Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-29


week in THE Third Party"
With the admission of women to the
Gayety Theater Friday night country
store night is assuming big proportions,
and requires almost as much attention
of the city have been donating many
prizes for the women and Manager Peck
has had his original purchases of din
ing room tables, chairs. pictures, books
and gloves almost doubled.
William Hurlbut, from whose pen
comes THE Strange Woman scored
his first success as a playwright with
THE Writing on the WALL which was
in the repertoire of Olga Nethersole for
Miss Fix-it.'' a musical play. His best
known work is THE Fighting Hope in
which Blanche Bates starred. He is a
native of Illinois.
Polls Theater announces the inaugu-
ration of daily dansantes the week of
April 49, Mr.. Poll has secured the serv-
ices of Prof. Caruana, who will take
charge OF the dansantes and give gratui-
tous instructions to patrons who wish
to learn the latest popular Dances The
dansantes will be given Immediately after
the matinee and evening performances
and a special orchestra will provide the
music.
Nine. Johanna Gadski became a men,
Der of the Grau Opera Company in 1898,
accepting on Mr. Graus retirement. a
fiattering offer from Mr.. Heinrich Con-
ried Engagements at Covent Garden.
London and Bayreuth alternated with
her engagements at the Metropolitan
Opera House, her Eva in die Meister-
singer" and her Brunnhilde bringing her
special commentator. Many critics aver
she is the greatest Brunnhilde of the
present day. In Munich. her appearance
in three Ring performances led to her
being decorated by Prince Regent Luit-
pold with King Ludwig's Order for Art
New National Theater the week of April
13, under Charles Frohmans direction,
in a new comedy, ''Tante.' written by
c. Haddon Chambers and founded on
Mrs Anne Douglas Sedgwicks novel of
the same name. 1t is declared, however,
that the play is in no sense an adaptation
of the novel, Mr.. Chambers having mere
ly utilized the theme of Mrs. Sedgwick' S
book. In the play Tante becomes a
younger woman and somewhat less sell
fish. vicious and cynical than in Mrs
Sedgwicks story, although always anus
ing and interesting in her poses and
affectations.
"Milestones'' opened in London two
years ago to almost nothing at the pre-
miere and then played to capacity the
second night. and has done so ever since
1t was the first play witnessed by King
George and his family after their period
of mourning, and he has seen it twice.
Not a little of the credit for the great
success of "Milestones'' is due to Mr.
Frank Vernon, to whom the authors Ar
mold Bennett and Edward Knoblauch, in
scribed their play. This Inscription reads:
ITO Frank Vernon. for having brought
the authors together. instructed them to
collaborate on play, and who, when
they obeyed him. put the play on the
stage with an art which evoked their live
Hest gratitude"
Henry F. Smith, musical director of
Polls Theater. has announced a program
for his orchestra in honor of the pure
food scientists 1t opens with a march
Too Much Mustard and closes with a
march, Peaches and Cream" Inter-
vening numbers include a two-step:
Scrambled Eggs march, dill Pickles"
two-step and the Red Onion" tango.
An event of the season will be the
coming of Mr.. Max Heinrich of New
York. in a musical and dramatic program,
under the auspices of the Evening Choir
of the Church of the Covenant, Wednes-
day evening at s:l5 o'clock in the chapel
of the church at the corner of 18th and
n streets and Connecticut avenue.
The Junior department of the Washing
ton Center of the Drama League will pre-
sent "Racketty-Packetty House. a chill
dren's play by Mrs. Frances Hodgson
Burnett. the latter part of next month for
the benefit of the House of Play. Per-
formances will be given on two Saturday
April is and %, and the after
moons of April p, % and "A. "Racketty-
Packetty House was given with success
last year at the Children's Theater. in
New York, and the entire original pro-
duction will be used here, including seen
cry, costumes. electrical effects proper
ties. etc. under the personal direction of
Clinton Hamilton, stage manager of the
Theater, who will bring with
him four children to take the principal
parts. The remainder of the cast will be
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