Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-04-29

western tabloid4 the management has
o ofrer some Of the best Of the musical al
comedies, supplemented with four high
class acts. commencing next week with
the famous Mother Goose"
The place of Adele Rowland in Her
Soldier Boy" will be taken by Marjorie
Gates, who made a hit in Have a
Heart" Miss Rowland will return to
vaudeville.
Owing to criticism. the unhappy ending
Of Lilac Time" Jane Cowls play now
running in New York. has been changed
to suit the demand for a more cheerful
denouement.
1.-The Masked Model is to be played
tomorrow night in Pittsburgh under the
direction of John Cort. Edna Pendleton
will have the leading role. The piece is
booked for tour to the Pacific coast.
role Of ''Katinka,' has been engaged by
the Shuberts for the leading tenor role
in THE Highwaynan." which will be
produced in New York Wednesday night
Manager Robbins of Keith's threat
ems to follow the fortunes of Roosevelt
II the doughty warrior of oyster Bay
obtains his hearts desire in taking an
American legion over to the European
firing lines.
Phyllis Neilson-Terry shows a wide
range of gifts in her stage work, COM
ancient ballads Miss Terry was mar
ried to a distinguished Englishman last
season after leaving Washington.
THE Man Who Came Back by Jules
Eckert Goodman. presented under the
direction of William A. Brady, is near
ing It's 30Oth performance In New York.
1t has been drawing crowded houses.
with three matfnees a week
Next season, AL H. Wilson will appear
in a new Irish song-play. written by
Theodore Burt sayre. Sidney R Ellis.
Mr.. Wilson's manager. promises an
elaborate production.
As a result OF special requests from
| coast managers John Drew and his com
| pany will go to California to appear in
Major Pendennis" II was Mr. Drew's
| intention to close after his eastern sea-
| son, but he could not Withstand the calls
| from the west
Janice Meredith" has been cut down to
| a one-act playlet and will soon be seen
| In vaudeville. Stuart Sage will start re-
| hearsals this week. There will be twenty
| four characters in the playlet.
Recast and somewhat rewritten. THE
Melting Of Molly reopened in New
Haven, Conn. Monday night with Vivian
vessel in the leading role The play was
| dramatized from the novel OF the same
name by its author. Martha Thompson
Davies.
| ented juvenile actors in this country. who
Is now playing with THE Country Cousin"
| was married last week to Beatrice Noyes.
The pair first met when playing together
In. r6nn
1t is reported in New York that The
Runaways." in which Billie Burke
| starred some seasons ago, will be used
by the Charles Frohman Company for
Julia Sanderson, Joseph Cawthorn and
Donald Brian next season. The music
will be composed by Victor Jacoby.
Upton Sinclair has written a unique
play called The Pot Boiler" in which
a disinherited young man and his act
he is composing. the characters in
which are enacted during the writing.
1t was produced recently in Pasadena.
Cal. with success.
A new musical play with no less than
three authors and with music by Ed
ward Gage. may be produced either in
called simply Great" Noted historical
personages In the cast are Joan OF Arc,
David Garrick. its hero. and Omar
khayyam, Its comedian.
Nine Bernhard is said to have i'm
proved wonderfully during the past
week and II is believed now she will
fully recover. She will spend the sum-
mer in a cottage by the sea and re-
sumo her tour next summer. Mean
while her company Is resting in New
York under full pay.
The Harvard prize play. The Year Of
the Tiger" was produced last week In
Boston by John Craig. According tc
the critics, 1t Is the most worthy of the
series-made emphatically impressive
by the brilliant acting Of Josephine Vic
tor. the leading woman.
Shep Camp. the comedian Of exuber-
ant spirits. who recently returned from
Australia to resume his original role in
The Blue Paradise" was born in
Georgia. By travelling men his father
was known for the genial hospitality
. he dispensed in prominent hotels in At
lanta, Chattanooga, Augusta and Sa-
vannah. Shep himself used to be an
,honest-to-goodness salesman.
One of >the surprises of the new
comedy. Saturday to Monday" which
Winthrop Ames will present here next
month at the Belasco, is that the cast
includes no less a parsonage than q
real. living, breathing scion OF royal
rank, the Princess Braganca d'Avellar,
who. under the stage name of Ruth
of the heroine. Susanna Ercoll, in the