Evening star., 1901-09-18
A MI SEMENTS.

THE LAST APPEAL.''-Leo Ditrich-
STEMS new romantic play, which has just
accomplished very successful premiere
at the Broad Street Theater, in Phladel-
phia, will make it's advent at the New
National next Monday night. The chief
motive of the action in THE Last Appeal
was inspired by the romance laid bare to
the world when Crown Prince Rudolph of
Austria and Baroness Netsera were found
dead together in the forests of Myerling
some twelve years ago. In his early man
hood Ditrichstefn, the now popular Ameri-
can actor and dramatist, was member of
Rudolph's regiment in Vienna, and enjoyed
somewhat intimate personal relations with
him, engendered chiefly through a common
love for the higher forms of music and an
equal facility with voice and pianoforte.
Through the personal Intervention Of
Rudolph, Ditrichstein was made a lieuten-
ant in the princes bodyguard, shortly be-
fore the sad ending at Myerling. 1t should
not be inferred, however, that Mr.. Dit
richstein has ended his play in a tragic
manner. He was about to do this when
Ferdinand dEste, the living Crown Prince
of Austria abdcated his right of success
sion to the throne to marry beautiful
Sophie Choteck, a commoner of Vienna.
some two or three years ago. ThiS royal
marriage was an Inspiration quickly seized
upon by the dramatist for happy termi-
nation of his most ambitious play. The
company includes Robert Drouet, John
Glendinning Frank Mordaunt, George c.
Boniface Edwin Brandt. e. w. Morrison,
Frederick Hartley, Macy Harlan, j. c.
Fenton and Robert c. Turner, Kate Has
sett Anne Sutherland, Eleanor Carey, Clara
Louise >Glendnning and Myrtle Vincen, up
holding the chief feminine roles.
| 1.-THE LIBERTY BELLES.''-The sale of
seats and boxes for the opening of the Co
| lumbia next Monday evening will open at
the box office in tn morning. The opening
| attraction is Klaw & Erlanger's Trouba-
| dours in Harry b. Smiths new musical
comedy, THE Liberty Bellies This offer
| ing bids fair to be one of the most important
| of this seasons many musical comedies. Mr.
Smith has departed from traditions in this,
his latest effort, and has written musical
comedy without the usual comic opera
| chorus Instead he has used the idea Of
it is confidently asserted that no company
| can boast of sixteen as pretty girls does
The Liberty Bellies" The principals are
foil. ]. G. NARROW, Eta Butler, Sandol
Milliken, Lotta Faust, Chrissie Carlysle,
Augusta Close, Edna Hunter, Marie La
mour, Margaret Walker, Pauline Chase
Grace Kimbal Dorothy Lester, Edith Barr.
Marie Tuohey, Helene Lucas, Violet Jewell,
Laura Stone ''Bobbie" Burns, Elsie Fergu-
son and Esther Lyons. The scenery and
| costumes most elaborate, while the
music is said to be of the light and catchy
kind that never fails to please. It was con-
| tributed by such weh-known composers as
Aime Lachaume, A. Baldwin Sloane Ind
| wig Englander, Reginald De Koven, Clifton
Crawford L. G. Gottschalk H. T. macCon-
| nell, Alfred A. Aarons and William Accooe,
THROUGH THE BREAKERs"-The
| melodrama Through the Breakers" which
will appear at the Academy of Music next
week, has proved marvellous success, both
financially and artistically. during the past
two seasons 1t is from the pen of
on the coast of England is so thor
oughly natural that the spectator inn
agines himself standing on the coast look
ing far out to sea, with the waves breaking
at his feet. The struggle between Peter
Turner. captain Of the smugglers, and
James Thorndike, telegraph operator and
friend Of the hero, Stephen Douglas.
startles the audiences and works them I'M
to a pitch of great excitement as the cur
tain falls. The Academy will close all dav
tomorrow, but will be open usual Friday
and Saturday. with matinees on both days.
CHAsE's NEW GRAND-out of respect
| to the memory of the deceased President
| Chase's Theater will. remain closed ali this
| week. Necessarily. patrons who purchased
| seats for this week will, upon application
at the box office Of the theater receive
their money back, or the reservations will
| be exchanged for the same locations for
next week. There will be offered at Chase's
| at the matinee performance Of Monday
| September % (Which is the date now set
| for the inauguration of the new season of
polite vaudeyille) another Of those care
| fully grouped Assemblages OF vaudeville
| talent which have made the theater q
| place of amusement commanding the per-
| manent patronage OF those seeking refined
entertainment amid surroundings of COM
fort and luxury Preceding. by right of
English Pony Ballet. imported by George
| w. Lederer for 'The Casino GIRL" and now
| In vaudeville for the first time. The dane
Ing Of these 1.-the young cousins from