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ChaSe's Theater.

Loop the Loop the supersensational
vaudeville novelty, will be the central fea-
ture at Chases Theater next week. The
Empire show comes direct from Chase 8
Empire Theater at Cleveland, Ohio, to
which 1t owes it's name. Aside from the
thrilling Loop the Loop" the program
comprises the following American and Eu-
ropean farcical, acrobatic, grotesque, spec
tacular and surprising features; the three
Meers, Hal Davis and Inez Macauley, Maud
Nugent. Raymond and Caverly, Permane
brothers. Ed F. Reynard, Clayton Kennedy
and Matte Rooney and the Geller troupe.
1t has remained for woman, and a young
and pretty one at that, Miss Lottie Bran
don, the daring champion lady cyclist of
the stage. Up to the present no one has
Of the great loop that looms on the stage
before the audience. Miss Brandon is noted
as absolutely fearless. quality which she
has proven upon many occasions on the
cinder track and the ribbed Stats of the
cycle whirl. She acquires momentum by
the of a home trainer, on which she at
tains great speed before launching upon
her ride around the loop. Three times in
as many seconds she accompanies the en-
tire circuit of the inner rim of the loop
which is eighteen feet in diameter The
sensational effect is heightened by having
electric bulbs stud the sides of the rim and
these are lighted while the rest of the stage
is in darkness during the ride. The three
Meers were secured as the additional at
traction. and were imported directly from
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Washington Symphony Orchestra.

The third concert of the Washington SYM
phony Orchestra, Reginald De Koven, con-
ductor, will take place at the National
Theater Tuesday afternoon February 10,
at 4:15 o'clock. The soloist will be Nine
FRITZ Scheff, soprano of the Maurice Grau
Opera Company, New York city. The pro-
gram will be as follows: Overture, Der I'M
provfsator," D'Albert; Carmen, recit ct
aria. "Micaela,' Bizet CIme. Fritz Schef) /;
symphony, OPP. 30, A major Qtalien), Men,
delssohn-O allegro vivace, (2) andante
con motto, 90 con motto moderate "a SAL
tarello; songs with orchestra (a) 'Wiegen-
lied" Ries; OBJ eff No One Would Marry
Me-" Liza Lehman (Mme. FRITZ Scheff)
(a) valse, 'Dornroeschen," and (b) Corona
ton March" Tschaikowsky. That the
orchestra is attracting attention from the
outside Is indicated by the following from
the Musical Courier: ut is a good thing for
Washington that some of the leading pub
lic-spirited citizens have taken this matter
OF local orchestra in hand, and every
thing should be done to advance its inter-
ests. Permanent orchestras are the very
features that are necessary in the large
cities Of America for the permanent educa-
| ton OF the people in good music
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ConINC ATTRACTIONS
New National Theater.

