The Washington times., 1906-06-17

written by the author and composer OF
/ The Girl from Kays." Il viii be
staged by Ben Teal
Louis NethersoIe is circulating a nice
! little paragraph about his sister OIga-s
| election as vice president Of the London
| Vegetarian Association for 1867. which
IS an institution designed for the pro-
/ motion OF the use Of vegetable food
| StUffs and cereals in place Of flesh.
About two years go the actress was ad-
viscd 10 adopt a partial abstention from
| the use of a meat diet. and finding the
/ lighter form OF food agreeable 10 her
general health. she finally save meat up
| altogether and became an enthusiastic
vegetarian To her present food regime
Miss .Eethersole ascribes the wonderful
| Improvement in health and vitality that
{ she now enjoys and that has enabled her
/ to fulfill her recent particularly arduous
! and trying engagements with perfect
! equanimity and without any sense os
/ WEAKNESS or fatigue" That's awfully
( interesting. but why doesn't some kind
| friend of Olga's remind her that vege-
tables are fatteuing-
Lulu Glaser has purchased fIom thu
I Bobbs-Merriu Company the dramatic
: rights 10 Meredith NicholSon's story.
The House Of a Thousand Candles
/ and IS arranging for its production. The
dramatist who will do the work has not
| yet been selected. This in addition. Of
/ course. to the play that George Cohan
| is writing for her. Lulu is evidently on
/ the verge Of discouraging the fact that
she cannot possibly be a star IN one
/ play a season
/ KyrIe BeIlew is likely to appear as
/ Moliere in a new play now being writ
/ ten for him Ey Maurice Donnay. This
/ is probably the first time that French
/ dramatist has written directly for
] American production
! Very little Is known here as to the
I episodes in Moliere's life which have
/ been chosen for exploitation by NJ Don
nay. but it is thought that MoIiere's
/ tragic death. after performing in one
of his own plays against his physicians
/ orders. will provide the final climax of
/ the drama.
Mr.. Dillingham; further announces that
/ Henry Blossom IS writing him a new
musical play, The Red MIL in which
ne proposes to exploit Montgomery and
/ Stone.
/ Contracts have been closed between
/ Walter y. Lawrence and Hilda Spong
| whereby the latter is TO star under the
management Of Mr.. Lawrence for a long
/ term of years. Miss Spong will inaug-
| urate her stellar career in a new comedy
of modern life entitled Lady Jim" Har-
! old Heaton. formerly connected with
Chicago newspaper. Is the author of this
three-act play. Mr.. Heaton has been In
the company supporting William Gil
| fer he
abandoned his career as a newspaper
cartoonist TO go on the stage. he con-
| fessed that his real ambition was 10
write plays rather than act them. add
I ing laughingly that the great American
play was yet to be written
| Here's hoping Mr.. Heaton has written
il.
Willie Collier has been playing to large
! business in Australia. The Man From
Mexico" one of Golfers early success
es. is. singularly enough. playing in op-
position.
Negotiations which have been pending
! for some time between Walter n. Law
4 renee. managing Henry r. Dixey, in
The Man on the Box" now appearing
at the Lyric Theater. and Lee Shubert,
relative TO the placing of this attrac-
ton at the Waldorf Theater, London,
were closed last week. 1t is the inten-
tion of Mr.. Lawrence 10 arrange mat
ters so that the first week in Novenbe
will see this American play making a |
bid for London's approval. -p.e original
company and production will be taken
! over in its entirety.
1t is to be Hoped it will have better
luck than some other American plays
that have gone over this season. For
truth conpels the admission that Amer
/ ican plays are not doing very well in |
London Just now. The Lion and the /
Mouse" made great big hit with the
critics who couldn't say enough for it.
nor yet for Margaret Illingtor, but IL
didn't please the public and Il has al