The Washington herald., 1906-11-16
ABOUT PLAYERS AND PLAYS

There IS interest in Washington in the
benefit to be given al the Broadway Thea
/ ter. New York. on December Il, for Henry
/ Clay Barnabee and the widow Of the late
/ William IT. Macdonald. Every theater
/ goer cherishes the memory Of the "Bos-
tonians,' and the benedciaries Of the pres
ent movement are most worthy. Mr.. Peter
J. Taylor jr., manager Of the Arlington
has opened a subscription list with sub
/ stantial sum, and will receive and for
ward any amounts that may be given
I here. Mr. W r. Eapley. of the Ma
/ tional, DR.. Frank b. Loring. and others
/ are helping the benefit along
! Albert Cheyalier looks forward TO hav-
I ing theater Of his own In Londcp. where
I he viii play the year round. after he has
completed his present engagement in the
/ United States and a tour around the world
Which viii follow. He will do four weeks
I IN vaudeville at the conclusion Of his
contract with Ivette Guilbert
Geraldine Farrar, who has Just arrived
in New York 10 take part in the Metro
polttan opera season. has been absent IN
/ Europe nine years. and comes home with
a reputation Of having been more praised
| by the European critics than any other
American singer. Miss Farrar is stiu vsU
under thirty, has a lovely face. girlisb ex-
preston and ways. and aItoaetber eo.-,s
! 70 nave the physical and vocal equipmenr
that makes prime fav0rites in opera she
strongly advises American girls 70 90 IN
Germany fer their musical education not
! 10 France or Italy
4 son Of Henry CIews. the New York
banker, who is resident in Paris p~actlc-
ing. art. music. and literature, has written
a play Of some sort in which one Of tho
leading characters is John d. Rockefeller
under the nominal guise OF Thomas Tins
The sdt seems 10 have been put On in one
or the minor Paris theaters.
Nine. ALA Nazimova, the Russian ac-
tress. does not appear to have made a
very favorable impression on some of the
New York critics by her appearance as
Hedda Gabler In that town Monday Her
English Is represented as very deficient
and she makes Hedda a much more aeria
person than Ibsen made her. apparently.
Il is expected that FRITZ Scheff vii!
be We'll enough TO resume her part in
Mile. Modiste." in Philadelphia to-
night. The Chestnut Street Theater has
been dark all the week ewing to Fritzl's
bad cold
Creatore is going TO take his tousled
name and his fine Italian band into
vaudeville for a brief season.
Paul Wilstach now one of the business
pilots Of the Richard Mansfield outfit. and
wen known in Washington. has provided
the play in which Charles Cartright will
star 1t is called ''Keegan's Pal" and
the scenes are laid in New York.
new play that Ezra Kendall has writ
ten in his leisure moments while on sour
with Swell Elegant Jones" has the sug-
gestive title, III / Were You" Il IS. of
course, about a man who is ready &c
advise every one on every possible subject
every minute
At one OF the recent series of dinners
to Henry arthur Jones, in New York.
Paul Armstrong the playwright. shocked
the assembled Iterau and others BY be-
ginning his speech with the remark. "I
hope you all choke That's what 1 mean -
he continued, I'm defiance of the looks of
depreciation and worse directed at him.
i hope all you guys choke I'm not so
strong for any of you. You've all been
telling of your great love for your col |
leagues, but you can cut me out of that
wheeze. I'd like to sell a play myself
now and then. and manager whom I !
approached only yesterday told me that
when he took a play from me it would be |
when all the other playwrights were
dead"
The unpleasant story is told that Ca |
ruso, Scott, Stracciari, and other grand
opera artists who came over this week on |
the Kaiser Wilhelm II TO take part in |
the Metropolitan Opera House season. re-
fused to sing at the concert for the sea /
mems fund given on board ship. Caruso /
is credited with the remark, Let some /
great philanthropist give ten thousand |
francs and I will sing" This is pitiable /
1t again reveals how mean great artists /
can be.
Marian Draughn, the American actress
who sued a wealthy German in London |
ASA bA04SA u PAo3it4SSY ltdo Dctn over I
whelmed with offers of engagements AZ
vaudeville houses and music halls as a /
result of the nOtoriety she has won in the 1
courts.
Are Your Rooms Vacants
Insert a small ad in The Herald under /
Rooms For Rent and you'll quickly secure
good tenants. The charge is only one /
cent z word.