Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-15

December to begin rehearsals for the
new piece. Mr.. STEMS elevation to star
dom will be welcome news to his many
friends in this city.
Another new author. Edward Sheldon.
was introduced last Thursday night in
Providence by Mrs. Fiske, who present
ed his first play, Salvation Nell" The
piece requires forty characters and II
pictures ~ in the lower places.
Paul Armstrong; racing play. blue
Grass a tale of Kentucky, had pro-
duction in New York last week Real
thoroughbreds were on the stage
William A. Brady is planning revival
of Boucicault's old melodrama OF The
Octoroon'' along the lines of his success
Toms Cabin '.Trilby'' and The Two
Orphans" His plan is to cast wilton
Lackaye as McCloskey, Harry Harwood
as Scudder and Frank Worthing as the
Indian
Mr.. William Gillette last week sent to
MIR. Charles Frohman. now in farls, d
scenario of a new play based on actuai
incidents in the civil war. While MI
Gillette will not appear in his new play,
ne will stage this. the first original play
he has written since Secret Service.
0a,b,.na Pollard has replaced Anna
auphIin in Hamlet on Broadway.
Miss Laughlin is gong into vaude'iiie'
This wear Ben Hur'' is being present
cd in ci,ies west of the Mississippi river
only. The play is now in its tenth sea-
Harold West is said to be the smallest
Iilljputian before the public. He Is nine
tcan wears of age, weighs tort9-lwo
noundS and is but thirty-two inches IN
height.
Mrs Leslie Carter-Payne, three tlHles
announced for a Washington appearanI,u
i'm the past two seasons. Will positiN'iS
appear the week beginning january -
1909.
Alice Lloyd, the great music hall come,
dienne. is returning to VaudeVliie iol a
few weeks, and mas slsheo d
appear at ChaSe'S.
Last evening at the Belasco was 1oot
ball night" the Georgetown and NHsilia
teams with their friends. having seCuI GU
blocks of seats in various parts or Tic
house to witness THE Mimic Worio.
An early December attraction at the
Rei.sco will be Maxine Elliott in her ne"
play. THE Chaperoh, oy Wal iva
fax.
In four weeks the Belasco Theater VIII
offer Italian Grand Opera by an organ
ization which had a run in New YORK re-
Gently of twelve week.. Popular Piioos
will prevail. and the big organization nas
AN extensive repertoire, whlch VIM au
of = change of opera at each performance.
Emma Dunn, who portrays Ruth war
rem the wife of Gen. BUCK warren, III
..The Warrens of Virginia. was Formerly
loading woman for the late Richard Mans
field She originated the part OF feer
1;ynt's mother in that great actor pro-
duction of the Ibsen drama
Mary Mannering opened at Providence.
r l. last week in THE Struggle. oy
Edwin Tilton The play was originally
called Memory and Tomorrow, and was
given a short trial last season by Miss
Mannering.
Wilton Lackaye's new play. The Bat
tie" is from the pen of Cleveland Moffett;
author Of "A King in Rags" and
Through the WALL which D. Appleton
Company has just published, and other
successful novels
William Collier in 1.-THE Patriot will
begin his New York engagement at the
Garrick Theater November q.
Representative Joseph L. Rhinock. who
was reelected for the third time from
the sixth Kentucky congressional district.
is a partner In the Shubert Theatrical
Company.
William A. Brady is at French Lick.
Ind, recovering from injuries received
in his recent automobile accident.
Henry Miller has accepted a new play
by Rida Johnson Young for production
this season.
Contracts have been submitted to AL
Wilson. 1.-The singing ambassador OF Ger
man dialect for tour of Australia
beginning March 1, 1910. He now has
the matter under consideration.
The reservation Of all seats In the top
gallery at so cents each is proving one
of the popular moves of the new man
agement of the Columbia Theater. The
patrons of that part of the house are in
creasing in numbers, and include large
proportion of ladies.
Dan ColIyer, who plays a racing tout
in Father and the Boys" was long. a
member of Ed Harrigan's company when
that organization was a permanent fix
ture in New York city.
William H. Crane claims to have pro-
duced more plays by American authors
than any other actor on the American
stage. During the fourteen years part
nership that existed between himself and
their presentations OF Shakespeare. Cold
smith and Sheridan, refused to touch any,
thing but the work of native authors.
T. Arthur Smith. the local impresario,
announces splendid sale of subscription
tickets for his forthcoming series of con-
certs to be given at Masonic Temple.
Mr.. Smith will offer Madame Gadski as
the first artist of the series. Madame
Gadski will sing December 5.
William III. Crane has been playing for
twenty-five consecutive years.
Pauline Bowman of Hattie Williams
company was absent from the cast dur
ing the Philadelphia engagement last
week. Miss Bowman was suffering from
q severe cold, but is now convalescent.
The next concert by the Washington
Saengerbund will be given at the New
National Theater. Sunday evening, No
vember % at Sis.
Clarence Jacobson. we'll known in Wash
ington theatrical circles, has been made
local representative for a new invention
for the prevention of automobile tire
punctureS.
In a recent magazine article on the sub
ject Of Chorus Girls as an Abused Type,
Miss Lenna Duer. Washington dancer,
was rated ''one of the more domesti-
Gated chorus girls of today Perhaps
the writer did not know that Miss Duer.