The Washington herald., 1909-05-23
PLAYS AND PLAYFOLK.

Olga Nethe=sole Is reported TO have
refused an offer OF sle.0a0 for her rights
in The Writiag on the Wall" The con
oitions are thai she Immediately with
draw the play.
May Mackenzie. who makes her first
appearance IN legitimate drama in The
Reveilers" this week at the Belasco. has
been for several years one Of the most
popular young women in Broadway musi-
cal attractions. She recently appeared in
the support Of Anna Held, and made a
hit as the original drum major" when
with Weber and Fields. Miss Mackenzie
viii do a dancing speciality in the Beef
steak scene Of The Revellers.
Manager L. S. Taylor, OF the Belasco
Theater. has just had installed an i'm
mense changeable sign or the roof Of
the theater. extending the entire length
OF the building on the Pennsylvania ave-
nue. side This sign viii announce the
current attraction playing at the BelascO.
At night the sign viii be illuminated by
concealed reflected lights 1t Is probably
the biggest sign OF its kind in the coun-
try.
The name Of George V. Hobart is likely
10 go down to posterity linked with that
OF theodore Roosevelt. The latter was
responsible for the japanese and Russian
peace commissioners meeting at Ports
mouth. but Hobart. as the author OF a
short comedy sketch entitled Tuesday
which will wind Up the programme Of the
Lambs Ali-Star GambOl. which comes TO
Washington on the afternoon Of May =.
was the undOubted instrument for bring
ing David BelaScO and i /. Erlanger TO-
gether. and putting an end 70 the thestri-
cal war that has lasted seven years.
Both these gentlemen take part in the
sketch, and it was difficult for them TO
meet al rehearsals without an amicable
end OF their long feud being arrived at
The Narrow Path" an up-to-date
drama Of American life. by John Monta-
que. viii be presented under the manage
ment OF F. Ray Comstock and A. II.
Woods. at the Adelphi Theater, Philadel-
phia. on Nay q Those who have read
ii have been struck most by its fine
literary quality and the skillful way in
which. out OF simple. ordinary life in New
York. a tense drama OF the emotions has
been evolved. An all-star cast has been
engaged 10 Interpret this. the latest
American play. and il includes William
Courtney. George Parsons. Grant Mitch
oil. Ida Conquest. ConSuelo Bailey.
George Lawrence. Jane Evans. and
Marie Ballou- The play is in three acts
and the action al takes place in the
furnished rooms Of the heroine IN one
OF those well-known furnished-room
houses in West Forty-hfth street. Just
of Broadway.
Mrs. Jane Germon. the-comedienne, IS
seriously 81 AZ the homs o: her son. Dr.
Frank ". Germon, Baltimore, Nd. As
Mrs. Germon is eighty-seven years old
grave doubts OF her recovery are enter
tanned The muscles Of her throat are
paralyzed and she is able to take little
nourishmeut and Is conscious only al
intervals
Mrs Germou comes from a celebrated
theatrical family. being cousin Of the
late Joseph Jefferson She made her first
appearance upon tie stage eighty years
ago IN support OF Edwin Forrest. play
ing Albert IN William Tell"
Mrs GermOn Is the mother OF Efie
Germon and grandmother OF Bessie Ger
mon. 4 sister. Mrs. Elizabeth Saunders.
Of san Francisco. who was once well
known upon the stage herself. Is still
living and IS more than ninety years OF
age