The Washington herald., 1910-03-07
CURRENT THEATER NOTES.

The death on Saturday OF Louis James
removes virtually THE last of the Ira
gedians." Robert Mantell alone remains
TO represent the dignity of times that
are past
The Incorporation OF q theatrical COM
pany to play The Girl with the whooping
Cough" moves the New York Telegraph
to wax merry over the prospect of the
malady play, and it offers a few titles
for the use Of managers. Among them
are: The Man with the Mumps," The
Old Woman with Appendicitis" Hay
Fever" 'Jaundice." a comedy full OF
color and NAL de Mer." a nautical
drama
Annette Kellerman. the diving Venus,
cannot get her life insured. as the com
panies claim she risks her life daily. An
nette makes enough money anyway for
whole bunch OF rainy days.
Verona Jarbesu. once a noted stage
beauty. is now running a beauty factory
at Bensonhurts-by-the-s Long Island
When Anna Held played Miss limo
cenee" in Louisville lately, a critic, who
thought the show was unclean. quoted
some Of the lines to prove It. Family
newspapers take warning.
Charles Cherry, recently the star of
The Bachelor" has returned TO New
York preparatory TO beginning rehearsals
Of a new play
Rehearsals for James Forbes new COM
edy, THE Commuters, will begin short
~. and the production is expected to re-
main in New York during the coming
summer. following short spring tour.
Ruth st. Denis has betaken her Hin
doc near-dances to the wild and woody
West. and viii get as far as Seattle, If
nothing happens.
Nine. Komizarzhevsky. the famous Rus
sian actress, who played for a short sea-
son In this country. died at Tashkent on
February g A thester bearing her name
and costing $1,000, 600 is in ST. Petersburg.
Lola Villiers, OF the Lulu GIaser COM
pany, is an experienced milliner, and
phys her trade while Just One Of the
Boys" is on tour She is kept busy MAX
ing hats for the women of the company.
A European critic said Of Genee that
she Is ''the Incompatible danseuse of the
world and her costumes are never such
as to offend IN the slightest degree. She
may well stand as rebuke TO the So
called dancers of the day.
Constance Collier, now playing Agnes,
Duchesse de Croucy, in Israel" has
been invited to play Viola and other roles
ar the Shakespearean festival at STRAIT
ford-on-Avon next summer.
THE Twelve-pound Look is the name
OF ]. NJ. Barrie's latest play. done in
London by Fay Davis. It is reported to
be the most delightful one-act play Lon
don has seen in long time.
FRITZ Seheff will be under the Shubert
management next season. having signed
three-year contract. They will present
her at the Casino Theater. New York,
next fall in new comic opera. 4
''The Midnight Sons" is meeting with
great success in Boston. where it has
been for four weeks. It is expected that
the play will remain there at least as
long again, after which it win visit Phila-
delphia and Chicago It is more than
likely that the other cities win not see
this musical moving picture in eight
films" before next season.
Lew Fields and the Shuberts have an
nounced 1.-THE Summer Widowers" as the
review which is to succeed ''The Jolly
Bachelors" now at the Broadway Thea
ter, New York.
Marie Dressler does not believe in
woman's suffrage; she is perfectly willing
to let the man have the vote. 'The
woman's sphere IS the home" says Miss
Dressler. the star OF TITLES Nightmare"
Let men settle the political affairs OF the
nation. Women need a lot OF education
yet before they will be able to vote Inc
We have too many men these
days who vote without intelligence We
don't want to add any women to the
number. Most women would vote for the
best looking man regardless OF poIit4cs."