Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-22

opened their tour last week in Mon
treal in repertoire including The
Unwritten Law The Importance of
Being Earnest" and The Lily"
The new producing company. consisting
of John W. Rumsey, ]. c. Duff and Edgar
McGregor, will make the first of a series
of productions in The Plant" by Har-
riett Ford and Harvey ]. O'Higgins.
George C. Tyler. producing manager
of the Liebler Company, has made a
contract with Emily Stevens by which
he will star her in a new play. Miss
Stevens is a niece of Mrs. Fiske
Sir Herbert Tree has bought the new
play. "Pygmalion,' by George Bernard
play the leading feminine role, that of a
flower seller who becomes a duchess.
1.-THE RaIe of Three" by Guy Bolton.
was produced last week In New York
with cast including Orrin johnson,
Katherine Grey. Will Archie, Ann
Meredith and little Vivian Tobin
Since George Arliss expressed a desire
to play Moro he has received no fewer
Roman emperor, and each gives diff
ferent view of the man.
Joseph R. Grismer. the well known
married quietly a short time ago tc
Miss Olive Harper Thorne, an actress
who has been playing in THE Family
Cupboard"
Richard Temple, one of the quartet
of Broadway comedians in the Messrs.
Shubert's latest comedy. THE Wedding
Night" is to star next season in a
musical farce entitled "Cupid's Holt
day."
Lew Fields may appear in legitimate
plays on the order of those David
Warf1eld gives. He is also considering
a musical comedy which has good
parts for himself and his former part
ner, Joseph Weber.
An insistent report went the rounds in
New York last week that William Faver-
sham had accepted bookings in vaude-
Vile. Further reported details were that
for his purpose he was preparing a one
act version of THE Squaw Man.
which for a number of years has been
given annually in New England, is to be
produced in New York. 1t was written
by a priest has been presented in the
Lenten season. and has female charac-
ters only.
George Scarborough. author of .'At
Bay" and THE Lure has finished a
drama called 1.-THE Last Resort" which
deals with the judiciary. 1t will be pre-
scented in New Haven this week. and one
of the leading roles, will be played by
George Fawcett.
The title Daddy Long-Legs' gets its
significance from the fact that in the
play Judy the founding elevated to
good fortune by an unknown, sees the
shadow Of her benefactor as he disap-
pears into an auto and calls him Daddy
Long-Legs.'
Toots Paka and her company. the in
terpreters of dreamy Hawaiian music.
will soon come to the Cosmos Theater
as a headline attraction Another
famous headliner promised is the act OF
the famous Five Bennett Sisters, as The
Athletic Goddesses."
Today marks the last showing of the
Battle of Waterloo" picture at Moores
cial attraction Monday and Tuesday
will be Homer's Odyssey in six reels:
Wednesday and Thursday. The Ghost
Of the White Lady
"Baseballitis" is a comedy which has
for its base the troubles of woman
whose husband is a base ball fan. and
also an inveterate lover of club life.
Baker. the clubman and base ball fan,
and Miss Eleanor Wisdom nlays the
part of the wife.
Papers have been issued at Albany,
n. Y. for the incorporation of the Car
maine Company, for the production of
PLAYS dealing with American life. Charles
Marks, under whose direction the com
uany will operate, announces that the
first NAV to be produced is named 1.-THE
Man who Would Live" by William Hurl-
hut author Of 1.-THE Strange Woman
X. M. Turner. inventor of the dicto-
graph. gave an interesting demonstra-
ton Of the possibilities of his remarka-
BILE device at the National Press Club.
The apparatus he used for the demon
stration before large gathering of the
best -knewn newspaper men in Washing
ton will be employed tomorrow after
noon and evening at Polls.
Manager James Thatcher Of Polls.