The Washington herald., 1909-03-21


Witching Hour" at the Belasco Thester
has been advanced and will take place
the week beginning April b
Harrison Grey FislSe has engaged Con-
suelo Bailey for the role OF Lulu. the
chorus girl. in his forthcoming production
OF Roy McCardell's comedy, The Gay
Life"
Dr. John Bowker, the travel talker. at
Chases next week. is an Englishman. and
his latest subject Is Albion in Africa"
traversing much of the route laid out for
former President Roosevelt.
Miss Dorothy Donnelly. recently seen in
the support OF Robert Edeson in Glass
mates" has been elevated 10 the position
OF leading lady for that actor in The Can
OF the North" soon 70 be seen here.
The present season at the Columbia
Theater has been the most prosperous en-
joyed by that house for some years. The
new management is rapidly building up
clientele second 70 none in the country.
Laura Guerite. now playing the prima
donna role In 'Mr Hamlet OF Broadway"
has secured the French rights TO The
Blue Mouse" and will play the name part
in Clyde Fitch's farce in Paris next
spring.
The new colors OF the season are illus-
trated in the costuming of the Arliss
Devil production They are all there-the
dull rose the new blue. the stone gray.
the prettiest bit OF color scheming on the
stage this season
Wellington. Kans. furnishes the locale
for the new Howard and North comedy
which will be played al Chase's next
week under the caption Back IN Well
ington" II Is the sequel OF Those Were
the Happy Days"
/ Washingtonians who have been abroad
will enjoy the cafe chantant scene In
/ Fritz Schefcs new opera, The Prima
/ Donna" 1t is said 20 be a perfect picture
Of the little places OF amusement around
/ Paris. The atmosphere is admirably main
/ tanned
Miss Rose Coghlan. prominent in John
/ Drew's company. formerly starred in
The Sporting Duchess" The Duke OF
/ Kilicrankie.'' The Second Mrs. Tanque-
ray" and other plays Miss Coghlan has
! been one OF Americas foremost actresses
| for the last twenty years.
/ Local entertainments and commence
ments viii occupy the week Of April 1s
a: the Columbia Theater, the manage
ment having been unable 10 obtain re-
/ lease from promises made earlier In the
/ season even 70 make time FOR one OF the
I foremost novelties before the American
public to-day.
Several critics have compared the char
acter Of Jack Straw. which John Drew
plays this season. 10 that OF Claude Mel
notte in The Lady Of Lyons" Both gen
tlemen assume disguises 70 win the lady
I OF their choice. Mr. Drew, however. in
I the play happens to be a real prince. so
/ that is the difference.
George NJ. Cohan's representative has
not yet given out statement as 10 the
| purpose of a petition. entered by Mr..
J Cohan in the Congressional Record for
the removal Of the tariff on costumes
Mr.. Cohan evidently recognizes the
master hand OF his general press agent,
one Walter Kingsley.
| Clyde Fitch's new play. The Bache-
I lor.' in which Charles Cherry Is starring
/ for the first time was produced IN Provi-
/ derce last week. and 10 Is said that a
\ bright future Is assured the attraction
/ The leading woman Is Ruth Maycliffe,
who is said 10 appear TO better advantage
/ than in any previous role
ImpersOnations OF Gems. Lee. Grant
Logan. and Sheridan. and President Lin
coin and his Cabinet appear in the vita
graph series, Stirring Days in Virginia. 4"
which viii be shown al Chases next
| week. 1t presents features OF Grants
campaign against Lee the latter's sur
render. and the visit to Richmond by
/ Lincoln
The Blue Mouse" sells her effects TO
raise money for a play. One OF the arti-
cles she offers for sale is her first Salome
1 costume. a few threads of beads and two
breast plates. An old gentleman examines
/ them and exclaimed:
/ 'Wernt you afraid?"
Nav" replied the Mouse. quite inno-
Gently, the stage was steam heated
/ Miss Kathryn r. Perry. one OF the pref
test Of the small town girls" in George
NJ Cohan's musical comedy success.
Fifty Miles from Boston which comes
TO the Columbia Theater next week. Is
the proud possessor or a silver medal
from the Humane Society Of Msssachu-
setts for saving a drowning boy AZ the
risk OF her own life in the Bay Of liver
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