Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-30

revue which he has written himself.
A second company in "Maytime," Rida
Johnson Young's musical play. Is to go
| on tour.
McLallan and Carson are playing
"Palais du Blanc ct Noir" In vaudeville
this season.
Henrietta Crosman, James X. Hackett
and Viola Allen may appear In the new
year in a series of Shakespearean re-
vivals.
Rooney and Bent are doing new
"gamin'' act, called up Town, in
which they will be seen soon at B. F.
keith's Theater here.
| Klaw & Erlanger and Edgar Nc
Gregor will produce r. piece called Sick
Abed," with the leading roles played by
Fred Niblo and Mary Boland.
Ellen Wilson has replaced Marion
| Coakley in The Country Cousin" the
latter joining II. H. Frazee's "Oh.
James" company.
Manager Harry Jarboe Of the Gayety
| Theater announces a special midnight
performance starting sharply on the
hour tomorrow night
William Faversham and Maxine Ell
| 1iot appeared last week in New York IN
q revival of r. C. Cartons comedy, Lord
and Lady Algy.' They received an en-
thusiastic welcome.
Eleanor woodruff. leading woman
with Otis Skinner, was for four years
in the movies before she was engaged
to create the role of June Ramsay in
Mister Antonio"
A new revue by Guy Bolton, G. P.
wodekouse and Jerome Kern will have
in its cast Edward Abeles. Carroll Nc
Comas, Carl Randall, Reginald Mason
and Florence Shirley. The revue has as
yet no name.
Christmas eve in New York has al
ways been a quiet one, but last week
records were broken in the matter OF
playhouses The big Hippodrome
turned away hundreds Of people.
Ethel Barrymore and her company in
"The Lady of the Camelias have been
the subject of much favorable COM
ment in New York. Holbrook Blinn
has Joined the company as the elder
Duval.
Mrs Fiske in Madame Sand" will
move to the Knickerbocker Theater
from the Criterion tomorrow night on
account of previous bookings, to con-
tinue her New York run withut further
interruption.
words and Music the new Hitch
cock-Goetz girl and music show opened
at the Fulton Theater, New York. last
week.
Elizabeth Marbury produced a must
cal play in Sche nectady. N. Y. last
week called Girl O. Mine. the book
and lyrics by Philip Bartholomae and
music by Frank Tours. The scenes are
laid in Paris Edna Wallace Hopper
has one of the leading parts.
An American opera called "!AZora"
was given in Chicago last week by the
Chicago Grand Opera Company. The
book is by David Stevens and the music
by Henry Hadley.
Babes in Florida musical comedy
swritten by Dorothy Donneily and COM
posed by Augustus Barrett. will be
produced about the middle of next
month by the Shuberts.
Arnold DAILY is to appear as Napoleon
in a. play called a"Josephine." by Her
man Bahr. Harry Mestayer and Arthur
Forrest are also in the cast, and the
production will be made the middle of
January at Atlantic City.
Starting tomorrow night in Brooklyn,
Julian Eltinge will dip into vaude-
Vile for four weeks. presenting sing
ing and dancing turn. At the end of
the engagement he will go to Los
Angeles and continue his work in the
movies.
The Wellingtons. the estranged couple
of the Pullman car episodes of -Ex-
cuse Me-" the popular farce of some
years ago. are played by Frances Dem
Arrest and Edward CARVE in the musical
version of foot loot" which was
given it's first hearing Christmas by
Henry w. Savage.
n IN no dod ~
the railroads in the east, it is believed
that at least a dozen stock companies
will open for business within the next
two weeks. Theatrical managers on
book engagements. especially IL tho
jumps from city to city were of any
length.
"Furs and Frills" closed down for
good in Boston last night, the public
refusing to turn out to see 1T in pay
ing numbers. The piece has been in
the city of culture for the past two
weeks.
"Parlor. Bedroom and Bath" a tale
of a wayside inn in three acts, by c.
W. Bell and Mark Swan. had it's first
performance last Monday night in New
York Florence Moore, well remem-
bered here in Winter Garden Company
engagements. is featured member of
J the company.
David BelBsco production of the
Tiger Rose" celebrated it's one hun
dredth performance last Tuesday night
in New York and the piece will I'M
doubtedly finish out the season in that
city.
Wilda Bennett. who has grand opera
ambitions. replaced Julia Sanderson in
the title role of "Sybil." from which
time her rise has been rapid. She is the
Riviera girl OF the klaw & Erlanger
production.
William Harris. jr., who will present
THE 18th Chair at the Belasco Thea
| ter. gave to the stage THE Yellow
| Jacket" The Misleading Lady" ARMS
and the Girl" and number of other
plays, all decidedly unusual and all re-
bly, successful.
! The Cosmos Theater Christmas morn
ing, in accordance with its annual Gus
| tom gave the poor children of the city.
proteges of the Salvation Army. a
Christmas celebration. with Illuminated
tree and an abundance of gifts sup
! piled by. the management and by the
| Saliva ton Army.
Frances Landy of the Otis Skinner
company was married to Lieut.. James
4, Mangan Of the 165th Regiment. just be-
! fore the company left New York. They
were married and separated at the
| church-he to Join his regiment, on its