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on the Level with a Girl Who's on the
/ Square" II is one ofithose typical Co
hanesque waltz songs, and has been the
hit Of the piece since the opening
Miss Nora Bayes IS being featured this
season IN 'The FolIies OF 1908" Others
Of the big cast are Bickel and Watson,
Nile. Dazzle. Jack Norworth. Billy Pow
ers. Lillian Lee, Annabelle Whitford
Grace Leigh. William Reeves. and Sey-
mour Brown.
Princeton University's Triangular Club
/ has reserved the evening Of April "A at
the Columbia Theater for their annual
visitation 10 this city The Duchess OF
Blunshire" Is the title Of the musical
/ play which they now have in rehearsal
/ for the event
\ II has been stated that Augustus
Thomas is the author Of "Circumstential
! Evidence" which VIII be played at
/ Chase's next week. but Harrison Arm
strong is the author Acknowledged on the
programme. It first appeared at a Lambs
Club gambol IN New York
AS The Witehng Hour is a long
play. its story beginning at the rise OF
/ the first curtain. Il is essential that
| patrons be present prior to s o'clock IN
/ the evenings snd . o'clock az matinees.
/ Attention to this fact will confer favor
on the audience. company, and manage
ment
Amelia Gardner, leading lady with John
Mason IN The Witching Hour" is
| versatile actress OF the Clara Morris type.
She has been the leading woman in the
/ companies OF most OF the prominent stars.
/ Her acting IN the new Thomas play Is
/ receiving praise equal TO that accorded
10 Mr. Mason.
Florenz Ziegfeld. jr.. announces six va
rieties OF girls in his "FolHes OF 1875"
I production this year They are known as
! The Brlnkley.'' The Taxicab.'' The
Mosquito. - ''The Drummer. The Navy"
( and the Rooster" girls. They have been
| creating considerable comment In the va
rious cities along the route
The plays OF Tim Murphys repertoire
/ seem 20 be much in demand for the
4 London stage. Mr.. and Mrs Kendall pro-
duced a Corner in Coffee" last fan un-
/ der the title OF The Whirlpool" Sir
I =
/ Carpetbagger" and Cyril Maude IS re-
/ gotiating for Cupid and the Dollar"
Fannie Ward has purchased from
/ Claiming Pollock the English rights OF
! a One-act play entitled with Her Back
I 10 the Wall" which she will present
/ next summer in London. The piece was
/ especially written for Miss Ward because
/ OF Mr.. Pollocks recognition OF her work
I in his dramatization OF In the Bishops
/ Carriage"
William II. Fowler. chief Of the bust
/ ness department al the New National
Theater, viii rejoin the Washington base
/ ball club as business manager when the
I team arrives here for the opening game.
on April p Mr. Fowler will leave with
( the club for the New York series on
I April y. AIR. Fowler will be succeeded IN
the box office OF the New National BY
Clarence Jacobson.
! Because Of the warm reception she has
been accorded by Boston play-goers. Ann
Murdock, who is playing the chief femi-
nine role IN support OF Robert Edeson in
The Call OF the North" which soon
! comes here, has been given a fve-year
! contract by Manager Henry B. Harris.
Miss MurdOck. who Is not yet out Of her
teens. is the youngest leading woman in
the history OF the American drama
To Rooert Edeson. who IS now starring
( in The Call Of the North" " belongs the
/ distinction OF having developed more sue
| cessful leading women than almost any
other star at present before the public
/ Five Of the actresses who have appeared
in opposite roles to Mr.. Edeson since he
was promoted TO stellar honors seven
years ago are now at the head Of their
/ own organizations.
Joseph Brooks has engaged Eleanor
/ Moretti for the part OF the Egyptian.
I Iras. in "Ben-Hur' next season. Messrs.
Klaw & Erlanger and Joseph Brooks
are organizing an exceptionally strong
company for this play for next season,
and will present II IN the larger cities,
such as New York. Boston. Philadelphia.
Brooklyn, Washington, Baltimore, Chi
cago. and Pittsburg
The Round Up" Klaw & Erlanger's
/ big play Of the Arizona desert. by
Edmund Day has captured the West
| Next season il will be sent through the
South and out TO the Pacific Coast with
strong cast. Maclyn Arbuclle, how
ever. will not play the role OF the
I Sheriff. as he has been called upon 70
create the leading role in Eugene Pres
brey's new play, The Circus Man"
George Spelvin, who as Rodman Rand
! engages nightly in a thrilling hand-to-
hand encounter with Robert Edeson In
! The Call OF the North" which soon
comes here, is a recent graduate Of the
I University OF Wisconsin. and his expe-
rience on the football eleven Of that in
stitution has proved 70 be very excellent
| training for the demands made upon him
! physically BY the role ne Is portraying.
Robert Rogers and Louise Macintosh
have a new playlet. called The Green
Mouse which scored a big hit in Roch-
ester. The play deals with the midnight
return Of a drunken husband His wife
sets the clock back five months. tears a
month of the calendar, and when he re-
turns he finds his picture draped in black
and he is considered a dead one. Feeling
badly over his condition. and while his
wife Is out Of the room, he writes A fare
well note. leaves the stage. and fires a
shot. The wife becomes distracted and
thinks Il a case of suicide. but the hus-
band returns with a little mouse in his
hand. The audiences went into ecstasies
over this bit OF nonsense.
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