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The Washington times., 1901-11-17
Kernan's-"CracI.e jack BurIes-
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Manchester's Cracker Jacks come to
Kernans for a week engagement com
mencfng Monday matinee and will no
doubt score its usual hit. as the company
this season is said to be stronger than
ever. Some of the old favorites have been
retained, but mostly new faces will be
seen. This company has the reputation
of presenting one of the best all-around
speciality and burlesque entertainments
that have ever been seen at the Lyceum.
The opening burlesque is a skit entitled
'On Board the Mary Jane and brings
twenty pretty girls into prominence in
songs, duets, trios and quartettes. The
following specialties will appear between
the opening and closing burlesques: Brown,
Harrison and Brown, who have appeared
here before, are among the most pleasing
people in the bill, and will present an act
entitled wait q Minute in which they
promise to repeat their former local sue
cesses; Morrissey and Cameron. eccentric
song and dance artists. who perform
number of feats that are as funny as
they are astonishing, George Fredo and
Sadie Forrest, The Musical Tramp and
the Elastic Soubrette;" Belle Hathaway,
with her troupe of trained balloons and
monkeys, and the Mayo sisters, in new
songs.
The closing burlesque will engage the
services of the entire company in funny
satire on one of New York's latest dra-
matte productions. The Novelties will in
clude The Sporting Girls" THE Saucy
Girls" and The Girls Who Look for
Tips
AS an extra attraction, Manager Ker-
nan has engaged tIarvey Parker the lit
tie tdemon) wrestler, to appear at every
a
The Cracker Jacks Parker has issued
a challenge to all comers, and promises
S25 to any man who stays with him fifteen
minutes without a fail Parker claims TO
have defeated all the wCll-known wreSt-
ling experts, including RoebeT He weighs
~ mounds. but bars no size or MelghL.
The Washington times., 1901-11-17
The coIumbia-.nIiss Bob white"

If a rollicking, merry comedy, inter
spersed with thirty-odd jingling melodies.
interpreted by capable artists. assisted
by large and efficient chorus, together
with superb scenic equipment, and a
countless variety of beautiful dresses,
the whole ensemble accompanied by a
largely augmented orchestra of thorough
musicians. makes a successful opera, then
Willard Spenser is said to have accom-
plished the fact with his new comedy
opera, Miss Bob White" which will be
seen in this city at the Columbia next
week.
The organization includes Ethel Jack
son, Mathilde Preville. Alice Campbell,
Richard F. Carroll. Frank Dsshon, viii
liam L. Philip, Thomas Whinen, and
Nicholas Burnham.
The production here viii be Identical
with that presented at the Chestnut
Street Theatre, Philadelphia, during its
run of 100 performances last season.
The Washington times., 1901-11-17
Chase's-PoIite Vaudeville.

The resumption of vaudeville at Chase's
Theatre during Thanksgiving week will
be made the occasion of one of the finest
bills of the kind ever seen in Washing
ton. The prominent feature Of the bill
viii be Ten-Ichi and his troupe of seven
Oriental wonder-workers.
In Japan, Ten-Ichi is regarded as the
greatest living conjurer. His assistants
include several pretty geisha girls. who
are, themselves. skilled in the black art.
The other numbers on the bill will in
clude the Gainsborough Octette; VIII NJ.
Cressy ana Blanche Dayne. in The Vii
lage Lawyer a new pastoral sketch
written by Mr.. Cressy; Leon Morris
ponies; Blmm- Bomn- Brrr; Ada Arnold
son; Monroe and Wesley; Chalk Saun-
ders, and the Three MelrOse Brothers.
The Washington times., 1901-11-17
THE PASSING SHOW.

Mrs Fiske. that excellent actress who
when she finds time hanging heavily
on her hands, dashes of a little speech
that occupies about five columns Of nom
pareil telling the people of the country
who patronize the theatres what a dread
ful thing the theatrical syndicate is and
how its iron heel of oppression is slowly
but none the less certainly grinding the
independence out of the native actor,
and how the drama itself is rapidly going
20 the very dogs, has been at it again
Mrs Fiske's latest bouquet of philippics
was hurled at the so-called syndicate
Tuesday night before the Nineteenth
Century Club Of New York Her talk
vastly entertaining, If it sounded as
well as 1t reads, while as an advertise
ment for the actress it was as ingenious
as the historical milk baths of Anna
Held.
After making the somewhat astonish-
ing assertion that the trust as an insti-
tuition designed to enrich its members at
little or no risk and upon the labor and
property Of others is remarkable
thing, and IL can be described in
no more expressive way than by
stating that it represents IN the the
atre part of what has been called in the
iIidEdHliit Nbih Vi an lulllB
young writer as the world of graft, q"
Mrs. Fske stated:
Competition in the drama now is almost i'm
possible. And if there be any fault TO find with
the supply Of a;nusements, responsibility may be
easily placed. IL may be said for the trust
that it never has pretended that it would improve
the American drama American dramatic art
That leads to another consider alton Of its in
fuences.
The producing manager as an indepeudeDt
has
such manager TO wish 10 invest today in
the production Of play in which he had faith
he could not get a theatre, or secure route
equivalent TO a share in what should really be
his sole property. Thus IL is not strange that
ventures OF original conception, which formerly
were the life and variety OF the theatre, are
comparatively few. They will naturally decrease
under prevailing conditions until the theatre
The Washington times., 1901-11-17
The Academy-sLost River"

