Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

number is rendered by Talking
Chorus which is the latest note in
chorus effect. The manager figured that
few choruses can really sing, so it is
best to let them talk, leaving the hard
working theatergoers to enjoy the songs
rendered by the high-piiced singing
principals.
An ACTRESS WITH AN IDEA.-Miss
Grace Hazard. the operate star after
returning from her tour of Great Britain
last summer, purchased residence in one
of the suburbs of this city. and ut once
proceeded to remodel it to suit her taste.
Originally it was a handsome ten-room
| cottage. When She finished the recon-
struetion it had undergone no perceptible
change on the outside, but within il had
been converted into unique two-iamllE
| fiat of the contest kind Imaginable.
| Miss Hazards inspiration is said to
| have been drawn from Five Feet of
Comic Opera" her theatrical Offering. In
| the act she has carried the multum in
parvo idea to what seems TO be the limit
o. ingenuity. y costume worn for one
character becomes by mere twist or
! turn quite another costume for differ
ent role. Her staff is converted into a
clothes hanger her muff into soldier
cap: her drum, which at first is so small
that il occupies more space than Il
| saucer, springs to full size by the touch
| Of button, and so on. from start to I'M
| ISL of the amazing act
| SO in her flats Miss Hazard has adaptc /
| the collapsible idea to everything that can
| be collapsed about the house. The beds
shut up like telescopes and disappear in
the walls of the rooms: the bathtuhs be-
come tables when not in use. and even the
kitchen sinks are converted into desks.
Only a personally conducted tour, 1t is
declared, can enable one 10 uncover the
| marvels that have been wrought by the
actress and her idea.
| WOULDN'T BE DOWNED.-Bla1che
Ring star of THE Wall Street Girl"
| seems to come rightfully by her talent.
Her grandfather, Jimmie Ring, was for
| many years the principal comedian in the
/ old Boston Museum Stock Company. ana
| there are now four of the Ring family on
| the staSe-Blancne N musical comedy.
| Frances, in "Gst-Rich-Quick Walling-
| ford Julie, in The Giri In the TaXi, "
| and Cyril Ring, the youngest member of
the family, with his sister blanche
| When biancne was IN snoit dresses and
! her HAIR was worn in two braids she Was
/ known az the singing bird Her grand
| father was so enthusiastic over her voice
| that ne took her to leading Boston
singing master, with "A view to having ii
cultivated. The music master, after AeaI-
| ing her said time and money would be
wasted on the girl and advised that she
/ forget all her stage aspirations.
| II was not long after this that she
Went 10 New York determined 10 carve
1 a name for herself. In the Good Old
| Summertime first arought her recog-
milton and since then she has sung into
| pop lafity scores of songs.
! Miss Rings nome IS at Mamaroneck,
| y. Y, an hours ride from Broadway
! Here she plays tennis, swims. roller
| skates and drives her own motor car. ShJ
| IS also enthusiastic gardener and not
| only keeps her own table suppl ed dur
/ ing the summer months with vegetables
/ but is generous with her neighbors. She
| lives in the center of theatrical colony
| Her near neighbors are Ethel Barrymore
| Mrs. Leslie Carter, Louise Dresser, Lulu
| CHASER, Nora Bayes, Eddie Foy and
| Frank Daniels
/ AUTHOR DIDN'T COUNT.-Kate Doug
las Wiggin, author OF the book ''Rebecca
OF Sunny brook Farm" which she drama,
tized with the aid of Charlotte Thompson
had an amusing experience at Richmond
Va, the other day during the iehearsals
of the company now playing the coined,
through the south. For three days sll.
devoted her entire time to the rehearsal.