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Could we place before every man and woman in
Washington the advantages and convenience of the
"charge-t way which has made the Hecht Stores
famous confident every name would be upon
our books. More than 100000 accounts have been
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14
The Van Rooy Recital.

The song recital by Anton Van Rooy, one
OF the baritones Of the Metropolitan Opera
Company. given yesterday afternoon at the
Columbia Theater under the auspices of the
Choral Society, was one of the most en-
Joyable musical events of the season. He
was in excellent voice and he sang all his
numbers with splendid effect infusing into
some of them stirring dramatic expression.
The program consisted, with one exception,
Of the works of German composers and
that language was used during the entire
recital. Some Of the songs in the Schu-
mann cycle were given with thrilling in
tensity and the delivery of Schuberts
Wanderer" was especially notable. In
fact, 1t was this song that was responsible
for the encore in response to which he gave
The Two Grenadiers'' in such a spirited
manner that he was compelled to give an
other song. The one number not by a
German writer was the prologue to Leon
cavillo's 90 Paggliacci," and was splendidly
sung. Thu. audience was large and enthu-
Siastic
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Empire Theater.

The Empire Theater will have as the
leading feature next week the famous Par
isian trapeze performer, Mile. Charmion.
Charmion played at Roster & Biars when
she made her first appearance In America
for thirty-five weeks, and attracted big
crowds Her only appearance in this city
took place few years ago. when she head
ed a vaudeville bill which played the legiti-
mate theaters. In addition to Charmion
there will be five other acts in the olio.
Among them are Walter Stetson and COM
pany, who will present their one-act sketch,
1.-THE Villain Unmasked;' May Hoey. the
well-known singer of coon songs; the EN-
pire Four, who will be heard in several
popular songs, the illustrated singing of
''The Holy City by Charles Atkinson and
the big Bijou chorus. The burlesque will,
as usual, show the large Bijou Stock Com
pany to advantage.
A concert viii be given at the Empire
Theater tomorrow night in which the en-
tire Bijou Stock Company will be heard. In
addition to the local company several vo-
calists have been specially engaged to APP
pear. Among the features will be the Illus
trated singing of 1.-The Holy CITY, by Chas.
Atkinson.
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CONGRATULATIONS
National Theater.

In "a Message from Mars" which Chas.
Hawtrey and his English company are to
present at the National Theater Monday
night, there is a reliable promise Of q
comedy that should receive enthusiastic
welcome from all classes of theatergoers.
A play that Is powerful without raising
any problems, wholesome while not mawk-
ish, bright without vulgarity, funny with
out coarseness or clowning, and which
above all teaches in an unobtrusive way a
strong moral lesson, should certainly prove
a most refreshing novelty. When Charles
Frohman introduced Mr.. Hawtrey and his
company at the Garrick Theater in New
York on October Of last year he had al
lotted only six weeks for its run, but the
public demand compelled continuance
throughout the season, and the termination
was then enforced by engagements Mr.
Hawtrey had made to appear in London
at the coronation time. Mr.. Hawtrey may
methods and fame Of Leigh Murray and
Charles Matthews, which the recently
knighted Charles Wyndham has maintain
ed so long and sworthily. Absolute natu-
ralness is said to be the chief characters
tic and to form the greatest charm of Mr..
Hawtrey's Work. "A Message From Mars
has the powerful claim on American favor
that it wasswrittep by native playwright.
memory serves, must be given the unequal
ed honor 81 having a play of American
authorship presented In London for 500
consecutive performances
There is flavor Of Charles Dickens
Christmas Carol about "A Message
From Mars" Only. instead OF an old
Scoorge we have Horace Parker, q selfish
young man, who imagines himself to be
scientist, and who. though he does not at
all deserve it, possesses the affection Of a
sweet and pretty girl, Minnie Temper.
Parkers selfshness makes him ill-bred. He
refuses to accompany his fiancee to party
because there is snow upon the ground, and
he wants to stay at home to read as
Economical article in scientific review.
Minnie, Disguised at his egottsm, breaks
their engagement. and she and her aunt
go off to the dance in the carriage OF Ar
thur Dicey, rich American, who is one
of Minnie's admirers. Then Horace sinks
to sleep in his arm chair and dreams that
he Is visited by an inhabitant of the planet
Mars The Martians, 1t seems. are en-
tirely altruistic, and the messenger, having
committed a certain crime, Is sent to
earth to reform the most selfish man on
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Chase's Theater.

