The Washington herald., 1907-01-19
ABOUT PLAYS AND PLAYERS

David Warfeld COnfded to q Washing
Ton friend the other day that he came
mighty near having an attack OF sweiled
head recently in Pittsburg. On the Mon
day he opened there. he happened TO pass,
early IN the morning. the theater al
which he was to appear that night The
line Of people waiting to get at the man
in the box Office was about a quarter Of
a mile long 1T was the first time I had
happened 10 see the sale going on" said
WaTheld, and when / saw all those we'll
dressed people standing there in the
street waiting for a chance 20 buy tick
cts. I began 10 feel I really amounted TO
something But I go, over the feeling
when I went 10 the hotel and tried to
wheedle some information from one Of
the young clerks And that odd Music
Master smile broke over the Warfield
countenance.
Miss Justine Cutting, who will be in
Washington next week as a member of
the Clothes" company. Is almost as
noted as an admirer Of and expert in
dogs as she IS as an actress. She says
herself she knows more about dogs than
she does about acting, but probably she
wouldn't like it # any one else said it.
She holds. with Lord Byron and Ouida.
that dogs are really nobIer animals than
men, and are worthy Of closer study and
greater attention than the self-styled
lords Of creation Miss Cuttings special
pet dog. Of course. accompanies her on
tour over the country and is a leading
figure in the famous dos party held on
the stage during the performance Of
Clothes Her dog has the most refined
manners known in canine society-in
fact. he Is a perfect Lord Chesterfield OF
his kind. His mistress is confident he
would be a howling success on the lee
ture platform. If human beings were only
intelligent enough 10 understand his Ian
guage.
All the theaters are doing a good bust
ness this week, Notwithstanding the great
rush to see David Warfeld in The Music
Master John Drews audiences at the
National are larger than during his en-
gagement there last season. and Marie
CahilI, in Marrying Mary" at the CO.
lumbia, has entertained a fine house at
each OF her performances. Manager Tay-
Tor. Of the Belasco. is confident his weeks
business viii be larger than the first week
Of Warield's engagement IN Boston. The
receipts will run over $4,000.
It has been settled that Richard Mans
fields New York engagement viii begin
at the New Amsterdam Theater on Feb
ruary . The present arrangement is to
let Peer Gynt" run I'm the metropolis rs
long as there is demand for it. and then
Mansfield will go back % his repertory.
If the engagement isn't exhausted.
Claiming Pollock. who was first bitten
by the stage bug shortly after drifting
into Washington from up Culpeper way q
few years ago. now enjoys the distinction
and profit of having his work produced
on four continents His dramatizatlon of
In the Bishops Carriage" is playing in
this country. Australia. India. and South
Africa, and will be produced in London
in the spring by Charles Cartwright.
Abundant royalties are flowing in from
these sources, as well as from Clothes"
and other successful Pollock plays. so
that the young dramatist who is yet
under thirty. bids fair TO become a
wealthy man if ne can restrain his mas
ZION lOI luI over lcodlS- II Is 10 De nOpeQ
the report that he is at work on a musi-
cal comedy isn't true. The public has
done well by Claiming. and he ought to
be cOnsiderate Of the public 1t is also
said that IN odd moments he is pondering
a play which will be written to suit his
ideals just as Barrie wrote Peter Pan
10 set forth his own conception Of glorious
youth. What particular ideals Claiming
will put in this play ne is merely ponder
ing haven't been disclosed. OF course, not
all his ideals. for he has EN- in swarms.