The Washington times., 1912-08-18
DRAMATIC NOTES

Margaret Armstrong. Walter Young.
Anne Rogers. and Walter Regan are
supporting Zelda Sears IN polite vaude-
Vile. All but Miss Rogers were with
her in The Nest Egg" when given
here.
Cook and Lorenz, who head the cast
at the Gayety this week, were with the
Folies Bergere Company, the Winter
Garden and the New York Theater
shows on Broadway. Last season they
were seen In Washington as headliners
at Chase's.
One of the important additions to the
equipment Of the Gayety Theater is
the installation of a special design of
ventilator fan which frees the house of
tobacco smoke instantaneously The
Gayety Is one of the first burlesQue
houses in the country to Install the de-
vice.
Contracts have been signed whereby
Arnold DAILY will appear under the man.
agement Of II. II. FraZee for a term OF
two years. Included In the arrange
ment is an agreement whereby Mr..
Frazee acquired a number of new plays
which. Mr.. DAILY secured in Europe and
several new plays by American authors.
"a IdCt lhdt is not generally known Is
that Eddie Foy, the well-known COM
edian, Is one of the best amateur bill
lard players in this country. He has
appeared in tournaments of more or less
Importance. 1t is Foy's greatest weak
ness-balk-line billiards. Recently Foy,
at the Lambs Club. New York. defeat
ed the elongated comedian, De Wolf
Hopper, in three straight games.
Edward H. Robins, who is under
. contract with David Belasco for the
coming season, has been authorized by
| hearsal until the conclusion of his sea-
son in this city with the Columbia
Players. Two other members Of this
company who have signed contracts
with Mr.. Belasco will be announced
| later.
Frances Nelson has taken up with
| Manager Berger the subject of a re-
the stage of the Columbia Theater dur
ing the closing week. There are so
many friends and acquaintances whom
! she Is desirous of greeting but whose
numbers and the limited time avail
able prevent her from seeing under
any other circumstances.
| Margaret Lee, who has just been
added to the Poll Players is one of the
best known and most experienced stock
|
| gained her intimate knowledge of the
! theater as a member of Augustin DAILY {
| famous company, and afterward
| played important roles in Lester Wal
| lick's stock company. in Daniel Froh-
mans Lyceum Theater stock company
The first of Charles Frohman's offer
ings for the season is a combination
bill headed by Hattie Williams and
| Richard Carle, in a three-act farce,
with music, entitled The Girl From
| Montmartre." The piece, with a good
native farcical plot and some unusually
sweet and really melodious music has
been Harry B: and Robert B. Smithed
from "Das Madel Won Montmartre,
under which title it ran for over six
months in Berlin. Henry Bereny, au-
thor of "Little Boy Blue" composed the
music.
| The scenery used in one stage setting
of the Wagenhals & Kemper produC
ton, The Greyhound" Is so massive
! that it requires a sixty-foot baggage
car alone for its transportation. The
| big scene shows the hurricane deck o
the ocean liner Mauretania, with tho
| smoke stacks, Ventilators, steam
| winches and donkey engines of the
| great ship, and other appurtenances
all OF which are practical and life-size
Owing to the magnitude of the scenic
| production but one company in thi!
big play of life on the ocean steamer!
will be sent on tour