Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

Charles Walton of this city is support
ing Milton Pollock in Speaking 10
company are Clyde Tressell and Dorothy
Hope.
ottilie Msszger. the famous contralto,
drives her own siSty-iorsepower auto
mobile. and two or three chamois SKINS
arc evidences that she is a crack shot
with the rite.
With additional exhaust fans that
have recently been placed in position, the
Columbia Theat"r is now rated by eA-
pcrts as on. .! the best ventilated the
;tters in tile country
George Barber and Carrie Thatcher
are playing in Philadelphia IheE
Joined the Orpheum Players in the
quaker city following the closing OF
their season in Omaha.
Grace Georges new play. '-Jim's Mar
rage by Forrest Ealsey and Olive
Porter. is said to have impressed Boston
more by the acting Of the company than
the merits of the piece.
While Collier is 10 become q musical
comedy star under the management Of
,foban & Harris. in Forward March. :
a musical comedy. 1t has been some time
since NJ. Collier appeared in a musical
show.
Before he became an actor Bruce Me-
Rae studied civil engineering while man
aging a big cattle ranch in Australia.
Later. when he first came TO America,
MIR. McRac acted as foreman of Il cattle
ranch near Fort Laramie.
Anna Held has applied to the court for
the recovery of the $4,000 estate left
hN Cherry de st. Maurice, who was
murdered in Sacramento last July by a
cafe entertainer. Miss Held is said TO
he her only living relative and the dead
woman left no will
Helen Tracy will be seen tomorrow
night in u role she has played more than
three hundred times. 1t is that of Mrs.
Eates in "KindIing'' Miss Tracy was
"a member o. Margaret Illington's COM
pany when .kindling" was produced i'll
Los Angeles three years ago.
The Shuherts are 10 revive Tho Girl
From Kay's'' with sam bernard in his
original role and Gaby Deslys in the
title role. Others in the cast will be
Harry PilCer FRITZ Won Busing. Herbert
Ayline. Jere McAuliffe. Grafton Williams,
Alice Gordon and Adele Rowland.
Josef Stransky is an enthusiastic ex-
pouent of yoang and Unframed composers
With all his wide experience and famil-
iarity with the greatest composers,
Stranskv reads every score submitted TO
him and has placed some of them with
his famous organization of musicians.
Al Jolson was born in this city twenty
eight years ago. At fourteen he ran away
with circus. where he did blackface
turn. From the circus he Went TO yaude-
vile with a monologue and then Joined
Dockstadcr's minstrels from which he
was graduated into the Winter Garden
company.
Pretty Miss Smith" with Kitty Cor
don in the title role and a success on the
Pacific coast is n ifS nrerDipre in
the east at the Cort Theater. Boston.
March 10 1t will be jumped from Los
Angeles, the longest jump recorded in
years. After the Boston engagement the
musical production will go to New York.
1t was produced by Oliver Morosco.
George Marion. Henry W. Savage's
general stage director has produced two
successes this year. and every indication
is that Maids of Athens" will make the
duo trio The first of the hits was
Sarl. which was seen here at the Ma
tional at New Year, while the second
was Along Came Ruth a comedy now
ut the Gaiety Theater, New York.
Charles Frohman has secured a long
time contract from Phyllis Nelson
Terry. niece of Ellen Terry. first for her
appearance in England and later in
america She lately completed a season
as leading woman to Sir Beerbohm Tree
nj His Majesty's Theater. London. Her
ambition is TO tour America in Old Eng
lish comedies.
The dashing costumes of society women
as they have appeared skating and
toboggaping at st. NORTH, Switzerland,
have been copied in THE Pleasure
Seekers"
novel dance is performed by Clay
Smith. He dances upon skis. the cum
bersome three-foot rudder attachment to
the shoe which is worn in Switzerland
and the snow countries
At Nfoore's orpheum Theater today a
new production of foreign manufacture
and other reels of q comedy and dra-
matte nature, with concert by the Or
pheum Orchestra, will be the attractions
4 Partisan success, From Fireside to
Footlights.'' will be shown the week OF
March IL. Monday and Tuesday. Rob
-rt Louis Stevenson's celebrated story
fire and sword win be shown the re-
Hisinder OF the week.
st Moore's Garden Theater today the
featured attraction will he .'The Conspir-
acv'. showing a succession of startling
.iSodeS eliminating in a fire scene. II
diiton will be shown a new Keystone
t.trce comedy, with brief concert by the
Garden Orchestra. The leading attractions
re week Of March IL include film re.
deduction Of Alexander Dumas novel,
TIE Three Musketeers': MARY Magda-
ne aad The Spy
Giocosas Italian play lie Mari Amour.
cgx de sa Femme (''The Husband il
Love with His Wife,, which was trans
lated into French by the Italian ambas
s.ld3r, has been banned by the police il
New York. 1t is said the French ant
Italian ambassadors We're about to Ieav.
Washington to attend the dress rehearsal
- the Garrick last Sunday night, wher
they were informed OF the action Of the
New York police department
Frank SpeaiGht. who has become ia.
nous on the London stage for his won
derful portrayal OF the characters in the
works of Charles Dickens, will give q
series OF dramatic Dickens recitals at the
-Seiasco Theater in April. The series as
announced will be: April ., .'Pickwick"
April Q. David Copperfeidt April IL
- Tale of Two Cities This series is 8
duplicate of the one recently given at the
Hudson Theater, New York, and Steiner
liall, Boston.
Nine. Marie Rappold in private life is
Mrs Rudolf Berger. Mr.. Berger is thu
Wen known tenor with the Metropolita,
Cpera Company. Nine. Rappold has
lad. II is fresh eggs. She owns ana
OPERATES large farm outside the cit,
of New York and one Of her pleasure:
j. 70 send real fresh country eggs to he'