Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-04-09

close last night in the midst of a great
artistic, popular and financial success
The step was made necessary by the
fact that the services of Thomas A
| Wise. whose Falstaff was highly prais-
ed, are needed by ALI Wayman, who
lent to Mr.. Hackett, for part in a
new play.
in vaudeville, was prominent in The
Country Boy" The Blindness of Eir-
tue" and The Winning of Barbara
| Worth
| Charles Judels, besides being a good
comedian and singer. is a remarkable
| whistler and the whistling number he
| offers in Nobody Home" is one of the
| hits of the entertainment.
| Lawrence Grossmith. the English
| comedian in Nobody Home" has made
| an independent fortune OUT of his art,
which goes to prove that the business
of making people laugh is a money
making scheme.
| Houdini is forty-two. rich and srudi-
Gus. especially upon the subject of
esoteric lore and black magic. He eN-
poets to retire at fifty unless some one,
somewhere. sometime. before then, in
vents way to hold him.
| Immediately after the close of the
| regular season at the Gayety Theater
! d
haust fan. which will take off the
| smoke in the auditorium and solve the
| ventilation problem. which has long
vexed Manager Harry Jarboe.
| After forty-two weeks of continuous
work at the head of a stock company
| in St Paul, May Buckley had to close
her engagement and go to the sani-
Itarum at Battle Creek to recuperate. If
she RECEIVERS quickly she may head a
| n
mer.
| Word comes from Chicago that H. II.
| Frazee plans to withdraw "Everyma n s
Castle" from the Cort Theater. and re-
place it with the play. Nothing but the
Truth" The latter piece was given a
| preliminary hearing recently. and then
was laid aside for revision and recast-
! ing.
| "Pay Day," the movie" satire. now
encouraging laughter at the Booth
Theater in New York, is shortly to be
removed to Chicago. where it is expect
| ed 1t will run all summer. Suzanne
Jackson whose dramatic contribution
to this satire is really legitimate and
distinctive, will be seen in the western
cast.
| One of the brilliant young players to
| develop during the present season is
| Paul Gordon, who is to be associated
with the new Frohman production deS-
| tined for Ann Murdoch. At present he
| is with the revival of The Merry
Wives of Windsor" now playing at the
| Criterion Theater, and earlier in the
| season won high praise for eXceilenh
work with George Arliss in 'Paganlni.
Dallas Anderson, who plays with eX-
quistte charm the role of Gavin Dishart
| in 1.-The Little Minister" which Maude
Adams is using almost exclusively 1of
her tour. is son of Scotland himself'
and is the first native son to be m
trusted with this role. One of the
nota BILE performances of the past sea.
son was his Mr.. bangle in THE Critic,
which B. Iden Payne revived at the
Princess Theater.
brilliant audience tested the ca
pacity of the Baltimore Academy of
Music to view the Poll Players premier
in Under Cover" and not only APP
plauded the players but Joined in sing
ing James Thatcher's new song. "Wel-
come to Baltimore, Mr.. Poll" The
number was planned as solo.
"Under Cover" was given an elabo-
rate production under the direction of
Arthur Richie, the company being
headed by Richard Butler and Florence
RittenhouSe.
Jean Webster is said to be the high
est paid woman writer of the English
language. She is the author of five
best sellers" In addition to Daddy.