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THE WASHINGTON HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 26, 1913.
Musical Comedy Will Dominate the Week in Washington Playhouses
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Julia Sanderson Makes Her Debut as a Full
fledged Star Ina Claire Plays Title
Role in "The Quaker Girl.'
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The Columbia Theater will be an Inter
csting plare tcmorrow night for a t0'
fold reason In the tint place. It will bo
the scene of the American premiere of
"The Sunshine (Jirl the I-ondon Galet
tuiief- bv Paul Reubens and Cecil Ra
leigh whuli iv receiving ltd American
production undtr the management and
lK-r'onal super Irion of Sir. Charles Froh
mai. The other point of special Interest in the
production Is that in it Julia Sanderson
will make lier debut as a star
Mlsi Sanderson lulls from Springfield
lint- Ilei father Is Mbert Hackelt
who o wotk as an a lor is b-st Known b
the ik rt he plavtd In Hrcusler s Mil
lion The daughter made her stage
del ut wit the Forcpaugh stock In Phila
delphia f win h organization her fither
was a nicnilier after which she joined
PaJli l.dwardes ompan in inomc
Winnie Miss l.dwatdes was forted to
leave e i-t . ne night U(au-.e of ill
ness which furnished tl little Sanderson
Clrl the i-.ifl(,l oipiirtiiiutv to ask per
i l i ti ilv Hi. rob wliii h he hail
watihed with - i.h lo'i attention and in
which she Miired i great personal Mil --ess
ft r this she boiaine a show girl
In The t'hincse lloiieMnoon later play
ing a -mail part with l)c Wolf Hopper in
111" revival of Wans
Then itis-s sandir'on appeared In 'The
T rlsts. after whiih she went to Ixin
don were she plived in "The Honorable
I hi! nl li (. P imntlcv. and In "The
rahinc I ittle Imke with Elaine Ter
ras Mr lrohman chanced to see lier In
London and brought hi r back to America
In The Iliirv Maids from wliuh it
but a step to the principal role in " The
nailian w hli b s1P. plied MS times
winning ihe permamnt ipprniatlm of
Hroadwav Following The Arcadians
Aliss Sanderson was Donald Brian s lead
ing woman ill The Siren In which she
s iarcd honoiwith the Mai ami mm im ed
Mr 1 roliman ihat it was high time that
'e starred h r for whiih puriosn lie se
t und the right- f The Sunshine Girl "
from George I.dwardis piece which
thoe who hae -ceil the rehtarsals con
diuted l J i: Malonc an English
tagc manag r de lare Ills Miss Sander
son s k fts of on e and pt rsonality as the
proverbial bark tits the tree
I.acn en Mr 1 rohman puts out Just
one musical mincdv upon which he ex
pends the most elaborate care, feeling
that it is better to give one perfect mil
Meal productioi during the season than
to present a dozen half-baked pieces. In
which judgment the success of his ef
forts in this direction for the past six
ears has amply jubtitkd him
The Quaker Girl " another mutci!
lavs wiU make her first bow- to Wash
ington to morrow night in the New Na
tional Theater coming from the ParK
Theater In New 'iork, with the origin il
rompani, of which Ina Claire, the popu
lar little prima donna, who spent her
girlhood d js in W ishington. has the
title role
The piece whiih I under the manage
ment of the Henrj R Harris estate, has
rained an international reputation for its
beautiful score for which Lionel Monck
ton is responsiole, the lilting melodies of
which are declared to tease one's memory
until it is Impossible not to whistle or
1 um them
Bv wav of giving the theatrical week
whi h stretches ahead of us the proper
poise and Insure against becoming too
greatly satiated with music, Mrs Leslie
Carter, who has not appeared in this
titv since I-cbmarv. 1311 will make a re
turn bow to local audiences in the
Bclasco Theater this week, during which
phe will be presented b John Cort In
two highlv emotional roles, the first of
which is the famed "Zaza." the second
being that of Paula Tangucray In "The
Second Mrs Tanqueray "
It was in " Zaza," after her success
In 'The Heart of Maryland' 'at the
Herald Square Theater in New York,
THE WEEK'S
t nlumhla "The sunshine Ctrl."
