Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-31

over and the little star will soon arrive in
New York to begin rehearsals of ''Elec
tricity," a new play by Mr.. William Gill
lette, in which she will appear next sea-
son.
Charles Pryor, assistant treasurer of
the Belasco Theater. has recently bought
half interest in popular chop house,
which will open about the middle of Sep
TENDER. In spite of his business in
at the box office window Of the Belasco
this coming season.
Treasurer j. c. Harris of the Belasco
Theater and his family are spending the
vacation weeks at Atlantic City. Press
Representative Arthur B. Benson is con-
tent to spend his rest period on the
bosom of the Potomac river and Chesa-
peake bay on board his comfort able cruiS-
ing power launch Amethyst II.
The Belasco Theater is being thorough
~ renovated and redecorated, and many
the inStaliation of an entirely new cleo
trical equipment on the stage, which en-
braces all the latest improvements in
lighting appar titus. The latter was found
necessary to properly stage the immense
new productions of the Messrs. Shubert
Henry w. Savage, William Brady and
the Liebler Company and other prom
inent producing managers, which are
expected the coming season.
Manager L. S. Taylor of the Belasco
Theater. with his wife and daughter, were
tbs guests of Ben Greet during the past
week, when the latter and his players
were giving outdoor performances Of
Shakespeare en- route to ST. Louis.
Mr.. Taylor will stop off at Chicago to
visit his mother. and them return slowly
by way of the great lakes, the Thousand
Islands. st. Lawrence river and the ocean
voyage from Nova Scotia to New York,
arriving here in time to attend to the
lasco for the coming season.
Weldon Grossmth the English come
dian. is to make an American tour the
coming season under the management of
Countess which has been successful in
London, and in 'Bily's Bargain" which
Mr.. Arthur will produce here.
Al H. Wilson. the German dialect come
dian, is booked for an early engagement
at the Columbia Theater. Mr.. Wilson has
a. large following among local theater-
goers many Of whom think he is the
foremost German comedian of the day
and never miss the opportunity to wit
ness Wilson performance.
Among the players who are taking their
vacations in Europe are Julia Marlowe,
William Faversham. Marietta Oily.
Blanche Bates, Wallace Eddinger. Viola
Allen James T. Powers, E. H. Sothern,
Rose Stahl. Hattie Williams. Billie Burke,
Maxine Elliott. Blanche Walsh, Helen
Ware and Donald Brian.
Fanny Aymer Matthews has written a
play called THE Red Swan which has
for its theme grand opera prima donna's
career. 1t is to be produced under the
management of John B. Doris. and it is
expected real grand opera singer will
take the leading role, which is rather
melOdramatic.
"A Certain Party" the play by Ed,
o'Malley in which Mabel Hite is to
star. supported by her husband. Mike
Donlin. is political farce with Incl
dents drawn from life, concerning a cam
paign in New York, with reform, graft
and the career of a district politician
mixed up in the plot.
A. II. Wood is to enter the field of high
class productions and is to build a theater
on Broadway in which to produce his
own shows. Among his productions will
be Julian Eltinge as the star in a new
comedy from the French, "Barberiza," in
which Blanche Walsh will star: Thomas
Dallas Wexford in THE Pet of the Petit
coats and THE Other Woman with
Nanette Comstock and Robert T. Haines
in the leading parts.
Hugh Ford the general stage director
Of the Liebler Company. has been but
a few days returned from Europe but
in that time has seen nearly a thousand
applicants for places in the twenty -odd
companies to be organized this season un-
der the Iiebler management. Mr.. Fords
method is to send for the people he
wants for each part. so the inexperienced
stage aspirant is likely to meet with
nothing but disappointment.
William Norris. the star of my Gin
derella Girl has played several long
runs In Chicago, having created the title
roles in king Dodo" and 1.-The Burgo-
master" also in Babes in Toyland''
and 1.-THE Land of Nod but as my
Cinderella Girl is now approaching It's
two hundredth performance, and is still
drawing crowded houses, he has appar-
emily scored even a greater hit in this
merry musical base ball farce than in
any other production in which he has ap-
peared.