Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-05-05
Whipple. There IL q Mrs. Mars Kent,
but she IL not on the stage.

Whipple. There IL q Mrs. Mars Kent,
but she Is not on the stage.
Henry Taylor was leading tenor in the
first English production Of Madame
Butterfly
son was the leading comedian with the
Rex Motion Picture Film Company.
John Griffiths plays a real set OF Scotch
bagpipes in the big Harry Lauder num-
Der with the .'Trocadero BurlesQuers.
Samuel Forrest, general stage director
for Cohan & Harris, was in Washington
last week as the guest of Everett But
terrified
''Off His Base. or All for the Love of a
Woman" is the title OF one Of the
sketches to be presented at the Gayety
this week.
Miss Imogen Taylor, daughter of Man.
ager l.. Stoddard Taylor Of the Belasco
Theater. will have a role in Fifty Miles
From Boston
Rena Bond and Mary Randolph Dick
son are two recruits that will appear in
the ranks Of the Columbia Players tomor-
row night for the first time.
BY special arrangement with Daniel
Frohman, Charles Cherry's New York
and Chicago success. THE Seven Sis
terS, will be the offering of the Column
bia Players during the week of May 20.
Alice Opp, with the Aborn English
Grand Opera Company. is Washington
girl who became interested in grand
opera during a former Aborn season
here and after cultiyating her voice join
ed the Aborn forces.
Another Washington girl in the Aborn
Esnc Itch
Bessie Merriam, who lived here with her
parents before going on the grand opera
stage. Miss Merriam is one of the prin-
cipal understudies Of the local company.
Blanche Yurka is said to have studied
for grand opera under Director Conrefd
of the Metropolitan Opera House, and
was introduced by him to David Belasco,
who induced her to enter a dramatic ca
reer.
Joseph c. Hazleton. who tried out his
pictures of Washington at the Columbia
Theater Friday afternoon, will give his
lecture. Touring Washington under the
auspices of the chamber of commerce at
Fort Wayne, Ind. Friday next.
Johanna Kristofry is a Hungarian
dramatic soprano, who won the national
prize in her native land four years ago,
and came to sing in concert here. After
two successful tours In the west Miss
kristoffy Joined the Aborn organiza-
ton.
The only fad to which Izetta Jewel
confesses is that of making silhouettes
She employs much of her time during
rehearsals In making profile nkenesses Of
her. fellow players. Some Of these scis-
sor sketches are said to be remarkably
clever.
''Auf wiedersehen' is the laconic mes
sage received from e. M. Newman, who
is board the Hamburg American liner
Amerika, by friends in this city. Mr..
Newman is beginning his annual pill
grimage in search OF material for his lee
ture course the coming season.
The Yale University Dramatic Associa-
tin has announced Robin Of Sherwood"
an original comedy by Jack Randall
Crawford of the Yale English depart
ment, as the commencement play to be
given June 10. Every year 1t has been
the custom for the association to give
an outdoor performance during COM
mencement week when the classes re-
turn to New Haven for their reunions.
Last year Beaumont and Fletchers 1.-The
knight of the Burning Pestle" was
presented, and before this several of
Shakespeare's comedies.