Evening star., 1914-10-25

never, ana possibly EoWdiu u
Fitzgerald's modified "sufism" and
seductive poetry have helped to make 1t
so, but it is doubtful that Richard
Walton Tully has established his right
to rank with either the Persian or the
Irish poet on the merits of his omar
the Tentmaker" Mr.. Tully has at
tempted a fesh-and-blood creation of
the Persian in his drama, and he has
cleverly woven into incident sugges-
tious of Fitzgerald's verse, but doubt
ing Thomas may be pardoned the doubt
that he has produced a love interest in
his nlay to tempt the average lassie
of today to risk wilderness with his
Omar. even with book of verses, a
loaf and a jug of wine thrown in.
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The characterization of Omar. In
youth. manhood and old age, by Guy
Bates Post is fine piece OF work II
may lack the virility of Otis SINNERS
Hail the beggar, but it certainly
points the way to Mr.. Posts an
nounced ambition to do greater work.
not with the trickery of the trained
Thespian, but with an idealized por-
traiture of actual life, which. after all,
is true dramatic art. His Omar, the
ton that seemed to suffer only from
its associates, who may, perhaps. be
answerable for the belief, in some quar-
ters at least, that the play lacks con-
tinuity There is never thrill in
Omar, the Tentmaker," and sometimes
the heart interest seems to have gone
in search of the missing thrills. This
seems strange in romance.
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..The Misleading Lady" is going to be
popular stock play 1t has ertainly
enough weight to insure that fate.
Robbed of it's demented character,
which made all the fun, there is little
to make it memorable. Miss Doris
Olsson was it's bright, particular charm
as Helen Steele. She seemed to meet
every one of it's variable demands with
attractive and adequate adaptability.
Mr.. Lewis S. Stone needs a bigger role
to test his capabilities.
Chauncey Olcott is one of the few
stars before the public who have abso-
lutely passed the stage of criticism.
His admirers, and they are legion.
won't permit it. To them the peculiar
type of play with which he is wise
enough to invariably identify. himself
and the charm of his songs. which he
is always prepared to sing in a way
that always brings the house down.
have made his a warm favorite, whose
coming invariably starts the inquiry
of those who always go to see him.
When is he coming again?"
The greatest thing ever done" by
George NJ. Cohan, as the advance no
tees proclaim The Seven Keys to
Baldpate," weary of wandering else
where, is at last really coming to
Washington. 1t will have for its rivals
during the week Miss Marie Tempest,
the clever English actress. Teo. though
long absent from the capital, is no
stranger to its theater-goers, and Julian
Eltinge, the man that ought to have
been born a woman because he is so
deceptive. Three absolutely new plays.
SO far as Washington is concerned. Is
the theatrical bill of fare for the week.
Everybody ought to be happy
WHAT Is AN IMPROPERLY? ?-'.She
looks like an impropriety." is what one
lady said of another present at din
ner party. And, of course, the other
lady heard the remark. One always
does hear unkind things said about one
when the person who says them does
so at the time and in the place when
and where one cannot help hearing.
and especially when, as in this case. it
was intended that the lady SO maligned
should hear.
Mrs Richard Wichello. known to her
friends as Mary. was the lady guilty
of the slander. while the lady slandered
was none other than the 'brand-new.
freshly created" Lady Bodsworth.
AS plain Fanny Bodsworth, wife of
plain Thomas Bodsworth. Fanny was
not a bad sort. in spite of her vulgar
breeding, her lack of pretense to cul-
ture and her utterly impossible taste in
dress. while as to respectability poor
Fanny might have declared in all truth
that Caesars wife had nothing on her
in that line. AS matter of fact Lady
Bodsworth was deadly respectable, and
nobody knew it better than the chic
and clever Mary Wichello.
But since she had been presented with
a title Fanny had taken on all the airs
and grand manners of peeress of the
realm. and at this dinner party where
the trouble began she had. as Lady
Bodsworth. insisted upon preceding
Mary Wicheilo in to dinner. and that in
q house and in a city where the latter
had always reigned supreme
Around the lawsuit which ensued and
the grand generally that these
ladies and their respe"tive husbands
and friends precipitated upon the
peaceful security of War'Sinstan. Mr.
Henry Arthur Jones has woven the
texture of the delicious comedy. Mary
Goes First.
COST OF GOOD MUSIC.-It is de-
clared the yearly salary list OF
an orchestr., such IS Walter Damrosch's S
amounts to about 5000. Salaries are
not the only item owe"e-. which have
to be paid for. ce expenses. adver-
tising and rai.roau expenses cut deeply
into the receipts of the concerts. an j
$40. 900 d year is said to be a conserva-
tive estimate of the expense entailed by
such necessary details Another large
item is the purchase of music Orchestra
scores are very expensive. and some
selections, of Strauss. for instance,
cost as much as SlOo apiece.
Mr. Damrosch has been foremost in the
productiCx of interesting novelties in
America and produced for the first time
nearly all of Brahms and Tschaikowsky s
symphonies. as well as many of the Wag-
merriam operas
HORNETS HAVE MEMORIES.-"The
disposition of hornet is like that of 3
Sicilian- He never forgets. he never
forgives."
This comment from George Parson:
of the Seven Keys to Baldpate" com
pany is apropos of discovery he made
this past summer at his country place
at Bayside, Long Island.
Mr.. Parsons used to be an enthusiast