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The Washington times., 1902-09-09

enough comedy and sentiment to catch
the fancy of the most captious.
Mr.. Grapewin impersonates young
husband who has been drinking the
night before, not wisely, but too much.
The part might easily be overplayed and
caricatured but as given by Mr.. Grape
win ii is a splendid bit of comedy work.
Miss Chance is perhaps the best com
pany' in vaudeville nowadays, and is not
only a young woman of considerable
beauty. but an exceptionally good ac-
tress as we'll. "The Awakening of Mr..
Pipp" is easily the best thing of its sort
and yesterdays Chase audience decided
it is the real thing
Miss BERTHE Fowler scores heavily with
monologue that is very clever, and
Nine. Avery Strakosch shows that she
is giving her talents 10 vaudeville be-
fore her voice Is but a memory. Her
songs yesterday were much appreciated
and literally applauded. Paul Stephens
has a novel wire and equilibrist act. and
the Vilona Sisters show themselves to be
brilliant musicians, playing the violin
and piano.
Edward Favor and Edith Sinclair have
a pointless sketch that consumes about
twice as much time as 1t should and
makes these undeniably clever people
appear to a very great disadvantage.
The affair has all the earmarks of be-
ing home made. Crane Brothers and
Belmont give burlesque minstrel per-
formance that is ludicrous, and Macart's
dog and monkey circus brings the pro-
gram to a close.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
HARRY WEST PRESENTS
''THE OTHER FELLOW
New Farce Comedy Pleases Two Large
Audiences at the Empire.

THE Other Fellow. and Harry West,
comedian with a German dialect. were
introduced to the patrons of the Empire
Theater yesterday afternoon and even
ing as the second attraction at that
playhouse. The audience at each per-
formance was of good size and apprecia-
tive, for applause and laughter COM
mingled frequently.
THE Other Fellow is of sufficient
merit to hold the interest of the Empire
clientele and is much the sort of pro-
duction as the Empire patrons like. to
see.
Why the play is called THE Other
Fellow is difficult to determine. There
are many fellows in the play. and all
OF them are at times ''the other fellow. y
However. the title Is mere incident.
The Other Fellow" is only a title, and
it serves the purpose intended-a name
for condemnation OF farce comedy
songs, dances. and jokes, and these sat
isfied the audiences yesterday. There
were any number OF songs. some popular
and pretty. 1t is quite likely that no
one in either audience yesterday knew
whether there was a plot or not to the
piece. 1t was entirely unnecessary,
however, There are Irish comedians
and Hebrew comedians and German
comedians, and pretty girls and cid
maids and widows. Then there are con-
fidcnce men, and, in fact, the whole cur
riculum of farce comedy characters.
Harry West, whose name appears in
the cast in large letters. is the star of
the production. He plays the part of
Dutchman, and fills the role acceptably
and that's sufficient.
1t would be useless to attempt to de-
scribe the production as play The
songs and dances and comedy quips are
all there is to it. And there are some
very old jokes. too; some that have long
ago outlived their usefulness, and which
Il would not hurt the play were they dis
pensed with.
The piece is separated into three acts
and each has its quota of songs and |
dances, and specialties. Chief among |
hese are Harry Shean in Hebrew i'm
Harry West who is more |
.musing by himself than in the play; /
Louise Earle. who sings; Paddy Miles.
who dances well. and Bessie Miles. who
1ances better still. Indeed, the dancing
If the latter is one of the best things in /
he play.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
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The Washington times., 1902-09-09

