The Washington times., 1909-09-29
Greenroom Gossip

THAI the variety and bUrlesque
branch Of the theatrical world
has been the scene Of the early
~endeavors OF many OF our ia
nous lights IN the present day stage
world, VIII be demonstrates by a glance
over a list of James OF whose who once
appeared in variety houses.
Weber and Fields, the producing man
ayers have been seen in a Dutch
Comeulan' act at the Lyceum Theater
mere Gus Hil, the man who now has
ABOUT went companies OF his own on
the road, amused the patrons OF the
same house with his club-swineing act
montgomery and Stone. OF musical com
.edy fame. started the game in variety
Others who began in the same 6eis are
Mcintyre and Heath, the hlack-faced
comedians; Emma Carus. the vocalist:
charles Biglow, the Belasco star. sam
Bernard. the Russell Brothers. Toe
WEIGH, Hope Booth, Ida Mule. Nina
Collins. n Washington girl, sho was
seen here last season as the star or
The Girl Question: Joe Howard. the
musical composer OF The Time the
Place and the Girl" Equally well known
are Flora Parker. tile star OF s.Tbe
Queen OF the Moulin Rouge; Bert Les
lie. John Rogers. now an opera singer
Of note, and Kingsley Benedict.
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The new Irish Song. by Jerome and
Schwartz, which Miss Blanche Rin IL
singing IN The Yankee Girl" At The
Belasco Theater. is called Mary Dono-
OF a TITO OF popular songs by these
authors, which includes "Bedeliav and
My Irish Mony-O."
Alice Weeks has been engaged bv
the shuberts to play the part Of
presenting The Ringmaster. Fred
erick Montague viii be { h ring
master"
On account Of the death Of Clyde
Fitch. the production or The CITY.
his latest play, will be brought out
much earlier than originally planned
by the Shuberts. This frm, by tht
way, has another Fitch pfay. The
Manicure Girl" written for Miss Zelda
Sears.
d Shuberts now have on tour many
companies In Fitch plays. There are
three Blue Mouse orCanfZationE
three Girls and Charles Cherry. in
OF the summer rlusical plays in New
York, the following viii soon take 10
ne. road: The Mo1or Girl, "A Broken
AANls dAA AldNdnd
Lawrence Wheat, at present the y.
WallingfOrd Speed in Going some.
VIII, it is understood. shortly be seen
In a new Broadway production.
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Harry Bulger threatens 10 revive the
old musical skit called 9TH Night OF
the Fourth" In which ne and Sherry
Matthews used 10 act George AIDE Will
not like this He wrote IL.
Five actors are playing Senator Lang
Ion in a Gentleman from Mississippi
They are Burr Mcintosh. Thomas A.
Wise. Robert Fischer, James Lackaye
and Scott Cooper.
II took Charles Klein two years To
write The Cipher Code, which failed.
and three weeks to write '-The Hon
orable John Grisby,' which was a sue
cess. He spent a year on Mr.. Pick
wick which was almost a failure, and
two months TO construct "EI Captain
which was a triumph. His The Lion
Sud the Mouse was such a financial
that IL led Charles Dillingham;
f1tJ the hasco OF The Step-Sister.
which in turn has given place 20 The
Third Degree. which is a success.
And there you are,
A monument made from a bowldcr
Weighing more than nine tons has been
placed at the food Of Modjesko noun
tain, at Arden, near Santa Ana. Cal.
the former home OF the actress. On the
face OF the monument is a bronze tablet
with Modjeska's name inscribed. The
position of the memorial is a beautiful
glen. where MOdjeska loved to retire
for rest and meditation. She called it
the dearest SPOT in the world"