Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1917-02-11


entertainment for the inaugural hosts.
The hours will lie 3 and Sis each day,
with the opening an hour earlier than
usual on Sunday, the 18th.
Ysaye, the great Belgian violinist and
Godowsky. the renowned pianist. viii be
heard at Joint recital at the New Ma
tional Theater Friday afternoon, March
2. Sale of seats will open at Droops mu-
sic store, 18th and G streets, next We'd
nesday morning.
Dwight Elmendorf. artist, traveller
and lecturer, will give the first of his
series OF Ave illustrated travel talks MT
the New National Theater, THURSDAY
afternoon. March l. The subjects for
the series will be Spain. Children and
the Flowers" Old German Towns, the
Garden Of Allah and Mexico.
Clarence Handyside. who has been
engaged by Richard Walton Tully for
the support of Guy Bates Post in Tho
Masquerader, for many wears "A
member of the different Frohrnan or
CARNATIONS. He was also u member Of
the company which played Peg o. NJ
Heart through its long engagement in
New York.
, Rose Melville is credited with rnsking
snug fortune of about 100000 In the
years she has been travelling about tho
country in Sis Hopkins
1t has been estimated that during the
years that ii has lived this play has
been presented at probably upward OF
1900 performances.
While in Australia, Houdini is said
to have added new fame as the first
successful So, aviator Of kangaroo land.
Plotting a Noisiyn bplane Houdini voI,
| the trophy offered the Australia
Aerial League for the first flight IN
| Australia.
Al. Woods has made an offer to tn.
Shuberts for. the English rights to "Hel-
! Soldier Boy. and Follow Me-" II th.-
deal goes through, Mr.. Woods will or
game . special London company fos'
Her Soldier Boy" but he wants 10
| take Anna Held herself and the entir.,
New York production and cast OF Fol
low Me it is.
| John Drew. who is appearing this
season in Langdon NitchelPs ada pta
ton of Thackerays "Pendennis," lie su-
! nounced for the New National Theater
the s week beginning Monday. February
IS. Mr.. Mitchell, in the four acts of b. $
play. which he calls Major Pendennia 3.
| has concentrated all the dramatic incl
| dents of the story without the sacrifice
OF the comedy element.
In The Show Of Wonders AZ liz,
Winter Garden, the big cast Includes
| george w Monroe. Mcintyre and Heath
Howard and Howard, Walter c. Kelly.
/ Tom Lewis, Marilynn Miller. Dafsis
! Irving, John It. Murray, Grace Fisher
Alexis Koslof, White and Clayton, Sid
ney Phillips, Dan Quinlan, Edn una
Mulcahy, Eleanor Brown. James Grant
| Ernest Hare. Virginia Smith. AM
| others.
Ponchielli's four-act masterwork ia
Gioeondaj will be among the nine
/ operas TO be sung by the San Carlo
Grand Opera Company when It comes
to the Belasco March y. Scepicaliy,
yocally and fundamentally. the work is
beautiful throughout, and one that
makes exceptional demands upon the
| resources OF an organization. 1t Is one
| OF the new operas added to the San
Carlo repertoire this season
Frances Williams. who has bean Sc
| Iecteo as second woman" for the Poll
| Players has an established reputation
! as stock actress and a personalit Y
| that VIII fill the many-sided require
ments of the position. Lucille La
Verne will play character parts. Hugh
Thompson and Bernard Thornton, the
| heavy and juvenile roles, Garry Nc
Garry will be the utilities man and
Hardy Meakin the assistant stage man
ager.
James H. Barnes, who will create the
role of lovabie old nobleman In
Eleven P. NJ" tomorrow night at the
| National, Is a distinguished represent
tive of the old school of acting. He was
Henry 1rving's leading man and played
| IL.
Anderson. the. Kendalls and Adelaide
Nelson. He played Polonius in Forbes
Robertson's first production of Hamlet
and has appeared continuously on the
English and American stage since 1871.
Blanche Bates has submitted to the
Washington newspapers an intelligent
explanation OF her managements re-
fusal to disclose the story Of Eleven
PM" before its first performances in
this city tomorrow night. "A new play"
she says. should be treated like a
Christmas tree. Nothing is seen or
known of the tree until its candles are
lighted and the festoons of decoration,
and packages are in place. The play w e
are producing in Washington has many
surprises
Nine. Yvette GuiIbert. the talented
| French artistic who delighted Wash
ington audiences last season with her
| unusual offerings, is to return to the
! Belasco Theater for three afternoon
performances March 13, Is and is. Nine.
| Guilbert combines the dramatic art
with the charming old ballads ard
folksongs of her native land. and her
quaint costuming and Interpretation OF
the songs makes her performance on
| of rare enjoyment.
| The Cameron sisters. the two clev~r
dancers in so Long, Lefty" began
| their training at the age Of thirteen,
| wien theS Tie uallet OF INC
Metropolitan Opera Company. where
they served an apprenticeship Of three
years. The first year they were NOT
i permitted to do do anything but nat
foot dancing; the next year the teacher
allowed them to hang on a horizontal
| bar for two hours each day and prac-
| tice letting their weight rest gradu-
ally on their toes.
| Charlotte Greenwood, the elongated
queen of comedy. who has scored the
hit of her life in 80 Long. Lefty" be
gan her stage career in the chorus, do
ing the Merry Merry for four years.
after which she Joined the "two-a-day
forces" Lee Shubert saw her in vaude-
vile and engaged her for THE Passing
Show" Following this, she was placed
under contract by Oliver Morosco, who
first presented her in the Tick Took
Man of o. then in Pretty Mrs.
Smith"
Love o Mike" n new musical COM
the direction of Elisabeth Marbury and
Lee Shubert, is the work of Thomas
sydney. with lyrics by Harry b. Smith
and music by Jerome Kern. 1t gains
its title from the presence at fash
ionable house party of Lord Michael
Kildare. a British eN-army officer, with
whom all the young ladies' of the party
become madly infatuated.
The Messrs. Shubert are sending TO the
Belasco Theater the week of February
26 their successful musical production,
poser OF THE Merry Widow" is re-
sponsible for the music. The CHIEF
players are: Harry Conor. Forrest Hun.
FRITZ Won Busiug Mabel Weeks, Jane