New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-10-26
NEWS OF PLAYS
AND PLAYERS
Late J. r. Keene'S Nephew
an Actor-Marie Tenn
pest ExplodeS Myth.

Foxhall Dangerheld nephew OF the
late James Z. Keene. university man
and author OF play that has been &C
cepted. is going on the stage. Friends
and relatives, though surprised. are do
ing as we'll as could be expected.
The young man comes from pioneer
Southern stock and the Shuberts be
lieve that he will do very well in the
part of Young Milt" McBriar in their
production of "The Battle Cry story
of life in the Cumberland Mountains.
which opens at the Lyric Theatre
Thursday evening. His father is Alger-
non Daingertield, secretary Of the New
York Jockey Club. FOXhall p. Keene,
the polo player, is his cousin. His
aunt, Miss Bessie Daingcrheld, il we'll
known IN the South for her interest
in philanthropy and education and es-
pccially for her mission schools IN
Kentucky.
The embryo actor Was born in Nir-
ginia. attended the University of Ken
lucky and Washington and Lee, where
he Joined the Kappa Alpha fraternity
and got his degree. He has written
for the magazines, and his play, THE
Household" will be produced by Har-
rison Grey Fiske. lie lives at 20 Gram
Grey Park.
Wearing long, Russian looking
garment, edged with sable, and girded
about her waist by sash Of some bar
barrie fabric in lobster red aud gold
brooade, Marie Tempest might have
passed muster as a Muscovite genera!
/ on dress parade as she hurried through
New York yesterday from Canada TO
Washington. IN a taXicab interview
I - u (r.v,4v.a1 Tarunfrtpl 70
/ the Pennsylvania station the English
/ comedienne said. among other things:
without the Red Cross and the
! spirit that animates the Red Cross, l
/ firmly believe that We should all of us
al this crucial moment lapse into bar
barism. | am much interested in the
work. and nothing has ever pleased me
quite so much as an invitation Just
before my departure from Canada ask
/ ing me 70 participate IN some ked
Cross work during the coming week ~
/ Washington. which was the home OF
Clara Barton. When ] met her doubt
whether she ever dreamed her WORK
would one day mean so much to strlck-
en- civilization
Then Miss Tempest insisted on eY-
ploding a myth. Every great. eNcit-
ing episode of history always has its
own impenetrable mystery She con
ti1ued. There was the man IN the
iron mask, who is TO this day as much
Of q mystery as ever. There was the
little lost Dauphin OF France, the son
OF Marie Antoinet;e and Louis WI,
who, according TO many excellent folks
opinion, did not die a history records,
but was struggled away 10 live hum
drum life and die in ignorance OF ms
great descent. OF all the myths |
loved that best, until the Russian
army-passing- through England came
along. This 7 think the most delicious
OF al. because il is being born right
in our own lifetime.
After week in Washington Miss
Tempest returns to New York 70 play
an engagement in repertory at the
Comedy Theatre. She will present
three plays new to this city-"Mary
Goes First" by Henry Arthur Jones;
"The Barn" and art and Opportunity
"The Marriage Of Kitty" will also be
revived.
Adele Blood arrived from Montreal
last night with q grievance. Flushed
with the success OF her prehminar!
season in "NIilady's BOudoir," and look
ing forward to her metropolitan DEBUT
as a star az the Garrick Thursday
evening, she exhibited letter from an
old school friend in San Francisco
which read:
"As you doubtless remember, No
vember 4 is my birthday. Couldn't you
postpone the opening until then? II
( YOU will do this, not only shall : be
: able 10 be present, but | shall give
theatre party in your honor which VIII
he memorable event III itself.
Miss Blood opens Thursday night, as
announced
Speaking Of boudoirs, Winthrop
Ames. director Of the Little Theatre,
has been asked to permit the reproduc-
ton of the second act setting Of "A
pair of Silk Stockings" Harry Creigh-
/ tom ingalls,, an architect, wants TO IN
cmde this boudoir in a country house
now being erected under his super
vision.
! It's to be England's Shakespeare. not
German Shakespeare, that will be
preserved for the production of Phyllis
Neilson-Terry in Twelfth Night Jo'
seph Urban, the Nionnese artist who
has designed the scenery and costumes
fer the Lebler company's spectacle,
"The Garden of Paradise" finds him
self far from the influence of Max
/ Reinhardt, the famous German direc-
! tor. who was 20 make the production,