Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11


cuold not live longer Miss Burke ard her
mother were summoned by cable from their
Wood London. Mrs. William E. Burke,
the mother, was unable TO come across the
ocean ON account of the condition of her
heart. and Billie" the daughter. came
alone on the first steamer crossing the sea.
On this same boat was Stanley Cary, an
old Devonshire friend. When she ex-
planned her mission he decided to come to
Washington for brief visit Both Miss
Burke and Mr.. Cary registered separately
at the Slioreham on February 25, but they
arrived at different hours of the day.
Cary was seen occasionally in her COM
pany. and this led to his being mistaken
for the Marquis Of AngIesey, to whom 1t
had been rumored for some time she had
been engaged.
Miss Burke would have gone to the
Beatty house for residence there during her
temporary stay in Washington but for the
tact that the upper story OF the home had
been occupied by a Virginia family to
which it had been rented. and there was
not room on other stories of the house TO
accommodate her She accordingly regis
tered at the Shoreham, but spent most OF
her time at the bedside of her uncle, and
while there chatted with her grandmother,
whom she seemed to take delight In
pleasing.
Lived Quietly While Here.
1t is not true as rumored, that Miss Burke
theater parties while in Washington. Her
uncle died on March ., and ever since the
funeral she has invariably appeared in
black, wearing dark sable furs. She has
two automobiles of her own in London and
is fond of the sport, but her mission TO
ashington was such a serious one tnat
she did not indulge in the pastime- The
death of her uncle left her grandmother,
fine old Virginia lady. without any near
relatives permanently in the household.
This grandmother was too old to be moved
at this time of the year. otherwise she
would probably have been taken TO New
York, to be cared for by one Of Miss Burke
other sisters Miss Burke remained IN
Washington until today. mapping out plans
for. making her grandmother comfortable.
niece of Miss Burkes is also here from
New York and other relatives have spent
much time in the house, the whole atmos-
phere of which is one of simplicity ana
modest refinement. Instead of thinking or
matrimony Miss Burke has been devotlng
all of her energies toward making her
grandmother happy, and has filled the mouse
with growing jonquils hyacinths and otner
fragrant plants from the shops of local nor
lists and added those little feminine touches
to the household that only a woman can
Miss Burke denies that she is engaged to
the marquis, or to anybody else. Inc SEN
satfonal stories appearing in some New
York papers have been distasteful to her
and members of the family. There are no
press-agent yarns that can be sprung CON
corning me- she said. Il live contentedly
with my mother and father in London. Ny
special recreations are automobillng, horse
| back riding, rowing, cycling ana STUDYING
French, and you can't even make cut thae
there have been ruptures behind the scenes
at the Prince of Wales Theater, though
some of us are American-like Miss Edna
May Miss Pauline Chase, also of Washing
ton, and myself-others are Anglo-Ameri,
can, as it were-like Clarita Deval ana
Norma Whalley, and others are out-and-out
Engiishers, like Arthur Roberts, Violet
Cameron and George Graves-whle some
are under contract to George EdWarues
and some are signed by Charles Frohman.
Seriously" she concluded Il love Eng
land because ] made my first success in II,
and expect to spend many years of my
career in its theaters, but | shan't be en-
tirely happy until l have appeared IN New
York and Washington-where the Burkes
came from"
The Canoe Song.
Two years ago all London hummed the
lyrical "canoe song with which Miss
Burke made her first great success. The
refrain of the song runs
Mamie I've a little canoe.
Room for me, my Mamie and you;
I'll paddle along and rock you in my cradle.
Mamie, you We nothing to do
When I've told my worries 10 you;
Then Mamie, might canoodle, We two,
In my little canoe.
The words and music were written by
Leslie Stuart, the composer of "Floro-
dora" who was also responsible for the
score of THE School Girl" in which Edna
May appeared In this country and In Eng
land Like many other interpolated num-
bers MY Little Canoe made the sensa-
ton of the piece. 1t was not Miss Mays
luck to have this song allotted to her. Miss
Burke who had been previously compare
lively an unknown girl got IT, and leaped at
bound into the apple Of Iondon's eye
through her comparatively charming rem
dering of the Hitting melody and her equally
charming appearance.
Miss Burke has now lived in England long
enough TO acquire the weekend habit
now becoming an American social institu-
tion-which means leaving London with
regularity and dispatch over Sunday for an
adjacent bracing resort in the country. She
frequently attends the golf meetings at
Bushly with George Grossmith, IT., the
often goes down to Brighton In bulky
French automobile, which she herself
drives. 1t Is interesting, In this connection,
that Pauline Chase, the Washington girl
who sprang into prominence as ''the pink
pajama girl in the Liberty Bellies" and
now meeting with remarkable success In
London, is the who caused the automo-
bile pestilence to break in the theatrical
ranks of Charles Frohman and George Ed
wardes in England
Miss Burke is what Britishers style "a
ripping pretty girl" She has soft golden
ha1r, fresh, clear skin, soft blue eyes and
an expression of unsophtsticated candid |
ness She admits that there are Johnnies
In London. and that some OF them have
noble blood In their veins, but makes q |
sweeping denial of all of the rumors engag-
Ing her to any of them.