Evening star., 1919-04-13

beaux arts will give him every possible
cooperation,
New York Symphony Society have
expressed their appreciation and are
reserving a decision as to the visit
to France for future consideration.
Fame in q Night.-Ei1een Huban,
who plays the leading feminine part
in Belasco's production of Dark
Rosaleen," is a fascinating irish girl
with black hair that refuses to re-
main in conventional twists, and she
has a wealth, of burning ambition
shining through big blue eyes.
Wholly untutored in stagecraft and
without any experience of the theater
to speak of. Miss Huban's chance
came not quiteetwo years ago. when
she appeared at the Garrick Theater.
New York. in the title role of a
tragedy called The Grasshopper."
-I knew nothing then about news
papers or the value of good notices"
says Miss Huban, land stood look
ing at the audience, wondering what
it all meant 1t was wonderful the
next morning to- see my name IN
those black headlines in all the papers
and that. very night it blazed in elec-
tric flights over the theater.
Il loved my part in The Grasshop-
per- The poor little waif. lonely, su-
perstitious, religious, adoring man
who doesn't even know she's alive.
that her hero is only laughing at
her. appeals to everything in my ma
ture. At the time they said it was
a peculiarly Irish part. and that was
why 1t fitted me SO well. But this was
wrong. It is an international char
acter. Still, / wish 1t belonged to me-"
AImoat a WashinEtonian.@T The Shu-
bert musical comedy. "Oh, Uncle"
boasts of young woman. Joan Maith
by name, who is expected to attract
notice with her uncommon beauty
and a voice that found fluent tone
production through the teaching Of
Bouhy in Paris and the famous Jean
De Resxke.
Miss Joan Maith considers herself
almost a Washingtonian. since she
spent almost her entire girlhood at
school here. but she was born in Bal
timore twenty-five years ago. and
Maryland. family. Her stepfather. the
late Fitzgerald Murphy. a playwright
and author Of note. and her uncle,
Maj. Gen. H Plummer. were both
well known in Washington during
President Cleveland's administration.
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Strauss "Rosemaid." and has played
engagements with Mr.. Savage. in
Have Heart" with Mr.. Hammer
stein in Somebody's Sweetheart"
and with the Shubberts in Monte
Cristo."
Forced q. .Balance-Not long ago
Laurette Taylor, is Is said. was noti-
fed by an officer Of the banking in
stitution which handles her funds
that her account had been over
drawn. She was highly indignant It
is strange, she declared to herself.
that these big banks do not employ
clerks who can add. g. column of 6g-
ures. Before drawing her last check
she had footed up the column Of her
deposits and she had a balance to her
credit Of $4,000. Once more she totaled
the figures and finding that they cor
responded with her first footing,
jumped into a. taxi and went to the
bank, determined to give some one q
piece Of her mind
She was shown into the office Of
the president. who undertook to set
right the ENHANCEMENT of his distan-
guished client.
There are the ngures-here is the
total" she declared. You see I have
balance Of nearly two thousand
dollars"
But" explained the Official, suave-
ly, you have added the date-1S19-
to your deposits"