Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-10-05

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shown a disposition to support a good
stock company, but until the advent of
the Bellows organization efforts in TINS
direction during previous years nave
been more or less transitory in character
The success of the present undertaking,
however, has been of a kind to make per
manency an assured fact. The box office
will be opened for the booking of season
tickets Monday morning while the sale of
single tickets for the opening week Will
be inaugurated Thursday morning.
The members of the company Will arrive
in the city today and will at once begin
active rehearsalS for the opening bill
While a number of the old favorites have
been retained the personnel of the COM
pany has undergone some decided changes.
The new leading lady is Lillian Lawrence,
who for several years past has occupied a
similar position with the Castle Square
Stock Company of Boston. Miss Lawrence
is well and favorably known to the local
theatergoers by reason of the fact that
it was here she won her first laurels as a
member of one of the summer stock COM
panies Catherine Clinton, who during the
past season has been the leading support
of Blanche Walsh. is another acquisition.
The ingenue roles will be in the keeping of
Antoinette Walker, who comes from the
Academy Stock Company, Milwaukee. The
character work will be in the hands sof
Grace Griswold. Wynn Harold completes
nine roles.
White Whittlesey. for several seasons
leading man of the Alcazar Stock Com
pany. San Francisco, and last year leading
support of Ada Rehan, replaces Mr.. Or
monde. John 7. Sullivan, Charles Wyn
gate and Fred Sullivan We're members of
last years organiZa ton and consequently
need no introduction. An engagement of
Importance is that of Harry Corson Clark
for comedy work. Mr.. Clark is a successful
star of several years standing. He has
made most enviable reputation for him
self in all of the large cities of the west,
where he has been appearing at the head OF
his own company in What Happened TO
Jones' and other comedies. Stock work,
however, is not new experience to him. He
has had companies of his own in Denver
Salt Lake City and San Francisco He is
a great favorite in the latter city. For
character work the management has Sc
cured Francis Power, of whom much is ex-
pected. II. g. Bradley, late of the AlcaZar
Stock Company. completes the engage
mentS so far made. Negotiations are, how
ever. pending for several other important
people.
De Mile and Belasco's pretty society
comedy drama, The Wife, has been Sc
lected as the opening bill.
Reginald De Koven and Harry B. Smith
We're both in the city last week, the latter
only for brief stay. The success of 1.-The
Liberty Bellies in New York has been i'm
taken as much interest in 1.-The Little
Duchess as if he had constructed it in the
lines of masterpiece.
II would rather he said after the cur
tain had gone down for the eleventh time
on the final of the first act undertake to
write a symphony than half dozen tunes
that are genuinely catchy. catchy melo-
dy is something that cannot be designed
with any degree of confidence. There are
certain general laws which may be OBJ
served. But a popular tune is like bon
mot. 1t simply occurs.
when are you going to give us a dis
tinctively American school of music
Il do not hope to achieve that desirable
distinction at all, unless | live to be very
old indeed National music must develop
from the folk song. And the folk song we
have not as yet, for 1 must deny the
dignity of that appellation to the negro
melodies which are merely Indigenous and
in no sense representative of the nation s
sentiment or temperament"
Frank Daniels recently discovered that
he was being accredited by the members of
his company with the powers of a sure
enough wiz" He describes the incident
thus: Eat the rehearsal of Miss Simplicity
one morning l heard one of our new beau
ties say to a chorus man: Why, Mr.. Dan
els must have invisible eyes in the back of
his head You can't do or say anything
without his knowing about it, And her
impression was not altogether unreasona-
BILE continued Mr.. Daniels THE little
miss was directly back of me, making
close inspection. l turned quickly on nv
heel and Informed her that 1 hoped nv
face was better looking. She ran away like
a frightened deer. 1 noted her awe-strick-
on coRRtenance whenever our giarces ,let
for several days after that with a vague sort
of regret, and finally concluded that If her
companions We're going to be sufficiently
mean not TO undeceiye her l would under
take the mission myself. l PLAYED some-
thing of a unique combination of a game of
tag and 'hde-and-Seek with her about the
hall where we were rehearsing during a
short period when neither of us were on
duty and then decided that although it was
such small matter. the poor girl must
not look upon me a terrible necro-
mancer any longer. I sent the assistant
stage manager after her, and when she ap-
peared before me with the reluctance of a
timid child called up for a spanking /
showed her "a face in the mirror For
mad my mirror-lined hat with me and the
lace ,;t she saw was her own Whenever I
MT my nat can see all that goes on be-
hind me- That explained all. and now I
suppose l am again a mere ordinary hui
man being in her inquisitive eyes,
The Bijou Theater is this season attract
ing the attention Of burlesque and vaude-
vile managers by reason of the fact that
the stock burlesque company at the local
playhouse is presenting what is known in
the burfesque world as clean shows
There are some theaters In the country.
and especially in the western cities, where
the performances Of the travelling burlesoue
companies really beggar description in the
extent OF their suggestiveness and the
double entendre of the lines Of the Offer
ings; This condition does not prevail to
such marked extent in the east, but pa
irons of the buriesque theaters Of Wash
ington are cognizant Of the fact thai ct
times there have been performances that
might be termed spicy without stretching
the facts too far. The effort of the Bifou
stock company to break away from this
condition Of affairs and give performances
that the most refined persons can attend
without being subjected to the fear Of hear
ing or seeing anything that might be In
the least bit coarse or suggestive Ia bearing
good fruit. Manager Schlesinger In discuse-
ing the success of his plan Of refined 0aiety
and excellent vaudeville bills said:
I'VE have been SO well treated by fine
theatergoing public of WASHINGTON since
the installation OF our stock burlesnua r,,y,n-