Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-01

The Gafrfck Players.-Earle FOXe,
leading man of the Garrick players,
last played in Washington in Leave
1t to Jane" He began his American
stage career in pictures, with Doug
las Fairbanks He was also seen in
various David w. Griffith pictures.
and supported Norma Talmadge and
Pauline Frederick.
Some of his best efforts on the
spoken stage were in The Back :eSl
Stranger" with Wilton Lackaye:
"The Trail of the Lonesome Pine"
1.-The Love Mask" 'The Dream Girl"
THE Blue Pearl" THE Cinderella
Man." The SQUAD Farm" She
lor. Bedroom and Bath
Laura Walker, leading woman fol-
lowing several seasons in stock in
Baltimore and Richmond, went to
debut with Louis Mann in The
Bubble" in the leading female role.
She interested William A. Brady. who
placed her under contract and for
three seasons starred her in THE
Man Who Came Back"
Eileen Wilson, ingenue, began her
stage career as Aggie Lynch in
recently in Washington in "Oh, Boy."
Mary Newcombe Edeson has just fin
ISncU I'll cuSdS Shcnt Win CONAN ana
Harris in THE Cave Girl" Her first
role was a small part with her hus-
band. Robert Edeson in His Broth
er's Keeper.
James Dyrenforth. juvenile, has just
completed a season in the title role
Of The Man Who Came Back" Mr.
Dyrenforth has appeared in various
stock companies and in pictures op-
pcsite Alice Brady.
Edward G. Robinson has just closed
sAI
Horses" He supported Mary Ryan
in The Little Teacher" and was
compelled to give up because of the
war.
Edward Maekay, considered one of
the foremost leading men on the
stage today. has headed stock COM
panies in Washington. Boston, New
York. the Crescent in Brooklyn, Or
pheum in Philadelphia. the Morosco
geles. He began his career in Shakes
peare and was featured as Hamlet"
for a season. Mr.. Mackay recently
s seSen DAYS. IesSe season in
Warner p. Richmond has had an
eventful career, both upon the speak
ing stage and in motion pictures. His
with Charlotte walker in 'The Trail
of the Lonesome Pine" with John
Mason in Indian Summsr"; with
Ls%is stone IN n The Misleading ding
Great Name" and with Madge Ken
needy in Little Miss Brown"
Beatrice Moreland. character woman.
has just closed season with John
Barrymore in Redemption" appear
ing earlier in the season in The Blue
PEARL" with George Nash.
Augustine Glassmire. general stage
director for the Garrick players. has
been identified with some Of the best
resident players organizations in the
United States. and comes to Wash
ington with a string of successes to
his credit.
How to Become . Playwright
Harvey J. OHiggins. co-author with
Harriet Ford of the new satirical
comedy. ION the Hiring Line" which
George c. Tyler will present for the
first time on any stage at the Ma
tional tomorrow night, is well known
to magazine readers. and is included
by O'Brien in his list of great Ameri-
can short story writer's. Mr. OHig-
gins began as writer OF Irish sto-
ries, and a volume of them was pub
lished a short time ago. How he be-
came a playwright should be inter
esting to budding dramatists.
He had never written a play and
had no idea of doing go. when Har-
Thing in the World" and collaborated
on The Fourth Estate" saw a de-
tective drama latent in one of Mr.
O'Higgins articles written in collabo-
ration with Detective William j
Burns for a popular magazine.
There is a great American detec.
tive drama with real detective as q
hero" declared Miss Ford. We must
write it
But j never wrote a play" protest.
ed Mr.. O'Higgins.
High time you began. then" re.
torted Miss Ford. and they proceeded
to map out scenario. The Argyle
Case" was the result. The scenario
was accepted by klaw d Erlanger
snd there was nothing to do but write
the play. and so Mr.. OHiggins became
playwright.
THE Argyle Case was a real sue
cess, and Miss Ford seized upon Mr.
O'Higgins' series of Detective Barney
stories, chronicles founded upon tn,
real adventures of a boy detective. al
material for another detective play
This became THE Dummy"
C0smos' Tenth Anniversary.-Ter
years ago the Cosmos Theater had it:
modest beginning at it's present sit,
on Pennsylvania avenue. midway ~
square bounded by 9th and IOti
streets. Since then IT has steadil!
advanced in popular patronage apt
esteem. as well as in the quality o.
its vaudeville offerings. until today i
ranks Az one of the esta blished enter