Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-10

month to play return engagement at Jo-
hannesburg but the war caused him to
change his plans.
Frank Daniels has court fool in 1.-The
Ameer" This is the first jester introduced
IN modern comic opera since Jack Point"
IN Gilbert and SJIliivan>s 1Oeman of the
Glard.
Al II. Wilson. the German dialect come
dian. seen here. recently in The Evil Eye"
will be starred next season by Charles II.
Yale and Sidney r Ellis in a romantic
comedy.
Annie Buckley with Over the Fence
i q daughter of old Ed S. Buckley. a
LEGAL stock favorite just after the civil war.
Many Washington relatives are interested
in the career Of Miss Annie and her sister
May
John c. Rice says he is out of vaudeville
for this season because he can save trans
p"rtatian charges and lots of trouble by
b-ins with farce comedy. Remuneration
seems equally good and a longer season Is
assured.
Della Fox's continued illness has com
PEELED her to reiinquish the part of Maude
81. Trevor in the forthcoming production OF
played by Jessie Busley- 1t is stated that
Miss Fox means to rest until next season,
when she may ppear in comic opera.
rurlor was in circulation this week
that Harry Allen. formerly treasurer of
The Academy. was to assume a similar po-
sition in another local theater. This seems
TO be an error, for while Mr.. Allen likes
Washington he is very comfortably located
al the Murray Hill Theater in New York.
John NJ. Cooke. business manager for Mr..
Gus Hill. who win present Rice and Cohen
in over the Fence was last here in the
interests Of pillar NORM" in the lament
able Ma Cousine." Mr.. Cooke takes par
donable pride in the fact that he had moth
ing to do with the authorship or acting of
the piece.
Helen MacGregnr, who played at the
Academy last week. made her theatrical
debut in this city. being one of the pa
pooses' in FORESTS production of "Osce-
olaS Revenge in the old Ford Theater in
the early IuS. Miss MacGregOr was but
two months old at that time. Last season
she did leading business with Robert Man
tell.
Wilbur Sharpe. a wen-known Washing
tOnlan. will be in the bill at the New Grand
next week under the nom de theater Of
Caryl Wilbur. He is assisted by Miss Ger
trJdc Mansfield. capable actress, in the
presentation OF "a comic episode" called
Color Bind About fifteen years ago he
left the city and began his theatrical ca
reer with transforming company in the
west. in which he played all manner of roles
and developed ability as a pedestrian. He
has been in vaude vile several seasons and
has attained prominence IN his new sphere.
The German emperor was recently dis
Cussing with the minister of the interior
Hermann Sudermann's drama. "Sodom's
End which had been prohibited by the
police. IT. pleading the cause of his au-
tEor-friend the minister said he had read
the drama carefully from beginning to end.
and on each doubtful scene he had asked
himself whether he would hesitate to wit
ness it in company with his wife. The en-
peroT replied You would have done bet
ter to ask yourself whether you could see
the piece in company Of your daughter"
ZangwiTs next effort, THE Mantle of
Elijah, is not a study of Jewish life. The
story is concerned chiefly with woman
of brilliant talents. the daughter of one
of the 'aristOcracy of intellect in England.
She marries. and the man she selects for
her husband * one whose mental power
and nobility. she believes. entitle him to
succeed to her fathers pre-eminent posi-
tom Her whole energies are given over
To buttressing MS talents and furtheriBg
his advancement. but in the moment of
triumph he reveals himself as a self-Centred
schemer whose every action, not excepting
his marriage with her, has been dictated
by uuTedeemed cgpJism and selfish motives
OF the bascsc kind.