Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
PLAYHOUSE PARAGRAPHS.

Mary Hall is Henry Miller's leading
woman on the Pacific coast.
The American tour of Eleanor Duse has
been temporarily postponed.
James K. Murray and Clara Lane have
returned to the vaudeville field.
Charlotte Walker has returned to the
cast of THE Warrens Of Virginia"
Louise Dresser has been engaged for
the cast OF The Girls Of Gutenberg"
Edith Browning is to be leading woman
with Louis Mann in The New Element
Hattie williams is said to have made
the hit OF her career In Fluffy Rufdes."
Vincent Serrano liz to appear In a
characterization Of Joseph Vance's novel,
THE Brass Bowl"
Sydney Booth will be with Lillian Rus
sell this season.
N. c. Goodwin is to return to this
country next week to begin rehearsals
Of his new play.
Albertina Benson has been engaged for
the role Of the fairy queen in the big
cartoon spectacle, Little Memo"
Miss Laura Guerite has taken the place
of Miss Lolita Faust in The Mimic
World" and Is doing the "Salome" dance
In THE World and His Wife" William
Faversham will have an entirely new
style Of character to play.
The company to play THE Thief" in
the west includes Herbert Kelley, Ef1e
Shannon. Charles Dalton and Arthur
Lawrence.
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hicle by H. A. DuSouchet, author Of My
Friend From India" which is called The
Steeplechase rs."
William H. Rapley arrived in New
York from Antwerp last Monday aboard
the KrOonland. Both he and Mrs. Rap
ley are brown as berries and in the
best OF health and spirits.
Edith Bradford, who won many
friends by her work with the Aborn
Opera Company during its summer sea-
son here, will appear in vaudeville this
season.
The announcement is made that the
much talked-of Merry Widow" will
be presented at the National shortly
after the holidays for stay of two
weeks.
Rex Beach, the novelist, is under the
care of an eye specialist in Seattle The
dramatization of his novel. The Bar
rier." will be put on early this season
by Klaw & Erlanger.
Margaret Sawyer. a new lyric soprano
with a voice remarkable for range and
quality. is one of the promised attrac-
tions in The Merry Go RoRnd," the
opening Offering at the New National
Florence Reed. daughter of the late
Roland Reed. has been engaged to sue
coed Bessie Toner in the Fitch comedy.
Girls" Miss Reed was leading woman
with E. II. Sothern in IF Were King"
A new actress has appeared from Lou
isyiile: KY. which has given several
Anderson. The one in question Is Miss
Nina Davis. who is to sing and dance in
"Mary's Lamb" She is a society girl.
"a Daughter Of America" in which
Countess Olga Won Hatzfeldt is to star.
had it's opening at Plainfield N. j., and
pleased the audience The first act is
at West Point. and cadets and summer
girls figure largely in the scene. Laura
Millard has a prominent role.
Miss Marie Cahill has come out against
the "Salome" dance. and has addressed
prominent people. including President
power and influence to have inserted in
the platform Of the state convention a
plank providing for the establishment of
censorship of plays such as they have
in London. Her letter is strong in it's
terms.
Frederick Sullivan, who made one of
the big hits in 1.-The House of a Thou
sand Candles" last season, has been en-
gagged to play the part of Jim. the big
hearted young Texan, in Jet" which
Nanette Comstock brings to the Colum-
bia Theater.
Contracts have already been signed
for the third season Of the Aborn Opera
Company at the New National Theater
The season will, In all probability. open
favorites back in the cast. The COM
pany will be permanent stock opera
organization. with the same players and
singers from week to week.
Virginia Harmed is said to be in po>
lite vaudeville for good and ALL the
vaudeville interests with which Chase's
is afiiliated having secured her sigma
ture to a long time contract Chase's
Miss Harmed is reported to have a pow
erful comedy in one act. showing her in
her most effective art
The lyrics and music Of Rock and Full
toms vaudeville Offering were written by
Frederick Chaplin. and among them are
the big New York hits, The Boy Who
Suffered and the Girl Who Lisped,"
when Rip Van Wrinkle Strikes the
a Lady" and THE Lady or the Ship"
They will be sung at Chase's this week.
New York's producing managers seem