The Washington times., 1914-05-17
GOSSIP OF THE THEATERS

The close of the burlesqus season at
the Gayety this year marks the sue
ces3 of an innovation for which bur-
lesIue managers have striven for many
years-the admission of women to per-
formances. The Significance OF this
mov ement Is deep, and bespeaks the
bettcrment of burlesuue n.Dre eloquent
ly than any other one advancement.
Mr. Wu Is the strange title Of the
play In which Walker Whiteside will
make his temperance in America next
where he has been playing for several
months In The Melting Pot" The
character Is that of an educated China
mcn or nigh rank, an oxford graduate.
and Keen. shrewd man of affairs.
E. NJ. Newman, the popular travel
tall;er,. whose annual appearance at the
Columbia Theater has become a feature
OF the Washington season. is now in
EeElt preparing material for his next
was on board the Seti. $50 miles south
Oh Cairo, and reported the weather cool
Ed Lee Worthe with the burlesque
show at the Gayety this week. has
inst purchased Il six-passenger car. He
Is :, motor enthusiast and is eontem-
plating tour to Mt. clemens. Mich, at
the ciCse of the season.
Constance Collier. Lena AshwelI, and
on tho Olympic. Miss Collier will go
direct to Stratford -on-Avon, and later
viii appear with Sir Herbert Tree.
Vivian Rushmore has been engaged
by Seiwyn & CO., for an Important part
Money Makers"
Stage costumes from Tho Midnight
Girl and The Belle of Bond Street
will be included in the New York State
exhibit at the Panama a-California EX-
POSITION in San Francisco next year.
"A comedy baseball game, made UP OF
burlesdue stars, will shortly be given
in New York for charity. Arrange
Phillips, business representative of tho
"Ginger Girls at the Gaye.y this week,
by the Ziegfeld Follies company.
Cecil Bowser, who impersonated Gen
eral Grant in the production of The
Littlest Rebel" at Polls last week.
achieved a personal triumph I'm tho
characterization. Mr.. Bowser, feeling
that q stage portrait Of General Grant
should be made careful study, ap-
piled to Mrs. John A. Logan for assist
ance. Mrs. Logan gave him access =
her remarkable collections of photo
graphs, and told him many of the per-
sonal pecuiiarities and marked man
nerisms Of her famous husbands more
famous friend.
Earl Brown, the leading man Of the
Columbia Players, Is rapidly develop
ing into one Of the most popular men
in his line the city has ever enter
tanned.
The cooling apparatus of the CoIum-
bia Theater has been thoroughly over
hauled and placed in operation. and the
house Is now said to be one of the
most comfortable places IN the city.
Owen Martin, at the Gayety this week
Will be remembered by vaudeville pa
irons of this city as one of tho Taylor
Granville stars. His last appearance in
Greet, died April Is In England, and
was buried April g at wallingford. Mr.
co-lessee and manager for twenty years
of the Lyric Theater, where in 1896
THE Sign of the Cross" had its first
London appearance.
Catherine Lee. Of the winthrop Ames
offices. Is a grandniece Of Mrs. Henrik
Ibsen. who died recently. OF course.
that makes her a grandniece of the
great Norwegian. dramatist as well.
Arthur Bourchier, tho famous English
actor-manager. has bought the English
rights to Little Miss Brown" the
comedy by Philip H. Bartholomae which
will be presented tomorrow afternoon
at Polls Theater. The comedy will be
presented at the Garrfck Theater In
London, and Mrs. Bartholomae will per-
sonally supervise the first English pro-
duction.
There are three sets Of sisters at the
Gayety this week in one production.
They are the Perry Sisters, the twin
Barr sisters, and the Marmont sisters
As a special feature Of Hammerstein s
Victoria Roof. Loney Haskell has book
ed DELTA Del Orc and her six cows.
This ts the life!
julio Barnard, who has just returned
from q vaudeville tour, has received a
unique offer to give exhibitions Of the
late dances on board one of the ocean
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