The Washington herald., 1912-06-02
NOTES OF THE STAGE

NOTES OF
II has been a strenuous past week fol
the Butterneld Players. First rehearslnl
The Typhoon." which Manager Tayloi
and Mr.. Butterheld decided was not suit
able for stock presentation. they mex
put into rehearsal ~Her HUSBAND
Wife" Then came q notification thai
Manager Berger, Of the Columbia Thea
ter. had had q previous contract foi
that piece from another play agency
Being gentlemen sportsmen, the Butter
held management withdrew that play
Finally "The Second In Command" wal
rehearsed. and. OF course, win be pre-
sented Tuesday night. the theater being
rented to Miss Minnie Hawke for to
morrow night.
Arthur B. Benson. press representative
Of the Butterneld Players, has complete
sets OF press notices and stories for
The Typhoon" and Her Husband {
Wife" They are for saIe-cheap. Walter
Whiteside and the Columbia IheateT
please write.
Following the production Of The. Sec
ond In Command and The Prisoner OF
Zenda." the Butterheld Players viii pre-
sent The Way to Win a Woman" a
comedy by Jerome X. Jerome, originally
played by z. H. sothern.
An innovation in washington theatrical
circles viii be the opening Of Polls Wis
taria Garden this week. On the roomy
balcony which overlooks Fifteenth Street
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foyer, Mr.. Poll has had constructed a
wonderful bower Of purple beauty, with
here and there festoons OF roses and
greens. The garden is to be open every
afternoon and evening. and win AFFORD a
delightful resting place before the per
formance and during intermissions. There
will be an Italian string orchestra TO give
q concert every afternoon and evening".
and cooling beverages will be served, all
without charge, OF course. A large force
OF workmen has been busy decorating the
wistaria Graden for three weeks. but the
plans have been kept secret II Is un-
derstood that one OF the features Of the
bower will be an unusually picturesque
fountain.
In summing up the result Of the the
atricaI year just concluded. Theodore A.
LIebIer. Of the LiebIer Company is quot
ed as saying that the value Of the season
has been not so much in the new plays
presented. though these included an un-
usually large number Of exceptional
merit, as in the educational work done
among playgoers by foreign Organiza-
tions, who brought over with them the
very latest European ideas on stagecraft.
One Of the pIeasantest announcements
Of the season comes from the Columbia
Theater in the word that J. z. Dodson's
delightful comedy. The House Next
Door will shortly be produced by the
Columbia Players.
Henry AIiIlers season at the Liberty
Theater, New York. is going along nice
ly and The Rainbow" Is gaining fame,
which means an enormous season for II
on tour
It has been decided to keep a Win
some Widow at the Moulin Rouge, New
York. the whole summer. Harry Conor
may have played Welland Strong for
5000 times, but his work is still humor-
GUS
"oncer 6Ss" may be called a double
header farce success. inasmuch as It IS
drawing big houses in New York and
Chicago at the same time.
william A. Brady sails for England the
second week IN June, to return at the be-
ginning Of August. He intends to come
back on one Of the comparatively slow
lines in order 10 get the benefit OF the
voyage. By way Of rest and recreation,
he will read a few dozen plays and keep
the wireless apparatus humming- Mr..
Brady resting is one Of our most vivid
and spirited pictures.
The management OF the Casino Thea
ter announces that on Monday, this com
ing week. the doors will be opened al ,
and p. m, with the performance start
ing at 2:l5 and 7:l5 p. m. Two shows
will be given as usual in the afternoon
and evening.
As a special feature for Sunday patrons
Glen Echo Park will offer this afternoon
a series OF four band concerts. Re-sn-
gagged by popular request, the music will
be provided by the Soldiers Home Band.
under the direction Of John s. N. Zim-
mermann, and both admission and con-
csrts will be free.
"Bunty Pulls the Strings continues its
run at the Comedy Theater,
in New York. where it will be played all
summer.
The ONCE Of Fred c, Berger. in the
Columbia Theater, was one Of the most
popular raIlying points for the Lambs dur
ing the gambol in this city Tuesday after
noon.
Sidney Drew has accepted a play by
Bernard K Burns. Of Milwaukee, which is
called Circumstances" 1t is another
crook play, and is promised a production
In September. 1t is filled with thrills.
A. H. Woods paid his various stars S1S2.-
DOO during the past season. OF this
amount Julian Eltinge received nearly
81, 900 for his work.
It is an interesting coincidence that in
The White Sister" which is being pre-
sented this week as a special courtesy to
the Knights Of Columbus, the hero is a
soldier who is wounded on an African
battlefield. It recalls the great struggle
which is now in progress between the
italians and the Turks in Northern Africa
This play might be enacted at this very
Day.
Julian Eltinge has erected miniature
theater at his Northport home, with the
walls literally covered with mirrors, to
his new songs and dances for
next season.
Since James X. Hackett has been on
.our after the Criterion Theater engage
nent. he has made considerable money