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Evening star., 1921-12-11
BY ELENoRE DE WITT EBY.
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THOSE who went to the Shubert.
i Garrick last week were fortunate
in witnessing most unusual and in
terestlng play. From its title, "The
Mountain Man." we imagined some
sort of hermit-like parsonage coming
out OF his seciusion and failing in
love with some one. But we couldn't
picture any one quite as charming as
Miss Catherine Dale Owen until We
had seen her breeze in from Paris and
ingenuously propose to the shy man
who was on his first visit to "civiliza-
ton" He was a bit shocked, per-
haps. but the appeal Of Miss Owen in
the Partisan cape-frock which is
sketched was irresistible, and so he
completely capitulated. and three
weeks later was the wedding day."
One would ordinarily suppose that
after the wedding march the curtain
fell and the audience left, repeating
"and they lived happily ever after.
but such was not the case. On the
contrary, one might use popular ex-
preston and say, Then the fun be-
gan" which, translated, means Then
dramatic complications ensued, which
enabled Miss Owen to wear several
additional Paris gowns" The spec
tators didn't weary Of them, either, or
Of the remaining scenes. but like the
famed oliver would have enjoyed
more" If it could logically have been
However, to return to frocks. Miss
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and was Of white taffeta, lightly striped
with blue and flowered with rather deep

and was Of white taffeta, lightly striped
with blue and flowered with rather deep
pink roses.
Miss Lamare's second appearance was
made in q gown Of peach-colored SILK
with wreaths Of blue roses placed here
and there, and her hat showed rose
covered crown and q diminutive brim
fringed with blue beads. The gown
illustrated was simple evening model
OF delicate flesh tinted geOrgette, with
dainty pink rosebuds dotted on French
blue velvet ribbon as a trimming. The
bodice was supported by lace shoulder
straps. covered with roses, and dainty
bud corsage was placed at one side OF
the velvet ribbon girlle. Tabs OF mar
row velvet were appliqued on the bodice
front, while ose-sprinkled velvet rib
bons circled the skirt twice and bor-
dered the scallops Of its hem.
Miss Evelyn Cavanaugh wears the
attractive afternoon gown pictured
when she appears In her sketch, "ln the
Lobby" at Keith's. The impression il
gives is one OF softness. for the
demured gray of the transparent fab
ric and the lightly-curling Ostrich
feather trimming are both subduet
and graceful. There is Il bit of silver
cloth on the bodice. and single flash
ing band Of rhinestones crosses 1t a.
an angle. The skirt Is confused
mass Of floating panels. with feathe,
fronds peepinS forth here and there
from among the folds. and at th'
waist there Is a sash OF jade geor
gette, which illustrates how success
fully this color may be combined will
gray.
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Owens first aot model Of white Can
ton c~Apo wal M adorable that we

