Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-02

York and transfer to the Garden Theater
after six weeks, where 1t remained until
Saturday, December 20, are matters or
record. This week the company is appear
ing In Brooklyn, and will be seen in WASH
ington for week beginning next Monday
evening. Brief visits to Baltimore, Buff
falo, Cleveland. Pittsburg, Boston and Phil
adelphia are to follow the Washington en-
gagement and on Wednesday April ID,
the much-traveled aggregation will embark
at San Francisco for Australia. After five
weeks in Sydney and a like period in Mel
bourne the Three Little Maids will again
set sail for America, opening a protract-
ed tour of this country in San Francisco.
October Is. In January 1t is expected the
company will be back at Days in New
York in a new musical comedy of English
manufacture. Just what object the man
agement has in view of sending company
of fifty people scurrying about the world
in this fashion is not clear to the lay mind,
but the theatrical business. as conducted
at the present time, has many ramifica-
tions, and doubtless Messrs. Frohman and
Edwardes, inspired by sort of Napoleonic
spirit, propose that the Three Little
Maids shall conquer the universe in a
single campaign.
ANNIE RUssELs ToEs-Miss Annie
Russell sets all doubts OF her admirers
at rest on the much mooted question
as to whether the toes she displays In
Mice and Men, are her own true toes.
stage career that my feet have pushed
themselves into public notice. 1t was de-
cidedly embarrassing at the start, and L
was glad when the plunge was over. = You
may imagine how felt at the murmur
they provoked, and when l nervously
wiggled my toes and the audience broke
into a laugh 1 felt an almost Irresistible
impulse to scamper off the stage. l want
to deny all use of paint and powder make
up of my feet. Some one has declared that
tint my toes 'Tisnt so. They are as
natural as the first day got them"
THE EDUCATION OF MINSTREL
MISSES-Ned Wayburn speaks as follows
of his latest act, 1.-The Minstrel Misses"
cat the outset it is no joke to coach sew
enteen girls in the act you will here
next week Minstrel Misses sounds well
enough, but the ALTERATION means a good
deal more than appears on the surface.
The Minstrel Misses is a little company in
itself. 1t has it's own call boy, its own
wardrobe mistress and its own musical di
rector In fact. it is unique in that way.
I got the idea in 1899. but had to wait to
clothe it in the form 1 wished. Various
suggestions were made to me at rehearsals
as to how to work it out in a more con-
ventional manner, but 1 would have none
of them. For instance. as 1 couldn't have
a change of scene. it was proposed to me
that 1 should have a specially played while
the girls were making up off the stage.
1 wouldn't listen to this, and I'm glad
didn't now"
1.-THE making isn't a novelty,
though" it was suggested.
mo, but it is the way my troupe do it,"
replied Mr.. Wayburn very promptly. They
just take one minute and a half to black
their faces and change their costumes, and
appear with woolly wigs on their blonde
heads. Then they enter into the fun of
the performance and don't go through their
business as If they had to-
THE stage management was not so ardu-
Gus you would think. When / first
started out to materialize my ideas, tried
lot Of girls. but came to the conclusion
one who could dance. As for voices, as
long a girl had a semblance of a voice
the musical director undertook to train her
and I think he's been successful enough"