Lost River" Joseph Arthur's play,
which ran for six months in New York
last season, viii be the attraction next
week at the Academy Of Music. II is said
to be the best play the author has ever
written.
The management has engaged Paul Gill
more TO appear in the leading role, Bob
Blessing. Last season Mr.. Gilmore played
King Charles in Henrietta Crossmans S
production of Mistress Nell" ana pre-
Some-of the others IN the cast Will be
Edith Fassett, as ora, the heroine; Bart
ley McCallum, Elizabeth Woodson. How
ard Missimer Ada Bashell, and others.
The Washington times., 1901-11-17
NEXT WEEKS ATTRACTIONS.
The NationnI-Ber,bn tnIIand.

Playgoers who are not 100 blase to per-
NIT their imaginaii las to be led away into
the fanciful rounds # fairies and witches
should enjoy the f-tivn of the wistful
mysterious little voud sprite, Isoult, and
her romantic wooing by the plumed and
aruored knight-erra.r, Prosper, in The
Forest Lovers
This melodramatic romance, taken from
Maurice Hewlett's book, will have its first
performance in Washington at theSNew
National next week, with Bertha Galland
in the principal role. The company num-
bers twenty-siX people. and these will be
re-enforced by twenty supernumeraries.
The Washington times., 1901-11-17
The Lufnyette-"The Two orphnns.u

The offering of the Bellows Stock Com
pany at the Lafayette this week may be
in manner elassed as novelty. in that
the organization will present in Washing
ton for the first time in many years that
old and time-tried melodrama, The Two
Orphans" Mr. Bellows announces that
ir presenting this old favorite he will use
the famous Kate Claxton version, togeth-
er with the incidental music, which differs
very materially from the first English
version Of d Enncry's masterpiece
Competent critics have declared THE
Two Orphans to be the greatest play of
its kind ever written. and its long life
would seem to add truth to the dlclara-
ton. That it mas had a wonderful mag
netic power is witnessed by the countless
thousands who have paid to see it, Al
though Miss ClaXton used it in her stellar
operations for more than twenty years.
visiting the same cities year after year, It
was still drawing large audiences when
she abandoned it to retire to private life.
Its revival by the stock compay ought to
make a very interesting Offering. and that
the public still loves to see the old plays
is evidenced by the large box ofiic. book
ings reported by Manager Berger.
The following will be the complete cast:
CheValier Maurice de Naydray, White
Whittlesey; Count de Linieres, Francis T.
Powers. Picard, Harry Corson Clarke;
Jacques Frochsrd. John T. Sullivan;
Pierre, his brother, Charles Wyngate:
Marquis de Presles, Myron LeffingweH;
Doctor of the Hospitals. Frederick SuIli-
van; Count de Mailly. Joseph Kaufman;
Marquis D'Estrees, Tony Cummings; Mar
tin, +. J. Durgan; chief clerk, Howard
Sanford: officer Of the guard, Harry c.
Bradley; Antoine, jeremiah O'Connor;
fOotnan. William Weaver; Countess de
Liniere, Effie Darling; Louise, Antoinette
Walker; Henriette, Lillian Lawrence: La
Frochard, Grace Griswold; Marianne
katherine Clinton; Sister Gencvieve,
Katherine Field; Sister Therese. Susie
Parker; Florette, Leon Harold; Julie,
Elsa Czapska; Cora, Violet Pierson: Vic
The Washington times., 1901-11-17

spread popularity All of the music is
OF a thoroughly original type and pecu-
liarly catchy quality, that makes it sim
ply Irresistible
The Washington times., 1901-11-17

Cameron, and Charles Marsh. The cineo-
graph will close the bill with a new series
of motion pictures Daily matinee.
The Washington times., 1901-11-17
The Biiou-BurIesque and Vaudeville

