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The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Past and Future.

Shakespeare and PantomiTne divided
honCrs in the local theaters throughout
she past week, with the advantage. when
all is said and done, on the side Of the
great poet
The Sleeping Beauty and the Beast"
might easily have run through another
fortnight. It's beauty and spIendor were
on everyone's tongue. The sale Of seats
was almost unprecedented. The an
pIause was general He must be blind
indeed. who could not see chat this
'pantomime" exercised a powerful in
fuence and paved the way clear for any
successor Of equal merit
Yet The Comedy Of Errors" never
regarded as one of Shakespeare's most
valuable or presentabIe plays. filed the
Columbia from Monday night 10 the end
Of the week. Mr.. Robson's impersona-
ton continued the impression formed af-
ter its first manifestation in the old
days Of Robson and Crane. 1t is a reaH-
cation of the Dromio Of Syracuse. moHf-
fed according 10 later standards. and
imbued with great measure of dis
tiHctive Robsonian personality. It's
drawing power, viewed from any one
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Chase's-The Empire Show.

Loop the Loop is the supersensa-
tional attraction that forms the feature
of the Empire Show which comes 10
Chase's this week. The company is pre-
scented by I. NJ. Eirick. Loop the Loop. ."
as done by Lottie Brandon. is tie same
thrilling illusion which has crowded the
theaters in which it has been per
formed during the last three months. It
has been watched with bated breath by
thousands OF theatergoers The act is
performed on a wooden sphere eighteen
feet in diameter. The Three Meers,
from the London AIhambra. will give
their remarkable wire act, and the
comedy sketch, The Unexpected. " will
be presented by Hal Davis and Inez Ma
cauley. Maud Nugent. the talented
singer and composer Of Sweet Rosie
o 'Grady.' viii offer a number Of the
latest compositions of William Jerome.
written especially for her Raymond and
CaveTiy, the Teutonic comedians. will
present English as II Is Broken" a
dialect sketch Permane Brothers. the
famous English clowns, VIII Offer pan
toUimtc novelty. and Ed F. Reynard,
ventriloquist, has an entertaining act.
Clayton Kennedy and Matte Rooney and
the GeileT troupe complete the bill.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
A Chorus Girl Prima Donna.

Miss Cheridah Simpson, the pTima
donna Of the King Dodo" company,
who has worked her way up from the
ranks of the chorus TO her present po-
sition, expresses herself as follows:
There is not much frlvolity about
the work Of the chorus girls: the work
is too hard for that A girl must live
q very temperate life if she wishes 10
gain any success. She has very little
chance Of getting any of those Injuries
which We hear so much about Her life
IS crowded with Inconvenience and dis
comforts. She spends her time between
dFaughty dressing rooms and third-rate
hotels. Her hours are irregular. She
has lots Of steady work. and she has all
the annoyances and little difficulties
which beginners at anything have to ex-
perience- The great majority lead very
CreditabIe lives Many of the girls be-
long to good families They have good
voices. and wish 10 rise in the pro-
fession. and their 5nly chance is 10 be
gin at the beginning. They must get the
experience, and they can tnIy get 1t in
the chorus"
Miss Phrynette ogden has been
member of the chorus for the last FIVE
years She has played small parts and
is getting some of the rewards which
come from patient work. She is quoted
as saying;
I have to live quietly Ny salary is
small and it takes all that can spare
out Of 1t to supply the people at home.
As for anything like a gay life in
any sense CT the word l never think OF
it Most girls who follow other occu-
paticns have many more pleasures than
I can ever hope to get as a chorus girl.
You see, when I come 20 a strange place
always try TO get a good roomiBg house
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Gossip and Bookings.

The sale OF seats for Richard Mans
fields six evenings and one matinee Of
Julius Caesar at the National Will
begin Thursday. February &c. The en-
gagement desires to announce, however,
that mail orders are now being received
when accompanied by remittance and
addressed and stamped envelope The
right is reserved OF selling only a limit
ed number of seats to each purchaser
unless he is identified satisfactorily 10
the management as representing .
school. club. or theater party.
An impression seems to prevail, judg-
Ing by inquiries ahead made at the box
Office, that the prices are 10 be raised
during Mansfeld's Julius Caesar" week.
This is not true. The highest price
charged will be 81. and from this the
tickets are scaled down to 50 cents for
gallery seats.
Upwards of 900 people appear with
Nj Mansfield in Julius Caesar" and
the popular and critical approval meted
that it is the most beautiful and elabo-
rate production and embraces the best
company of artists and extra people he
has ever employed. Last night brought
TO an end his Boston engagement. where
he enjoyed the experience of beginning
the play on the first night with no tick
cts remaining TO be sold for any subse-
quent performance. Julius Cesar
viii be seen In Philadelphia and 3alti-
more before arriving here.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
The True Chorus Girl.
Testimony That She Works Diligently
and Lives Moderately.