Julia Sanderson will be the attrac
tion at the Columbia Theater this week
Jn 'The Sunshine Girl," a London
Gaiety success bv Paul Reubens and
Cecil Raleigh Mie ionics under the
management of Charles Frohman. with
n. company of 100 headed by Joseph
Cawthorn. and containing V.a- daven
port Tom Lewis, Alan Mudie, Vernon
Castle, Flossie Hope, und others There
are also twelve 'sunshine Girls" apart
from the reguHr chorus, who can dance
and sing
Miss Sanderson s part Is that of Dora
Dale, the perfume girl in the big Mlun
dell soap works at Port Sunshine, which
Is a sort of Spotless Town, and the
owner of the works, a joung man dig-
gulsed as a workman to leant the busi
ness. Is very much In love with her.
Dora loves him In return, not know ins
who he is. and even refuses the pre
tended owner, who Is masquerading for
his friend to cling to her workman
Joseph Cawthorn plavs an ex-I ondon
cabman who is out of business and
funds on ai count of the advent of the
taxleab He recognizes Lord Beicester,
who Is masquerading as the joung heir
to the soap works and by threats to
expose him gets In soft with his lord
ship, being given a job In the boiler
room where he Is almost scalded tt
death To cap the illmax of his woes,
ne meets his wife, from whom he has
been divorced, but who Is in Port Sun
shine as cook on a vacht. This part
rlavcd by Eva Davenport.
Another funnv role Is that of bteve
IJrI. the slangy American advertising
man plaved by Tom Lcwjs, who has
plajed such parts for years In the Cohan
productions.
Alan Mudie. of "The Arcadians." and
Vernon Castle plav the two joung Eng
lishmen, Blundell and Lord Beicester,
and Flossie Hope plajs Marie Silvalne
Owing to the unusual amount of musi
cal numbers the curtain will rise prompt
1 at S o clock
Columbia AesYmnn Trasrltalk.
E. M. Newmans third traveltalk,
"Switzerland," at the Columbia Theater
io-night and to-morrow afternoon, will
be a delight to lovers of the beautiful
fountain vistas of unparalleled grandeur
charming lakes, rivers, and waterfalls,
and wonderful glacial formations form
an ever-changing panorama of which the
enchanted traveler never tires. From
tht wealth of material available Sir.
Newman has chosen new scenic gems, re
vealing the Switzerland of to-day, more
beautiful than ever. His motion pictures
will show the life of the country with
the vividness of reality mountain climb
ing, magnificent waterfalls, cascades, and
rushing torrents, as well as life in the
Alpine home. Visits to Mount Blanc,
the mighty Matterhorn, the Jungfrau,
the Elgcr, and the Monch, and the beau
tiful resorts nestling at their feet will be
features of the Journey.
that Mrs. Carter realized her first
triumph as an emotional actress, which
she repeated the length and breadth of
America to an extent which has since
made the role seem one belonglnc dis
tinctly to lier
It was In 1SS7 that this now noted
actress came under the Bclasco tutelage,
from which time to 1306, when she part
ed was with the "wizard of stagecraft."
she enjoyed a vogue that was country
wide During these years David J3elasco
presented her In "The Ugly Duckling"
at the Broadway Theater, New York,
which furnished- the chicle for her
debut The pie c was a distinct failure.
Miss Hclvett ' a musical play, was
produced the following year and ran
for two seasons
Then came a three j cars' run of "The
Heart of Man land ' at the Herald Square
Theater, which Is sufficient proof of its
success In 1S98 she appeared in "Zaza,"
the sutefss of which Is now history. In
I'M ' Mme Du Barry was brought out
at the Belasco Theater In New York
ttllt n im- -aim lut-Hlcr luuoweu
Adrca in 10S. which was the last
pla In which the Tltian-halred actress
appeared under the Bclasco management,
I nder her own management Mrs Car
ter toured tn lxth 'Vaza" and " Mme. Du
Harry. after which she produced
Kassa at the Liberty Theater In New
ork at a cost of JTS.non. but the pla
was a failure, as was also Vasta
Heme In which she toured In 190S.
