Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-11-10
Playhouse paragraphs

woodland" the birdlore opera, 10 to be
sung in Paris.
A new political play In the west is en-
titled The Rival Candidates"
Mrs Leslie Carter's tour will begin the
latter part Of this month.
MAY vokes we'll known in vaudeville.
! has an important part in "A Knight for
| Day company.
| A company is singing comic opera in
| San Francisco with Richie Ling and
Lucille Saunders in the cast.
Dewolf Hopper will star in fairy
story taken from the legend of the Pied
| Piper of Hamelin.'
A company is to be organized to play
The Merry Widow in which Flora
Isabelle will have the title role.
1t is said that George AIDES play ar
! tie has not scored the success expected
and that it will close next week.
Marion Short and Pauline Phelps. who
wrote The Grand Army Man" for David
Warfield will write new play for Clara
Bloodgood
Marguerite Clark now on tour with d.
Wolf Hopper in .'Happyland," will be
seen as the star Of a college play now
being written by Rida Johnson Young.
Joseph c. Miren has gone into vaudo-
vile in a musical comedy satire called
Miss Camille by George V. Hobart
and Victor Herbert
The Master Hand" is the title Of the
new play Nat c. Goodwin will produce In
Chicago in Thanksgiving week It dsa's
with modern finance and one of the acts
is laid in Wall street.
opir Da will he
orchestra at the opening performance
Monday night OF The Girls of H ollaHd.'
He will be assisted by Signor de Novellis
the regular conductor o. the organization.
Margaret Angiin. who will play a re-
turn enga cement in Washington in De-
cember. with Henry Miller in The Great
Divide is under contract to tour Aus
tralia. starting next May, in repertoire.
Joe WEIGH. an actor of Hebrew roles
asked Supreme Court Justice O'Gorman
in New York to restrain his nephew, Lew
Friedman. from acting in the play, The
Shoemaker" and from using the name
of WEIGH.
1t is reported that Paul Armstrong. the
playwright, who is now living at Acton.
colonial estate in Annapolis, which he has
leased, has purchased Belmont. f1ne old
estate on the hay shore about four miles
from Annapolis, and will make it his
home
Bessie Wynn rescued find from
machine shop in Worcester Mass. re-
Gently. He proved to have n splendid
voice and she secured him to alternate
with her in singing His name is John Ed
gar Littleton. and he is we!l-known bas-
ket ball player in New England.
Carrie e Perkins. who plays the role
of the widow of brewer in The Girls of
Holland" Is noted for her beauty. al
though in the part sne plays this week one
young woman who was such favorite
in the extravaganza 1892" The Seven
Ages" and "Evangeline.
vero Michelena. pr,:1a donna of The
Girls of Holland" company. is the daugh-
ter of the famous teno Mich elena Miss
Michelena Is only twenty years old and Is
therefore the youngest prima donna now
stage appearance at tie age of five with
Marie Tempest in ire D, Koven- Harry B
Smith light opera, The Fencing Master"
After more than years run in New
York and four moths in Chicago, Brew
sters Millions with Edward Abeles in
the leading role. comes to the Columbia
early in December The production is
under the mana cement OF Frederic Thomp-
son. thu creator of the Hippodrorne, New
York. and Luna Park at Coney Island.
Stella Hansen, one of the stately beau
ties of The Little Cherub." which plaved
here last week is ii Californian, member
of San Francisco family that boasted
great wealth before the earthquake Miss
Hansen IS graduate of the Berkeley I-ni-
versity. and her first position on the stage
was in the chorus of THE Rollicktng
Girl with Miss Williams and Sam Ber,
nard. She has remained with Miss Will
hams ever since. but now has attained tho