Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-03-16

cessful one. The honors Of the per-.
formance. 1t 10 said. went to Lennox
Pawle. as the old bookseller.
After the production Of THE Secre-
tary" in New York and Chicago the
play will make tour OF the large
Doro az co-stars.
The shuberts made last week e pro
adaptation from the German of THE
Five Frankforters." supposed to tell
the story Of the famous Rothschiid
family. The critics pronounced 1t
Else Alder. who Ii called the FIRTH
Scheff Of Berlin. Is to come to this coun-
try a. q star OF q musical comedy next
season under the management OF klaw q
| Erlanger.
A tabloid version Of "The Man from
Home is being prepared for vaudeville
Stowe will be featured in the part that
was played by William Hodge There
will be eleven people in the company.
Klaw & Granger. with A H. Woods.
| are the latest to enter the moving picture
field. They have given out that they will
produce all the well known plays they
have under control. Charles Frohman is
prise
JACK NOTWOrLQ, VINO was divorced
Nora Bayes two weeks ago. has mar
rted Mary johnson. who was member
Of the Little Miss Fix-It" company. She
Is q daughter OF the late Dave c. john
son. well known on the turf as the owner
It Is said to be mistaken statement
that the Harry Clarke reported to be
late Creston Clarke. The son Of Mr..
Clarke's wife, Adelaide Prince, by a
former marriage. took the name Of his
stepfather, but the actor himself, it is
asserted, had no children.
Theodore Hardy. who appeared In
number Of productions of the Columbia
payns thu the p pas Of tTa chsa . NOW
The Third Degree" company on the
road. Mr.. Hardy's work has been highly
praised by the reviewers throughout the
Last night at Harrisburg, Pa, the sea-
son Of the Weber & Fields company was
closed, and it is reported from New York
but In all good-fellowship. Both are
wealthN and cannot find the time to ap-
pear on the stage on account Of their
interests In different productions.
Fine Feathers had another New York
supreme curt ruffling last week, when
Lees shuDest filed q suit for $4,000
the play. for turning it over to Harry II.
trazee Tor production, when. Shubert
claims, he had q contract with Walter for
the exclusive American and Canadian
rights.
Mutt and Jeff' will play a return en-,
sagement at the Academy early in April.
Fanchon Wallace and Evangeline Dixey
are in Tom Nawn's college Coach
company.
David Belasco's sensational dramatic
novelty, "The Woman" will follow 1.-THE
Love Leash" at the Columbia Theater
Ned Holmes, who came last week in ad-
vance Of THE Love Leash" was enter
tanned at the Press Club during his stay.
The Webb Sisters. with the Beauty,
Youth and Folly company, are credited
with a real novelty in the pianologue
line.
closed an engagement Of ten weeks at the
american Music Hall In Chicago. will be
in Washington soon.
special attraction Haga Hands troupe
Of Arabs. It will be seen in one of the
illusions called ''The Vanishing Der
vishes.''
When Forbes-R Robertson produced 1.-THE
Passing of the Third Floor Back in
London four years ago he expected that
1t would run six weeks. It has come
nearer running six years.
Managers Fred G. Berger and Oliver S.
Metzerott have just returned from New
York with pocketful of contracts for
plays to be presented by the Columbia
Players the coming season.
Joan of Arc" the new feature in
Amelia Bingham's vaudeville repertory
Of Big Moments From Great Plays" is
said to be the strongest tabloid drama
tension is relieved by comedy or two
In the same bill.
"snobs," one Of the notable successes
OF the past two seasons. will be presented
by the Henry B. Harris estate at the
Academy, the latter part of the month.
This play from the pen Of George Bron-
son Howard. will serve to Introduce
Shep Camp as star.
Announcement was made yesterday In
| the New York Sun that the thirty-six
burlesQue theaters forming what has been
operating under the name of the Column
bia Amusement Company. have absorbed
what was known as the western wheel
or Empire circuit. The deal involves
dDOuI anu COHSuSlteS iii dS.
ISOLATION Of enormous and practically ex-
elusive control. The Lyceum Theater OF
this city, which Is not included in the
new deal, announces that 1t has its book.
ings for the current season complete.
Annie Russell will address members OF
the Drama League and their guests Tues
day afternoon. March 10. at O'clock in
the Belasco Theater.
William D. Hall, who has been associat- |
ed with q number Of Belasco Theater |
attractions this season. notably Bought |
and Paid For and "Bunty Pulls the |
Strings" was granted a patent while in |
Washington for q milk bottle cap.
Lillian Russell announces that she will /
demonstrate that a woman can look much |
better in twenty-two-dollar gown than |
in million-dollar gown.
1.-The trouble in many homes" she says |
sis that even when they spend large
clothes made becomingly."
'.The Girl from Montmartre' comes to |
the National Theater the week IommenC.
ing March 81 in double bill. with J. M. |
Barries laughalble burlesque on the prob |
lem play, "A Slice of Life" |
Ian Maclaren, a young English actor |
from Miss Horniman's Manchester COM
pany; Lee Baker. who succeeded Lewis
Waller in THE Garden Of Allan: Henry
Bergman, seen here with Wa kcr White |
side in "The Melting Pot" and David |
Kirkpatrick Columbia University eradu-
ate. atnIete and amateur actor. are tie