Rose was to marry Margeson, Fostel
sends word that he is off to England
and Rose, In sheer pique, promises Il
wed Margeson. This scene is undoubt-
edly the strongest bit of acting Mis-:
Dupree does in the course of the piece
and is really capital.
Instead OF going to England, however
Foster returns, and moment late:
Margeson appears, armed with war,
rant for his rivals arrest. There is
f.aw in the document, and in the abb
sence of any specified place of confine-
ment, Standish orders that Foster shall
be imprisoned in his own house. Fos-
ter brings the news of an Indian attack.
Standish and the men are away when
the red men come, and the women are
unprotected, save by Foster. Rose S
brother arrives. and soon, too. Marge-
son comes in, but he quickly deserts
the little band. The Indians attack the
house, and in the efforts to quench a
blaze the besieger's powder is dampen-
ed and Rose is forced to make dash
to the block house for ammunition. OF
course Foster rescues her at most op-
perfume moment, tells her he loves her;
Rose says me, too," and when the au-
thors have worked up the scene to a
good strong climax, Standish and his
men come on, the Indians are repulsed,
and Rose and Foster lived happily ever
afterward.
Good Literary Work.
The makers of the play have done
their work almost faultlessly from a
literary point of view: their situations
are natural and consistent, and the story
is told in a straightforward manner.
There are many deft touches of comedy
that would never occur TO the male dra-
matist-comedy that is bright and fas-
smiles over, and does not later on Won
der what has caused it. The atmos-
phere of the play, contrary to what one
would suppose. is not heavy, dull, unin-
teresting, but full of color, fragrant,
lively.
In brief, IA Rose O. Plymouth Town"
is an exquisite little play, with a dain-
ty heroine, and played quite faultlessly.
Nobody need expect to be thrilled or ex-
perience any strong emotion save that
Of being on good terms with ones self
and ones neighbors after the curtain
IS down, and the knowledge of having
passed a very delightful evening with
Rose de la Noye and her interesting
'riends of Plymouth Town.
Mr.. Posts Excellent Acting.
Guy Bates Post. an excellent young
lctor. makes a gallant. heroic, forcefui,
md in every way likeable Foster.
Augustus Cook is too, good an actor
o expect anything but fine work from,
Ind as Miles Standish he is hearty.
albeit gruff old gentleman.
ir. Cooks contribution to the perform
nee is decidedly noteworthy.
Bennett Sturgis plays with an INTEL
igence and sincerity that are highly
Mrs. Sol Smith is very
ovable sort of an aunt and Mr.. Dou- |
,las Fairbanks, as Roses brother, |
Philip. is first class. Miss Cornelia
,edford as Standish's wife, and Miss |
Wright, as Miriam, are both good.
Not little of the success of the pro-
uction is due to the efforts of Mr.. Will |
/. Post, whose intimate knowledge of
is displayed throughout the
,iece The scenic portion of "A Rose O.
plymouth Town is good, while the cos
umes and furniture are characteristic
f the period.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09

collection of burlesque and vaudeville
talent.
The opening and closing burlesques
are respectively termed His Honor, the
Mayor and 1.-The Hobo Baron
The olio is given by Ferguson and
Watson comedians: Van Leer and Duke.
in a comedy sketch: Beach and Murray.
in sketch called "a Peep In Dressing
Room the Craigs. in musical act;
Lawson and Namon, in a cycling and
bag punching turn, and the kitamura
Imperial Japanese troupe OF acrobats
and iuggIers
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
Popular Melodrama Pleases an En-
thusiastic Audience at the Academy.
THE ACADEMY OF MUsIC-"The Little
Mother melodrama in four acts.
by Iawranca Marst On Tho CO st


One of the most successful melo-
dramas that occupied the stage of the
Academy of Music last season was THE
Little Mother" a stirring story of city
life that possessed much charm and in
terest by reason of the unusual amount
of pathos and sentiment that were
crowded into it.
Last night this play was the scene o:
much enthusiasm on the part of the pa
irons OF the Academy, and the piece re-
peated its success of last year.
There is an abundance of comedy in
the play, and the roars of laughter
quickly followed pathetic incidents that
brought tears to the eyes of many in the
audience
The company is generally capable. the
best work being done by Miss Bertha
Morrell as "the little mother" and
Charles L. Newton as Robert Dillon. The
rest of the company includes number
Of good players.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
VAUDEVILLE ONCE MORE
HOLDS SWAY AT CHASE'S
An Excellent Program of Novelties
Ushers in the Year at the
Popular Playhouse.

