The Washington times., 1915-05-09
HEARD IN THE FOYERS-

presented In Cincinnati last week by 4
company from the Cincinnati School OF
Expression.
Carl Brickert, formerly leading marj
of The Poll Players here. Is now lead}
ing man OF the Harry Davis Stoclv
Company. in Pittsburgh.
White uniforms for the ushers AM
other attendants. at Polls will be wor
for the first time tomorrow. These wi
replace the ornate winter colonial uni
forms.
The Poll management is busily en-
gagged in redecorating and adding at
tractive features to the big west-en
veranda of the theater. The string on
chestra will be transferred there an
VIII play as usual before performance
The auditorium at Polls will soon pre
sent an attractive summer appearanc9
as linen covers are being made for
the orchestra seats.
Seven Keys to Baldpate," this week.
offering at Polls, violates one of thv
cardinal principles of the drama in thu
II keeps the audience completely myst1
ned up to the last moment of the pla
Al the time Of its production In NeJ
York the critics expressed fear that tn
would appear against its success, but
proved to have an entirely opposite ei
feet.
One of the oldest characters Of recer
comedy creation is that of the weir1
hermit In Seven Keys to Baldpate.
which will be the Poll attraction tb}I
week Thts character is as distinctiy
as the lunatio in The Misleadir,
Lady"
Charlie Chaplin. the photoplay stai
once appeared in Washington In vaudd
vile In the character he has made I'd
nous in Dhotoplays. Chaplin replaced
Billie Reeves in "A Night in an EneIis
Music Hall" during the ENGAGEMENT q
Reeves at the Cosmos in 1918
Carl Haydn, the tenor of the Colun
ola company. thought he was to get 8
weeks with a big st. Louis compan]
but the offer Of Messrs. Metzerott an2
berger vas too much for him. Hayd
is one Of the sure tenors, whose void
| Is Dig round. and always in good toni
The W. H. Crane -Maclyn Arbuckil
Amelia Bingham-Mabel Taliaferro cor
bination in The New Henrietta" MI
go to San Francisco shortly and att
brief season in the exposition cit
plan to spend a month in Honolulu,
Violet Heming. who made a very de
Impression in the production Of '"Ti
| Lie" with Margaret Ellington, has le
that company to become leading won
| an In Under Cover"
Julia Dean. whom most washingtd
theatergoers regard with a sort Of pr
prietory interest, has made the bigge
sort OF hit this season in New Yoi
| In THE Law OF the Land"
George Tyler has associated hirnse
with Klaw & Erlanger. according
the newest New York announcement
and will present .'Moloch." a war pla
In Chicago. with Holbrook Blinn in Il
principal part.
III We Said What We Thought
| the title that has been chosen for IN
| sketch in which Richard earle il
appear in vaudeville.
Grace George announces with gre
vehemence that she Is not to appear
vaudeville. The same sort Of annound
| ment comes from Mrs. Fiske, drama
| periodicals having contained notices tn
| botli Of these actresses were shortly
go into the two-a-day.
| The New York Legislature has enact
In theatrical performances in the Std
under certain conditions
Elsie Janis has blossomed out as
authoress. her first book THE LoN
Letters Of An Actress" having sd
been published by D. Appleton a
Company. She states in the prefa
merely the legitimate offspring
| lima e. n alton and obseryafion "