Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-04

Edwin Childs Carpenter. author OF
THE Cinderella Man." has completed
a new play which he calls THE Way
Home" 1t Is intended for production
next season.
Bertha Mann, who has been playing
the only feminine role in Justice" In
leading woman at the Morosco Theater.
Los Angeles. tomorrow night.
Peggy o'Neil. who appeared here in
1.-THE Flame" last week. is to star in a
new play by an American author. Al
fred Butt will probably produce the
play first in London.
Thomas A. Wise, having ended his
| Shakespearean tour, is to be a co-star
! with William Courtenay in Pals First
which has been rewritten and was
| placed in rehearsal last week.
| cablegram from the sister Of Lio-
mel Pape to Margaret Nybloc. in New
York. announces his death at the front.
Mr.. Pape first appeared in this country
| in "Fannys First Play"
A play of the civil war called "Just
Nanny" by Sybil E. Jones. has been
produced by a stock company in Los
Angeles. 1t is study of the faithful
old family servant of the south
Henry Lewis. who made a hit by his
comedy work in Follow Me-" is to
head company next season under the
management of the Shuberts, and will
present comedy by Aaron Hoffman.
Jack Norworth, who went to London
| some weeks ago after a brief visit here.
returned to New York last week. He
had an offer of an engagement in Lon
don. but decided to stay hero indefi-
| nitely.
! Richard Butler, formerly Of the Poll
stock of this city, heads the Brooklyn
| favorite stock organization at the
Grand Opera House. Mr.. Butler was a
favorite with local stock patrons.
Now It is claimed that Mabel ITALIA
ferro. by attaching self-fnvented
mute" to a dogs thorax. can make
him chirp like a cricket What self
| respecting dog thinks Of the invention
cannot be ascertained.
O. P Heggie. who did SO well in
"Androcles and the Lion is to ap
pear in Magic" a London production
| which will be seen in New Haven next
month for the first time in this coun-
| try.
Helen Erskine, who has been appear
ing with Elsie Ferguson and serving
as general understudy In Shirley
Kaye" has withdrawn from the cast TO
take important role with Margaret
Anglin in The Lioness"
JOhn u w llilalnS Will pFOuuNs d
comedy by W. Somerset Vaughan
called Our Betters." The cast will
include Chrystal Herne- John Flood
Fritz Williams, Leonore Harris and
Rose Coghlan.
The first performance of the revival
of The Great Divide" will take place
next Wednesday night at the Lyceum
will have Margaret Anglin's old part.
when ".Ione at Last" is heard at the
Belasco Theater the last week in Feb
ruary Mabel Weeks will sing the prirra
donna role. Miss Weeks was the alter
nate of this role during the New York
engagement last season.
Canary Cottage" by Earl Carroll.
which had a successful inaugural down
in Los Angeles, under the direction OF
| Oliver Morosco. will open its New York
engagement tomorrow night CARROTS
The Love Mill" will also have its first
performance tomorrow night, at Allen
town. Pa.
Il A new play by Elmer Reisenstein. au
thor of ION Trial" has been placed in
rehearsal in New York and will be pre-
scented in that city within the next two
; weeks: Its title will be The Iron
Cross" and Edith Randolph is to have
the leading part
The Shuberts are out with the an
nouncement that until the war Is over
Ithey will confine their producing activi-
ties solely to comedies, farces and rnu-
steal plays. 1t is their belief that a
!. reaction is necessary from the depres-
sion of the world conflict.
At the end of the present season
"Sybil" will be laid aside and the three
co-stars will next season each head &
will appear in a musical comedy, Jo-
seph Cawthorn will have a German dia-
lect comedy. while the vehicle for
Donald Brian has not yet been selected
Annie Mack Berlein. who is to create
one of the principal roles In alias
has supported many celebrities In her
| day, such as Joseph Jefferson, William
Barry and Harrigan and Hart. Her re-
cent appearances have been with Mar
| garet Ellington in "Kindl'ng" and a
the motherly old Irish woman in 'KiclS
In"
"Alone at Last the musical gem
which Messrs. Shubert are sending to
the Belasco Theater the latter part of
February. carries its own mountain.
its own orchestra, and its own corps
Of mountain climbers. The score is b.
Franz Lehar composer of the "Merry
Widow'D. and the cast includes Harry
Conor. comedian; Forest Huff. tenor:
FRITZ Won Busing, Mabel Weeks and
many others.
|
offering. Flora Bella with Lima Abar-
banell and the original cast from the
Casino Theater New York, at the Be
lasco Theater. beginning Monday, Feb
ruary 19.-Surrounding Miss Abarbanell
are Harry Benham, Irving Brooks. Rob-
ert O'Connor, Adolph Link, Roydon
Keith, Gilbert Clayton, Hazel Kirke.
Dorothy Rogers. Kate Stout. Fanny
Grant, Ted Wing and two score others.
There will be special matinee Wash
ington's birthday.
The initial performance in America
of The Wanderer," after many post
1 ponements. was given at the Manhat-
tan Opera House. New York, last
Thursday night, with a notable cast, in
GLIDING Nance O'Neil, Florence Reed
| Beverley Sitgreaves, Janet Dunbar
Clara Blandick, James O'Neill. William
H. Thompson, Charles Dalton and Will
liam Elliott. The scenes are laid in
Jerusalem and the Holy Land about
| thousand years before Christ.
| Margaret Moreland, who appears in the
| leadin, feminine role in David Belasco's
| latest production. Alias in private life
| Is Mrs. Nat Goodwin. wife of the famous
actor.
Hiss Moreland appeared with con
siderable success with her husband in
Never Say Die" and in revivals OF
When We Were Twenty-one" and oil
yer Twist assuming the role of Nancy
Sykes in the last named piece.