Alexandra Dagmar, the most stunning
woman in vaudeville" will be the con-
spicuous number that will undoubtedly
attract local lovers Of vaudeville and
burlesque to the Bijou Theatre this week.
Miss Dagmar has never been seen in
Washington, and her advent Will, there
fore, be considerable Of novelty, espe-
cially as she has won pronounced success
es in Paris, London, New York, San
Francisco, and n humber OF other import
ant cities in this country. Besides be-
ing a most beautiful woman, Miss Dag
mar is claimed to possess the very best
singing voice that has ever been heard
on the vaudeville stage. and her popu-
larity is enhanced further by the fact that
she displays a number of beautiful dress
6 during her act.
Another feature OF the Bijou bill will
be a second series OF living pictures
which will introduce Leuore White, the
California beauty, and dozen OF so of
the prettiest of the Bijou chorus. There
Will be, in addition, during the olio, such
well-known actt as the Great Tascot, who
will sing coon" songs in his own mimi
table manner; the Three Osnatos triple
bar experts; Josie and Willie Barrows a
team OF clever dancers, and the Three
Graces in a comedy sketch.
Dave Lewis will return permanently to
the stock company, and will in contunc-
ton with Bert Leslie be at the head of
the organiza ion in new burlesque that
will enlist the services of the entire ag-
gregation OF singers, fun-makers and
be rendered by such favorite Bijoultes
as Nellie V. Nichols, Susie Rocamora
Susie Fisher. Sophie Leslie. John p
Rodgers, Matt Kennedy, Lew Harvey, Al
The Washington times., 1901-11-17
The Acadcmy-Thomas E. shen.


Thomas Z. Shea will inaugurate a week $
engagement in series of plays tomorrow
night at the Academy of Music Mr.. Shea
is a popular favorite in Washington, and
his annual visits to the Academy are usu-
ally attended with much success. He is
an actor Of more than ordinary ability,
has an attractive person ality. a fine voice,
and acts with intelligence and discretion.
This year Mr.. Shea has added a new
play to the list OF those In which he has
appeared heretofore. IL is entitled The
Pledge of Honor" and was adapted by
James w. Harkins, jr., from Hugh Com
ways novel Called Back" The play
opens in London and presents a scene
wherein band Of anarchists are engaged
in plotting against their Government.
Gilbert Vaughn. a wealthy young Eng
lishman who is blind. enters the room
through mistake. a murder is commit
ted as ne enters and they, thinking that
he has witnessed the crime, put him TO
severe tests In order to satisfy them
selves that he did not see il. Vaughn re-
covers his sight during the action of the
play, and assists in bringing the murder
ers TO justice. One Of the most strik-
ing scenes in the play represents a salt
mine in operation. The role of Gilbert
Vaughn is said to be one of Mr.. Shea's
DtSL tlHaNlV!ASs II - Il fndIdCLGT part
requiring the most delicate treatment,
and the actor is accredited with a distinct
success In the role. The Pledge of
Honor will form the bill Wednesday and
Saturday evenings
Monday night will mark the only per-
f1rmance during the week Of The Man
o Wars Man. which has always proved
a most entertaining bill to the patrons
of the Academy
Another interesting Offering will be
Tine Bells The version of the story
which Will be used at the Academy this
week was 81 ecially prepared for Mr. Shea
by NJ. Louis Cardot
''Dr. Jekyil and Mr.. Hyde" will be pre-
sented Tuesday and Friday evenings. The
Tuesday, Thursday. and Saturday matt
nees viii be devoted to THE Voice Of Ma
ture," by Theodore Kremer, a popular
play that recites the love story Of two
young people and the many vicissitudes
which attend their courtship
The Washington times., 1901-11-17

The talk of theatrical New York is
Klaw & Erlanger's production Of that be-
wldoringly dazzling spectacle, The
Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"
The newspaper reviewers have exhaust
ed their vocabulary of adjectives in heap
ing praise upon the magnificence of this
extravaganza. and they also admit that
never has production of this kind Of
fered so much in the way of genuine
laugh-producing specialties.
The audience, when Its senses are not
dazed by the grandeur of the moving
pictures which constantly feast the eyes,
is 'ndulging in uproarious laughter at the
antics. comic songs and sayings of the
comedians. Harry Bulger. Joseph Cav
thofne. Charles ]. Ross. John Page, and
John Hyams.
Az a beauty show il is also remarkable.
containing the pick of both the English
and American stages so far as physical
charms are concerned, and, in fact there
is an international hue over the whole af-
fair since The Sleeping Beauty and the
Beast received its birth under the spon-
sorship of Mr.. Arthur Collins, of the
prury Lane Theatre. London, which
ranks first among the pretentious produc-
ing houses of the old world.
This Comfy of Nations" was brought
about during Mr.. Collins visit to this
The Washington times., 1901-11-17