It became io evident that her man
agerial abllitj was not commensurate
with her ambitions that Mrs Carter en
tered into a live ears' contract with
John Cort In liff, when he presented her
in 'Tun Women ' which was seen hero
ii the Bclasco Theater Just about two
years ago
This year Mr Cort will present Mrs.
Carter In three emotional dramas
' aza. The Second Mrs. Tanqueray,"
and 'Camllle with the possibility of the
Lddition of Magda the last three of
winch wl'l be new roles to her
One dav last week a fair-haired gentle
woman, with a olce that vibrates with
music came in for a little chat with me
And whom do you think It was" No less
a personage than Miss Percy Haswell,
who Is billed as the stellar attraction
at Chase s Theater this week
Of course the flr-t question I asked
her was what in the world she means by
going into vaudeville at which she rip
pled off a yard or two of that melodious
little laugh of hers, and game me to
understand that this Is but a transitory
mood, a forerunner of the big things
she intends to do next ear. which i
less than to appear before the American
I ublic at the head of her own rompan
under the management of W v Grove
In i retixal of Borneo and Juliet." "si
.ou Like It and 'The Taming of the
Shrew
Willi" manv claim that Miss TFaswell
Is a Washington girl, sho Is nothing of
the kind, for it was on a sunny little
hillside In the vicinit of Austin Tex .
that she spent her childhood days and
adored the Klizabethan bard so much
that she used to climb into an old applo
tree and pla "Juliet ' to the ' Romeo of
a little girl friend while the apple bios
soms filled all the hillside with their
drifting fragrance and furnished a most
fitting setting for the poetic occupation
of the little girl
Miss Haswell did spend two cars of
her girlhood here In the Holj Cross
Acadeim during the political career of
her father, George Tjler Haswell, or
Texas
From Washington she went to New
"iork to studv In Mr Dab s compan.
and understudied Miss Rehan there in
"Twelfth Night." after which lame her
broad success in Shakespearean roles.
both In America and In London
She comes to Chases this week in a
one-act pUn, Into which she Injects her
most famous scene from "As lou Like
It," as well as one from "The Taming
ct the Shrew "
PLAYBILLS
"National "The QnaUrr Olrl."
"The Quaker Girl." the musical comed
hit of three continents, opens a week's
engagement at the National Theater to
morrow night, coming here after a
Sear's run at the Park Theater. New
York, with the original companv. headed
b) Ina Claire and Pcrclval Knight
Lionel Monckton wrote the score, while
the book Is by James T. Tanner and
lvrics bv Adrian Ross and Percy Green-
bank. Henry B Harris, under whose
management "The Quaker Girl Is pre
sented here, did not change the piece at
all in bringing it across, so that it will
bo seen hero exactly as presented for twm
years In London. The story centers on
Prudence, a demure little Quaker girl
who In the first act Is shown In her
quaint Quaker home in an Lngllsh Mi
lage. Hither Journeys Tony Chute, the
gaj young attache of the American Em
bassy in Paris, and he undertakes the
not difficult task of teaching Prudence
to love. Capt Charteris, a King's mes
senger, is In the village palng court to
the Princess Mathlldc. who has been ex
iled from France and the four sip a
glass of wine together and this proves
to be the undoing of Prudence, for when
her stern Quaker parents hear ot it they
cast her off. Mme. Blum, a Parisian
modiste. Is In the -village at the time
and sho agrees to take Prudence to
Paris and give her employment in her
shop. Thus in the second act the audi-
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enco finds her companion is the Prin
cess who has taken up tho guise ol
shopgirl in order to remain in Paris
Tony is on hand and is making fine head
way In his suit for Prudence until Diane,
an actress, an old flame of his, becomes
Jealous and attempts a scheme to break
up the affair between Tony and Fru
dencc She places an old love letter
from Tony In the pocket of a dress Pru
dence Is to wear. However, the letter is not
from Tony at all, but from the Minister
of the Interior, and when Prudence re
turns It to him he is so happy at the
avertion of a scandal that he removes the
ban of exile from the Princess.
