Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-04-12
drama, but he would not permit the
original text of the play to be distorted.

Charles Dillingham;, through representa-
| tives in Albany, last Wednesday complet-
| ed arrangements to insure the voice OF
Miss FRITZ Scheff his star In Mile. Mo-
diste.' About a year ago Miss Scheff be-
came ill and was compelled to abandon
her tour long before. the scheduled closing,
and with this costly experience in view
Mr.. Dillingham; was moved to precaution-
| airy, measures.
Little Henrietta Berens. who appears in
| the title role of "Leonara." the operetta
to be given by Miss Cora B. Shreve's
New National. has been dancing before
Washington audiences for the past nine
years Her first appearance was at the
age of three. when she executed tiny
baby dance that created a mild sensa-
ton.
Among the early attractions at Chase's
| this spring will be the six American
| dancers, the Gandsmidts. Prince Kokin.
! \ Night on a Household Nat Wills.
Emma Francis and her Arabs, Minnie
Seligman and William Bromwell, A Night
with the Poets. Richard Golden and COM
pany, Bowers, Walter and Croker. Will
| liam Hawtrey and company. World and
Kingston. Franklin and Green, Meta
Nesta and Laddie Cliff.
1t has been the desire of Thomas E.
Shea never to allow himself to be the
SUBJECT or any sensational newspaper no
| toriety. 1t is always his policy to avoid
getting his name into print in connection
with anything but that which is relevant
to his theatrical career. Mr.. Shea stands
boldly by the statement that he has never
been a victim of the theatrical press
agent If this be true he is the only star
touring the country who lays claim to so
rare a distinction.
The Mask and Wig Club of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania will present Uncle
Sans Ditch" it's twentieth production. at
the BelaSco, the evening of Thursday.
April 30. The scene of the play is laid
along the route of the Panama canal and
the lines deal with the production of the
ditch. In the second act the Mask and
WiggerS present a burleSQue on Nine.
Nazimova in 1.-The Dolls House" There
are ninety Pennsylvania students in the
be one of the very best the Quaker fun
makers have ever produced.
Charles Barton OF the Rice & Barton
Big Gaiety Company, next weeks attrac-
ton at the Gayety .Theater, does not lay
claim to being comedian off the stage.
but he is ever ready with an answer, full
of wit or logic. as the occasion may de-
mand. The other day he was In CONVEX
sation with the manager Of q tneater
an engagement, and the manager was en-
Enthusiastically extolling the virtues of one
of his employees. Why" said the man
ager, that man is so honest die wouldn't
steal PIN
II never thought much of that pin test"
said Barton, TRY him with an umbrella"
Mr.. Martin E. Swan, author Of the new
play Just Like JOHN" went on the
stage himself at an early age, but. as he
expressed it, left when dramatic play
writing opened up another and more lu-
crative field. He has been writing ever
since he was II, and, while still a young
man. has a number of successes to his
credit. One Of these, produced some sea-
sons ago. Browns in Town. made q
s, all fortune. Another Of his more pre-
tentious productions, The Top Of the
World" is soon to be seen in this city.
Mr.. Swans turn is toward the whimsical
and fantastic, so there is an unusual
touch in his farce-writing, which shows
his power of imagination.