Some men leave their impression on
their generation simply by what they do.
In Washington this week there is a man,
Richard Mansfield, who will leave his i'm
press on this generation not merely as
pre-eminent artist. but as a character as
well. He is notoriously the best topic IN
any group where speculative anecdote is
cherished aud in any print whore piquant
gossip is cherished. That he is great
acter is taken for granted now; some
times there is some one with the temerity
TO question the claim that he is the great
est actor now on the native stage, but
the one question that will not down Is the
personality Of this man of whom so much
is written. and so little is known. When
this generation has passed the discussion
Of Mansfield will endure. He will he the
sauce of every memoir or biography or
"reminiscences Of his time. just were DR..
Johnson, Dean Smith the Duke of Gram
mont and DisraeM. This Is because
Mansfield is original and Individual.
sphinx whom no one can interpret.
Ii is said of Mansfield that his fashion
of making fun spares himself least OF all
On the walls Of his house In New YORK
are two large pictures. photographic
groups The first represents MIR. Mans
field. book in hand, with a smile OF Dliss
on his face, sitting in the midst OF an ap,
parently pleased group of gentlemen ana
ladies'. The other shows him in an ex-
preston of even greater delight than be-
fore but the entire assemblage about hirr
Is wrapped in sln.nber-"The picture o.
The Washington times., 1901-11-17

Klaw e Erlanger, the other end OF
the terrible combination against art. man.
age Zen Hur." THE Sleeping Beauty
and the Beast" "The Liberty Bellies. %
Foxy Quiller." the Bnstonians. the Rog-
crs brothers. and own an interest in
the tour of Mary Mannerins OF the en-
tire Klaw e. Erlangar list but one at
traction, The Sleeping 'Reauty and the
Beast" is a foreign possibility" and this
was the greatest gamble ever
been made by any AmTIcan managers
as it was the first of 1.-THE big London
Christmas GantOmimes 70 be brought tc
this country. klaw & ErlaHEcr had n
pretty good idea otgwhat their receipts
would he from the Rogers brothers, but
the English piece was an entirely new
propositic n for this country. and there is
scarce another firm Of managers that
would have dared make the production.
The greatest theatrical production that
has ever been made5in this country per-
haps IS Ben Hur" which was done nv
klaw q Erlanger last season. and which
represented an outlay of money large
enough 90 wipe out the average manager
bank account.
Nixon 4 Zimmerman, ano.'.or p-lt of
the syndicate. own the Frances wilson
opera company. with Mr. Wilson: Miss
Bob White and THE Messenger Boy
and of tne trio only the IaSt named ever
saw a foreign stage. Mr. Wilson, who
was one Of the lOudest .houters against
the syndicate. soon say the false posi-
ton he occupied and hastily sought shtl-
ter in the trust" bandwaEon. and has
been happy ever since even if the good
people of Jackson. Tenn: Kokomo, ind
Brenham. Tex, and Nun rous oth.r cen
tres of population and culture miss his
anti-syndicate curtain speechcs
After giving the syndicate several other
vicious pokes Mrs Fis-e proceeded to re
late how the combination Of managers
influence the press, and in substantiation
of her assertion referred to the case of a
Philadelphia newspapes which recently
was compelled to discharge notoriously
incompetent dramatic critic who, when he
found that he wobbled around IN the po-
The Washington times., 1901-11-17

Probably the greatest shock Mr.. Wyngate
ever gave the Lafayette patrons generally
and the matinee girls IN particular. was
when he appeared last season as Dave in
IN Mi2zoura." When he slouched on tho
stage in the dirty, ragged makeup Of the
blacRsmiths apprentice the audience
gasped and refused to believe it was Mr..
Wyngate. Recalling this incident to a
Times interviewer one afternoon last
week. the player said:
THAT was the happiost week Of the sea-
son for me-that is. regarding the choice
of parts / gloried in Dave. The elec-
trician let me have a pair Of his overalls
and 1 borrowed the shoes from a work
man about the theatre. They Were all
much too big for me, but that didnt
matter. All the makeup | used
was Il little on my eyes. For tile rest |
Just smeared my hands and face with
dirt and was ready to go on. | took
great fancy to the part after seeing Nat
GoOdwin's performance of the play and
when Mr. Bellows put IL on in Denver
asked for the role and he gave 1t to me
| like character work best, and for that
reason | think | am better fitted to play
il than amy other line. Light comedy. too.
is easy for me. but | can't endure juvenile
roles They give you nothing in return
for your work. II a man is capable of
playing only juveniles, his career is prac-
tically at an end when his youthful looks
are gone. but character actor may play
NJ Irn: as thf res life in MIN. Put man
In to play Il character part in d new pro-
dJctiCu and II ne makes nit he Is in de
faard f.Cm that time on, but Il juvenile
may go on creating new parts forever,
10 ptrhaps. and never he noticed. Then, too
the role is so much more interesting. You
have a character to study-a creation
that must be distinct from any other in
the play, and one that depends solely and
entirely upon what you make it.
But much as I'd rather play character
parts than anything else. in stock one
must be prepared for anything. l have
The Washington times., 1901-11-17