Ethel Barrymore, who has begun her SEQ
ond season as a star with two plays, en-
titled Carrots and IA Country Mouse
will come to the New National Theater
Monday evening for an engagement Of six
nights and Saturday matinee only. Mr..
Charles Frohman announces the original
cast in each play. also the complete New
York productions.
Miss Barrymore recently concluded a
three months engagement in these plays
at the Savoy Theater, New York. In Gar
rots" she has the role of French boy, a
pathetic little fellow who is the victim of
a mothers cruelty and whose only hope
and reliance is a fathers love. The play is
in one act, and it employs, in addition to
the star, Bruce McRae and Mrs. Fanny
Addison Pitt. an actress Of known skill.
Carrots tells the story of q family mis-
understanding and reconciliation. The
scene represents the courtyard of farm
house in France.
In the longer play, "a Country Mouse
Miss Barrymore appears as rural maiden,
apparently artless and innocent OF the
worlds wiles, but she proves herself a
match for the experienced smart" folks in
whose society she is placed. Miss Barry
more is said to be very happy and effective
in this comedy part, and to be as success
full in it In moving her audiences to laughter
as she was in the shorter play in moving
them to tears.
The story of "a Country Mouse" concerns
Mr.. John Bowlby, a rich member of parlia-
ment and brewer, who has married into the
aristocracy, and becomes very uncomfort-
able in consequence. Lady Sylvia takes q
very liberal view of martial obligations
and fancies herself in love with the Hon.
Archibald Vyse, who Is escaping from her
influence and fixing his affections upon an
apparently ingenious young girl from the
country, named Angela Muir. In the last
act a game of hide and seek" is played
nv the principal characters in VySe's cha M
bers in Bond street. the electric lights being
turned out on several occasions, and Bowl
by calling to stop Vyse's flirtations with
Lady Sylvia. Angela. being put into side
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Torrance, he is ably assisted in the comedy
department by Arthur Wooley, who delin-
Gates the trials and tribulations of DR..
Fizz, the court physician, and William Cor
liss. who. as Prof. Nudge, makes an aereo-
static journey with the aid of DR.. F'izz's
elixir.
Cheridah Simpson, the prima donna, as
Piola, the soldier of fortune, has several
pretty solos, with choral assistance, among
which the most popular are 'Tn Do or
Die" "Old Father Time" and the march
song, THE Lad Who Leads" Greta Risley,
the contralto, as Queen Lii, also renders
in her best style For Love Live Alone"
d Claim Thou Thine own" Flora Ia
pelle, who was seen here to advantage in
the title role of 1.-The Messenger Boy" is
compared most favorably with her prede-
cessor in the role of Annette, while Mar
garet Mckinney as Angela has made de-
cided hit by her sweet rendition Of Diana
in the second act. War Anderson is the
tenor, to whom is allotted the part of Pc
dro. With a large chorus Of well-drilled
and shapely show girls, the production is
given adequate tone. An augmented Or
chestra of twenty-five musicians enhances
the value of the musical numbers, of which
the most popular are 1.-THE Tale Of the
Bundle Bee" 'They Gave Me a Medal for
That" THE Jolly Old Potentate," when
Thou Art Nine" 1.-The Miller's Cats"
That's What I'll Do" and the conspira-
tors chorus.
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David Bispham's Song Recital.

Mr.. David Bispham, the celebrated bari
tone Of the Maurice Grau Opera Company,
will give his only recital In Washington at
the Columbia Theater next Friday after
noon. February g. at Ais. Mr.. Bispham's
sudden indisposition prevented his appear
ance as previously advertised. and the man.
agement states that he will positively ap-
pear on the above date, as it is officially
announced by Mr.. Grau. Mr.. Bispham has
arranged a delightful program, all the mas
ter song writers Of the world being repre-
sented. including Brahms, Schubert, Franz,
Schumann. Meyerbeer. Saint-Saens, and a
group of English songs new. AS a recital
artist, Mr.. BiSpham is believed to have no
equal, and this program, as arranged. will
emphasize his versatility. All tickets sold
will be good for February G.
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Columbia Theater.

king Dodo," the pretty Pixley and Luz
ders comedy opera, with Raymond Hitch
cock in the title role, which was so cor
daily received here last season. will return
to the Columbia Theater for a week, COM
mencing Monday night, with the original
company and production. During the run
in New York several changes were made in
the minor parts, and while these did not
materially affect the Interpretation 1t is
barely possible that the new faces and
voices have enhanced the production.
First and foremost in the cast is Ray
mond Hitchcock, who, by reason of his
grotesque facial contortions, unctuous aban-
don and a novel makeup. has evidently re-
juvenated the style Of comic opera which
was almost relegated to the past. While he
Is on the stage nearly throughout the per-
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room containing ladder leading 20 the
roof, escapes up 1t in sight Of the Duke of
ST Kits, an old roue who has pursued her
through the whole Of the play. The duke
follows, and they reappear covered with
dust and dirt as an aff1anced couple. It Is
this climax which constitutes the subject
of Illustration.
The company includes Harry Davenport
as the Duke of Kits Bruce McRae Hon.
Archibald Vyse, George W. Howard as Lord
Robert Wyclcham, Arthur Elliot as John
Bowlby, M. P; James Kearney as Jephcott.
Hugo Goldsmith as a footman, Adelaide
Prince as Lady Sylvia Bowlby Gertrude
Gheen as Violet Agnsley, Mrs. Fanny Addi-
son Pitt as Mrs. Chopper and Ethel Barry
more as Angela Muir.
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by the Choral Society. is attracting great
interest. The last performance Of this ora
torio was some ten years ago, and since
then the Choral Society has had a wide ex-
perience In many classes OF work, with the
result that 1t should at the present time be
able to present the work in more finished
manner than even its excellent performance
Of years ago.
The society will have the benefit Of the
assistance of the most distinguished singer
in the part of ST. Paul who can be found
In any musical center-Mr. David Bispham.
He is an artist who has not only won great
renown In opera and in recitals, but stands
with the best singers of the world in ora
torfo. His broad and finished style is ex-
actly suited to the measures of this great
work. The other artists will be Mrs. Sea-
bury Ford, who has long been well known
as leading concert singer-soprano: Miss
Leila Livingston Morse, contralto, who Is
well known in Washington and has fine
promise one'of the coming young singers;
and that old and tried friend Mr.. Edwin c.
Towne, tenor. Mr.. Towne sings with the
society nearly every year, and is always
welcome to its audience.
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music to sing. and provided with attractive

