Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22
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Ample evidence is being furnished that
Washington is an amusement loving CITY
and that attractions do not lack patron
age when they are good. The Column
bia, the Belasco and the National, as
well as Chases. all had remarkably good
audiences throughout the week.
At the Columbia the summer stock COM
pany has started off with capacity houses
as the rule, due not less to the excel
lence of the productions than to tie per-
sonality of the company. which holds
many talented performers. The return
of Julia Dean and Everett Butterfield,
popular members of last years players.
was welcomed with ovation and will
doubtless lend additional strength to an
already capable stock aggregation. What
ever may be the opinion of The New
York Idea it served to fill the house
to overlooking during the week and to
win increasing appreciation with each
performance.
~ the Belasco the capable band of
well trained players that Mr.. Greet has
gathered for his summer season here
has met with no less favor Their per-
Torrance OF she Stoops to Conquer
was a smooth and delightful entertain
ment. 1t would have easily won warm
commentator during the regular sea
son. The Merry Wives of Windsor"
was quite as cordially received and en-
joyed
king Dodo' at the National by
far the best production of the -Aborn
Comic Opera Company yet offered in
Washington, and that is saving much
Crowded houses greeted every perform
ance, and the enjoyment of the opera
was fully attested in the applause which
was never lacking and unmistaka bly,
cordial. 1t is a matter of regret, fire.
quently expressed, that the production of
Robin Hood will close the too brief
season of the Aborn comic opera in this
city.
Nor has the patronage of the vaude-
Vile houses, from the greatest to the
smallest been lacking, either in num-
bers or in the cordially with which
their offerings have been greeted. Soon
the summer parks and suburban resorts
will be in full blast, and Washington
will settle down to summer enjoyment
no less enthusiastically than it has to
the advance guard which constitute, per-
haps. it's leading features.
CAPTURED A RUNAWAY.-Phyllis
Sherwood, the popular ingenue of the
Columbia Players, was a candidate for a
Carnegie hero medal, and only waived
her claim to recognition because of the
annoying publicity which it occssioned.
While a member of the Harry Davis
Stock Company in Pittsburg recently
=,
at the corner of Forbes street and Mey-
ran avenue bringing the animal to a
Standstill just in time to prevent 1t run
ming down an elderly woman, who seemed
transfixed with fright The incident was
witnessed by three young girls, who were
on their way home from school and who
knew the actress from seeing her on the
stage. They expressed their admiration
for Miss SherWood'S herOism by sending
to her dressing room at the theater a boil-
quet of American beauties accompa MED
by the following card message: From
three little girls who saw you capture the
horse and lead it around the corner"
Since coming to Washington Miss Sher-
wood has been capturing hearts rather
than horses, if the verdict of many of
the Columbia patrons may be relied upon
as evidence.
SHAK ES PEAREAN MEDAL CON
TEST.-To inspire thought and the study
Oh the SndkcSpedTSdI NIL Deli
Greet and L. Stoddard Taylor, manager of
the Belasco Theater, have decided to offer
three handsome medals. to be called the
Ben Greet Shakespearean medal as
prizes for the best essays written on any.
ore of the !Shakespearean plays presented
by the Ben Greet Players at the Belasco
Theater during the present engagement.
The conditions are follows
Contestants will be required TO furnish
at each of the different plays of Mr..
Greets current season, beginning with
this. the second week.
The coupons printed in the program
must be filled out with name and address
for every play attended, and sent to the
management of the Belasco Theater, with
seat checks, at the end of the engage
ment-these coupons and checks to accom-
pany the essays.
Essays must not exceed 600 words.
All essays must be typewriter.
The essay competition is divided into
three classes:
The holder of seventy-fVe-cent coupons,
writing the best ESSAY will be given a
fourteen-carat solid gold art medal; the
holder of fifty-cent coupons, writing the
best essay, a solid silver medal, and the
holder of tWentyfive-cen coupons. writ
ing the best essay. bronze medal.
These medals. which will be alike ex-
cept for the metal used, will be works Of
art, showing a bust of Shakespeare in re-
lief on one side and an appropriate in
scription on the reverse side.
Judges of the essay contest will be an.
nounced later