Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-01-28


Polls Theater announces the discoE-
tinuance of the Sunday evening per
formances at that house The first per
formance of Pretty Baby. this weeks
attraction. will take place tomorrow
night.
Elena Gerhardt will be the soloist at
the fourth concert Of the Philadelphia
Orchestra at the New National Theater
Tuesday afternoon. February 6. Leo
pold stokowski, of course. will again
WELD the baton.
Cheating Cheaters" registered its
e0oth performance at the Eltinge
Theater, New York, last Thursday
night. The piece has been one Of the
hits Of the season and is still drawing
largo houses.
Harry Benham has replaced Charles
Purcell with Lima Abarbanell in Flora
Bella" and Marion Dyer is now play
ing the role formerly portrayed by Ju
liette Lippe in the same company. Miss
Lfppe left the cast to marry.
Bertha Mann. who has been playing
all season in Justice" has gone to Los
Angeles to join oliver Morosco's COM
pany there. Miss Mann will appear 81
several new plays that will be tried out
with the idea of subsequent New York
hearings.
Maude Adams has been received 50
we'll In New York in "A Kiss for Gin
derella" that the engagement has been
extended four weeks and the dates
allotted for Boston. covering ono
month. have been Cancelled until next
season.
Charles z. Callahan, who died in New
York last week. was in early life the
district attorney of Cincinnati and the
author of "Fogg's Ferry" in which
Minnie Maddern Fiske first made her
success. Callahan also first brought
out Lizzie Evans and made her q star.
For the eighth concert of the Ten
Star Series" at the New National Fri
day afternoon, February 16, the artists
will be Eddie Brown. who has won
fame as a v.olinist, ''the greatest since
donna soprano Of the Chicago Grand
Opera Company.
1t has been decided that Nothing
But the Truth" shall continue for the
rest Of the season in New York, and
as a result rehearsals of the musical
play. "Some Girl" which was to have
succeeded the farce in which William
Collier is appearing, have been aban-
doned.
SO successful has the utilization OF
slang expressions proved in the titles
Of her musical productions. as indicated
by Nobody Home" VERY Good. Eddie
and Love O. Mike" that Elizabeth
Marbury announces that hereafter she
| ties solely to slang catch" phrases Of
the moment.
Nat c. Goodwin has found the rendi-
ton of Danny Deever' 30 popular in
Keith's vaudeville that he has intro
duccd it in his regular program, and
will recite It here. Mrs. Goodwin. for
merly Margaret Moreland, beauty
from the Pacific SLOPE is expected to
accompany Mr.. Goodwin to Washing-
| ton.
| Leginska. the young English pianistic
marvel. will make her second visit to
Washington the afternoon of February
20. instead of February 3. as first an
nounced. At her first visit here earlier
| in the season Leginska created a pro-
nounced sensation. and her recital
promises to be one of the musical
events of the season.
of Jimmy Carsoi, of Red Heads" pop
| ularity, in THE Models Abroad" a It'd
bit Of tropical musical folderol. by Will
liam LIE Baron, with music by Robert
Hood Bowers. The cast includes s
Mcguire. Eddie Leamon, Almond Cor
tez. Lena Lind, Daisie Marchant. Char
lotte Starbuck, Rubbie Smith. Theo-
dora Warfeld. Irene Enwright. Clara
Hickey. Margerite Holtz and others.
/ A two-act musical burlesque in many
scenes will be presented for the first
times today at the Gayety Theater. at
and pm, by Fred Twins big show.
Sam Scribner, president of the Column
bia Amusement Company, which controls
practically all of tho large burlesque
houses in the country. spent several
days last week with Harry o. Jarboe.
expressed himself as well pleased with
the liberal patronage accorded his local
mouse.
Arthur Lewis, who has the role OF DR..
Stetson in The Great Lover" was born
cal career to become an actor. He made
his professional debut in London, Eng
land. with Sir Henry Irving He has
played also with Wilson Barrett John
Hare and others. He came to America
| in 1885. supporting Mary Anderson, and
has been associated with nearly every
star of prominence from that time until
now, including E. S. Willard. Maude
Adams, Blanche Bates Nazimova and
Ellis Jehreys.
Richard Gordon. the young leading
man in Richard Walton Tully's The
Flame" who played for the past two
seasons the part Of the Beachcomber in
Tully's The Bird Of Paradise" was
promoted for his fine Interpretation. and
now has scored the hit of his career IN
The Flame" The Beachcomber is the
part Guy Bates Post was enactinS
when Tully promised to write a play
for him based upon the life of Omar
Khayyam. Omar, the Tentmaker,
was the fulnllment OF that promise.
Miss Essex Dane, who plays the emo
tional role Of Gfulia Sabattini, the 1tal-
ian prima donna, in THE Great Lover"
was intended for an operate career.
She studied under Alberto Randegger
and later with Manuel Garcia. under his
tuition winning six medals for operate
singing and various branches of music
at the Royal Academy of Music. Lon
don, England. She afterward appeared
in prominent roles in support Of Mime.
Rejane in Paris; she was leading woman
with Sir Herbert Tree in London. and
scored a big personal hit as Donna
Roma in THE Eternal City" Miss
Dane speaks reads and writes italian.
French. German and English. and has
contributed to European magazines
many articles on lyric and dramatic art.