gorgeously staged ballroom scene In the
suburbs of Paris the two couples are re
united and all ends happll). In the cast
of "The Quaker Girl" are Included May
voaes. juatsie uay, .Nemo ilcHenry, Gil
bcrt Childs. Roland Bottomley. May Al
lison, ana Lewns James.
nclaaco Mrs. Leslie Carter.
Mrs. Leslie Carter will be seen at the
Bclasco Theater this week in two jilays
iaza- ana rne second Mrs. Tan-
queraj. "
It Is several seasons since she last ap
peared as "Zaza," and John Cort. who
gave Mrs Carter her fine production of
iwo women," and under whose man
agement she continues to appear, deems
the time ripe for a repetition of this
piay. .airs carter will be seen In "Zaza"
on Monda), Tuesday, Wednesday, and
Saturday evenings, and at the Wednes
day matinee.
Zaza is a stager and dancer. She falls
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COLUMBIA Julia Sanderson in "The Sunshine Girl."
NATIONAL Ina Claire in "The Quaker Girl."
BELASCO Mrs. Leslie Carter in "Zaza" and "The Second Mrs.
Tanqueray."
CHASE'S Polite Vaudeville
ACADEMY "Sis Hopkins."
POLTS Vaudeville
GAYETY "The College Girls."
COSMOS Vaudeville
LYCEUM Tom Miner's "Bohemian Burlesquers."
CASINO Vaudeville
GARDEN "The Miracle"
in love with a man who Induces her to
leave the st ige When she Icamn
is a husuaud, she goes revengtfull
expose him to his wife, but Is turned
back from vengeance bv his little child.
the good In her nature coming out
Tho Second Mrs TanquerJJ. which
will bo given on Tliurda and Fnda
enings und at the Saturday matinee. Is
bv the English plajw right, Arthur Wing
PInero
The stor Is that of a widower whr
marries a woman "with .1 past." wltl
lull knowledge of her character, and the
impossibilitv ensues of Inducing sotlety
to open its doors to her The tlaughter
of Tanqueray bv his first wife refuses to
give love or confidence to her stepmother
nnd this daughter falls In love with a
former inamorati of her fathers present
wife, whom she Is willing to forgive for
questionable events In his past life, but
whom she impulslvcl) gives up when she
learns who the woman was with whom
ho had a liason
Paul i Tanqueray wants to bo decent
and means to be, but cverj thing Is
against her, and even her epdaughter,
for whose love she J earns agonizinglv,
repels all advances with a frlgidltv
worthy the offspring of a cold-blooded
mother, and grasps eagerly at the first
opportunity to escape the others pres
ence. Suicide was the logical end of a
life made unbearable, not so much be
cause of sins repented ns because of the
hcartlessncsx of society and Its crass
wilfulness In holding to Its mistaken
sens of justice.
The role of Paula should give Mrs
Carter an opportunity for & full expres
sion of the Interpretative art for which
bhn Is noted. In a pla made of charac
ters distinctly British, but at least within
the smpathetlc understanding of an
American audience
it Is promised that both plas will be
staged In a sumptuous manner, and a
new production has been provided bj
Mr Cort for each play. The principal
members of Mrs Carter's company are
Brandon Hurst. Alfred Perry, Hamilton
Mott, Leon Brown, R. G-. Thomas. Phil
Sheridan, Maude Hanaford. Corah
Adams, Mabel Archdall, Josephine
Morse, Ethel Lawrence. Edith Hardy.