It has long been a custom TO beIittIe
the chorus girl as a creature OF singu-
lar uHwOTth. She is nearly always
characterized as giddy and Eighty.
According to their press agent, those
IL the chorus of the King Dodo" com
pany, which comes TO the Columbia
Theater for one week beginning tomor-
row night. take decided exception to
this general estimate, and in interviews
voice decided opinions in their own de-
Tense They set forth the claim that
champagne suppers are few and far be-
tween, that most chorus girls aid in the
support OF the family at home, and one
naively says, i always go straight hons
after theater."
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

appearance with the company, and il was
also the occasion of the first appearance
OF Mr.. James K. Hackett in a part Of
any prominence on the professional
stage, although as an amateur he had
been WI known for some time. In
April Of this year. and during the run
Of this play. received the saddest blow
OF my life in the death Of ny dear wife
and my necessary absence from the per
formauc5 gave Mr. Hackett an oppor-
unity which he much desired for he
was put in my place"
Shakespeare or Story?
Speaking Of the OtheHo of SIR. Forbes
Robertson, the London Times SAYS:
We may talk about the reverend. due
to Shakespeare as solenniy as We viii,
but our actors. whenever they play him
now. viii have 10 bring out the story CT
they viii play TO empty benches. Mr..
Forbes Robertson knows this. he has
taken care that his company shall know
It. and the result is a thoroughly stir
ring peTfoTmance-not remarkable for
the ingenuity Of this or that detail, not
memorable for this or that purple patch
of rhetorical deliyery-bGt something
whole and simple and direct which sat
isles the intelligence quite as much as
it affects the emotions. We were pre-
pared for this common-sense handling
Of the play. because il is Just what Mr..
Robertson did so effectively with Ham
let We do not mean that he contemp-
tu0usly disregards ali tradition; but We
do mean that he is careful not to make
tradition a fetish. He knows ne is deal
ing with classic. but he also knows
that the virtue Of a classic is not its
antiquity, but its eternal freshness. and.
in the best sense. its modernity.
Every generation refashtons the cIas-
sizes for itself. and the present genera
ton viii see in Othello. before every
thing. q crime passionnel. But we want
the Moor TO be 'noble?' Certainly: for
this is a tragedy, not a meIodrama.
And Mr.. Robertson starts by being as
noble as you pIease-except. perhaps.
IN the address to the senate, which was
rather aTtful than noble, q little too in
sinuating. But when, by the close Of the
third act. the frenzy of Jealousy has
taken firm grip of him, then away goes
his nobility (to return. just for mo
ment, in articulo mortis) and he be-
comes a wild beast. In short. being
wrought this Othello is 'perplexd IN
the extreme. See him fly in epiIeptic
fury at lagos throat See him strike
Desdemona. See the vigor with which
he stiles her, Hear him roar, as
Emilia very truly says he doesi This
is indeed ia bette humane the true
hero OF the crime passionneL' We feel
that. after this Othello, We understand
such crimes better"
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Criticism in New York.
Pens Eloquent, Pens Scholarly, and
Pens CaustiC.


