Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-02-25
celebrated Guinness murder mystery at
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beat after beat"
The board of aldermen of New York
city named a quaint little suburban local.
ity in the Bronx section Pomander
Walk, in honor of Louis n. Parker
play o. that name.
Adeline Genee the dancer. is to make
an American tour next November at the
head of her own company and with a
symphony orchestra. She will present an
elaborate ballet pantOmime.
Kitty Gordon, who Is appea ring in The
Enchantress." announced last week tnat
she has made a contract with Joseph N.
Gates. her present manager, to star I'M
der his direction for the next three years.
\ great deal Of feeling has been aroused
in London by Pinero's comedy. Mind
the Paint Girl" 1t is taken as a re-
Election on the chorus girl and as such
resented.
G. Dustin Farnum. father of the Far
mum brothers. Dustin and William, who
are appearing in 1.-The Littlest Rebel,
died last week at his home in New York
after long illness. Mr.. Farnum was
formerly theatrical manager.
Nine. Trentini. who for two seasons has
been appearing in Naughty Marietta" is
to have a new opera next season written
Twins and Madame Sherry" The COM
poser has not Yet been determined upon
Valuable jewelry which was really
stolen from Blanche Ring in Scranton.
Pa. last October was recovered last
week. Detectives traced it to Pitts
burgh and Boston, and arrested four
negroes. who were trying to dispose Of
it in these scattered places.
Madge Titheradge. who has made such
a pronounced hit in "A Butterfly On the
Wheel" now running in New York. has
called for an early appearance in Aus
tralia. and will remain in America this
and next season.
Sir Beerbohm Tree revived 'Trilby' in
London with success, appearing as Sven
gall Phyllis Nelson Terry, daughter
OF Fred Terry and niece of Ellen Terry.
made hit In the title role. receiving
an ovation. astonishing all by the voice
she revealed.
Dorothy Shoemaker, who plays the
part Of Amelie THE Redhead.' in 'The
the Columbia this week. is one Of the
Belasco proteges. She appeared last sea-
son with Blanche Bates in Nobody s
Widow"
Partisan dancers have been engaged to
support Wilton Lackaye in THE Curious
Conduct of Judge Lagarde.' They will
give the dance of the Apaches as fea-
ture of the scene in the Lame Duck Inn,
notorious rendezvous for French crimi-
mails.
Frank Morse. who is in the city arrang-
ing for the coming of Henry. Miller in
1.-The Rainbow" Is chasing rainbows
himself-he has purchased an automobile
and proposes to join the SUMMER colony
in this city.
The Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
announces two soloists for the concert
in this city March Il, when, among other
novelties. an Irish rhapsody by Stamford
ellie Stevenson and the violinist Richard
Czerwonky.
"The Rose of the Rancho" David Be-
lasco,s picturesque and poetic drama. in
which Frances Starr was starred for
three years, will be the opening bill of
the Columbia Players.
Rae d. Henkle, who was in the city
the past week preparing for the coming
or Wilton Lackaye, was four years ago
stationed here in the publicity bureau of
one of the presidential aspirants. He is
well known newspaper man.
With twenty odd new members enrolled
at the meeting in Fosters Hail, 1890 G
street. last Monday evening by Heinrich
Hammer, the Washington Festival Chorus
Is growing rapidly.
One Of the properties" used in RE
becca of Sunnybrook Farm" is an OLD
stagecoach which had actual service on
the New England roads for forty years,
and which Is now more than si,1sy years
old.
Vera Allen, the new prina donna So
prano to be heard as Airline in Aborn's
greater" production Of THE bohemian
Girl was last season q member Of the
Chicago Grand Opera Company Miss
Allen is an Omaha, Neb., girl.
Harold Blake, the romantic tenor re.
Gently with the Savage Opera Company,
Aborn Opera Company for the principal
tenor role Of Thaddeus in this years
production Of THE Bohemian Girl
laughing features Of the 'Ziegfeld Fol-
lies" with his German Saengerbund, has
written a play In which he intends star
ring next season. In the third act he
will play the part of a bird. The play
deals with spiritualism.
In the Thomas A. Wise company are
". II. st. James, John Marble. Charles
\. Green and Charles n. Johnson. The
scent is laid in the Actors Fund Home
Nearly all the greatest animal novelties
in vaudeville are of German origin, and
from the same country is KlutingS fea-
ture at Chase's next week, In which
trained rabbits are used most wonderful
~ for the first me.
Robert Edeson. who is to star Jointly
with Emmett Corrigan in 1.-The Indiscre-
tons of Truth has elected to play the
heavy role. while Mr.. Corrisan will play
the hero. 1.-THE TRUTH whose indiscre-
tons from the play. is girl who Is to
be enacted by Ann Meredith.
1.-THE Truth Wagon" by Hayden Tai
bot. is the story Of a newspaper run on
a wager as a strictly truth-telling prop
osltion. and the scenes of the play are
laid in a newspaper Office. The cast in
cludes Max Figman. Edwin Arden, Frank
Sheridan, Harry Mestayer and Muriel
Starr.
Edith Wynne Matthison has been en-
leading feminine role in "The Terrible
Meek" by her husband. Charles Ram
Kennedy, author Of 1.-THE Servant in the
House" There are but three characters
In the playa peasant woman, an army
captain and a common soldier.
James C. Morton of the team Of Morton
and Moore, at the Gayety this week, was
student at Henry School when he lived
in Washington. Frank Moore went to
school in Southwest Washington. Morton
and Moore first attracted the attention of
vaudeville and burlesque managers by
their clever imitation of the famous Mont
gomery and Stone eccentric dancers as
the scarecrow and the tin man Of THE