Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-11-02

Pittsburgh, tomorrow night. William
Parker Chase of San Francisco wrote De
| book, lyrics and music. There VIII De
/ fifty people In the p oduction.
| Marie Chambers and Benjamin Kauser
| of 1.-The Honey Bee" cast speak fiye
| foreign languages. French. German. ltai-
| ian, Spanish and Hungarian. MT. kauser
| is brother of Alice Kauser. American
representative of many prominent dram
| atists.
| Ralph Austin. surviving member OF the
4! team of Bailey and Austin and ION
| Smith. who recently formed partner
ship, have been engaged for the principal
| comedy roles in the Dru Lane panto-
/ inime Hop o. My Thumb which Is to
| be produced In New York about Thanks
| giving time.
| The company presenting Beauty Is
Only Skin Deep" William a. Brady 3
first vaudeville production, includes Misses
/ Jean Adair, Leila Romer. Margaret Bel
mont, Ada Curry, May Milloy, Margaret
Hoffman. Gladys Webster, Grace Healy
and Georgiana Teller.
John Mason appeared in New York last
week in Indian Summer, play by
| Augustus Thomas. The story is that Of
| the love of a man In matu e life for a
young girl. There are some melodramatic
passages in the play, and much philo-
sophie reIectlon. Mr.. Mason Is CIeYeTiy
supported by Martha Hednan.
One of the curious events of the past
week Was the production in Cleveland,
by Belasco. OF Roland Molineauxs play.
"The Man Inside" Every character in
the play is crook, and It's theme is an
appeal for better treatment and reforma-
ton of criminals. Helen Freeman, q new
actress, is prominent In the piece.
boyhood, and loved to study the facial
expressions and manners of great men
and then to initiate them. Ariss' father
was a London publisher, and frequently
favored his young son by procuring passes
to the houses of parliament. He says
that none of the great statesmen of the
early days interested him as did Disrae-t
Dudley Hawley,s mother arrived in
Washington yesterday from Eng and to
her son. She will see him on the stage
tomorrow night when she attends the
opening performance of 'Strongheart,
III which lie VII play an important role.
Mrs. Hawley has never seen Dudley act
before.
Monday. November 3, the second pro-
duction of the season at the New York
Winter Garden will be made. The piece
entitled THE Pleasure Seekers and
j
cast including Max Rogers. Bobby North,
Harry Cooper, Dorothy Jardon, George
White, Hugh Cameron, Montgomery and
Moore, Myrtle Gilbert Virginia Evans,
Flo May, Sally DAILY and others.
Club women In the west are making
much of Cathrine Countiss, a legitimate
actress OF mentality and charm, who has
found vaudeville headline success in "The
Birthday Present" y few days ago she
Tod Ixr. DY1t
tive women of Omaha. The place cards
were ornamented with real cotton bolls,
in compliment to Miss Countiss as
southern woman.
Mrs. o. Ii. z. Be mont and Mrs. Enc
line Pankhurst occupied q box for the
performance of "The Lure Wednesday
evening, October 30. This Is the only
theatr real entertainment that Mrs. Pank-
hurst attended, because appointments
had been made In advance LOT an her
other evenings in New York. Lady Duff
Gordon attended the performance of
THE Lure" Tuesday evening, October
81.
Louis n Parker, author Of "Disraeli,
began his career as musician and not as
a dramatist. After All unusually thor
ough musical education. he spent nineteen
years as musical director at one of Eng
lands leading schools. He began his
dramatic work as translator and ada
ter of French, German and Italian plays.
His adaptations of plays by Rostand.
Sudermann, Sardou and others have lit
erary va.ue. He made Engl sh adapta-
tons of both "Chantic Ger" and Il Aig-
lon" Among Mr. Parker's most famous
plays may be mentioned Rosemary,
.'Pomander Walk" Joseph and His
Brethren and "Dsrael." which George
Arliss brings to the National Theater dur
ing the week beginning November TO-