Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-12


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great success achieved by the Three BIS"
Booth, Barrett and Bangs, in Julius Gaze
SaT."
Next spring Tim Murphy is to produce a
new play. entitled "A Capitol Comedy by
Paul Wilstach.
L. II. Sothern has entirely recovered from
his accident and is reported to be scoring
brilliant success as Hamlet IN CHI
cage.
Campbell C:ollan. a prominent actor under
the control of Daniel Frohman, but who is
without an engagement To the latter. has
been loaned for prominent part In the
Blanche Bates production of Under Two
Flags
Daniel Frohman has a half dozen or more
of hi. chief performers on the sick list. in
Guiding James X Hackett. Cissy Lotus.
Beatrice Morgan ana Rhodl Cameron.
whil,. Z II. Sothern has not fully recov-
cred.
The Association of American Vaudeville
Managers has decided to enlarge Its
field by including the summer parks rms
will hurt the latter association consider
ably.
SIM BERNARD the German comedian. gave
out the. information last Tuesday in New
York that neither he nor his brother would
accompany The Belle of Bohemia to
London. The Belle would be tin can
without sam.
..Hertie Cecil the chief male role in
"Urder Two Flags" dramat.zed by iaul
Potter 70 exploit Blanche Bates, will be
played by Frank Carlyle Charles froh-
Iuan and David Belasco have been hunting
quite a while for the actor to III the part.
M hos MI m
cipa! part in The Old Homestead, and is
now leading In The Village Postmaster
will be starred next season by jules Mur-
ray IN an original pastoral drama written
by Charles Barnard, the author OF The
County Fair"
Captain links had its premier per-
Torrance last Mon lay night In Phlladel-
phia, and scored hit Ethel Barrymore
coming IN for a large share of the ap-
plausc. The play WAS very deliberately
staged. the costumes OF the early seventies
being 4 unique feature.
New York's verdict Of Edna May and
'The Girl From Up There" is divided but
siftrd down. is in accord with that OF
Washington. lie. that the company Is un-
usually strong. but the material only $3.50.
EdrJ Mays reception last Monday night
was unusually cordial.
"Kid'' Mccoy and his recently divorced
wife were married in Boston last Monday.
Mr.. Mccoy has been appearing in Marie
Dr,ssler's Miss Print Company but re-
signed last Saturday night. McCoy's we'd
ding present to his wife is said TO have
been $1,000.
Victory Bateman, the well-known lead
ing lady, is lying seriously III in Pittsburs,
and the graveSt doubts exist as to her ul-
innate recovery. Miss Bateman has been
the leading lady Of a stock company in the
smoky city. and it is thought that over
work has brought on the Illness.
ITO Have and To Hold was to have had
its FIRST presentation in New York by the
Empire Stock Company, but the success of
Mrs. Danes Defense has compelled Mr..
FrOhman TO select Il special company for
the Johnston piece The principals of
Hearts Are Trumps'' will have leading
parts in the new play
Dave Lewis Is the latest German come
dian to be pushed to the front by Mr.. Led
erer. He resigned from the Miss Print
company last night, and will replace either
Sam Dick Bernard III The Belle OF
Bohemia" when it is presented in London.
Mr.. Lewis viii return to this country next
spring and be featured in new play to
be presented by Mr.. Lederer.
John D. Barry's play. THE Congress
mans Wife" which Blanche Bates will
give Il trial next month. has been rejected
by many managers. Barry decided to write
q DOCK. using MS pray Tor tHe material.
II was published, proved successful and then
niaI ayers went hunting for Barry, Sam
ShuJert being the lucky one. The Con
Cheeseman's Wife" tells something unknown
about society in this city.
While playing Monte Cristo'' at Hart
ford. Conn., James O'Neill was caught un-
der The canvas used to represent waves,
ana almost smotheTed. He was beneath
the waves waiting for his cue 10 emerge
and exclalm The world is Miner He
could rot find the opening. became choked
by dust and was completely Frustrated. The
&C; was stopped, but Mr.. O'Neill recovered
sufficiently to go on later and finish the
play
A dispatch from ST Petersburg says that
the new play by Tolstoi called The
City" The story is petty government
official and his young wife, who are pung-
ed into misery soon after their marriage
by the loss of the husbands situation and
his consequent drinking to excess. He be-
comes Il huckster in the rag market and
the wife takes place as domestic. The
master of the house where she is employed
falls In love with her, and his love Is re-
turned. but they resolve not to live to-
gether without the marriage ceremony
They therefore induce the degraded hus-
band to let IL be thought that he is dead
a plan he falls into for a sum in cash, and
the wife goes to the length of identifying
the body OF a drowned unknown" as thai
of lier husband The wedding then takes
place. hut the husband in the course of g
drunken orgy in saloon announces tina
he is a corpse and tells the reason for his
boast. Sc ne one informs the police, who
arrest hin. and the lovers as well, and tht
latter are convicted OF bigamy and are ban
ished 10 Siberia.
For Railway Employer Benefit.
A program of much interest and meri