The Washington herald., 1911-08-27

work I sit down before pen and paper
every day for three hours. II the ideas
come, 1 write them down; IL they arc
absent, 1 smoke my pipe"
Eddy Foy has left the Shubert kraaI
and will star under A. H. Woods man.
agement in a new musical piece, The
Pet OF the Petticoats." which fact will
preclude the appearance of that eminent
tragedian in mis- favorite role,' Hamlet,
Tor at least another year.
The work of pulling down Madison
Square Garden will begin February 5
Central Palace, at Lexington avenue and
Forty-sixth street, will get the monopoly
of large spectacular attractions which
have been housed at the Garden.
A new Reginald de Koven-Harry B.
Smith effort promised for October Is
called THE Enchantress" 1t is said to
be a real comic opera and the most
pretentious thing the authors have done
in years. The statuesque Kitty Gordon
is, to be the star at a stipend of $1,000
a week, which would appear to be some
money for lady of Kitty's talents.
The first star to twinkle under the
Cohan & Harris standard this season
will be Raymond Hitchcock in the new
musical play. THE Red Widow" The
first production of THE Red Widow
will be made at the Colonial Theater,
at Boston, September 4. Claiming Pol
lock and Rennold Wolf have furnished
the book and lyrics of the piece, and
Charles ]. Gebest has composed the mu-
sical score.
Marguerite Clark has signed a three
years contract to appear under the
management of William A. Brady. Miss
Clark VIII open the season in her origi-
nal role of Zoie in Baby Mine" and
later will star in Owen Davis new play,
When All the World Was Young" Miss
Clark has already starred in a Davis
play, The Wishing Ring"
Henry W. Savage, A. II. Woods, and
Marc Klaw will give Franz Lehar
banquet on October 81, following the
opening of Lehar's Gypsy Love-" at the
Globe Theater October 30. Mr.. Savage
produced Lehar's Merry Widow" Mr..
Woods will produce his Gypsy Love-"
and Klaw & Erlanger have secured the
American rights TO his Count of Luxem-
bourg."
1t is said the estate of the late Clyde
Fitch derives an income of over $4,000
a year in the shape of royalties from his
various plays. The bulk of this money
goes to Mr.. Fitch's relatives.
Eddy Foy, it is said, objects to the
sharpshooting choristers, Lillian Graham
and Ethel Conrad, who filed millionaire
Stokes legs full of lead, as members of
his company. He told his manager, A. H.
Woods, the other day, It's case Of
them or me-"
For the first time since she became
a star Mrs. Fiske played a Sunday en-
gagement last week. The performance
was benefit at La Crosse, Wis, for the
National Humane Association, Of which
Mrs. Fiske is an honorary vice president.
A jump was made from Duluth to La
Crosse, and after the performance a
special train took the actress to st. Paul,
where she closed her season. After
three weeks in New York Mrs. Fiske will
begin rehearsals for the coming season.
Arturo Toscanini will not WELD the
baton at the Metropolitan after this
season, and announces he Will go TO
BuenoS Ayres, where he will conduct at
the Colon Theater. Between seasons
there he will return to La Scala in
Milan. Signor Toscanini has made a
was $4,000 a year, and it was raised 10
$4,000. He is the highest priced conduc-'
tor in the world