Peggy Meredith, and Olga Ramsdall.
Chane's Polite Vaudeville.
Percy Haswell will make her first ap
pearance in polite -vaudeville at Chase's
this week. Miss Haswell has starred in
the Cljdo Fitch plais, in the Shakes-
perean comedies, and also In modern
problem productions under the Frohman
management It probably will also be
conceded that she Is the most popular
and versatile stock star at the present
time. For her appearance here Miss
Haswell has acquired from Allen Faw-
cett "Master wills PIaers. a one-act
romantic comedietta of Elizabethan
times In England, and Its plot is ar
ranged so as to permit the Interpolation
of a scene from "As You Like It" and
also a scene from "The Taming of the
ri
Shrew.
The extra added attraction will bo
Frank Fogarty. "Tho Dublin Minstrel."
rated as the best Irish comedian on the
stage, who will offer new stories, songs,
and dances of true Hibernian flavor and
also civo more Kerrigan and O'Brien
anecdotes. Charles Mack and Company
will be a comedy feature In "Come Back
to Erin." an Irish scenic playlet, and his
players include Mrs Emily Petrs. tne
oldest actress on the American stage.
From tho Berlin Wintergarten will come
Germany's noted hlppodromo novelty, the
great Jungmann troupe. In aerial ex
ploits Al and Fannie Stedman will pre
sent their "Piano Capers." The Ramsdell
trio of dancing stars are included. The
Kinemacolor photoplay will be "Tho
Husband's Story." Tho pipe organ re
citals will offer varied programmes for
music lovers.
rndemy "SI Hopkins."
The management of the Academy
takes special pleasure In announcing the
appearance this week of the Rose
Melville production of "Sis Hopkins,"
that ever popular oomedy-wlth-muslc
The classic comedy of rural Indiana Is
touring under the control and manage
ment or William D. Fitzgerald.
"Sis Hopkins" Is recognized as one
of the greatest of native stage produc
tions, despite the fact that It is a simply
told story of love and life among a
group of people such as one is familiar
with in the ordinary current of life. It
fills s niche In America's amusement,
such as .no other play can hope to
WEEK OFFERS.
share and which no other play has
shared during the pjst decade with tho
exception of 'Rip an Winkle lor Sis
is more than an original character of
delightful charm she Is an Institution
.v national possession a looked for event
In every community from PortUnd to
Tortland and from Maine to Mexico
l.verv me knows of the lovablo men
and women who peoplo Its wholesome
scenes Ma and Pa 81s. her swe theart,
Rldj Scarboro, Vibert, Bart arnum
the fresh college jouth. Margei. Tlshla
and the rest of Sis' chums. Oludlah. '
the unctuous undertaker, and the others
who compose the personnel of the play.
The production Is said to have received
the extreme of care In the hands of
Manager I itzgerald A cast of especially
chosen plajcrs enact the unique roles
for whiih the piece Is f-imous Ilclcne
Hamilton will be seen as Sis. while"
the other characters will be plaed by
Charles F Guthrie. V. P. Haven. Jack
Jiorton. George Bron, David DeW'olf,
C C Randolph, Martha Richards, Nettle
IJndsey, Gertrude Arden. WInna Rogers
and Pauline Emmerson
Toll' Vandcv lllr.
The first of the twelve farewell per
formances of vaudeville will be given at
Polls to-morrow.
The stellar feature will be B A Rolfes
musical corned. 'Tho Ixne Trust,' with
a cast of twelve. Rolfe Is known as one ot
the most elaborate producers In the vaude
ville Held, and all his entertainments
which have been presented In Washing
ton in recent jears have been received
with enthusiasm His newest production
is said to bo his best
Sue Smith, a bewitching chansonette.
will appear at the flower girl, with a
repertoire of rones and lyrics. Madden
and FItxpatrick will bo seen In a comedy
sketch called "The Wanderer." The lines
are said to be novel and, the characteriza
tions ot tno two comedians artistic
Johnson and Wentworth. a clrl and a
bo, will present a singing and dancing
act Manual Alexander and his comnanv
of three gifted musicians will be one of
the stellar features of the farewell week,
with an extensive repertoire of ponular
musical classics
The five Martes. two men and three
girls. In a bicycle specialty, and Jlmmle
Burns, a performer on the alack wire, are
other Inclusions An elaborate motion
picture programme will add to the en
joyment of those who come to say good-
Dy to roua vaudeville.
