Evening star., 1916-12-10

with Robert Baker Of Arms and the
Girl" which has met with success in its
current New York presentation. Mr..
Stewart speaking of collaboration, claims
to have discovered the three chief virtues
of a collaboration to be "a large fund of
inspiration, infinite patience and fond
ness for late hours"
Hunter" "Brewster's Millions" Polly of
the Circus" Hawthorne, L. S. A. and
other such successes to his credit. Win
chell Smith has acquired even greater
Turn to the Right. |. the remarkable COM
edy elaborated from John f. Hazard g
plot. which Manager Rapfey has secured
for New Year week at the New Ma
tional Theater.
La Belle France" will be the subject
of the Burton Holmes fifth and closing
traveIogue of the Washington season at
the New National Theater. next Sunday
night. The France of Yesterday will
be pictured, the old France of regal
splendor and aristocratic traditions. with
it's princely palaces and feudal fortresses.
and the simple homelike France of
quaint landscapes and fair villages. The
travelogue will also carry the travellers
across the Mediterranean to the beauti-
full Barbary coast
Messrs. Shubert will present in this
city soon, at the Belasco, the tuneful
musical play. alone at Last which
met with great success as "Endlich Al
lein' in Vienna, Berlin, Rome and Buda-
pest. and has been hailed as the most
pretentious work Franz Lehar has yet
written. The cast includes Harry Conof.
Forrest Huff. FRITZ Won Busing. Mabel
Weeks, Stella Norelle. Elizabeth Goodall.
Miriam Folger, Robinson Newbold, John
E. Wheeler, Harry T. Hanlin and Har-
old F,yarts with a large chorus and a
special orchestra.
Tex Rickard and Samuel McCracken
have issued denial of statements that
would be identified with the manage
ment of a pugilistic exhibition by Car
pentier. The statement concludes:
1--WE wish to state officially that the
only connection these ladies have, ol
may have. with our enterprise arise:
from their consent to distribute to thu
war charities of which they approve
any sum or sums which we hope latel
to place in their hands,.
Maude Adams is to have a new pla!
entitled "A Kiss for Cinderella" Fol
lowing the custom established for Mis-!
Adams by the late Charles Frohman
! the play will be from the pen of James
NJ. Barrie.
A musical enthusiast contributes q
criticism in "vers libre':
Refreshing
As the first warm breath
s, OF tho fragrant spring
| Was the singing Of
| Anna Case.
Manager Jarboe, who has been work
! ing to secure feminine patronage fol
| the Gayety. states that the attendance
| of women is on the increase, and is au
! thority for the statement that all show,
| coming into his house are censored il
| advance to guard against Objectionable
| features, and that this policy is pur
sued consistently Many leading light:
! of comedy have been graduated from
! the burlesque stage. and their subse
| auent success in other theaters, he be
| lieves. justifies his confidence tina
woman patrons will become the mos
| ardent champions of burlescue enter
| tainment, without waiting for it to ap-
| pear as ''follies," passing show oi
| revue
/ The engagement of Experience
postponed several times in the past, Is
now definitely announced for the Be
! lasco Theater for the week beginning
January Is. The company is now in
the closing days of long run in Phil
pdelphia