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and Peter Pan" Is TO be produced In
Paris by Charles Frohman, with an Eng
!ish company.

Paris by Charles Frohman. with an Eng
!ish company.
Mrs. Helen Cohan. wife of Jerry Cohan
and the mother Of George NJ Cohan. Is
seriously III with appendicitis and Is to be
operated upon.
Henry W. Savage has secured the rights
TO Prince Hugo's Honeymoon, an opera
by the composer of THE Waltz Dream,
and said to be on the same order.
Jessie Miliward may appear as a star In
an English success called Peters Moth
err" of which her husband. John GIendin-
ming. has obtained the American rights.
Charles Richman Is leading man with
Miss Frances Starr. who will be seen
at the Belasco Theater in David Belasco $
Spanish-Calfornia drama, The Rose OF
the Rancho
Olga Nethersole's annual engagement in
Washington will take place this season
early In March. Miss Netherso'e will APP
pear In The Awakening" The Enigma,
IL Pagliaccr' and Carmen" Frank Mills
is her leading man.
As a part OF her preparation for her
appearance next season in "As You Like
II" Ethel Barrymore has taken into her
own hands the task Of designing the cos
tunes for Rosalind and the other princi-
pal characters.
1.-THE Shuttle" by Mrs. Frances Hodg-
son Burnett, will be produced in dramatic
form. Several prominent actresses have
made efforts to secure the play. but so
far a decision has not been reached The
play will be completed in time for pro-
duction next autumn.
The success of '"The Girl of the Golden
West" has involved the Belasco home Of
fee In much foreign correspondence. Eff
- ft1 ,oft ri N
Great Britain have been made by several
prominent English managers. and from
Australia two offers have been recently
received.
While playing 1.-The TESTERS in Boston
Maude Adams will give two performances
for the faculty and undergraduates of
Harvard University. appearing as RATHER
Inc in The Tanning of the Shrew.'
1.-THE Travelling Salesman. in which
role Thomas Ross is to star under the
MANAGEMENT of Henry B. Harris, is a type
as new to the stage +, as was gso that Of
which Is by the same author. 1t is said to
be one Of the best characters ever given
to Mr.. Ross.
Paul Armstrong is quoted as saying that
he wrote "Salomy Jane" in Just six days.
Hoyt's "A Texas Steer it was said. was
written In seven days. but Paul West, for
merly Boston newspaper man. author OF
The Man from China" and THE Pearl
and the Pumpkin" once wrote comic
opera in twentyfour hours-and had 1t
produced.
The Prince Chap is peculiar in that it
has different actress in each act to play
the heroine. In the first Claudia is a
six-year-old child; in the second she is
eight, and In the third she is a grown
up But the difference of identity does
IL he liCo1 nf he a
Miss Ada Dwyer. who. besides Miss
Eleanor Robson. is the only other femi-
nine character in 'Salomy Jane is a
native of Utah. She has been a member
of Miss Rohson's companies during the
past four years and has been universally
successful in such important roles as have
been given her. She was the original
Mrs. Leadbetter in Merely Mary Ann
"Rosuaersholm" is the third Lbsen play
that Mrs Fiske has produced here. The
others were "A Dolls House" and He'd
dA Gaoler.
Beth Tate. who takes the part of Dora
Goldberg In THE Shoemaker" at the
Majestic this week. is a Washington girl
Will Archie, who plays the tiny stable
boy in Lillian Russells new comedy,
'Wildfre." was one of the original men,
Mrs. Fiskes present role OF Rebecca
West In ''RosmershOlnl'' Is the twenty
second character she has acted since her
return to the stage.
With the exception of the engagement
Of joan Drew, the New National Thea
ter will have only women stars for the
rest of the season. Among them are LII
Ian Russell. FRITZ schen. Olga Neither
sole. Ethel Barrymore. Elsie Janis. Marie
Doro and Eleanor Robson
Miss Hook of Holland is now the
proud possessor of a burlesque of THE
Merry Widow" waltz. which was first per-
formed at a Lambs Club ganbol by Tom
Wise and VIII West. who were so 10th to
part with IL that they decided to let the
dear public have look
Felix Isman of Philadelphia has taken
over the lease of the Circle Theater in
New York from big Tim" Sullivan and
George Kraus at $35. 600 year. The lease
has eight years to run
Ethel Barrymore's engagement in "Her
Sister," at the Hudson Theater. New York,
which ends soon will be followed by Otis
Skinner In .'The Honor of the Family"
Miss Barrymore will visit several of the
principal cities before the close Of her sea-
son.
Parker's 1.-The Right OF Way" have been
sold, and a new edition Is just from the
press. Illustrated with photographs of
scenes from the dramatized version Of
the novel.
Paul Bourgeois play Divorce" pro-
ducsd IN Paris Tuesday night, speaks
of the American divorce system as ''le-
galized polyganny."
commencement Days" by Margaret
Mayo and Virginia Frame, was produced
at the Belasco Theater. Los Angeles
Tuesday night. The scene is at girls
college.
Albert G. Andrews, playing one OF the
principal parts with Otis Skinner in THE
Honor OF the Family" was for seventeen
years In the support of the late Richard
Mansfield He was the valet in Beau
Brummel."
During her engagement with The
Prince Chap at the Academy of Music
Baltimore, last week, Miss Helen Pull
man, who appears as Claudia was
daily visitor to Washington. Miss Pull
man has many friends here and spent
some enjoyable hours.