music to sing. and provided with attractive
scenery.
Zeb and Zarrow play Slick and Slack,
two photographers, and are surrounded by
cast of thirty-five artists In organizing
this company. Messrs. Flack ar / Floyd,
the managers of zig Tag Alley" had but
one end in view. and that was clean, whole
and young Zig Tag Alley Is panto-
mimic farce, full of laughing and vaude-
vile effects and filled with songs. There is
an abundance of trick scenery. One of the
best features of this is the cyclone scene
where. with suddenness that is startling
a cyclone comes along and turns everything
on the stage upside down, whirling and
producing an effect of general confusion.
Another big trick scene represents the
underground station in New York, with its
mass of trick scenery. A third shows the
boardwalk at Atlantic City, N. ]. In this
scene some of the characteristic features
OF the place are realistically produced.
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Among the other novelties included in Zig
Tag Alley" are a mechanical drummer, said
to be quite the funniest one ever shown on
the stage: the human photograph and
other novelties.
The special members Of the company in
clude the Zeb and BARROW trio, the Brothers
kennebel, with their European act; The
Hanson Cab and the Pestiferous Mule"
the European acrobats, Schrock and Rice
Ben 7. Dillon, Irene Young and Joe Con-
ners, acrobatic song and dance; Con- Phil
lips. Ella Shields, known as the southern
nightingale, in coon ballads; Jane Barry,
Andrew O'Neil, Frank Marley, Louise
Dempsey, Lille Sieger, an expert cornet
soloist; George Lynne. Josephine Leslie,
Adah Walker, Anna Casselle, Elslnore
Richmond, Lizzie Purcell, Irene Young and
a number Of others.
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Janice Meredith.

Janice Meredith" with William Bonelli
and Rose Stahl as the stellar lights, will
be presented at the Lafayette Opera House
the week of February 8. special scenic
production of this famous play is prom
Used. with all the realistic stage pictures
that have brought the piece into note. in
Guiding the old farmyaId at Greenwood
just before the battle of Concord; the
Drinker homestead, the British headquar-
tiers at Trenton. on Christmas eve, 1776
with vision Of Washington's campfires
burning across the Delaware, and the city
of Yorktown at the time of. the surrender.
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Lafayette Square Theater.

Zig Tag Alley" is the latest comedy trick
pantomimic farce comedy. in which Zeb
and Zarrow are to be seen at the Lafayette
Opera House next week. 1t will come as an
entire novelty here, but it has been so well
received elsewhere that it's success seems
assured. Zeb and Zarrow have been sur
rounded by a company made up Of spe-
cialty artists and of pretty girls. given an
abundance of original new and catchy
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"a Trip to the JungIes."

