The Washington herald., 1914-06-28

week. With his wife. Margaret Mayo.
\ he was at the Crillon for a few days
\ before beginning a long motor tour Of
Italy, the Tyrol and the Black Forest
| Laurette TayIor's comedy. The Girl
in Waiting" has been placed in prepsra-
tIon at the Columbia Theater for produc-
ton by the Columbia Players the week
of July a.
Joseph and His Brethren will open
its third season in August with an eight
weeks engagement at the Auditorium
Theater, Chicago. Brandon lyman will
again head the cast in the part Of Jo-
seph.
] After a long season Of one play on one
I stage, Henry KoIker and his associates in
| Help Wanted will scatter far and wide,
to meet again in Chicago on August %
to begin rehearsals for their next sea-
son. which opens on September 1 in
Grand Rapids.
The "snuggery' Of Col. AnnesIey's
home at Chevy Chase. the room in
which the last two acts Of The Man on
the Box" next weeks attraction at Polfs,
are laid. is a reproduction Of one Of the
big Iounging rooms OF the Chevy Chase
Club.
David warfeld is so thoroughly en-
joying his summer of rest after a long.
hard season that he says he has ar
ranged for the future not to play more
than twenty-five weeks a year. The
tradition Of Joseph Jsnerson's luxurious
] scheme OF life is thus revived
Blanche Ring accompanied by her sis-
ter. Frances Ring. has sailed away for
brief vacation in Europe. Miss Rings
tour in vaudeville begins in September.
| Oliver Morosco will produce In Los An
geles a modern play called Faith" by
! dramatic critic Of that city. otheman
Stevens.
Too Many Crooks" one Of the few
/ survivors Of the summer term In New
York. fills the Thirty-ninth Street Thea
promoted by the complications OF Mr..
Craven's comedy is undiminished.
! The company that is to support De
I Wolf Hopper in the Gilbert and Sullivan
operas next season will be practically
Identical with that OF last year.
! f. H. Sothern and Julia MArlowe have
departed for England. Before leaving
!
| during the coming season, but would
return to America next year and make
| their farewell tour in Shakesperian rep
ertoire.
Frances Starr. who. by her exquisite
and forceful portrayal of the mischief
/ making Gabrielle Jannelot, recently
achieved a run OF $50 performances In
Henri Bernstein's The Secret" at the
1 ig
the month Of June at Long Beach, -.
I Y. Later in the summer Miss Starr will
! go to Lake George where she will re-
main until time for rehearsals.
! Grace Valentine. the caIigraphic hero
inc of Help Wanted" has compiled a
one-act play called ''YeEEed," the date
\ near future"
"RirthriEht," a collaboration by Jack
! Iait and ]. c. Nugent. is on its way to
a production in Los Angeles. Mr.. Nu-
gent is a vaudevillier, perhaps the wit
tiest of his profession. and he acts as
we'll as he writes.
| Henry w Savage will have two COM
panies next season in the Hungarian
operetta. "Sari." Following his method
with The Merry Widow" and others Of
his productions. Mr.. Savage will inter-
change the principal members Of the
''Sarf'' organization.
Janet Beecher has been engaged by
Mr.. Belasco for one Of the chief roles
in Sydney Rosenthars The Vanishing
Bride" which will be the vhilom wizards
most important product this year. Miss
Beecher will appear as a woman of fash
ion who lives, as she describes IT "A
life OF color
TuIly Marshall. retiring from manage
ment. is to play an important part in
a new play by Richard Harding Davis
and Jules Eckert Goodman next season.
Allan X Foster has been engaged By
John c. Fisher to arrange the dances for
The Debutante." the new musical
comedy in which Hazel Dawn will be
the star.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Hatton inti-
mate that they will not hereafter sub
ject their dramatic works to the unsym-
pathetic scrutiny OF the Chicago public
until they have been passed upon and
approved in less hostile communities.
This decision is a consequence of the
uncongenial attitude OF Chicago pIaygo-
ers toward The Call Of Youth"
Valli Valli. the singing actress. tele-
graphs to say. vehemently, that the
printed rumOr Of her marriage is a mis-
take.
Amelia Summerville was not success
full in her suit to have the owners OF a
New York theater pay her for a fall in
which her legs were so damaged that
she could not apear in tights in a re-
vival of ''Adonis."
Charles Frohmsn is to produce The
Yellow Ticket" by Michael Morton. at
the Prince Of Wales Theater. London. in
September.
Charming Pollock, author OF the plays
called The Secret Orchard and Such
Little Queen" has been elected Justice
Of the peace in Long Island hamlet.
Georgetown University. which awarded
Wilton Lackays an - 3. recently. n