Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-11-01

PATRONS OF Benning last fall will easily
/ recall Sailor Boy, that swerved to the
| outer rail on the turn for home and then
/ only lost by neck.
Leo Donnelly. who is doing monologue
| act In vaudeville. was at one time police
! reporter on the Chicago Tribune. All his
/ stories are taken from life and most of
them are experiences Of his own
One of the leading comedians of the
Casino review. The Mimic World is
| VIII West, who burlesques Otis skinner
Mr.. West was last seen here with Tile
! Little Cherub."
| George NJ. Conan will fulfil all contract
| obligations now outstanding. produce a
| new musical play The Christmas Doll"
for his sister Josephine. and then retire
from'the stage for a years rest.
THE Happy Marriage" is to be pro
duced in New York. with Doris Keane in
the leading role. 1t will be produced also
/ In London with Charles Wyndham and
Mary Moore in the principal parts
David Warfield was cordially received
| in the far west. especially in his native
| city of San Francisco, where he has not
! appeared for some years. He is using a
| repertoire of his successes.
For the production of the "Newlyweds
| and Their Baby" Bratton and Letter have
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| Nichols Miss Arcaro will play Gwendo-
| iyn and Miss Nichols Dolly Jolly
| Henry Woodruff who has been starring
! for two seasons in Brown Of Harvard"
will make his vaudeville debut tomor-
row night in one of the New York thea
tiers managed by Mr.. William Morris.
The title of the new play by Misses
Pauline Phelps and Marion Short. which
| MeSsrs klaw & Erlanger will produce
| this month. has been changed from "A
Mountain Boy to a Kentucky Boy"
Amelia Bingham has added the murder
scene from La Tosca" to her vaudeville
act. Great Scenes from Great Plays"
Miss Bingham has scored a substantial
success on the ''two-a-day' stage.
Gertie Miller now appearing in The
| Girls of Gutenberg" in the Knicker-
booker Theater. New York will return
to London next March to create the role
OF shop girl in a new musical comedy
production to be produced at that time.
| Getting a divorce just two weeks ago
| Ethel Hart Jackson Zimmerman the orig
mai Merry Widow. was married again
| last Monday in Philadelphia to Benoni
| Lockwood. her attorney in the suit
against her former husband
| The tour of the Rogers Brothers COM
sumed tomorrow night at York Pa Mr.
Kane. the actor who took Gus Rogers
| place Just previous to his fatal illness
will play opposite to Max.
Minnie Palmer is TO make her vaude-
| vile debut tomorrow in Philadelphia
that is. her vaudeville debut in this coun-
try: Her vehicle Is a Womans Curl
osity." by ]. NJ. Barrie. Allison Skip
worth is to assist her in the sketch.
Buster Brown" with Master Reed an
Buster. Edwin Lamar. the English ami
NAL impersonator. Tige. and Harold
West as Mary Jane. will be one of the
November attractions at the New Acad-
| envy.
Anna Laughlin. the dainty little come
dienne whose work in a number of musi-
cal productions is recalled, has resigned
from the company that is supporting
| Eddie Foy in "Mr Hamlet of Broadway"
| Miss Laughlin left the company last
night.
John Drew. according to the plans an
nounced for him, will play in Jack
Straw for one year. Next season he
Will have new modern comedy, and
the season after that he will appear in
the old classic comedies and a Shake
speare revival.
Another play dealing with international
marriages is THE Other Side by Har-
] TiSOH 6tlOueS, aulHOf OF The Gentleman
| from Mississippi" 1t deals with the in
ternational marriage from the standpoint
of the European nobility. 1t will be
produced by William A. Brady.
A play by newspaper man. called
| Eyerywoman, has been accepted by
Miss Mary Mannering. who will appear
| in it. The idea, the author says. was
suggested to him by the old morality
play. "Everyman," but the play is mod
ern. one of the scenes being New Year
| night on Broadway.
Richard Harding Davis "The Die
| tator" is to be made into a musical NAV
| for Seymour Hicks. 1.-The Dictator Is
| almost as we'll known in London as in
| this country. for the farce scored sue
cess there with Willie Collier in the ii e
role. The usual chorus will be absent
| from the production.
Manager Dillingham; has found the
play The Merrymakers,' adapted from
the French by George v. Hobart, not
suitable for William Rock and Maude
| Fulton. and the pair will continue in
vaudeville until next March. by which
time another musical comedy will prob
ably be discovered for them
Because of the exceptional vocal strain
| incident TO the prima donna role in AL
geria," Frank Mckee has engaged Helen
Noldi to alternate with Giulia Strakosch
| in that important role. Miss Noldi has
appeared at the head OF her own COM
| pany in former seasons and was at one
time member of the Metropolitan forces.
Rose Stahl has discovered that happi-
ness Is the only really satisfying and en-.
during thing In the world. She is quoted
as saying The older | grow the more I
am convinced that happiness is to be got
ten in but one way. and that is by being
able to contribute 10 the happiness Of
others"
Lillian kemble. who has played the
heroine of "The Man of the Hour for
the past two years, is an actress by he
redty. Her father was a stage manager
OF the German performances given at the
Irving Place Theater in New York when
Conried was in control. As stock ac-
| tress Miss kemble has played over 100
leading parts.
Julia Marlowe has renewed her con-
tract with The Shuberts, and her admirers
will be glad to know that she is going
back to the Shakespearean drama. Dur
ing the season She will appear in Romeo
and Juliet las You Like It. Twelfth
Night" and Much Ado About Nothing"
White Whttesley is to be her leading
man, and she will be supported by a COM
pany of actors capable Of producing the
Shakespearean drama. In the spring
Miss Marlowe will appear in new plays.
Italian grand opera at truly popular
prices will be Belasco Theater Offering
early next month. The organization num-
bers one hundred and fifty people with a
repertoire of twentyfour operas. Some of
the principals Nine. Helene Tracr
Mics Jul:a lien Nine Rose Duce- Merola