Gnyety "The College Girl."
"The New College Girls" company ap
pears at the Gajety this week. Those
who hav e seen the "College Girls ' In the
past will see a production far more pre
tentious and elaborate than any previ
ously given to the public
Max Spiegel has gone into the musical
comedy, legitimate, and vaudeville field
for his artists. He has a find in May
i- tonne J.maen. who is tne prima donna-
She sings well and has a personality
that has won her favorabla criticism
wherever she has appeared Abe Rey-
noias ana uan uoieman rurntsh the bulk
of the comedy. Beatrice, the ragtime
violinist of last year. Is retained to re
peat her past conquests. The two-act
musical comedy farce which will be pre
sented tells an amusing story of a col
lege student whose love affairs evoke
the wrath of his father. He manages to
get tne girl of his heart through the aid
of a Janitor, who masquerades as his
aunt.
Coi
1 nndeville.
One of tho
most Interesting scenio
spectacles that has ever appeared at the
Cosmos Theater, 'The Waltz Dream,"
Hawaiian romance, written by Tom Ter
rlss. the English playwright, and pre
sented by Veronica Con well, a mimetic
dancer, assisted by George McGarry and
three natlvo Hawallans. singers and
musicians, will return this week as tho
stellar feature .of the Cosmos bill." It
tells the love story of a Hawaiian
dancing girl and an American
naral officer in terpsichorean nantomlme
and weird Hawaiian songs and melodies.
The next feature of Importance will
be the "Singing Girls," In a surprise of
fering of songs. Zelgler and Zelrler will
be seen In acrobatics: Hickman and
Wills, in "The Trust." a play In a
comedy setting; Walter Weems, the car
toonist will sketch and chatter In his
enjoyable way, and Wltsum and Thurs
ton promise an unusual entertainment
Continued on Tare Eight.
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INTERESTING DRAMA LEAGUE
PROGRAMME FOR FEBRUARY
The plans of the Washington Center of
the Dnma League for the month of Fcb-ru-iry
will prove especially Interesting to
those concerned with the progress of the
American stage Interest in the activities
of the organization was qulcktned by the
addrees reventl given by William Fa
versham and Frank Keenan. under its
auspices, nnd It Is believed that such In
terest will be further stimulated by the
announcement of the distinguished speak
ers secured for next month
On February It. J. Henry Benrlmo and
Georgo C Hazleton. Jr. authors of "Tho
Yellow Jacket," will address members of
the league upon "The Chinese Stage and
Its Appeal to the Imagination" and "The
Elizabethan Theater and Its Similarity
to the Chinese Theater," respectively.
Structurally. "The Yellow Jacket" fol
lows the traditional conventions of the
Chinese Theater, which strangely coin
cide In great degree with, those of tho
more familiar Elizabethan drama, and
the analogies which Mr. Benrlmo and Mr.
Hazleton will draw, therefore, will open
an avenue of thought and research not
heretofore extensively traveled
Percy Mackaye, poet-draraatlst and es
saLst. author of "Anti-Matrimony,"
"Mater," "The Scarecrow," and some of
the most inspiring works of criticism and
comment on the modern drama, will also
lecture before members of the Drama
League in February en "The Civic The
ater."
Margaret Mao. conspicuously success
ful among the women playwrights of the
United States, author of "Polly of tho
Circus" and "Baby Mine," likewise has
been secured to address members of the
league next month.
The lectures will be given In the Car
negie Librarj.
