that Will declare In his favor and
against Mrs. Howard Gould. nee Katherine
Clemens. which involves the sum of 5000.
the suit growing out Of a breach Of contract
on the part OF Miss Clemens. who essayed
to star in the British provinces a year or
prior 10 her marriage 10 Mr.. Could
Daniel V Arthur Will spend few weeks
OF his summer vacation at Edgartown.
Nartha's Vineyard, while his chief ieuten-
ant Ed W. Dunn, Will hold down an Of
flee desk IN the kulckerbOcker building ana
prepare 10 blaze the way for Stuart Rob
sons tour OF the country in "Ollver Gold
smith" This will be Mr.. Dunns third sea-
son with the genial Robson.
The only rumor of Importance which dis
turbs the general summer quiet Is to
the effect that the Lafayette Square Opera
House Is contemplating a regular stock
company. something after the style OF the
one now playing at the Columbia Theater.
Stock companies have been paying in other
cites larger than Washington and the
patronage which has rewarded summer
ventures would seem promising for Z per-
manent institution.
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