Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-11-19

be able to play spider. Answer quick"
The Spider is the gentlemanly villain
| in THE Silver King which was played
| by Frank LoSee and other famous juve-
nile men of the past.
IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
George NJ. Cohan is going to write
play for Douglas Fairbanks.
John Wesley has playlet called 1.-The
| Turning Point.
The southern White Sister, company
has Edith Pollock as star.
| A new musical comedy by a western
author is called 1.-THE Pearl Maiden"
A new theater in Columbus, Ohio. was
opened last week by 1.-The Pink Lady
Zelda Sears will shortly appear in
play called Standing Pat"
| Maclyn Arbuckle will appear in New
York early in the new year in new
! play.
When Frank Reicher starts his season
| in THE Scarecrow," Fola La Toilette
will be his leading lady.
| Marie Cahill is to appear in the adapta-
| ton of a German musical piece called
THE Opera Ball."
/ Flavia Arco, who has been in 'The Red
Rose company, has left that organiza-
ton to fill vaudeville engagements.
| Klaw & Erlanger are to make a pro-
! ducton of new London musical COM
/ edy, THE Primrose Villa"
At a meeting recently of Boston min
| iStprS n 6p0Ouncinp
marriages on the stages of theaters.
| The Shuberts announce that Virginia
| Earle has been engaged for one of the
leading roles in THE Wedding Trip"
Ina Claire, who is hit in New York
| in THE Quaker Girl made her debut
on the stage in a ten-cent vaudeville the
alter in this city.
I THE Lttlest Rebel was produced in
| New York last week, with Dustin and
William Farnunl, Percy Haswell and Will
| liam Mack in the leading roles.
| For the first time in her career as a
! star Henrietta Crosman, after the holi-
| days, will begin a tour of the southern
| states in The Real Thing
The week before Christmas at the Co
| lumbia Theater will be devoted to local
rentals which Manager Fred G.. Berger is
now booking
Annette Kellermann is announced as
one of the members of the organization
which is being formed at the New York
Winter Garden TO present the new enter
! tainment.
In the rehearsal lately by amateur
actors of a play in Minnesota town,
one of the cast was accidentally shot and
killed by revolver supposed to con-
tain only blank cartridges.
1t is said that Clara Lipman is so en-
crossed with the play "Elevating a Hus-
band" which she wrote for her husband,
Louis Mann, that she has given UP tenn
porarily her own starring tour.
of Mrs. Clara L. Burhams Christian
Science novel of the same title, will serve
to open the Ziegfeld Theater, Chicago,
some time next month.
Graft" by William Browne Meloney,
formerly executive secretary to Mayor
Gaynor of New York, was Withdrawn
from the Walnut Street Theater Philadel-
phia, last week.
Richard Harding Davis has written a
four-act play for Eva Fay, lately ap-
pearing on the vaudeville circuit. The
| play concerns second sight, and will prob
| ably be produced by Vaughan Chaser.
1t was Christie Macdonald, the prima
donna of THE Spring Maid" who adj
vised Werba & Luescher to secure the
operetta, and thus practically selected 1t
for her first starring vehicle.
Now that he has secured the Lyceum
Theater, New York. Charles Frohman
owns or leases five theaters in New York.
in Chicago, with interests in many
| others.
| The Shuberts have engaged Christine
Nelson, Dorothy Morton. Gwendolyn Du
Barry, Edward Martindel, John McClos-
| key Arthur Cunningham, Joseph Phillips
| and John Madison for the new De Koven-
! De Gressac opera, The Wedding Trip"
| On account of the retirement of Edgar
| Selwyn from the stage Mr.. Edeson gave
! up 1.-THE Cave Man" and assumes the lead
| ing rale in THE Arab tomorrow night,
going on tour. Mr.. Selwyn will spend
| the winter in Algiers, accompanied by
! Mrs Selwyn (Margaret Mayo.
! When Nora Bayes left the title role of
Little Miss Fix-It' Eva Tanguay was
| ged in her place The call of the
! whirlw nd. however, made Miss Tanguay
herself agree that she was not tempera-
mentally fitted for the part, so Alice
| Lloyd, the clever English coincidence,
whose methods are less tempestuous, is
now in the leading part.
Julius Mcvicker. lately seen in Next
at Days Theater, New York. was mar
ried last week to Mrs. Alanson Sumner
at the Little Church Around the Corner,
by the Rev. George c.. Houghton. Mrs.
Sumner was the widow of a Standard Oil
magnate who died last year. Mr.. Nc
| Wicker has been leading man with Lulu
1 Chaser and Lillian Russell.
Paul Ben Johnson has replaced e. M.
Holland in ]. K. Hackett's company
Alice John, who has been on tour with
Thy Neighbours Wife," is to rejoin the
cast of THE Seven Sisters as the eldest
sister.
George Stone, the principal comedian
with the burlesque company at the Gayety
this week, followed Fred Stone as the
Scarecrow in THE Wizard of o."