MINNEAPOLIS SYMPHONY
ORCHESTRA HERE SOON
Emll Ooerhoffer and his wonderful
Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra, which
came unknown to this city less than a
jear ago and went away with the fore
most musicians ot tho city singing Its
praises. Is announced for a second con
cert In this city under the management
of T. Arthur Smith, at the New National
Thursday afternoon. February 3). at 4 30
o clock. The organization is ten years
old. It started with forty-four musi
cians, rehearsing once a week, and with
an annual guarantee fund of 110.000. To
day it comprises more than eighty musi
cians, most carefully assembled. It Is
rehearsed dally, and Is a complete and
competent symphony organization, with
an annual guarantee fund of T5.O0O sub
scribed by a group of public-spirited citi
zens. "The Mian. Itoail."
"The High Road." which Mrs Flske Is
presenting this season, has proven to be
the most potent matinee play in which
she has appeared for years. This proba
bly Is due to the interest of the gentler
sex in watching one of their number win
a grueling battle against several mascu
line opponents arrayed In solid phalanx
against her.
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JULIA SANDERSON IS A
REAL "SUNSHINE GIRL"
Starring Julia Sanderson In a piece
called "The Sunshine Girl" seems to be
a particularly happy move, as this little
prima donna Is an ardent advocate of sun
shine and possesses a radiant presonalltv
that can-best be described as 'sunn.
She claims that plenty of fresh air and
sunshine is the best things for one s
complexion and temper.
During the long run or "The siren' at
tho Knickerbocker last season, she was
forced to live in New York, which she
declares that she detests, but c ery Sun
day morning when it was sunny she
would motor up to her grandparents
home In Springfield, Mass., where she
was born.
"That Sunday trip." she declared. took
all of the kinks out of the hard week
When. I used to see the theater crowds
rushing Into the restaurants after the
show on Saturday night, to gorge them
selves and sleep late, 1 would say to
myself, 'poor things! 1 shall get to bed
early so that I can have my Sunday
motor trip, and sun my cares away. '
Mis. Sanderson declares that she would
rather see tho sun come up In a one-
night stand, where she was to play a
part in which she had been successful,
than to remain In the gloom of Broadway
and be continually cast for new roles
bhe mav change her mind It "The bun-
shine Girl" is a success at the Knicker
bocker, and decide to bask ail season in
the rajs of the "Julia Sanderson" on the
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'THE QUAKER GIRL" COSTUME
HAS BEEN WIDELY COPIED
It is not often that a musical corned
sets a stlc which Is unique and original
enough to bo copied by Fifth Avenue.
yet this is just what happened to the
dainty frock worn by Ina Claire in
The Quaker Girt" with its demure sim
plicity of Quaker bonnet, cuffs, collar
and fichu A year ago last fall. Just
before this famous musical comedy was
produced at the Park Theater In New
lork, several far-sighted modistes, who.
had seen "The Quaker Girl' In Paris
and knew it was about to be produced
In New York, returned from their annual
continental trips, loaded down with
copies of the Quaker dress both in Its
original form and In the Paris adapta
tion, which was considerably more
elaborate, yet adhered to the simple
Quaker lines.
When the play opened and dainty "Miss
Claire was pronounced the new Edna
May, these same modistes filled their
Fifth Avenue shop windows with the
Quaker models and advertised them
widely with the result that the Quaker
frock became tho vogue And along In
the middle of the raid-winter gaeties of
the social set one evening at a masked
ball, both Mrs W. K. Vanderbllt and
Mrs. Reginald Vanderblltt unknown to
each other, cbose the Quaker frock for
their costume After that the success
of the gown was complete and it was
copied far and wide with various adap
tations, dui siui remained the aulet
Quaker frock of the musical comedy.
Disunited With America.
Mme. Simone closed her season In Chi
cago earlier than her schedule required.
Decause ner art was not appreciated
In the Windy City." She is returning
at once ta Paris, where her next appear
ance will be In Henry JBcrrutalaa jiasr
jplay, The Secret.
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