Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-01-11

| Beauty Shop will not be the attraction
at the New National Theater next week,
as was originally planned.
|SP W Il(a
Anna Held sold apples ON the street in
Spokane to help along charitable fund.
Merceita Esmonde of the Conspiracy
| cast was last season with Richard earle
and Hattie Williams.
| Vincent Astor is to build fine theateI
in New York, with seating capacity of
5000.
John Mason is to appear III the first
production of The Yellow Ticket as
the head of the Russian secret police
The Poor Little Rich Girl has made
a hit in London and the chances are that
| it viii run throughout the season.
William F'arnum is in vaudeville once
more with a condensed version of Wiz
| sinius. which has been well received.
| Charles Dillingham; will bring out a
new play in the spring called Lady
| Change.
May Nokes may become a musical com
edy star next season under the manage
ment of Philip Bartholomew
| f. NJ. Newman this season is said to
have some of the most realistic pictures
| of London ever seen in this country.
| Henry Miller recently told a Denver
| audience he intends to retire from the
! stage to live upon his farm near New
| York the life of a country gentleman.
/ Grace George is rehearsing a play by
Desmond Coke, an English writer, call
| ed "One Hour of Life The piece will
| be produced early next month.
! The Hanlon Brothers. of Eight Bells
| fame have Joined the New York Winter
! Garden Company. and will appear in the
new show. The Whirl of the World -
Herbert Hall Winslow is the author of
| Virgins Training Camp. the offering
! of the Chadwick Trio, who will play at B.
I f. keith's Theater next week.
| The Madcap Duchess with Ann
Swinburne as the star. will go on tour
| tomorrow. opening in Buffalo. Victor
| Herbert will conduct the first perform
aDce there.
Gerhardt Hauptmann has selected
Hedwig Reicher to create the role of
Penelope in his historical allegory THE
Boy of Odyssey" which is to have its
production in Berlin.
Marguerite Leslie. who played the role
of Henrietta in THE Secret is native
Sweden a of ba
man. She has made a great impression
by her work in the Belasco drama.
Florence Morrison. who adds to the
general gayety of The Sunshine Girl"
! is native of Providence, r. l.. and sang
| in church choir before she decided to
| take up stage work
Edith Wynre Matthison and Frank
| Losea will appear in the leading roles
of The Deadlock by Margaret Turn
bull. which is to be produced in New
York shortly.
THE Midnight Girl is to be produced
shortly for the first time in English in
Providence. with George MacFarlane
Viola Gillette. Margaret Romano, Harry
McDonough and Paul Kerr in the cast
Paul McAllister's sketch Putting 1t
| Over. is by Mary Rider and St p. Me!li-
| rae and it concerns John Cam. a wealthy
| political boss. Mr. McAliister is sup
ported by Miss Eushman and Messrs.
Lawrence and Martin.
| During his Washington engagement
Julian EltinGe will present new
! show that is said to be even more APP
pealing in character than THE Fas-
icinating Widow.
| Miss Agnes Beehler, who is here in bur
| lesque this week. is Mrs Dave Marion in
! private life. Miss. Beeher sang in vaude-
Vile over twelve years ago with AL Jol-
| son, but left to enter burlesque with her
| husband.
Where. inquired solcitous friend OF
Fred Stone. ARE you going when you
| leave Boston,? Baltimore. tersely re
| spuuded the lanky comedian. From
Cotuits to Chesapeake"
! Felice Morris, who plays the role of
| Alice Nelson in Tho Family Cupboard. =
| is the daughter of Felix Morris one of
| the best character comedians the AmeSi-
| can stage has ever known Miss Morris
! sister. well as her mother are also
acting in New York companies.
Miss Frances Nelson will be seen to-
| morrow night in a role she has played
/ '
/ in the first stock presentation of 1.-The
| Dawn of Tomorrow in New York
| three years ago. and has re-enacted The.
| character in eleven revivaIs of the come
| dy. 1t is said to b. of her best roles.
The Columbia Theater will offer Char.
lotte Walker in 'Thc Trail of the Lone
some Pine as the attraction for the
week of January Is. Nnnc Swinborne
in Madame Duchess, is one of the
latest bookings. and The New Henri
eta with it's a1l-star cast. headed by
William II. Crane, viii be seen during
the season.
/ There are six white and six negr,
characters in s"Old Reliable" tn,
comedy by Harris Dickson, in which
Willis +. Sweatnam is starring. Al
the parts are played by white actors
Willis p. Sweatnam having the It'll,
role. Betty Spottiswoode. heroine oil
the play, is d Mississippi girl and wa:
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