The Washington herald., 1912-03-03

Ter has again pi ned his faith to a new
and n comparatively untried-p!ayWright.
He discovered William Vaughn Moody.
author OF ''The Great Divide" He DIS
covered Charles Ram Kennedy, who
wrote he Servant in the House' for
him. Then came a mere STRIPPING IN
playwriting-Harry Sophus sheidon-
whose drama, The Havoc" proved to
b. Interestingly original, and met with
favorable reception throughout the coun-
try.
Now comes Mr. Miller's fourth new
playwright A, Z. Thomas, whose maiden
comedy. Her Husbands Wife" he pro-
duced last spring. The play was clever
and consistent, If somewhat fragile, work
OF its kind, and gave the budding ora
matist the chance on Broadway whicn
he had long been looking for. Early this
season came What the Doctor Ordered,
produced by wagenhals & Kenper, In
which Mr.. Thomas missed fire. It was
assumed that he was to devote his tai
ents exclusively to light comedy, since
his work seemed to flow normally in this
direction, but THE Rainbow viii clear
the air OF this impression.
The new drama is described as being
another Music Master" with Mr.. NIL
Ter in a more or less Warheldesoue role.
There is not. however, any obvious de-
rivatHn from the Klein play. Mr.
Thomas is sufficiently fertile in inven-
tion am stagecraft to have worked his
drama out on bold and original lines, and
reports from Atlantic City, where the
premiere was held last week, are all
favorable.
THE Rainbow will be produced at the
Columbia tomorrow evening before one
OF the most representative first night
audiences that have assembledNin Wash
ington this season.
Blanche Ring has not been in Wash
ington since she essayed The Yankee
Girl" We have heard her sing The
Top Of the Morning but not Rings
on My Fingers or any Of the songs which
made her famous Thrice welcome, there
fore, is "The Wall Street Girl in which
she appears at the Belasco this week.
This piece is reported to be the best
starring vehicle she has yet had. and
il has had a prosperous career in the
South and West, where it has been play
ing all season.
In & few more days Washington will
awake TO the fact that the coming sum-
mer in the city is not exactly going TO
be a sluggish. dormant. or phlegmatic
one-theatrically speaking. There will be
no less than four stock companies asking
the benediction of the public. All OF
Columbia Players open their engagement
March IS, and definite announcement as
to the personnel Of the company will be
forthcoming this week. Tho Imperial an
nounces popular-price stock, to open about
April II. The other two stock projects
are not Yet ripe for exposure to the lime
light.
The Columbia Theater closes its regu-
lar season next week with A. II. Woods
production Of THE Common Law" a
dramatization of Robert W. Chambers
novel OF the same name. At the Belasco
Baby Nine 'Pomsnder Walk and
Dockstader's Minstrels are announced as
the closing booking. The engagement of
Dockstader's MinstreIs, the week OF
March IS, Will close on the following Fri
day evening. and the Chicago Grand
Opera company will be seen in aida"
and "Natoma" on Saturday matinee and
night. Not since the Hammerstein COM
pany played a weeks engagement at the
Belasco two seasons ago has Washington
been privileged to hear a Metropolitan
cast in the operate masterpieces.
The story of The Mind-the-Paint Girl"
Arthur Pinero's recently produced COM
edy-drama that has so much stirred
London, is. briefly. the story OF the
Psrradell star at the Pandora Theater," "
for which please read the Gaiety Thea
ter. London. Farncombe is a real sort,
of gentle manners. and his love for Lily
Parraden IS as intense as II is whole
some. At the start OF he tells ner:
II you don't marry me, I'm done for.
On. love is all on my side at present
naturally he goes on, but as God
hears me- It will be no fault of mine if
You don't grow TO love me in time"
Farncombe is just at the age when moth
ing matters. He is in love. that's all.
And so Lilly Parrsdell. whose real name
is Lily Cpjohn, who has q stage mother
without. an H IN her entire composition,
this perfectly drawn musical comedy
star, with the face OF an angel. only as
much education as she has picked up.
hut with the heart OF a nobIewoman,
forces Lord Fsrrcombe 10 listen to one
or two things that do matter.
She tells him her origin. What do
YOU say to tiny provision shop in
kensingtoa, over the water!' She begins.
That was my start in the world. Faith
or kept small shop IN Kensington-
GIadwin street. near the Oval. We sold
groceries. I'D butter and eggs and
ch"ese. and picked PORK and parafan. II
was born there, on the second floor, and
in Giadvin street lived It'll 1 was four
teen. Then father smashed, through the |
stores cutting into our little trade. Well. |
hardly smashed; that's too imposing.
The business lust faded. and one morn |
Tag we didn't bother 20 take the shutters |
down. Then, after a while, father got |
a steryatlon berth-eighteen shillings a |
week--ai a wholesale bacon warehouse
Price & Moseley's-still over the water |
and 7 earned an extra five at a place in |
the WestmiHster Bridge Road for past /
ing the gilt edges on 10 passe partouts |
from 4. m I'LL in the evening. Not
a syllable against the passe partouts! !
They were the making OF me. It was
the passc partouts that brought me and /
Tedder together-Tedder In the house |
where l worked, man OF the namc Of /
Tedder-Ambrose TeddeT-taught danc-i
ins-stage dancing-'Tedder's Academy of |
saltatory, Art'-and every time I passed |
Tedder's door and heard his violin or |
plnno ana the sound OF the pupils feet. 1
l.: Oh. lOr'. II once IL. Well uIti-
nately. Tedder took me and trained me
did II for nix-for what he hoped to get /
ont of me In the future. All and he
hasn't lost over me-poor old Ambrosel |
H., rollarsd n third OF my salary for ever
so long. and now that the old chaps |
rheunlaticiy and worn out, Lob. it's |
not worth mentioning. Ny stars, he |
could teach. could Tedderi began by
going 10 him for the last twenty minutes |
OF my dinner hour. He wanted to stop
that because it was bad for me- he
ha hs, On a full, Ho. no. hoi AsI
70 = ever had-in those davs-i I was
pupil OF Tedder's for twelve months.
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