Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-08-28
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.


Emily Wakeman has been engaged for
Bertha Kalich's company.
Louise Drew is to join the company Of
her cousin. Ethel Barrymore.
James E. Sullivan has been engaged
for THE Pet Of the Petticoats."
The seventh season Of Mrs. Wigs of
the Cabbage Patch has started.
Hattie Russell. who is in Lillian Rus
sells company. is q sister OK Ada Rehan.
Minna Gale will again be in the COM
pany supporting Viola Allen In The
White Sister,
Byron Douglas has been engaged as
leading man Of a stock company In New
York.
Wright Lorimer Is to begin his season
in "The Shepherd King next week in
Boston.
A performer doing q daring and dash
ing bicycle act was lately killed In Fall
River. Mass.
Janet Priest the tabloid comedienne. is
to play in THE Girl and the Drummer.
Grace Merritt has made a hit in the
beginning Of her tour In The Blue
Mouse
Mary Hampton has been engaged by
Henry b. Harris to support Hedwig
Reicher in "On the Eve"
Bertha Kalich will begin her season in
The Whirlwind," but will have a new
play at an early date
Harry Stanford has been engaged as a
THE White Sister,
John E. Kellerd is to appear in a ro-
mantle American drama called THE
White Squaw."
Louise Baudet and Maud Granger are
newcomers in the cast of Jim the Pen
man. in Chicago.
Katheryn Osterman has been engaged
by A. II. Woods for a prominent role in
1.-THE Pet OF the Petticoats."
Margaret Anglin has been giving trial
performances in her tour OF the west or
plays submitted to her.
Lawrence Eddinger the father OF Wal
lace Eddinger, is to be member or the
latter's company in Bobby Burnt
Ezra Kendall. jr. son Of the late
comedian, and said much to resemble
him, has made his debut in vaudeville.
Helen IAckaye Will appear again in
the leading feminine role of Mary James
Pa" Max Figman plays the title role.
Joseph WEIGH is to star in a piece
called THE Land of the Free" dealing
with immigration and written by William
de Mile.
Berton Churchill. who has played with
Robert Edeson and William Faversham.
has been engaged as leading man with
Robert Hilliard, in "A Fool There Was"
Consuelo Bailey is to play the principal
role in Baby Mine in Chicago She has
been playing In THE Marriage OF Star
with Clara Lipman.
Mary Shaw and Orrin johnson have the
leading parts in New York" play of
realistic conditions in the metropolis.
which is shortly to be produced.
Rose Coghlan will play short engage
ment in vaudeville before her season be-
gins with the New Theater. Her sketch
is called Between Matinee and Night"
Gertrude Elliott is to sail for America
next month to begin her engagement un-
pany, in Mrs. Burnett's play, THE Dawn
Of a Tomorrow.
Henry Miller Is to start a tour OF the
Pacific coast early In the season in Her
Husbands Wife, with Laura Hope
Crewes In the cast. Later In the year he
will appear In new play.
Charles Frohman will next winter pro-
duce, both In New York and London.
"Papillon." a play by new French au-
thor, Louis Beniere.
Wright Lorimer is building an open-air
theater at his country place in New Jer-
sey. and is rehearsing his company there
in THE Shepherd King"
Tim Murphy is to appear in q drama
tization OF Alice Hogan Rice's novel "Mr
Opp" Mrs. Rice is the author OF Mrs
Wigs OF the Cabbage Patch"
London managers are waking up to the
dangers OF the American Invasion. and
are trying to keep their best actors from
being captured by the more energetic
tactics Of American management
James Young Is to appear at the Fifth
Avenue Theater, in New York. next week.
in impersonations OF Hamlet. Shylock.
Marc Antony and Richeiieu, with appro-
pirate scenery and music.
"Girls' in trains and in taxicabs and
in Paris and In connection with the
kaiser, as heroines of the new musical
comedies, show that the "girly" period
is having a revival this season.
Vampire in "A Fool There Was sue
ceeding Katherine Kaelread in the part.
is to marry F. Augustus Heinze. the
copper magnate.
A. E. Thomas, author of Her Hus-
bands Wife," has written a satirical play
called 1.-The Divorce Fund" which Will
be produced under the direction Of Henry
w. Savage.
Frederic Thompson has secured the
rights to 1.-THE Flyers" by George Barr
McCutcheon, the dramatization to be
made by the author. and will produce the
play I'm the winter.
The musical comedy in which Adeline
Genee is to star is called THE Bachelor
Bellies" and is by Harry Smith and Ray
Hubbell. The tour will open In Phila-
delplda early in October. under the man.
agement Of Klaw & Erlanger.
Miss Patsy" with Gertrude Quinlan
in the title role, is to be seen In New
York late this month. The scene of the
play Is laid in Annapolis and the heroine
is q young woman with an unbounded
capacity for laundering.
Homer Lind. the well known baritone
announces that he is going to make a
tabloid production OF grand opera In
vaudeville The first of the series which
he proposes to give will be a condensed
version Of THE Tales Of Hoffman"
Walter y. Lawrence. who Is to star
Thomas Jefferson In 1.-The Other Fellow ;.
is also to produce a new play called