Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-12-23
In the Spotlight.

Hattie Williams may return to vaude-
vile.
"Furs and F'rills" has been sent or
tour.
]. Estelie Wentworth IS to return te
vaudeville with songs.
The Shuberts are to produce in Feb
ruary new play by Anna Steese
Richardson.
All Jolson has turned down lucrativ.
offer to head a new minstrel company
| in New York.
Lou-Teilegen. who Is playing ii
Blind Youth" in New York. will oper
a fencing school in that city.
Richard Walton Tully is to produce q
new play in the spring and is already
engaging some of the principal play
;ers.
/ A company has been formed to pre-
amusement of American soldiers and
sailors.
The wife of Charles Dingle, Dorothy
White. made her debut the stage
recently at Newark in AN Irishman's
Halloween
/ A third company has been organized
to play The Man Who Came Back. ;
Lavina Shannon is one of the principals
in the cast.
H. H. Frazee lately produced far
cical play called "Oh, James" in Allan
tic City, with George Sidney and John
wesley in the cast.
NJ n
while to the vaudeville stage. She was
| a great success at benefit perform
ance in Pittsburgh.
| Frances Starr will make a spring
| tour in the new play in which Belasco
Will present her. and probably will not
appear in New York until the fall.
The Majestic Theater. now nearing
completion in Providence, r. l., has
| been taken over by the Shuberts ane
| will be opened by them early in Jan
| uary.
General Post" was acted for the first
| time in America last Thursday night
, at the Apollo Theater. Atlantic city
| The piece opens in New York this
| week.
Merceita Esmonde is now playing the
| comedy role of the irish maid with Lou
| Telegen in Blind Youth" at the Re
public Theater. New York. in place OF
Mabel Carruthers.
yes or No." play of women and
| their homes, by Arthur Goodrich. was
produced last Friday night at the 48th
Street Theater, New York. by G. NJ
Anderson and Lawrence Weber.
/ Joseph Jefferson son of the famous
American actor Of RIP Van Wrinkle
fame. made his first appearance as one
Of the happy villagers" in RIP Van
Wrinkle" with his father playing Rip
FLO Flo had it's first presentation in
it's new form in New York last Thurs
day night 1t is the tabloid musical
comedy. The Bride Shop which ran
in vaudeville, made over in elaborate
form.
Alfred Butt has made applica tior
to Charles Dillingham; for the services
of Bluch Landolf. the funny little clowr
of the Bud Snyder Trio at the New
York Hippodrome. for the new revue
in London.
foot: Toot.' a musical comedy made
from Rupert Hughes farce, Excuse
Me-" will be produced for the first time
In Wilmington on Christmas afternoon
jerome Kern dshed up the score fol-
the piece.
v.
ence." "Ziegfeld's Follies, etc. will ar
rive in Washington today to attend the
first night here of Whats Your Hus-
band Doing" tomorrow evening.
Manager Robbins of Keith's intend.
making the two colonial rooms midway
4 of the promenade lounge look like ole
time baronial halls at Yuletide, with
open FIRES of big logs. Christmas greens
and other decorations
Robert Edeson has been rehearsing 9
new sketch called Pearls" which was
| written by w n. Lawrence. 1t is 8
i comedy in which three people appear
and he will open in one of Keith 8
| theaters in New York tomorrow after
noon
foot, loot" a musical comedy in
three acts. to be given its initial pres
entation by Henry w Savage Christ
mas day. viii be an early after holiday
attraction at the National. There is in
the performance an ensemble of In
dians and Grecian dancing girls.
| Holbrook Blinn will play Duval in
Ethel Barrymore's production Of THE
Lady of the Cannellias" when IT opens in
New York tomorrow night for a run
Mr.. Blinn has been playing in LILLE
vation.' which ended its engagement in
New York last night
Eva Taneuay who was married five
yeats ago 10 John Ford dancer, was
granted a divorce last Thursday by a
Chicago Judge. Miss Tanguay says she
married Ford more as a joke than any
thing else, and ii turned out a tragedy
4 Nine Bernhard last week began a
limited engagement in vaudeville at
the b. f. Keith Palace Theater, New
York. Her first playlet was From the
Theater to the Field of Honor" She
VIII give also COMBINATIONS of note
worthy productions of the past, such
as .I'Aiglon."
William Norris, who is now playing
in "Maytime. will in February give
three matinee performances of one-act
plays. Mrs. Norris will appear with
him. making her first appearance or
the stage since she was co-star with
her husband in My Cinderella Girl,
several years ago.
William Faversham, jr.. son of Mr.
and Mrs Faversham, made his debut
as an actor last Thursday night. play
Ing Orlando in the st. Bernard's
School Christmas production of Shake
| speare's AS You Like It." in the Astor
Hotel ballroom in New York.
] The Shuberts announce that tho mama