Vaudeville in its polite form, and amid
surroundings more attractive than ever,
is once more the vogue at Chase's. and
the opening performances of the season
yesterday were applauded by large sized
audiences, whose appreciation of the
work of the several performers made it
apparent that there is no diminution in
local interest in this fascinating and
popular form of stage entertainment.
During the summer Chase's has been
beautified in many ways, but the great
est improvement, perhaps, is the com
plete equipment of new scenery, and
that portion displayed yesterday makes
Mr.. Chase's theater splendidly equipped
in this very important department.
New Orchestra Is Good.
There is new Chase orchestra, too.
under the direction of Mr.. w. j. Kern
good, an experienced leader. The musi-
cal portion of the program yesterday was
a vast improvement upon anything Mr..
Chase has ever before offered his pa
irons, feature of the bill being an or
chestra recital that included some rath-
er pretentious numbers. The Chase or
chestra starts out excellently this sea-
son. and there is every indication that it
will help. make the vaudeville entertain
ments more popular than ever
Charley Grapewin and Miss Anna
Chance are the chief features of this
weeks bill, and they well deserve the
position of honor. They have sketch
entitled 1.-The Awakening of Mr.. Pipp,"
which iS one of the brightest, cleverest
and best acted affairs of the kind that
have yet been displayed on local
stage. In its way, The Awakening of
Mr.. Pipp" might be termed high class
comedy, for it Is an admirable piece of
writing. and possesses just
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
Will Not Go to Lancaster.

The announcement that the Boys
Brigade of Washington would attend the
annual convention of the Boys Brigade
at Lancaster. Pa, in October, is de-
MED by Colonel Beekman. commanding
officer of the local branch.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
The season at the National Thcater

The season at the National Theater
was inaugurated last evening with E.
+. Rice's production of THE Show Girl
as the attraction. Apparently. every
body was glad that the show year had
begun, for a large audience filed the
playhouse when the curtain arose on the
first act, and ii was not at all stinted
in its manifestations of approval In
deed, there was every evidence that the
gathering was highly pleased.
Mr.. Rice's offering is nothing out of the
ordinary run of musical pieces, but ii is
tuneful and pretty, and to the popular
liking. When simmered down 1t Is.
however, just Rice and the exploitation
OF ''the girl" That has always been
Mr.. Rice's great hit. There is girl
here and girl there. until the masculine
sense is almost surfeited with her. And
she is pretty good looking girl, too,
if the truth be told. But then Mr..
Rice always could pick out pretty girls.
He has had many experiences, and I'm
THE Show Girl his ability is made very
apparent
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
Use Jackson Splint Coal.

Better than bituminous and cheaper than
anthracite; $3.50 per ton. 5. :. Daish x Sons
1907 G st. NV.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09

THE COLUMRIA-"A Rose O. Plymouth
Town. a new romantic comedy in
four acts, by Beulah Marie Dix and
Evelyn Greenleaf Sutherland. The
caSf.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
ROBSON'S CARVEL IS
seen AT LAFAYETTE
Season Inaugurated With an
Excellent Performance.
A Large Audience Enjoys the Work of
the Star and Supporting Company
Of More Than Ordinary Excellence.

THE LAFAYETTE-"Ric CarveI" a
four-act dramatization of Winston
Churchill's novel, by Edward E.
Rose. The cast:
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
The Girl Is Supreme.

There are just two acts to 1.-The Show
Girl" but they are so full of things
that it is almost impossible to describe
them in detail with any degree of II,
curacy. The two acts comprise three
scenes, all by Frank Dodge. who has
become a master in the art of deceiv-
The Washington times., 1902-09-09

For the first time in two years the
Lafayette Theater last night took its
place among the local playhouses pre-
senting road attractions, when Andrew
Robson made his local debut as a star
in Richard Carvel''
During the past two seasons the thea
ter has been the home of stock com
panies, but through recent agreement
with the trustees of the Painter estate,
which includes the Lafayette, Manager
E. d. Stair added 1t to his chain of thea
ters, and it will be his policy ID offer
entertaining bills of high order. The
house has been renovated during the
summer and presents quite an attractive
appearance.
Last night was not the first time that
Richard Carvel' has been seen on a
local stage. as the play constituted John
Drews offering two years ago. The lat
ter used the piece for an entire season.
but found the role an uncongenial one.
and his managers disposed of it to Mr.
Robson.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
BRYANT'S BURLESQUERS AT
KERNAN'S LYCEUM THEATER
Two Burlesques and Vaudeville Com
pany Give Two Enjoyable
Performances.

