Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-17
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devoted its time here mainly to The Am
bassador" which, to speak in Modified
phrase is not very good play. The names
with which to conjure are mainly in the
business department. In the cast OF char
acters John Mason holds the position or pre-
eminence. Mr.. Mason is good actor, but
not good enough to carry the entire per-
Torrance. At the Columbia Theater several
kinds of show were offered at once in
Star and Carter There were plenty OF
comedy stars and the most exactng devotee
of the ballet could complain of no dearth of
garters. But the interest came to an alb
rupt Standst!H every now and then Inc
performance is of a type which has been
eminently successful in New York, but
which Washington assimilateS rather spar
ngly. The August family had juggling
act which totally eclipses anything OF the
kind ever seen previously. In fact. 1t SO
thoroughly oyershadOWS everything else
that no amount of hard work and good work
by the comedy people can prevent the re-
mainder of the performance from seeming
tame by comparison especially as their jug
Cling constitutes an entirely independent
turn and is introduced with an utter lack of
Difference to the other characters who would
properly he participants in the dramatic ell
max which their scene represents. Marie
CahHl has a neat idea of huriesque. ana
Otis Harlan is funny because he cannot
help being so. He is the most natural come
dian since "Old HoSS' Hoey. He tolls not.
neltnef does he SPIN any ln!hS tSpttldiiS
novel in the way of comic stories. hut ne
makes everybody laugh. Harlan has not
had a really good part since he anpe aIed III
Charles Hoyts plays. Al the Lafayette
Blanche Bates worked like A heroine with
dialect part in The Last Word Miss
Bates is making 4 strenuous effort to pant
b tn feet in Ada Rehans shoes as THE
American actress. Comparisons are always
difficult propositions. Infinite Wisdom has
seen fit to avoid creating any TWO people
precisely alike and Miss Bates Washing
ton admirers. who have been loyal and APP
preciative ever since her first appearance
in this city. will be quite content to accept
her as a star in her own constellation with
out demanding that the whole universe of
planets be accounted her satellites. Miss
Bates is earnest and ambitious and her'idea
of presenting an Ibsen play is noted with
much interest by lovers of the purely liter
airy drama.
Yesterday the Hashims folded their tents
like the Arab and silently stole away. They
saved gas bills for two nights and matt
nee. "a Wise Guy also departed wiser.
ana sadder Tp be accurate. the Hashims
are not Arabs. They syrians They
come from Beyruth just at the foot of Mt.
Lebanon and fifty miles so from Da-
mascus. They boast an ancestry older than
the haughtiest English aristocrats for rec
ords exist by which they trace their lineage
back to the time of the building of
Solomons temple These records are of
genuine archaeological interest, and indicate
that the HaShim family, even at that early
day had q genius for large ente rprises. as
they held an important contract in connec-
ton with the work on the temple. n.
Hashim who appears to be the leading spirit
in the enterprises which have made the
name famous in the vaudeville world. has
had a career which. as Ko-ko sings, would
rank with most romances. He has a castle
in Beyruth. which is so big to be almost
m hIlrnnSes n
dence. He engaged in mercantile pursuits
in his own country and then in London In
London the magnticence of his residence
attracted so much attention that he set
apart certain hours during the week when
the WORKS of art ii contained might be seen
by visitors. His wife known to patrons of
grand opera Nine. Tavary. is also of dis
tinguished origin her title being Countess
Renu Bastu.' His career in American
amusements has been rapid and brilliant.
His Philadelphia theater is gold mine.
and his management of Roster & Balls. in
New York, is rated as prosperous. The
HaShims have contracted their enterprises
so that these are now all the theaterS they
control. Their lease of the Academy of
Music was not taken with the expectation
that the house would bring any Immediate
profit. Indeed. they would have been con-
tent to conduct it at moderate loss for
the sake of being able to guarantee good
attractions longer series of bookings The
losses. however. exceeded their original cal
culation, and policy of retrenchment was
inaugurated which cuts the Academy off
the Hashim list. E. d. Stair, into whose
control the house has passed has an extern
sive circuit Of theaters. George Romans
his representative is now in the CITY The
theater will reopen Thanksgiving week with
an attraction not yet decided upon. Paul
thurman, who was a representative of the
Hashims here. will go to Roster and Balls.
New York John Quin, who was also con-
nected with the theater, will return to Phil
adelphia While their departure removes a
certain wholesome element of competition
it is not likely that vaudeville Will be per
mitted TO languish.
i've made some contracts I think nv
Washington patrons will be pleased to
learn Of said Manager Chase today
Il have engaged Rose Coghlan and; her
company for return date in her new
dramatic sketch, High Society" Jessie
Bartlett Davis, the famous singer. is an
other noteworthy star to appear. j. E.
Dodson and company will be seen in The
Cardinals Stratagem. The wonderful per-
forming seals are also booked for the New
Grand. Robert Hilliard will return with
The Littiest Girl" Marie Wainwright. in
Harriet Weems also is booked. The -Four
Cohans will be appreciated. Kara the
greatest European juggler, in his billiard
room act, has been engaged. The Great
Lafayette. greater than Ching Ling Foo is
coming. Marshall Wilder, the entertainer
Of princes and prince of entertainers will
come for the first time in two seasons Lii
liam Burkhart will bring new sketch The
Three Yoscarrys, the only acrobats ever
headlined by Vieth, have been booked
Others equally distinguished are the Four
Juggling Johnsons. McAvoy and May, Cher
idah Simpson, tombstone Bennett, Rice and
Cohen, the Hawaiian Queens. the Newsky
Troupe, the Five Olracs. Cushman. Hoi-
comb and Curtis. Cawthorne and For
roster, Inez Macauley. James O. Bar
rows, and SO If there are any
great ones not enumerated you may be
sure they will be seen here sooner or later
this season. The market is overlooking
now with extraordinary attractions. While
it is true many American acts are going
abroad, it is equally true that more Euro
pean acts are coming over. The Vaudeville
Managers Association, Of which am gen.
eral secretary, has completely explored the
foreign field, and more than one hundred
acts are preparing to cross the water. Ny
policy is to keep up continual change Of
acts, bringing back few possible that
have been seen once. Then, too. am work
ing hard to obtain every creditable dra-
matte or comedy sketch to be had. My pa
irons want food for the intellect as well as
the pleasures Of the senses. And I'm glad
to say that polite vaudeville Is prospecting
more satisfactorily than ever before"
An arrangement has been entered into