Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-01
ADJUSTMENTS.

city at the NatlOnal Ineater THIS morn
ing. Miss Allen has been rehearsing her
new Hall Game play, under the direction Of
Eugene w. Presbrey, at the Victoria Thea
ter in New York during the past -FOUR
weeks. The first rehearsal, however, with
scenery occurred at the National this morn
ing. The production is one on a large scale.
and embraces eight complete stage settings.
All of these scenes are of well-known
places in Rome, one of the settings being
an exact duplicate of the painting of the
Vatican gardens lately presented by the
present pontiff to President Roosevelt Miss
Aliens supporting company for this season
is of the most important and preten-
tious brought together in recent time. Ed
ward Morgan, who starred last season as
John Storm in THE Christian assumes
the role of David Rossi. the hero or the
play; E. NJ. Holland will appear as POPE
Plus X, and Frederic De Belleville Will
be the Baron Bonelli. The advance sale
will open tomorrow morning at the Ma
tiona1.
FOXY GRANDPA.-For its next weeks
attra ction the Columbia announces William
A. Brady's big musical show, Foxy Grand
pa" AS on the comedy's last visit, Joseph
Hart and Carrie De Mar will be seen in the
principal roles-Hart as Grandpa and Miss
De Mar as Polly Bright, Grandpa's protege.
The supporting company numbers fifty peo-
pie, and of this number Beatrice Lieb, Eula
Jordan, Florence Worden, Gertrude Arden,
Marie Franklin, Christine Cooke, John Nc
Weigh. Ross ONeal, Eugene Reddtng. John
T. Roy, William D. ellison, Ben Hassen and
George Mack and Bobbie Barry play the
more prominent parts-then there are nu-
merous girls, pretty girls, richly costumed
girls, and girls who can sing and dance.
Many new musical numbers are introduced.
Since its last visit to this city Foxy Grand
pa has made it's metropolitan debut-run-
ming fifteen weeks at the Fourteenth Street
Theater, New York, last spring-a phenom-
email run at this theater. 1t was William A.
Brady who took the play in hand after Mr.
Hart had carried it from one managerial
office to another in the hope of producing
It, Mr.. Brady saw an opportunity to make
good musical comedy Of the piece. with
plenty of pretty girls, gorgeous costumes.
specialties, dancing and a good company to
make fun.
BUSY IZZY."-"Busy Izzy" is the title
of the new vehicle in which George Sidney
will appear as musical comedy star at
the Lafayette Opera House week opening
Monday, October 6, with usual matinees.
This funny little fellow is well known.
through his long connection with Ward &
Vokes, in the character of :Izzy,' and the
fact that he will carry the same Individual
ity into the new vehicle promises much fun.
OF course, there will be others, and great
many of them. La Petite Adelaide, the
dancing soubrette, is making hit in Busy
1zzy." There is chorus of thirty, ard the
production is richly staged. There two
acts, one department store and the other
summer hotel.
CONTINUOUS VAUDEVILLE.-Contin
Gus polite vaudeville will be somewhat of a
novelty next week to the patrons of ChaSe's
Theater, and viii also afford the manage
ment an opportunity to accommodate the
multitudes that will seek rest and recrea-
ton within the spacious avenue playhouse
during the G. A. r. encampment events.
The theater will be open and the bill will
he in from ti11 midnight daily
next week. and fifteen dverting novelties
have been secured for the continuous en-
tertainment. The program includes Capt.
Webbs educated seals and sea lions, VIII
liam H. Murphy and Blanch Nichols in
1.-The Bifurcated Girl Banks and Winona
Winter, in THE Disappointed Romeo" Ed
win Latell, in monologue; Johnny Baker
and Miss Louie Lynn in a sketch; Scott
and Wilson. '"The Farmer and the Foot
Ball Player Adele Purvis Onri. the re-
volving globe serpentine dancer; Collins
and Hart. comic acrobats; Sophia Burn
ham, soprano soloist Bingham, ventrilo-
quail comedian; Little Tsuda, the Japanese
contortionist; Satsuma, tuggler and equfli-
brist; Geo. Woman, the German Jester, and
the Major Sisters, novelty singers, dancers
and fencers.
THE WHITE SLAVE. BARLEY Camp
bells southern romance, The White
Slave" which will be given at the Acad-
envy all next week, is one of those plays
of which the theater-going public never
seems to tire. Like THE Old Homestead"
Way Down East" and others of similar
character, 1t seems to grow In popular IA
vor the seasons pass.
In The White Slave is mingling of
ragedy and comedy, laughter and tears
a touch of human nature that gives the
play wonderful vitality. The forthcoming
production in this city, it is said, will be
on more elaborate scale than ever be-
fore. A fine cast and elaborate stage set
tings are promised, as well as many spe-
cial features, which have been Incorporate
ed for this seasons tour.
WEARY WILLIE WALKER. Musical.
farcical comedy will be the bill at the En-
pire Theater next week, when George Tot
ten Smiths latest, Weary Willie Walker"
will be presented. Clever specialties are in
troduced The company is of exceptional
strength, and all the costumes, scenery and
effects are new and especially constructed
for this production.
"CRACKER-JACK s.,'-"Bob' Manches-
ters "Cracker-Jacks'' come to the Lyceum
Theater next week. This is their fourth
season. This season the ensemble intro
duces thirty-fve entertainers. The first
part brings out a coterie of comedy talent.
including Bob Van Osten. Among the
names in the olio are Kelly and Adams;
Mayo Sisters, the Checkers, Collins and
North and Moore and Wyane.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, the man Of the
name, the mannerisms and the music; Crea-
tore the passionate, the temperamental, the
acrobatic, who threatens TO pull John Philip
Sousa down from the throne, will make his
bow to Washington audiences next Sunday
evening at the Columbia. Creatore-he pro-
nounces it Cray ah-tore-a, with the accent
on the tor" and his other name is Glue
seppe-has been the greatest success in mu-
steal history in New York all summer. The
following description gives an idea of Crea-
torres methods:
THE first thing visible when he mounts
ha LAT how,
arms and you see gymnast, a contortion-
istic Svengali who raves and prances and
shakes fists at his players until they watch
as mouse watches the cat ready to spring.
He pounces upon them-he springs into the
air-doubles his 1.-THE body into knot and
fairly writhes as he signals for more speed.
Then he gets the effect he is after and
seems to be swinging along at a tremendous