Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-03-17

auence he was later admitted to the
Conservatoire, where he laid the foun-
dation of his dramatic art
Brilliant and elusive. Mr.. Tellegen is
yet a very human and delightful per-
soma fine actor and good friend.
He is less man of mystery than of
championship of Europe for two years.
a. physical culturist, a sculptor taught
by Auguste Rodin and al actor so es-
teemed by Sarah Bernhardt that she
intrusted to him her great production
of Jeanne dare"
Mareella Craft.-Marcella Craft, the
American prima donna who for five sea-
sons sang the leading soprano roles at
the Royal Opera, Munich, is now tour
ing with the San Carlo Grand Opera
Company. that is to be heard at the
Belasco the week of March 25 Miss
Craft. before going abroad. was So
prano soloist in the Mother Church of
Christ, Scientist, in Boston. She pulled
up stakes in the famous Bavarian opera
center at the outbreak of hostilities and
sailed for America, and she has been
kept busy ever since in recital and as
soloist with the great orchestras and
music festivals. She was chosen to sing
the leading feminine role in Parker's
$4,000 prize opera "Fairyland," at Los
Angeles. two seasons back, before the
convention of the Federation of Mu-
steal Clubs
She has been greeted by capacity au-
dlences everywhere.
How They Got on the Stage-Rosetta
Duncan, who. with her sister Vivian, is
an important factor in Doing Our Bit
had her voice cultivated by the famous
Nine Iaw in her home town. Los An
eeles. She appeared at various anna
teur entertainments. and then branched
out into vaudeville
Leaving home on her first vaudeville
tour. she felt homesick and wrote to
have her younger sister, Vivian. travel
with her for company. Vivian. how
/ ever, was not satisfied to be merely
company, so, having a cultivated voice,
| the two sisters fixed up an act and
that is how Vivian Duncan got on the
stage.
! II you had asked the same question
| or the late Ada Rehan she would have
! duplicated Vivian Duncan's experience.
! Mr. and Mrs. oliver Doud Byron, Mrs
! BYRON being Ada Rehans sister were
r!aNlng in Newark. Ada Rehan jour
j.. neyeG over to Newark to visit her sis
! ter. with little thought of ever becom-
! ing an actress. One night the ingenue
fell i'll, and, there being no one else to
take her place. young Ada Rehan was
| 'diieh ul'ii 10 MI the part she show
ed such unexpected talent in this make
SHIFT effort that she at once decided on
| the stage as a calling.
| Everybody has seen Rose Melville
| play Sis Hopkins. Rose Melville would
! never have been an actress had it not
\ been that she had two sisters on the
stage. Miss Melville's father was a
Methodist minister. and consequently
was opposed to the theater The Mel
! vile Sisters Stock Company was play
| ing in Ohio when Rose, residing in
: Terre Haute, Ind. was asked to visit
/ her sisters. AS in the case of Ada
! Rehan. an actress of this organization
! fell i'll. and little Rose was drafted
/ Like Ada Rehan. she made an unex-
pected hit, showed unusual capabilities
| and never returned TO the family home
! Grace La Rue-Grace La Rue's firi
! important role in musical comedy was
/ in Madame Troubadore," and while i,
| was considered that with this piece she
arrived" her arrival did not suit her
and so at the conclusion of this en-.
gagement she went abroad to study. In
| Europe the ambitious young woman
| settled down to hard work. She knew
| that although she tasted success, there
! was much for her to do and much tc
! learn.
| A year abroad with the masters. stu.
| dying the operas, diction, languages, re.
preston and human nature, developed
her marvelouSly. She returned tc
! America, and quickly proved to the
managers her right to stardom. This