The Washington times., 1914-05-17

liners as feature Of the innovation
of sea-golng vaudeville, despite her an
nouncement that she Is going to rest
for the summer.
Guy croswell smith has closed the
season OF George Arliss in "Disraeli,"
and is now back in town attending to
the interests of the play agency which
he runs with BARLEY Gushing, the stage
director
Henry p Nelson, at the burlesque
house this week has been booked on
the Loew circuit at the close OF the
Ginger Girls Company season In At
lantic City next week.
."Sari," the hungarian opera. just
produced in New York by Henry w
Savage. is pronounced ona OF the big
ge~A successes of the year. While II
- still running m New York its next
seasons bookings are being made. and
Washington is marked for visit IN
December. .. i
With the usual forethought and pre-
paredness, the Hon. a. Token Worm
has announced that Margaret Rename
and the twelve trained nurses that
form "a part of the success III The
Midnight Girl will be at the dock TO
welcome Queen EIeonora Of bulgaria
May 80 when she arrives to pay her
projected visit TO the United States.
| The occasion for all this Is that her
majesty. is a trained nurse by profess
sion.
Robert Edeson ekes out his meager
income of a thousand dollars or so per
week by maintaining a public garage
near his home at Sag Harbor. Mr..
EdeSon Is the author OF a booklet call
ing attention to his enterprise in such
,Ha h.a -1ah
hog-the other fellows car. may be
heavier than yours. and he may have
more nerve,'' ..r
A Western date line q, is printed on
the report that the Ringing Brothers
purpose retiring from the circus bust
ness and disposing of their holdings
to an Eastern amusement syndicate.
When II Is understood that the Ring
! ling enterprises include not only their
own show but the Barnum & Bailey
and the Sells-sells-Forepaush outfit,
some idea of the magnitude OF the
deal might be gained.
The Ginger Giris'' company, which
rounds Off the season at the Gayety
this week, has a record of having
played for six week at tho Columbia
unusual term for a burlesque company,
even IL II is SO good as the Ginger
Girls'' are said to be-
Testimony In the case of Phiiander
johnson. the Washington dramatic crit
&C. against Conan & Harris, Rennold
Wolf, and Channing Pollock was taken
last week in New York. Mr.. johnson
charges that Wolf and Pollock piagar-
lied the libretto Of his operetta, "Dr.
Fakewell." In preparing the book OF
The Beauty Shop" in which Cohan
& Harris arc starring Raymond Hitch
cock this season. 1t Is rather an odd
thing that three Washington people are
mixed up In the affair-Mr. johnson.
who still lives here: Mr.. Pollock. who
time dramatic editor of The Times. and
VIII A. Page, one of the principal wit
nesses. who is a native Of this city and
was also at one time dramatic editor
Of one Of the local papers.
Ed Lee Worth. the comedian with the
"Ginger Girls company, promises to
make over his Janitor Higgins charac-
ter while resting at his summer home
near Mt. Clemens. Mich, this summer.
Mime. Ammo c. Burritt, who sang the
part of Little Buttercup 192 times with
the original "Pinafore" company more
than thirty years ago, gave a big bog
party at the New York Hippodrome last
week, where the famous Gilbert & Sui
Ivan piece is being given a gala re-
vival.
Louise Cunning, whom many people
believe to be the best light opera star
on the stage at present, has announced