Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1912-08-30

dication as to the next phase OF my
characters. 1t contains nothing" he
adds, so extensively fnartistic as a
happy ending" as has been suggest
ed, but it is not so somber as the act
which precedes it." Mr.. Hastings, by
the way, has completed a play which
he calls The Happy Ending"
Miss Sallie Fisher has returned from
her lodge in the Maine wilderness,
where she engaged in the perusal Of
three musical plays, all the importa-
lions Of Al H. Woods-"The Lady in
the Limousine" THE Purple Domino"
and THE Lady in Red" Mr.. Woods
permits her the choice Of this list for
her starring adventures, but while she
is deciding which she likes the best
she will appear in still another Of
Woods enterprise, The Woman Hat
ers' Club"
McClure's magazine. a periodical US
ually of serious mien. contains an en-
thusiastic article this month on Mar
garet Mayo, the most successful wo-
man dramatist in America Among
the enumerated works of Miss Mayo
are the indicate farce, Baby Mine,
and the shallow and childish Polly Of
the Circus" Indicating how seriously
McClure's and Miss Mayo take the
American drama and its dramatist, she
is quoted thus: Never forget that,
after all is said and done. the box Of
fee receipts are the only test Of wheth-
er or not you have achieved success"
The many who agree that acting is
not the best thing done by Mrs. Louise
/ Closer Hale will be glad to see in the
most recent number of the Smart Set
a fresh indication of how well she can
write fiction. The tale is called Her
Soul and Body" and it is a frank, hon.
est and entertaining little history OF
small town girls experience in Bos'
ton. put down with considerable wit
and much graceful and engaging can
dor. Mrs. Hale. it seems, has been alb
solved from the authorship of the ma
licious but by no means wholly untrue
My Actor Husband and her place in
the pillory has been taken by Miss
, Genevieve Haines.
Upon recovering from his bruised
shins, n. c. Goodwin instructed his
attorney to begin suit against Lieblel
& Co.. charging that his interrupted
announcement with them to appear al
Fagin in oliver Twist" prevented
him from getting $500 a week from
Reginald De Koven to appear il
Robin Hood" The dilemma of Mr.
Lackaye, who succeeded him and WHIT
Is billed TO continue acting in Fin,
Feathers" and to play Fagin also
seems to occasion no Temperature
among those involved. though tn,
"Oliver Twist" management is yer,
cccksure in its announcement that Nj
II Lackaye will be among those present
D. Mr. Lackaye, however, is not rehears
ing Fagia.
Sharing to some degree the stag
|, center of Hawthorne, L. s. A" wit
Douglas Fairbanks will be Miss Iren
Fenwick, once upon a time Miss Iren
, Frizzelle of the chorus. but now quit
deservedly eminent among those VIII
are known as leading ladies'
e They are getting ready to produc
= at the Olympic theatre on Sept. l6
= play called The Man Higher Up b,
ing a dramatization by Miss Edit
t Ellis of a novel by Henry Russo
1 Miller. Besides Miss Janet Beeche
2 the cast will contain Miss Grace Hel
derson, George Wilson, Eugen
O'Rourke and Alfred Perry. Mis-
e Beecher this year will be succeeded |
S her excellent performance in 18th
5 Concert" by Miss Isabelle Irving. whe
p. Mr.. Ditrichstein and Mr.. Belasco pl
o the piece on again in New York in th
/ autumn.
e Miss I.aurette Taylor boasts modes
l. ly that the plays OF Strindberg mea