The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1909-08-06

merry JOy-rl0e or FRANK HenneSSyS
1.-The Motor Girl" at the Lyric thea
ter. In her six-cylinder car she is
speeding with unprecedented speed
into public favor The tuneful songs
she sings, the witty words she speaks
and the beauty of adornment have
made her the most popular Girl" New
York has known in years.
Miss Gertrude Hoffman, whose Co.'S
tunes on. the stage shocked Police
Commissioner Baker into causing her
arrest, must dress herself for her act
for the next few weeks under the
| watchful eye of Mrs. Mcmahon, ma
tron of the West Forty seventh street
police station. Mrs. Mcmahon, who is
an austere person, when it comes to
her official duty, will spend her even
Jig behind the scenes on the stage
" lille Miss Hoffman dances classically
a.. "A Vision of Salome,' and in her
re presentation of Mendelssohn's Spring
SCEg
All of which was the net result OF
! the proceedings in the West Side court
a: raigned before Magistrate Steinert
ia II F. Mcintyre had just been en-
gaged in the case. Mo. IS Meyer, Will
lam Hammerstein' lawyer, was to
tI.rB it over to him, hut Il so happened
| that both Mr.. Meycr ami Mr.. MsIntyre
we're going away o. Vacations. So
tbs, asked that tn aase be postponed
; until October 4, wl.ici, vas done
Seven lawyers, rhr-e maids, one
chauffeur, Willie Iiammerstein, John
70 lock, and her husp;;.lG Baron Max
Hoffman. accompani:.. Miss Hoffman
to court
At the Knickerbocker theater 1.-The
Gay Hussars," produced by Henry M.
SCI of the play in New York this sea-
son, the other version being directed
r. the Shuberts-has proved an un-
usually tuneful operetta.
The English libretto of 1.-THE Gay
Hussars'' is by MI Maurice B. Kirby
ar d the lyrics are ny rJr. Grant Stew
All. Messrs Emefl.:i Kalman and
Karl Won Bakonyi are The original au-
tEors.
The story is of the love of Captain
Ven Lorentz for tho 'a"oness Risa
on Marbach. and iii tie telling of it
there are many amusing and exciting
incidents. Marching, dancing, fight
ing and happenings. The music is said
to be lively and pleasing.
Prominent in the cast are Miss An
ma Bussert, who plays the role of the
Baroness; Mr.. Orrin Johnson who
makes his first appearance in light
opera as Captain of Hussars'; Miss
Europe to sing the role of a young
cadet; Mr.. Bobby North, drafted from
Vaudeville from the leading comedy
role, and Miss Florence Reid.
Laura Guerite, who was the first
woman to wear the "nuthin' nuthin'
gown, which has attracted attention in
Paris and more recently in this coun-
try, has been especially engaged by
B. C. Whitney for the principal femi-
nine part in 1.-THE Broken IDOL" the
new musical comedy which will open
at the Herald S ,uare theater on Au1
gust 16 and of which Otis Harlan is
the star. Miss Guerite has been lent
by the Shuberts to Mr.. Whitney for
the part.
When the young woman appeared in
"The Mimic World" at the Casino last
year. she wore the "nuthin' nuthin'"
gown, concerning which so much COM
ment has been made. In 1.-THE Broken
Idol' she will wear a number of gowns
which have been especially designed
for the part. They are of the sort de-
s'.ibed as stunning and are said to
be among the most striking stage cos
tunes ever seen in this country.
F. Ziegfeld Jr.'s Review Of Re
views the "Follies of 1909, has en-
tered upon it's eighth capacity week
at the Jardin de Paris. In addition to
i Miss Eva Tanguay, the long list of
entertainers includes Bessie Clayton.
Arthur DEACON, Anaabelle Whitford
Harry Kelly, Lillian Lorraine, Sophie
Tucker, William Schrode, Evelyn Car
ton, G,-trud., Vanderbilt, and beau
tiful chorus.
Miss Janet Dunbar is the rev lead
ing woman to David Warfield, posi-
ton rendered va"drt by the recent
marriage and subsequent retirement
from the stage Of Miss Antoinette Per-.
ry NoTLing is known about her be-
yond the bare announcement by Be-.