The Chase polite vaudeville program OF
comedies, farces, monologue, melody and
the other customary concomitants next
week ts headed by Louis McCord & Co. and
includes Watson, Hutchings, Edwards &
Co., the Brothers Freydo. Jess Dandy, Vic
tor Moore and Pearl Hight, George c.
Davis, the American vitagraph motion pic
lures of "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"
and the terpsichorean ensemble formed by
Ned Wayburn's Jockey Girls Club and the
Countess Olga Won HatZfeldt, who have
been retained for the coming week as the
supplementary attraction. Her Last Re
hearsal' is the name of the realistic little
comedy of stage life as it Is, which viii
be offered by Louis McCord and associate
players. Mr.. McCord was for several sea-
sons prominently connected with COM
panies controlled by David Beiasco. Wat
son, Hutchings, Edwards & Co. will offer
1.-THE Vaudeville Exchange" which shows
the odd types Of the vaudeville fraternity
observed at the agencies where they pro-
cure ENGAGEMENTS. The Brothers Freydo,
II Is claimed are remarkable acrobats.
Jess Dandy is the well-known Hebrew i'm
personator and parodist Victor Moore and
Pearl Hight will furnish the third merry
sketch, entitled Change Your Act" Geo.
C. Davis is billed as 1.-The man behind tho
gun of comedy and mimicry." The motion
pictures and the Countess Olga Won HAITI
feldt, with the Wayburn Jockey Girls Club
In a new act are the concluding features OF
the substantial bill.
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Columbia Theater.

