Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-29

atty because his part in il was the
third in Importance in the play.
Joseph Medill Patterson il going 10
elaborate his one-act piece. Dope" into
a four-act play. 1t will be produce
shortly in Chicago.
A new music hall singer. imported from
London. who is expected to make big
success here, is Cissie Curlette, who is
represented as a combination of Vesta
Tilley and Lucy Weston.
Tom Lewis. who played the part OF the
unknown In Little Tommy JONES' is To
steal play which George Y. Conan Is
writing.
Mrs. Clara Pennover an old-time ac.-
ress. who was the original Eva in ''Cncla
Tom Cabin, died suddenly of heart =
ease last week on trolley In Phila-
delphia.
Margaret Anglin is going into comedy
after this season. deserving the fearful
drama She got her sense of humor OF
which she has a fund. from her father
who was an Irish editor In New Bruins
wick.
AS the grass widow in The Col
lege Widow Emelie Melville will have
one of the best roles to display her
coming identified with the Columbia
Players.
The actors fund fair Melted $1,000
for the fund. This was a disappoint-
ment, as II was hoped to realize 500 600.
The national benefit chairman, Mr.. Ell
LANCER, turned in $4,000 received from
benefit performances throughout the
country
The first half OF the closing week OF
the Aborn Grand Opera Company's en-
gagement at the New National Theater
will be devoted to a double bill. "Cavsl-
leria Rusticana" and Lucia di Lammer-
moor" The engagement will close with
Flotow's delightful Martha
FRITZ Won Busing. who will be seen In
the Aborn Grand Opera Company at the
New National this week. is already a
great favorite with Washington audi
ences. She is the wife of Forrest HUI,
the popular baritone. who was with the
Aborn forces last year.
Oscar Hammerstein wants to continue
i'm operate work. and has made a propo-
sition for the Manhattan Opera House
for next season. 1t Is said also that he
ment and will present revivais OF the Gill
bert and Sullivan and other standard
comic operas.
thompson VIII MAKE MS Ge-
but as a musical comedy manager In
THE Comic Supplement- which will
have its first production I'm New York
about the lst OF June The novelties in
troduced in this musical farce will he
of the illusionary kind which made the
Hippodrome and Luna Park famous.
George Fawcett is in London and Is
going 10 take rest. He may appear
in a new version of These Are Nv Peo-
pie" a sequel to The Squaw Man. in
which he made such a hit in London a
season or two ago. He is under the
ma nageI,ent of George G. Tyler OF the
L.iebler Company, who wants to star
him.
Gustave Frohnan, the brother Of
Charles and Daniel. is planning to &C.
tablish an annual mission play in
Riverside. Cal. The play will portray
the picturesque career OF the famous
Father Junipero Sierra, the great Span
ish missionary, and will employ COO
supernumeraries from the Indian mis-
sions.
Carlo Nicosa. the conductor for TIE
Aborn Grand Opera Company during its
engagement at the New National Theater,
was conductor for the Hammerstein com
pany at New York and Philadelphia dur
ing the past season. 1t is said he al
ways conducted at the request OF Mary
Garden when she sang.
George NJ. Cohan is at work upon his
new music play, in which he will open the
George NJ. Cohan Theater in New York
early i'm September. Cohan and Harris
will produce the new play by Augustus
Thomas, 1.-The Member from Ozark ii
September in Detroit. They have en-
gagged Frederick Burton for the leading
man. ]. Hartley Manners and Winchell
Smith are also writing plays for the fr1,.
Alice Eversman, one of the prina don
mas OF the Aborn Grand Opera Company
at the New National was brought up in
Washington. She received her musical
education at Baltimore and Berlin. Her
brother. John c. Eversman, is well
known figure at the Capitol being clerk
of the committee on coinage, weights ana
measures, Representative Mckinley's sec
rotary and assistant treasurer OF the re-
publican congressional committee
Few innovations at the Belasco
Theater have met with SO much popu-
lar favor as the inauguration last week
OF full stringed orchestra replacing
the usual combination of string and
brass. The many favorable comments
have led Manager Taylor to go still
further. In future the orchestra VIII
be placed in the mezzanine balcony. I'm
mediately over the foyer. for an or
chestral concert from 7:45 o'clock TO
the rise Of the curtain.
In the recent voting contest OF plays
desired by the Belasco Theater patrons
for the summer engagement OF the Ben
Greet Players the ten favorites We're:
Peter Pam THE Little Minister"
Merchant OF Venice Lord Dun
dreary." Comedy of Errors" Mac
beth" Lady Windermere's Fam. LAS
You Like It. THE Middleman.' Tire
lawney Of the Wells" and David Gar
rick" THE Little. Minister" will be
presented next week and Peter Pan"
is now in preparation for an early pro-
duction. with the original Maude Adams