Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-01

at the HUDSON 1nedIef, New 1eTh, Az
gust 2S.
4 performance of the Bread Winners"
will he given at the Columbia Theater
TO the new temple being erected for the
Federation of Labor. a professional cast
will appear under efficient management
Richard Carrie has engaged jeanette
Jowrie for one of the principal roles in
"Mary's Lamb
J. " Barrie is finishing play which
Will be pr><ably produced first in New
York with Maud Adams in the leading
role,
lillian Russell vii! go TO London to
present "Wildfre" at the end of the cur
rent season and she will open her New
York season In this play In the autumn.
Paul McAllister is putting the finishing
touches tn Indifference the play of
which he is the author and in which he
will appear as star early next fall
Anna Held and her company will give
ore performance OF The Partisan Model
in Paris. and will then go to London for
Ell :iI-sumTiier run of the piece.
Tee marriage announcement was made
last week IN New York of William Cor
man. business manager OF 1ieoler & Co.,
and Miss Rega Russell OF Chicago.
Charles r. Wells. Charles Lane and
Elwood Rostwick have been engaged by
Samuel Claggett to supplement the cast
% the new De Mile play written for Cyril
Scott.
Mabel Tsiiaferro will celebrate her one
hundredth performance in Polly of the
Circus at the Liberty Theater, New
York next Tuesday night. The souvenirs
will be portraits in color, of the star.
Virginia Harmed will play a stock COM
pany engagement in st. Louis this sum-
.ner and will try new play, with the
idea of using it for her starring tour next
season.
Charles Frohman is shortly to produce
'Brewster'S Millions in Paris. The play
is already running in this country. Eng
land and Australia. and negotiations are
going on about its production in Berlin.
with Cuba the locale. Alfred G. Robyn
will supply the music and Henry w. Saw
age expects to star Raymond Hitchcock
in the production next fall.
Manager Henry r. Harris has engaged
Ina Hammer for the role of Maria Phelps
in 1.-THE Rector's Garden" Miss Hammer
appeared with Maude Adams In the recent
revival of Quality Street"
Eddie Foy insists on playing Hamlet
and will appear for a week in the Shake
speare piece at a New York theater. foot
ing the expenses himself. Florence Rock
we'll is chosen for the role of Ophelia.
Edward Dresser. recently with Robert
Edeson in Classmates" has been en-
gagged by Henry b. Harris for the leading
comedy part in THE Travelling Sales
man." the new play by James Forbes In
which Thomas ". Ross is to star.
Al TT. Wilson begins his New York en-
sagement in August next. when he will
be seen i'm new comedydrama written
for him by his manager. Sidney r. Ellis.
The piece will be given an elaborate and
costly production and will be put on for
run.
Miss Claire Kulp. who is at present
playing the leading ingenue role in
'Strongheart." will retire from the stage
at the end of the present season in June
and will he married to Orville D. Oil
pnant Mr. Oliphant is a wealthy New
Yorker.
Lady Barbarity.'' version in four acts
OF j. G.. Snaith's novel of that name, ar
ranged for the stage by r. G. Carton. was
presented at the Comedy Theater, London,
for the first time last Thursday night by
Charles Frohman and Arthur Chudleigh
The audience. which included the Prince
and Princess of Wales. was pleased, but
some of the critics were not kind.
Tom Lewis and Sam Ryan. two come
dans who helped to make a success Of
Little Johnny Jones'" have again signed
entitled "The Yankee Prince" Josephine
Cohan will also be in the piece. while
Fred Niblo. her husband, is slated for
the position of manager.
Klaw Erlanger and Joseph Brooks
have engaged Guy Standing and Theodore
Roberts. now starring jointly in 1.-The
Right of Way" for a term of years.
These actors will continue in their pres
emit play next season. but a new piece has
been secured for them to be put on when
ever THE Right Of Way" fails to attract.
Frederic THOMPSON has another produc-
ton to make in a new play called "The
Order of the Rose" 1t Is romantic
comedy. with the scenes laid in New Or
leans just after the purchase of Louis
lana from the French. and its author is
Edward Childs Carpenter, a Philadelphia
newspaper man.
weight of ''Tlle Red Mill CornpanE was
married on the 18th of this month in
Philadelphia to Miss Clara L. Keller An
actress. The entire company attended the
ceremony. Begley plays the part of Jan
Rorkem. the overfed burgomaster, in Tine
Red MIL" His fighting weight is 3o4
pounds.
George Ariss IF Mrs. Fishes company
Is looking for play that shall be a
suitable vehicle for him Eext season. l.
successful ir his search lie will be seen
a. the head OF company next fall
Should he not find play to suit him by
he end OF his present tour with Mrs.
fisfe. he will probably go to Europe for
several months.
Fred Terry gave the first London per-
Torrance Of Matt OF Merrymouth' last
week II is new play by Beulah Dix
and Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland and
deals with the early colonial period I'm
the seventeenth century. and the scenes
are laid in Massachusetts. The top gal
le;y "booed" the piece and the critics
were not enthusiastic but nevertheless 1t
is expected to prove a success on account
of Terry's personality.
Paid in FulT was given its first New
York hearing last Monday night ana is
reported to have been a great success and
one of the big hits OF the season. Ali
the prominent managers of Gotham had a
look at the manuscript. but all turned it
iown as being unsatisfactory. Wagenhals
Il Kemper finally took a chance with the
piece and luck has smiled on their nerve
Conan Sc Harris say that they have a
Eugene Walter and have put in a claim
for paid in Full