The attraction at the Columbia for the
coming week win be David Warfield In
THE Auctioneer." In his great successes
on the vaudeville stage Warfield achieved
his fame through his skillful and laughable
portrayal of the eccentric Hebrew who in
habits the east side of cosmopolitan New
York. AS vaudeville creation this char
acter was utilized only for creating laugh
ter. But with his quaint ways. his sharp
business methods. his ludicrous dialect and
his shambling walk Mr.. Belasco and Mr..
Warfield always maintained that the east
side Hebrew had his heart interest for the
atergoers as we'll as other folk. In 1.-The
Auctioneer' Warfield gives the character
Of Simon Levi just a small fiavoring of
pathos-only enough to demonstrate that,
with all his laughable characteristics, he is,
after all, intensely human. The atmos-
phere of 1.-THE Auctioneer is entirely con-
sistent with the central character, the
scenes being laid in familiar localities of
New York, such as Five Points Lexington
avenue, Hester street and the 9Th avenue
corner of 23d street. To the people of
Washington the announcement that it is
David Belasco's managerial hand which di-
reefs the talents of Warfield is of particular
Importance An excellent company has
been chosen to support the star. The en-
tire roster numbers more than fifty people.
OF these the more important are Marie
Bates, Maria Davis, Robert Fischer, Eu-
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that planet The process is drastic one.
Overawing Horace by the dynamic power
which he has at his disposal. the Marian
forces him to perform several acts Of be-
nevolence- These, however. go against
the grain" and at is not until Parker Is
actually red1ced~ to beggary by the failure
Of a bank that he feels the kinship with
the rest of the human race. His reform
has been assisted by a series Of 'object
lessons given by the Marian. These af-
feet Minnies love for him and include the
loss Of wealth and dearest friends In this
Asmodeus-like manner the messenger
teaches Parker to consider others as well
as himself. Horace's humanity awakens
In his rage he feels sympathy and pity for
an old broken-down inventor, whom in the
first act he had snubbed and sent away,
and the messenger rejoices as Parker sus-
tains the alInost-dying beggar in his arms
in the snow. In the last act Horace is
awake again, but the impression left by
his dream Is, deep one. A fire breaks out
at some cheap lodging houses close by and
Parker rushes out and brings In the home
less outcasts whom he regales. Minnie and
her aunt returning. are agreeably surpris-
ed to hear Of his kind energy, and there
is happy denouement.
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A NATIONAL THEATER.-Charles r
Hanford must be credited with n nr,cticaI
step toward a national theater He has
sent the following letter to Senator C,,,-
berson:
SEATTLE. Wash, March 8, 1908
Hon. Charles Culberson.
United States Senate
washington, D. C.
Dear Sir: Although not a resident Of
IeXas, as was born in California and live
In Washington. d. c.. have visited your
state so often in my tours of the country
and the people of Texas have ALWAYS ey
Tended such hearty welcome to me and
peen SO friendly, that l have almost come
10 regard Texas as sort of second home
l nave many dear friends there. and nv
heart Is bound to the lone star state nv
many TIES. l am therefore, emboldened to
ADDRESS you, one Of her principal repre-
sentatiVes. upon a subject which I believe
10 be quite important, my right to do so
Deing based upon the above grounds only
anu AM, peHeVlns that my request will meet
with the same kindness OF consideration
that Is typical of all Texans
me matter wish to speak Of Is the es-
PUNISHMENT In the country of what shall be
Anomn as a national theater. By this 1
mean the establishment OF a theater main
FAMED by the national government. where
the classics shall be produced unon an
elaborate scale for their literary and edu-
eatlolal Vaiue as well as for the enter
lasting questions OF How much does IL
costE and WIN 1t pay?' to interfere.
belieVe mat eventually such a theater
could be placed by proper management
upon a paying basis and made self-sus-
tanning, but perhaps not in the first few
years of its inception. My idea would he
the establishment OF a national theater in
the city OF Washington, ID. c., which. as
you know. Is destined to become one of the
greatest educational centers, as well as the
most beautiful city in the world, with
branches extending to the large uniyer-
stiles and colleges, and eventually. to even
the smaller colleges throughout the states.
which shall be given a chance to work in
cooperation with the national or home
theater, and get the benefit of the produce
lions made there. In cases where II Is
possible and desirable the universities and
colleges could be provided with an audi
tortum, where the plays could be produced.
although this In not absolutely necessary.
as arrangements could easily be made for
the use Of the regular theaters or opera
houses In the towns desirable to be played
upon the percentage or rental plan.
II would have this home theater devoted
to The production Of the great classic dra-
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A Gabrilowitsch Recital.

Ossip Gabrilowitsch will appear in recital
at the Columbia Theater next Wednesday
afternoon at 4:15 O'Clock. When Gabrilo-
witsch appeared here recently with the
Washington Symphony Orchestra he ere
ated so favorable an impression that pop
ular demand arose for his return to play
a recital.
Gabrilowitsch was born in st. Petersburg
in 1878. In childhood he showed signs OF
skill as pianist, and at very early age
won the Rubinstein prize at the St Peters
burg conservatory. He studied with Rubin
stein and Leschetizky and became a pupil
of whom both were proud In 1898 he made
his first public appearance and quickly be-
came known throughout the length and
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Academy Of Music.

