Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-17

nrst 1912 production It Is by Augustsn
McHugh, and will be produced in Tren>
ton. N. j., January l. George Nash ana
Wallace Eddinger win create the prin.
An especially strong line of astraptions
WIN be offered by the Academy during
Eugsnie Blair in The Test, Hanloirs
.'Fantasna, Mrs. Wigs OF the Cabbage
Kentucky ana Tho White Slave"
Tho members Of the National Press Club
have been invited by Manager Lyons Of
the Academy to be his guests during this
sented The play is a pastoral drarna.
written by Martin v. Merle, a San Fra.
cisco newspaper man.
Sam Bernard will bring Nm soup .,
He Came From Milwaukee, to a ciose
In January, after which he Will be seen
in New York in a new musical comed,
Fred De Gresac and Harry r. Smith.
?olnt authors OF the new de Koven opera,
The Wedding Trip" are said 70 Se al
work on the new Bernard play.
The firm OF Klaw & Erlanger was r-n.
resented In Washington Thursday ~ NJ,
Erlanger. who came TO tho NatioraI "a
look over The Pink Lady" which he
counts as one Of his best productions for
THIS season. Accompanying Mr. Erlanger
WIS Julian Edwards. the veteran STAG.
director who put on the musical nunheTs
Of THE Pink Lady"
A special attraction WILL be Offered
by the management OF the National
Oreste Vassella and his band Of nftv
pieces will be heard. The capabilittrs
of the Nassella band are well recor
nized, and this year Signor VasseIia
mas with him an unusual corps OF solo
lists.
At the Studebaker Theater, Chicago.
next month, Wagenhals a Kemper will
produce Paul Armstrong and Wilson
MINERS new play. THE Greyhound" In
the cast are Henry kolker. Robert NJ
Wade, jr.; Douglas ]. Wood. Elmer
Grandin, Elita Proctor Otis. Jennie FL
stance. Louise Wood. Crosby Little and
Susanna Villa.
Master William Collier. jr.. received the
f1rst votes i'm the popular actors test
which is to De a feature Of the bazaar Of
the Professional Women's League. which
opened at the Waldorf Astoria New
York, last Friday. lie was given n good
start by Clifton Crawford. who sent Belle
Gold. in charge OF the voting booth. a
check for So worth of votes.
The Bird OF Paradise" is a new drama
by Richard Walton Tulv. which viii
have a Christmas production under tn
management of John Cort and Olive No
rosco. Laurette Taylor viii have the role
in II OF a native girl and others engage
are Theodore Roberts. Guy Rates Post
Albert Perry. Pamela Gayihornc aud Jane
Meredith
john Cort. who will present 'Jacinta
most lavishly at the Belasco Theater neNt
week. is comparatively unknown IN east
ern theatricalS, considering his connection
with the profession. He controls more
than 300 theaters west of the ATisSour
river and on the Pacific coast. and has
more than dozen high-class ATTRACTIONS.
He is one OF the biggest individual man
ayers in American theatricals and ia
cinta' is his pet attraction
Edna Aug. who has been PLAYING al
the Folies Bergere. New York. ailed for
Paris last week to remain indefinitely
She has planned to present i'm Paris the
original vaudeville sketch upon which
James Forbes fashioned The Chorus
Lady Miss Aug starred i'm that piece
on tour after Rose Stahl abandoned "a
Joyed several successful engagements IN
revues at the leading music halls OF
Paris.
Following the Christmas week attrac-
ton of "Jacinta, the January bookings
for the Belasco Theater as announced
promise some interesting attractions. For
the week of January J Henry w Saw
ages production of Excuse Ne will paw
return visit: week OF January Pom
ander Walk will he seen here; week Of
January L. Charles Klein drama. ''The
Gamblers week of January 80, another
dramatic success. The Boss and for
the week Of January - sam Bernard in
He Came From Milwaukee"