Evening star., 1918-01-27

| bonn barded the bally rotters with her
for nineteen hours"
| In the Spotlight.
Cheating Cheaters'' is in demand in
the stock houses.
Henry E. Dixey is going back to vau-
Ideville in an original sketch.
Laura Nelson Hall is appearing in
vaudeville in "A Woman's Glove"
The Henry Jewett Company in Boston
has been playing THE Rivals
Tho Dramatic News says that New
York has had twenty-eight failures this
season.
Mrs. Fiske is to play an engagement
in Chicago beginning this week.
Julia Arthur will rest for the re-
mainder of the season. while waiting
for a suitable play.
Elliott, Comstock & Gest will produce
in New York next season Tho Maid of
tthe Mountain"
When "The Boomerang" closes it's our
rent season next May 1t will have play
cd one hundred consecutive weeks.
Richard Carlo and Ferne Rogers have
been added to the cast of "F'urs and
Frills." now running in New York.
| Ethel Barrymore is to appear in a
comedy by R. G. Carton. called The
| sprightly character.
| Oliver Morosco recently produced in
| Los Angeles play called "Mary's Way
| Out" by Ashton Stevens, with Bertha
Mann in the leading role.
| "Oh. Lady, LADY," a musical comedy
by Bolton, Wodehouse and Kern. was
| produced last week in Albany by Com
| stock and Elliott.
| "The Land of JOY" which closed its
| engagement at tho knickerbocker
| Theater. New York, last night, will
make a long tour of the principal cities.
Alexander Mac Fadyen is an Ameri-
| can and was the accompanist Of Mime.
| Gadski on tour. He has played at re-
| citals Of many operate and concert
stars.
| THE Rainbow Girl" which failed to
please when produced in PHILADELPHIA
some weeks back, will resume its tour
| in Baltimore next month with an en-
| tire new and stronger cast.
! Margaret Anglin has engaged Fred
| Eric to succeed Edward Emery In the
| part of Capt Rymil in "Billeted" for
| the remainder of her engagement at
the Fulton Street Theater, New York.
! Eleanor Gates has written play
called apron Strings" in which she tells
| the life tragedy of woman who is de-
prived of her natural right to happiness
! in life through seldshness of her moth
er and brother.
"sick-a-Bed." by Ethel Watts Num-
ford. opened in Pittsburgh last week
| and Is reported a hit. The cast in
cludes Mary Bolan, Dallas Wexford, Ed
! win Nicandor, Charles E. Evans and
| George Parsons.
| Success" announced as a melodram-
attic comedy, which made good in Bos-
ton. will be produced in New York to-
lyman, Jess Dandy and Helen Holmes
in the cast. The piece Is by Adeline
Leitzbach and Theodore Liebler, jr.
Seventeen" dramatization by Hugh
iStanislas STANCE and Standard Mears
of Booth Tarkingtons delightful story
1 of youth, was produced in New York
| last week with splendid success Greg
ory Kelly. Lillian Ross and Ruth Cor
don appeared in the leading parts.
John Arden has composed the Incl
dental music for Arnold Daly's produc-
ton Of Josephine" which opens at the
Knickerbocker Theater, New York, to-
morrow night.
Robert E. Long. who for several
years was literary representative of
the National Theater, was in the city
during the past week in connection
with Fancy Free" the attraction at
the Belasco Theater.
| Eugene Walters dramatization of the
John Fox, jr.. novel, THE Little Shep-
herd of Kingdom Come" is about to be
put in rehearsal under the direction of
the Shuberts. The piece will be seen
in New York next month.
| Tho next Winter Garden production
will be entitled "Sinbad," and will have
Al Jolson as the star. Harold Atteridge
is the author of the book, and Jolson
and Sigmund Romberg have written
the music. Rehearsals are now under
way in New York.
| The Shuberts have taken over the
management of the musical comedy,
Follow the Girl" from Hitchcock &
Goetz, and will produce it at one OF
the New York theaters. In the cast
will be Margaret Romanine, Walter
Catlett, William Danforth, Jobyn How
land and others.
Dolly Connolly, recently seen here at
Keith's. took Lillian Lorraine's place In
odds and Ends at the Bijou Theater
New York, last week and made such a
decided hit that she will be continued
in the revue. A special part Is being
written in for her.
"Lghtnin'."' at the National rheater
tomorrow night. will bring to Wash l.
ington a favorite of q past generation
Minnie Palmer-whose my Sweet
heart" MY Brothers Sister" and 1.-THE
Little Widow" are part of the history
OF the stage OF a score OF years ago.
The producing rights of pals First
for France have been acquired through
Oscar Osso. agent In New York for the
French Society of Authors. Jean Co
quelin, son of the famous Coquelin
will in Paris act the part played SO de-
lightfully by Thomas A. Wise.
All the way from Los Angeles come,
the definite news that Fred Niblo II
J shortly 70 marry Enid Bennett, a wide.
ly known Aim star. Niblo has beer
married before. his wife, Josephine
Cohan, having died a year or more
ago.