The Washington herald., 1911-03-26
NEW YORK THEATERS

| (called in the Louis n. Parker version
''The Redemption of Evelyn Vaudray'o.
La Rafale" c'The Whirlwind'o, and
lie voleur'' (''The ThIef'D. More re-
Gently she created the part of the hen
pheasant in "Chantecler." She is an ex-
ponent of the naturalistic school of act
ing, having rejected the makeup box
entirely. She believes the stage to be
cinematograph of life AMI not beauty
| show, and for this reason refuses TO TN
hance her natural beauty by the aid of
the paint pot" as she calls IT. Often
sne will purposely disorder her hair To
gain the effect she desires. Witltai she
| is considered one of the handsomest
women of the Partisan stage.
When THE Deep Purple" was put on
at the Lyric Theater some months ago,
Inspector George McClosky was among
the first to see a performance In the
play there are number of policemen.
and the authors showed the proportion
to be 66 2-3 dishonest to 33 Is honest.
Inspector McClosky declared this to be
an unfair division. The management
thereupon addressed letters to editors of
newspapers all over the United States,
explaining the situation, and asking as
to the percentage of honesty in each
editors community. The hundreds of re-
plies received indicate an editorial belief
in preponderance of police rectitude.
According to their promise, therefore,
the managers will amend that part of
THE Deep Purple" rejecting on the police
as class. and from now on the force
generally will be haloed, the exceptions
being shown on the stage merely to
prove the rule.
Thursday afternoon, April 20, is the
date set for the all-child performance of
'Pomander Walk" at Wallack's Theater,
when the receipts will be given to ST
Mary's Free Hospital for Children. A
number of charitable and benevolent
women, led by Mrs. James Speyer, are
working for the success of the novel en-
tertainment.
The Manhattan Opera House, built for
oscar Hammerstein for grand opera, has
teen turned into a combination house for
travelling companies, under the booking
agency of the Shuberts. Next to the
metropolitan Opera House it is the larg-
est place of amusement in this city The
nrst attraction was II. B. Warner in
Alias Jimmy Valentine" which ran all
last season at Wallack's. Capacity audi
enceS was the rule at every performance
A Certain Party" the musical farce in
which Mabel Hite began a starring tour
Monday. is the product of several au-
thors. Among the humorists who have
contributed bit here and there is WILL
parent OF particularly clever child actor,
now appearing at the Comedy TheaIor
The elder Collier insisted with all the ar
dor of a part-parent that he should wit
ness the opening performance, which was
set for Monday in Dover n. j. Mr. Col
her. unable to obtain permission to ab-
sent himself from the cast of his own
attraction, complained to the manage
ment, whereupon they came to his relief
by giving the first performance at a
matinee instead of at night. So this hap
pened: Mr Collier, the other authors, and
a bunch of newspaper folks not journal
lists, Travelled to Dover on three special
cars on Monday morning. and Mr. Collier
was able to return to town in time for
the night performance at the Comedy
Theater
Liebler & Co, who have become the
most active of our managers, have ac-
cepted for early production a new four
act play entitled ''As 1t Was in the Be
ginning" by Wigney Percyva, of their
"Pomander Walk" company. It is the
story of husband and wife whose early
poverty has been replaced by a prosperity
that finally separates them. The scenes
are laid in South Africa, a region with
which Mr.. Percyvaf is familiar.
Mrs. Fiske will soon produce at the |
LYceum Theater new comedy, in which |
she and Henry E. Dixey will have the |
leading roles.
Manager AL McLain sends word that
he has decided TO start Fiske O'Hara's
spring tour in Wearing of the Green"
April 3 at Detroit There win follow en-
gagements in Cincinnati, Pittsburg. |
Rochester, and Syracuse. closing May Z
in the latter city. Next season he will |
appear in a new romantic Irish drama by I
Theodore Burt Sayre, the story of which |
is founded on one of Moore's poems. The |
vivacious and alluring Marie Quinn is still |
his leading lady. and a good one, too |
He will spend his summer vacation at his |
2oO-acre farm near New Canaan, Conn. |
Although of Irish descent, he was born !
in Salem, Mass, almost under the shadow |
of Bunker Hill
George c. Tyler, managing director of |
Liebler & Co, has gone to the desert of !
Sahara. JEROME H. EDDY.