Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-08-18

inee. Monday. September >, when the or
fering Will be Her Husbands Wife
1.-The Military Girl" with dances ana
pictorial features devised hy Ned WaA-
burn. is declared IAN unexpected hit
Gertrude Hoffman's company Is rehears.
ing at the Manhattan Opera House, ID
open in September.
The staging Of John Philip Sousas
opera THE Glass Blowers" viii be done
by William Wilson, who Mas engaged last
week by John Cort.
Francis Nelson sailed from Liverpool
August :, TO arrange FOR American pro-
auctions Of his play The King OF tile
Ring and The Bath Road
Mrs Maurice Maeterlinck viii not re-
turn to this country as promised. She
prefers to remain In Europe 70 head i
company presenting her husbands pla, =
Jules Layolle. lessee OF the Frenc h
opera house. New Orleans. has forfeited
his lease. contending he cannot make tho
venture pay. Ii appears that whatever
profit is made in New Orleans is lost
en- route.
Bruce MacRae. for time leading man
with the Buttcrfield Players. received q
veritable ovation during the past Week
peared in the Henry Miller role in Her
Husbands Wife."
Three novelties at the metropolitan
this season-"Boris Godounow." Rus
sian opera by Moussorgsky: Madame
Sans Gene" 10y Giordano and "Cyrano
de Bergerac lin Engiish) by Walter
Damrosch and W. j. Henderson.
The new spectacle with which the Sha-
berts will open the New York Hippo
drome August 81 Il nder Many FiagS
more than any previous Hippodrome pro-
duction, and the new ballet. Flowers -
All Nations. requires the services of
sixty more people than before
Manager Berger may plan reception
for Miss Frances Nelson upon the stage
Of the Columbia Theater during the clos
ing week. There are many friends and
acauaintances whom Miss Nelson is de-
sirous of greeting, but their numbers ana
the limited time available will prevent
her from seeing them under any other
circumstances.
Eva Tanguay is to be- sent out at tie
head Of a big company with a special
train de luxe. She will visit seventy
three cities. travel 1000 miles. get $3.5sno
week and a percentage of the receipts.
have company of sixty vaudeville per
formers. special car for herself. auto
one performance in each city visited.
.'The Merry Widow Remarked" book
by Max Hanisch. music by Carl Won
Wegern is declared to fall between
good. bad and Indifferent" and what
ever honors are to be accorded belong
to the composer. the local orchestra lead
er and Max Whine. who rehearsed the
music. The latter is said to be superior
in some passages and too initiative in
others.
Eugene Walters Fine Feathers" a
play dealing with modern business and
domestic conditions in America and char
acter types familiar to the average man
or woman, is declared To have been
handled by the playwright from orig
inal point of view. to have several scenes
and situations that aroused the audience
TO enthusiasm. and 10 be new version
OF "Homeward Bound
Just Like John" the three-act farce
by George Broadhurst and Mark Swan.
which was used to open Bradys new
4sth street theater, New York, Is
summed up by a critic follows:
Too much talk in the second and third
acts, too much Ginning in on speeches
for chorus effect, too much repetition OF
funny speeches. Yet withal the audience
laughed loud and long. and the first
nighters pronounced il a hit, and the
critic seemed to assent
Out Of consideration for a lifelong
friendship existing between Robert "
Chambers the author of The Common
Law. the book was dedicated to Charles
Dana Gibson. the distinguished artist
who not only illustrated Mr.. Chambers
highly sensational novel, but volunteered
his services toward furnishing the draw
ings from which all of the poster matter
for the play has been made. These pie
torial creations. covering the important
scenes in THE Coramon Law" IL is said,
never fail to command special attention.
In addition to having been the principal
comedians with Blanche Ring in The
Yankee Girl and with Eddie Foy in MT.
Hamlet of Broadway" Cook and Lorenz.
who head the cast at the Gayety this
week. were with the Folies Rergere Com
pany the Winter Garden and the New
York Theater shows on Broadway.
William Walcott, who joins the Pot
Players this week. was a member OF
Henry Miller's repertoire company in San
Francisco three years ago. This COM
pany included Margaret Anglin. Charles
Cherry, Grace Elliston. Laura Hope
Crews, Mrs Thomas Within, j. III. Stod
dard. Margaret Dale and other noted
players. Mr.. Walcott has been leading
man for Viola Allen, Mary Mannering
and Henrietta Crosman.
Margaret Lee gained her knowledge OF
the theater member OF Augustn
Days famous company. She afterward
pany, in Daniel Frohmans Lyceum Thea
ter company and in the famous Empire
Theater company, OF which Henry Miller
was leading man. Maude Adams leading
woman and Ethel Barrymore the ingenue.
Miss Jewel announces she is the nrst
actress to appear on a Washington stage
in diamond heeled slippers This fad was
introduced in New York last winter by
wealthy society woman from San Fran
cisco and was copied on the stage by
Blanche Ring last April. II may be re-
marked that the diamond-heeled slippers
are made of bril!iants and not the prod
uct of South African mines.
Ruth Chatterton's vaudeville engage
ment in New York has been curtailed be-
cause of Henry Miller's change Of plans
Mr. Miller has decided to advance the
orening date for his second season in
THE Rainbow" He will reopen two
weeks from tomorrow at the Broadway
Theater and come to Washington for a
return engagement the first week OF DC
tober After long runs in Boston. Phila-
delphia and Chicago he will take his big
hit to the coast for summer runs in Los
Angeles and San Francisco.