The Washington herald., 1908-02-02
ACTORS WHO'S WHO?

iaHi year MI Elluafu was henrietta
Crosmans leading man for several sea-
sons.
Alexander Carr. who. with jefferson
De Angels and Blanche Ring. is starring
in "The Cay White Way" owes his ad-
vaacement 20 the stellar ranks in a large
measure to his remarkable inpersona-
tiOn Of David Warfeld. Last year Dir.
Carr was giving this imitation in wine.
Woman. and Song" and il was because
Of his work in a travesty on THE Music
Master that the Messrs Shubert en-
gagged him for their big Casino review.
Maud Raymond whose new coon
song, Somebody's Been Round Here
Since I've Been Gone" is a feature Of
The Gay White way" is noted princi-
/ pally 90 the creator Of "BHI simmons"
/ one Of the best Of the many similar negro
song successes. Miss Raymond says that
/ finding a good coon song is much hard
( or than singing b. She says further,
( that she has looked over ard tried more
/ than 1900 songs in the last two years. out
of which she selected only two.
Gilbert Douglas, who IS It member of
/ Lillian Russelrs company in her new
comedy. "Wfldhre' % was with John Drew
/ last season in His House in Order" He
played with Southern and M8rl0we in
I i9o4-05 and was member Of Nat C. Good
wins company the year before. when MT.
( Goodwin produced "a Midsummer Nights
Dream Mr. Douglas has also played
with Charles Hawtrey both iH America
and in London and also with +. r. Ben
son, head Of the greatest academy Of the
/ stage in Great Britain. Mr. Benson plays
Shakespeare in the provinces. Out of his
company have graduated the best young
actors OF the English stage
/ Lillian Russell made her debut on the
stage ia the Sacred Heart Convent ~
/ Chicago. Only the sisters and her fellow
pupils witnessed the performance but in
/ that limited circle she made a hit as tie
stolen child in The GYPSY Her first
+ performance as a singer was in ST. Johns
+ Episcopal Church, IN the same city. On
+ that occasion. while the tenor was sing
+ ing q touching solo she sat iu the choir
! loft cracking peanuts. After the services
/ the rector. DT. Powers. sent word TO her
that she need not come back, as her pea
nut appetite was not compatible with
sacred music Miss Russ-lI.Eas ambitious
10 become a grand opera singer With
/ her two sisters and her mother she came
I 10 New York 10 study under Leopold
/ DsmTOsCh. They were living in Ninth
street One evening Tony Pastor heard
/ her sing and offered her an engagement
at SO a week Within a few weeks her
salary was jumped % 800 and then 10
$50 q week When Dr. Dsmrosch heard
/ his pupil was singing in music hall he
would not speak 10 her. Miss Russell has
I sung in "Tne Pirates Of Peuzance- Bill
lee Taylor" Patience "OHyette,' "Ths
/ Sorcerer" "The Snake Chsrmfr.' 'Pe-
! pfta." Polly" Dorothy" The Brig
auds Apollo" Poor Jonathan" "Gi-
ToHe-Giroha" THE Queens Mate la
/ Cigalc" The Mountebanks.' Princess
. Nicotine" " Ia Perichole.- +The Queen Of
/ Briuiants," An American Beauty" The
Wedding Day Dc. Four years were
spent with Weber & Fields. and short
/ season was devoted 20 The part Of Lady
/ Teazla in a version of THE School FOR
I Scandal" arranged with music. A highly
I successful season iu a straight comedy.
entitled ''The Butterfly" followed Miss
Russell viii never return 10 prima donna
I roles. Her position as q COmedieune ls
I assured.
/ In the theatrical profession as among
pl8ygo=rs. there IS satisfaction in the
stellar step taken by Cyril Scott when he
I began starring in Edward Peple's play.
/ "The Prince Chap Cyril Scott Is
neither American tas many think nor
/ English. lie was born in that home of
/ spontaneous wit. ireland. The records
read that the event took place AT Balm
I bridge. County Down. tt IS related Of
/ him that he made his debut in negro
role at 8 q week and board, and after
/ each performance the manager would
/ come aro olnd. look him over. and say;
scott, you are the worst niger I ever
. saw And Scott would reply. THANK
/ YOU. sir; I think 50. too The company
In which he made lis brilliant beginning
/ stranded in Chicago, and as young Scott
hadn't saved much out of his "3-a-week-
and-fOUnd. parental assistance was uac-
: essary 10 ship him back 10 New York
/ He then Joined Miss Minnie Maddern
company. appearing in Caprice and
/ In spite OF All for three seasons. He
later supported Richard Mansfield
/ Lotta + H. S0theru. De Wolf Hopper
/ Mrs Leslie Carter and Anna Held; was
/ wiki AuEustiu Days company in Tho
+ Circus Girl and The Runaway Girl
and in the original east. on Broadway.
( of ''The Girl ! Left Behind Me and The
Heart of Maryland. Although Scott
achieved his greatest fame ia musical
. comedy. his first starring venture I'm
purely dramatic play without even musi-
cal trimmings is one of the most dis
tinct successes ia theatrical history. He
has been Identified with The Prince
/ Chap" in the title role for three years.
I having created the role when the play
. was first produced at the Madison Square
/ Tbeater New York With the single
exception Of little Helen Pullman who
has been advanced from the role of the
first Claudia 20 that of the second Mr..
Scott is the only member of the original
company now playing in The Prince
/ Chap.
Fuller MeIlish. one of the members Of
/ the Manhattan company which appears
At the Belasco this week. with Mrs.
/ Fiske IN "Rosmersholm.' enjoys local
popularity through having played three
/ seasons in summer stock companies here.
/ But he has made many other appearances
/ here in support of Irving. Mansfield. and
/ other prominent stars. His career has
/ been q remarkably successful one. and
+ for years he has occupied a conspicuous
/ place among character actors Efr Mel
! llsh is fOrty-foUT years old and is one Of
/ the famous lie Clercq family, probably
one of the oldest theatrical families in
England He is the only son of Rose Le
/ Clercq. in her time the most celebrated
/ grande dame Of the English stage and is
/ a nephew of Carlotta and Charles Ia
/ Clercq. In his b0yhood he was interested
in amateur theatTicals and began bis pro-
/ feSsiOGal career as member OF Edwin
Booths company during his second visit
To England. Early IN his career lie was
also a member of tine Keudals company
and for two wears leading juvenile Of the