Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-11-07

then took the one-mile title. still retaining
both these honoTs. Then she took up
diving. After few trials she and Miss
Buttell dived distance of fifty feet from
a springboard.
She had moved with her family to Mel
bourne in the meantime. and soon the
newspapers began to take her up.
spreading her fame to all parts of the
island. She taught swimming in the Mel
bourne baths and then took part In
spectacular stage production-and her real
career as a swimmer had begun.
ROSE STALLS LONDON TRI-
UMPHS-When 1.-The Chorus Lady" was
only a half hour vaudeville sketch, Rose
Stahl took IL to London and scored a dis
tinct success in the halls During the
summer Just past the final seal of hav-
ing 'made good" was stamped on the
play when il ran 100 nights at the Naude-
VILE Theater on the Strand. London
is all right" SAYS Miss Stahi. with the
typical Stahl terseness. II went over
there with my heart in my throat, SO
to speak. and came back Thoroughly
in love with the big CITY. Ot course. !
had heard about how they boo you anu
hiss on the least pi )vocation. and al
though I had been told that TINS reaiiy
don't mean much over there. stu 1ell
as IL I could sink through the MOOT
il theN 'hOOpd or Missed bue W
our opening night at the Vaudeville Thea
ter. il seemed as If every one IN the
little playhouse was for me Strong:
There was a psychological ieelns vi
friendship permeating the entTe tnedte!
and when | came on In the hrst ACT
and looked down in the front row TO rec
ognize a half dozen famous New YORK
first niyiters my last fears took light
and / paved Patricia as L never nave
before,
BARONESS CACAMISI-B Blanche Mar
chest is i'm private life the Baroness "a
Cacamisi. She is the tenth and youngest
surviving child of Salvatore Castrone. the
Marquis della Rajata. from Palermo, VINO
won fame as a singer in Great Britain.
France. Germany. Holland, Belgium and
America, and who had the honor of re-
ceiving in person the diamond Jubilee
medal from Queen Victoria. Her mother
is the famous teacher, Nine Mathllde
Marchesi, who has had among her pupils
such distinguished singers as Nine. Ga
brielle Krauss, Nine. Emma Caive, Nine.
Nellie Melba, Nine. Emma Eames, Sybil
Sanders son. Nine. Emma Nevada and
Mime. Blanche Marchesi
CLINGS TO OLD F'RIEND.-Those play
goers who saw THE Roundup" will re-
member the unique act of Maclyn Ar
buckle, the star. who rolled a cigarette
with one hand, la greaser. This feat.
while an astonishing one to the audience.
was not so difficult to Mr.. Arbuckle, for
he was brought up I'm the great south
west, where il Is not an unusual accom-
plishment.
Many theatergoers who have witnessed
The Circus Man have been disap-
pointed that Mr.. Arbuckle did not repeat
his one-hand cigarette-rolling perform
ance. So many protests have reachtd the
actor that after a conference with Eu-
gene w. Presbrey, the author. he deter
mined to introduce in The Circus Man
the. so 10 speak. speciality.
II is quite In keeping with his part that
of Fighting Hitne Look, ne argues.
when one comes to think of il. for Hime
has spent twenty years in Texas, when
the play opens, and. naturally. though
born i'm Maine, has acquired most of the
customs of the Lone Star state. So Mr..
Arbuckle has introduced this little by
play into the Presbrey comedy, and 1t