Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-08


the son of the late John Hoey. who was
president of the Adams Express Com
pany. His home Is in West End. N j.,
and he is an extensive real estate opera
tor.
Julia Marlowe will make an early pro-
duction of a poetic drama. The Goddess
of Reason" by Mary Johnston. The pre-
miere will occur in Boston, Thanksgiving
week. The supporting company will In
clude White Whittlesey. Vincent Stern
royd. Theodore Hamilton. Martin SABINE a,3,l
Alexander Calvert, Olive Temple, SILVIA
Varesi and Olive Wainwright.
new play, of which one Of the
authors. is Ferdinand Gottschalk. was
tried lately by stock company IN Du-
luth 1t is political play called Ihe
Love and the Law" Charles Frohman
is reported to have secured the rights
for this country and England.
Katherine Grey has taken the place
of Margaret Ellington in The IhleI
company with Kyrle Bellew. MISS III
lei Frohman, has been obliged to leave
the cast through continued Illness
John W. Ransome. the brewer in The
Prince of Pilsen.' who has recently been
doing an impersonation Of William j.
Bryan is to be featured with MISS fienri-
eta Lee in a new vaudeville sRetch
which Gus Sohlke is to produce and for
which Frank TannehiII jr., is writing the
book The title Of the act is The Jersey
Count.
At Albany last Monday night Eleanor
Robson and a carefully selected company
of pIayers gave the initial performance or
Vera the Medium, a four-act play, d
dramatization of Richard Harding Davis
novel of the same name Ihe play mas
been deliberately staged by the Llepler
company.
Definite plans have been formulated for
the production of The Sins of society,
the hig Drury Lane melodrama of last
season. which Brooks & Dingwali are 10
present in this country. The piece WIN
have it's first American hearing at NC
Vickers Theater, Chicago. next April
with j. E Dodson In the leading role.
Mention has been made of the new play
"The Night Riders which is peins los
tered BY Mrs. H. c. DeMille. AUBREY
Roucicault has been chosen as the star
of the production. The financial packing
of the enterprise is said to be NeVaua
gentleman with a large bank account and
objections to publicity.
After exhausting the native candidates
for the part. the Leffier-Bratton company
has engaged Ruby Ray. an English come
dienne for the role of Mrs. NewlyWed In
."The NewIyweds and Their Baby" In
London Miss Ray has appeared In SeVerai
musical comedies. and came to this coun-
try to take part in THE Dairymalds.
Cora" in which Nine. Bertha Ka-
Itch is starring. is said to be a brilliant
picture of Partisan life. and especially
of the Latin quarter and the theaters
of the boulevards- 1t is also Tree from
the problem question and the invariable
rule of three" Of the average French
play.
Edward F. Albee, general manager
of the Keith & Proctor circuit, met with
a bad automobile accident last week.
his car, in which was party OF friends,
being hurled over an embankment Whlle
on the way from New York TO Albany:
The niece of Mr.. Albee was killed and
another woman member of the party
is thought to be dying. The others were
more or less injured.
Charles Klein says he will in future
write but one play a year. continuing
his dramatic activity for ten years. and
then he will retire from play WTltlns.
He says he has come to the conclusion
that a good play cannot be written IN
less than year, and that he intends TO
deal with conditions as they are in
real life.
Last Thursday in Pittsburg Ethel Bar
rymore and her leading man, Bruce NC
Rae were in an automobile smashup, Tue
machine going into brick wall after the
brakes had refused to work. Miss Barry
more received only slight injuries, Wnlie
Mr.. McRae had his nose bruised. Both
were able to appear the same night III
. Lady Frederick
Julia Marlowe is to produce new
play called The Goddess of Reason. by
Mary Johnson. the author of ITO Have
and to Hold" The play is a poetfcal
one in blank verse, and deals with the
French revolution, the heroine being a
young girl, leader of the peasants In
Brittany. member Of Miss Mar
loves company will be Olive VAIN
wright. the daughter of Marie VAIN
wright
A contract was signed during the past
week in New York by H. b. Durant ana
Hilda Spong. whereby the latter Will star
in a play by the former entitled "A Man
and His Mate The piece is dramatlIa-
ton by Mr. Durant of his novel by the
same name. Among the players aIready
engaged for the cast are Herbert Fercy'
Mortimer Snow. Frederick Sullivan, Harry
Turpin, Elsa Payne. John Cumpson, Lou
don Mccormick, linda Palmer and Mary
McCabe. The opening performance Is set
down for the 23d of this month.
That long-threatened lawsuit against
Eugene Walter. author of Paid in Full,
was started in New York last week by
Conan & Harris. The firm of managers
maintains that by contract they are en-
titled 10 an option on all of Walters out
put for period of five years. Walter'
for his part, admits that he signed some
such document. but argues that 1t is IN
equitable and that Conan & Harris Vlo-
lated it in many vital parts.