We must have dramatic critics in
New York and elsewhere. and the pres
ent collection is certainly interesting.
said Frank Wllstach when in Washing
ton last week. We have the iucipient
and sapient. the witty and the witless.
and that there may be all sorts for all
kinds we have some who make the ju-
dicious joyous, and others who cause the
necuriaI TO be miserable. Between the
judicial faculty as represented by the
critic and the creative faculty. S rep
resented by the author. with the man
ager and actor acting as buffers. and Of
ten treated as buffers, there is constant
conflict.
The critic is in exactly the position
Of the Judge of a baby show To the
mother of a child awarded the first prize
he is a saccharine darling, and 20 all the
other mothers he is a sulphurous de-
men. So you can imagine what an agree
able pastime It is being a New York dra-
matte critic, But hope hops high; busi-
ness IS splendid; theatrical babies
Judged onery and homeIy by the critics
are petted and pampered by the public,
while other infants proclaimed buXom
and beauteous are shuHJed and Stunned
by the theatergoer, So it is that New
York Electrically may be said TO be
bursting with golden butteTine, ana
blazing with gladstone blowzenes5.
The critics are the only ones con-
nectcd in the remotest way with New
inn
comfortably rich. so they may be al
lowed occasional yawDs Ct rage and dis
content. We cant DO with them CT with
out them. so what is the use of cors
planning
William Winter. with ire unmelted
snow of three-score or more Of years
nesting on his brow. is seen on frs
nights. and IS writing with the same
scintfIating archaic spIeud0r as of old.
He is the grand old Roman OF them all
But how beautifully Huneker, of the
sun who has been called the master
of the purple phrase, writes. But why
not. since he has skinned the cream
from a thousand classic volumes. his
brain. the vat which holds it all sweet
and pure? When the splasher in h:a
mental churn gets a-working he turns
out lovely metaphortcaI custard or &C.
Ifcious rhetorical ice cream. James ia
a literary MailIard,
Then Hillary, Hillary Bell, the
Apollo BeIvidere of the critics, What 81
mellow, melIiluous style is his, E.a
Waterman Ideal scars like a cIayIess
spirit to empyrian shores beyond the
charted flight of mind; leaps through
The blue crystalline sphere and feets il
right out into the un5urveyed ndnity.
Hillary IS a rhetorical Humboldt.
"Daie's wit cracks like sheHed peanuts
when trodden on upon a hard sidewalk.
or, l may say, like the guns CT Buffalo
Piil's cowboys wh-u rrr~~rr--,- tn ~-.--.-.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

ley in which Zeb and Zarrow, a team
OF clever comedians, are surrounded
by company composed of specially
performers, with a large chorus The
piece is a farce, with q distinct and
well-defned plot; a spectacle extrava-
ganza; a trick comedy, in which the
scenery plays an important part, and a
farce comedy. in which the chorus is
the thing.
The book is by James German. who
also staged the farce. Karl WeixeIbaum
is responsible for the music which is
sCid to be tuneful
The company includes, besides the
stars. the European acrobats, Schrock
and Rice; Ben T. Dillon, Irene Young,
and Joseph Corners, acrobatie song and
dance; Gof Philips, Ella Shields, Lii
lie Seiger, Jane Barry. Andrew O'Neil,
Frank Markey. Louise Dempsey. George
Lynne, Adah Walker, Anna CasselIe,
EIsinore Richmond. Lizzie Purcell, and
ICgoRhvnp Leslie
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
NationaI-Ethel Barlymore.

Ethel Barrymore, with TWO plays,
Carrots and "A Country Mouse" in
which she is said to be even more charm
ing and delightful than she was last year
in Captain links" viii begin an en-
Eagement Of six nights at the New Ma
tioual Theater on Monday evening, with
matinee on Saturday only.
She appeared in Carrots" and a
Country Mouse" for three months at
the Savoy Theater in New York and all
the while never played to anything less
than a capacity audience. In the boys
part in Carrots" she won their hearts,
and moved them TO tears In the charac-
ter of a Country Mouse country
girl Of greater artfuIness than her rus
licity seemingly disclosed. who meets
and vanquishes IN loves arena a whole
army Of smart society foIks-she charm
ed her audiences by her amusing naive
Ee. and kept hem laughing 81 the half
Toguish. half-innocent ways in which
she fooled the swClIs
Miss Barrymore viii be presented by
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

MI Frohman in these plays here, with
the complete New York production of
each, and also with their original casts
intact.
Carrots" is a one-act play, which
runs about fifty minutes In it Miss
barrymore appears in trousers for the
first time in her career. She is assist
ed in this play by Bruce McRae, and
Mrs. Fanny Addison Pitt, who respec-
lively impersonate the father and mother
OF the little French boy portrayed by
Miss Barrymore.
"A Country Mouse is in four acts. It
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
An Unwilling Maker of Stars.

The story of Richard MansfeIds leap
into fame through The refusal of J. H
Stoddart to take the part of Baron Chew
rial in a Partisan Romance" is well
known. but it is not so widely known
that Mr., StoddaFt was also the means
whereby Mr.. Hackett obtained his first
good part. Mr.. Stoddart had been play
ing Jean ToTquenie in The Broken
Seal" a drama by Sydney Grundy, pro-
diced by A. NJ Palmer in 1892. but on
the sudden death of his wife he was
compelled to retire from the cast for the
time being, In his recently published
'RecolIections CT a Player" Mr. Stod-
dart gives the following brief account
Of the episode. 1t was in this pIav
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Academy-"The Price of Honor"

Academy-"The Price Of Honor"
The Price Of Honor is the title of
the meIodrama which will constitute the
next weeks Offering for the patrons Of
the Academy. TIE play is a thriller, yet
its story is sal, to be strong and con
vincing. The scenes are laid in New
York city. Much originality Of ccnstruc-
ton is said to be manifested, and char
acters new to the stage introduced
While the heart interest is Uppermost
in thought, the comedy element has not
been neglected. In rapid rotation are
presented scenes in a huge New York
department store in full operation; an
East Side New York Stun, the interior
OF Trinity Church. where a sensational
marriage scene is enacted. and the re
ceiving room of Bellevue Hospital. IN
cfdeDtaI to the action, a boys choir is
Introduces, and viii be heard in sacred
songs.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Columbia - Raymond Hitchcock il
"King Dodo."