Owens FIRST act model Of white Can
ton crepe was so adorable that we
could not possibly conceive OF our
mountaineer looking at 1t and re-
naming unmoved by the little leap
year speech. It, the gown. not the
speech, was simply made. with a
straight panel at the front held In
corded rosettes. Ribbon Of the same
shade Of baby. blue formed an edg-
ing at the sides Of the panel-blo use.
while long loops Of It extended below
the hem OF the panel-skirt. and gave
effective suggestions Of drapery.
There was an underskirt Of blue satin,
which was visible when the loose rib
bon panels floated this way and that
with the movements of the wearer.
and at the back there was another ,
wide panel of white crepe. The
sleeves were large. square-cut, and
Japanese-like, and extended to the
wrists. At the back there was q
gathered cape OF white Canton. at
tached to the gown at tho shoulders,
and having q high-rolling collar AZ
the top. Miss Owens hat was chic
OfA-the-face model OF white crepe
daintily traced with pale blue silk
embroidery.
Miss Markuerite Lamare. who ap-
peared as the Rose Girl at Polfs. IN
the musical play of that title, vtsualized
the role with hower-sprtnkled frocks OF
dainty pastel tints. In the first act she
was seen among the rose gardens OF an
estate in provincial France, and her
costume was a quaint model OF pink and
silk, laced at the front with black velvet
ribbons, and had a rounded neck, lace.
bordered, and short net sleeves c!rcled
| with velvet. The skirt hared decidedly.
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ALTHOUGH feminism has long been
"A rife in England and that country
now has it's first woman member OF
parliament sitting In Westminster
and helping to frame its laws. hith-
erto the gentler sex has been barred
from the nearby Westminster Abbey
except. of course, for purposes OF
worshiping or sightseeing.
Therefore. the honor Of being the
first woman to take part in public
function in the historic shrine is con-
siderable of a distinction.
It was conferred on Nine. MarGuer-
ito d'Alvarez. the contralto. on Oc-
tober IS, just prior to her departure
for her concert tour in America.
As is well known. the abbey is in
great need of repair, and every ef-
fort is being put forth to raise large
sum to take care of the expense.
Owing to Nine. d'Alvarez's great pop
ularity in London. the dean Of the
abbey conceived the idea of having
aler sing there He hesitated about
doing SO, since Nine. dAlvarez is a
Catholic and the abbey is an Anglican
church, but the moment the singer
Was approached she readily consent
ID. because of her great veneration
Tor the edifice and for all that it
means in English history.
When the day set arrived and Mime.
FAlvarez reached the abbey she
found it surrounded by a crowd of
several thousand pepole clamoring
for admission. It was impossible to
reach any of the outer doors, and so
rhe singer drove around to the rear,
to the entrance to the deanery, which
opens from the cloisters.
However, by the aid Of the police
a passage was cleared. and Nine.
d,Alvarez reached the choir. The or
ganist was playing a short prelimi-
nary recital, and when 1t had ended
the contralto sang four sacred num-
bers, including 20 Rest in the Lord. /"
from Elijah; HE Shall Feed His
Flock" from ""The Messiah; 80
Golgotha," from one Of the Bach can
tatas. and Granville Bantock's La
ment of isis
No applause could be permitted, but
the appreciation Of the audience was
unmistakable. Many of the women
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In the Spotlight.

A new musical comedy, up in the
Clouds" will be seen at Polls Thea
ter the week beginning Sunday, De-
cember 25. 1t was produced under
the personal direction Of Joseph NJ.
Gates. contains tho whimsical humor
and witty dialogue characteristic of
WIN B. Johnstone.. who wrote the
the book OF Take It From Me-.
Next week the Veterans OF Foreign
Wars OF the District will have q week
OF special matinee performance at
the Beiasoo and the President, Vice
President. Speaker Gillette. Uncle
Joe" Cannon and other national nota-
bles have been ofncially invited.
Marie Dressler. Bessie Mccoy Da-
Wis, the Lockfords. Nat Nasarre. IT,,
and Belle Story are among head
Eva Tanguay. the cyclonic come-
dian. has signed . Shubeft contract
and will headline . bill 1t tho Be-
lasco within the next month.
Edna Wallace Hopper. who Was
the toast Of the theater world a
generation ago, has had her face
raised" The process is said to have
taken twenty years on her life and
Miss Hopper has film which shows
how the miracle was accomplished
and appears in conjunction with the
picture as one Of the headline acts
In shubert vaudeville.
b Alice Lloyd. the English singing
Coincidence, will arrive in America
next week to open at the Winter
Garden and will be seen At the Be-
lasco In January.
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In the Spotlight
AMUsEM ENrs.

