Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-11-15
MUSIC

pies in the attractions of the present Week
The Emerald Isle came pretty near being
comic opera OF the cd school, and "A
Modern Magdalen," play which undertook
to present number of actors each compe-
tent to humanize a character, instead Of
single role AL II. Wilson took his audi
ences back to the days when ]. X. Emmett
was wont to sing his way into the hearts
of the audience, and the other play houses
had attractions of the sort which has fully
established it's standing in popular favor.
The coming week will be a remarkable
one Blanche Bates will appear in new
Belasco play, and Andrew Mack also Will
give a new production. And, by way OF
variety, John L. Sullivan, who has but re-
Gently made his debut a monologue en-
tertainer, will make his appearance before
a capital city audience
The press dispatches indicate a desperate
state of affairs in the far west. According
To them the chorus girls Of the Liberty
Bellies" Company, which has been playing
in Denver this week and which opens an
engagement tomorrow in Omaha Neb-,
have made a demand upon their manager
which establishes a precedent in the theat-
rlcal world. The young ladies have inform
ed Manager Scott that unless chaperons
are furnished them and Washers are Kept
away from the stage doors during the
Omaha enga cement they will as body IN
augurate a strike.
An advertisement appeared in a morning
daily of Omaha Thursday appealing TO the
society ladies of Omaha to offer them
selves Chaperons for the girls WINE Ia
that city. In the early part OF the week d
committee, composed OF Misses Violet Ddie,
Katherine Roberts. Marie Ora ham ana
Maude Napier, representing the chorus as-
gregation presented Manager Scott with
paper signed by all, in which ii was set
forth that the members Of the company,
especially the chorus girls have OF late
been subjected to many indtgnitles at the
hands of Washers.
Miss Mary Shaw, supported by the George
Fawcett stock company, presented Ibsen's
wonderful drama of heredity, Ghosts" in
Baltimore last week. The play proved
quite a shock to some Of the staid theater-
goers OF the monumental city, but the
critics agreed that the performance was
a very artistic one. Miss Shaw will pre-
sent Ghosts" for. single matinee per-
Torrance in Washington. Philadelphia,
New York and Boston. This Is said to be
the first time on record stock company
has ever offered an Ibsen play as its regu-
lar bill.
One of the members of the Kilties' band
has a record that reads like romance
He is James Russell who bears a striking
facial resemblance to Lord Roberts, COM
mander-in-chief of the British forces, and
he began his military life as a private in
the same regiment of which "Bobs'' start
ed as staff lieutenant. Russell served
with distinction at the relief Of Lucknow,
the siege of Cawnpore and at various other
historical events. for which he wears
special medal. He has fought in no less
RI hat Will ba PIT
arms. and there is not a more lively or
more soldierly figure than he in the entire
Gordon Highlanders' Band. despite his
sixty years of life. The other is the drum
major, Donald Mccormack, who is al
most as celebrated throughout Canada as
- Bandmaster Robinson himself. Mr.. Mac
Cormack is one of the finest specimens of
manhood in all Canada and ii is doubtful
II a more striking looking soldier lives in
the world today. He stands about seven
feet and unlike almost every other ex-
tremely tail MANI is builtin proportion to
his great height. With his great busbv
towering two feet above his head and
wearing his attractive Killed regimentaIs
he makes a handsome figure as he walks
ahead OF the bandsmen. The bandsmen
are fine men, physically. but they all look
small indeed beside the tall Scottish Cana
dian who carries the huge baton at the
head Of the parade.
X
George Arllss. whom David Belasco has
U
the war minister. in support of Blanche
Bates in THE Darling of the Gods" is
very talented young Englishman, who won
his first American laureIs when touring this
country with Mrs. Patrick Campbell last
season. In London he spends good deal of
his time explaining that he Is not Joseph
Chamberlain. Arliss happens to wear an
eyeglass. SO does Chamberlain Arliss Ia
Clean shaVen: so is Chamberlain. In fact
hENy oil alxr
other. But, as he Is nearly double nv
age" says Arliss, either his pictures fat
ter him. or time has dealt unkindly with
me-. Mr.. Arliss thought he had escaDed
al TINS when he came to America but the
last time he was in Washington he was
stopped by negro, who asked whether he
was not Lord Chamberlain, sab? "
Blanche Bates whom David Belasco nre
sents at the New National next Wednes-
day night in The Darling of the Gods"
was seriously troubled for time over the
wearing Of her obj" The obi Is the i'm
potant and picturesque part OF a Japa-
nese girls costume. 1t must be lust SO"
or she might as well be without it. And to
be without it she might as well be an un-
decorated Satsuma vase. 1t Is usually
eleven or more inches in width. thirty feet
or less long. and OF the richest material she
can ahord-no matter what the rest of her
attire may be. In The Darling of the
Gods Miss Bates is the japanese Princess
fo-San. and, of course, a princess may
have the widest latitude In making her obi
rich and beautiful 10 the point of extrava-
gance. Its adjusting and tying is mat
ter OF great art well as science And
this Is taught in the many rules of The
Young Ladies Book OF Simple Manners"
Now, Miss Bates does not possess that
japanese authority. The Young Ladies'
Book of Simple Manners" and probably
could not read it il she did But David
Belasco has engaged for her a Jaupanese
dressing maid. named NIji-Onna, who IS a
living fund OF native fashion and propri-
ETY., and who for month past has been
anxiously laying down the law regarding
the obi-how it should be worn, and what
In its different uses. it might signify as a
sort OF social index" Following is the
course Of instruction that Mis- Bates has
had 10 commit to memory:
Just the proper cincture Is secured by
an under and smaller girdle, over which
the grand obi is tied. The butterfly (this
Is the enormous bow. shaped like a butter
hy) must be about three feet when ex-
tended, reaching from the shoulders to the
widest part of the thigh. The lower wing
must hang and drape itself symmetricalIy
by Its own weight, but the upper one is
secured by tape loops sewn to the slter
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