The Washington times., 1908-05-31

/ lean actress. has ever been so enthusi-
asJically taken up By the intellectual
! set Of London. as has Marie Doro since
her arrival there this spring" SAYS a
Cablegram from abroad This will be
news TO America. which. like every other
country, is without honor toward its
own prophets. and only recognizes ex-
ceptional worth when IL has attracted
exceptional attention outside America"
Robert Edeson closed his season in
| Classmates yesterday. Mr.. Edes0n
J VIII appear In his new play. THE
! Can of the North" ar the Hudson
( Theater on August a.
/ Miss Frances Keenan,. the pretty
1 daughter OF Frank Keenan,, the famous
actor. who scored so heavily during the
/ New York run last season in "The War
/ rens OF Virginia" In which he and
! Charlotte Walker were Jointly starred
/ Lv David Belasco, viii make her first
( al pearaHce on o local stage at the Be
/ GO Thoater tomorrow evening.
/ Louis A. Simon ana Grace Gardner are
! coming 20 Washington almost directly
after their return from a lengthy en-
3
! in England. Their farce. "'The New
! Coachman," was considered las funny as
1 "Charleys Aunt" by the I-itIshfrs.
Laddie Cliff has supplanted Vesta
/ Victoria, Nora Gertrude Hoffman, and
( all the other RACES IN the affections
Of the tickle New York vaudeville pub
! lie. It is said that the Gothamites are
/ fairly infatuated with the clever fifteen
! year-old comedian His biggest hit is
/ Don't He Look Like Father"
! Willard Robertson. who win appear in
I support of Miss Charlotte Walker IN
| a Country Mouse" at the ReIascO
/ Theater tomorrow night. is another
! Washington youth who has rapidly
/ come to the front in the theatrical
world. During the past season, Mr..
| Robertson acted a. stage manager Of
I THE Warrens of Virginia" during its
run IN New York.
| George Arliss has sailed for England
! to superintend the production Of THE
! End Of the Came" a new play which
Is the joint work of Mr.. Arliss and
Brander Matthews. and In which Mr.
Arliss VIII play the principal role. His
return to the United States next year
/ depends upon the measure Of success
accorded the play.
Anna Held sailed for France last Fri
| day morning. Lillian Russell win be
| among the early voyagers to Europe.
Joseph Cav thorne , s been selected IS
the principal comedian for Little
/
| the ranks of new attractions. Victor
/ Herbert and Harry B. Smith will fur
nish the score and book. and Frederic
! Thompson viii be associated with Klaw
! & Erlanger in the production.
There is to be new Merry Widow"
| in the New York production OF Franz
| Lshar's popular opera. She is Mizzi
Miller whom Henry w. Savage engaged
for the production two years ago when
she was singing in Vienna, but she
had to learn English in the meantime.
One OF the sensational features of
1.-The FoIlies OF I9OS' which ZiegfeId viii
soon bring out in New York, will be a
| dance in a sheath gown by Nile. Dazzle.
It will be a toe dance, and specic. music
is being written for tie act.
! Patrick Conway and his band opened
an engagement of three weeks yester-
day afternoon at River View Park,
Baltimore. It is the first engagement
of the organization in that city. The
band viii be remembered as the prin-
ciPal attraction OF its kind last summer
at Luna Park. Following the engage
ment in Baltimore Mr.. Conway and his
band viii ill engagements in other
large cities and later GO to Atlantic
City where the organization is an an
nual feature on Youngs Pier. No an
nouncement has been made that the
band will play an engagement in Wash
ington this summer. l