Evening star., 1921-07-17
THE RAMBLER FINDS ANOTHER FAMOUS
= DRAMATIC CLUB LONG POPULAR IN CITY

Saks' store: still connected with the
store. travelling. Fine actor and fine
man."
Hattie Lazalier went on the pro-
fessional stage. Mrs. John Miller is
still Washingtonian; Ada Colvin
still lives in Washington and Bob
Dobbins was in the city a few yeaRs
ago, but some of the old Forresters
L have seen say they have lost track
OF him. Clarence Waters and John
Clark have passed on. Will Clark.
the newspaper man who was affection
ately associated with the club. went
out west. wherever that may be. and
has not been heard from for SO many
years that the Forresters fear that
he Is dead.
In 1885 Arthur Ancers,n secame
manager for Robert Downing. star
ring Bob in Tally Ho" "a western
comedy drama by Joaquin Miller
and the Rambler has this little nc;e
ssay say n,m by ysscrin,ira ESfaestsr In this
drive over the Sierra Nevada noun
tains by Horace Greeley on hts trip
out west. Music for the play was
written by John Philip Souse, then
ture. Tally Ho.' was very spirited;
the cracking of the whip was brought
out vivfdly by the music. Mr.. Down
Ing gave the description of the drive
in fine STYLE
Mr.. Downing sang the song, Tally
Ho. In the play by that name, and
he had another song. the music for
which also was written by Sousa,
called Tom Moore" Bob sang that
! song a thousand times. and when he
revived Ten Nights in a Bar Room"
at the Garrick last winter. he sang
tom Moore. again and as well as
he ever did in his life. In the days
Of Tally Ho" MIR. Downing toured
he rfrN. l. al l1l
ture. the Exile" Sit was in 1887 that
Arthur Anderson became manager of
Kit the Arkansas Traveller" as
played by Henry Chanfrau. who was
,, played Kit the Arkansas Traveller"
when Kit was boy. and when
Arkansas was a territory and before
your grandfather put on his first
pair of pants and red-top boots.
Young Henry Chanfrau had another
play. written. by Dion Boucicault.
called THE Octoroon." in which
Henry's mother. Henrietta Chanfrau.
played the main part.
X
lON my desk, are some old programs
One is of Harris Bijou Theater.
once Ford's Opera House. The date
| is November Z, 1887 You may read
the program. Here it is:
Special Engagement of Mr.. Henry
| Chanfrau in his famous comedy
| drama Kit the Arkansas Traveller.
"A pronounced success for seventeen
years. Produced in all the leading
] theaters in America. Under the sole
management of A. B. Anderson. Per-
sonages of the prologue-1S56: Mary
| Redding. age %. Kits wife and Man
uers victim. Miss Grace Wade; Alice
Redding. age S. Kits chick, who
takes after the old rooster; the
smartest child this side of creation,
Little Lena Hill: Manuel Bond. age
80. right smart man, good looking.
but ill-doing. Mr.. Eugene Bertram:
Washington Stubbs, age 40, a bache-
| lor wing having no wife of his own
| looks after the wives of others. Mr..
| Edward Summers: Justus. a ferry
man. Mr.. J. l. Clark; Kit Redding.
| age rs, a right smart chance of a
| man, fond of music and matrimony
| and especially devoted to his little
| Allie and the Arkansas Traveller,
Mr.. Chanfrau."
The "Personages in the Drama, 1871
! are the same as in the prologue. with
| these additions. Miss Ruth Hill, w. b.
| Alexander. Clarence Beliair, w. w.
Taylor. Bassett Willard. ]. Z. Sidley,
Rob Taylor and E. L. Lee.
Here is another program: New Ma
tional Theater. w. H. Rapley, manager.
/ Week commencing Monday, April rs,
1886. Six nights and Saturday matinee.
Americas brilliant young tragedian.
RoberC Downing, under the personal
management Of Mr. Joseph H. Mack,
lin Forrest and McCullough's great sue
cess. DR.. Birds romantic prize drama
in five acts. 'Spartacus the Gladiator.
Powerful cast of characters. Mr..
Robert Downing, as Spartacus; Mr..
Henry Aveling tof principal theaters,
London: England). as Phasarius; MIR.
Henry Meredith formerly with Nc
Cullough's Company. as Bracchius."
etc. The other actors with Mr.. Down
ling in ''The Gladiator were John
Swinburne, Charles Nevins. T. F. Nc
Cabe, Royal Roche, Lawrence Hanly.
L. A. Wagenhals. Harry Willard. G.
D. Farnum, E. w. Hillard, P. A. Clin-
ton. Miss Mercedes Malarini. Miss Gail
Forrest and the worlds most famous
athlete. Mr.. William Muldoon. as the
fighting Gaul." Executive staff of the
| company were c. w. Vance, William
Eversofe, Charles Barton. William
| Beamish and Dustin Farnum as mas
| ter of transportation"
| The Rambler has a great many other
| things to bring out. but the night is
i late, the typewriter is getting sticky
and rebellious and perhaps your in
| terest has waned. Some of the things
which he hoped to reach tonight were
a batch of letters from admiring and
| unadmiring friends. mainly the lat
ter and bunch of statistics relating