The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1913-11-01
FOOTLIGHT FLASHES
FROM GAY new YORK
Willie Collier and William II. Crane Have Joined
Hands and Will Tour in ''Father and the Boys
Other Interesting Gossip.
BY Beau RialtO.
Written for the United Press.)

> BY Beau RialtO.
written for the United Press.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-Once in tn
mess. That bromide was original
sprung-all clamoring claimants to tn
contrary notwithstanding-by dad
UembueD Stevenson, clown in Dal
Rice's circus. Through countless liv
ing proofs, and few if any known refu
tations, it has become an axiom. Th'
is the still beautiful Edna May, in hel
hey-day said to be the prettiest girl OF
the American stage. She will return
to the stage after an absence of six
years, appearing in vaudeville. Hell
engagement is not a temporary one
by any means. She has signed con-
tract for twenty weeks with Martin
Beck, and will have her premiere early
this month at the Palace. For ten
weeks she will appear at vaudeville
houses in and around New York and
then will go on the road for a like
period. The tour will net the actress
$50, 1000
In private life Edna May is Mrs. Os-
car Lewisohn of London and New
York. Her last appearance was at the
Aldwych theatre, London, in Little
Nell" in April 1907. The proposed re-
turn of Miss May to the professional
stage is one of the most positive proofs
in a generation that the lure of the
foot-lights is irresistible. There is no
other known cause for the return of
the actress Her husband is wealthy
and attentive and her home life has
been happy
Rise Was Spectacular.
Edna Mays stage rise was spectacu-
lar. She was born in Syracuse, in
1875 the daughter of letter carrier
named Petite She made her stage de-
but in "Pinafore' at the age of seven,
and then the family moved to New
York. Edna took up the study of the
stage while her mother ran a theatre
cal boarding house. The child made
her first New York appearance i'll |
Santa Maria" at Hammerstein's La
ter she had a small part in Charlie
Hoys "A Contented Woman" and then
made her first hit as the Salvation
Army lassie in THE Belle of New
York" She leaped into stardom over
light Then she married Fred Titus.
| professional bicycle rider The mar
'iage was an unhappy one and she di-
yorced him in London in 1904. She
played highly successful London en-
sagement being at divers times re-
,oi ted engaged 20 several English
Ords, but in 1907 she married Lew
shon and retired frcm the stage. +
Have Individual Scent.
Have theatrical ticket spectators an
ldividual scent? A Toxom Worm
ress agent of the Hippodrome says :
hey have Worm is the author of the !,
yarn that two imported po-
ce dogs have been added to the police
,rce of the Hippodrome to guard
gainst ticket Spectators He says h
lat the dogs have been especially ,,
aimed by him to smell out the seal
ers and nip their calves until they =
III away from the vicinity of the thea :,
e. Worm says he trained the dogs, !,
hich are airedales from England, by 8
ime Rose and Frances, until they can
IL ticket broker yards away.
Another Brief Run. b
one down. Richard Harding W
avis's who's Who" at the Criterion :
as taken off last Saturday night. It's !.
ief run was even longer than Will
I'm Collier, the star, hoped for when
e play was first produced. Collier
mself revised, re-wrote and reset
e piece as much as he could, which
aywrights and actors acquainted
tn Collier say is considerable, but
work failed to save the farce. Col
+ has formed a combination with
illiam H. Crane, of Father and the
VS. fame and the two actors will
On begin a starring tour in revival
1.-THE Henrietta" Collier will play
critic, the Lamb part made fam
S by the late Stuart Robson. The
It, of course, will include Paula Mari
rs. Collier) and Buster" Rehear-
s began today and the play will first
put on in New York, afterward go
!, on tour.
Four New Companies.
Iext week will see four companies