Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-10-01

by John I. Slocum, with Vera Michelena
| III the leaolng part, opened at Ottawa last
week. Wiliiam bialsdcI is playing the part
created by James Il. Powers.
Arnold Daily, the star of Candida" and
Mary Blyth who was with Nat Goodwin S
company last season, were divorced about
two years ago. They met TINS summer IN
California and remarrlage followed.
Milt Barlow, at one time known all over
the country as minstrel, died in New
York last Tuesday or cancer. lie was
sixty-flve years old and Was one of the
original members of the Barlow, Wilson,
Primrose 81 West company.
Sidney Rosenfeld has turned over to
Charles Frohman the complete manuscript
of his new comedy, the OpIImist." 1t 10
Mr.. Frohmans mention to give the play
a producuon about the holidays in new
YORK with cast selected from his most
prominent players.
Max Freeman has been engaged by Will
lam A. Brady and Joseph X. Grismer to
assume the part he created a dozen years
ago in BARLEY Campbeirs play OF Russian
lie, Siberia The piece will be revived
IN Chicago September y.
w. S. Hart has been engaged by Joseph
Brooks for leading role In the new barn
yard comedy, home Folks which will be
plought out IN New York ABOUT the first OF
December. The piece was written by MI.
Darcy, who wrote In Old Kentucky" and
other stage successes.
Contracts were signed during the past
week between Dan McAvoy and Samuel
Blair by which the former is to remain I'M
der the management of the latter during
the next three years. McAvoy will be
starred in a new comedy-drama by Charles
A. Taylor to be known under the title as
The irish Cop"
Lloyd Bingham, husband of Amelia Bing-
ham, and James Elverson, the husband of
Eleanor Mayo, had a rough and tumble
tight in the Lambs Club, New York, last
week and the proba bilities are that the for
mer will he expelled, as he started the trou-
lie, and tie latter suspended for being
mixed up in the row.
About the first of the year Joseph Vince
lock- jr.. will be a new star in a new George
AIDE play. Mr. Wheelock's work with 1.-The
Other Girl last season and William Crane
this season has decided Charles Frohman
to place the young actor at the head of
company as soon as possible.
Henry Donnelly, once of the firm of Don
nelly and Girard, and of recent years the
manager of the Harlem Opera House. New
York. has decided to go into vaudeville and
VIII be seen in a sketch entitled tStrang-
led He will have as assistants George
Henry Trader and Amy Lesser. Mr..
Trader is the author CT the sketch
Mrs. Estelle Mortimer, one of the ac-
tresses in the Bird Center company, play
Ing this week in Kansas City, died very
suddenly last Wednesday morning of
Brfghts disease She was sick only day
Mrs. Mortimer was one of the best-known
character actresses on the American stage.
her work last season with Maxine Elliott
attracting much attention.
Robert Hickman has returned to the c;tv
for the reopening of his dramatic school
He promises new and interesting work for
his students during the coming winter
among them series IF public perform
ances at the regular theaters here. New
and larger quarters have been taken for
the school. Mr. Hickman's long experience
as stage manager for Charles Frohman's
for teaching.