Columbia - Raymond Hitchcock in
king Dodo"
At the Columbia Theater tomorrow
night Mr.. Henry ". Savage will present
for a week the original company and
production Of King Dodo. the pretty
PiXley and Luder's comedy opera. which
was so cordially received here last sea
son. Barring two or three changes III
the cast Of PRINCIPALS the organization is
the same as tn. one which interpreted
the opera here last year. Several ne&
songs. notably he Diana song in the
second act, have been interpolated and
the lyrics throughout the piece have
been materially fTesheued.
Raymond Hitchcock remains the conc
dic custodian OF the title role. Cheridah
Simpson viii be remembered as the
statuesque prima donna in the role Of
Piola. the soldier of fortune. who is
DESTROYS Of marrying the Kings ward
and has to lead that merry monarch Of
musical drollcry to a fountain of youth
before his fancee can rigbtfuuy belong
10 him Margaret Mckinney replaces
Elsa Ryan rs Angela, the Kings ward
while Flora ZabelIe. a young Armenian
soubrette, interprets the roles of An
nette, last season played by Gertrude
Quinlan
The other principals in the cast are
Greta Risiey. who sings the contralto
role Of Queen Lii, ruler of the spoop-
jus; Arthur Wooley, in the character Of
Or. Fizz. court physician; IvaT Ander-
son, the tenor as Pedro, court chamber
lain, and William Corliss in the dual
roles Of Prof. Nudge, court historian.
and Bonilla. prime minister
Chorally the organization is the mos
preJentiOus which Mr.. Savage has yet
offered in any Of mis- musical attractions
N that the forty or more OF show girls
comprise a careful selection of young
women whose vocal ability is not sec
ondary TO their shapeliness. An aug
mented orchestra OF twenty-five must
clans enhances the symphonic value OF
the music,I numbers of which the most
popular a.e Look in the Book and Sec "
III Do or Die The Eminent Dr..
FizZ, a Jolly Old Potentatc." When
Thou Art Mine" The Miller's Cats"
old Father Time" Claim Thou Thine
own and The Tale OF a Bumblebee."
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

savages who have just held UP the
careening stage coach When he hitch
es UP to his literary carte blanche-the
liveltest literary feminine tTotteT ago
ing-he makes the sparks. and some
times the stars. ay! He can lift his
critical eye full on the blaze Of any
dramatic deity, and never once win this
postmaster in the noble art OF grid
ironing, blink. Alan is a bad boy,
Criticism, in the case Of John Cor
bin, OF the Times moves along with
scholastic tread: with Acton Davies. It
skips and capers, while with William
Winter il Eoarst"
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

standpoint. defes explanation It's IA
vor is probably due to a combination ri
many inteTests-play. star, love of good
ccmedv and local regard for particular
members of the company
Mr.. Perkins. in Jerome" justified the
faith which Miss wilkins has expressed
in him. Her purpose to write new
play. to create q new character which
Mr.. Jerome must fill and not merely
embody. will excite marked local in
terest and no doubt add materially TO
his fame,
a good bill at Chase's confirmed the
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

Dodo" viii set audiences to laughing,
partly by virtue OF pure humor and part
" by virtue Of firm recollection, at the
Columbia. Chase's has another good
bill, at least. so il seems in advance.
The Lafayette descends from Mary Z,
Wilkins to farce. The Academy renews
its cid trade with The Price OF Honor"
"A Trip to the Jungles" and the Big
City Sports" with wrestling matches,
complete the array Surely he must be
hard to please who cannot be suited out
Of such an assortment
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
MISS ETHEL BARRYMORE.

security Of polite vaudeville in Wash
ington.
At the Academy the dime novel Of the
drama-in its most unhealthful and IN
furious form-exploited the James
Boys" as heroes How the management
Of this institution, careful and eau
tious as it has been for years. could
have fallen into such an error is hard TO
realize.
Elsewhere the story of the past week
is like that of any preceding week OF
the season.
The offerings disclosed by today's ad-
vertisements are decidedly varied. Miss
Barrymore viii present two clean,
wholesome. fine plays, and enact them,
no doubt, with grace and charm, King
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Lyceum-'Big City Sports Company.

