The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1917-08-03
The Passing Show in Wash.
n.-TWlnkIeTS on the
Dudley Circuit
(By Il. W. ThompSon.)

nation capital. The capable per
formers in vaudeville are distributed
among the local houses as follows:
Howard-Pope and Dallas, World
and Peat and Thomas Melton.
Dudley's U. Street Theater-Daniels
and Davis ana Charles Anderson, the
yodler.
Blue Mouse-ROss and Ross.
FOraker-Harrington and Mills and
Green and Riley.
lceland-Nirginia ListOn, AL Major
and McClelland and McClelland.
Mid-City Theater-Aleans and Means
and TriXie Smith.
Closeup Views of the Stage and
Stage People.
The pressing engagement of S. IL.
Dudley render it impossible for him TO
make a special appearance at the How
ard, as desired by his friends. 1t had
been planned to have a Dudley Night"
and the Boosters and Knockers would
turn out in force to cheer him on his
way 40 was uOlC at IuC NdyCly last
spring when Dudley came here with
Dave Marions troupe.
Mrs. Billy Kersands was warmly re-
ceived last week at Dudley's
Miss Hattie Akers, of the team of
Akers and jackson, is spending the
summer at her home in U. street
Northwest.
Virginia Liston, who can sing more
''blues" than any other woman in this
neck o-the.woods, is now Mrs. Brown
and is making her home in Northeast
Washington.
After a big week here Irwin C. Mil
lers Broadway Rastus" is at the Pal
ace Theatre in Norfolk, Va this week
with some good dates to follow. he
show is a fine one, and will draw any
where.
Frederick DeBOtts, who was recent
ly honorably discharged from the Dis
trict National Guard on account Of
having a dependent family, is now as
sisting manager Dudley at the Mid
/ City Theater.
Abbie Mitchell will be seen in "Ca
mile at an early date. Her coming as
"Nadina" in THE Chocolate Soldier
| is eagerly awaited by her host of ad
mirers here. The opera will be pre-
scented at the Howard the week o.
July 80.
Tom Browns recent rest period il
| New York City did him mint of good
He surprised his contemporaries by
coming back to Washington looking as
youthful as a clipper as he did IL
the good old days on the yellow
Bridge" at indianapolis, Ind.
Miss Susie Sutton was seriousl!
handicapped during her recent ap
pearance here in Damaged Goods
by a fail in New York which bruised
a limb, and further shocked t.
learn Monday night of the suddel
death of very dear friend in Can
ada. Miss Sutton lived here for mum
Der of years, and has a host of sym
pathizers.
Mrs Annie Lawrence Lucas, tn,
gifted pOetess, playwright and com
poser has been appointed to a posi-
| biIr pf
printing. Mrs. Lucas has just com
pleted a new drama entitled 9TH,
Nicche in the Libary WALL" and has ;
volume of poems almost ready for tn
Hpress. She is now costly domiciled a
1908 Sixth street, Northwest.
Harry Brown, the well-known car
toonist and singer, is doing the Viz
ginia string of the Dudley circuit max
ing Norfolk, Roanoke and Richmond
He will be in Washington again sOol
and play all of the local houses. H
lis on the look out for a singing part
Ener and it is said he has about con
icluded to negotiations with noted ey
star of big musical comedy company
Frank B. Williams, composer o
Consolation" "Jessamine" and othe
ballads, has put out another new seriC
comic entitled Some Secrets That On
Never Tells" Two of his newest pre-
auctions that are going through ar
Dunbars Conscience and Remorse
(music), and a rousing march Gale
Loyalty" Mr.. Williams may take t
The road again if he can secure sui
able partner for high-class musics
and comedy act.
Miss Laura V. Hammond, who S
pleasingly presides over the box offic
at the Howard, is one Of the "indispel
sibles" at this playhouse beautiful. Sh
handles the biggest and most exactin
crowds without one complaint bein
registered and is as accurate as bu
rough adding machine in noting u
cash and change. During the recer
absence of Messrs Byras and Thoma
in Baltimore, Miss Hammond ran tn
entire business for a week withor
hitch or flaw. There is 'class" to Mis-
Hammond as an executive force an
all-round diplomat.
shall Sisters, distinguished herself heI
Miss Ethel Marshall, late of the Ma
and in Baltimore by appearing for tn
first time as Single" She acquitte
herself with marked credit and has o
fered more time than she could a
cept this season. She put over thre
numbers in dainty style and won n
merous recalls. She costumes her a.
beautifully, making three change
nightly, She is resting for bri,
I period at her home in Cincinnati, {
and may rejoin "The Smart Set"
August. 1t was with this celebrate
aggregation that Miss Marshall mat