The Washington times., 1913-01-25
One viii Substitute for Leading
Woman Until Return Of
Miss Jewel.

N{ to Washington q week from
" next Monday in ,"The Man
From Home" for which s. z.
Poll Is said to have paid the largest
royalty eyer asked for a stock company
production-$l, ,0O0-there viii be three
interesting new faces among the femi-
nine members Of the cast. They are
Lotta Linthicum. Helen Tracey. and
Maude Gilbert.
Miss Gilbert comes to washingtIn to
play leading roles for two weeks prior
| to Miss Izetta Jewels arrival from Los
Angeles. 1 am sorry that Miss Gil
bert Is not to remain with the Poll
Players longer, for she is gifted young
artistic. and has charming person.
ality. Perhaps some Of my readers will
remember her. She was the young
person who wore ''chaps'' in "The
Challenge" that somewhat doIorous
play which had its premiere and its
swan song in a washington theater two
years ago. with Guy Bates Post in the
leading role.
Miss Gilbert was the only woman in
the cast. and she made a most engaging
"tomboy." She has vivacity, spontan-
city, and an abundance of good looks
Her personality is wholesome and mag
netic. and they say she wears some
stunning clothes. / am sure that we
shall like her very much as the youth
ful roine in THE Man From Home" I"
In Mct, / hope that her success will be
so pronounced during the two weeks
of her stay here that Mr.. Poll will be
induced to find a permanent place in
the company for her.
Was Highly Commended
By Augustin DAILY.
Then there Is Miss Lotta Linthicum.
who Is to be the second woman. taking
the place Of Miss Louise Kent, who so
charmingly filled that position last sea-
son. Miss LInthicum began her stage
career at the early age Of fourteen, with
Joseph Howarth's company, during
which engagement she was called upon
to take at a few hours notice the lead
ing woman's part. which she played
most creditably.
She then signed a contract with Au-
gustin Daily. he telling her mother that
he would test her ability and notify her
as to the advisability of her continuing
months Mr.. DAILY wrote to Mrs. Linthi-
cum that Lotta had not made a mis-
take; that she had ability, and that he
advised her to keep on with her work.
Some time later she headed a COM
pany with James X. Hackett for brief
tour in Canada. Then came her first
season as a full-hedged leading woman
with George Hollands excellent COM
pany in Philadelphia at the age of
seventeen. At the close OF her seasons
engagement Mr.. Holland wrote, saying:
Miss Linthicum, l need not wish You
success; YOU will win it." This letter
and the one from Mr.. DAILY are among
Miss I.inthicum's most treasured pos
sessions.
She then supported Mrs. Fiske, max
ing a distinct hit with her very sympa-
thetic work In Love Finds a Way"
She has played Dora in Diplomacy"
with Charles and Rose Coghlan, Mary
Brent in Charles Coghlan's play of
LADY Barter" and, after playing leads
with Henry Miller, she became a stock
star In Montreal, and incidentally one
of the greatest favorites in that city.
Returned to Stage
After Her Marriage.
Matrimony then interrupted her prog
ress and she believed she had left the
stage forever. but 1t became necessary
for her to again take up her profession
al work. She supported Helen Ware in
1.-The Deserters," and was with Nine.
Simone last year at the Hudson Thea
fer in New York. She has just closed
an engagement with Cheer Up" a
play bv Mary Roberts Rinehart. at the
Harris Theater, in New York. Her role
of Julia Summers was so cleverly
handled and her distinctive ability so
anparent that the Dramatic Mirror and
other Journals gave credit to her and