Evening star., 1919-05-11

fifty feet square. replaces that por-
tion of the basement formerly occu-
pied by Turkish baths. which have
been entirely done away with. A
huge tapestry-brick fireplace. orna-
mented with rare. handmade
Queen Bess tapestry and lighted by
tall wrought iron candlesticks.
art pieces and camera studies Of
noted players adorn the walls.
The lounge is reached from the
main floor of the theater inside,
through mirrored doors. by two
broad, carpeted stairways. one of
which is approached by a wide. in
also constitutes new front exit.
The latest artistic lighting effects
ado to the beauty of this room, the
general color scheme being a rich
red. All doors are done in special
art tapestry and the lights are sub
dued by old rose shades.
The improvements extend to an
entire new carpeting of rich tex
ture on the orchestra floor; also
complete new decorations and sub
dued lighting effects on both the
mezzanine and first floors. New
seats also have been installed on both
these floors. embodying roominess and
luxury. A new exit opens to the rear
of the new Treasury annex to the
east
The new lounge will have It's for
NAL opening tomorrow evening with
the inaugural performance by the San
Carlo Grand Opera Company. New
York experts were called in to super
wise these extensive improvements.
"Mis' Nelly of NJ OrIeans.-one
secret Of Mrs. Fiske's success in
Mis- Nelly Of N Orleans" the new
comedy in which this much admired
actress is now delighting New York
playgoers. is naively explained by
Laurence Eyre, the young author.
Mrs. Fiske is really playing her
self. as Mis- Nelly of NJ Orleans"
says Mr.. Eyre. IT mean. the char
acter Of Nelly Daventry forces her
to be more essentially Mrs. Fiske
than she has ever been in any other
role she has essayed.
Tn playing this part Mrs. Fiske
cannot sink her own personality as
in characterizations like Becky
Sharp, George Sand or Mrs. Bump
st Confessed to me s' When 81 she Mrs fisst read read
tho manuscript Of Mis- Nelly, This
part Is disgracefully me-"
Now. Nelly is a complex person.
Whom the play opens. she reveals
HcISeI Dc tuo pdtTlCldI1 Dcllc VI Iuc
old south; then comes her transition
into the whimsical. wilful coQuette Of
her younger days; while in the last
act she stands forth as the human.
brilliant southern woman, with
warm. ripe sympathy and keen sense
Of wit.
In the three acts Mrs. Fiske runs
the gamut Of the comic and the ro-
mantle. Mis- Nelly is the normal
woman. happy in the fulfllment Of
love dream. always eighteen In her
heart, and never too old to dance"
II may die some day." bursts out the
irrepressible Nelly, but I'll never
grow oldw And thus she dazzles and
fascinates: she who has found the
secret Of eternal youth.
Involuntary Debut-Washingt gton's
comedy singer in chief. George OCon-
nor. has declined many offers to go
into vaudeville. managers having Oft
On declared that he had in his bundle
Of talents the possibilities of another
Al Jolsen. Friday night he appeared
as the headliner in a vaudeville the
ater in spite OF himself. being the
bright particular star of the victory
loan drive at b. F. Keith's Theater in
Philadelphia. Tho advertisem ents
carried the announcement, George
OConnor Night" Appearances on
numerous occasions in Philadelphia
have made him almost as great a
favorite there as he 10 in this city.