The Washington herald., 1913-01-26
al Comedy Will Dominate the Week in WASHINGTON Payhouses
THE FOLKS WE ARE GOING
TO SEE HERE THIS WEEK
Julia Sanderson Makes Her Debut as Full
fedged Star-Ina Claire Plays Title
Role in "The Quaker GirI'

I that Mrs. Carter realized her frs
triumph as an emotional actress, which
she repeated the length and breadth o
America to an extent which has sine,
made the role seem one belonging dis
tinctly to her
1t was in 1887 that this now notet
actress came under the Belasco tutelage
from which time to 1906, when she part
ed ways with the wizard of stagecraft,'
she enjoyed a vogue that was country.
wide. During these years David BelascC
presented her in The Ugly Duckling'
at the Broadway Theater New York
which furnished the vehicle for hel
debut. The piece was II distinct failure
Miss Helyett." musical play, wa.
produced the following year and ran
for two seasons.
Heart of Maryland" at the Herald Square
Theater. which is sufficient proof of its
success. In 1898 she appeared in ''ZaZa, -
the success of which is now history. In
1901 Mime. Du Barry was brought out
at the Belasco Theater in New York
and At the same theater followed
'Adrea" in 1906. which was the last
play in which the Titian-haired actress
appeared under the Belasco management
Under her own management Mrs. Car.
ter toured in both ''Zaza'' and Mime Du
Barry" after which she produced
''kassa" at the Liberty Thester in New
York at cost of $4,000. but the play
was failure, as was also ''Vasta
Hernc." in which she toured in 1905
1t became so evident that her man.
agerial ability was not commensurate
with her ambitions that Mrs. Carter en-
tered into a five years contract with
John Cort in 1909, when he presented her
in Two Women which was seen here
ir the Belasco Theatcr just about two
years ago.
This year Mr.. Cort will present Mrs
Carter in three emotional dramas.
''Zazs,'' The Second Mrs. Tandueray,"
and Camille with the possibility of the
addition of "Magda." the last three OF
which Will be new roles to her.
One day last week a fair-haired gentle
woman. with a voice that vibrates with
music came in for little chat with me.
And whom do you think il was? No less
parsonage than Miss Percy Haswell,
who is billed as the stellar attraction
at Chases Theater this week.
OF course. the first question / asked
her was what in the world she means by
going into vaudeville, at which she rip
rled off yard or two OF that melOdious
understand that this is but a transitory
mood: a forerunner of the big things
she intends to do next year. which is no
less than TO appear before the American
Jublc at the head of her own company,
under the management of W. :. Grove,
in revival of Romeo and Juliet" LAS
You Like IT," and The Tanning of the
Shrew."
While many claim that Miss Haswcll
is a Washington girl, she is nothing OF
the kind. for it was on a sunny little
hillside in the vicinity of Austin. Tex.
that she spent her childhood days, and
adored the Elizabethan bard so much
that she used to climb into an old apple
tree and play Juliet TO the Romeo" of
little girl friend while the apple bios
SONS filled all the hillside with their
drifting fragrance and furnished a most
fitting setting for the poetic occupation
Of the little girl.
Miss Haswell did spend two years of
her girlhood here in the Holy Cross
Academy during the political career of
her father. George Tyler Haswell, of
Texas.
From Washington She went to New
York to study in Mr.. Dalys company.
and understudied Miss Rehan there in
Twelfth Night" after which came her
broad success in Shakespearcan roles,
both in America and in London.
She comes to Chase's this week in a
one-act play, into which she injects her
most famous scene from 'As You Like
It." as well as one from The Tanning
CT the Shrew."