Evening star., 1901-10-30
A AMUSEMENTS.


the management ayers, were never seen
here) new scenery, new music, new COM
edy. and star who Is as fresh and dainty
as the violets on the glades of New Hamp-
shire, where she halls from in the story.
will come Lulu Glaser and an able opera
company to produce the new comic opera,
Dolly Varden,'' at the Columbia Theater,
in this city, for the week commencing Mon
day next.
The opera was written by those brilliant
collaborators, Messrs. Stanislaus STANCE
and Julian Edwards. This will be Miss
Glasers second engagement in Washing
ton as a star, but she is not a stranger to
our opera-goerS by any means, as for a
number of seasons she has been a visitor
mere While leading lady with the Francis
Wilson Opera Company. F. c. Whitney
will bring to Washington a company of
fifty picked artists to support Miss CHASER,
ana number of the best musicians obtain
able in New York to assist in interpreting
the beauties of the score. He will do ev-
erything in his power to please Washing
ton music lovers, and those who remember
what distinguished success his efforts met
with in trying to win their favor with Rob
Roy and Brian Boru'' and THE Fencing
Master will be pleased to know that in
Dolly Warden he feels that he has sur
passed either of those memorable efforts.
THE HELMET OF NAvARRE"-
Charles Dalton, the young English actor
who has been seen in this city each sea-
son for the last five years at the head of
The Sign of the Cross company, will
make his appearance a star at the New
National Theater on Monday night. The
new star will on that occasion present for
the frst time on any stage adaptation
of Bertha Runkle's celebrated novel. "The
Helmet of Navarro" by Miss Runkle and
Lawrence Marston. Mr.. Dalton is we'll
known, not only to our own theatergoerS
but to the many visitors from other cities
in which he has appeared in Wilson Bar
retts drama Aside from his performance
OF Marcus Superbus Mr.. Dalton is little
known in this country, although he came
over from England several years ago to
play leading part in the first production
of The Prodigal Daughter Mr. Dalton
was associated with many of the big Adel-
phla Theater productions and those who
nave seen him on the other side predict that
MS performance of Etienne De Mar will be
revelation to those who know of him
only as the hero Of The Sign of the Cross"
Inc play follows closely the main incidents
OF the book and abounds in thrilling scenes
and incidents of love and adventure. The
production will be one of the most elabo-
rate of thesseason. The scenery, of which
there are five massive SETS is by Homer
Emmons and John Young; the costumes
were designed by Madam Siedel and exc
cuted by Dazian and the music specially
composed by Manuel Klein.
THE WIFE.''-Next week the Bellows
Stock Company will produce The Wife"
at the Lafayette. The play is from the pen
of Belasco and De Mile, and was one of the
greatest of the brilliant Lyceum successes
in New York a decade ago. During that
time it has lost little of its popularity. 1t
was originally selected by Mr. Bellows as
the opening bill, as the play is one pecu-
llarly adapted to the capabilities of the
stock company. AT that time however
the rights to produce the play were in liti-
CATION and it has only been secured now
by the payment of a considerable sum in
the shape of royalty. While the play is
styled a comedy drama, it is one of real
dramatic strength, having Well-detined
central motive and strong vein of serious
ness. 1t is fertile in incident, and tells a
story from the start. 1t is of particular
local interest, in that the principal scenes
are laid in Washington.
"a TRIP TO CHINATOWN."-In re-
sponse to numerous requests, the attraction
selected to follow "A Contented Woman
at Chase's Theater next week, beginning
with the matinee Monday will be Hoyt's
bubbiing comedy, "A Trip to Chinatown"
This comedy enjoyed longer run in New
YORK tnan any other Hoyt play and ii
VIII be remembered the distinct success
winch served to establish Otis Harlan and
Chase's Musical Comedy Stock Company in
popular favor last summer Mr. Harlan
VIII again play the humorous part of
Welland Strong the quasi invalid. who
manages to have good time in spite of
the fact that each indiscretion takes so
many days off his life. Miss Lane will have
an opportunity to display her versa tility.
!. me part OF widow for which she is cast in
"A Trip to Chinatown is an opposite type
to the role she is assuming in "A Contented
Woman. John w. Dunno will as formerly
enact the part of the old man. who has to
depend Tor his evenings entertainment
upon newspaper instead of the charming
widow whom he expected. Miss Marble will
again be seen in boys clothes as Willie
Grow. To Lille Chip will be assigned a
large Lar snare or the vaudeville specialties
This part of the entertainment Will be en-
larged next week. AS a special attraction
the Three English Beauties have been en-
gagged. Their dancing speciality is one OF
the heaohners of vaudeville. The comedy
Will be presented with new scenery and
costumes. Election returns will be read
from the stage on election night
HOME, SWEET HoME.,-For next
week the Academy announces the engage
ment of Edgar Smiths popular play. .Home.
Sweet Home" Edgar Smith is best known
1hrough his burlesques. but in Home,
aMeet sa,t % home ne has made four-act COM
edy-drama, the action taking place in a
small village In the interior Of New York
state. The main incidents center around
the love story of a pretty country girl and
is compelled to pass before finally winning
the man OF her choice. The company in
Guides many prominent names among them
that of Harry Brown the well-known char
acter actor. Special scenery has been pre-
pared. Election returns will he road froro
the stage between the acts next Tuesday
evening.
BURLESQUE AND OLIO.-The Riiou
theater intends to make next week note
worthy by the first appearance in Washing
ton this year of Montgomery and Stone
When they were last seen in this citv
Montgomery and Stone were the CHIEF
comedians of Charles Frohman's Come
dams, presenting The Girl From I'm
There, with Edna May in the principal
role: Their success in this big Frohman
production is well known to those who
follow dramatic affairs, and their hit in
this country was repeated last winter in
London. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednes.
day Montgomery and Stone will present
their weil-known black-faced act, but com
mencng Thursday afternoon they will pre-
sent for the first time on any stage a new
act which they will give without the aid
of burnt cork, and which they have es-
pecially prepared for their Forthcoming
London engagements, which will be inaue-
urated one week after their appearance at
the Bijou.
Others on the vaudeville part of the Biiou
show for next week will be Dave Lewis.
the popular German comedian of the stock
company, who will present a new mono
logue Zoe Matthews and her pickaninnies
will render Ethiopian melodies, and Lynch
and Jewell singers and dancers who have
lust returned from a nj trim OH