Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-28
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father. He will appear later in the sea-
son in new play by Paul Hester. which
has not vet been completed. Miss Mar
lowe, who for two seasons has been joint
star with Mr.. Sothern, has made no def
mite statement regarding her plan. She is
now in Europe.
The opening Of the new Gayety bur
lesque house. on 9th street at pres
ent under construction, Is promised
August 10. Night and day shifts of
workmen are engaged upon IT, Will
liam S. Clark, the resident manager. was
very busy man about town last week
looking after the preliminaries for the
opening. Mr.. Clark says the Gayety
will play only the high-class burlesque COM
panies and will cater to ladies. The house
will be strictly frst-class in every respect
and absolutely fireproof. The opening
attraction will be Hurtig & Seamon's big
show, followed in order by such companies
as Rice & Barton, Fred Irwin's big show
"Clark's Runaway Girls Weber & Rush,
Sam Scrihner's big show. the Jersey
Lilies, World Beaters." Harry Bryant
and others.
Grace Orr Myers. well remembered here
for her excellent work as Serpolette In
The Chimes of Normandie' and Musette
in THE Bohemian Girl" returns to the
Aborn Opera Company here to sing the
role made famous by Lulu CHASER in Dolly
Warden" -,...s,-.
Mr.. Fred Meek, the weil-known New York
manager. has arrived in Washington to be-
come general business manager OF the
Aborn Opera Company at the New Ma
tional. succeeding A. J. Spencer. Mr. Meek
is son of Kate Meek. the well-known
actress.
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Manager Rapley of the New National ac
companied by Mrs. Rapley. will leave
Washington Tuesday for Narragansett Pier.
r. I. He will make weekend business trips
to Washington during his summer vaca-
ton.
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The voting contest at the New National
Theater has been the surprise of the sum-
mer season Although Dolly Warden" re-
ceived the highest number of votes, tt Is
declared that over 100 ballots were cast for
each of the three other favorite compost
lions. 1t must have been a busy time for
the contest manager.
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Little Trixie Cadiz who has been styled
1.-THE whirlwind choruster" by Press Agent
Long Of the National will step out of the
obscurity this week for the exacting role
of the messenger boy in Wang" Trixie,
who Is pictured on this page. will have a
prominent part next season in the Rogers
Brothers company.
Mariana" the beautiful romantic opera
by Vincent Wallace. stands second In the
voting contest at the New National Thea
ter. 1t is quite likely. unless some other
work will follow Dolly Warden in point
of popular choice.
Robert Edgar Long, the publicity pro-
moter at the National. had birthday last
Thursday. 1t was not possible to learn the
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huge bouquet of roses, numbering twenty
five flowers. looked most suspicious. The
present was not marked. but the unbane
Long is smiling at all the chorus girls just
the same.
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Wilton I-ackaye Is to begin his season IN
neither ''Bruvver Jim's Baby" recently
tried out by him in this city at the Columbia
during Its recent summer dramatic season.
nor 1.-The Red Robe but in Hall Gaines
dramatization Of his well-known novel Of
The Bondman." This play was acted
with all indications Of success last autumn
in Drury Lane Theater, London. William
A. Brady has obtained the rights of the
play for the United States and Canada,
with the original settings and dresses. Mr..
Lackaye's role will. Of course. be Jason. It
was acted in the London production by
Frank Cooper. who ought to be pleasantly
remembered In this country for his excel
lent work in the Irving-Terry repertoire
when those stars were here in 1S33-94
suggestion has been made to Mr. Brady
In London by the critics that he obtain
George Bernard Shaws The Doctors Di-
lemma' for Wilton Lackaye. The latter,
although avowedly an incurable Anglopho-
biac. Is always written OF with praise in
the newspapers of London. where he scored
sound hits in THE Idjer" and the Children
OF the Ghetto.
While writing of Lackaye it Is recalled
that his expressed intention of year ago
to act last season In repertoire of plays
led, recently, to his being guyed because OF
his having confined himself to his own
play, The Law and the Man."
"Repertoire,' he said in self-defense. "ts
not a matter of mere achievement 1t is a
state of mind
One of those present. waiting TIL the
laugh had died down, undertook to remind
Lackaye that the point OF his retort had
been used in a very old joke about Ros-
ton.
Very well. then vas Lackaye's reply.
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