The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

OF the COlumDla E4alef6s VIII AaS WI
"a large following in this city by his
able and conscientious work as 3 mem-
ber Of that company since Its first ap-
tpearance here three seasons ago, Is
negotiating for the use of the Casino
tTheater as the temporary home Of .
stock company.
Mr.. Butterheld Is q talented young
actor, and by exercising due precaution
and discrimination in the choice Of
plays, might well win considerable fame
and substantial monetary remuneration
as actor-manager of a stock company
in this city. The, Casino Theater. while
mot ideal in its Accommodations or loca-
ltion for the purposes OF a permanent
stock Offering the best in plays and pro-
ductions, would serve to make the
initial test of the enterprise, and II is
ito be ethoped that Mr.. Butterfield's plans
VIII be carried through to a satisfac-
Ftory sconclusion.
1t is understood that the young acto.
has a number of influential and wealthy
WaRhlpgson business men interested IN
fthe stock company plan. In choosing
tthes sCasinosto make the experiment, the
Ipromoters hope merely to Introduce the
winter stock company to Washington
kRnd ssecuIe q following among the the
fatergoeFs. BY the end of the first sea-
lson, tit is.plsnned, new theater build
ing will have been erected, into which
the stock company win move for Its
second winter
| According to Butterheld's plans for the
4 first season, every effort will be made to
build up a large following through the
general excellence ofsthe company rather
than through anysattempts at pretentious
lscentc productions, for which the stage
of the Casino would be inadequate. He
!will organize q small company of the
best actors available and, present plays
that brequire little in the way OF scenic
tembell llishment
| Nothing. definite can be said as TO the
date .ofSthe new stock company's opening
/ In fact MI Butterfield ana hts associates
are not yet. ready to make any positive
announcement, but 1t is understood on
good authority that the actors plans
have gone far beyond the air-castlesst stage
and that every indication points to- the
establishment early in the falIs OF the
hrst winter stock company Washington
has known in many years.
sothern and Marlowe will play two
weeks engagement in their classic re-
pertoire at the Broadway Theater, be-
ginning week crom Monday As on
their previous engagement at that thea
ter, the prices will range from 50 cents
to Sl-6O. When II is remembered that the
regular New York ;theater prices are in
variably ionithe 81 scale or more. IT viii
be seen fthat -these notable players have
been forced to play to popular prices IN
New York in order TO find audiences. 1t
is merely another proof os the fact that
one has'to eliminate New York .frou. the
list Of cities in which the noblest dra-
matte works find real appreciation. In
washington and elsewhere Sothern and
Marlowe packed their theaters at the 50
scale. Out Of this city's limited theater-
going population there were more than
a suftlcient number OF true devotees of
the best in histrionism to overflow the
Belasco Theater at every performances
Out OF New York's many thousands who
are eager to pay the speculators' ex-
oroitant prices for seats to musical triyt-
sItles' there are not enough to make a
fortnight's engagement of Americas
leading Ector and actress Lpnof1tatle at
the ordinary scale Of prices But what
can one expect of a city half of whose
journalistic arbiters of the drama were
bored or exasperated'by |,Everywoman?'' 81
sSs
Should your tailor select a graceful.
comfortable appearing, smart suit Of
light and dark checkered foreign mate
rial and suggest that you look well IN
an "Andreef homespun, 'lyou viii under
stand after reading this. what ne means.
The Andreef homespun Is an interna-
tional product. NJ. w. w. Andreef: who
viii be remembered as the director of |
the wonderful Russian balalaika orches-
ira that appeared here last winter. wore
one of these, homespun suits while in
Washington L. Stoddard Taylor whose
sartorial fame has spread ffom coast to-
coast, and who. when not having new
suits tried on, can be found at the Be-
lasco Theater, became Immediately enam-
ored OF NJ. Andreefs suit, and. leading |
the Russian musicals genius to a fash
ionable Washington tailor, instructed |
that genie Of the shears to make one
OF these
The tailort was enthusiastic. and sent
abroad for a number of bolts of the And
reef homespun. Manager Taylor soon /
appeared, In duplicate Of Andreefs cos
tune and the stailor has since been kept
Senators, Congressmen, and other local /
natty dresseFs
Manager Taylors suit is. on exhibition. |
We think he said, Tuesday afternoons;
but perhaps It was Wednesday, or was
L Thursday?
America has been flooded with noisy
circulars and posters sounding a warning
against alleged Russian dancers who are
said to be organizing In New York for
the purpose of making a hasty fight /
across the continent under titles so SINH
ar to that Of Pavlova and Mordkin as
to deceive the public. The notices, which
allege that a group of vaudeville per-
formers have stolen old photographs of
PavIova and MordlSin and their produc-
ions, and have circulated advertisingl
matter calculated to make the unwary
believe they are buying tickets for the
Pavlova and Mordkin attraction The
campaign of exposure, which has been
,arried along expensive and sensational
ines, has been conducted by the Russian
Art League OF New York, which has for
Is purpose the promotion of interest in
Russian artistry and the maintenance Of
/ high standard for everything offered
he public as Russian. A bitter legal
lght Is forecast IN the warning against
'irates'' which the league has given wide
circulation.
The versatility ard fun strength OF the
Tagatonds stock company at the Belasco
will be tested this week In the presenta-
ion Of 'The Merchant OF genice'' That
he company is one Of the most capable
'ver organized in washington was DEM
last week, by its most coni-
performance Of Pinero's ssTre-
awuv NJ fha Walls - Tataro1f a fhs 4