The Washington herald., 1915-02-14

the box office window, four monthR
ahead of the holiday. for the special mat
inee scheduled for Decoration Day.
Arthur AIbro. the leading tenor. with
Lady Luxury at the Belasco Theater
this week, made his first great success
in this country playing opposite Margue-
rite Sylvia in GYPSY Love"
According to latest advices from New
York there is a superfuity in the chorus
girl market. For years producers of
musical comedy shows have declared
each season that there was a dearth of
suitable chorus material. The bad bust
ness of the present season has changed
all that, and now the supply is greater
than the demand.
Out of more than 100 productions. the
found less than 10 per cent worthy Of
Commendation.
A new play. The Man Who Came
Back" has been written by Jules Eckert
Goodman for Robert Hilliard.
The cast for Maid in America" the
new production at the New York Winter
Garden. tomorrow night will include
Nora Bayes Dazzle, Maude Lambert
Blossom Seeley, Yanci Dolly and Belle
Ashlyn. YVette. Harry Fox. Charles J.
Ross. Bert Clark. Hal Ford and Harry
Carroll.
II. Woods has accepted d play by
Thompson Buchanan. author of Life. -
entitled Our Daily Bread"
Roi Cooper Megrue, the author of
Under Cover and "It Pays to AdVer-
tise," is also credited with THE Same
Old Thing" which Eva Condor and Jack
Devereaux are giving in Keith vaude-
vile.
Today's Sunday concert at the Gayety
Theater will include a number of vaude-
vile specialties and an excellent selec-
ton of the best photoplays.
In the cast for Good Night Nurse. -
A. II. Woods new play. will be Hale
Hamilton. Robert Cain. William ROsclle
John DAILY Murphy George O'Donnell.
Allan Atwell. Edwin Mordant, Redfern
Clarke. Marie Chambers. Margaret
Riley. Julia Ralph. Helen Curry. and
Augustus Durgeon.
Augustus Thomas has accepted an Of
fer to lecture on The Facts Behind a
Play"
Eva Tanguay recently announced her
conversion to the teachings of Christian
Science, that faith having appealed to
her being good for her disturbed state
of mind but her managers are pleased to
report that the cyclonic one is still able
to break few attendance records in
Clara BIandick, who will be recalled
for the excellent performance she gave
in Madame Butterfly" as well as many
other standard plays was born in China.
the only woman on the American stage
being thus distinguished
The American players who are COM
planning of the extensive competition of
players from abroad may be pleased C?)
t" near that Graham Mofrat the author
of Bunty Pulls the Strings "The
SCrapn' o. tn Pen" and THE Concealed
Fed" will bring to this country soon
eight members of his family to act with
him in comedy called The Hookin' O.
Sandy"
Ralph Herr. who plays one of the lead
ing roles IN "A Pair of Skies" which re-
turns to the Belasco next week. like
in support of Mrs. Patrick Campbell.
Fred Stone is the father OF another
girl baby. Mrs. Stone. before she left
the stage, was known as Anene Crater.
Mrs. Thomas f. Shea. known profess
siOnally as Charlotte Burkett. is in s..
Elizabeth's Hospital, New York. recov-
eEing from the effects of an operation.
Ela-a T.F NH
Shea has not appeared on the stage this
season.
Louis NethersoIe. manager for Doris
Keane. has returned from Europe with
the announcement that Miss Keane has
fully recovered her health and will make
a spring tour in this country in 'Ro-
Next season she will have a
new. play.
E. II. Sothern has not beeen wasting
his time this season. He is the announc-
I'd author of a new three-act play.
Amazing Amanda" he calls it. and
there are only four people in the cast.
two men and two women.
Dissatisfied with twenty-four of the
-wenty-six players engaged to support
ler in the new William HurIbut play,
Half a Bride" Grace George dismissed
hem at a rehearsal. The two with
whom she was pleased were Leslie Faber
md Teresa Maxwell Conover.
Emmanuel Reicher. founder of the new
institution in New York. will |
make "Elgar." by Gerhart Hauptman.
his first production. In this play He'd
wig Reicher, the eminent emotional |
Ictress, well known to American play |
;oers. will be seen in the role Of the |
'althless Elga.
"Sh' You'll Wake the Baby has been |
chosen as the title of a new three-act |
arce by Robert Mcwade. who has the |
promise of a Broadway manager to pro-
luce H.
tier in New York on a complimentary |
icket will pay 10 cents to the Actors
fund.
Virginia Brooks. daughter of Joseph
Brooks. the producer, is to appear in
The Constant Lover"
Holbrook Blinn. convinced at length
hat his Grand Guignol' venture in
New York is futile. is going into the va
iety theater with George AIDES ''Nettie,"
comic item of Mr.. BlInn's last bill of
hort plays.
Oliver Morosco, whose royalties from
Peg O. Ny Heart" enable him to make
productions, has staged Louis
(. Anspacher's Our Children" with
Henry Kolker and Christine Norman in
he leading roles.