Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-24


Everett Butterfield will appear this week
| in Pudd' nhead Wilson"
Charles Frohman has a new play by AL
| fred Sutro, author of 1.-The Walls OF
Jericho called THE Fire Screen
Blanche Bates is to appear in a play
| by Avery Hopwood, called THE One
Woman
| Mrs Burnett says she intends to de-
| vote her time next winter to writing
several plays.
May Robson is to give London an OPP.
portunity to see her in The Rejuvena-
ton of Aunt Mary
Henrietta Crosman has a play by
Miriam Michaelson called THE Duchess
| of Suds." The scenes are laid in Spain
Manager Berger is enthusiastic over the
program he has arranged for the re-
mainder of the season.
| The play in which Helen Ware will
| star the coming season has for it's theme
the secret service of the United States
Army.
James Waldron, the managing editor
of the New York Dramatic Mirror, has
written a farce comedy called Cupid
& Co."
Henry B. Harris. the well known the
atrical manager, was at one time press
agent for Lottie Collins, the creator OF
''Ta-ra-ra-boom-de -aye."
Queenie .Vassar has been engaged for
the cast of Girlies, replacing Carrie Per-
kins. She will play the character role for
merly taken by Carrie Perkins.
The original company of Rida Johnson
Youngs comedy, THE Lottery Man. is
to go on tour. Two other companies will
also be organized to present the play.
Winchell Smith has made arrangements
to have produced In England his latest
play. Bobby Burnt in which Wallace
Eddinger is to star.
Nine. Emmy Destinn will sing the
title role Of Puccini's opera, 1.-The Girl
of the Golden West" and William Castle
man will sing the tenor part.
Mr.. Charles Frohman is to make Bos-
ton a producing center beginning with
Sir Conan Doyle's drama, The Speckled
Band
Robert T. Haines will be kept busy.
He is to appear in 1.-The Other Woman
in September and in ''The Brute" in
November.
1.-The Midnight Sons" with practically
to open it's second season at Atlantic City
within two weeks.
The eastern "Spendthrift" company,
headed by Edmund Breese and That's
Magrane, will open in New York early in
August.
Jeanette Lowrie has been engaged for
the cast of 1.-THE Wife Tanners" of which
Henry w. Savage will make an early pro-
duction.
Pauline Chase says she has made ar
rangements to travel from London to
Southampton in an aeroplane when she
starts for her journey to America.
George Alexander. In London, is going
to revive darcy Of the Guard by
Louis Evan Shipman. used as starring
vehicle by Henry Miller.
A young woman in Paris was sent to
prison for poisoning a grand opera tenor
through jealousy. What fine time press
agents must have over there.
Manager Fred G. Berger of the Column
bia Theater, who has been taking a fort
nights vacation in the north, returned
to his suburban home Thursday night
John E. Ince originally played the part
Of Judge Robinson in "Pudd nhead Will
son." in which Joseph Hazelton will APP
pear at the Columbia tomorrow night.
The Columbia Theater was practically
sold out at every performance last week
and already the sale is said to be ex-
ceptionally large for this week.
George Barr McCutcheon's play, '"Trux-
ton King will be presented by Della
mater & Norris in New York next spring
with a well known romantic star in the
title role.
A new opera, which is said to be a
European success, will be heard in this
country for the first time about the holi-
days. It is called THE Count of Luxum-
berg
Robert Mantell and his wife, Marie
Booth Russell, have returned from a
trip to Scotland and will pass the, rest
of their vacation in their beautiful coun:
try home in New York.
Edwin Stevens, who was prominent in
the title role Of THE Devil" has been en-
gagged by Charles Frohman to play the
role of the genie in THE Brass Bottle
The Shuberts are to produce play by
new author the coming season. tt is
called The Family and Is by Robert
H. Davis, magazine editor. 1t has only
six characters.
Frank J. Wilstach. manager of William
Faversham, Is running an interesting and
witty series of articles about his trip to
Europe with his star in the New York
Review.
In a flower fete in Paris last month
Anna Held won a prize in the decoration
of the carriage in which she and her
young daughter rode. 1t was arranged
to represent Halley's comet
Carrie Thatcher. who will appear as
Aunt Patsy in "Pudd'n Head Wilson" at
the Columbia this week, was the Aunt
Harriet in THE Road to Yesterday a
few weeks ago.
In Doris Mitchell, who plays the lead
ing feminine role in the western Spend
thrift company. Frederic Thompson
claims a stage discovery soon to take
I position among the prominent leading
women of the day.
'The Gambler" the latest play by
Charles Klein, will be staged by the au-
thor himself. Mr.. Klein is a member of
the Authors Producing Company. formed
of playwrights, who are doing their work
under Independent policy.
Mrs. Mary Gibbs Spooner is to have a
stock company in Jersey City devoted to
high-class productions and will give new
authors a chance by producing ten new
plays each year. Edna May Spooner will
be the star