The Washington times., 1912-07-21
DRAMATIC NOTES
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Her Great Match and not Leah
Kleschna," as enormously announced,
will be the attraction at the Columbia
Theater next week.
The great prima donnas, Gadsky and
Sembrich, are among the recent book
ings b. T. Ahthu: Smith for the musi-
cal season of 1928.
In the course OF her limited stock of
experience Violet Heming has never
played a part in which she was more
generously praised than that of Lovey
Mary in Mrs. Wigs of tine Cabbage
Patch"
When Frances Nelson played the
part of 40" Sheldon in Her Great
pary. 1t was regarded as the best thing
she had done.
George w. Barber entertained sew
eral of his friends last Sunday with an
automobile trip to Gettysburg and re-
turn. MIR. Barber boasts that there is
no road within a hundred milcs of the
city with which he is not familiar.
Edward II. Robins studies most Of
his parts in the plays at the Columbia
between midnight and 3 o'clock in the
morning in order that he may be able
to attend the ball games at Florida
avenue.
Manager James Thatcher. of Polls
Theater,. has just sold song entitled
Discretion" to Eva Tanguay. He has
York a new coon song, "In de Winter
When de Snow Comes Down" Mr..
Thatcher Is a song writer of consider
able note. He is the author Of When
"The Double Wedding" He % Wrote , the
words for He Laid Away His Suit of
Gray to Don the Union Blue" but did
not claim credit for 1t on the published
sheet Of music. One of Mr.. Thatcher s
words and music, is "Only to Be a Boy
Again." which was played last week at
Polls end which Is having a hig sale
in Washington music stores.
Miss Izetta Jewel was the guest of
honor at a dinner given by Represen-
tative Tlson of Connecticut last Sun
day, at the Chevy Chase Club. On
Of honor Of Senator Fletcher, at a
luncheon given in the Capitol by the
Florida member Of the Upper House.
It is a curious coincidence that Miss
Louise Kent appeared in the original
casts selected in New York for Charles
kiein,s two greatest plays. Miss Kent
Mouse" which is next weeks attrac.
ton at Polls. And for six weeks in
New York during the first run, played
the role of the older Mrs. Jeffries ir
by the Poll Players.
A. H. Van Buren,, leading man of the
Poll Players, has one of the most val
! liable collections of books possessed by
| any actor In the United States. His
list rangers from the full levant, unex,
purgated edition of Burton's "A Thous
| and Nights and Night" to rare speci
| .NfI Nhnt Ill
earlier writer's Of the Italian, English
French and German school.
Bertha Kahsch is still using Mrs
Fiske's playlet, THE Light of St. Ag
| nes."
Catherine Countiss will have a star
ing engagement in Portland this sum
| mer.
| e. H. Southern and Julia NARROW,
to Paris.
"The Garden of Allah" is to open IT.
season in Chicago and play only tn
large cities.
David Warfield contemplates a reviva
of his old successes and also perform
Byron ongley. who dramatized "Th
Typhon. has written another play, en-
titled THE Path Of Glory"
Lily Langtry is to make an Ameri
can tour In a ragette sketch of he
own entitled Helping the Cause"
A new play to be produced next sea
son is called THE Merry Widow Re
married" 1t is an adaptation of a for
eign work, and in the cast will be Ade
laide Norwood and Thornton Urquhart
who was the tenor with Emma Trentin
last season. The production will b
made by klaw and Erlanger