Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-28

to anticipate every amusing situation or
| line
I'm farce comedy more than in any
other form of dramatic entertainment it
is necessary to have the audience enter
| into the spirit of the play. Let them do
| it and the actors can simply follow their
roles. The audience is working hard to
bring about the telling points. 1t is a
matter of self-pride with them. They
have anticipated in their own minds what
should happen and what should not. and
| by their laughter and applause they are
unconsciously showing that they deem
themselves clever enough to figure out
what the author had intended as an
amusing surprise.
ANNA HELDS DIAMOND DRESS
When Anna Held appears at the Ma
tional Theater tomorrow evening in
F. Ziegfeld jr.'s, production of Miss
Innocence she will wear her famous
dress of diamonds. It is made of pink
liberty satin, with a drapery around the
knees. All around this drapery is en-
broidered a garland of roses with little
green leaves. The bottom of the dress
is embroidered with princessia "a wonder
full dower). The flower is pink and white
with black strip in the center.
The flower is embroidered with small
diamonds. On the left side is large
piece of cloth all embroidered with real
diamonds. as is the left sleeve. These
| can be detached, and are so made that
they may be attached to other gowns.
There are about three thousand little dia-
mondS used in the embroidery The
couture is band of diamonds and three
princessias. all embroidered with precious
stones-two going up in front and one
coming down to the ear. Miss Held also
has pink stockings embroidered with dia-
| monds to match the dress. The garment
is very long. The outfit complete is
said to have cost $4,000. 1t was de-
| signed by Miss Held and made in Paris.
CHARLES KLEIN AS AN ACTOR
No playwright in theatrical history ever
had more bitter struggle before finally
| achieving success than CHARLES Klein. Be-
fore THE Lion and the Mouse started
| fortune In his direction at the rate of
$1,000 a week Mr.. Klein passed through
a dozen years of poverty and hardship.
| But OF all the experiences he encountered
during that period the author today be-
| lleves none more entertaining than his
/ only attempt to become an actor.
| II was engaged as comedian and stage
1 manager with Barney McCauley in a play
called A Messenger from Jarvis Sec
/ ton, says Mr.. Klein. There were many
| well known people in the cast, some of
| them being prominent stars today, but in
1 Difference to their feelings | refrain from
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der bright auspices bur McCauley drank
| considerably, and disappointed his audi
ences on so many occasions that when the
company reached Carthage. Mo-, We were
| stranded high and dry. AS we had not
received any salary for seventeen weeks,
1t is needless for me to- say that our re-
/ sources were very slender. We tele-
/ graphed to Charles Pope, manager of
| Pope's Theater. in st. Louis, to send suf-
| f1cient money to bring to that city the
| members of the company, who did not
| nave sufficient funds to take them back
| to New York.
| Mr.. Pope's interest IN our attraction
| lay in the fact that we had the next week
booked at his theater, and by reason OF
| the lack of time there was no chance for
| him to otherwise fill the date. 1t was to
| his interest to advance the money to get
/ the company to St. Louis to avoid closing
| as few of the company had gone on to
| New York. Naturally we had to rehearse
| two or three days. On the opening night,
| having to play character part, | found
myself very much in need of grease paint,
| ana sought to obtain some from the new
members of the company who had joined
us in st. Louis.
/ I'm the first dressing room entered sat
| a gentleman making his face up with alb
solutely new grease paint. i said to my
| self: This chap is an amateur. for he
| would never have such an immense array
OF unused grease paint. l was right in
l my SuTHilSe. II Was the IIloSl ulSt1nSulSfl-
| ed amateur actor Of St. Louis-Augustus
| Thomas. This was my first meeting with
| the gentleman. whose friendship l have
enjoyed for twenty odd years. 1 said:
/ Mr.. Thomas. may 1 borrow piece of
your grease paint?' He looked at me for
a moment. and evidently my appearance
did not impress him. for he replied: Ger
| tainly. with one proviso-that you bring
1t back 1 didn't have to bring 1t back.
| because Mr.. Thomas said: On second
thought, you can use 1t, but right In this
| room where can keep my eye on YOU
| Another Of the distinguished amateurs
who added eclat to the weeks perform
ance Of the play in st. Louis was William
\ g. Smythe, the well known theatrical
manager. who for q number of wears
| starred William Collier under his fifrec-
ton. We played to just enough money
on the weeks performance to land the
remnants Of the company back in New
/ York.
| FORMIDABLE ARRAY OF TAIL
ENT.-The following are the players In
.he cast Of the Belasco stock company:
Julia Dean. Florence Nash, Ethel Grew
Terry. Aileen Flavin. Marshall Stewart,
Douglas Patterson, Charles Cartwright.