Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-02-20


| Der of her family had set the young
girl an example, and. in fact. 1t is said
that her aspirations stageward were
rowned upon. Be that as it may. her
nbitions were realized when she made
er debut in a small role in one OF
harles Frohman's minor companies in
1895. Her progress at first was by no
means phenomenal or rapid, and her
descent upon New York. the mecca OF
every ambitious actor. was delayed un-
til the late Richard Mansfield cast her
for Roxane in his production of "Cyra-
no de Bergerac" at the Garden Theater
Unknown in the city of New York, the
young actress awoke the morning FOL
terpiece to find the city ringing with
praises of her work and flocking to
see the slip Of girl with the wonder
full eyes. the golden voice and the dis
tinctive personality. who was obviously
possessed of dramatic genius.
Step by step Miss Anglin advanced IN
her destiny, first as member OF
Charles Frohman's famous Empire
leading lady for number of years. and
incidentally. as such. spoke the vale,
dictory address at the company's nnal
performance at the old Boston Museum
that Miss Anglin. achieved her re-
| markable success as Mrs. Dane in Hen
~ Arthur Jones play. Mrs. Danes
Defense"
MISS AnRln is now reneaFSln& h new
play called THE Vein of Cold" dram
atization of Gertrude Atherton's novel
named Perch Of the Devil" The pre-
mier was planned for Washington. but
on account of change In the cast 1t
will not be produced until the follow
ing week in Pittsburgh.
At the termination of her present
season Miss Anglin will be the stellar
feature of the ST. Louis Pageant
Drama Association in a special memo
nf hnt hum nj
of the death of Shakespeare. The
event will occur in St. Louis during the
week of June 1, when Miss Anglin will
be seen as Rosalind in a spectacular
open-air production of LAS You Like
It."
United the Best In All the Arts.-Of
the entire de Diaghileff organization. the
famous ballet russo. the bright particular
star is Serge de Diaghileff himself. He
has succeeded in efecting the almost
impossible. perfect coordination Of the
variegated temperaments OF musicians,
actors, painters and mines AS regis
sieur, a term conveying considerably
more than stage director" or PRO
Queer" he is next accounted in line to
Richard Wagner, who. at his famous
tried to evolve a unified result from COM
binations of the best in all the arts.
At that time the stage scene was a
clumsy affair. and frequently had even
moving figures painted on the drops. The
stage scene of the Wagner tradition"
as 1t is called. seems clumsy affair to-
day. but it was prodigious advance
over the more Anticipated idea which be-
gan with d'Arenant at Rutland House.
and ended with Garrick and his master
painter, Philip James de Louther-
bourg
De Diaghileffff. too found much
more enlightened group Of artists with
which to work. but generally they were
Handicapped by traditions. a mistaken
idea of the importance of technique in
Its relation to conception. He aided them
with due appreciation and Independent
means to make the primary object an
address to emotion and imagination.
keeping technical labor as mere means
to an end.
This ia how he succeeded in enlisting
the services Of Fokine, the celebrated
mime and dancer who had broken into
open rebellion against the fifty-year
domination Of the great Russian ballet
master. Martius Petipa; of Igor Stra-
whisky, whose daring harmonic innova-
tons as composer. had aroused bitter
discussion over the standard tonal sys-
tenn throughout Europe: Of Leon Bakst,
whose amazing juxtapostions Of raw
color had created an artistic revolution
affecting not merely stage scenery and
costumes but apparel and decoration in
general.
New One-Aet Play-"Her Wedding
Gown" the twenty-minute playlet
which will be one of the Keith features
this week. is the work of Mary Brookes,
a Washington writer. Grace Goodall,
who made a hit as the waitress in Get
Rich Quick Wallingford." and who has
left an association with Henrietta
Crosman in vaudeville. will appear in
the leading character role. The cast
bsred in The Spendthrift." with Ed
mond Breese. Mary Trusler, a Wash
ington girl. and George Faulkner
Home Comforts for Prfma Donna
Frieda Hempel. coloratura soprano of
the Metropolitan Opera Company, who
will be the soloist with the New York
symphony Orchestra (Walter Dam
rosch conductor) at the Belasco The
alter tomorrow afternoon. does not live
In one OF New Yorks palatial hotels. as
most OF the songbirds do during the
opera season She has an apartment on
the Riverside drive. overlooking the
Hudson, and lives in homelike comfort
while sojourning in America.
Il like to have my own kitchen and
my own cook" said the prima donna,
when asked about her mode Of living
Your hotel cooks are often very dne
but SO uncertain.
Il am not fond of elaborate meals.
in fact, ! must have simple food. and
want what l want cooked my own way
MY cook is delight. Her name ia
Fucasia, and she Is as black as coal
This is the third winter that a dear
friend VI mine from Georgia has loaned
me this wizard; but when II comes to
fried chickSn and wanles. candied sweet
potatoes or u dish which Fuchsia calls
hog and hominy.' I must say I prefer
my own kitchen and my own cook"
Declines to Lose Her JeweIry-Lil-
liam Russell refuses to lose any more
jewelry and heirlooms.
Il have been robbed nineteen times
through the medium of press agents."
she says. and when read that Lillian
Russell has lost a suit case filled with
gems 1 don't know whether to sympa-
thize with myself or my press agent.
When first began to lose my Jew
elry in this way, not so many years
ago as time goes, | lost il in small
quantities. bracelet. necklace, a
ring or SO at time-and the loss was
always painful, not because of the
value Of the articles themselves, but
by reason Of their reported associations
and memories.
In time fell into the habit of losing
jewelry in hand satchels. and my last
disaster. engineered by a press agent.
was the loss of priceless gems and
heirlooms which flled suitcase.
II am now getting apprehensiye lest
a liner laden with my glitterinR bau-
bles may disappear and some innocent