Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-01-07

"A Butterfly on the Wheel" All the
leading English actors in New York will
give her a big dinner after her American
debut.
| Mr.. John Slavin, who will be remen-
bered by his clever representation when
with Nine. Schumann-H einck in Loves
Lottery" is set for the equally funny
role in Mr.. +. c. Whitney's latest produc-
| ton. which comes to the Belasco The
alter.
Monday last Cohan & Harris produced
at Trenton a melodramatic farce called
officer 666.'' by Alexander McHugh,
with George Nash and Wallace Eddinger
to be thrilling and clever. with rather
some novelties in situations.
James X Hackett made a successful
appearance in New York last week in
Louis Evan Shipmans dramatization of
David Graham Phillips novel, Grain Of
Dust" f. NJ. Holland has suitable role
as Tetlow and Izetta Jewell scored as
the heroine
Maude Adams will play nothing but
"Chantecler" this season, which will run
until the middle of July. After her en-
gagement in San Francisco she will ap-
pear in the cities of the northwest end
ing in Spokane. Her next New York en-
gasement will be in November of this
year.
\ plan is in contemplation. with Charles
Dixon, the author-actor, as the moving
spirit to build a theater in New York to
be called the Show Shop. If the plan is
carried out and the theater built 1t will
be opened in October with a musical play
by Dickson and Manuel Klein called THE
Lovely American.
Miss Kathleen Weston. the daughter
of distinguished family in this city,
makes her debut on the stage next Mon
n ,s.rat
Weston has studied in Paris both music
and French, and has mastered FIVE or
six of the oriental and classic dances.
Miss Weston has taken the stage name
of Kathleen Kamaron.
Weber & Fields Will celebrate their re-
union by making a spring tour on the or
der of frolC or gambOl with as many
This company. if entirely reunited, would
include Lillian Russell, William Collier
De Wolf Hopper. Fritz Williams, Ross
and FentOn Marie DreSsler Bessie Clay
ton. Louis Mann and Sam Bernard.
The engagement has been announced of
Adelaide G. Wilson. the daughter Of Fran
els Wilson, and Robert Bruce Wallace,
jr.. of Philadelphia. who is connected with
a big ship-building business. Miss Wilson
has just made a long journey to Ontario
to nurse her tiance who is i'll with pneu-
monia there She has appeared with her
father on the stage.
George c. Boniface. who died at his
home in New York last week, began his
career in Baltimore with the late John
t. Ford. He was nearly eighty. and had
supported such famous actors as Booth,
Forrest, Charlotte Cushman, Adelaide
Nelson and Mary Anderson. His last
engagement was last season with Ethel
Barrymore in "Mid-Channel."
Charles Frohman is reported to have
recovered from his long and serious ILL
ness. He has several important produc- |
tions in immediate prospect. Among them
are preserving Mr.. Penmore," Sir Ar |
thur Pineros most recent comedy; THE |
Doll Girl a new Viennese operetta; AL |
fred Sutro's latest comedy on woman suf- !
frage. and a new play of New York by |
Porter Emerson Browne.
of the New York Metropolitan Opera |
House. has practically decided to re-
vive the opera William Tell in order |
TO have Leo SIezak. his first heroic tenor,
sing the role of Arnold.
Before he sings in this opera Slezak |
Will make his first American concert |
tour. and is to be heard In this city I'M
der circumstances permitting his voice |
and art to be displayed to the best pos
Sible advantage.
Nahan Francke, director of the Century |
Theater Orchestra. has been studying |
Arabs, who play the ghambreen and orr
entail horns. in the dance hall scene of |
The Garden of Allah Though most |
of this music sounds like .untutored |
noises at first. Mr.. Francke has noted sew
eral recurring themes and used them
for motifs in group of three orchestraf |
compositions which he is making and |
which will be called after the play, THE |
Garden of Allah"
Miss Juliet Fremont. who plays the role |
of one of the married Faraday. sisters in !
Green Stockings" is a granddaughter of /
the old pathfinder. John G., Fremont.
and daughter of the late Admiral FIRE. |
mont. This means that Miss Fremont is |
Il descendant of two famous American
families. for John c. Fremont married |
Jessie Benton. a daughter of Thomas |
Hart Benton, the famous western states
man. The death of Miss Fremont's |
father left her the necessity of self-sup-
port. and she turned to the stage, finding |
her first position in Miss Anglin's COM
pany.
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