Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-20

watches and prescribes the destiny of act
ors does not seem inclined to crafty his
ambition. as next season he IS gong Il
step further away in the Klaw q Granger
production of "Humpty Dumpty Foy
win play the name part. He is considered
to have the ideal face for pantomime
clown. and that will be his work for some
considerable time in the future, although
it should not be considered a step backward
in his ambition. George Fox, the famous
pantomimist, was of the really great
actors of his time. and certainly one of the
best portrayers of Shakespearean clowns
the American stage has ever possessed.
In the meantime Mr.. Foy, at the conclu-
sion of his vaudeville engagement. is to
create a new part for short season in
'Pff. Paff Pouff.' comic opera which
StanislauS STANCE has written, and which
will be produced by young Whitney. He
Will be the Sand Man, creature brought
to life from a sand figure ON the shore of
Atlantic City. 1t is a grotesque character
like the scarecrow in 'The Wizard of Or. =
A BABY, A PICTURE AND A POEM
Otis Skinner is one of the players who loves
pen and ink as we'll as mask and dagger.
He has done much work on plays in which
he starred. but has not ventured himself
into the hands OF the publishers. Those
who saw him as the dashing Petruchio or
the volatile Charles Surface would never
suspect that his affections were wrapt up
in a small bit of humanity, his daughter.
My muse" says he. never worked over
time except for her The following lines
were written by Mr.. Skinner after hearing
that the little one had repeated the quoted
line one night to his photograph that stood
beside her bed.
Good night, fader. / go to sleep
Dcat elf may all the fairies keep
Their watch throughout the silent night
until the growing morning light.
Good night, fader, | go to sheep"
And thy wee friends with wistful looks,
And playmates from thy picture books
Ana stranger creatures known to thee
Whose forms no eye but thine may see,
Good night, fader, I go to Sleep,
In thy dream fields bloom roses fair
And And all the Wild things of the air,
The bees the birds. the butterflies
Are choiring elfn symphonies.
Good night, fader. i go to sleep"
And in thy sleep shall visit thee
Inc womanhood that's yet to be-
IN this sweet bud perfectly horn
The darling of the old worlds morn
GOOD night, fader, ! 60 to Sleep
All, pure and holy be thy rest.
SSieep softIy, child; thou art thrice bIest,
nor nature eroons her lullaby
with all the good beyond the SKY
uood h,ght, fader. go TO Sleep
THE CABBAGE PATCH" AND TIN
TOWN" = Already signs are numerous
around the box office at the New National
that the coming Washington engagement
OF Mrs Wigs of the Cabbage Patch" at
lhat theatre next week will in all probable
lty be one of the most popular events of
the present season, and it is ne wonder
that this is so, for few books of this gem
Grafton have enjoyed the widespread pop.
ularity of those two delightful stories by.
Mrs Rice = Mrs. Wigs and "Lovey
Mary That Mrs Rice herself is at work
now in Louisville upon third volume OF
what may be called Mrs. Wigs, Sketches
Is also no surprise. The Cabbage Patch of
Louisville, Ky, which actually exists and
name to book and play is by no means
circumscribed region or form of contempo-
rary life. The cabbage patch, call it by
whatever name you will, exists in every
large town on the map of the United States
and is generally known in each city by it's
own peculiar local cognomen or sobriquet
In Louisville, for instance. it was not the