The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-01-19


 drop of the curtain and that the result will have '-rhe Lion and the Mouse'' and other leading melodramas slocked in coal bin teiephoning for infor- nation"
 "Lady Luna," by Paul Lincke, is the | next foreign musical comedy to be am nour->ed for American production. The piece is in two acts and the scenes
 are laid in Vienna. It has run for a long period in Berlin, where it was first produced. The American produc-
 ton will be made in New York some time this month.
 Dorothy Russell is appearing in vau- | devil1e once more. She Is on view In
 new act, offering as the piece de re-
 sistance an imitation of her fair mama warhling "Come Down, My Evening Star" Miss Russell will follow close | ly in the footsteps of her mother, play
 ing all the big cities in the wake of
 wildfire. As an anti-climax Miss Rus
 sell should make good.
 Otis Skinner. during his engagement in 'sThe Honor of the Family at the Grand Opera House, Chicago. will take
 occasion to speak on 'The Actors Eth
 ical Viewpoint" at the Music Hall un-
 der the auspices of the University of
 Chicago.
 | Catherine Devine. the original Tit
 tie Egypt" whose original dance caus-
 ed Police Captain Chapman to raid the
 famous Seeley dinner at Sherry's elev-
 en years ago. was found dead in her
 apartments at No. 226 West Thirty
 seventh Street. January 5. It is be- lieved that she committed suicide and
 had been dead several days when ! tAaafh fhn4 n a that she had been married for some l years to Frederick Hamlin of East | Bloomfield, Ontario County N. r., and l that divorce proceedings were pending
 at the time of her death.
 Henry Dixey's daughter is pirouet- | ting in the chorus of Lonesome Town" " preferring, to make her own way rather than rely upon the fame of her father | to advance her in the profession. Anent which Forrest Arden in The Chicago
 Examiner remarks: If she has to listen to Lonesome Town every night her sacrifice is entirely too great. Some-
 one should telegraph to father"
 Laura Jean Libby. purveyor of liter
 ature to the hoi polloi and patron saint l of the mil1iner's assistant, made re- cent hurried trip to Washington re- gently to copyright some of her erotic | novels. Some eighty plays, all type written by the lady herself, were poured l into the copyright office at Washing I ton. making new record for that hive
 of industry.
 l Mabel Montgomery, at one time lead | ing woman at the Bush Temple Thea l ter, Chicago. and more recently the l victim of financial slump while star l ring in Zaza. has joined the Baldwin I Melville Stock Company at New Or- | leans. Miss Montgomery appeared at l New Orleans about i've years ago and | is quito popular thereabouts.
 George Richards Is meeting with sue l cess on the road portraying the inebri- | ated Edward Ramsey in Jessie Busley's production of In the Bishops Carriage.
 when the question is directly put, rem l dering evasion impossible Charming l Pollock will admit that he made the l dramatization of Meredith Nichols nov | al. but he is far from proud of it. l Joe whitehead. who appeared in Cap l tain Careless and later in the road | company of The Umpire, is at present | enacting the star role in The Girl | Question at the La Sale Theater, Chi- caRo. MT. whitehead is clever danc-
 er and d comedian of merit and Is be-
 ing cordially greeted by the La Salle I clientele.