Evening star., 1909-09-05
In theSpot1ight

49, Wiz
Hattie Williams is to play a season in
Australia
John Slavin is to appear in The Hot
air King
Grace Hazard is appearing as a vaude-
vile star in "A Partisan Model.
I Both Albert Chevalier and Yvette Gull
bert will make American tours this sea-
! son.
season in "Marcelle" last week at At
lantic City.
Hamilton Revelle, the English actor
| is to be in the cast of The Coast o1
| Chance"
| Ida Conquest will be the leading woman
| for Charles Richman in his play, The
Revellers.'
| Rida Johnson Young has written new
| comedy, called THE Lottery" which the
| Shuberts will produce.
Mrs. Alexander Salvini. the widow of
| the actor. may return to the stage in d
| play written by herself.
John Philip Sousa is to write comic
| opera for the Shuberts called The Glass
Blowers.
Mabel Barrson will take temporary
rest before resuming her tour in The
Blue Mouse"
Cohan and Harris Minstrels will wear
on parade a gray cape with the lining
of the American flag.
Robert Hilliard has written a play in
col alteration with the Mayor of Syracuse
called The Swimming Master.
George Backus has been engaged for 4
part in the company of "A Matinee Idol =
in which De Wolf Hopper is to appear.
Anna Held will begin her season in
Miss Innocence early in October in
Boston
De Wolf Hopper is shortly TO appear in
"A Matinee Idol under the management
of Daniel Y. Arthur.
The Chocolate Soldier is to be pro-
duced in New York the last of the month
under the direction of f. c. Whitney.
Charles Z. Evans and Charles II. Top
per are to appear in a musical version of
There and Back which +. c. Whitney
will produce.
Although Laura Burt has been years on
the English stage previously she played
in this country, creating the leading
feminine role in I'm Old Kentucky
Henrietta Crossman is going to visit all
the cities of the east in Sham this sea
son, it is stated. reserving the far west
and south for the season following.
Fred Niblo returns TO the Columbia
Theater with his Travel Talks at an
early date for a double course embracing
five Sunday evenings and five Friday
afternoons.
The big musical show under the man
agement OF Lew Fields, to succeed The
Midnight Sons is called 1.-The Jolly
Bachelors" and Al Leach has one of the
principal roles.
Polly of the Circus with Edith Tai
iaferrO, which comes to the Columbia
Theater September ~, is one of the most
successful enterprises controlled by Fred
ricks Thompson.
Lew Hawkins. at Chase's next week, is
one of the many grand old men, OF
minstrelsy, the longevity OF whose lead
ing exponents is one OF those mysteries
not yet penetrated by science.
"The Fortune Hunter" which began its
season in Hartford, has in its cast John
Barrymore, Mary Ryan, Sydney Aims
worth. Edna Bruna, Byron Ongley, For
rest Robinson and Hale Hamilton.
Don't pick quarrel before II is ripe
Then leave it hang awhile-it may fall -
says AL. II. Wilson. And there is a reason
for everything except woman getting
off street car hackwards-thats fool
ish.''
Mcintyre and Heath began their season
last week in New York In their new piece
'In HAITI which is pronounced a worthy
successor TO their Ham Tree" The
story shows the stars as politicians in
Haiti.
Lew Fields has named a new musical
comedy which he IS To produce Sweet
Sixteen" after his daughter who has
just had that kind of a birthday. The au-
thor and composer are George v Hobart
and Victor Herbert.
THE Sins of Society," a mixture Of So
ciety drama and high-class melodrama,
recently won applause on its first presen-
tatlon III New York. The play has been
running successfully in London for some
time.
Oliver MetZerott. treasurer of the Co
lumbia Theater Company, spent the early
part of the week in Leonardtown. Nd
where he made the speech placing in nom
lidtioii tHt Hdiile OF r. oLOWd6n Hill Tor
judge of the seventh judicial circuit.
Agnes Patton, who was the successor
of Mabel Taliaferro Lovey Mary in
Mrs. Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch"
has been engaged by George Fl. .Bren-
nan for Eugene w. Presbrey's new
play, THE Coast Of Chance"
John Philip Sousa has named his
new march The Honor of the Yankee
Navy. Arrangements have just been
concluded between Mr.. Sousa and Miss
Blanche Ring whereby the composition
is secured exclusively for her new mu-