Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-24
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.iting star can pack the house Today
rs much attention and care must be
spAidsto the slipper worn by an extra
tIAAy as to the details Of the principals
.eostumes. This means that productions
EcAn no longer be thrown together from
= stofehouse, but that every play put on
must represent the outlay of thousands
zof dollars before the curtain rises. This
works both good and bad in the the
ater. Il narrows down the number OF
productions that can be made in a sea-
seon, but 1t has also done away with
Ecareless. slipshod. unprepared produc-
Etionx It has increased the cost of pro-
E0uction, and now, more than ever, is
fths theatrical calling the most hazard
1o1s in the world"
TIE New Law ut Keith,s-When
the daylight saving plan goes into ef-
feet the last SVnday in March the B. F.
Ksith Theater will straddle the situa-
ton. The theater will open at the
same periods Of the day as now. but
the daily matinees will begin at 2:15
pm. old style or BIS pm. new style.
! pm. old style or 9:15 pm new style.
This Will prevail during the saving
speriod, unless something intervenes re-
! lutr1ng a new arrangement.
Career Not worth while-MarceIla
.1ng her first operatic tour Of America
With the San carloans. says that for a
woman an artistic career, in the long
sfun. II not worth while
TT has its glorious moments" she
said. Its greatest recompense. how
ever. lies in the knowledge that the
artist can give something to others.
But public life Is, in the last analysis.
tragedy. For a singer it means a
,psriod Of activity and success. and aft
Ter that--l6neliness.
Il have sung before audiences for
ten years. / have met success and I
fhave experienced suffering. For the
moments Of exaltation in the doing OF
any work there have been moments OF
idspression. A career demands of a
9woman the sacrifice of social life. Oh
Home ties, Of all her individual tastes
for her art 1t gives her only pass.
Ping return. A woman viii always hnd
her fullest life in sel1essness-in the
fziving of herself to others"
Miss Craft, prior to going abroad. was
soprano soloist at the First Church OF
Christ. Scientist. in Boston For hve
seasons she sang the leading roles at
the Royal Opera, Munich, abandoning
that music center with Germany's dec
Raration OF war. She is native OF
Indiana. but left there at the age OF
Hhree. going to Riverside, Cal, where
she has resided ever since. She was
khosen to sing the leading role In
Pxrker's ten-thousan nd dollar prize
sbpera, "FairyIand," at Los Angeles. be-
!. lore the Federation of Musical CLUBS
Z zeppelins and London Theaters.-
sDsrwsnt Hall Came, the younger Of the
two sons OF Hail Game. tells OF expert
Fences with German air raiders in Lon
s3don.
81 must tell of tive unusual incidents
negarding the Zepp bombaTdment OF
eIondon during the time ! played there
lin November" said he.
T was starring with Jessie Winter
lin Pete my fathers play. The thea
itor was the A1dwych. over near this
INVEST End. About 1890 one night. dur
sting the last act. Zepp sailed over ano
hfopped q bomb that hit the back wall
1of the theater. passed down through
ny dressing room, killed the stage
3dooFkeeper and exploded in the cellar
9The next moment another bomb hit the
poreh at tho front of the theater. total
ly obliteratfng a taxi driver and his
Sab standing At the curb.
The audience? All they did was to
eiSe to their feet Not a soul left the
thehfer, although the noise WIS deafen-
4ne and horrible for the moment. Al
d<he conclusion OF the play I had the
deurtStn rD1x MP. with an tho actor
zBe1 across the stage and by 3ove. w
E1Fe TIT audience . handclappfna
Eheyn Sever forget Surprised them
20 80 they returned It with z win
e14e N uuuSuaa thing you know.
10 HtStsal but I-decided to give it q,
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