Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-05

Gompers, Ida NJ. Tarbell. William T. Je-
| rome, Lyman J. Gage and Cardinal CID
bons.
Louise Cunning in "Marcele, under
| the management of the Shuberts, had the
distinction of opening the only municipal
| theater in the United States-the Audi
| tract with the city government to play
about forty attractions at the Audi
torium
W. S. Gilbert of the famous Gilbert and
Sullivan comic opera firm of past DAYS.
! is writing opera bouffe with Sir Ed
ward German. The groundwork of the
piece is Gilberts earlier work, The
Wicked World
Lulu CHASER begins rehearsals soon OF
new musical comedy. entitled ''One
OF the Boys" for which Rida Johnson
wrote the book and William Schroeder
the music. Miss CHASER will have the
| part of a girl brought up in Michigan
| lumber camp who is sent to Il fashionable
New York school to be finished.
| The management of The Chocolate
Soldier, which is "operiZing. so TO
speak. of Shaw's Arms and the Man.
celebrated its success in New York by
a highly original souvenir-no less i
thing than a box of high grade choco-
ldIe candy. tnfee OIL the cloColdle pleCoS
being nodded in the shape of a soldier.
Leona Watson. who plays Adelina. the
youthful prima donna in The Climax,
which will be at the Columbia this week,
is to be starred next season In an opera
by Joseph Carl Breil, entitled 1.-The Song
of the Soul founded on the song of the
same name which is the important theme
of 1.-The Climax" as sung by Miss Wat
son.
There are only four characters in Tile
Climax which is the attraction at the
Columbia this week, but three of them
have TO be skilled musicians, in addition
the ability to sing and play the piano.
| The other character is u doctor, but is
not required to know anything about
medicine outside the theater.
Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth will
resume their original places in the Fol
lies of 1909 when 1t opens i'll the Grand
Opera House. New York, tomorrow night.
Eva Tanguay, who has been playing the
star part for the last ten weeks, with
draws from the cast, in accordance with
her original arrangement with Florenz
Ziegfield, jr., manager of the company.
Grace Elliston appeared in new play
called "Jacqueline.'' by Harriet Ford and
Caroline Duer. last week at Worcester,
Mass, supported by Emmett Corrigan and
Orme Caldara. The story of the play is
of get-rich-quick methods i'm Wall street.
the heroine being used innocently on her
part by inscriptions promoters, who
spread stories of her fabulous wealth to
further their own scheme.
The newspaper play is proverbially a
hard one to carry to success. This feat
has been achieved by THE Fourth Es-
tate which. with its presentation OF
practical newspaper life, combines a
thrilling story and stirring situations. The
plot turns on the work of d young and
brilliant managing editor to expose a
corrupt judge who uses his high office In
the interests of big corporation.
Miss Annie Russell is to appear in a
new comedy under the management of
Charles FrOhman, under whom she first
became star. Miss Russell attended
the opening of the New Theater in New
York a short time ago. and while there
expressed her astonishment at the report
woods of Maine in very sick condition.
She said the first she knew of her seri-
GUS illness was when her friends told her
about 1t.
In presenting the United States Soldiers
Home Band in concert at the Columbia
Theater Sunday night December 10, the
military authorities believe they are adj
yancing an organization that will rapidly
take it's place among the great concert
bands OF the country. John S. NJ. Zim-
norman. a brother of the director of the
Naval Academy Band, is the conductor
whose energy has placed the organization
on it's present footing.