Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-02-28

OF the Dandies" The latest report from
New York Is to the effect that Mr.. Dixey
win not appear In the stellar role until next
fall.
Maude Adams, instead of playing the brief
time that still remains this season, will
sail for Europe In March and remain abroad
until II is time to return to rehearsals for
her opening performance at a New York
theater next season.
May Page who has been In the chorus of
Weber & Fields for the past three seasons,
has given signs Of possessing talent of un-
usual magnitude, and 1t Is now reported
that she Is to take Fay Templetons place
with the organization Eext season
Wright Huntington and Flora Kingsley
have been booked for q tour OF sixteen
weeks over the vaudeville circuit appearing
In "A Stolen kiss and "A Stand-on" Mr..
Huntington was well-known leading man
several seasons back.
William Gilbert Of the well-known variety
| team Of Gilbert and Goldie died In New
York last Tuesday after undergoing op-
Grafton for cancer at a hospital in that city.
The last engagement of the team was with
the Bowery Buriesquers.
When Amelia Bingham and her company
close In New York they will go direct to
San Francisco In special car TO fulfill an
indefinite enga cement. Plays that have
been successes for the past two years will
be presented by the organization.
It has been estimated that Weber & Fields
have realized fully $50, 600 IN royalties from
their old burlesques used In their New
York house. and have recently closed a con-
tract covering a period of five years with
Australian managers for the same plays.
Elsie Jones. professionally known as Ell
seeta," a toe dancer of considerable note
In the vaudeville houses. died last Tuesday
at her home in Newark. She was only
eighteen years old, and affection of the
heart, caused by dancing. led to her death.
Lee Arthur, the playwright, and Anita
Austin who is playing the pink pajama girl
in THE Liberty Bellies company at pres
ent, have given out the announcement that
they will be married in the near future.
Miss Austin will retire from the stage as
soon as married.
Mrs. horndyke Boucicault who was
compelled to relinquish her role of Duchess
Of Quentin in THE Bishops Move on ac-
count of illness, has improved materially
during the past week, but 1t is not likely
that she viii do any theatrical work for
months to come.
Richard Harding Davis is busy on another
work for the stage, a dramatization of his
latest book, Captain MackIn" A liberal
amount Of the love element viii be injected,
as 1t was lacking in the book. Frank w
Sanger controls the rights of presentation,
and his star has not yet been selected.
hOSelle hnOIt, VINO mas been playing
Amelia Bingham's old role In "A Modern
Masdalen" this season. will probably be
among next seasons stars, appearing in a
new play under the management Of Samuel
Freedman. who at present is e. H. Soth-
erns business manager.
Denman Thompson has played an engage
ment of the "Old Homestead" in Boston
for fourteen consecutive years. and the big
gest one of all was concluded last Saturday
night, the orchestra on that occasion being
pushed under the stage and standing room
being at premium.
Marie DRESSER will star next season in a
| new comic opera entitled 1.-The Baroness
| Bounty" the libretto of which will be writ
| ten by Richard GanthoHy and the music by
| "A. Baldwin Sloan Miss DRESSER at present
| is playing the vaudeville theaters and has
| fully recovered from her recent attack OF
| typhoid fever
e. H. Sothern's manager is cut with the
| announcement that his star will appear in
1.-The Proud Prince next season. The play
| is founded upon old legend, and is CLASH
| fed a miracle play. 1t will be produced
adequately. and there will be no effort made
| to initiate the primitive stage settings in
use when miracle plays were the only form
OF drama In existence.
George Edwardes' new musical comedy,
| 1.-THE Girl From Kay's," and new comedy
| by Anthony Hope have been secured by
Charles Frohman and will be presented in
| New York next fall. Mr.. Frohman has
been making the rounds of the London the
| aters and incidentally keeping keen eye
| open for attractions to be used in this
country next season.
| James O'Neill will shortly go to the Pa
| cifie slope with 1.-The Manxman," In which
| he Is now appearing with success. 1t will
| be Mr.. O'Neill's first visit to California in
| eight years. He was a great favoiite for
many years as leading man OF the Baldwin
Theater, In San Francisco It was from
| there that he went direct to the Union
| Square Theater, New York when A. NJ.
Palmer was the directing hand OF that
house.
ice Howard and his wife, Ida Emerson,
the weil-known vaudeville team, recently
had a falling out, 1t is said, and divorce
proceedings were started by Miss Emerson.
The two have been playing opposite parts
at a Chicago theater this season, and How
ard has been endeavoring to effect recon-
Citation. His efforts were frlitless, the
story goes, until he composed a song with
the title 81 Love You More and More" and
sang 1t to his wife in the play. Miss Emer-
son broke down on hearing the tender
words and forgave her husband.