The Washington herald., 1912-07-14
STAGE NOTES AND GOSSIP.

Cohan & Harris announce that Marie
Ashton. Helen Burton. Edna Hunter.
and Julia Hay will be the leading la
dies in the four companies of Officer
665' next season.
Alice Fischer is paving a visit to her
old home in Indiana, after which she
will Join her husband, William Har-
court, at Gloucester, Mass.
With the first production OF her new
comedy. Whom Does Helen Belong
Tor several months distant, Mrs. Les
lie Carter spins away the summer hours
in her new 70-horsepower touring car.
Percy G. Williams recently turned over
Ms theater properties in New York to
b. F. Keith for S.OoO.ooo Williams has
retired to his Long Island summer home
TO clip coupons.
Col. E. C. Stahl. father of Rose StahI.
was suddenly stricken with blindness
while witnessing a performance at Tren-
ton. y. j.. on July 4. II is feared that
his sight will not be restored.
A. II. Woods will produce "Tantalizing
Tommy at the Chicago Opera House
August 30 with Elizabeth Brice,
George Anderson. and Harry Clark in
the cast.
The new Julian Eltinge Forty-second
Street Theater will open on September
2 with Within the Law" the new
crook" play, IN which Jane Cowl will
be featured.
This is the birthday OF Henry Clay
Blaney. actor. author, and manager;
Wallace Eddinger. now in "Offcer 6ss:
Charles Mason. last seen here with
The Foilies." and Jessie Millward. the
famous English actress.
F. Zeigfeld, jr.. commenced combing
New York last Monday for beauty
chorus" for his new edition of The
FollIes"
Julian Eltinge will commence his third
season in The Fascinating Widow at
Atlantic City August a. He will prob
ably have new piece before Christmas.
'Ben-Hur.' having completed its Lon
don season. will be brought back to this
side of the Atlantic to continue its tour.
An English company is being organized
to tour the provinces.
John Barrymore. willing to pick UP
little money during the summer. is play
ing with the Belasco Stock Company in
Los Angeles.
Marie Tempest will return to America
next season in her latest London success
AT the Barn." by Anthony P. Wharton.
The Merry Widow Remarked" is the
matrimonial title OF a musical play to be
produced at the Colonial Theater, Chi
cago, next month.
Enrico Caruso has signed to sing in
dozen performances at the Colon Opera
House, Buenos Ayres. next summer. The
Italian tenor will receive 5000 a perform
ance.
Robert Lorraine's American tour in
Man and Superman'' may be postponed
fortnight in order that he can play
the title role in Sir Herbert Trees pro-
duction OF Drake" the Louis y. Parker
play.
The Tooth performance OF The Rose
Maid on July Is will he featured by the
VI LOulS hdIlIs <NlIc
and Tom McNaughton for a number OF
the smaller roles.
The Winter Garden is to have a con-
servatory where flowers will grow all the
year round. They will be used for deco
rations and souvenirs.
FRITZ Schen's Might Birds" which
played at the Belasco last Easter week.
will be rechrIstened The Merry Countess"
before opening at the Casino, August l.
Charles Klein's dramatization of Rex
Beach's The Meier Do Well will be pre-
sented at the Lyric Theater, New York
City, September :, under the auspices of
the Authors Producing Company.
Every one of the Shubert theaters in
New York City except Golfers Comedy.
will have new productions next season.
'Bunty Pulls the Strings will stay at
Golfers playhouse for some months.
In addition to Fine Feathers" Eugene
Walter will have another new play next
season. "A Plain Woman will be the
name. The setting will be in New York
City.
Harry Bulger. in an attempt to stay cool,
is touring Canada in THE Flirting Prin-
cess with the same cast which had a
continuous run in Chicago since last sum-
mer.
One of the picturesque scenes in the new
Winter Garden production will be a trav-
esty on the bathing scene in ''Kismet'
wherein sixteen girls will enter the tank
apparently clad in only "a sweet smile"
That ought to take in hot weather.
A jump from coast to coast will be
made by the Gilbert & Sullivan company
next week. The management has en-
gagged a special train for the company,
and record time is expected.
Leoncavallo's first comic opera, The
Little Queen of the Roses" which re-
Gently had a successful premiere in
Rome and has been secured for presenta-