Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-04-28

brought about by the Dig war
spectacle, Getting Together" 1t was
not a play, but a patriotic demonstra-
= ton of kind which suggests that
subsidy enabling merely nominal
. charge at the box Office would be in
. order. Its educational function Is SO
strong and its appeal 80 stirring that 1t
must be accredited as one of the best
liberty loan persuaders yet presented
to public attention. The soldiers who
participated were the figures of leading
interest. There was a thrill in seeing
the boys as they will be when on the
firing line Lieut.. Gitz Rice. the soldier
singer, was the responsible figure In the
song program cleverly and appropri-
ately introduced and such dramatic
: work as war required was competently
rendered.
The Getting Together" engagement
had something of the spirit OF reunion
and "Reminiscences. Blanche Bates has
often graced the footlights of wash
ington's theaters. At the Columbia,
where moving pictures now hold sway.
/. she appeared in the first farce produc-
( tion Belaseo undertook. Naughty An
thony." Miss Bates impersonated
stocking saleswoman who carried her
samples part of her personal ward
robe. 1t was supposed to be something
very audacious; and. for those days. it
was. Another theater since devoted to
pictures beheld Miss Bates in heavy
emotional role as the heroine in I'm
der Two Flags. dramatization of the
Ouida novel. The theater was then the
Academy of Music, now the Strand.
Polls was seriously considering pic
lures when the Shuberts decided to
book it at a two-dollar scale of prices.
So it may be that Miss Bates having
headed off the moving pictures at this
5uncture may yet retrace her steps and
restore the legitimate drama to the
scenes of her former achievements. 1t
must be admitted, however, that the
moving picture shows no signs of re-
linquishing its hold on patronage in
such way as to restore the traditional
drama to its old-time haunts.
Many an auditor at Getting To-
) gether' remembered when the entrance
to the theater was up flight of steps
Z from the 18th street side. The man
ingham, known to all who knew thea
. tiers. He was on duty at Ford's Thea
ter on the night of the Lincoln tragedy
and was interviewed oftener than any
Z other man in Washington concerning
: that historic sorrow. The theater was
then called Albaugh's. The frosted
. letter A on the glass of the front door
: is regarded as standing for "Albaugh."
d
. later era. when the house was known
: as the Allen Grand Opera House. It
witnessed one of the stiffest of the
= struggles that vaudeville had to make
before attaining its present social Sc
eurity. P. B. Chase was regarded as
a bold pioneer, and his struggle to
prevent vaudeville from being asso-
ciated with burlesque or variety was
, one Of unremitting vigilance. Whit
. man osgood invented the term polite
vaudeville" to remind the public that
the siap-stack and the rough jokes
were taboo 1t was at the Academy of
Music that p 3. Chase vaudeville found
Brothers put in number Of de luxe
! popularity away from Chases.
1t was in one of the Hashim bills
that this city first saw Montgomery
and Stone. whose roles in Chin Chin"
were SO completely taken by Doyle and
Dixon at the New National last week
They were dancing team and wore
. suits of billiard cloth. The most daring
. theatric astrologist would not then
have found in their horoscopes the sue
Stone and David Montgomery were
partners and friends until Montgom-
ery's death, and Stone now holds a
position Of pre-eminsnce in his par
ticular field.
It is pleasure to hear Dixon and
Doyle talk about themselves
II understand" said a casual inter-
viewer. that you are considered as
good as Montgomery and Stone in
Chin Chin"
we'll" came the prompt reply in
duet. I'VE Don't Think So."
Which is the most unusual line Of
/. talk heard from an actor in a long
! time. However, pleasant as the mod
edi an he
: it cannot be overlooked that they are
making a great hit in "Chin Chin" and
have the ability to claim opportunity
that will render them free from the
burden of comparisons.
PHILANDER JOHNSON.
julia Sandersop-When still a miss
in her early twenties Julia Sanderson
. vas made star by the late Charles
Frohman in ''The Sunshine Girl" She
was born in Springfield. Mass, the
: daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
sackett, the former a well known stage
! director and actor. recently seen In
Pals First" with Thomas A. Wise and
William Courtenay. Mrs Sackett ae-
companies Miss sanderson on tour and
is always with her. Miss sanderson's
In an extremely unimportant role sup
porting Paula Edwardes in "Winsome
! Winnie She was made understudy to
J Miss Edwardes and scored her first sue
cess taking the latter's place at short
notice on the occasion of Miss Ed
vardes' illness. Later she appeared in
"A Chinese Honeymoon" and THE
L Tourists." The late George Edwardes
I engaged her for his London theater,
wherein she appeared supporting q. +.
: Huntiey in THE Honorable Phil" and
: with Elaine Terriss in THE Dashing
: Little Duke" Charles Frohman then
= brought her back to America and she
appeared first under his management
2 in The Dairymaids"
: RfsfsE Star-Helen Menken who
I. comes next week in Three Wise Men"
: is only nineteen years old, and began
= her career at the age of six as Pease
? Blossom in Annie Russeils revival of
6 "A Midsummer Nights Dream" Later
: she appeared with De Wolf HOPPER in
!. his revival of Wang" in The Pied
: Piper" and in fairy and juvenile roles
: In Shakespearean repertoire, with the
: Ben Greet Players. with Adelaide
: Genee. in THE Silver Star" and with
E Eddie Foy, in Hamlet of Broadway"
Thfn came two years at a convent
Z school In England. and at fifteen Miss
: Menken returned" to the stage and
2 was given Alice Brady's role in sin
ners." This was followed by the lead in
!. the tour of TOO Many Cooks" and last
season she created the role Of Blanche
3 Emory in John Drew's production OF
Pendennis.' in which she captured
: Washington audiences 1t was il, that
role that John L. Golden saw her and
because of her charming y,