BRANDON lyman has Joined the
- Keith vaudeville ranks. and Will
be seen in a one-act play. entitled
'The Northeast Corner" written by
himself. His company will include J.
NJ. Kerrigan.
Victor Morley has Joined the cast OF
"The Blue Kitten" which opens at
Atlantic City this month.
Countess Grace Leontovitch Of Pc
trograd will make her first appear
the cast Of "The Chocolate Soldier
tomorrow night in New York.
In the cast of Lawful Larceny" a
new play by Samuel Shipman. which
A. H. Woods has in rehearsal. are
Alan Dinehart, Felix Krembs, Elsie
Mackay. Forrest Robinson, Frazer
Coulter and Ida Waterman.
George NJ. Cohan announces that
though number of actors and act
resses Of the original company that
played THE Tavern" have asked To
be taken to London, he will do the
mystery play with an entire English
company. playing the vagabond him
self. at the Garrick Theater, London.
about the middle of January.
Laurette Taylor will be seen soon In
a new play by her husband, J. Hart
ley Manners, called "The National
Anthem" Rehearsals started last
week. A. L. Erlanger and George Z,
Tyler will produce it.
The stage production in which Mrs.
Lydig Hoyt. formerly Julia W. Robins,
the New York society woman, is TO
appear has at last been settled. Will
liam Faversham confirms the report
that Mrs. Hoyt is to appear In lead
ing role in "The Squaw Man. which
he is to revive this week.
A new repertoire company, organ
lied by a group Of well known play
ers. will take possession of the Ma
tional Theater. New York, shortly.
The leading members are George
Nash, Charlotte Walker, Wilton Lack
aye, Maclyn Arbuckle and Carrie
Radcliffe The bill will be changed
every four weeks. and il is possible
the guest star system will be put
into effect.
There has been quite struggle 10
whip Little Miss Raffies" into shape
for New York presentation. The
original intention Was 10 open III We"
York tomorrow night. but it is now
announced that the piece will con-
tinue on tour for several weeks be-
fore going into the big city. The
musical comedy is headed by Fivi-
enue Segal and Lawrence Grossmith.
Ben-Amis company. in THE Idle
Inn" which he is now rehearsing in
New York, will include Eva Mcdonald
tMrs. Arthur Hopkins), Mary Shaw,
Whitford Kane and Hubert Druce.
Mary Nash will co-star with Wal
lace Eddinger in Captain Applejack.' -
now in rehearsal. The cast will in
clude also Phoeber Foster, Ann An
Evening star., 1921-12-11
Buck and Wing Dancer
Now Dramatic Sta,
IF ambition. pluck and perseverance,

IF ambition. pluck and perseverance
ever planted girl on the top OF
tho heap. 1t did Grace La Rue!
| Grace started buck and wing dane
|! ing and doing fip-dops for living,
and landed, some years later, a Zies-
field Follies favorite, a musical COM
edy star, a vaudeville "headliner," a
concert artistic and a feature act in
the highest class music halls OF Lon
don and the continent.
Her story Is interesting. Born on
Missouri farm, she started singing
as far back as she can remember.
At eleven she had the voice of a boy
soprano. and secured q position in q
church choir in Kansas City. Soon
her voice 'broke." just as boy So
pranos' do.
The La Rue's hadn't a world Of
money. but Grace had ambitions. 80
she took to dancing to send herself
along. She learned to buck and wing
and secured an engagement. She
made her own dresses. SO that every
spare dollar might be saved for sing
ing lessons-grand opera was her
goal.
In this way she came to study with
Victor Morrell In New York and Her
man DeVries in Chicago. She then
met Mme. Lankow. formerly a prima
donna with the Royal Opera in Ber-
lin and . drst-class operate coach.
Berlin to study, but Miss La Rue felt
the time was not yet.
Better and better engagements In
musical comedy came her way, and
hnally her weil-trainet voice and
ability to design and wear dashing
liner" in vaudeville. tho featured per-
former in New York, Chicago and
other big cities on the Keith circuit.
Believing that the time had now
come to study in Europe. she retired
from the stage. and went to study
London she sang for seven months at
the Empire. probably the greatest
music hall in the world. On her re-
turn to this country Andreas Dippel,
former director Of the Metropolitan
Opera House. sent her on a costume
concert tour-after the manner of
Yvette Guilbert. In this she was ex-
tremely successful. for there is no
woman on the American stage today
who can sing song Of the ballad
type personality Ssong-as can
Grace La Rue.
Firmly established in vaudeville, in
musical comedy and on the concert
other fields to conquer. She wanted
to shine on tho dramatic stage. She
met Hale Hamilton. himself q New
York and London favorite Of no little
magnitude. He had the play. also the
part for her. Miss La Rue became
Mrs Hale Hamilton-but that is an
other story.
The play was 'Dear Me-" and the
next thing was to find producer.
Managers in New York were anxious
to star Hale Hamilton. but not Grace
La Rue.
"she belongs in musical comedy"
or why doesn't she stick to vaude-
vile. where she can get $1,000 a
week?" they said.
But Hamilton was firm. His wife
must star with him or they wouldn't
star at all. Furthermore, 1t was his
play.
Finally they went to John Golden.
This astute manager is always ready
to take q chance. Would he star
them jointly1 Sure he would, but on
one condition-Miss La Rue must sing
q few OF her famous songs and wear
q flock Of famous gowns In the Grace
La Rue way. The play was rewritten,
and the rest is history.
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San Carlo Opera.