The attraction at the Lyceum Theater,
this week. will be Phil Sheridan's Big
City Sports Company. In the specially
parts will appear Kennedy and Evans
comedy entertaiuers; Short and Edwards,
Josie lie Coy. the Everett Trio. Euro
pean Acrobats, Hazel Burt, Renzetta
ana La Rue, the eccentric comedy aero
bats. Ferguson and Beeson, in a unique
comedy dance. and Crissie Sheridan.
Two burlesques will be presented BY
the entire company, and as an extra at
traction "Americus." the champion
wrestler, will appear at every perform
auce this week.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Virginia Harmed in Iris"

Iris" the Pinero play in which
Charles FTohman is starring Virginia
Harmed, will follow Miss Barrymore at
the National Theater fo- a weeks en-
gagement. As a master of the English
language. the producer of epigrams,
bright sayings. and sparkling humor,
Pinero has few. if any. equals. It ap-
pears that in Iris" he has delivered
to slightly puzzled audiences, a stern,
unbending. biting sermon. He does not
condesceud- to point the moral, but
merely says in so many words: There
it is-like it or not like it, as you
please-such is life"
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

Lillian Burkhart will be the second prin-
cipal attraction in her new light comedy
offering. "Jessie's Jack and Jerry" The
Five Juggling JolHsons will present
their act which they have elaborated
and perform in i spectacular manner
Harry Towards Comedy Ponies, Fisher
and Carroll. Kelly and Violette, Cherry
and Bates, trick bicyclists, and the vita
graph motion pictures showing a person
ally conducted tour over the Alps. form
the remaining features
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Empire-"A Trip to the Jungles."

The attraction at the Empire Theater
next week will be LaTkins and Patter-
sons musical eztravaga nza, entitled y
Trip to the Jungles." The organization
numbers some thirty-five performers.
some Of them well known here Sam
Cousins, late comedian and stage mana
ger Of The Sons OF Ham" company.
Glenn. the Empire State Quartet, and
Pete Washington are in the cast, also
the weII-known team Of Larkins and
Patterson The chorus is large, and it
is said to be trained well
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Bijou Stock Company Billed to Re-
appear.

The Bijou Stock Company VIII hold
forth at the Empire Theater after Feb
ruary 9. presenting burlesque in con-
junction with high class vaudeville
Manager Sehlesinger announces that
bills and burlesques of the same kind
as those presented last season will be
given by the new stock company. y
number of the old players have been
engaged.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Chase's Coming Attractions.

Next week Edmond Hayes, comedian,
will appear at Chase's, supported by a
thoroughly competent company, present
ing "A Wise Guy" a farcical sketch.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
Lafayette-"Zig Gag Alley"

What is announced as an absolute nov
aity is offered by Manager La Motto at
The Lafayette for the week starting to-
morrow, This is the successful trick
pantomimic farce comedy, .'Zig-7ag Al
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

is a bright and sparkling comedy, with
numberless amusing situations. In the
cast with Miss Barrymore are Bruce
McRae, Harry Davenport, George w.
Howard, Arthur Elliot, James Kearney,
Adelaide Prince. Gertrude Gheen. Fanny
Addison Pitt, Beatrice Agnew. and 9TH
eTs.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
The Night Before Christmas.

The Night Before Christmas" will be
presented at the Academy week after
next
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
The Coming Of aAudrey.n

Theatergoers of this city are to have
a delightful treat in the presentation
Of Liebler & &C. s production of Al
drey" at the Columbia next week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-09-24
RATTLESNAKES IN STONE.
Strange Explanation of Peculiar
Markings on mn liz lianapOIis
Public BUILDING.

One of the plinths in the north front
of the new federal building promises i'll
for the peace of mind OF the inveterate
topper, LOT on its surface. in a delicate
tracery, is apparently the outline of
many rattlesnakes. An old stone man
from the Bedford quarries called atten-
ton to the freak several days ago. and
said that such markings were very I'M
usual, says the indianapolis News.
According to his story these snakes
existed many years ago, in prehistoric
times, back in the era when the plots
forfairy stories were laid Possibly these
snakes were cold. according to his story.
anyway they coiled closely to one an
other, and in that form were petrified
and were gradually turned into stone
The stone expert also pointed out where
the rattles of the snakes may be seen
plainly.
One Of the most peculiar features Of
the stone is the fact that the tracery
shows most plainly during damp wealth
er, and if it were on the south side of the
building. it is said. the sun would soon
bleach its delicate tracery until It would