Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-12-17
and "Brewster's Millions" John I.
Golden assisted in the Bell sketch.

and "Brewster's Millions" John L.
Golden assisted in the Bell sketch
Margery Maude. Molly Pearson.
Violet Kemble Cooper and Ethel Dane,
a quartet of the prettiest and most
piQuant young condolences that Eng
land has sent to this country. have a
wonderful foil in Mrs Arliss, whose
ripened art finds expression In the last
act of The Professors Love Story"
Mabel Bert. who has the role of Mrs.
Bascom. the famous mother in Turn
to the Light" was with Otis Skinner
In Sire. with Henry Miller in The
Faith Healer" Her Husbands Wife,
and Daddy Long Legs; was the moth
er In "Ben-Hur." with the Taliaferro
sisters in Young Wisdom" and with
Crane in THE Senator Keeps House.
THE Girlies' Gambol," in which Ned
Waynurn returns to vaudeville. from
which he decamped a dozen years ago
to become a producer of Broadway
revues and London girl acts, is in
FIVE scenes, including GRANDMOTHER
Days" The Indian Fox-trot BAR and
Hawaii" dance numbers of Ziegfelds
Midnight Frolic." and also The VIII
O. the Wisp" dance ensemble from tho
present seasons "Follies.
Helen Turney has been engaged by
Oliver Morosco to succeed Ida st. Leon
in the role OF Nellie in Upstairs ana
Down" now running in New York. Miss
St Leon left the cast last night to re-
turn to her home in Los Angeles. where
she will be married early next month.
Miss Turney was understudy for
Phoebe Foster in The Cinderella Man..
subsequently appearing in The Revolt
and in GIVE and Take" on tour.
after the holidays.
New York society has lately found
amusement in going behind the scenes
f,,sa - 1nr a M
| The Girl You Hit. the Girl You Get
number AS base ball masks are pro-
vided, and as only the heads or the
visitors behind the scenes are on view,
nobody is the wiser from the front rs
to whose head is being made the target
for the rubber balls which are hurled
nightly by the thousands.
| The Shuberts will shortly make a
production in New York, in German. or
"Das Dreimadelhaus" ('The House OF
the Three Girls"). musical play in
three acts The book has been written
| by A. NJ. wilmer and Heinz Reichert.
| and is founded on the life of the Ger
man composer, Franz Schubert All the
songs in the piece are compositions by
Franz Schubert himself. and nave peeh
arranged for the stage by Heinrich
Rerte. The play deals with the life OF
l the composer himself and his different
| love stories.
| While George Arliss was playing
The Professors Love story at the
baltimore Academy the past week the
stage of that theater was occupied
daily with final rehearsals of another
Barrie comedy, "A Kiss for Cinder-
ella" which Maude Adams produces Tor
the first time in America. A montn
from now these barriesque fancis VIII
be running simultaneously In Ne"
| York
,r, <,,,,,.,,,,r ,+tr, ctiops a re hooked for
an early appearance at the Belasco Ihe-
| alter: Robert Mantell, in a big reproouc-
ton of THE Merchant OF venice ana
repertoire of other Shakespearean pays,
| .F.xperience"; Richard Walton Tullys
spectacular production. The Flame;
new Relasco production. and Seven
Chances" which was originally produced
| in Washington under the title OF a
Lucky Fellow"
| Conforming with the custom of for
mer years. the Messrs. Lee and J. }.
Shubert gave their annual beneht for
the Suydenham Hospital at the Shu-
bert Theater recently in memory or
the late Sam S. Shubert founder OF the
firm, in whose name they are MAINTAIN
ing a bed in the hospital. Nothing IS
said in advance about this annual az.
fair. The tickets are all sold through
the hospital people. The theater was
packed to the doors and huge sum
was realized. host of stars Vplun-
teered for the event
Robert Mantell, foremost among Amer
lean actors who remain 10 interpret the
! roles of Shakespeare. will open an en-
gagement at the Belasco Theater, Mon
I day. January I. under the management
| of William A Brady. The repertoire Sc
lected for the current engagement is
noteworthy for the variety offered. The
supporting company includes Fritz LLeber.
John j. Burke. Guy Lindsey. Frank
Peters, Alfred l.. Barrett, George West
| lake, John Alexander, George Wilson.
John Wary, Genevieve Reynolds. Virginia
Bronson, Teresa Larkin, Marion Evensen,
| I.ila-Dell Frost and Miss Genevieve Ham
per.