The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-10-17

A RNOf.D DAILY has selected for
II the company which will per-
4 \ form THE Angel in the House"
Hilda Spong. Alma Tell. Robert
Elliott. Ehingham Pinto. Lorraine
Frost and George Giddings. The play,
which Is by Eden P%hillpotts and Basil
Hastings, will be given about Novem-
Der 10. Concerning the character
which Mr.. Daily will play the following
confidence have beer allowed to es-
cape:
The part he Is to play is practically
OF a new type to the American stage.
he Will impersOnate a modern. up TO
date. 1918 type OF an exotic of the
asthetic school. In the old DAYS this
species of character. a la Bunfhorn In
Patience was always played with the
bent knee, languid air and a soft.
flowing tie, like Paderewski, but that
particular nut is nowadays of 10TH
type entirely. and so far unknown to
the American public. In selecting his
support he has borne in mind that the
universal and quite ~pardonable desire
OF the public is TO look upon beauty.
and hence he selected Hilda Spong.
Alma Tell and Lorraine Frost. of
whom as to beauty there is but one
opinion. The part to be played by
H!lda Spong is being played in Lon
oon by Lady Tree. and III. b. Irving
plays the Hon. HDdciHth Pctdrel, now
In the hands Of Arnold DAILY"
Fritz Scheff, who is AT the Alham-
bra, has announced her intention to
try straight comedy without music.
She says the work of the prima donna
Is too exacting. If a breeze struck her
throat and made her voice husky the
critics wept crocodile tears and wrote
an obituary for her voice. she says
she IL tired of the strain. and now that
she has well proved her ability to act
she wants to forget about her voice
for a time and try to follow in the foot
steps of actresses like Marie Tempest,
who long ago stopped singing and won
distinction for themselves as come
diennes.
Miss Scheff's mother, Anna Jaeger,
who sang In the opera at Frankfort
am-Main, has a repertoire of 40
operas. one of the sorrows of her
life Is that her daughter sings in The
music halls" She can't understand
It. judging from the music halls she
has visited in Germany.
Last time Miss Scheff was here she
sans beautifully at the Monday
matinee. and "A musical critic grasped
the occasion TO say in print that her
voice was as clear and beautiful as
ever.
I've sent hat criticism to
she old him next day. perhaps il
will relieve her sufferings. She writes
me that she cant understand why, il
! can still sing, I do so in the vaude-
vile theatres. Poor dear. she doesn't
realize what vaudeville means in
America; she doesn't know that the
best Of them try to get vaudeville
bookings in his country
There is To be a professional matinee
Of The Girl Who Smiles al the Long
acre Theatre on the afternoon of No.
vember /.
Craig Campbell. who is singing his
week at the Alhambra, hopes To do for
Scotland in the vaudeville theatres
what John Mccormack has accom-
Hi he'd for ireland. He was formerly
tn tenor in the Little Church Around
the Corner, and DIR. Houghton has
told him that he can return to that
post whenever he wants to.
Mr. Campbell, who has appeared
with Emma Trentini, has n fine tenor
voice. which has been admirably
trained and developed by Nine. Kate
kulla, with whom he has studied for
the past four wears.
Under the general title Where |
Would Like To Co" Dwight Elmendorf
travel talks Being in possession Of
rich picture records, many of which
nave never before been reproduced in
n form, he will pilot his auditor
spectators through 'The British Isles
Holland switzerland" Northern
italy" and Southern Italy"
In his lecture on THE British Isles'
ne VIII present the best features Of a
trip through Ireland. England and
scotland. In Holland stops will be
made at The Hague, Haarlem, Amster-
dam, Delft, Rotterdam and the Island
Of Maarken, The Swiss tour will be-
gin at Basel and end in the Austrian
Tyrol. In between these there viii he
Elimpses of Lucerne, Geneva, Inter-
laken, st, Moritz, ChamouniX and other
picturesque PAGES. The tour in north