The Empire Theater will have for its at
traction for next week another Afro-Amer-
lean organization, Larkins and Patterson's
company presenting new musical comedy,
"a Trip to the Jungles." The company
numbers some thirty-five performers, some
of them well known here. Sam Cousins.
late comedian and stage manager Of Tho
Sons Of Ham company; Erastus and
Banks, Humphrey and Glenn, the Empire
State Quartet and Pete Washington are In
the cast; also the well-known team of Lar
kin and Patterson.
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Girls -

Following the engagement of Ethel Bar
rymore at the National Theater. Charles
Frohman will present Virginia Harmed in
Iris" This play is described as being
elaborated with consummate artistic and
literary skill, and pointing, with frank bru-
tality and terrible realism, a moral in &C.
cord with the memorable laws OF human
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the London hippodrome. They do high wire
feats, accompanied by comic byplay. 1.-The
Unexpected is the title OF the sketch which
Hal Davis and Inez Macauley will offer.
Maud Nugent will Introduce a number of
new popular songs. Raymond and Caverly,
with a German dialect all their own, will
exhibit English as 1t Is broken" The Per-
name brothers are noted English clowns
from the Palace of Varieties, London. Ed
F. Reynard. with his sixteen animated au-
tomatons; Clayton Kennedy and Matte
Rooney, with their eccentric and artistic
dancing and piano playing, and the Geller
troupe, with their living art reproductions
and humanized marble statuary form the
promising concluding numbers
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Audrey"

The dramatization OF Mary Johnston's
Audrey will be presented at the Columbia
week after next. and theatergoers Of this
city Will have an opportunity of seeing an
actress who is considered by New York
critics as being one Of the glories Of the
American stage-Miss Eleanor Robson.
Few women on the stage have risen so rap
Idly to g. commanding position as Miss
Robson. Three short years ago she was
unknown to fame. and yet during that time
she has made more solid hits in New York
than any other performer who has ap-
peared there. Until Miss Robson was seen
at the Herald Square Theater as Bonita IN
Augustus Thomas Arizona" she was COM
parativelys unknown. Then followed her
appearance as joint star with Mrs. lie
Moyne and Otis Skinner in the presentation
of Browning's 'In Balcony" Again did
Miss Robson triumph. Then followed her
appearance as Flossie Williams, totally
different role. in "unleavened Bread" All
the critics In New York pronounced Mtss
Robson's portrayal OF the giddy and
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Academy Of Music.

The spectacular and popular melodrama
THE Price of Honor" will be the attraction
ata the Academy Of Music next week. The
production is on a lavish scenic scale, the
settings including a view Of big depart
ment store, the East Side tenement district,
Bellevue Hospital and Trinity Church. A
boys choir is one of the features of the
play, which is replete with thrilling interest
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Oratorio Of st. Paul.

The performance OF Mendelssohn's ora
torio Of st. Paul on Tuesday, February IL
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".
For two years he ratified the bones, thump-
ed tambourine and helped to pull the In.
terlocutor's chestnuts out of the fire, but
he found 1t such hard work being funny
eight times a week that he Joined ten
twent-thirt' travelling combination and be-
came their leading tragedian. Fond and
fiattering friends who think his king
Dodo' funny should wait until they witness
his original creation of shylock before they
presume to pass upon his abilities as a HUI
morist. Once Hitchcock played Hawkshaw,
the demon detective, so realistically in
GAINESVILLE, Wis, that before the morning
which followed his performance half the
leading citizens of the town had departed
for parts unknown.
But all this was merely preparatory-as
all the authorized lives Of great men 20
to Mr.. Hitchccck's life work, which seems
to be the making OF many people laugh.
Hitchcock has an ambition to write a comic
opera-at least he did have Some wears
ago he wrote the book for q ma sterpiece
In three acts called King Johannes
Louis F. Gottschalk wrote the music and
the only reason the thing was not a howl
ing success was the fact that Mr.. Hitch.
cocks kind and thoughtful landlady burned
up two coal scuttlefuls Of the last act one
day In q wei lime Uni effort to tidy up his
and stuck to amusing other people.
KN
Before Hitchcock came here with "Kine
Dodo' he played q comedy role in ..Three
Little Lambs" with which production
Marie Cahill was prominently Identified.
Hitchcock says he has a soft spot in his
heart TOR Miss Cahill, because of her pres
encs OF mind. It seems that the tenor insist
ed nightly upon throwing Mr.. Hitchcock
violently to the stage after he had almost
choked him. whereas q mere pretense of
violence would have served the purpose.
hitchcock warned the tenor two @ three
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
GREAT STRIKE OF EMPLOYEES IN
THE LEADING CHICAGO HOTELS

