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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27

presenting the opera. has as its prinna
donna this season Vera NIiehelena, who
Is erected with being a charming young
vocalist She is the daughter of Fer
nando Mtchelena. a well-known tenor
who was associated with the late Emma
ABBOTT Miss AIichelena is said TO be
Il remarkably handsome woman. and it
Would seem that she has made an EN-
phauc mt IN the leading role of the
La SheDa- Edwards opera. Thames
Leary, the weIl-known comedian We
created the principal comedy role and
who was last year absen FROM the cast
has been re-engaged. and wsll. alone
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Vitagraph rural motion pictures, en-
titled Our Barnyard Friends"
Marie Dressler has fortified herself
with wholly new material. ranging from
the serious TO the satirical. and enliv-
ered by the popular ditties for which
she is noted. The Hoosier Zouaves are
the only number of their kind In vaude-
Vile, and their act is said to be highly
interesting, exhibiting the remarkable
tactics Of the zouaves. heightened by
their snowy uniforms and accentuated
by the remarkable CELEBRITY and preci-
sion OF their intricate evolutious The
act concludes with a waII-scaInr feat
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will hold forth at the Columbia THE
Princess Chic will sing and dance at
the Lafayette Marie DRESSER and a
group Of other vaudeville stars-there
are many stars in vaudeville these days
will usher I'm the New Year az Chase's.
Thomas L. Shea, an actor who would
shine in any theater in Washington. will
appear at the Academy. The Empire
will offer a strong melodrama, Saved
from the Sea-
The Capital enters on the New Year
with happy and confident step
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said to be pulse-stlrring. Foy and Clark
are recent accessions to the headlin-
class. owing to the success they have
made in their new and original comedy,
THE Old Curiosity Shop Musical Dale
Is expected to receive an ovation, as
although here years ago. he made an
impression that has never been removed
fror the minds of the Chase audiences.
His single instrumental act is said yet
10 be unsurpassed in vaudeville. Joe
Flynn. the man with the book" will
offer his nonsensical monologue. Irene
La Tour and her sagacious little pet
dog Zaza combine to form. it is said q
highly entertaining feature. Herbert
Brooks, the wizard. will present his
''puzzling trunk mystery" and the Vita
graph rural motion pictures are ex-
pected to prove one of the best series
of the season Chase's never increases
it's prices upon such holiday occasions
as the New Year Day matinee, when
every seat is but % cents, and all are
reserved.
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Academy-ThOmas E. Shea.


Thomas Z. Shea and his capabIe
company will begin an engagement
at the Academy commencing tomorrow
night. Mr. Shea Is a favorite here.
and a warm welcome is always in store
for him. The secret OF his success is
that he is a thorough student. and in
his selection of plays always hits the
public fancy On Monday and Thurs
DAY evenings ne will present The
Bells" or THE Murder OF the Polish
Jew" 1t is the drama that first brought
Sir Henry Irving into prominence. and
is character portrayal that critics de-
clare Mr.. Shea interprets with Won
derful skill. Tuesday and Saturday
evenings he will offer DIR. Jexyn and
Mr.. Hyde" Because Of the great
strain which this character calls forth,
he has time and again dropped it from
his list of plays. but only to be placed
back again at the request OF theater-
goers. On Wednesday evening an adap-
tation of Tom Taylors play. The Fools
Revenge" will be presented. Friday,
with a special New Year matinee. ting
naval drama the -Wars-Mars@
viii be given.
Everybody who is fond OF the sea and
its excitements and can be thrilled by
SUITES VI hdNdi hBuNo SiAC0AO AAO @-N
man-o' -Wars-Man. 1t is said TO TEEN
with stirring adventures and escapes by
land and sea.
For the matinees Tuesday, Thursday,
and Saturday, the romantic melodrama.
''The Pledge OF Honor" will be pre-
sented Mr.. Shea has always had sue
cess il. obtaining plays with startling
and sensational endings. His plays tend
to increase interest rs the play pro-
crosses. and always end in a whirlwfnd
of enthusiasm
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AT the Theaters.
Mr.. Irving's Engagement.

