The Washington herald., 1909-04-11

Girl"
Alice Hageman has left The Top @ the
World" 10 join Richard Carlos new play,
The Boy and the Girl" in Chicago.
The title Of the new Hartley Manners
play has been changed from The Maj
/ esty of Birth" TO The House Next
Door"
J. z. Dodson is to be starred in the
/ Next Door. under the direction OF Conan
& harris.
The week following the engagement OF
Mary Mannering at the Belasco Theater,
the house viii be devoted to local en-
rertainments.
The tour Of The American Idea" has
come TO an end. Trixie Friganza is now
/ in vaudeville. and George BeOan is con
sidering an offer.
Wilbur Mack and Nella Walker are
having musical comedy built for them
in which TO star next season. in the pop
ular priced theaters-
George Barnum. who is appearing in
Charles KIein's latest drama. The Third
| Degree" made HIS first big hit IN COM
edy role IN ''Gloriana."
/ Florence Reed has been selected es the
new leading woman TO succeed FloTezce
Oakley at the Belsseo. Los Angeles. open
! ing last week in The Dancing Girl"
The Iong-standing contract between Ben
Teal and Charles Frohman has expired.
and VIII not be renewed Mr.. Teal will
be a free-lance director next season
Augusta Close. in the Chase bill next
week, is the only daughter OF Adolf
Close. formerly well known in this city,
/ where ne resided a number OF years.
Hugh Foy has been engaged for the
role Of Herbert Van Gosling In The
Queen OF the Moulin Rouge" replacing
Joseph Santley. who viii play Sacha.
Rowland Blackstone. who has been in
F. II. Sothern's company for years. VIII
! be starred next season by Mr. Sothern
/ IN dramatization Of a Dickens novel
/ Marie Doro viii substitute The Morals
Of Marcus" for THE Richest Girl" dur
/ ing her tour 70 the Pacific Coast. She
will continue on the road until August /
1 Forbes Robertson and Gertrude Elliott.
I in The Passing OF The Third Floor
Back. are announced as the opening at
traction NJ Maxine Elliotrs Theate- next
season.
I During the run OF "SchooIdays'' in To-
( iedo. Ohio. Janet Priest conducted a de-
partment for 'stage-struck girls IN the
Toledo Times. filing over a column day
I for q week.
Chauncey Olcott has returned from his
visit 20 Augustus Pitou al Hobe Sound.
Fla. and viii begin his spring tour in
( Ragged Robin" on April Z al the sla-
I jestic Theater. Brooklyn.
/ George NJ Cohan rejoined The Yam
kee Prince" company in Philadelphia
/ last week. and will remain in the cast
I for several weeks. He has entirely re-
covered from his recent illness.
4 That's I.awton. who is playing with
much success the role OF Ruth Jordan
{ IN ''The Great Divide this season. orig
mated the leading woman's role in The
Faith Healer" with Henry Miller, at St.
/ Louis.
Addison Piu. who PLAYS a prominent
/ part in The Truants" and who has been
( Mary Mannerings stage manager for
several years. is the son OF Fannie Add
son Pitt one Of the best known Of our
I older actresses.
White Whittlesey. who was julia Mar
loves leading man IN The Goddess OF
Reason. has the role Of Dick Chetwood
n The Truants." Mary Mannering's new
play. which comes 20 the Belasco Theater
tomorrow night
The Philippine Constabulary Band.
which IS TO give concert al the BeIasco
tonight. has been selected to begin the
band concerts % be given on the new
Esplanade under the auspices Of Pres
ident and Mrs. Taft.
Mildred Holland viii play two weeks OF
one-night stands on her way 20 Cleve-
land. where she Will open for q summer
season with her stock company Before
starting out. Miss Holland viii present a
One-acl play IN New Ork.
After playing thlrty-eight consecutive
weeks with the Cohan & Harris Minstrels
without missing a single performance.
Eddie Leonard now finds himself A. Tie
close OF his season, in better health and
voice than when he started out
With the return OF Mr. Fred G. Berger
from New York. where he has been dur
ing the past week. the long-deferred
and much-anticipated announcement Of
plans for the summer stock season AZ the
Columbia Theater viii be made.
Walter Damrosch VIII shortly celebrate
the twenty-fifth anniversary OF his debut
as conductor. Damrosch was barely
twenty-five years old when he made
known his intention TO III all the concert
engagements his fathers sudden death
had left untitled
Maurice Maeterlincll has lost his case
against the directors OF the National
Opera Paris. from whom he demanded
s.. 900 for each performance OF the Oper-
attic version OF .'Monna Wanna" on the
ground that the production OF the author
was unauthorized
One OF the characters whose name ap-
pears on the programme Of ''The Boys
and Betty" is that Of Richard, the ca
nary. The particular Richard is a bird
that Miss CahiI has owned for several
years, and is a splendid singer and joins
in with the human voices at every per-
foTmance
The Duchess OF Blufrshire" the new
and original musical comedy recently
urOduca6 hv The princeton TrsaugIa Cv1,,h