Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-09-03

to join his company under the stage name
of Katherine Blythe. the latter being one
of her husbands family names.
The dramatization of He Fell in Love
With His Wife will be called Partners"
and the leading PLAYERS will he May
Buckley and Frederick Burton.
Phyllis Sherwood after two-month
motoring tour in New Hampshire. is back
again to her old role i'm Alias Jimmy
Valentine.
The amateur roller skaters of Washing
ton. and there is legion Of them will
have opportunity to learn new tricks
from the Rexos, at Chases
The song Waiting at the Church.
furnished the theme and rame of Nc
Intyre & Heath's new blackface musical
comedy.
Queen Mary of England is a devotee of
vaudeville. and saw the Rcxos. who will
be al chase's next week, when they ap-
peared at the London Hippodrome.
There has been THE Kiss Waltz and
the Love Waltz" as musical comedies;
now there is a reversal of titles-the
Knickerbocker Burlesquers call their mu
sic al burletta THE Love Hiss
Edith Luckett. a Washington girl and
sister of Joe Luckett. former manager of
the Columbia Theater. has been engaged
for a leading part i'm one of THE For
tune Hunter companies.
Madame sherry one of the successes
of last season. will again be seen on tour
with Lima .Abarbanell and the company
which made itself so popular during the
extended run of the piece In New York.
For the leading male role in The Wit
ness for the Defense" Ethel Barrymore s.
arIa
gagged A. Z. Arson, late of the New
Theater Company.
Gaby Deslys. who will appear with the
season. in Les Debuts de Chchine." will
leave for New York from Havre Sep
TENDER .. on board the Lorraine.
Bessie Mccoy is an important member
of Ziegfelds .fFolies of 1911" appearing
in her daffodil dance which has made a
big hit as we'll as in the Barbary coast
scene.
Lillian Russell has decided upon her
plans. She will sing in vaudeville until
February. and then appear in a new
operetta under the management of Werba
and Luescher.
Charles T. Darcy. has written play.
called THE Three Lights. dealing in a
humorous way with heredity. The play
shortly will be produced in New York.
George Arliss will have practically two
leading women in Margaret Dale AM
Elsie Leslie. the latter famous as the
star of Little Lord Fauntleroy'' some
years ago
1.-The Collie Ballet is one of the strik-
ing features of the musical extravaganza. |
The Top O TIL Word,'' which opens the |
Columbia Theater regular season, Sep |
TENDER IS.
Thomas A. Wise and John Barrymore |
made their appearance in Uncle Sam"
in Reading. Pa. last week. The play |
deals with the adventures of party of |
Americans motoring in Europe 1t is by |
A. j. Caldwell and John O'Dea.
Amelia Bingham will use in her vaude- !
vile tour this season the vehicle in |
which she was so successful last year !
Great Moments From Great Plays" 1t |
includes the principal scenes from the |
various plays in her repertoire.
Louisiana Lou" a musical comedy of |
southern life. was produced last week in !
Burkhardt and Frederick Donaghey. One |
of the features is Mardi Gras setting in |
New Orleans. !
Tim Murphy begins his season Septem- |
Der lS at Atlanta. whence he goes direct
to New Orleans to open the Dauphine |
Theater. Mr. Murphy will continue for
the first half of the season in Frank |
Domes The New Code :
Maude Milton. who has been engaged |
by Liebler &, Company for a role in 'Po- |
mander Walk was leading lady with
Edwin Booth when he visited England. |
and was also leading lady with Wilson
Barrett and Nine. Modjeska
The Shubert Theatrical Company was
last week in Trenton. n. j.,
William Klein, j. w. Jacobs and Charles
A. Bird of the Shubert staff being the
incorporators. The authorized capital is
nearly $2,O00,O00
Edward Fowler of the box office at the
Columbia Theater will temporarily take
charge of the box office of TIE AlDaueil
Theater in Baltimore. when the season
of the Columbia Players in that city
opens.
AS a mark Of esteem, and in recognition
of the many courtesies SHOWN IN photo-
graphing the members of the company In
costume. Everett Bulterneio pIu her,a
ha ndsome gold-headed cane TO charles A.
Baker of the Camera Club during the
past week.
j. Carroll Barrymore, playing comedy
roles with the Holden Players at the
Ma iestic Theater. was a sketch artist on
the BROOKLYN Eagle for several years. He
wrote a play which was successfully pro-
duced and he Immediately divorced the
studio for the stage.
Douglas Fairbanks made his appear
ance as a star in New York last week in
"A Gentleman of Leisure by john
Stanleton and p. G. Wodehouse. The
hero of the play is an amateur burglar
for wager. who makes a partnership
With q professional. The adventures of
the pair constitute the story.
Maude Adams after a preliminary en-
sagement in New York I'm Rostand' S
..Chantecler'' will start on the long
lst tour OF her career. This tour viii end
q Vancouver. The entire production will