Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-05-27

Farnum, both as to voice and facial fea-
lures.
Ethel Barrymore has a summer home in
Maine and she plans to spend the summer
there.
Mrs James Brown Potter is to appear
as Mary Queen of Scots in he play when
she has accepted for her return to the
stage.
Miss France Pierce, western newspaper
woman. is the author Of play ensi'i ,.a
The Children Of Men, winch hao l''
premier in Chicago last week
Mr.. and Mrs. James O'Neill have gone
abroad for the summer and VIII traVel III
Ireland England, Scotland and Germany
before they turn their faces home"aro-
Percy Leach. whose home Is In Wash
ington has returned to this city for the
summer and is acting as stage manager
for the Columbia Theater Stock Company
William II. Crane Will join Mrs. Crane
very soon in Germany. They viii spend
the summer on the continent and VIII not
return until Mr.. Cranes season opens at
the Savoy in September
Sam Houston a picturesque drama OF
early American frontier life. has been sc
lected as the vehicle in which Clay Glenn
ent is 10 be starred next season by klaw
& Erlanger.
Harry Bulger the comedian Is to have
a prominent part in the new musical ran
tasy by John kendrick Bangs. Vincent
Bryan and Manuel Klein which Henry w
Savage Is soon TO produce in Boston
Montgomery and Stone have finally agreed
to abandon the delightful Wizard of Oz
They will be seen next season in new
musical comedy by Henry Blossom ana
Victor Herbert.
Ellen Wheeler wncox's "Mspah. which
abruptly ended its season two or three
months ago. will be revived in the fan. In
the east will be Charles Dalton, Elizabeth
Kennedy and Francis Losee.
Wilton Lackay pleased Waterbury. Conn,
last week with the production Of his own
dramatizatlOn of Les Miserables in which
he appeared. Mr.. Lackaye was the Jean
Vatican.
Julia Lee. who played the role of one Of
Mrs. Weston's eastern friends IN ne
Stoddard Taylor, manager of the Beiasco
Theater-
In the revival Of Mistakes VIII Hap
PEN at the ,Iarrick Theater. Alice JohI.-
son carried or the honors IN the role CT
Mrs. Hunter Chase. the part originally ere
ased by Henrietta Crosman.
RehearsaIs for the rev comic opera. The
Alcayde." by Frederic Barry and George
y. Stephens. jr.. are under way under the
direction Of Julian Mitchell. The piece will
be produced in Atlantic City early in June
The Little Gray Lady" Claiming Pol
lOCts play has closed q prosperous tour
under the management of James K. Hack
EFT at Atlantic City. Mr.. Hackett will
probably send out two companies the COM
ing fall
Daniel Pegotty," a dramatic version of
David Copperfeld." by Haddon Chambers
of New York. is meeting with great sue
cess in Liverpool, ENGLAND. where the Eng
fish actor, Charles Cartwright, has pro-
duced the play.
Preparations for Joan of Arc" in whi-h
Julia Marlowe and f. H. Sothern are to
appear next season under the direction of
the Shubert-, already under way. 1t
IS said to be one of the most elaborate pro-
auctions ever undertaken by these stars. q
Maude Raymond. the wife Of Gus Rogers
Of the Rogers Brothers, has made a hit as
Beezy. the coIored attendant "a the fash
fonable 5tl avenue manicure parlors, that
form the setting of the first act of '"rla
Social Whirl." now being played at the
Casino. New York.
Grace Filkius, who off the stage is Mrs.
Mark, wife OF Capt Mark. L. S. N. has
been engaged for an important role in
new play by Charles Klein that is to be
produced early in the fall at the Hudson
Theater New York. Miss Efie Shannon
and Miss Dorothy Donnell have been en-
gagged for the same play.
The Student King" by Reginald De
Koven. Frederic Ranken and Stanislaus
STANCE. was produced in Rochester last
week and made a favorable impression.
Raymond Hitchcock has a comic role, and
Lima Abarbanen was given high praise
in the Leading soubrette role.
In a competition at the Madison Square
Garden. in New York, for the most pOpu-
lar actress, Adele Richie won. with over
10000 votes. Among others high up on the
list were Marie Dressler, Marguerite Clark.
Maude Adams, Blanche Bates and Lillian
Russell. The prize was an English bull
pup
thirty-five weeks next year al the Liberty
Theater, New York. and in that time she
will produce ten plays, These will be all
written especially for her by such authors
s. Mcclellan. Mrs. Burnett. Eugene Pres
brey, Mrs. Humphrey Ward and Clyde
Fitch
The Henry Miller Company has been
formed consisting Of Henry Miller. Mar
sarct Anglin and Lee Shubsr- Next sea-
son The organization Will nave I'VE attTaS-
tons: Miss Anglin in a new play, The
Conversion OF Garr!ck;" Brown of Har-
ward" which Will go on the road for
tour; Madame Nasinoff. the Russian star.
who will be seen in an English play. and
two stars whose names are for the present
withheld.
Claiming Pollock has busy summer be
fore him. He has four plays and several
stories under way, and during his leisure
moments he plans to write a series of one
act plays He Will also continue his work
as dramatic editor of two New York mag
azines. One of his plays, The Right of
Happiness" is for James X HaCkett: a
second is to be used at the opening of the
new Astor Theater IN New York; the title
of the third has not been announced. and
the fourth is the dramatization of THE
Secret Orchard"