The attraction at Kernans this week
is Harry Bryant's Burlesquers. a good
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
Mr.. Robson's Good Work.

Andrew Robson is an actor new to
Washington. and his initial appearance
was made under suspicious circumstan-
ces. In Richard CarveT' he has role
suited to his personality and dramatic
ability. He is young, d-looking, and
has a pleasing voice, which makes his
love scenes particularly effective bits.
The role has been played by recognized
star, and despite that stars unquestion-
able status in the theatrical world ii is
not too much to say that Mr.. Robson
does more with the part of Richard than
his predecessor. He has much repose,
and carries himself with all the grace
that one expects from the character,
which Winston Churchill first presented
to the public through the medium of his
book.
Thomas C. Hamilton gives consis-
tent Characterization of the role of the
Duke of Chartersea. and plays the part
with much dignity, while one of the
best bits in the entire play was the
Goble of John j. Crowley.
Miss Edna Brothers is entrusted with
the leading feminine role. Dorothy Man
ners. The part is pretty picture of
one of the first real American girls. and
Miss Brothers succeeds in portraying
her satisfactorily. The company has
clever ingenue in Miss Della Clarke, who
plays Patty Swain with much spirit and
ingenuousness. Margaret Gallagher is a
capable Mrs. Manners. and the other
roles are well filed.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
Play Follows the Book.

In point of incident the play is well
qualified to satisfy an audience. The
story follows that of the book in all
the important situations. The pretty
background furnished by the love of
Dorothy Manners for brave hearted
Richard Carvel is embellished with many
dramatic incidents, and there is much
bright dialogue peculiar to the period
in which the play is written.
Many exciting climaxes give the au-
dience an opportunity to judge of the
feeling existing at that time, the duel
in the third act between Richard and the
Duke of Chartersea being one of the
notably dramatic scenes in the play. This
act, the dukes house in Hanover Square.
is beautifully staged and fur
nishes a very attractive stage picture.
The Washington times., 1902-09-09
Rivals Have a Duel.

In the next act Foster and Margeson
have duel, wounding the Roses broth
er Philip. who has interfered in the
affair. Simply because Dame Rumor or
some other fussy old person said that
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-04
ON THE WANE.
Golden Star of tho kIOndIke Is Not
so Bright as Formerly.

Washington, Aug. 27.-The golden
star of the Klondike is on the wane,
according to the official report Of
George II. Hees, who recently was
sent to Dawson by the Canadian
Manufacturers association to make a
thorough examination into the bust
ness prospects of che Yukon terri
tory. The state department has made
public a communication from United
States Consul Brush, at Niagara
Falls, giving some of the principal
features of Mr.. Hees' report.
Mr.. Hees points to the fact that
the total yield of the Klondille last
year was $24,0OO,OOO and that the pro-
duction of the coming year will not,
according to government estimates,
exceed $l4.0O0,0OO, falling off of
nearly half. Moreover, no new dis
cOverieS have been made for over a
year, although since 1897 thousands
of prospectors have been exploring
every creek and mountain in the
country. At Dawson, Mr.. Hees re-
ports ten applicants for every job,
yet boat load after boat load of men
continues to arrive.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-04
THE EARTH TREMBLED.
A Series of EARTHQUAKES ON the Island
of Min IUinnaO-Twenty mOrOs Were
ktIIed.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-The war de-
partment on Wednesday received a
cablegram from Gen. Chaffee at Ma
Mia reporting the occurrence of Il
series of earthquakes on the island
of Mindanao. Twenty persons were
killed by falling walls, the victims all
being Moros. The Americans in the
vicinity escaped and the dispatch
says there were no reports that any
of the soldiers occupying that por-
tion of the island affected sustained
any injuries.
The upheaval occurred in the coun-
try adjacent to Lake LanaO, in the
Moro section of the island, near Camp
Nickers, which is now the headquar-
ters of the American forces stationed
in Mindanao. Gen. Chatfee's cable
gram says the mountains and rivers
and other streams were considerably
disturbed and much damage was
done. The extent of the damage,
however, was not reported. 1t is pre-
sumed here that the seismic shocks
occurred about five days ago, though
the date is not mentioned in the dis
patch. This is the first serious earth
quake reported from that country
during the American occupation OF
the Philippines
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-04
DEFAULTER GOES TO JAIL.
Former Teller OF IA PIttsburg Bank h
Charged with the EmbezzIement of
e0O.On0

