The Washington herald., 1914-08-02

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riage OF Kitty" Sis announced for the
Columbia Players.
THE Belle Of Bond Street" closed It's
| London engagement Friday, July II. and
Sam Bernard was q passenger on the
Vaterland, which arrived in New York
last week.
Carl Brickert, the new Poll leading
man, has on three occasions won amateur
tennis championships In New England.
His height and his great speed have en-
abled him to develop almost uncanny
swiftness on the courts. Since his ar
rival in Washington he has Joined one
OF the suburban country clubs, and Is
! living at the clubhouse in order to put
in an hours practice each morning and
late afternoon.
| Edward Colebrook has been engaged tc
/ play with Norman Hackett in The
/ Typhoon."
! New York will have its first oppor-
I tunity TO see Marguerite Hertz, the inter-
esting young Chicago actress, who has
been chosen by Bolden Payne for the
company he Is to conduct at the Little
Theater in Philadelphia this season. She
! is to appear in an interesting group OF
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her Quaker City engagement
There has been a deep-seated belief
that no play can survive without a strong
! love interest but two tremendous sue
cesses OF the year in New York have
proved to the contrary. The Dummy
has no love story. and Seven Keys to
BaIdpate" has but a slight thread Of sem
\ timentaI interest. THE Dummy" by the
way. is booked for a return TO Washing
to nearly in the fall.
William A. Brady came home from
Europe on Friday. He was passenger
on board the Lusitania, with Mrs Brady
CGrace George). and their son. "Bill''
Brady.
Marguerite Leslie. who played Hen
riette in The Secret" last season. has
been engaged to play feminine leads in
the autumn production at the Drury
Lane, London. She will return to New
York when the play is withdrawn to
make way for the annual Drury Lane
Christmas pantomime.
Ladies will be welcomed this afternoon
to the scoreboard reproduction of the
washington-Cleveland game which will
be given free in the dance pavilion at
Glen Echo Park.
Too Many Cooks" after having been
played for nearly 800 times In New York.
will have runs of at least ten weeks
each in Chicago, Boston, and Phila-
delphio The five companies which are
to tour the various sections Of the United
States and Canada in this comedy have
nearly completed their rehearsals, and
will be personally surveyed by Mr..
Brady next week.
Frank keenan,, having closed his
vaudeville tour is engaged with the au-
thor in putting the finishing touches to
a drama in which he Is to be interested
in the fail. 1t bears the rather unusual
title of IAN Irish Indian" The theme
Is domestic.
Joseph and Frederic Santley this fall
will each head an organization in Philip
Bartholomae's musical comedy, When
Dreams Come True Both shows will
make extended Western tours. Shortly
after the holidays Joseph will be seen
in Chicago in q new play and In April
Frederick viii sail for London to appear
in when Dreams Come True"
Elsie Ri1er will be in the cast at the
Columbia Theater this week for the first
time since the opening week Of the
season.
Montague Love, who has registered a
distinct personal success in the London
production Of Grumpy" in which Cyril
Maud is duplicating his American hit,
will be a member of Frances Stars
company when she goes on tour next
fall In The Secret" Mr.. Love sails for
New York, September 16 in order to be-
gin rehearsals for The Secret"
The selection of plays at Poll Theater
this summer has made necessary on fire.
quent occasions the services OF cook.
The first of the culinary dramas" was
The Woman" in which restaurant
scene in the last act required the manu-
facture of hot cakes on the stage. In
this weeks production, The Man from
Msxiso." audiences VIII be initiated into