Complete casts for the eight operas
which the San Carlo Grand Opera Com
Jlany will present at Polls Theater next
week, beginning Monday, December
10, have been selected by General Di-
rector Fortune Gallo.
der the direction of Mrs. Kate Will
son-Greene. The entire San Carlo
organization will be brought here in
tact from the Metropolitan Opera
House in Philadelphia.
The guest artists will be Anna Fit
ziu. Esther Ferrabini and Elizabeth
-Amsden. and Sylvia Tell and the San
Carlo ballet. as we'll as the orchestra,
also will be brought here.
Esther Ferrabini. acclaimed as the
greatest Carmen Of the present day.
will sing the title role on the open
ing night with Romeo Boscacci as the
tenor and Madeline Kettle as Micaela.
Mario Vale will sing Escamilli with
Its famous Toreador song. The re-
mainder of the cast includes Anita
Klinova, Frances Morosini, Pietro De-
Biasi, Natalie Cervi Joseph Tudisco
and Nicola D'Amico. Miss Tell and
the ballet also will appear in Car
men,
Tuesday evening the opera is
'.Rigoletto." 1t will mark the local
debut of Josephine Luchese. the col
oratura soprano who has proved to be
-AgoStini will sing the role Of the
Duke, while Joseph Reyes will sing
the baritone title role. Ada Pagg1,
anezzo-soprano, will sing Maddalena.
Anna Fitziu. who was member of
the Chicago and Metropolitan operas.
will sing the role of Madame But
1erf1y Wednesday. with a cast that
5ncludeS Ada Paggi, Giuseppe AEoS-
tint, Mario Vale and Pietro DeBiasi.
For the Thursday matinee. Faust
will be sung with Maaeline Kettle,
the beautiful American soprano, as
Marguerite: Romeo Boscacci, as
Faust; Pietro De Biasi. as Mephisto.
and Joseph Roger, as Valentine.
Blanca Saroya. leading dramatic So
prano of the company. will make her
first appearance in the title role of
Aida Thursday evening, which also
will mark the first Washington ap-
pearance of Gaetano Tommasini, lead
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NATI0NAL-Otis Skinner.

Otis Skinner and his company IN
csBlood and Sand" tho new play Tom
Gushing has made from Blasco lba-
Aez's great story of the bull ring,
will be the attraction at the National
Theater mex. week. beginning Nom
day night.
Mr.. Skinner returned last August
from France and Spain. where he
went to consult with Ibanez and to
ring. the customs and the mannerisms
of the Spaniards of low and high de-
gree, and to secure the necessary cos
Tumes and properties so essential Tor
the production. Some Of the superbiy
embroidered shawls are said to be
almost priceless.
There are twenty-nine characters in
rBlood and Sand" played by John
Rogers, Robert Rrinton. Clarence
Handysides, +. du Chaillu Dalton
William LorenZ, Octavia Kenmore,
Henrietta York, Madeline Delmar and
others. including Cornelia Otis Skin
ner, daughter Of the star.
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COSMOS-"Tolman Revue. )"