Chicago, June 13.-The first call to
the employees of the hotels to go on
strike was made by the walking dele
gates at o'clock yesterday morning.
and all day the delegates visited the
different hotels represented in the Ho-
tel Keepers Association and called out
the help. In several places the walk
ing delegates were refused admission,
and were compelled to signal to the
employees from the outside. In others
the strike leaders were met with the
information that there was no need
to make call on the men to 20 out,
the proprietors telling the help l.: would
be necessary to go out and stay out
until the trouble was over. The last
hotels in which strikes were declared
were the Virginia, the Great Northern.
the BrevoDrt and the Union. The men
in these places walked out last night.
A complete list of houses in which
the employees have left follows:
Auditorium. Auditorium Annex,
Sherman, Grand Pacific. Stratford,
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17

Palmer, Briggs, Bismarck. kaiserhof,
Thompsons. Victoria. Wellington. La
kota. Chicago Beach. Del Prado. Ven
dome, Hyde Park, Wlndermere, Met
ropole, Kenwood, Holland, Great
Northern. Virginia, Breyoort, Union.
The Lexington signed the scale pre-
sented by the union five minutes after
the help had been called out.
There is every indication that the
strike will be hard fought. The hotel
proprietors declare that the demands
are unreasonable. and the unions claim
to have been unfairly treated by the
proprietors, in that the proprietors
agreed to treat as individuals with the
unions and have not done so.
The proprietors have agreed to sub
nit nearly every point at issue 10 ar
bitration, but up to this time the unions
will not consent. The unions insist
upon the absolute recognition of the
union. To this latter demand the pro-
prietors say they will never agree so
long as the strikers maintain their
present attitude.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
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DR.. BAIRD FOUND
NOT TO BE GUILTY

Denver, June ia Republican spe-
cial from Boulder yesterday says:
The jury in the case of DIR. Rudolph
Baird. accused OF poisoning his wife.
this morning returned verdict OF not
guilty" The verdict was expected.
Under the conditions of the case the
Jury must either acquit or else find
that the defendant had killed his wife
by administering strychnine. All of the
doctors swore that strychnine did not
cause her death. All except one of
the physicians said she did not die OF
natural causes, but none would lay
death at the door OF strychnine.
The jury went out at APO O'Clock
yesterday afternoon On the first bal
lot Jurors Bounds, Caywood and Jones
stood for conviction the others for ac-
quittal. Jones hung out the longest,
but finally, little after midnight, he
agreed to a verdict OF acquittal.
Early this morning the news spread
that the jury had agreed and that
court would convene at . O'Clock. BY
that time the court room was crowded.
The defendant, accompanied by his
son. his daughter and her husband, who
have been present during the entire
trial, had seats inside the railing and
with them sat the main attorney for
the defense, Senator Charles B. Ward.
Before the verdict was read Judge
Garrigues warned the audience not to
indulge in any demonstrations, either
in favor of or against whatever the
verdict might be. He instructed the
bailiff to arrest any one violating this
order. When the verdict was read the
court room was as still as death. The
defendant heard the reading of the YER
dict unmoved and the daughters heaved
sigh of relief. 1t was not until some
minutes later, when court adjourned to
the 22nd instant, that any one in the
court room moved. As the crowd left,
few went up and congratulated the
defendant, his relatives and the attor-
neys, and one of the most famous trials
in the history of this county was ended.
The Lamar register., 1903-06-17
kina and Queen Buried.

Belgrade. June 13.-Everything is
quiet thus far throughout the country,
according to all the official and other
reports. King Alexander and Queen
Draga, who were assassinated in the
royal palace. were buried during the
night in the family vault of the Obren-
ovitchs in the chapel of the cemetery
of st. Mark. The interment was car
ried on in complete secrecy and oc-
Cured at 80 a. m. The strictest pri-
yacy was maintained in order to avoid
hostile demonstrations.
1t is now confirmed that only Queen
Draga's brothers were killed. Her sis
tiers were taken to Pencosovic by some
of the conspirators.