Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-08-01
In the Spotlight

Julia Dean is visiting friends in Balti.
more today.
E. B. Tilton is the author of AL H.
Wilson's new piece.
Eugene Blair is in vaudeville in play
let called after the Matinee"
Polly of the Circus" is booked for
an early date in this city.
AL Wilson will produce new play this
year entitled Metz in Ireland"
Ruth Chatterton returns to the Columbia
cast tomorrow night as Jane in cousin
Kate"
Fred G. Berger believes he has found
a man who can successfully undertake
the line of work that made Sol Smith
Russell famous. He will shortly be pre-
scented at the Columbia Theater in Rus
sells role in "A Poor Relation for the
purpose of obtaining Washington YER
dict.
The Conan and Harris Minstrels. with
an entirely new setting and new after
George M. Conan, will open their sea-
son at the New York Theater week
from tomorrow night. They will also
open the Columbia regular season.
Arthur B. Benson, press representative
Of Luna Park and Belasco Theater. last
week bought a handsome motor boat and
will take what little vacation he can
squeeze from his duties In flying trips
to Norfolk and Chesapeake bay points.
Manager l.. stoddard Taylor OF the Be-
lasco Theater left last Sunday for short
vacation preceding the early opening of
the playhouse Beautiful" as he now calls
the Belasco. Mr.. Taylor took the all-sea
trip to Boston, where he will join his
family. From there he will probably
visit several Of the Maine resorts.
During the past week Manager Charles
J. Goodfellow entertained at the executive
cottake at Luna Park the manager of
the Philadelphia base ball team, an old
friend. They not only replayed the sea
sons games. but laid out the probabilities
for the last laps to pennant day.
The marriage of Antoinette Perry and
her consequent withdrawal from the
stage has caused a vacancy in the post
of leading woman for David Warfield.
to fame and said to be q discovery of
David Belasco, has been given the posi-
ton.
William Faversham has secured the
rights for a new play just completed by
Charles Frederick Nirdlinger. Mr.. Nird-
linger, who is the author of THE World
and His Wife which William Faver-
sham produced last winter, is now in
England and was lately the guest of Mr..
Faversham at his country home. at Child
dingfold, Surrey.
Word has gone out that the great emo
tional role in the sensational French
play. Madame X, which Henry w.
Savage has scheduled for its first Ameri-
can production in Chicago. will fall to
Dorothy Donnelly. This is the part play
ed in Paris by Jane Hading. Lena Ash
we'll will appear in the role in London at
the same time.
William Faversham will make two inn
portant productions in the way Of thigh
brow drama this season-the "Herod
of Stephen Phillips and the ''Orestes' OF
Gallienne's adaptation of the Greek
drama. and Walter Damrosch and the
New York Symphony Orchestra will sup
ply the musical feature in the incidental
music by Massenet.
Clarence j. Harris, treasurer of the Be-
lasco Theater. with his family, is at a
mountain village in West Virginia. thirty
miles away from railroad. He writes
that Boating. driving. horseback riding
and more chicken to eat than l ever
dreamed of before constitute few OF
the ingredients of a vacation which should
prove excellent training for the strenu-
GUS season ahead
Contractors will entirely renovate the
| Columbia Theater before the opening OF
| the regular season. They have been di
rected to submit an additional estimate
| the work can be accomplished, working
| three shifts of men in the twenty-fouI
/ hours. The summer demands of the pub.
!, lie on the Columbia Players still continue
! SO pronounced that it has become a seri-
GUS proposition as to how to make the
needed repairs and improvements.
| In fuIfllment of a promise said to have
| been given long ago 1t Is reported that
| Robert Edeson is to have the honor OF
| appearing In the first play to be writer
| by former President Roosevelt 1t IL
| said to be in the nature of an extrava.
ganza reproducing the experiences of the
| African trip, and the initial performance
son of 191O-1911. Its name will not be
disclosed until Col. Roosevelt's return tc
| this country.
Xnoving- picture film soon to be re-
| lei is called producing a Play" II
| WI Bhow the author reading his play to
| star and manager, signing the contracts.
| actors agency selecting the people. paint
ing the scenery. building the properties
| drawing and ithographing the posters
anu HeHcdIsdlS. lie play WHOSE PiSPdao
| tion furnished the subject for this film
| Is Paul Wilstach's "keegan's Pal" pro-
duced In Chicago at the end of last sea-
son.
Dallas Wexford, the eccentric English
comedian, who gained fame in Mr.. Hop
| kinson." appeared this week In Spring
! field. Mass, in a new play entitled Il
| Love My Wife,
Lew Fields has a new musical comedy