Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-11-21

Fields will not send Clara Lipman on ner
contemplated starring tour this season.
The want Of a desirable play Is given as
the cause
Mrs. Craigie has named the new modern
comedy which she has written Hor Olga
Nethersole 1.-THE Flute of Pan" The first
performance will take place in Birmingham,
England.
Katheryn Osterman, well known in vaude-
vile, has fully recovered from the accident
she sustained in Hartford some time ago
and resumed her work in Bridgeport, Conn,
last Thursday night.
George Boniface, jr. the leading comedi1n
OF Marie CahilFs Company, left that or
ganization in Philadelphia last Saturday
night. The cause of his resignation has
not been made public.
"The Mistress of the Robes" the new
piece by Clio Graves, which Ellen Terry
proposes presenting on tour, is described
by London correspondent as farcical
comedy in rhymed verse.
A private cablegram from London says
that George Fuller Golden. who has been
seriously i'll in that city for several weeks,
has fully recovered and is again working in
the big music halls over there.
Virginia Earl, after an absence from the
stage of eighteen months. made her re-
| appearance last Monday night when she
opera, Sergeant Kitty.
Helen Byron, who assumed the role OF
Peggy" in Peggy From Paris left
vacant by Cheridah Simpsons transfer 20
1.-THE Sultan of Sulu, will probably play
the part for the remainder of the season.
Notwithstanding that E. S. Willard in
1.-The Cardinal has been scored quite Sc
verely by the London critics, his season
over there has been a success and he mas
started for a two months tour Of the prov
inces.
Edward Harrigans season in Under
Cover at the Murray Hill Theater, New
York comes to close next Saturday night
and it is given out that considerable money
has been lost in trying to push forward the
old time favorite.
Messrs. Milton and Sargent Aborn put on
THE Fortune Teller" at Bridgeport, Conn,
last Monday night with Edna Bronson IN
the title role and Grace Orr Myers as
mile. PompOn.' The piece and principals
were we'll received.
Ramsay Morris play. Judith" which
Frank Mckee produced with Mary Man
nering in the title role month ago at
Buffalo for a try-out, has been entirely re-
written by the author and will be produced
under the title of pledge of Friendship
Grace Golden, the comic opera singer.
who died August IA last, left only small
estate consisting of 1925 deposited in a
savings bank in New York city. Letters
of administration were granted in New
York last Tuesday by Surrogate Thomas to
her father Martin Golden, of New Har-
mony, Ind.
Marie Geistinger at the age of sixty seven,
one of the most notable German actresses
of her day. AS late as 1897 she made
tour of this country, of which the results
cr,ffi satisfactory to enable her
to pass the remainder of her life in COM
fort until her death.
A tragedy, with Dean Swift as its chief
parsonage, has been written by A. 0. d.
Bartholyn, which is to be presented in Lon
don about the first of the year, with Mr.
Beveridge enacting the famous sat1rlst.
Vanessa who divided Swifts platonic af-
lection with Stella is to be impersonated
by an amateur actress, but known as the
authoreSs, Mrs. Seattle.
Another change is to be made in the cast
of "Winsome Winnie" Richard Carroll,
who recently relieved George Fortesque.
drops out and James E. Sullivan, who re-
night ago. takes his place. The change
was brought about by the desire to have
German instead Of an Irish dialect part in
the piece.
Clyde Fitch's last work. Major Andre"
has been a complete failure, and it will
probably be shelved for good tonight when
the piece is taken off the New York stage.
Arthur Byron, who was the star in the
piece will return to the chief support of
Maxine Elliott in Her Own Way" re-
placing Byron Douglas.
Fisher and Ryley are to make a produce
ton of 1.-The Medal and the Maid" the
English musical comedy that scored big
success in London, in Buffalo, December
%. Isadore Rush has been selected to play
the principal part, that of up-to-date
proprietress of a girls boarding school.
Other members of the cast are Jessie May
Hall and Thomas Terriss.
Miss Elizabeths Prisoner" with William
Faversham in the principal role was given
for the first time on any stage in Baltimore
last Monday night and something of a sue
cess is reported Mr.. Faversham and Hilda
Spong had the two principal roles and con-
tributed very materially to what success
was obtained. The play is on the order OF
Janice Meredith"
One of the biggest successes on the road
this season has been Mrs. Wigs of the
Cabbage Patch" In every western city
where the piece has been produced attend
ance records have been broken, and the
chances are 1t will not be seen in eastern
territory for a couple of years 1t will open
next season in New York, and will probably
remain there all season.
Assertions and denials about the retire.
the rest of the season have been thick and
fast but the latest and most positive is to
the effect that she will close her season in
st. Louis next Saturday night. Miss Mar
lowe will not play again until she starts
out next September as a co-star with E. H.
Sothern, under the management Of Charles
Frohman
Miss Fay Davis and members of the EN-
pire Theater company appeared at the Gar
rick Theater, New York, last Monday night
in George F1eming's Constance F1etcher)
dramatization of Mrs. Humphrey Wards
famous novel,. Lady Roses Daughter"
The dramatiZation is in four acts and for
a time, at least, closely follows the book.
Miss Davis and Guy Standing shared hon
ors with the play.
Legal papers were served on Mrs Leslie
Carter on the stage in New York while she
was playing "Zaza' last Monday night
The first act had just started when a dep
uty sheriff jumped from one of the private
boxes and rushed UP to Mrs. Carter and
handed her the papers. She was startled
for moment, but after accepting the legal
documents the play went on. Henri Gressit
who is starring Eugenia Blair in ''Zaza,'' is
seeking to restrain Mr.. Beiasco from, nlav