the greatest faith in Mr. Bellows 1t has
frequently happened that he has cast me
Tor part that TO me looked impossible.
would tell him, but he would always
say: Wen. You just try it, | think you
can do it. and after playing the part 1
would always feel. although perhaps l
would be very bad in 1t. that | had done
made me do it. He has an indefinable
way OF compelling you to do your hest
This is my fifth season with Mr. Bellows
the hrst being some years ago with the
original Frawley company out IN san
Franciscn-N -
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-27

Although the military governor of
Manila expelled Editor Rice for daring
to suggest that there was corruption
in the federal service in the Philip
pines, the tip being followed up by a
complete exposure of the department
frauds, Mr.. Rice has neither been re-
quested to return nor an apology been
offered him for his deportation.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-27

1t may of course, be said in the in
terest of humanity that the twenty
millions, more or less of starving men,
women and children in remote prov
inces of China should receive help
from the United States, from all the
nations in fact, who rightly or wrong.
ly have brought the Chinese empire to
the verge of ruin. Kill, burn and de.
stroy is the watchword of war and
no one can deny that China has been
in the throes of war, ruinous if not
exterminating. In years to come the
hatred of the masses will only be in
tensified against the foreign devils
be they American or European. Old
China never had any friendship for the
rest of the world and new China has
even less reason to develop this trait
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-27
How the Snanfah Gynav Dance

How the Spanish Gypsy Dances.
l held my breath as l watched the
gypsy in the Seville dancing hall.
felt myself swaying unconsciously to
the rhythm Of her body, of her beck
oning hands, of the glittering smile
that came and went in her eyes.
seemed to be drawn into q shining
whirlpool, in which l turned. turned,
hearing the buzz Of the water settling
over my head. The guitar buzzed,
buzzed in a prancing rhythm, the gyp-
sy coiled about the floor in her trailing
dress. never SO much as showing her
ankles, with rapidity concentrated
upon itself. Her hands beckoned,
reached out, clutched, clutched deli
cately, lived to their finger tips. Her
body Strengthened, bent, the knees bent
and Strengthened, the heels beat on the
floor, carrying her backward and
round. The toes pointed. paused. point
ed. and the body dropped or rose into
immobility, smiling. significant pause
of the whole body. Then the motion
began again. more vivid. more restrain
ed, as If teased by some unseen limits,
as If turning upon itself in the vain de-
sire to escape, as IL caught in it's own
tofls.-Arthur Symons in London Sat
urday Review.
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Companions In Misery.


II am not especially sensitive" said
the man with the billiard ball pate in
talking to friends with scanty hair
who had been telling experiences. "bu,
confess 1t ranked when an absolute
stranger hailed me as old Badly!
was sprinkling the lawn one hot even.
ing last summer and had laid aside hat
and coat. was somewhat astonished
on looking up to see stranger hanging
over the picket fence intently watching
me. l continued to play the hose. blu,
when ! looked up again the man was
still there studying and with evident
amusement. glared ut him.
"'Hello. old Baldyp he shouted
making profound bow. .N.
"'Are you speaking to me. sirY de
manded.
"'Hello. old Baldyy he repeated.
"'Why. you verdant chump.' re
piled. rushing toward him. withs thu
nozzle. Ill turn the hose on you!
"'No. you DON'T he answered. re
moving his hat with flourish ant
making another low bow. Pm the lin
it. be said. l then saw there was no
a hair on his head. We went Off to
gether and had a drink."-New Yorl
Sun.
The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1901-1901, 1901-06-27

To signalize another glorious vic
tory for imperialism, General Mac
Arthur on May 30 ordered the release
of 500 Filipino prisoners. The sur
render and acceptance of the sover.
eighty of the United States by Gen.
eral Mascardo, commanding insurgent
forces in the provinces of Bataan and
Zanzibar and General Lacuna COM
handing in the provinces of Ballacan
and Neuet Ecija was thus emphasized.
And this republican government.