What promises % oe the most inter-
esting and important event OF the the
atrical season viii be the reappearance
OF Sir Henry Irving at this National
Theater next week His reI ertoire will
include at least one novelty, dante"
the new play which Sardou wrote es-
pecially for him. The visit of Sir
Henry Irving is in itself AN, event. and
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the new Sardou drama means much
theatrically. for it at least spells an in
teresting production.
Dante" was first presented last
April at the Drury Lane Theater in
London, and was one of the great sue
cesses of the year AS the title ind!-
Gates. it is an ideal treatment of the
life of the Italian poet The drama
symbolzes him as he shows himself in
the divine comedy" I. is moral.
and not a physical, Dante Sardou has
elected to present. II is not surprising
to find that a strong political bias Is
assigned the hero in whom are persona
fed : keen partisan of liberty and a
hater OF oppression eHd ecclesiastical
domination.
The action opens in Pisa by the Tower
OF Famine, in which we see the judicial
slaughter by hunger of Ugolino. whose
story is one OF the most tragic in the
Divine Comedy" This scene serves
to show Dante's indignation and horror
at the atrocities heaped upon UgoIino.
his sons. and his nephews by Ruggieri.
the Archbishop of Pisa. After this
tragic episode. which is given with n
wealth of local color, we pass into
gayer scenes. amid the springtime fetes
of Florence. Ten years have elapsed,
and Dante, who has been in exile, re-
turns in disguise. We are introduced TO
his personal friends-Giotto, whose pic
ture Of him still hangs in the Bargello
at Naples; CaseIla. Forase, and others
and hear a song of Dante's sung by
Casella. Here, too. is introduced Pia
de Tolomei, with whom Dante has ex-
quisitely tender love scenes, wherein
she talks of the tragedy of her separa-
ton from Comma. their joint offspring.
After the death of the mother in the
following act, in the fashion described
by Dante, in a short scene the murder
by Malatesta Of Francesca and his
brother Paolo, who have hitherto fitted
through the play, is delineated. Gem
ma, the. daughter Of Pia de'Tolomei and
Dante. is the victim OF relentless per-
secuion, and is forcibly confined in
a convent, from which she is delivered
by her father and her lover. Bernardino,
brother of Francesca da Rimini. This
scene leads to the climax, since il Is
through Germas fight from the con-
vent and her disregard of her vows
that Dante at the Palace of Avig-
non Is compelled TO face, defy, and
threaten Cardinal Colona, who dies
under the poets malediction. Be
fore this dramatic scene, which brings
the whole to a splendid close, Dante has.
with the aid>of Virgil, led US from the
Campo Santo. in Florence. through the
door of hell, shown US the bark of Cha
ron with it's pale tenants. conducted US
Der many of frozen, many Of fiery
Alp" and introduced US TO many of the
principal characters in the Inferno.
Dante" will be played by Sir Henry
Irving only on Friday evening. His
repertoire for the balance of the week
includes revivals of Waterloo and
The Bells on Monday and Thursday
evenings; Louis XII or Tuesday and
Saturday evenings, and Thine Merchant
Of Venice" on Wednesday evening and
Saturday matinee Sir Henry Irving
will be accompanied. as usual, by all
the members of his London company.
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with Harry Lane. Fred Bailey. Elfreds
Busing, Beatrice Bronte. Dorothy VIII
liams. Julia Coles. Forest Hun, George
Thomas. John r. Bartlett. and the
other members Of the cast, appear in
the presentation Of the piece in this
city. The organization has a chorus
of fifty voices 1t is said the scenery
and costumes for this seasons tour
have been entirely renewed. and the
production has gained the reputation Of
being more brilliant and attractive than
ever.
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Lafayette-"The Princess Chic"
''The Princess Chic by Kirke La
Shelle and Julian Edwards. will begin
4 weeks engagement at the Lafayette
Theater tomorrow night The company
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-27

Empire-"Saved From the Sea-"
Saved From the Sea" viii be seen at
the Empire Theater this week. The
story is that of a fisherman who is un-
justly accused OF having murdered his
companions by blowing up a fishing
smack. scene which takes place in flu
view OF the audience The man is sen
fenced to death and mounts the scat
fold, but the mechanism refuses to work
and he is saved through the delay
caused by defective bolts. His sentence
is committed to life imprisonment in the
Quarries Of Portland. The innocence Of
the hero is proved in the course Of time
and all ends happily. The cast includes
Laura Hubert, who plays the heroine.
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Lyceum-@The Utopians."

y NSuIA4 4 nc UIUpIdH1-
The UtOpians will come TO the Lyceum
Theater for one week commencing to-
morrow The first part is a skit enti-
ted Cabaret pu Lion Rouge" An in
novation In this class of entertainment
VIII be the INTRODUCTION OF a One-act
play entitled a Vagabond Hero"
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of revolver shots. His mishaps furnish
most OF the comedy situations.
Equipped with libretto that needs no
overhauling. and with tunefui score by
H. L. Hearth. THE Tenderfoot' makes
a bold bid for the favor OF the local
public
The production and cast for this en-
gagement are the original in every de-
tail. and are said to be one Of the
strongest ever organized in the West
1t consists OF seventy-fve Players. and
comprises. in addition to Mr. Carrie, Ed
mund Stanley. Henry Norman. Charles
Wayne, William Book. Daniel Moyles
H. L. Austin. Milton Baldwin. Bertha
Davis Margaret Sayre. Agnes Paul.
Ethel Johnson, Alma Conley. Hortense
Mazurette Louise Gardner. Lucille
Adams. and their choral galaxy, which
includes the famous Dolly Girls"
Chase's-Eew Year Vaudeville.
New Year week. commencing at the
matinee tomorrow, VIII find Chase
Theater the center of action of some Of
the most prominent features in polite
vaudeville the program containing Ma
RE Dressler the Hoosier Zouaves. Foy
and Clark. Musical Dale. Joe Flynn,
Irene La Tour. Herbert Brooks, and the
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Columbia-@Thc TenderfOot."

