Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-01-17

president; William S. Mccarthy, stage
| manager: James P. 6Loughlin. bust
ness manager; Theodore Friebus. jr..
stage director. and George OConnor.
a. T. Seaman, John ]. Nolan. William
Conley, Miss Nora Cocker, Miss Alice
Irwin. Miss Helene Lackaye. Miss A.
P. Evans and Miss Irene Rowland
counted as regular members"
One of Its Noted Triumphs.
One of the noted triumphs of the
club was achieved February IL, 1895.
when Charles H. Palmers beautiful
play, 1871 was presented at the Elks'
benefit performances at the Columbia
Theater. Its cast included Edward J.
Walsh. John J. Nolan, A. T Seaman
and Miss Alice Irwin. The play was
the only amateur offering of a great
! bill of entertainment that included
Thomas keene and company. Anna
| number of the program The immense
audience, satiated with plethora of
varied amusement, had already begun
! to get ready to leave the theater and
the seats were being banged right and
| left. Suddenly it awoke to the fact
| that d real gem was being offered.
! Those standing sat down and great
| hush settled over the house. And the
force of its splendid work held it's au-
dience to the final curtain which came
long after s o'clock in the evening:
This beautiful play was produced
who personally coached the players and
felt himself amply compensated by the
splendid result. The play was repeated
October 26.
May 10. 1899, the club presented what
the press of the city generally declared
to be Its most artistic and successful
theatrical performance. Alabama" al
the Lafayette Square Opera House
| Want of space forbids details, but one
of the daily newspapers the morning
| after said of the performers:
They scored the hit of their lives
and surprised those who were familiar
with their previous excellent produc.
tions. Some of the parts were played
in almost professional style. and the
ensemble work of the club was of 4
high order"
Another critic of the "captious kind
admitted the performance was excel
lent" and he bestowed high praise
upon Edward ]. Walsh. William S. Nc
ing McCarthy's work as Squire Tucker
to that of well known professionals
with the credit to the amateur.
The cast of Alabama" presented
names not heretofore mentioned il
Daniel F. Murphy, Paul w. Evans, Fin
:: ley S. Hayes. Miss Nettie Paige ant
, Mrs. George Harris. 1t was memor
able performance. and the boys" o
/, then, now sobersided, serious business
men, even now will give way to a pleas
ant smile when Ala bama" is mentioned
. in their hearing.
May IS and 10, 1900, Augustin DAILY
! famous comedy, "A Night Off, wal
given with an eclat, or perhaps it wer'
: better to say with an artistic impress
siveness. not to be forgotten. 1t pre-
scented more new faces in Frank w
Romano. Miss Myra Lee Cavalier. Mis-
Laura Eichelberger, Miss Kathleen
Chambers and Miss Rita Grunewald
while the clever Miss Cocker of forme
| plays appeared as Mrs. Bagnam ant
William Con1ey, succeeding Percy Leacl
as Prof Babbitt, scored a big success
Brilliant Final Effort.
For nearly five years the activities o
the club were suspended, only to be re
vived again for d brilliant final effor
: in William Gillettes great war drama
Secret Service" For this the clul
was fortunate in securing as its stag
director Robert Hickman, who hat
} been Mr.. Gillettes assistant in that ca
pacity in the original professional pro
duction. The ca st was long one ant
included many new faces In it's en-
tirety it embraced John ]. Nolan, Ed
ward J. Walsh, Mrs. Bette Florenc,
Leach, Miss Catherine Loughran, Pau