The Washington herald., 1907-12-29

Mcintyre, Sydney AinSwOTth. George "
( Baraum, Flora Juliet Bo@ley. and Mar.
/ jorie Wood. These players were born
and made their debuts as follows.
Mr.. Eddinger, in Albany. and made his
I debut in 1857 with Charles T. Ellis.
Mr.. Mcintyre. in Ann Arbor. Mich. and
made his debut in The Hon. John Girls
/ by" in 1901
I Sydney AinswOrth, Manchester. Eng
/ land. and made his debut in arizona
in 1900
George ". Barnum. in New York City;
debut in 1874 in 'Richelieu" with Charles
/ Fletcher
/ Flora Juliet BowIey. born in san Fran
cisco: made her debut with James X
H2ckett in The Crisis" 1906.
I Marjorie Wood. in London. and made
her debut with Robert EdesOn in Strong
/ heart" in 1904
Miss Flora juliet BowIey, leading WON
an for Robert Edeson in Classmates
I IS PERHAPS the youngest leading woman
on the American stage. she IS twenty
| two Miss Bow!ey made her professional
/ debut but few years ago. appearing
7 With James X Hackett The following
season she was engaged By Henry p
/ Harris for an UnimpOrtant role in The
! Lion and the Mouse but demonstrated
( such marked ability that when. one even
( ing. the leading woman failed 10 annaa-
I owing TO illness, Miss Bowley was gIven
/ The role Of Shirley ROssmOre She is Al
present under fve-year contract with
! Ar Harris as leading woman for Mr..
4 Edeson- 1t Is rather a coIucidence. thar
Miss Bowley is appearing in a military
+ play. in that her entire family has been
I IN some way connected with the United
States army. Her father was the late
/ Capt. Freeman Bowley. and her brother
Albert J. BOWley Is now aId-de-camp 10
Gen Grant, stationed at Governors Isl
ana another brother. r J. E0wIey. s
al present cadet az West Point
To see him act you would never think
that Alfred W. Nafin-he who PLAYS
4 Deacon Bagby IN Mrs. Wigs OF The
/ Cabbage Patch"-is sixty-seven years OF
age. for he is correct and quick Of mo-
ton, and his voice rings clear and true
Yet il was on August 81. 1870 that he
trst saw the light. He was born In a
I dressing-rOom Of the Victoria Theare-.
London. England. between the first and
second acts Of a pantomime. ia which
both his father and mother were appeg--
ing He made his first professional an
pearing al the age Of six in a pantomims
az the Victoria called See Saw. Margery
Daw-' In the same company playing
Juvenile parts were John Laurie and
Fred Yokes, who have since become IA
nous. He was brought % this country
% appear IN "Humpty Dumpty." by
Tony Denier. the famous American clown.
He was with the John NcCauI Ope-a
Company for Q period Of thirteen years.
and played in the original productions in
this country OF Ga File De Madame
AnEot, "GirOfe Gir0la-" The Queen
Lace Handkerchief and was under
study % Francis Wilson in ''Erminier
during its three years run at the Casino
Theate-, New York.
Blanche Chapman, who plays Mrs.
Wigs. In Mrs. Wigs. OF the CABBAGE
. Patch is Of the opinion that women o.
the stage should not be she.ved in favor
OF pretty face. just as their work
achieves maturity and authority. Women.
she thinks. ought 70 have as big a fsld
b. f0r their adult efforts as have rne-.
III
. the good uiddIe-aged. or elderly pa-ts
81 should be reserved for The men. Why
b. should a woman's value 20 the stage ha
in inverse ratio 10 her experience and de-
velopment2 AS thiass are. as things have
been, q woman. by the time she has
reached her greatest powers. has nothing
10 play IN The modern drama Why with
b the exception Of @ few conspicuouslv few
b. cases OF celebrated names. a woman-s
earning capacity has decreased with the
/. development Of her ability. The older
the actress, the smaller her salary 5s
the ordinary rule And 7 can't help but
= think that this order does not rerresert
B the feeling or the public. Theaterg0erS
are becoming more enlightened every day.
They want more than the regular dis-
! Of love story They want @ versatile
? drama For a long time they have de-
> nandcd men in all ages. from youth %
seniity. Why not have varying periods
Tor women
sam Bernard, starring this season
E under the management Of Charles Froh-
man in The Rich 1Ir. Hoggenheimer."
. can recall now with c0mpIaceucy the
S somewhat disastrous outcome Of his first
: professional appearance Although Be--
nard has been upon The stage twenty
nine years. he recalls his first public per
, fo-mance with as accurate a memory as
p though IL were yesterday. He always
Z thought he was going 10 be an actor. and
. with this end in view he once rieEed I'D
% a little thecter on the woodpile OF his
{ parents back yard. charging the neigh
q boring children one cent fo- admItance.
E and, in default of the necessary amount.
5 accepted ten pins as the gate money
The performance went forward and the
actors az least thought II was great, when
some eDvious youngsters. because they
couldn't get IN, having neither pennies
nor pins, filled their mouths with water
and squlrted IL through holes in the
' fence. Bernard'S mother heard the noise
5 and broke up the show, sam getting away
- with the gross receipts. twelve cents.
e Since that day Bernard has had an en-
20 v!a5le career. After a number OF years
b as one Of the principal comedians with
4 Weber and Fields. he appeared IN The
- Silver slipper" and later starred in The
Girl from kays.'' The ROllicking Girl. "
and now The Rich Mr.. Hoggeuheimer.' %
e The youthful appearance Of Fred
= Stone. the erstwhne Scarecrow Of The
h. Wizard Of o." and no co-star with Da-
s vid Montgomery in The Red Mil. %
e makes il difficult 20 appreciate that the
d comedian was almost twenty years be-
fore the footlights before great distinc-