Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-01-24

son. Its authors are Arthur Bertram and
| Gordon Holmes
| Willis Granger, who is starring in A melo-
| drama, Gypsy Jack" is completing de-
| tails to head a stock company in St Louis
| next summer.
| Nine. Duse has sailed for home. The
company will follow her next Tuesday
Nine. Duse abandoned her German tour
| because of inability to reach Hamburg in
time. and so will next be seen in Italy.
Marie Dresslers condition is such that
she will probably not be seen on the stage
again for over year. She was slowly re-
covering from the attack of typhoid when
told of her mothers DEATH and the shock
was such as TO cause serious relapse
''Mr. Blue Beard" the Drury Lane ex-
| traVaganza, had its first presentation in
| New York last Wednesday night All re-
| ports point to success. Eddie Foy and Dan
| McAVoy, the clever funmakers. had plenty
| to do and carried their parts well.
| LORD Francis Hope has paid his former
VIE. Miss May Yohe, now Mrs. Putnam
brdoiee Strong, the sum of So 900 in settle
| ment OF her claim of $4,000 The latter
amount, Miss Yohe asserted. was eoniva.
| lent TO sum she lad loaned Lord Francis
| ana which now was due her.
| Managers are evidently awakening tn the
| tact that Pittsburg is one of the best show
| towns In the country. and as a result the
smoky city is to have two new thea ters
Next M;S season; One of these is to be built by
| nixon q Zimmerman and the other nv
James Hyde of Hyde & Behman
Virginia Harmed has never seen her bus-
| paho' T.. II. Sothern, in Hamlet" and so
| mat actor gave mat inee in New York for
| lhe especial benefit of his wife. IL was a
great success. save for the fact that owing
to unavoidable circumstances Miss Harmed
| could not be present
| The tendency toward religious drama
may be noted in the names of the following
piay tb,o recently copyrighted: ''Absalom"
meiite, THE Prodigal Son" THE Repent
| ant, lie Veronica" The ResurrecFion,
and Mary of Magdala."
The initial performance of THE Jewel of
| ASA, which was booked for Boston Ia st
MONDAY night, was postponed from time to
time on account of the non-arriyaI of the
costumes Rehearsals were continued
nisntIy ana 1t is expected that the first
performance of the piece will be given to-
night. -
| After an absence of two years from tha
stage Ada Rehan will soon make her an
| pearance IN play by Haddon Chambers
! called "A Comedy of Manners" KIaw &,
Erianger are looking after the details and
seIohg supporting company is being pro-
teSiedISdiS began on the piece la ST
| wednesday in New York
The Wizard of o. was PLAYED for the
Hrst Tune IN New York last Tuesday night
| 1 e. Is 10 reported 10 nave been success
was also the occasion of the opening
OF the new Majestic Theater The audience
| packed the house to the doors.
The mother of Bijou Fernandez nersuaas,
that young lady that musical comedy was
not Tor ner after playing leading parts in
the drama, and as result the role she was
to have had in 1.-THE Silver Simmer, ba.
gone to Nellie Thorne instead.
virginia Earle has instituted suit against
the Lederer Amusement Company. claimine
s2oOoo Tor breach Of contract. Mr.. Lederer
cIalms the contract was broken by Miss
Earle when she refused to take Maria
Cahill's old role in Sally In our Alley'"
when the piece went on the road.
Lizzie Annandale, we'll remembered in
w aShington for her fine contralto voice and
who divided honors with the star while with
Emma Abbott, is now residing in Kansas
city, and during the past week sang a solo
during the second act of The Christian {"
MISS Annandale's reception was unusually
demonStrative.
Trixie Friganza, who was recently seen
in Washington with The Chaperons'' com
pany, has been transferred to the sally in
Our Alley organization, now touring the
| west. Miss Friganza in this piece takes
another one of the characters created by
Marie Cahill.
William P. Carleton denies the report that
his wife, Miss Toby Claude. is suing him
for divorce. The report originated in this
city last week and reached Mr.. Carleton in
Chicago, where he was playing with the
"Florodora" company. He hurried to Pitts
burg, where his wife was pIaying with "a
Chinese Honeymoon company, and de-
,.,l $50 H., gu
Mildred Holland has decided b produce
her new play, The Triumph of an En-
press" next fall. The piece is by Theodore
kremer and deals with incidents in the
life of Catherine the Great of Russia. II
Will be the biggest production Miss Hol-
land has yet made. and more than 100
people Will be employed in it.
Maude Lambert. who is leading tho
when Johnny Comes Marching Home
company, will head a company of her own
| next season, for the launching Of which she
is to furnish a portion of the capital. Fred
erick Rankin and a musician hailing from
Chicago by the name of Dudley Walbaum
will furnish the piece musical comedy.
"Gretna Green" now being exploited in
New York by Miss Tyree has not proved
the success expected and will probably be
shelved after the performance next Sat-
urday night. Miss Tyree goes into the
company winch VIII present new play In
the same theater the following Monday
night. 1t is from the pen of Augustus
Thomas, and deals with New England life
1.-THE Isle of Boy is said to be the curl
Gus title of the play in which Vesta Tilley
is to star in this country next season under
the management of Liebler & Company
The piece is by Brandon Thomas, author
of "Charley's Aunt" and Ralph Game SON
of Hall Game. The title Is said to have
been suggested by the Isle of Man. where
the Gaines live.
Arthur Forrest, now with Richard Mans
field in the latter's production OF Julius
Caesar" has followed Joseph Haworth in
announcing his withdrawal from the Mans
field company. Mr.. Forrest however, will
remain with Mr.. Mansfield until the end OF
this season. Next fall he viii be featured
by F. c. Whitney in the latter's production
of Temporal Power" the dramatization
of Marie Corelli's novel of that name.
Mrs. Nata Stromberg, the widow of
John Stromberg who was the musical
leader at Weber & Fields for many years,
has been placed on the pay roll of that
clever firm of comedians and In the future
will receive the salary that was paid her
husband. The original musical compost