Evening star., 1912-07-21

ing married Mrs. Ivy La Grove They
have gone to Europe on the wedding
trip.
]. K. Murray and Clara Lane have
been engaged for a new opera company
to open in Boston in 1.-THE Maid of
Japan"
Louis N. Parker. author OF "D1sraeli."
has finished q new play with Queen
Elizabeth and Sir Francis Drake as the
leading figures.
Charles Hawtrey. the English actor,
says he reads all the plays submitted to
him. and that only about 5 per cent are
worthy OF consideration.
Mary Garden will sing 'sTosca" for the
first time in this country with the Bos-
ton Opera Company next season.
Two st. Louis actors, william Ryan and
Oscar Condor, have written q musical
comedy called "A Florida Honeymoon. -
which has been accepted for production.
'The Road to Mandalay." q four-act
farce by Carl W. Hunt, produced last
week by the Corse Payton Stock Com
pany, in New York. Is declared failure.
A Harvard man has written q comedy
called adele Disposes," which Is to be
"
Square Theater Company.
Cecil Francis. formerly stage manager
of THE Spring Maid" has finished q
three-act musical Japanese play called
Princess Muramasa."
Leoncavallo's comic opera, ''The Little
Queen Of the Roses" 10 supposed to ridi-
cule the alleged romance Of King Manuel
Of Portugal and Gaby Deslys.
The shuberts will produce in September
a musical comedy of which the authors
are Rida johnson Young and Paul West.
Jerome D. Kern is the composer.
Frances Nelson has a record for great
work in the role OF 10 Sheldon in Her
Great Match" when she was with the
Barker Stock Company.
Lotta-Charlotta Crabtree-has sold her
string Of race horses and gone to Paris
to study art. Her American home is at
Readville. Mass.
Herbert Waterous, who sang here with
pany, is to sing the role of Will Scarlet
in the de Koven Opera Company's revival
Of Robin Hood
Alice May. a sister Of Edna May. is to
appear In vaudeville in q playlet by Grant
Stewart called 1.-The Inspector from Kan
sas" At it's New York production it did
not impress. although Miss May did.
Another young woman fortunate
enough to win a three-year contract
from Henry w. Savage is Reeva Green
wood. She will act one Of the principal
roles in Excuse Me- next season.
Margaret Greene has been added to the
cast of Ready Money" which. after its
Chicago success, is to be produced In New
York this season. Another prominent
member Of the cast Is Scott Cooper.
John Drew's play "A Single Man, will
be the Offering at the Columbia Theater
the week beginning August s. The an
nouncement of Leah Kleschna" for next
week was a slip Of the press agent.
Boston has a magnificent theater near
ing completion in the exclusive Back Bay
section. 1t is to be an Independent pro-
ducing house. and is expected to be one
of the finest playhouses in New England.
1t is called the st. James.
Mr.. and Mrs. Reginald de Koven sailed
July IL for a European vacation until
September. Mr.. de Koven will arrange
for a German production OF Robin
Hood and a French production Of THE
Wedding Trip
Today is Chauncey Olcott's birthday.
How old? Oh, no. Thursday was Phyl-
lis Sherwood's, formerly Of the Columbia
Players. now leading woman with H. B.
Warner. in Alias Jimmy Valentine" );
and Friday was j. Hammond Dailey's.
now with the Columbia Players.
Miss Izetta Jewel was the guest of
honor at dinner given by Representative
Tilson of Connecticut last Sunday at the
Chevy Chase Club. Wednesday Miss
Jewel was the guest OF Senator Fletcher
at luncheon given in the Capitol by the
Florida member of the upper house.
Miss Louise Kent appeared in the origi-
nal casts selected for Charles Klein's two
greatest plays. Miss Kent played minor
role in the New York production Of ''The
during the first run played the role of
the elder Mrs. Jeffries in THE Third
Degree"
Bought and Paid For the great play
at William A. Brady's Playhouse. in New
York. In which Julia Dean established her
pre-eminence as an actress. has nearly
reached it's four hundredth performance.
The demand for seats has necessitated
already the announcement of special
matinee Labor day.
A. H. Van Buren is said to have one Of
the most valuable collections of books
possessed by any actor in the United
states. His list ranges from the full
levant. unexpurgated edition of Burton s
"A Thousand Nights and a Night" to
rare specimens of Chaucer. Boccaccio, and
even earlier writers of the Italian. Eng
lish. French and German schools.
Ed Robins never misses a ball game at
the American League Park II he can help
1t. He is said to be as big a fan as
the only original dyed-in- the-wool De
Wolf Hopper. 1t is said when the genial
Hopper was ordered to report to his
company for a trip to the Pacific coast
recently he threw up his hands. and In
the most tragic tones shouted, Great
heaven! was there ever anything so un-
reasonable
Manager James Thatcher of Polls IL
said to have written a song called Dis
author OF when the Autumn Leaves are
Falling and 1.-The Double Wedding" He
also wrote the words for "He Laid Away
His Suit of Gray to Don the Union Blue. y
1t Is said, but did not claim credit for it..
One of his songs, for which he wrote
both the words and music, Is ''Only to Be
a Boy Again." which was played all last
week at Polls.
Liebler & Co. will have eight
cen attractions this year. These in
clude 1.-THE Garden of Allah,'' "Oliver
Twist 'Disraeli.'' 'The Man From
Home" "Alias Jimmy Valentine" "Po-
mander Walk" THE Herfords," the
Children's Theater Company. the Irish