The Washington herald., 1911-04-09

Flynn The commissioner expressed his
d1Sapproval OF this name and requested
the uniform worn by the character be
changed This Is not the first objection
raised to the name Of the virtueless lieu
tenant. He was known as Dwyer when
Miss Ada Dwyer joined the company and
raised the point that no Dwyer in all
history had ever been other than blame
less.
Miss Annie Russell started her spring
season as a IIebler & Co. star at the
Academy of Music in Norfolk, Va, March
3, when she was seen for the first time
in Bayard Veiller's play of American
life called "Gordon's Wife, The story
is chapter in the lives OF the Gordons.
well-to-do family. in a hustling town
in the Middle West. Gordon, an enter
prising young business man, is a candi-
date for mayor on the Prohibition ticket
He is opposed by Baron Kronstadt, rep
resentative of the brewery interests, who
works on Gordon's wife to influence the
candidate 10 quit the race. The part
played By little William Gordon, the
seven-year-old son of the family. is par
ticularly important Miss Russell is sur
rounded by company most carefully
selected: Charles Waldron, who was lead
ing man in The Fourth Estate" play
ing Gordon; Oswald Yorke being cast
for Kronstadt, and Tommy Tobin. spoken
Of as the most natural child actor on
the stage, in the role of Gordon, jr. The
play viii come to New York later.
Both of the Beans are in town just
now, and in many respects are not very
dissimiiar from the two proverbial peas.
The original Bean, the Yankee Bean. IS
William Gillette, who has appeared once
more in the part OF Thomas Bean. wal
correspondent in his oldtime play Held
by the Enemy" The other Bean is Yorke
Stevens, now the Baron Oxford is Pom
ander Walk" at Wallack's Theater
Stephens created the part in the Lon
don production Of the Gillette play about
twenty-five years ago. Mr.. Stephens re-
CARDS his appearance in the leading role
of Held by the Enemy as milestone
in his career.
Eight actresses at Wallack's Theater
have written Mrs. James Speyer that
they want to help make a success of the
Easter week matinee, when a per-
Torrance OF the comedy OF happiness
"Pomander Walk" will be given by an
all-child cast for the benefit of St
Mary's Free Hospital for Children. The
letter, which is signed by Dorothy Par
ker, Sybil Carlisle, Cicely Richards, Helen
Legion, winifred Fraser, Marie Burke
Harriet Davis. and Margaret Phillips,
offers the services of the writer's as pro-
STdTUfle at NiO 80 -
Speyer, who is arranging the matinee,
has accepted the offer. The ladies will
appear in the aisles and lobby of Wal
lacks in the costumes OF 1896. which
they wear in the play. II is hoped these
eight ladies will be best sellers.
Speaking of Held by the Enemy,
Mr.. GiIlette's revival of his old melo-
drama, and with the exception OF Sec
ret Service" his best play, at the Empire
| Theater, attracted much attention and
likewise filed the house to the doors at
every performance. Mr.. Gillette's i'm
personation of Bean. the war CORE
spondent, is just as effective as ever.
Down at the Garden Theater, located
in a corner of Madison Square Garden,
Mildred Holland, an actress OF the barn
storming'' class. is this week appearing
as Little Emily in David Copperfield.
Miss Holland has a splendid pair OF
lungs and uses them in a most strenuous
manner, but her work is not of the type
usually seen on the New York stage
This theater Is noted as a Jonah house,
so it's not surprising that Miss Hollands
audiences are largely composed or un-
employed actors and actresses.
Thomas A. Wise, the unctuous and
rotund comedian, came TO Days Theater
Monday evening in a new comedy called
AN Old New Yorker" Tom was given a
hilarious welcome by a capacity audi
ence-