Pittsburg, Aug. 2S.-H. II. Brinker,
formerly receiving teller of the Ger
man national bank, is in Jail, charged
with embezzlement. The amount of
the shortage charged to him is
$40, 900, which it is claimed the bank
was defrauded of by Brinker manipu-
lating the deposit slips. After credit
ing depositor in his book, the teller
would destroy the slip and fail to
enter it in his own books.
Cahsier Ramsey says the incident is
closed so far as the bank is con-
cerned, as the Mercantile Trust Co.,
which was on Drinkers bond for
$4,000, settled in full in July last.
since which time 1}rinker has been
trying to pay the trust company. As
the payments on the bond since then
have been comparatively small, the
company yesterday decided to place
Brinker in prison as n defaulter.
Speculation in stocks is credited
with the telIer's downfall.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-04

General Payne before leaving this
city recently: This department is
seriously embarrassed for want of Of
fee room. We have rented buildings.
but cannot go on renting year after
year. The only businesslike thing to
do is to provide further regular ac-
commodations for the post office de-
partment. 1t seems to me that the
government ought to condemn the en-
tire square south of the department
building and erect thereon a substan-
tial annex"
With the purpose Of making ample
and permanent provision for the post
Office department, the congress caused
to be erected on Pennsylvania avenue
a ninestory granite building covering
an entire block of ground, and the de-
partment was moved into that build
ing in September, 1899, less than three
years ago. Just think of it! In that
brief space of time the department
has grown so that now five divisions
of the department are in rented quar-
ters at an annual rental of more than
22S,0 900. There is a constant growth
Of the work of the department and a
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1902-09-04
RAILWAY STATISTICS.
The Interstate Commerce COmmlss
sion Issues a Summary OF She An-
nual Report of Railways Covering
Year Ended June 80. 1891.

Washington, Aug. 23.-The inter.
state commerce commission has is
sued a summary of the annual report
on statistics of railways in the
United States, covering the year end
ing June 30, 1901. The number of
railways in the hands of receivers on
that day was 45, decrease of seven
as compared with the corresponding
date of the year previous.
The total single track railway
mileage in the United States was
197,237 miles, this mileage having in
creased during the year 3,S92 miles.
Including tracks of all kinds, the ag-
gregate length of railway mileage
was 265,366 miles, an increase Of
6,5S2 miles.
There were 39,5S4 locomotives in
the service of the railways. The to-
tai number of cars of all classes was
1,550,S33.
The number of persons in the en-
ploy of the railways was 1,O71, ,169, or
an average of j4S employees per 100
miles of line.
The amount of railway capital out
standing was S11, ,69S, 1891. This
amount, on n mileage basis, repre-
sents a capitalization of $61,52S per
mile Of line.
Th" number of passengers carried
was 6O7,27S,121, showing an increase
for the year Of 30,412, ,89l.
The number of tons of freight car
ried during the year was Loss, ,22G, ,440,
a decrease of 12,453,7 ,79S being shown
The gross earnings were $1,5SS, ,526,-
037 being $101, ,4S1 ,223 more than for
the fiscal year 1900. The operating
expenses were $1,000, O,397,270.
The total number of casualties to
passengers was G1,,794, the number Of
persons killed having been S,455 and
the number injured $3.50. OF rail-
way employees 2.675 We're killed and
41,142 were injured. The number of
passengers killed during the year was
2s2 and the number injured 4,9SS.
The number of persons other than
employees and passengers killed was
5,499, injured 1909.