The Washington herald., 1911-07-09

whitney's hit are Lehar's opera, "At
Last Alone" Venus in Grunen," "Mein
Junger Herr" and "Meine Kleine
Freunde." ''The Cavalier Of the Rose -
written by Dr. Strauss, will be presented j
at the oCvent Garden in London on Sep
tember q for a run Of two weeks, and
then IL will be brought to New York.
The Franz Lehr opera, Gypsy Love, e"
was presented at the Theater Francois,
Paris, last Friday and Saturday evenings.
Besides the directors and their families,
those in attendance were Marguerite Syl-
va, C. B. Dillingham;. and George Marion.
They cabled A. H. Woods, congratulating
him on having great piece Of operatic
property. Mr.. Woods has purchased the
scenery used for this production. which
will be brought to America intact. The
costumes will be made in New York.
Louis Mann, who has been engaged to
star in 'Elevating Husband" next sea-
son under the management Of Werba &
Luescher, has gone to his summer home
in the Adirondacks. Mr.. Mann has made
all the scenic designs for his new play
and d. Frank Dodge has been engaged
to paint the three sets required for stag
ing the piece. ''Elevating a Husband is
a play on modern mercantile and social
life, with the scenes laid in New York,
and Mr.. Mann, for the first time in sew
eral years, viii have a part which does
rot require German dielect.
Edna Blanche Showalter, an American
girl, educated in America, trained for a
career in grand opera in America, and
who made her operatic reputation and
won her first laurels in her own country,
has been selected by Henry W. Savage
to create the role of Minnie in the "Girl
OF the Golden West" in the first produc-
tion Of this American opera in the Eng
lish language. She will sing at three Der-
formances a week for season of thirty
weeks. She leaped into fame In the mu-
sical world last September by her singing
of the title role in the grand opera
'Paoletta," produced for a month at Gin
cinnati. She sang the role at twelve per-
formances and won the most enthusiastic
praise. Those who heard and saw her in
''Paoletta" anticipate that she will give
to the role Of Minnie a peculiar charm.
During the season she has had many sue
cessful appearances as soloist with Wal
ter Damrosch's Symphony Orchestra on
its various tours Of the country. Mr.
Damrosch is enthusiastic about her.
Rose StatI, having finished her run OF
fourteen weeks in Charles Klein's play,
Maggie Pepper" at the Illinois Theater,
Chicago. sailed for London by way of
Southampton on Saturday last on the
Cedric Miss Stahl win remain in Eng
land, visiting friends, until the middle
Of August, when she win return to New
York. She viii open her season at the
Harris Theater, New York City, Thurs
day, August 81, in this play, and If It
meets with the same reception here that
1t did in Chicago. an entire seasons run
is assured.
II you don't believe actors, some of
them at least. live nationally. your doubt
would be amended, II not entirely dis
PEELED, could yeu drop in on Raymond
Hitchcock these days and catch that pop
ular player experimenting his stock and
dairy farm at Holmes, N. Y. No amateur
Triptolemus Is this lanky comedian,
either, but a real, sure-enough, hope-to-
die husbandman, who derives a substan-
tial yearly revenue from his estate, which
comprises 100 Of the finest acres to be
found IN America Mr. Hitchcock's hobby
Is the breeding of prize cattle. and his
menags includes herd Of ninety head Of
registered Holstein bovines that are the
Joy Of the. Hitchcock household and the
pride Of Duchess County.