Evening star., 1918-01-27

brette, and a dancing chorus OF girls
who have not weathered many seasons
on the stage.
Burlesques and travesties on the fol-
lowing successes will be seen: 'The
Wanderer" the New York hit Of last
season; "Experience." the famous mo-
rality play. and THE Easiest Way"
The performance Is described AZ bur-
lesque produced on a pretentious scale.
| Jascha Heititz, March s.
Jascha Heiitz, tho violinist, will be
heard in recital at the National Theater
| Friday afternoon. March 8, at 4:3o
| o'clock. under the management Of Mrs.
| Wilson-Greene.
This young artist has proved to be q
sensation Of the musical season.
Mistaken Identities-John Barrymore
| who impersonates Peter Ibbetson, late
ly related an extraordinary experience
land.
When was going to the slade School
yof Art In London" he said. IT was liv-
ing with the Waces one of whom was
a brother of the dean Of Canterbury.
never had any money then. Some
body asked my sister at that time how
Jack was getting along. And I remem-
l
accuracy by replying that was bound
| ing from the beanery to the deanery.'
While was still studying my sister
came to London. She was tremendously
with duchesses and that sort of thing.
She was young, charming and American,
| and everybody adored her. AS for me,
| all the shyness allotted to the Barry
| more family must have been saved up
for me. 1 was scared blue at these big
parties. If I could be discovered at all
! 1t was In the most inconspicuous cor
ner l could find.
| But I had a good time at one Of them.
Although shy. I really liked human in
tercourse. So when / saw an elderly
man carry an ice to a duchess and then
retire discreetly to a corner behind a
piano. 1 took him to be butler, and /
maneuvered in his direction. Corners
pose ! had a fellow feeling for him.
4 found him very superior sort of
person, even for a butler. And he
seemed to enjoy my conversation. too.
| myself to the joy Of the discourse with
butler. And l certainly ought to be
proud of my evident success, for I dis
covered later that my companion was
no less parsonage that Henry James.
| Stars of Other Days.-What has
become of the great dramatic stars
of other days. This Is ques-
| tion often asked by theatergoers.
| So far as four OF the most famous
| luminaries of twenty years ago are
| concerned. the answer is to be found in
the Pollyanna company, which is COM
| ing to the National on February 4.
No star on the American stage today
| is closer to American audiences than
Maude Granger. Maude Hosford. Helen
I mr. vi
| to the playgoers of two decades ago.
1t is an axiom of the theater that the
| star has short life-that just as a
players powers reach their richest de-
ularity. Stars, whose financial pros
perity has not kept pace with their
| artistic success then turn to character
roles; and more than one successful
| reputation to the fine work of per-
| formers such as these more than any
| other single factor.
| Miss Granger. early in her career.
played opposite Edwin Booth in Shake
| spearean productions. Julia and Des-
| demona were the roles which critics
| of the day selected as representing her
best work. John B. Mccullough, famous
for the care with which he selected
his casts. chose her to play Virginia
| to his Virginius. Besides these two
engagements and several plays in
which she appeared at the head of her
own company In the days when she was
called the foremost emotional actress
in America, Miss Granger appeared in
the Sheridan and Shook company at the
Union Square Theater, New York in a
most OF plays which attained enormous
popularity throughout the country;
some of these were Camille" s"The
a Heart
Maud Hosford was in the Augustin
Daily stock company. which Included
| X HaCkett juv
played leading roles with Mansfield and
aided Faversham i'll his original pro
duction of The squaw Man"
Miss Morgan was leading woman TO,
Nat Goodwin in The Captain" and
was prominent for years in Frohma =
productions. while Helen Weathersb,
holds the unique record OF seventeen
years with Liebler & Co, during whief
time she created many roles, was
starred in productions and pIaveG
leads opposite other noted players.
All .a1,s these former sta stars play togethe,
Ladies' Aiders." as Pollyanna caiIs
! the church women. in a characteristic
scene of sewing circle gossip.
Wincheu Smith-Wincheu smitt
learned to write plays by studying tb.
. stage first as actor. then rs stage di.
. rector and finally as manager In tba,
way he got every angle Of the stag.
and learned to write what the peopl.
want-which is the ultimate test q,
success.
He was fairly driven into writing hi.
| first play. Byron Ongley had finished
the script of "Brewster's Millions" hu
, Fred Thompson. the producer, didn'
like it. He asked Smith. his stage dt
rector. to rewrite 1t, but Smith nro
|. tested that he didn't know anythins
about writing. Thompson Insisted
Smith went to work, and "Brewster;,
i SMlllions" made a fortune for ali con
: After that. with Paul Armstron,
Smith. he wrote "Via wireless": witt
Victor Mapes, ''The Boomerang: witt
John E. Hazard he wrote Turn to tn,
Right" and alone he wrote The For
tune Hunter" all Of them immens,
money-getters. Now he has finished
with Frank Bacon, the actor, the com
edy. "Lightnin'."
} Mr.. Smiths first appearance as a,
, actor was as Lieut.: Foray in "secre
Service" with William Gillette, H,
went to London with that production
and played there successive seasons il
Sue" TOO Much Johnson" ARIZONA,
"A1l on Account Of Eliza" and othel
American successes. His drst produc