The Washington herald., 1907-11-17

Miss Henrietta Vaders. who viii be seen
at the Belasco Theater during the forth
coming engagement Of The Secret Or
chard," VIII be remembered by the older
.theatergoers Of Washington as for many
years the able leading woman for that
greatest Of American actors. Edwin
Booth.
Adelaide Prince. who is Mrs erosion
Clark in private life. is the author OF thar
well-knOwn actors famous starring We
hicle. entitled The Power that Governs"
Miss Josephine Victor. who plays the i'm
pOrtant role Of Joy in "The Secret Or
chard, is a young Hungarian actress.
with apparently a big future awaiting
her. The Chicago and Philadelphia papers
shower praises upon her performance
William CourtIeigh is an Englishman
originally, but an American by right u
adoption and distinction. He was brought
over by Daniel Fr0hman. and long Jed
the great productions al the famous
Lyceum Theater. New York City. after
the days Of Louis Massen. Herbert KeIcys
ard the other fav0rites OF a decade ago.
Then he fell 10 the lot OF Charles Froh-
man. who headed with him all his En-
pire Theater stock productions. He has
been leading man for Virginia Harmed.
Clara Bloodg00d Maxine Elliott. Mary
Mannering; indeed, ali Of the FrOhman-
made stars Of the past ten years. Mr..
COurtleigh is in vaudeville on account Of
Peaches the name Of the little triumph
that George Hobart launched az
4r0hc- (-frl On r1Ft..T lgura -fr.... -re-.
Vincent Serrano. who mas the role OF the
Duke OF Cluny in The Secret Orchard
which is 20 be seen this week N the Be
lasco Theater. Is unhappy. because, for the
first time I'm many years. De is playing a
role which does not call for the approval Of
the audience The Duke o. Cluuy. as viii
be recalled by persons familiar with the
novel OF Agnes and Eserton Castle. is q
gentleman who has strayed from the
straight and narrow path OF domestic
fidelity. and whose lapse involves in uu-
happiness every other character IN the
story. The duke suffers too. and one sf
his most censOrioUs friends tells him.
Your repentance is almost an atone
ment' Nevertheless. Mr. SerranO who
as Denton. IN Arizona. was called upon
to do heroic things eight times q week
Tor two seasons, misses the Endorsement
Of his audiences.
Mr.. George W. Howard. this season
playing leading roles with Blanche
Walsh, was formerly associated with
Mrs. Leslie Carter in the same capacity.
Mr. Howard is not-the only actor OF
real ability who has been struggling %
-.
taJon o. being d matinee idol which
he managed 20 make for himself during
the season that he appeared in the sup
port OF Maxine Elliott in "Her Own
Way" NIr- Towards career is one Of the
most interesting OF our younger genera
ton Of leading men. he having appeared
with success as the principal support Of
several OF Charles FrOhman's stars dur
ing his short stage career With Blanche
Walsh Mr. Howard win be seen as BIZ
Hubbeu in Clyde Firch's play, "The
Straight Road and in the difficult role
Of Gregoire in Jacob Gord0n's tragic
Russian drama The Kreuyzer Sonata"
Walter Hale. who plays Lieut.. Dodd In
The Secret Orchard" ~ the BeIasco
during the coming week. is one OF the
fessi0n- He is the leader OF the younger
set IN both the Lambs and Players
clubs. and is distinguished as an artist.
as well as actor. ia New York With the
aid Of his charming Uife-kn0wu as
Louise Closer in stageland-NIr. Hale-s
eJchiugs are known through most OF the
leading American. English, and Coutineu-
tai magazines. Mrs Hale writes most
attractively Of travel IN foreign lands.
while Mr.. Hale illustrates with q stvls
that is characteristic and effective as that
possessed by any eJcher OF the CAV. Mr..
Hale was last seen in Washington as the
leading juvenile actor for Ada Behan and
Ous skinner when they appeared here
four seasons ago IN the Shakespearean
comedies.
a. Baldwin Sloane. composer Of the
Coming Thro' the Rye" score. achieved
his first success in this line Of endeavor
in the city Of Boston In 1895 or there
. about. the Cadet Corps Of that city pro-
duced d burletta. or eXtravaganza. called
Jack and the BeansraIk." of which T.
a. Barnet wrote the Iibretto and Mr.
Sloane the music He was then not over
twenty-five years OF age. but his music
caught the popular fancy strongly. and
he was Instantly sought By the producers
of musical comedy and kindred works Ia
the intervening years he las composed
the music Of numerous successful pieces.
including The Gingerbread Man
Lady Teazle." The NockinE Bird.
Sergeant Kitty" Broadway 20 Tokyo"
and Excelsior Jr." Much OF his Coming
tEUmb-marks OF genius which gives
promise OF admirable work to come II
is known that when Oscar Hammersteiu
conceived the idea Of having an Amer
lean compose = grand opera for p-esenta-
ton at his Manhattan Opera House, be
conferred hrst with Mr. Sloane But Nj
Sloane had az that time. contracted To
supply the music Tor several lbrettists
who were engaged in preparing light
operas, and Mr. HammersteiB's proposal
was impossible of acceptance ThereupoI
Victor Herbert WAS assigned the task ~
carrying out Mr.. Hammerstein's idea
Frank C. Bangs. who has the role OF
the Canon in The Secret Orchard" is
one of the oldest actors at present on
the stage IN America He WAS one OF
the three star combination Of Booth
Barrett, and Bangs, and distinguished
himself some twenty years ago in such
romantic roles as that OF Michael Stro-
soft. Last fall. when leaving a rehearsal
Of In the Bishops Carriage" he was
run over by a dray and so seriously in
jured that his retirement was announced
He recovered, however. sufficiently 10
give a very charming performance in
THE Secret Orchard" Ar Bangs. who