Evening star., 1909-02-28
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Mabel Kip, who for a number of seasons
was with Miss Maude Adams. last week
had the opportunity to play the title role
of "Polly of the Circus" taking Edith
Taliaferro's place as understudy. Miss
kip's last appearance in this city was IN
Peter Pan"
After appearing before the public for
eighteen consecutive years Adeline Genee.
the famous dancer, missed perform
ance for the first time last Saturday at
the Colonial Theater. Chicago. Mile.
Genee's complaint was 1obsteritis, some
times called ptomaine poisoning.
John w Ransone has been engaged by
Lebler G. Co. to play the part of Jerry
Fogarity, district leader, in THE Head
of the House." the new comedy by Ed
ward r. Townsend and Frank Ward
O'Malley. in which Ada Lewis will begin
her starring tour early next month.
Princess Trixie. the beautiful trained
horse, killed I'm a railroad accident last
week. was to have been the headline act
great success in vaudeville. her intelli-
gence. docility and beauty completely
captivating the audiences.
Thomas W. Ross starring tour in THE
Fortune Hunter" under the management
of Cohan e. Harris, will be inaugurated
at Atlantic City March 15. The cast in
cludes Mary Ryan, Edna Bruno. Forrest
Robinson, Sydney Ainsworth. Hale Ham
ilton, Walter Horton and Grant Mitchell.
Laurence Irving. son of the late Sir
Henry Irving, arrived In New York last
Thursday from London. He is accom-
panied by his wife. known to the stage as
Mabel Hackney. They will appear in the
vaudeville houses in the strong one-act
play. THE King and the Vagabond."
Henrietta BYRON, formerly OF Fagan &
Byron the Fagan being Barney Pagan
of old-time minstrel fame, is the chief
support of Harry Bulger in vaudeville.
The six musical Cuttys are really all
brothers and sisters. They are William,
John. James, Eleanor, Elizabeth and Mar
Saret.
There was newcomer in the cast Of
Nearly Hero last Monday night in
New York Ada Lewis brought her en-
gagement with Sam Bernard to an end
and Jobyna Rowland replaced her. Miss
Rowland has not been in evidence pro-
fessionally since her appearance in 1.-The
Ham Tree"
Anna Held will not be seen in any other
city than New York during the remain
der of the season. This announcement
from +. Ziegfeld is made because in GER
tain quarters it was intimated that Miss
Held, in Miss Innocence would go to
Boston and other large cities before re-
turning to Paris for the summer.
George Lauri. a famous comedian in
Australia. recently committed suicide IN
that country, the result OF melancholia.
I,auri was native of this country, but
went abroad with Williams and Musgrove
seventeen years ago. first appearing in
Australia in THE Merry Monarch" His
most recent hit was at Tweedlepunch in
''Florodora."
Charles Cherry. who was leading man
with Maxine Elliott and leading man last
season in Clyde Fitch's comedy Girls
is to be starred by the Shuberts in new
comedy by Mr.. Fitch entitled 1.-The Bach
elor." His leading lady will be Miss Ruth
Maycliffe, the youngest of the three
Girls" Mr.. Cherry is an Englishman
and an Oxford graduate. Miss Mayclife
is western girl.
Nat Goodwin opened his spring season
at Norfolk last Thursday night, appear
ing In The Master Hand before a very
large audience The play Is by Carol
Fleming. and was first produced in Boston
more than year ago. 1t was withdrawn
until Mr.. Goodwin took 1t up He expects
to make an extended tour with the new
play. and says he Is we'll pleased with the
way it has been received.
Thomas Dickinson. the author of THE
Cnbroken Road" says that badness Is
human and individual. and that goodness,
If it is to counteraCt the forces of evil.
must be as human and individual as the
forces of badness. 1.-The Unbroken Road"
with its virile, appealing story Illus
frateS that It is the fault OF the church.
charity and education that the higher
ideals of the race have been too much
institutionalized.
Daniel Frohman has engaged Sonia
Adler. the daughter Of the tragic actor
Jacob P. Adler. for a term Of years. She
will appear next season as q member of
one of Mr.. Frohmans companies in a
new play. Miss Adler Is nineteen. and
has been the leading woman in her
fathers company on the East Side of
New York for several years. having
played Juliet, Cordelia. Portia and other
classic as we'll as modern roles In the
tragedians supports. Miss Adler was
born and educated in this country
Manager Berger of the Columbia Thea
ter has been the recipient of congratula-
tions on the excellence of the ventilating
system installed in the F street play
house and that was placed in operation
during the past week. A large rotary fan
in the dome of the building exhausts the
surcharged atmosphere as II rises and in
combination with the supply fans insures
complete change of air throughout the
building every sixteen minutes. Supple
mentins the ventilators. the vacuum
cleaning outfit placed in operation In the
theater at the beginning of the season re-
moves all dust from chairs. carpets and
draperies.