Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-04-25

GROWN-UP CHILD ACTRESS Miss
Mile James so completely transforms her.
self into a twelve-year-oid child in The
Little Princess" which comes to the Ma
tional next week, that when she is off the
stage it is almost impossible to recognize
her as the same little actress who played
Sara Crewe SO artistically.
The crowds at the Boston Museum re-
Gently made this discovery for themselves
when many people waited at the stage en-
trance to see Miss James come out when
The Little Princess was playing in Bos
ton.
One by one the different children made
their exits. some in the care of parents.
others under the protecting wing of a stern
visaged matron who is employed by Man
. ager Charles b. Dillingham; to see that his
little charges are not kidnapped or stolen.
Finally, a beautiful gowned young wo-
man. with golden hair. carrying a leather
box with strap, and followed by dusky
maiden. came forth from the stage door.
She seemed to be fit candidate for a diplo-
ma at a girls boarding school, and she
handled long trained gown with grace
and ability. Before the crowd could get q
second look at her. she had disappeared
into a waiting carriage.
And yet the crowd waited to see Millie
James, the child actress she is often
called leaving the theater.
Had the crowd only known ii the hand
somely-gowned young woman with the
leather box and the dusky maiden was
Miss James. But 1t is a positive fact that
In spite of the large crowds which haunt
the stage door after the matinees of THE
Little Princess scarcely one person rec
ognizes Miss James in her street clothes.
This is indeed strong and sincere tribute
to the effectiveness of her portrayal of Sara
Crewe the twelve-year-old heroine of the
play.
GENUINE "PROPS"-Otis SINNERS at
tention to detail in the matter of scenic
accessories for his new production has been
widely commented upon. and not without
reason. for he is careful stage manager
and insists always that the environment of
his plays be as near like reality as the lin
itations of the stage permit The hide from
which the Indian tepee used in the second
act of 'Lazarre' is made once sheltered an
Oneida. and is a replica of the one on ex-
hibition at the Field Columbian Museum in
Chicago, save that the totems and symbols
on the exterior are those which were in
vogue among the Iroquois back in the time
of EleaZar Williams. The string of beads
too. that he wears in the early acts are the
real thing" made of deer bone worked
into short lengths with discular clam
she'll. to ward off the evil and propitiate the
beneficent spirits. These and other details
OF Lazarre settings have been the subject
OF several complimentary communications
addressed to Mr.. Skinner since he opened
his season in LaZarre.
But none of them appealed to him as the
tribute paid by an unwise Chicago curio
collector with something of a local reputa-
ton as judge of the genuine in ANTIQUES
In the FIRST act there is introduced an old
french missal given by Marie Antoinette
10 Madame de Ferrier. upon the recognition
or which Lazarre is based the discovery of
ms identity as the lost Bourbon prince On
one or the leaves is written the queens in
scf1ption, dated at the Petit Trianon in l7SS.
and beautifully painted angel surmounted
by a gold aureole ornamented the cover
marked with the notations of the unhappy
Austrian.
When Maud Durbin went to get the mis-
SAL however. she found in its stead a poor
imitation. ornamented with a scrawny an.
gel wearing a ragged halo. The property
man was summoned to the dressing room
and finally admitted that he had sold the
book to curio collector, who had noticed
1T from the front of the house. and that he
had received therefor the sum of $50 He
said he had prepared the substitute In the
hope Of deceiving his employer. His con-
nection with the Skinner company ceased
forthwith. The Marie Antoinette missal
was about the only prop in the whole
play that was not genuine.
A FINE OLD PLAY-The School for
Scandal" which Is to be the bill for the
opening week Of the Bertha Galland Com
,pany. commencing May II. was first pre-
scented by brilliant cast in London, May
8. It'll. and made q tremendous and in
Stantanseas success. Miss Gallands OPEN