Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-16

will be in Ethel Barrymore's company
when she opens in "Mid-Channef in New
York the last of the month.
| Minnie Tittel Bruno, who, though an
American. has made much of her fame
| in Australia, has made a hit in London
| in THE Woman in the Case
Miss Florence Roberts is on tour with
The TRANSPORTATION" and Gloria She
| lately made Jump from Rochester to
Seattle
Charles Meakins. the Prince Danilo of
THE Merry Widow company at the
New National next week, is the husband
of Edith Bradford.
Elsie Janis has sent to her Washington
friends beautiful calendars bearing her
photograph and autograph, with best
wishes for the new year.
Andrew Mack appeared at Wilkesbarre
Bohemia" by J. Hartley Manners. with
| music by A. Baldwin Sloane.
Elizabeth Marbury, the dramatic agent,
foreign rights Of Theodore Burt Sayre's
play. THE Commanding Officer
! II. B. Warner is the star of Alias
Jimmy Valentine" the play of safe
breaker, by Paul Armstrong. Donald
Galleher, the child actor, is in the cast.
A Fool There Was" in which Robert
Theater next week, was staged by Fred
erick Thompson and George Marion.
Daniel Frohman and Charles Burnham
witnessed the entire performance of
Ragged Robin by Chauncey Olcott,
at the Columbia. 1t was the first time
Mr.. Frohman had seen Olcott In years.
comedy, is to open in New York at
Weber's Theater the latter part of the
month. Grace La Rue will be in the
cast.
Marguerite Clark and her large com
pany of players are now safely housed at
Days Theater, where king of Cadonia'
is expected to remain for some weeks to
come.
Eleanor Gordon, now in vaudeville, was
for two seasons the leading lady of the
Boston Theater stock company at Boston:
She is spoken Of as one Of the most
beautiful women OH the stage.
Sarah McVicker, who is prominent in
the cast of THE Travelling Salesman"
Sunday school teacher Mrs. Russell
Sage.
THE Arcadians''- will be produced in
New York the middle of the month. with
a cast including Frank Moufan, Connie
Ediss, Julia Sanderson, Percival knight
and Alfred Kappeler.
Bessie Wynn is to start in new
musical comedy entitled Miss Nobody
From Starland.'' 1t will be produced by
Mort H. Singer in Chicago about the last
of the month.
William Farnum received high praise
for his performance Of the title role in
"Ingomar,'' when that play was produced
at a special performance, with Mabel
TaliaferrO as Parthenia.
Henrietta Crosmans tour was inter-
rupted by illness. She is now in New
| York, where she is recuperating. She
will soon appear in Washington in
SHAM.
Rowland Blackstone. who has been
twenty-seven years with E. II. Sothern.
once occupied the same cradle with that
actor when their respective fathers left
them. when infants together in a stage
dressing-room.
received a warm welcome in New York
| in THE Affinity In a curtain speech
Mr. Irving alluded to the support which
the American public had always given
his father.
William Collier. in the new comedy by
| Mrs Anne Crawford Flexner, entitled "A
Lucky STAR will begin an engagement
| in the Hudson Theater. New York. Tues
day night, following at that playhouse
The Next of Kin
E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe have
been selected to inaugurate next month
the new theater just being completed in
ia n
crate structure of any Of the Boston play
houses.
John Barrymore and Raymond Hitch
cock are to be the principal guests at
dinner to be given by the Friars Club
| in the Hotel Aston, New York, tonight.
The speakers at the dinner will include
Messrs William Gillette. Winchell Smith.
The engagement Of John Drew. which
was to have followed The Candy Shop
at the New National next month. has
| has fully recovered from the injuries he
received while riding in Central Park. He
will appear in "Inconstant George" by
the authors of Love Watches"
!, Frank Morse. who was regaling his
! Washington friends with stories of the
| wonder of THE Servant in the House.
| has gone to Harvard. He will not enter
| long enough to look after the publicity
| incident to the appearance of Henry Mil
| Ter before the university.
| Some years ago when Nellie Nichols
| left Washington she said she was coming
back as q star or a head-liner in vaude-
willie. She has done both. having ap-
peared in a leading role in The Sultan
of Sulu'' and having scored hit in
the bill at Chases last week.
THE Jolly Bachelors" a new musical
comedy was given last week in New
York In the cast are Nora Bayes. as
romantic heiress: Stella Mayhem as a
colored chorus lady; Josie Sadler. as a
| hotel chambermaid: AL Leech. Walter
PercivaI and Elizabeth Brice. The piece
is by Glen Marlborough and Raymond
Hubbell.
| William Gillette will accompany Charles
Frohman when the latter sails for Lon
don. Mr.. Gillette will witness the open
ing performance of Mr.. FrOhman's rep
| ertoire company at the Duke of York
| Theater. London, and return Immediately
afterward to New York. Mr.. Frohman
announces that THE Bachelors Baby.
the British rights to which he has ac-
uuired from Francis Wilson, will be one
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