The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-08-17

experienced perIOTHltTS anu nave
worked their way to the top by con.
stant and intelligent labor.
Salem Tut Whitney and company
will arrive in the city Sunday. On
Monday they will defy the so-called
"1S" hoodoo and begin rehearsals OF
"My People" on the stage of the
Howard, used through the courtesy of
Manager A. ]. Thomas. The regular
season is scheduled to open on the
9th.
Harry Brown. Hudgins and Bum
bray and Means and Means are in
Baltimore.
Manager Robert Levy, of the Quail
ty Amusement Company. announces
monster production of Gilbert and
Sullivans THE Mikado" for early in
the fall. Robin Hood" may be given
later It is expected that the
Quality corporation will come to the
Howard on an average of twice
month or at least one in three weeks
The people are growing more and
more appreciative of high-class Of
ferings and will pay the price.
5. H. Dudley, nothing daunted by
newspaper reports, visited his mother
in Chester, Pa, in the height of the
riot period but was unhurt, RE rode
in his own white steamer accom-
panied by his son, Master Sherm%n
Dudley, Jr.
Luke A. Scott, singer, comedian
and legitimate actor, is to join the
Whitney and Tut forces in MY Peo-
pie" He will be a strong addition TO
THE Smarter Set"
Miss Esther Bigeou, the vital spark
of broadway Rastus," cut short her
rest here. Succumbing co the lure
of the footlights, she has Joined her
company, which is iii Norfolk, Va,
putting on a SUMMER season of muSi
ca comedy STOCK a, the Palace The
alter.
Now that Miss Blanche Thompson,
comedy, has recovered from hCr re-
cent indisposition, it is barely posi-
BILE that she may resume her place
as leading lady of the Whitney and
Tut Smarter Set" If the persua.
sions of her friends are effective, she
will be found doing the high spots
this season in the new Whitney and
Tut Offering, "My People" A role
has been written in for her,
which will show off her brilliant vocal
talents to better advantage than in
anything she has yet done.
Manager NJ. Coleman is operating
both the Iceland Airdome and the
Palace Summer Garden in the south
west section and is doing an immense
business. BY special arrangement
/ he is running Saturday night
Country Store" that is packing 'em
in and the really worthwhile prizes
are sending the lucky ones home hap
| ply. He is splitting his vaudeville be
tween the two parks, changing or
Thursday nights.
The suggestion of a new and com
modious theater on U street for the
accommodation of novelty vaudeville
musical comedy, stock, local produc
tions, concerts, benefit entertainments
etc, has struck a popular chord ant
the people. say Its just the thin!
that the town needs" There is ample
room for two big houses for thu
northwest section, just as there is TO
both the Lincoln and the Lafayette
in the Harlem district of New Yorl
City. They serve entirely differen
and distinct needs.
4
Of the ladies of "The Smarter Set
none showed such marked develop
ment over former appearances her
as Miss Estelle Cash, in private life
Mrs. Al Watts. Six years of hard ant
conscientious study with such master
of music as Rosamond Johnson ant
others in New York City, Chicago an,
Poston. has marked wonders with he
naturally sweet and sympatheti
voice. She has attained skill as
> dancer and all-round artist, under tn
patient instruction of Mr. Watts, an
now Miss Cash is truly one Of tn
top-notchers of musical comedy. Sh
is tall and statuesque and has a stag
, presence that is attractive and in
pressive. Though prenomenallv SUI
ccssful Miss Cash has lost none {
the charming simplicity that mad
her a warm favorite in other days o
and off the stage.
II
Edward Tolliver, a well-known pc
: former, is spending few days in tn
. city. He may enlist as one of tn
!. stellar lights of "The Smarter Sci
= for the coming season. Mr.. Tollive
: is a clever impersonator and chara
!, ter artist. and has been seen wit
the Whitneyites before.