Evening star., 1921-07-31

industrious annalist than the Rambler
to set down the names of all those 4
Washington boys and girls who have
entertained US and who have drawn
applause and laughs from our grand
parents and from our fathers and
mothers and their children. The RAM
bier would like to do this, and 1.-The
spirit is willing. but the flesh is
weak" etc. The Rambler does not
want to omit the name of any fellow
townsman who has thought that he
would out-Booth Booth and make Sir
Henry Irving look like a tallow dip
beside the sun. Nor would he will
ingly, Willingly or wilfully pass un-
noted the name of any of our sister
townswomen who felt the dramatic
urge SO keenly that they meant to
make Rachel, Ristori, Rejane and
Rhea look like the Cherry Sisters. But
we will do the best we can to give
them all honorable mention.
Several weeks straight running the
Rambler has reviewed many of the
professionally who were populaT
perhaps beloved, by us in those golden.
theater. sit up all night and show up
at the office next morning with Shin
ing face. Then there followed such
accounts as the Rambler could give
Of the Lawrence Barrett Dramatic
Club, the Forrest Dramatic Club and
the Linthicum Institute Dramatic
Club.
Let us now turn to the Carroll
| Institute Dramatic Club, which was
famous In its day-or rather IN the
ton. and which is still bright in our
memory The names of the members
of this club, so far as the Rambler
has been able to collect them. are:
Edward J. Walsh. John J; Nolan.
Percy F. Leach; George H. OConn1r.
IS Moran, T. Travis Cocker. John F.
Pearson. Mrs. Gay Robertson. Miss
Helen Lackey. Miss Nora Cocker.
Vincert e. Lynch. William S. McCar-
thy. Miss Anita Hendrie. James A.
Mahony. Felix Mahony. Miss Teresa
]. Machen. Percy Winter. Joseph A.
Burkhart. Charles J. Locraft, a: T.
Seaman. Miss Anne Hathaway. Theo-
dore Friebus. little Elsie Worth. Ken
meth O'Connor. Charles Green. Frank
Pearl Evans. Miss Alice K Irwin.
Mrs. Florence Elizabeth Leach. Miss
Saidee Drown. James P. O'Loughlin,
Miss Irene Rowland. William Con-
ley. Daniel F: Murphy. ,f Paul w! w;
Evans Finley $: Hayes: G.n. MISS Es,n Mettte w
Romaine. Miss Myra Lee Cavalier
Miss Laura Eichelberger. Miss Cath
lleen Chambers. Miss Rita Grunwald.
Miss Catherine OLoughlin. Mrs: Nora
Cocker-Bagnam. James A: OShea,
Miss Sue H. Murray, Joseph 8. Knight.
Miss Annie Lepley. Francis J. P: Cleary.
Leo P. Harlow. Joseph D. Sullivan.
James B. Horrigan. Ignatius J. Costi-
gan, George E. Sullivan. William B.
Bagnam, J. Y. Leach. J. E. Bean.
f. knight. Samuel Sneeden. T. L.
Keller. Henry F. Dolan. John J. Cor
man, j. Frank Duggan, Denis E. Con-
nell. John c. Armstrong. Miss Edith
p. Luckett. Miss Alma c. Wright.
Robert Hickman and H. Ambrose
| Marsden.
lTHERE are also some musicians
whose names should be included.
among them being Ben Judson and
Henry E. Stopsack, who led the Car
roll Institute Orchestra at different
periods in its history, and Sol Min
ster, whose name appears on some of
the programs in way to indicate
that the Carroll Institute Dramatic
Club was much honored by his pres
ence" and very much obliged to him
for his assistance"
| Now, IL there are any mistakes in
! this list, or If you are sure that your
recollection is more righteous than
| bunch of musty programs and faded
newspaper clippings. you will! be kind
| enough to write letter to the ed
! itor, demanding that the Rambler be
fred. and that he be sent back to his
! old job of driving Belt Line car.
This membership OF the Carroll In
1 including 1898 to the date of the
| clubs revival of Augustus Thomas
Beautiful Southern Idyll, Alabama
at the New National Theater, Monday
| evening, June 4. 1906" 1t seems to
include the names of some actors who
appeared in but one or two of the
| many plays put on by the club. and
liz some of those hardened veterans
| who survived audience after audience
! object to CHASING these irregulars as
| regular members of the club. the
| Rambler will take the liberty of ad-
| mitting them to membership in this
story. He is not going to try to sep
l arate those who appeared but once
| from those bold and meritorious
souls who dared to do it many times.
! One of the things which seems not
known about the Carroll Institute
| Dramatic Club is the date of it's
birth. Most likely 1t was not born
at q single meeting or a single ses-
sion. Two or three actors and elocu-
tionists fired by the example Of the
Barrett Club and other dramatic
! clubs, began to talk of creating a
Carroll Institute thespian association
for elevating the drama and uplifting
the theatrical taste of the public.
The idea was a good and appealing
one. Many of the young people con-
nected with Carroll Institute favored
| such a thing. and by degrees the club
was formed and. as butte natural. no
time the participants forgot just
| when those meetings took place, and
thus an historic event of local inter-
est goes undated. The Rambler is
inclined to these reflections by some
| roll Institute a number of years ago
by William H. Landvoigt of The Star.
In trying to get to the bottom of the
Carroll Institute Club he wrote as fol-
lows (thank you, Bill. for the clipping)
Just precisely when in 1893 this noted or
ganisation sprang into life. like many other
Of time. has bcen lost sight of. even by those
I who were responsible for its existence. But
the fact remains that one evening. no matter
pse, sase, Edward !. Walsh. John J. Nolan. Percy
F. Leach George H: OConnor. Matthew F.
Halloran; 6. 7. DAILY; John g. Moran, Mora j. j.
| Robertson, Miss Helen Lackey G4ackaye). Miss
Nora Cocker and Vincent Lynch all or some
n esp
| Many Of the young men had been students
! at St Johns College in this city and had
formed a prediction for elocution and oratory