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

the theater when he did and who
were among the hundreds lost.
Mr.. Roberts was playing the part
OF the son in THE Billionaire" at
the Illinois Theater, controlled by
the managers of the Iroquois,
Klaw IL Erlanger. The death Of
the star, Jerome Sykes, in the early
part of the week had thrown the
company into confusion. No mat
inee was being given that afternoon,
and Mr.. Roberts, happening to be
in the vicinity Of the Iroquois,
thought to while away the time by
going to see Mr.. Bluebeard." He
walked into the theater, stayed but
a few minutes. and then went to
Skyes' funeral. AS he returned to
his hotel about an hour after he had
left the theater, some men came in
with the musical director of the Mr.
Bluebeard" show, Mr.. Herbert Dillea
Roberts room mate at the Stratford.
He had been slightly burned, and
was half distracted over the disaster
In a former story the writer
referred to the Carroll Institute
Dramatic Club of the COS and gave
the following partial list of its men,
bers OF that period: George H
O'Connor. Ben Judson. Percy F
Leach, William w. Cullison, George
T. Cox. L. E. Kaiser, Charles Moore
Will Cullison, Phil E. Baer, j. J
Fisher, Elmo Jasper, William H
Lepley, William S. Mccarthy. WAL
lace G. Orme, Robert Bruce, Arthur
Plant, William H. Conley, Frank
Howard, Charles L. Sully, Arthur
Gardner, Frank H. PASTOR, Charles
F. Locraft, John S. Tyler. John P
Baer, Harry Leigh. William o. Dow.
ney, Edward j. Walsh, Felix Ma.
honey. John j. Nolan. Miss Anita
Hendrie. Miss Nora Cocker, Miss
Teresa ]. Machen. Percy Winter
Joseph A. Burkhart, w. E. Dieffen.
defer, H. Bredekamp. S. Minister
J. Travis Cocker. John S. Moran
Matthew F. Halloran, John F. Pear.
son, Vinvent E. Lynch, Mrs. Gay
Robertson, Cornelius T. DAILY, Miss
Helene Lackaye. Thaddeus Seaman
Miss Ann M. Hathaway, Charles
Meyers, Arthur Middleton, Frank
Howard, Charles Green, Charles
Bechtel, Melville Hensey, Daniel T
Murphy, A. T. Seaman, P. w. Evans
Finley S. Hayes, Miss Nettie Paige
Miss Florence B. Leach, Miss Alice
K. Irwin, Mrs. George Harris, Frank
w. Romano. Miss Abbott, Mrs. Ivy
Herriott, E. Clyde Shade, Miss Laura
Eichelberger, Miss Myra Lee Cival-
Ter, Miss Kathleen Chambers, Miss
Rita Granewald, Miss Catherine
Loughran. James A. O'Shea. Sue
H. Murray, Joseph Sheridan Knight
Miss Annie Lepley, Francis j. P
Cleary, Leo P. Harlow. Joseph D
Sullivan. Ignatius j. j. Costigan
George E. Sullivan, James B. Harri-
gam William B. Bagnam, j. Y
Leach, j. E. Bean. John H. liable
c. L. Mahony, John E. Knight
Samuel Sneedon, j. L. Keeler and
Robert Hickman.
OF these, some of the original
members seem to have been Edward
j. Walsh, Percy F. Leach, George H
OConnor. Matthew F. Halloran
c. T. DAILY, John s. Moran, j. Travis
Cocker. John J. Nolan, John F.. Pear
son. Mrs. Gay Robertson, Miss Helen
Lackaye and Miss Nora Cocker, with
Vincent Lynch as stage director.
During the following season two
additional members were admitted
to the club: William S. Mccarthy
and Miss Anita Hendrie. Soon after
ward the membership was increased
by the addition of Felix Mahony
A. T. Seaman. Miss Anna Hathaway
and Miss Theresa Machen.
From the beginning the club took