Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-29
Theater, playing Tschaikowsky con-
certo in p flat minor

Theater, playing Tschaikowsky's con-
certo in E flat minor.
THE Country Store at the Lyceum.
which was introduced several weeks ago.
has proved a great success. The patrons
of the playhouse seem to be always gao
to see the big gala night Friday.
George B. Scanlon. leading comedian
with 1.-THE Gay Masqueraders.' was born
in Washington and went to school here
until he began his stage career at the
age Of sixteen.
Eddie Foy in over the River will
come to the Columbia January 13; Chaun-
cey Olcott. In Isle o Dreams January
10, and Julia Sanderson in THE Sunshine
Girl January %.
Clara Butt and Kennerly Rumford, who
open their first American tour in New
York January !, will be heard in Wash
ington Sunday evening, January l., at
the New National Theater. under the
management of T. Arthur Smith.
Albert Strassman was in the city last
week to arrange the preliminaries for
"Milestones."
The Minneapolis Orchestra will give
concert at the New National Theater
Thursday afternoon, February I'd
Daniel FrOnmdn tTleu out HiS III %
vaudeville production. Detective Keen,
at the Actors Fund benefit in New York
city last spring Beside Arthur Hoops
in the company are Ruby HOFFMAN. Pal
mer Collins William Slidel and Sterling
Cheseldine.
Percy Wenrich is at work on musical
comedy in which Dolly Connolly will APP
pear with him in the spring. The sue
cess of Johnny Hyams and Leila McIn-
tyre is his incentive.
Joseph Santley. now playing with The
Pretty Little Widow, has been placed
under contract by Philip Bartholomew
and is to be featured in musical comedy
called when Dreams Come True which
Bartholomae is writing. The music will
be composed by Silvio Helm.
Martin Harvey, who recently asserted
that his business in life was seeking good
parts for himself rather than good plays
for their own sake. has made an offer to
the Iiebler Company for THE Garden OF
.Allah.' which, he says. he would like to
mount at Drury Lane, with himself in the
part of Boris the apostate.
The new productions in New YORK last
week were Years of Discretion" by Da-
vid Belasco, and stop Thief by Conan
& Harris. The first is a middle-aged COM
edy, whose principal characters try to be
y
farce of the fast and furious order. in
which professional thief and KEEP
tomaniac get mixed UP.
Lima Aberbanell appeared in New York
last week in new operetta, Miss Prin-
cess" by Frank Mandel. Will Is. john
stone and Alexander tombstone. The story
concerns an incognita princess visiting
America and an army officer who fall in
love. Felix Haney is member of the
supporting cast.
''Cheer Up" a new farce, by Mary Rob-
erts Rinehart, author of "Seven Days"
had its first production in Atlantic City.
under the direction of Cecil De Mile. The
scene is laid in a fashionable mountain
sanatorium while a blizzard is raging and,
according to one account, the plot has to
do with a lot of things, from humps to
matrmony.
The night before Christmas the mem
bers of the Bon Ton Rurlesque Company
and the house attaches of the Gayetv
Theater We're the guests of Bert Baker
and Frank McAleer at a Christmas din
ner served on the stage after the evening
performance to seventy-four guests. AS
a surprise. a gigantic Christmas tree was
lowered from the flies and Manager
George Peck was the surprised recipient
of a desk set in brass, a smoking set
and other gifts from his house staff \
dance followed