Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-06

dog, 1--WE can. honest. and we can
sing 'Genevleve and Under the
Daisies and lots of other things, and
we'll be real good if you'll help us"
That settled it. The landlord babe
them go to bed. and said he would
give them letter to the manager of
good show the next day. And he
did Georgia and Addy Campbell
proved unusually good little singers
After rehearsing the children for
two weeks the manager funked. He
said he really didn't care to try it,
but he had gotten them an opening
in Buffalo, and if they succeeded
then he would give them an engage
ment Immediately afterward.
He sent them on their way with
much good advice and a bottle of
homemade pink dye for the girls
white stockings, which were to be
made gorgeous as fesh-colored silk
by a mere dip. The little Campbell
sister found themselves one never
to-be-forgotten night attired in has
tily constructed and hideous cos
tunes furnished by the wardrobe
woman of a Buffalo secondhand
variety theater, the butt of a group
of men and women, old timers of the
serio-comlc school.
Like little heroines they went
forth, one to the piano, the other
to do her solo. To the utter sur
prise OF every one, they received a
round of applause. They next es-
sayed duet, and George promptly
tainted and was carried off the
stage. Whereupon little Addy, for
getting where she was in her anx-
iety for her mother, called after
her sister, Never mind. mamma,
I'll sing both parts" and she did,
and the house shouted and ap-
plauded itself hoarse. When Geor-
gle recovered she reappeared, and
just as she came on the stage she
cried out to her mother, Don't be
afraid, mamma, this time I'll be
good and not get SICK The plucky
little women were cheered to the
echo, and every night of their six
weeks stay in Buffalo they were a
feature on Cne Oils.
1t is really too bad how our old
favorites are dropping off one by
one. In the last few years we lost
Jefferson De Angels, Francis Will
son, Frank Daniels, Marie Dressler,
Mrs. Leslie Carter, Wilton Lackaye
and many other celebrated actors
and actresses, who in past years
have entertained the Washington
public in a way that the present
stage performers seem unable to do.
De Angels died at Orange, N. j.,
at the age of IA. He starred in
Washington in such tuneful produc-
tons as The Wedding Day."
THE jolly Musketeers," The Little
Trooper" and "A Royal Rogue"
Frank Daniels was at his best in
the Idols Eye" and THE Wizard
of the Mile" He also played here
in THE Ameer." Francis Wilson's
successes included THE Little Cor
poral,' "Cyrano de Bergerac." Half
King" "Erminie," "Chieftain,"
The Monks of Malabar," The
Strollers" and the "Toreador."
Wilton Lackaye, though born in
Virginia, spent nearly all of his
early life in this city and got his
early stage training here.
He was versatile actor, and the
plays in which he took part were
many, but the most outstanding
part for which he was cast was
that of Svengali, in "Trilby," Du
Maurier's famous novel of the Paris
studios, which gave him national
distinction. Wilton Lackaye was a
born actor, for even as a small boy,
living on Massachusetts avenue in
this city, he would hold theatrical
performances in his fathers cellar
and charge the boys In the neigh
borhood big copper penny or 50