The Washington times., 1905-10-01

Bernhard Niemeyer, q young Wash
lpgtor actor, will appear at the CO.
lumbia this week in the part of Padre
Philippi. in The Dragon Fly" This is
Mr.. Niemeyer's fourth season in stage
work and his many friends in this city
are much gratifed ar his rapid pro-
Sress.
This Is Dustin Farnun's third season
in that graphic study of the plains,
The Virginian.'' During ali this time
and although the organization has COW
cred thousands of miles. the cast has
suffered little change practically all the
original members having been retained
by the Kirke La Shelle Company In
the cast are Frank CampeaI, Bennett
Musson, Frank Nelson. Frank Vail.
Mary B. Conwell, Eleanor Wilton and
Virginia Reeves
Viola Allen will transpose the usual
order of things for her appearance in
Washington this season. During the
past several seasons Miss Allen has
opened her season in Washington This
year re plays Philadelphia and Balti-
more before coming to this city with
Clyde Fitch's comedy, THE Toast of the
Town.
Following the engagement of Mrs.
Fiske and the Manhattan company at
the Manhattan theater. New York. in
Leah Kleschna.' Harrison Grey Fiske
will produce at that house Maurice
Maeterlinck's ''Monna Wanna" in which
Madame Kalisch VIII formally make her
debut under his direction as a star in
English. Mr.. Fiske will surround
Madame Kalisch with an exceptionally
;f,Ie company, and in due time she will
be seen at the Manhattan and In other
cities in other plays for which her
talents fit her.
Jean De Reszke thought so well of
Nine Serena's voice when he heard her
sing in Paris that he gave her two
years instruction without charging her
SOU After Henry w. Savage engaged
the young Roumanian woman for his
English grand opera company the great
Polish tenor coached her in the roles
| she will sing in English this season.
| Paula Edwardes' new opera, which
will be produced presently. is to be en-
titled Queen Beggar" 1t was written
by Harry Paulton and Alfred Bobbyn.
who composed the music of The Yam
kee Consul
Grace Van Studdiford will be the three
hundred and sixty-firsr woman who has
played the part OF Lady Teazle in
America. Miss Van Studdiford is 10 as
sumo the role in the Bangs-Penfield-
Sloane opera bearing that name
Aline Dorothy Stone a twelve-weeks-
old daughter OF Fred Stone. who plays
the scarecrow in The Wizard of o.
made her stage debut at the West End
Theater last week The wee miss was
carried on the stage by her father
while he was singing The Traveller and
the Pie song.
Mrs. Florence Pendleton Scarborough.
a daughter of the late Rev. DIR. William
H. Pendleton, of New York, and a niece
OF the late United States Senator Pen
dleton. has returned from Europe to
make her debut in grand opera with the
Henry w. Savage company in Brooklyn
next week.
| Mrs. James Brown Potter is preparing
to appear in new musical drama, THE
Murder of Rizzio," in which she is TO
( play Mary Queen of Scots. She has just
| closed her recitation tour, and is living
with her mother, Mrs. Urquhart, at the
Swan Hotel, staines Bridge, London.
Geraldine Farrar has signed a contract
for three years. beginning in 1906 with
Heinrich Conried. for the Metropolitan
Opera House
Madame Rejane was injured slightly