There are reviews and revues O:
fashion. form and fancy. bat the Toll
man revue, which will headline the
Cosmos Theater bill next week comes
heraled as one of the most hcauttful
dancing revues Of the wear in vaude-
vile. 1t will be handsomely staged
and costumed and presented In all re-
spects as in the larger theatcrs.
Johnny Jones and company will
bring an amusing comedy. "A Fri :ad-
ly Friend; Francis and Fink, the
comedy Of acrobatics: Phil Davis, a
black face comedian, who is very
funny; Walsh and Austral, a blend Of
comedy and music. and Tudor AM
eron and Matt Meeker. q team act az
comedy, songs and amusing repartee.
The added matinee feature will be
Marie Prevosts new Universal pro-
duction. "Nobody's Fool" while the
comedy will be Mack Sennctt's my
Goodness,
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TRADITION

ten delivery Of doctrines. The devil
of II IL that when the great actor is
dead. the delivery by imitation OF
what he did and how he did It Is
have seen hundreds OF limitations
Of Edmund Kean and Macready when
was a boy and later of Henry Irving
and Beerbohm Tree and Miss Ellen
T>rry Charles Wyndham and Mrs.
Pat Campbell. The least excellent
pertinent were seized upon for re-
production. Very remarkable were
the limitations, and II imitation could
give us the art OF the great artisans
we would have many Keans and Mac
readys and Irvtngs.
these men. however. That remains
an intangible and mostly an unut-
terable factor. 1t is in the memory
Of old playgoers. Now and then 1t u
expressed in the sentence OF some
wise writer. It Is an impalpable in
f1uence, which rises again to inspire
and rouse some new aspirant. It does
not consist Of how Kean ratified his
sword in tho tent scene of Richard
Ill, or Of how Macready cursed other
actors and made Macready pauses. or
of how Irving talked frequently SO
halted IN his gait, or Of how Edwin
Booth acted With inferior companies.
It consists OF tho purpose OF these
men, what they stood for, what they
certainly aocomplished-whet a.
artists or ~ artisans, II does not
matter much-that they did nobly
what was noble. gladly what WAS
glad; that they feJoiced the world
and themselves and left . sound upon
the air which will not die.
Il does not do to dsspiss tradftion.
nor to scorn tho story of how these
actors proceeded-thsir interminable
industry. their infinite pains, their
assurance, their humility. These are
born actor (by the way. other peo-
pie are born too), also by tho spon-
taneous people. watch your step"
is a good motto. But It involves
watching the steps Of other people,
especially those that have gone be-
fore.
Evening star., 1921-12-11

I drews. Hamilton ReveIlc. Helen Lacil
! aye, Ferdinand Gottschalk, Marie
| Wainwright and John Gray.
Bert Williams and company opened
in Cincinnati last Monday night in a
4, musical comedy called Under III.
Bamboo Tree"
Ina AacLaren has beer added 10
the cast of 1.-The Hindu" in which
| Walker Whiteside is starring and
| which was in Toronto last week.
Robert G. Pitkin. well known in
! this city and who is now a prominent
member of the Greenwich Village
Follies." has written Santa Claus in
Our Village" a Christmas sketch.
| which will be introduced in the biz
production.
ENTER the Hero" by Theresa Hei-
| burn, is being staged in New York
| by Frank Reicher for special mai
inees.
! A PLAY by Harold Bell Wright. ~
titled THE Salt of the Earth "
i be produced next month. Emma C.trI:s
will he in the cast.
The Spanish crusade continu',
Another Offering. promised from Mad
rid, Love and Live d dramatiZati"H
of 'The Shadow of the Cathedral
will make its appearance in New Yort
probably before the winter is over.
Rowland Blackstone, low come9i'f IA
| with Sothern and Marlowe. says il
has never wanted TO act Romeo 81
Hamlet. but his ambition is to ap
pear as Falstaff, especially this char
acter as it is seen in Henry ~"
! Blackstone first appeared with Z. II
Sothern in 1897 in THE Highest Bid
der" His father. John Baldwin Buck
stone. and Mr.. Sothern's father. J.. y
Sothern, frequently acted together il
London.
Two former students of Howard
University. Bernard Pryor and Mat
thew Shields. jr, members Of the Dra-
, matte club, who appeared in "Tle
Belasco Theater. have been on tour
with the play all this season. Pryor
| is the son of Rev. G. y. Pryor, a Bap
tist minister of Georgetown. He for
merly went to the Armstrong High
School. Matthew Shields. jr.. is
New Yorker who has had two years
at Howard. He acts as understudy u
Mr.. Gilpin.
Contracts have recently been signed.
[! it is said. whereby Dear Me" goes
to London next September. to be pro-
duceu AT tEe nay HldThet tHealtf
Grace La Rue is 4 favorite in the
English music halls. and Hale Hanil
! ton likewise made a hit in the British
metropolis as J. Rufus Wallingford
! in the George NJ. Cohan Get Rich
Quick" comedy.
F.; Hale Hamiltons latest play. Happy
New Year written in collaboration
with Viola Brothers Shore. well
known short story writer, Will be put
in rehearsal next month by John
Golden who also produced Dear Me.
the comedy in which Hamilton and
Grace La Rue are now starring.
Evening star., 1921-12-11

