The Washington times., 1912-07-28
DRAMATIC NOTES

Stanley James returns to the cast at
the Columbia Theater tomorrow night
after a weeks rest.
"Heartsease" will be the offering Of
the Columbia Players following John
Drew's "A single Man"
.Fanny's First Play by Bernard
Shaw, will be given in America with the
original London company.
changed the name OF "The Night Birds
to 1.-The Merry Countess"
Charles Frohman is to produce in Sep
tember anew comedy by Cosmo Hamil-
ton, entitled Plain Brown"
NJ rSS asE: i:ssss =: Il; sss's
early in September in Baltimore.
Lyman Howe wiz resume his series of
SUNDAY EVENING q versions at the CO.
'um''a t"ea'e, -ly in August
-! Eddie Frv. heretofore one of Charles
Dtiiingf stars. has come under the
manas ~ werta & Luescher.
philiips hhi oSsnss iass f. avid prss Srahsm sSe
Paid" are negotiau 30 dramatiza-
ton. .,.'
Little Miss Helen Hayes, or, v CO.
lumbia Players, is spending her acs-
tion at the Hotel Dennis, at Alta At. -
City.
John Cort is to produce a satirical
farce called THE Richest Man in the
World" by Arthur Gillespie and Collin
Davis.
Ready Money" the farce which sue
ceeded so we'll in Chicago recently. is
to have a production in New York In
September.
Carrie Thatcher is learning to operate
an automobile, and will shortly apply
for a license. preparatory to the pur-
chase of car.
1T Happened in Potsdam." L. the
viii vii open the fail and winter season of
| the Columbia Theater.
Mrs. Claude G. Judson (Gustchen
| springsguth) is relieving Claiming Le-
febvre at the organ Of St. Stephen 8
Episcopal Church during the months of
July and August.
Despite the extra matinee that was
given at the Columbia during the past
week the capacity Of the house was
taxed at every performance to see Mrs.
| Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch
Joseph, Harker, the English scenic
artist who painted the T9rd,samoI,s Tsdss y
painting the seven sumptuous stage set.
| tings which William Faversham VIII
disclose in his all-star production OF
Julius Caesar" this fall. '.-
| ts khn
SCISSOR of a blooded bulldog for which
| he paid $780, When at home on his
| California ranch Mr.. Matthews divides
! his time between studying rarts for the
| coming season, and raising chickens, OF
which he has several hundred.
| William Courtney has been engaged by
H. H. Frazee to create the principal role
In James MoLtgomery's comedy Ready
Money" when that play opens at the
August 10. Joseph Kilgour. J. H. Brad;
! bury, Lee Donnelly, Scott Cooper. and
Henry Miller. jr., will also play impor-
tant parts in this comedy.
| A. H. Van Buren,, leading man at Po'
LIS, has become an enthusiastic anna.
| teur photographer. Three pictures OF
his fellow players taken and developed
by him. have already been used in the
newspapers of Washington, and one has
/
azine.
The weather in India this summer, is
as usual, as that prevailing In America
and Europe. according to a cablegram
received from Burton Holmes by his
travelogue manager, Louis Francis
Brown Mr.. Holmes message is from
the neighborhood OF Bombay, where he
| says a blanket is required at night and
a woolen waistcoat Is not uncomfortable
in the daytime. The natives are suf'
fering as a consequence. Even white
duck Is usually burdensome In that To-
cality at this time;
Miss Izetta Jewel, leading woman o.
the Poll Players. Is as versatile OF the
stage as on. She is a crack shot, an ex
pert horsewoman. a good swimmer, and
drives her own car. Last Thursda!
morning she demonstrated still another
accomplishment, when she gave {
waffle breakfast" in her apartment
She cooked the meal without assistanc,
and made the waffles in the presence
OF her guests, and with her sleeves
rolled up tn prove that she was prac
tieing no deception. Thousands of won
en- in the world are good actresses, bu
i Only a gifted few can maka raal Win