New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-09-22

NietcneH hartman, the original in the
part, and then, because she was still
SO young, left the stage to study more.
A few years later she appeared as a
solo dancer at the Palace Theatre in
London and at the Tivoli in Paris, and
also in some of the Scottish cities. and
then came back to America and PLAYED
the title role in peg O. My Heart"
Tor two seasons, and in the leading
lngenue roles of Fair and Warmer"
and "The Very Idea" In the latter
piece she was considered one of the
most pleasingly successful of "baby
vampires"
Miss Mackaye is one of several play
ers in Head Over Heels" with Mitzi
now making their first appearances in
musical comedy, Gertrude Dallas and
Edmund Quincy being two others hith~
erto seen only in dramatic works, but
MISS Mackaye thinks she knows when
she is WELCOME and has decided on a
glorious career in music plays.
The Passing Show of 1913" began her
career with a novel stroke of fortune.
She had danced ever since a child. and
when fifteen the desire to really do
something and to go on the stage be-
came so intense that she threw up her
course at the Finch School, and. know
ing no one even remotely connected
with the stage, started out at random
for managers Office. She happened
into the Century Theatre, where the
Llebler production of "The Daughter
OF Heaven" was then playing, and as it
just happened girl in the company
had been taken sick the night before
the manager engaged her on the spot.
A few weeks later luck was still with
her and she was presenting the solo
dance, which she subsequently took on
tour, winning remarkable notices.
But it hasn't always been so easy,
and Dorsha will tell you she has done
her share Of hard work, too. The fol-
lowing year she was chorus girl in
the Winter Garden, while she con-
tinued her studies.
Since then she has appeared in
vaudeville with Ruth ST. Denis and
brother st. Denis, with Pavlowa at the
Hippodrome, with Roshanara on tour,
and with Roshanara again in "Sinbad,"
and with the Coburn production of
"The Imaginary Invalid" in which she
gave q striking and remarkable Moor.
ish dance.
Dorsha's work has also been seen at
several big benefits, including "The
Macdougal Alley Festa," "Thc "Chu
Chin Chow Ball." "The Italian Festa,"
Stage Women's War Relief benefits
and others.
The Foy family, at B. f. keiths
riverside Theatre next week. presents
q simple problem in arithmetic. If one
Foy is funny, how funny re eight
Toys? Those who have followed Eddie
roy and the seven younger bows
throughout their stage career know the
answer. Eddie Foy has been and still
10 one of the brightest spots in Ameri-
can amusement His peculiar methods
have set a fashion in humor these many
ys2rs, and his family is each and every
ono chip of the old block The fam
lily has been working together liz a hl.-
manitaran effort to bring more cheer
into the world for several years.
In statAe the eldest boy is larger
than his pater, but the stature has
nothing TO do whatever with fun. as is
shown by the fact that the smallest of
the Foy progeny is conceded generally
the best comedian of them all, not even
excluding Papa Foy.
Edwin Fitzgerald, as Eddie Fov is
known AT the bank, has pilotcd this
family throughout the country in vari-
GUS vehicles. The present offering is
called "Slumwheyo N New York" END
sets the Foy family off to bette. ad-
vantage than any they have had before.