e. r. Albee says: IF the business
men Of every city will utilize the B.
r. Keath theaters as forums for the
projection Of mutually constructive
discussions rs to the ways and means
to swell the current Of wise and de-
liberate optimism. a great forward
step will be taken simultaneously in
hundreds of widely scattered cities
and towns.
Howard Univ ersity has taken over
the sale Of seats at the Shubert-Gar.
rick Theater for Wednesday night,
for the performance of Charles s.
Gilpin. In 1.-THE Emperor Jones'" The
proceeds Of this performance are to
be used toward equipping theater
at the university.
Jean Bedini caught a turnip thrown
from the top of the Munsey building
on the end OF q fork. It was In 1916,
when dexteroue Jean was q Juggler
in vaudeville. Now he is q producer,
Evening star., 1921-12-11

Henry B. waithall will head tho list
Of players in "One Clear Call" which
suggests Tennyson. but is adapted
from q story by Francis Nimmo
Green.
Hail the Woman" New England
story founded on the ruthless phi
losophy that Men and their sons
come drst," gives Theodore Roberts
the role OF the despotic father who
voices that philosophy.
was so inspired by ''The -Four Horse
men" that he advised all to see the
picture IL you have to mortgage your
half Of your mother-in-law."
Nigel Barrie, who is apparently OF
to admit that he loves himself in 1.-THE
Little Minister" because his role
makes him 1amboyant figure in a
red and blue uniform. with tre-
mendous hat and flowing plume.
Rex Ingram. having lifted Alice
Terry and Rudolphe Valentino from
the ranks to become stars, has select
ed Ramon Samaniegos, an unknown
and almost inexperienced young Span
Rupert Of Hentzau, in "The Prisoner
Of Zenda."
Thursday night, Crandalls Avenue
Grand Theater. will present a spe-
cial added attraction in conjunction
with the regular bill, in the form Of
an artistic song. dance and patter
act supplied by Billy and Dot Zeitler.
Louis Rozsa, baritone with the
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company.
will be heard daily as concert artist
at Moore's Rialto Theater next week.
Elsie Ferguson made her first ap-
pearance in New York in two years
In the spoken drama last Monday
night, presenting Zoe Atkins new play
The Varying Shore" under the di-
rection OF Sam H. Harris.
Will Rogers will be starred by
Florenz ziegfeld In specially organ
lied company that will begin it's tour
in Philadelphia January 9. The pro-
duction will combine a number Of
features OF the Ziegfeld Midnight
Frolics Of the past eight years.
A condensed version Of Langdon
McCormick's The Storm the play
that ran for more than Il year in New
York. will be shown in the vaudeville
houses. starting tomorrow night IN
Newark. Edward Arnold, who was in
the original company, heads the cast
"Green Jade" a play by Broughton
Tall. is being produced by Jules Hurt
wig In association with the Shuberts.
Rehearsals started last Thursday
with Mabel Brownell and Orrin john
son heading the cast.