Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-04-09

middle west
A special train has been chartered by
the Radcliffe bureau to bring victor
Herbert and his orchestra to this city
for the concert at the Columbia Theater
Easter Monday afternoon.
The cast in Sweet Kitty Belairs,"
in which the Columbia Players will open
their season Easter Monday evening, Is
declared the largest ever presented by
q stock company in this city.
Elsie Janis has written play entitled
"A Star for Night" and played the
leading role in 1t recently at a matinee
benefit for the Actors fund. 1t Is In four
acts and tells how poor girl aims to be-
come a success on the stage.
Louise Rutter. leading woman for Will
liam Gillette, is finishing a book which
deals with the comparative moral. artistic
and living standards Of women OF the
stage In this country and Europe. Inc
book will be published next fall.
"a Romance of the Under World"
olayIet in three scenes, by Paul Arm
strong, is a drama of police courts and
prisons, pretentious but splendidly staged
and acted. according to New YORK re-
ports.
Eddie Foy begins vaudeville tour. un-
der the direction of NJ. S. Bentham, at
CINCINNATI, OnIO, ucAI AhOuOdS. liz
have new sketch. requiring a speciai
scenic production and company or -FOUR
to support him.
Hilda Spong and company. under the
direction of Alfred T. Wilton. Will open
at the Garrick Theater. Wilmington, next
week. in a new one-act playiet, written
by Grace Heyer. entitled THE woman
| Pays staged by Henry Miller.
The Columbia Theater management
contemplates Transforming the house
into veritable flower garden In ceie-
bration of the opening OF the tnira
season Of the Columbia Players, Easter
Monday
Trentini as the star. will close the New
Nationals dramatic season the week
beginning April "A.
Thomas Terriss. the English actor.
starring in vaudeville, is the son OF
William Terriss. who was shot at the
stage door Of a London theater years
ago.
Arthur Cunningham. who used to
star in Irish comedies. is playing
sort Of George Monroe role at the
Winter Garden. and his partner is
Harry Fisher, who worked with Mon
roe in The Midnight Sons"
Seymour Hicks spectacular production
of Joan of Arc" is now promised for
April at the Coliseum. in London. 1t will
employ Ellaline Terriss as it's heroine and
$50 performers Guy Laking. the kings ar
morer, has undertaken the supervision
of the military detail.
-Ferrar's new opera. III Tessoro
della Madonna" (The Jewels of the Ma
DONNA. a three-act work, has been Sc:
cured by Andreas DIPPED, manager of
the Chicago Philadelphia Grand Opera
Company, and will be presented next sea-
son.
Pauline Perry. now i'm vaudeville with
the miniature opera, 1.-THE Silver Bottle"
will have the prima donna role in a new
Franz Lehar operetta next season. We'll
and Darmstadter will make the produc
ton. f. A. Well will be remembered as
general manager for Walter n. Law
renee.
Marie Cornelie Falcon Qs14-1s9O. cele-
brated singer in France, achieved such
success in certain operas that her name
has been given to the parts she used
to sing, and singers designated as Fal-
con are simply those who sing the same
parts or kinds of roles she used to sing.
The pictures of the opening of the
Roosevelt dam, presented before the
Geographic Society Friday evening. were
festival is occupying the Columbia stage
this week. beginning with matinee
this afternoon at O'clock.
The second part of Faust" was recent
iy staged in Berlin by Herr Reinhardt.
the German wizard of stage management.
Some idea of its magnitude Is gained
from the fact that it required 400 persons
the middle Of the performance. the audi
ence was given an hour for dinner. 1t
was the first time the allegorical sequel
of Faust was ever presented.
Ely Barnato. the Spanish coloratura So
prano. who appeared with the Aborn
English Grand Opera Company during its
season Of three years ago. has cabled her
Aborns for her appearance in America
again this spring. and she will sail from
Liverpool shortly to rejoin the Aborn
forces.
That the opening Of the summer stock
at the Columbia is an event looked for
ward to with unusual interest is ap-
parent from the fact that with the
identity of no member of the company
known, applications have already been
received for the reservation Of the
greater portion Of the house for the
opening night.
Margaret Anglin has accepted for pro-
duction next year new drama by
Count Leo Tolstoy, the son of the late
famous Russian author. who is visiting
in this country. Count Tolstoy outlined
to Miss Anglin the story Of the play.
Russian drama, and she made con-
tract for 1t at once. The manuscript will
be delivered by the middle Of July.
The continuance Of grand opera in
Philadelphia has been assured by Edward
T. Stokesbury. who has agreed to make
up whatever deficiency there will be the
current season. This. 1t is said. will
amount to close to 100000 In addition
to this there will also be a guarantee Of
100000 to insure the presentation OF
grand opera for next season.
Kitty Gordon and AL Jolson have
organized an anti-encore society with
Stella Mayhem as walking delegate.
Miss Gordon very modestly advances
the theory that as she gets as many
to make the sacrifice by living up to
first performance after the rule had
been established AL Jolson took six
encores and is now on the blacklist
ELY Barnato. the coloratura soprano
who was SO great a success in Wash
ington two years ago. has been en-
nous role Of Olympia in THE Tale of
Hoffman" during the coming grand
opera engagement at the New National
Theater Miss Barnato has been tour
ing Australia, Tasmania and New Zea-
Grand Opera Company.