Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-19

will provide the comedy. The opening
will take place in Chicago.
1t is said that the refusal to give
Forbes Robertson knighthood was owing
to his championship Of the suffrage cause.
The premier who has much to say about
the distribution of honors. is not regarded
favorable to votes for women.
H. II. Frazee has arranged to produce
Edward Locke's newest play. The Silver
Wedding" which is described as a folk
play of German-American life The cast
will be headed by Thomas Wise as a
German saddlemaker. For the role of a
German country girl Edna Aug has been
selected.
The benches used III the first act of
The Travelling Salesman We're taken
from the old b. & o. station. where they
were in use for years. Their SCARED and
worn appearance lends reality to the at
mosphere of the scene which represents
the railway station at Grand Crossing.
George Primrose. the minstrel man,
spent two years of his early career in the
show business as dancer in the con
cert of the John Brien circus. a tent
try over in 1871. He received his first
training in the show business in free
and-easy'' ct Clark and Adams streets in
Chicago III 1Sc9 doing dancing turn six
times a night, Sundays included.
February attractions announced for
Chase's include Henry Woodruff. in "A
Regular Business Man: Jesse l.. Lasky' $
colonial musical comedy. THE Antique
Girl: The Dance Dream with Colt
Albertson as the Dreamer; Jack Ken
nedy, with "A Business Proposal: Chaun-
cey Monroe and Virginia Reynolds;
Hushie Jennings. who will talk about
base ball; William II. Thompson and
no ID lpfS -1 a1,Iy.o Of
The Merry Countess" Company are
Josie Collins Maurice Farkoa. Fritzie
Busns Forrest Huff Claude F'lem-
ton. Thomas \. Shale. Miss Mabel Bur~
nese. Frank Ross. Robert Feuhrer.
fanci and Rozsika Dolly the famous
Dolly sisters and Martin Brown. the
dancer.
AT the banquet of the Poor Richard
Club in Philadelphia Friday evening Har-
ry Lauder. the Scotch singer and come
dian who was among the guests. was
asked by President Taft to sing When
Get Back to Bonnie Scotland 1t is
said Mr.. Lauder never sang the song bet
ter. TO the delight of the President. who
counts ii among his favorite songs.
One of the notable engagements of the
present season will be that of four great
est Shakespearean actors, whose names
will give the event especial interest to
Washington-R. d. MacLean. Odette Ty-
Ter. Charles B. Hanford and Marie Drof-
nah. They Will appear at the Columbia
Theater late in February. Their roper
tory will include The Merchant of Ven
ice. Romeo and Juliet" "Othello'' and
Julius Caesar.
THE Spy" a drama from the French
was produced in New York last week
but was not enthusiastically received by
the critics. as it Is said not exactly to
suit English taste. The story is of a
French officer who kills gambler, in
whose power he is. because the gambler
in the secret service of another country
offers to release him from his debts in
return for the betrayal of army secrets.
This patriotic action restores him to the
affection of his estranged wife. and she
helps him to escape. The principal roles
We're enacted by Edith Wynne Matthison
and Cyril Keightley, who Won note in
New York by his acting in THE New
Sim