ION the Suwanee River" is to be the bill
at the Academy Of Music week beginning
Monday, March 16. with matinees on Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday. The play Is
said to be a melody of the southland, with
all the sweetness and environment of the
famous old ballad. There are no melocra-
matte situations with bloodhounds on the
trails or saw mills in full operation, but
there is restfulness and Aunt Indy" one
of the dearest of old plantation mammies.
Songs are introduced. the company carry
ing quartet Of plantation hands. The COM
pany contains Stella Mayhem, Katherine
Miller, Kate Weston Cherry, Lew A. War
ner, Fred Truesdell, Earl Atkinson, Allan
H Bailey. Harrison Stedman and the Clio
yer Leaf Quartet.
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Blume." Bunte's "Minnelied" and Mela-
NETS America" The orchestral numbers
will be Schubert's "Rosamunde" overture,
s.Tianders Largo" with violin solo by Sol
Minister: Delibes intermezzo from Malta,
Massenets "Aragonaise and Berliozs
"Marche Hongroise." Mrs. Cummings Will
sing the scene and aria from Gounods
Queen of Sheba' and q group of songs,
including Franz.s I'm Herbst.' Stanford
Little Johneen" and Goring Thomas
Song of Sunshine" Mr.. Schulz IS numbers
will be a Chopin nocturne Davidoff's Am
Springbrunnen," Molidue's Concert An
dante and Peppers "Spurnlied." The entire
concert will be under the direction OF Mr.
Henry Xander. the musical director OF the
Saengerbund.
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"a Country GirIn

Another of the entertaining English mu-
steal works is to be heard here week after
next, when the Augustin Daily Musical
Comedy Company viii produce "A Country
Girl" The original company and produc-
ton, with William Norris and Minnie Ash
ley in the leading roles, also Miss Helen
Marvin Ga young English actress), Miss
Grace Freeman, Genevieve Finlay, Miss
Deyo, Hallyn Mostyn, Melville Stewart,
Clarence Harvey, Harold Wizard, William
Il. Philip and Mr.. Duff's excellent chorus of
sixty bright, fresh young voices, which has
made such a strong impression in New
York. Boston and Philadelphia, will come
to the Columbia The picturesque Devon
shire scenery of the first act and the mas
sive grandeur of the London ball room
scene in the second act have aroused gem
eral admiration.
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Burton Holmes Swedish Lecture.

Sweden. the capital, the country and the
canals" furnishes the subject of Mr. Holmes
next lecture, which will be given on
Tuesday afternoon at the Columbia Mr..
Holmes win personally conduct his audi.
ence ''by water overland" through the de-
lightful stretches Of lake, river and canal
which form the wonderful Gotta canal sys-
tenn. touching at many quaint cities, towns
and villages en- route. and Will also visit
that most delightful and picturesque of
cities, Stockholm, the capital. The Hlustra-
lions are numerous, consisting of selections
from negatives of Mr. Holmes own taking,
including number of motion pictures
which range from the sublime, as shown in
the stupendous falls of the Trollhattan to
the ridiculous. as exempiified - the antics
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The Moto-Girl.

The Moto-Gfri. the latest vaudeville now
city in Boston and New York. will be on
view at Chase's Theater week after next.
beginning Monday, March %. and Will be
presented at the usual twice-a-day per-
formances James o. Barrows and John
Lancaster. Maude HUH. Loris and Altino.
Eckert and Berg. Zazelle and Vernon. John
d. Gilbert and the vitagraph views nil out
the bill.
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%. Mr.. Edeson has won his best success
as a portrayer OF distinctly native types.
and his present role, which is an example
of plain, unassuming Americanism- Mr..
Harris will bring to this city the same
cast and beautiful scenic production as en-
ployed at the Savoy Theater.
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Saengerbund Concert.

The second public concert Of the WASH
irgton Saengerbund will be held at the Ma
tionaI Theater tomorrow evening. The
bund win be assisted by Mrs. Shanna Cum
ming, dramatic soprano. and Leon Schulz,
'cellist, both of New York, and an orches-
ira of forty musicians from the Washing
ton Symphony Orchestra. The program will
include four choruses by the bund. which
will sing seventy-five overwhelmingly
die Heimath." Handlers "Du Dist vie cine
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.sold;ers of Fortune. y

Robert Blossoms debut as a star In SOL
diers of Fortune" was enc of the memora-
BILE events of last season in New York,
where, at the Savoy Theater, the produc-
ton, under the direction of Henry B. Har-
ris, achieved so great a success that it was
selected to reopen the season at this the
alter on August 30 for an additional engage
ment of five weeks. making total of 80
nights in New York. Mr.. Edeson will make
his initial appearance In this city on March
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14
A Trio Recital.

