The Washington herald., 1907-12-01
ACTORS WHO'S WHO?

A(IORS WffOS WHO!
/ Miss Amy Sumers. who is the typist In
'Brewsters Millions and the general nm
derstudy or ali the feminine roles is in
private life Miss Amy Sumers Loseh. Of
Philadelphia. and Is one Of the most non
ular members OF the Quaker CIty.s excIu-
sive social set Miss Losch began her
stage career with Lulu Glaser IN Dolly
Warden
! There are seven college graduates
among the leading players IN Frederic
Thompson's "Brewster's Millions con-
pany al tie Columbia this week. Edward
Abeles graduated from the College Of
Law IN ST Louis; Hall McAllister. from
Z the University Of California; Willard
Howe, from Yale: Albert Sacket: and Jo-
/ sepn WOOdburn. from Brown, and Jack
| Devereaux and Castor Bell. from Colum-
bia
/ II is not generally known, but never
theless a fact, that Edward Abeles. who
Z plays the title character in Frederic
Thompson's highly successful comedy.
1 "Brewster's Millions" makes nearly as
much money By song writing as he does
I by acting. Mr.. Abeles' most notable
song successes were In Dreamland.-
which he wrote for Lillian Russell and
which proved her greatest success during
her Weber & Fields engagement and
/ The RaccOOn and the Bee" which was
/ sung in Ny Friend From India" Mr.
/ Abeles' latest verses were set to music
I by Arthur Weld. and was one OF the
/ stirring music numbers in George W.
/ Lederer's production OF "The Girl Rang
ers." Mr. Abeles has had over fifty songs
/ published
Miss Anna Held. who comes to Wash
/ ingtOn this week in The Partisan Model %
has been upon the stage since childhood.
She was born in Paris March Is, 1877. the
daughter Of Maurice and Helene Held.
Miss Held adopted the stage before her
education began, but retired from the
I footlights 20 enter an academy at Rouen.
France. Miss Held was married IN Paris
| 20 her present manager. Mr.. r ZiegfeId.
/ jr. Her real stage debut may be said to
I have occurred in Paris in 1880. when she
/ created a furor as a singer az the princi-
/ pal music halls Miss Held first achieved
\ her most notable American success in the
/ title role Of The Little Duchess" in
which she starred in 1903 Since taen she
/ has appeared in "Papa's Wife" Nam
/ selle Napoleon" and her present success,
\ The Partisan Model"
! Miss Mabel Taliaferro. very talented
and winsome little actress. will be in
\ Washington next week Miss TaliaferTo.
who in private life is the wife Of Frederic
/ Thompson, the producer Of Polly OF The
/ Circus. was for a number Of years the
most prominent child actress on the Eng
2 inc L
child in The Land OF Hearts Desire"
that Miss Taliaferro achieved a truly
triumphant masterpiece Of poetic and
foreible juvenile characterization. She
\ also won considerable recognition for her
! excellent work in Blue Jeans" in which
play she made her professional debut at
the tender age Of three. Miss TaIiaferro.
] who comes 10 the National next week in
{ Polly OF the Circus" was last at this
I theateT in the role Of LOvey Mary I'm
/ Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch
I Although The name Taliaferro IS pro
I nounced throughout the South as ''Tolli-
Yer, Miss Mabel stiH ciings 10 the origi-
nal Italian RECOMMENDATION, which may be
phonetically represented as ''Talyafario.'
Miss Margaret Mayo. young au-
thoress whose hereto claim % a place
In the gallery OF American dramatists
rests on the stage version OF The Mar
rage Of William Asche," and the adap-
ton of "Dlvorcons,' is a product OF the
Pacific slope, that section Of the country
that has given 10 the theatrical and lit
eFary world so many brilliant and sus
cessfuI personages. The fact that Polly
OF the Circus soon TO be produced for
the first time on any stage az the New
I
latest bid for dramatic honors. brings
this really clever writer before the Wash
ington public more fOrceably than ever
before. Miss Mayo was for some time
an actress OF no mean ability and played
in numerous productions in New York
under Charles Frohman's management
Her talent for writing. however, resolved
her 70 abandon the fOOthghts and for
the past hve years she has devoted her
time and thoughts 70 magazine and play
writing, in which latter work she has
proven the value Of her stage training
and experience In private life Miss
Mayo is Mrs Edgar Selwyn. wife OF the
well-known actor and play-broker.
Mr.. Frederic Thompson, the founder
and 5rst moving spirit OF the New York
Hippoirome, and the creator and man
ager OF that famous resort. Luus Park.
Coney Island. is not yet thirty-two years
OF age Mr.. Thompson IS now turning
his attention 20 theatrical production and
already has one big success 70
his credit "Brewster's Millions" He
viii produce Polly Of the Circus AZ
the New National Theater here as the
second theatrical venture OF a really
dramatic nature. Mr.. Thompson. who is
known IN New York as the youngest
Snowman to-day. was also responsible
for the management Of the Pan-Ameri-
can Exposition at Buffalo His ideas on
sust what a play should be are quite
interesting
Many may smile AZ the idea OF a
Coney Island Snowman preaching moral
ity." said Mr.. Thompson but Luna
Park. with IFS clean shows. did for CoHey
Island what the pulpit, the press. and
the public of New York failed 20 do
regenerate f. At the top OF my pro-
gramme Of Polly OF the Circus there
VIII appear a line, reading: The effort
has been wholly TO amuse, and, Incl
dentslly, to uPlift. by presenting a play
that is good and wholesome. Its faults
may be many. but il has the virtue OF
/ cleanliness
That said Mr.. Thompson, will Al
ways be my keynote"
Robert billiard. vaudeviHe's dramatic
headliner, is one Of the veterans Of the