Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01

pany. In which she was playing at the
time Of her husbands fatal illness.
Julian Eltinse will have q play I'm which
he will play both male and female parts
Henry B. Harris is to produce Edear
selwyn's new play. THE Country Boy.
Maxine Elliott denies the report that
she Is to take up her permanent residen ;e
in London.
Minnie Dupree is to star next season
in new play. called The Lady from
Oklahoma"
season. probably by Henry Miller, in a
play by Charles Ram Kennedy.
Jameson Lee F1nney is to be the spend
thrift nephew in the London production
Of THE Dawn of a Tomorrow.
Otis Harlan is to appear In a musical
comedy by George Broadhurst. under the
management of ". A. Brady. next season.
The new play In which Henrietta Cros-
man is to appear is by Percy Mackaye
and Is called "Anti-Matrimony."
Marietta Oily Is to go to Germany. She
will return to the United States in the
early fall 10 make her second tour OF this
country.
Theodore Roberts has been engaged as
one OF the cast of the coming revival of
lin the Penman.'' He will appear "a
Baron fairfield.
Among the new Liebler productions will
Be plays by Paul Armstrong, Anthony
Hope. Hall Game, Israel Zangwill. o..
Henry and c. NJ. 8. Mcclellan.
Eva Tanguay il to star in q musical
comedy under the direction of Florenz
Ziegfeld. The piece will be written by
Henry B. Smith and composed by
Winthrop Ames, the director of the
New Theater in New York, is to build
a theater In Boston. but denies that
he IL to retire from the management of
the former institution.
Bert Leslie is to be seen next season
in Charles Frohmans production of Our
Miss Gibbs which Is to open this sea-
son In New York at the Knickerbocker
Theater.
Henry w. Savage will put three
Madame X companies on the road next
season, and has engaged John Webster
to play the role of the husband in one
of them.
Edgar Selwyn. who Is to star in The
Scafecrow,'' under the management Of
Henry b. Harris. is the husband of Mar
garet Mayo, who wrote Polly of the
Circus.
Geraldine Ulmar, who sang some years
with the Bostonians and who made a
success In England in the Gilbert & Sui
Hvan operas. is to appear in this country
in vaudeville.
Ethel Fairbanks and May Hanlon. au-
thors of "a Swiss Ideal" have completed
q play of modern life, called "A Debu-
tanfa'a Adventures ~ The scenes laid
In New York and Washington.
Where the Trail Divides a new play.
suggested by Mr.. Will Lillibridge's novel
of that title. will be produced by Mr..
Robert Edeson a. the Actors Fund bene-
fit In Minneapolis Tuesday.
Charles Dalton, who is in "Midchan-
nel,'' plays the part of the husband,
Theodore Blundell. He will be remem-
bered for his portrayal of the leading
roles in Quo Vadis.' THE Helmet of
Navarro and "Mizpah.
The American Hippodrome Company
has received a partial list of acts en-
gagged in Europe and this country for
the various base ball parks which they
have leased for outdoor amusements at
night.
Among the European acts are the
Lunette Sisters. known as the Whirling
Geisha Girls. The Hassan Ben Askid-
didan family of acrobats Sheldon, the
high diver. and the, Johnstons, famous
hoop rollers and hoop jugglers, are
among the novelties listed
George Broadhurst is in Los Angeles.
where, three weeks ago, a play from his
pen. called THE Garden Of Lies. was
tried with success at the Belasco Theater.
Now he has another play, THE Price"
which will be tried at the same theater.
nav 10 In "a n
in New York. and will now run there all
summer. Preparations are now being
actively made for its production by six
or seven companies that Wagenhals &
Kemper will send upon the road next
season.
In the all-star cast which w. A. Brady
will make for Jim the Penman" Wilton
thur Byron will play Capt. Redwood.
Others In the cast will be Arthur Forrest,
John Mason. Florence Roberts and Mar
guerite Clark.
Receipts of benefits for the Actors
Fund fairs given in Boston. Philadelphia,
Pittsburg. st. Louis. Cleveland. Buffalo
and Cincinnati amounted to s14.5Oo. The
receipts received from benefits given in
various cities throughout the country
have risen so far to $4,000.
Bert williams. the negro comedian.
vaudeville. was engaged last week by
Mr. F1orenz Ziegfeld, jr., to play a role
In 1.-The Follies of 1910" to be produced
in the Jardin de Paris early In June.
Williams will continue for q term Of
years under Mr.. Ziegfeld's management
On the occasion of her daughter Mar
1ories marriage Mrs. George Gould gave
. dinner to the inmates of the Actors
Home. on Staten Island. Mrs. Gould.
who was Edith Kingdom Of Augustin
Days famous company, has never for
gotten her old profession. and her re-
Membranes have taken practical form.
Many friends OF c. ]. Harris and
Charles Pryor. the treasurer and assist
ant treasurer OF the Belasco Theater, re-
spectiveiy. are manifesting q hearty in
terest in the Calcium Clubs performance
for their benefit. The legion OF friends
and weil-wishers who appreciate the eff
forts of these young men to satisfy all
requests for ''front-aisle seats will
doubtless respond.