A trio recital is announced by Mr.. Ernest
Philpitt at the New Willard ball room for
the afternoon of the 18th instant by Miss
Cornelia Dyas, pianist; Anton Kaspar vio-
linist and Wenceslao Villalpando, violon-
cellist. All these musicians are too well
known here to need comment as to their
ability. The program will include Saint
Saens trio in + major. four movements;
the Schumann "Phantasiestacke" 3D. SO,
four movements, and Dvorak's Drunky
trio, five movements
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

breadth of Europe. he was first heard in
America at a concert in New York. Novem-
Der u, 1900, and from that date he played
a season of nearly five months, visiting
every large city in the United States and
receiving the highest praise.
The sale of seats is in progress at T. Ar
thur Smiths agency.
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Kernan's Lyceum.

Waldron Bryant's Trocadero Bur-
lesquers will be the attraction at Kernan's
Lyceum Theater next week In the olio are
Adolph Adams, Larry Smith and Mamie
Champion, Carrie Massoney and Martha
Habeman. the three Herbert brothers, Burk
and McEvoy and Kelly and Reno.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

gene Garfield, William Boag, Helena Phil
lips, Dallas Tyler, Stokes Sullivan. Sadie
Miner, Harry Rogers, Charles Chappelle,
Dorothy West Rogers, Rachel McCausland
and others The cast, in fact, Is practically
that Of last season and the production is
equally elaborate and complete.
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Brahms Vocal Quartet.

recital by the Brahms Vocal Quartet,
assisted by Mr.. Arthur Whiting In his own
compositions, will be given on Tuesday af-
ternoon, March "a, at 4:15 in the Washing
ton Club. The personnel OF the quartet is
as follows: Miss Margaret Cummins. So
prano; Miss Sylvia Ware, alto; Mr.. Joseph
c. Miller, tenor; Mr. Charles Rabod, basso;
at the piano, Miss Clara Ascherfeld, Miss
Isabel Dobbin
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ga Chinese HONEYMOON"

"a Chinese Honeymoon" is booked for a
return engagement at the Columbia Thea
ter week of April Q. The attraction Is one
whose popularity here and everywhere else
insures 1t warm welcome.
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"The Pedler.v

Joe Welch. the well known delineator of
Jewish character. Is being starred in a new
play. with the suggestive title of THE Ped
Ter. 1t will be the attraction at the Acad-
envy week March %.
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nesday matinee and night For the remain
der Of the week, by special request, Henri
Gressitt has arranged for Miss Blair to be
seen as Marguerite Gautier in Alexandra
Dumas celebrated play Of Camille"
Vaughan CHASER, late with Mrs. Patrick
Campbell, has been especially engaged to
play Armand in Camille" also Dufrene in
''Zaza." Miss BIair's former well-known
support, Including Eleanor Montel, Alan.
son Lessey, Oscar APPLE. Frederick Ellis
Duff and Katherine De Barry will appear
in both PLAYS.
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OF last years season will at some time or
another appear. These are Norma Kopp,
William Brodsrick, Fred Frear, Harry
stone, William Schuster, together with the
other prominent singers whose names have
nine performances a week, six nights and
three matinees, Monday, Wednesday and
Saturday
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Lafayette Square Opera House.

Eugene Blair will for the second time this
season be seen at the Lafayette Opera
House next week, beginning Monday.
March Is. Miss Blair will repeat 'Zaza''
on Monday and Tuesday nights and Wed
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"Spotless Town"

Gus Hilis Comedians are coming to tho
Lafayette Opera House week after next in
the farce, 'Spotless Town"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

OF the "crazy canal boat" tearing through
the five locks In Its anxiety to reach the
lower canal
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

Walter Fox. head usher at the Lafayette,
is critically i'll with appendicitis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-03-14

Henrietta Crosman. Mrs. Patrick Camp
bell. Mrs. Lanetry and Grace George APP
peared in Indiana towns last week Re-
ports from the middle west are to the eff
feet that 1t Is literally choked with big