Evening star., 1909-06-13
forces. and is to be starred by the latter
in a play called The Heights" by Will
liam Anthony Mcguire. a young Chicago
newspaper man.

| lnleHOS 10 become real actress. ana
to this end has prepared q highly
dramatic sketch.
The new "Follies OF 1909 was produced
this week in Atlantic City and enthusi-
astically received Roosevelts hunt In
Africa is one of the current events bur-
lesqued. and also Mr.. Hammerstein's op-
cratic troubles. Harry Kelly impersonated
the former President and Jack Norworth
! Kermit Roosevelt
Lulu Glaser said in an interview at Bos-
ton that IS soon as her contract with the
! Shuberts is completed she will retire
| from the stage. Some OF my friends will
laugh when they hear it,, Miss Glaser is
reported as saying, but am determined
| l shall step down off the boards while l
am still enjoying the pleasure that comes
from success.
Ida st. Leon, seventeen years Of age.
who. with her family. was engaged to ap-
pear in the circus part of Polly OF the
Circus" has been promoted to the title
role of the play as its star. Miss ST.
st. Leon astonished the stage manager
by the way In which she took the part
of the heroine when Miss Taliaferro was
late for rehearsal. so it was decided TO
take her from the acrobatic into the dra-
matte field and make the Polly" OF the
circus a-real Circus Polly.
Alphonz Either. who plays the leading
| role in Success at the Belasco this
| week. played the title role In Ben
| Hur'' for three years. Mr.. Either was
| companies in New York. Philadelphia.
| Brooklyn and Montreal.
Merceita Esmonde. one Of the principals
| in Success. was last seen here at the
Columbia in That Little Affair at
Boyds" Miss Esmonde was leading
| woman for Frederick Warde and Will
| liam Hawtrey. appearing in the latter's
Ton, fS,ey
| Life" in London. She has also been
prominent in stock companies in Philadel-
| phia. Brooklyn and PIttsburg
| the cast Of Success at the Beasco, Is
| Washington girl She is the daughter
of Admiral John A. Howell. former COM
mandant of the Washington navy yard
in the support OF William H. Crane. Pre-
vious to that Miss Bohn had been in
Mrs. Fiske's company. and played the
title role in Leah Kleschna.' with
which Mrs. FisKe could not appear her
self
Ethel Grey Terry, a member of the
Success company at the Belasco. is
daughter of Lillian Lawrence, the popu-
lar leading woman who was at one time
with the Bellows and Gregory Stock
Company at the lafayette Square Opera
House. now the Belasco. Last season she
was with the Chicago company OF
Girls following Ruth Maycliffe In the
| part of Violet Lansdowne.
H S. Northrup, who has an important
role in Success at the Belasco. mas
been leading man with E. H. Sothern.
| Henry Miller, Mary Mannering. Virginia
Harmed. William Faversham and Flor
ence Roberts. He also created the lead
| ing heavy roles in Checkers" THE Love
Route" and aThe Round JIp'
| From present indications the summer
| season at the Columbia Theater. the man
agement believes, will continue we'll into
| August. There has been constant In
crease in the attendance and for the
| past two weeks standing room has fire.
| quently been at premium.
| Little Helen Brown, the baby Claudia
| in Prince Chap" will probably be seen
| again with the Columbia players In the
| near future. Managers Metzerott and
Berger are contemplating the production
OF a play that has q star part for the
| little miss.
At the request Of the entertainment
| committee the gentlemen Of the Colum-
ba players visited the Press Club last
| night and entertained the club and its
guests with an excellent program.
Ruth Chatterton is again in the cast at
the Columbia Theater this week. playing
the part Of Marie in My Wife"
The Aborns do not promise the original
9 'Florodora' sextet" when they revive the
| famous Fisher-Ryley musical comedy at
| the National.
| Florence Burdette rejoins the Aborn
| Opera Company this week. Her personal
| success In "Florodora" Is one Of the pleas
| ant memories of last summers opera sea-
| son at the National
| George W. Leslie will appear In vaude-
| vile next season in a sketch written by
Forrest HUFF of the Aborn Opera Com
pany
Robinson Newbold. late of 1.-The Rogers
Brothers in Panama." comes to the New
National Theater tomorrow night to ap-
pear in his original role In 1T Happened
| in Nordland
The debut of Miss Almyra Sessions. a
| member of the younger social set OF
Washington. with the Aborn Opera Com
pany last Monday night was one Of the
| interesting events of the local opera sea-
son at the National Miss Sessions. who
| uses the stage name of "Myra Camp"
| is a character actress of no mean ability.
| She has confined her work entirely to anna
| teur performances, but will hereafter ap-
pear professionally.
Anita and Gertie Barreto. the two 1T
| tie Spanish dancers now with the Aborn
| Opera Company. Will appear in vaude-
| vile next season in sister act" de-
/ picting scenes In the Bohemian quarters
| of Madrid. Both the Barreto girls are
| clever dancers and will give the peculiar
! terpschorean feats Of their mother coun-
| try.
Herman Hirshberg especially engaged
| by the Aborns for the revival of 1T Hap
| pened in Nordland,'' was with the COM
| pany at the New National hast season,
| appearing in The Fortune Teller" Har
| ry Fishers role of the Baron Sparta will
| be played by George w. Leslie. The COM
plete cast for 1t Happened in Nordland"
| is said to be one of the strongest ever
| assem- bled by the Aborns In Washington.
| Mr.. Fred Meek, manager of the Aborn
| Opera Company here was manager for
| the Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch"
| company during the long Australian tour
| last season. and has many anecdotes of
| his travels The company covered over
500 miles during the tour. MIR. Meek
will rejoin the managerial forces Of Lieb-
| Ter & Co. when the summer season closes
| in Washington.
Stories of Buried Treasures.
| From the London Globe.