Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-23
author whose play. THE Revolutionary
Wedding" is soon to be produced.

author whose play. THE Revolutionary
Wedding" is soon to be produced.
Bijou Fernandez who in private life is
Mrs. w. b. Abingdon. has left the stage
and will take up the work of her mother.
the late Mrs. Fernandez. as theatrical
agent Miss Fernandez has been playing
with Mabel Taliaferro in ''Springtime'
lust Wife, by Eugene Walter with
Charlotte Walker in the leading role, was
produced in Cleveland last week The
production was carefully staged by Be-
lasco. The play belongs to that class
which is called daring
Anna Bussert, who will sing the role
Of Natalie in 1.-The Merry Widow at the
National this week, viii be remembered
for her inpersonation of the prima donna
role in 1.-The Gay Hussars.' which Henry
w. Savage has temporarily withdrawn
Charles Frohman's production of 1.-THE
Brass Bottle which was to have fol-
lowed Otis Skinner at the Garrick Thea
Ter, New York, has been indefinitely post
poned owing to Mt SINNERS success In
Your Humble Servant in which he VIII
appear for the remainder Of the season.
The new factory law recently passed
by the Massachusetts, legislature, which
prevents the appearance Of child actresses
In plays in that state, has compelled
Charles Frohman 10 cancel the engage
ment of Francis Wilson in The Bache-
One of the most unusual offers for
time ever made : now i'll the hands of
the Shuberts. IL concerns The Watch
e., Cora Msynards new play OF psychic
influence. which the ShuoertS recently
produced. spiritualtStt> society of
Brooklyn has offered neat sum for one
performance of tho play t. be given in
their rooms.
Holbrook Blun. who played Jim Plat
in Mrs Fske's salvation Nell is To APP
pear as star next season under the d.
rection OF Harrison Grey Fiske. Begin
ming with The First Bora, he has APP
pea-ed IN long line OF parts of wide
Duchess OF Dartzic." the musical play
made from Mime. Sans Gene
Robert E Graham the veteran comedi-
IN Of THE Merry Widow" company. has
played the Marsovian ambassador since
the initial night in America without miss
ing single performance. He will have
played the part Loco times Thursday
night of the Washington enga gement.
and has arranged supper for the mem
beers of the company TO mark the event.
In the vaudeville opera festival pro-
ductioa at Chases next week among the
principal singers will he Bertha S7ifert.
adelaide Bradbury. Harriet Marlotte,
hula Brunette. Henri Santry. Signor Pas
ST. Edward Metcalf. Russell Roushorn,
William Elmore. Ray Ward. Olga Saylor,
Joseph Battle and Mile. Keyes.
Maxine Elliott will appear in THE In
ferior Sex a tiSree-act comedy by Frank
S,aYton an English writer. The plot has
to do with one Charles Winslow, young
man who thinks that man is the no.
blcst work of creation and woman is
regrettable incident The action of the
comedy takes place aboard yacht Miss
Elliott is the only woman in the cast
Kaelred, the vampire woman in "A Fool
There Was. is to play Lady Macbeth.
She played all the other heroines of
Shakespeare while touring in England
archaeological correctness of whose classic
productions has been compared with that
OF Irving and Tree.
Margaret Anglin places faith in the
native American dramatist. Since she
has been a star on the American stage
she has never appeared In play written
by foreigner. She discovered Prof
The Great Divide" she scored SO heav-
lily. Her present play, THE Awakening
of Helena Ritchie.' Is by a Californian,
aye are writing comedies n for herr MACK
Nora Bayes. Leading woman of 1.-The
ter. New York. entertained eighteen chill
dren representing East Side schools with
a straw ride and supper at the Wayside
Inn. in Westcheste-. last week, while
Miss Marise Naughtsn of 1.-The Old
Dutch" company gave a birthday party
in. her apartment in the Hotel York to
the eight boys and girls who appear in
the musical comedy AT the Herald Square
Theater. New York.
Helen Lowell. who Is playing the role of
an old spinster in The Lottery Man,
now playing at the Bt1ou Theater, New
York, declares that this will be her last
character part. Miss Lowell, by the way.
not many years ago used to play ingenue
roles. She has also been seen in Shake
spearean productions. A New York man
ager. however, got the idea that she
would make much better character
woman, with the result that she played
Miss Hazy in Mrs Wigs of the Cab
hage Patch" Her success in this part
caused the Shuberts to cast her for Liz
zie in THE Lottery Man
The opening of the new Casino Theater
has been postponed to Monday. January
81. Manager A. c. Mayer will offer as
the opening bill an eight-act vaudeville
program and selection of the best pic
ture plays. Bookings viii be made by the
William Morris, Inc, agencies. The house
orchestra will be under the direction of
Prof. Victor Johnson. Continuous vaude-
vile, II am. till IL pm. daily, at low
price of admission, Will be the policy of
the theater.