The Washington herald., 1910-10-02

Va. The cup is 10 be known as the Viola
Allen Cup. and will become the perma-
nent property of the lady winning in two
seasons eonseeutively. II was made to
order for Miss Allen and stands fourteen
inches in height. and is surmounted by
the figure OF horse. At its base is she
inscription, Presented by Viola Allen"
The cup is on exhibition In the window
of Fifth avenue establishment.
The Deep Purple" Paul Armstrong
and Wilson Miners new play. which
had It's first performance Monday in
Rochester. Ii said to have scored a very
emphatic hit Liebler & Co. have staged
the drama extensively and provided what
some managers would call IAN all-star
cast" The list of players includes Ada
Dwyer. Catherine Calvert Isabel Wal
dron. a well-known impersonstor of so
called grand dame" roles; Mabel Morri-
son, the original squaw in The Squaw
Man." Richard Bennett. Jameson Lee
Finney. W. ]. Ferguson. Emmett Corri-
gan, and Rosamond O'Kane. The play,
which goes 10 Chicago shortly. will be
seen here before the close Of the present
season.
There is a good one on Fiske o'Hara,
who IS starring in Wearing OF the
Green" The smile that would not come
of evidently was born with F'isRe
O'Hara. In Wearing of the Green" he
finds four-leafed clover. He smiles He
goes to see the one he loves and finds
she has a date with another. He smiles.
, He hears that he will be disinherited. He
smiles. Then his girl throws him down.
He smiles. He fights duel He smiles.
He gets plnched for singing Wearing
OF the Green" He smiles. And so on.
through four acts, he smiles. Bet he Is
smiling yet. Can you beat it?
The first performance on any stage OF
''Ysobel." Mascagnis newest opera, in
which Liebler & Co are 10 star Miss
Bessie Abott has finally been slated for
November q in the New Theater, This
production. which will be one OF the inn
portant musical events of the season
here, will cost upward OF $4,000 TO raise
the first curtain A feature OF Miss Alb
otis company viii be the dozen young
American singers, who will be seen in
the minor principal roles and the leading
chorus parts. Miss Abott personally Sc
lected these young girl students. and be-
lieves that their appearance in the Mas
cagni opera viii add greatly to its ef
fectiveness.
Chauncey Olcott is having so much sue
cess in Barry OF Ballymore" that Man
ager Pitou is arranging TO bring him TO
New York al an early date. The popular
comedian and his new play VIII probably
reach town early IN the new year.
The new offerings for next week are
The Concert" a drama by Herman
Bahr, at the Belasco Theater; Marie Ca
hill in Judy Forgot" at the Broadway.
and 'Rebecca, of Sunnybrook Farm at
the Republic. At the Garrick, Anti
Matrimony" is a near failure. The best
acting in the comedy Is furnished by
( Walter Greene. Henrietta Crosmans
leading man. He is an actor who knows
how to act. Manager Sydney r. Ellis
started rehearsals OF The Iron King
Monday He has arranged to give the
play its first performance October 10 in
Hartford, Conn Frank Adair, an Irish
barytOne singer with an excellent Euro
pean reputation, is 10 be featured az
the head Of the cast. Manager Ellis will
give the drama an elaborate production.
JEROME II. EDDY.