NNAAAAbA @AI
Richard earle. in THE Tenderfoot.
a late musical production. will be seen
this week at the Columbia Theater.
where IL comes from a run of 1872 per-
formances in Chicago The engagement
Is for one week. with matinees on New
Year and Saturday
Novelty Is the principal characters
tic OF THE Tenderfoot." The freshness
Of everything in connection with the
play-plot, incidents. characters, and
their surroundings-app strongly TO
an audience. and this is sad TO be one
Of the chief features OF the new play.
The Tenderfoot' has been referred 10
as Arizona set TO music" That
phrase implies the atmosphere OF Angus
tus Thomas play. which is there In
abundance. There are MeXicans and
cowboys. Indians. and Cinnamon, sen
oritas from over the border. End blue
shirted alkali-dusty rangers OF Texas
In direct contrast with these living
types of the Southwest. is Zachary Pet
tibone, a retiring. guileless. and timid
tutor from Vermont. whom Mr. Carrie
built very adroitly TO suit himself
Speedily spotted as a "teuderfoot' the
iucxless Yankee is made To drink more
than is good for him. is roped at din
ner. and made 10 dance under the stress
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The Rise of Irving.
Years Of Hard Work After
the Recognition of Great
Talent-"The Uncle" and
THE Bells. "

7 n the winter of 1s5O-5l a pleasing GER
emory was performed by the pupils
l. Of DR.. Pinches school. in George
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-16
NY EARN.


{ ever Get rollins rich from working IN
the town
70 going Co take my leisure in a way 10
gain reuoHn.
80 painted 3acht. 20 palace grand my
wandering hours Will charm;
i- simply pun lp c.ty stakes anl move
upon a larm.
So long I've t0lied within The gates where
cLlmneys pun and blsrc.
give ms fortune cor a. breath Of real
country a.r.
humble cot in pretty vale. place 20 sleep
and eat.
Al, iife Wall be- moss bAssfui Ia ms coming
country seat
want no factores around. no whistles loud
20 hear.
Although must insist upon a railway run
ming near.
TO. take nae 70 the city any hour. night or
day,
consumiag only ten or nsteen minutes on
the way.
I'll rise each morning prompt az eight. be
weather rain or shine.
And sally forth most farmer-iike 20 feed
tne loving kline
IL 80 20 zee my aroHlng crops. ny NEE 40
0ws waving Gar.
Surveying my belongings from my private
trolley car.
Aiy days III give to reading what the papers
have 20 cay
About the soils rotation and tie garden
things thar pay.
The little birds VIII sing 70 me- the gentle
flowers wli bloom.
And Iii hrye grand piano "a the family
sitting room
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-16
POLE WILL BE REACHED.
Explorrr Pcarr Tells How the ofrch-
Essarrd Feat WAY He Ac-
compiishcd-

So far am i from considering che gen
era proposition 81 advance over the
polar pack impractical-e fhat 4 have
10 hesitation in saying , ccEeFc tlaf
the man who. with the proper party
the proper equipment. and proper ex-
0erience. can secure q base CA thf
northern shore sc Gr'urel Land. and
can begin hi. work with the earliest
returning liraf in February VIII hold
the pole in Ais grasp. writes Robert T.
peary. In Ncllure's Magazine
The proper method Tor en- effective
attach upon the pole may b. summed
Up in q paragraph. viz.
A strongly built ship 20 r,a,- mum
pCwer. minimum party. nd lIirinr fht
Eskimos exclusively for the rark and
file The estabiishmert 20 reru--
nent station ar sub-hase a. sabine.
The formation of q chain 60 caches from
s. bine 20 Hecla; the estatlishrcrt n
a main base somewhere On the North
6rirrcll Land coast forcing the ship
20 winter quarters there. TIRE efiF-ri-
button q rhe entire tribe ~ Whale
sound Eskiuos. taking the picked rrsn
q the tribe Cn the ship. and tistr1hur-
ing the others En- series 20 settle
-nerts along the Cr'rnru Lid
coast. with the rear on per
enuial walrus grounds a. SOM
tag hay and the head % certain
sumner navigation az sabine. and che
van nf Hecla, aud. finally. am advance.
En- the earliest returning iirtf 80 Feb
-uzry- from Hecia north ri cxlr the
pola- pack Erith small. Z Git pioneer
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-16
VERMONT wREsTLERs.
Ne state IN sh~ ynion Has Furnishee
Mere sauare-Hoid and side
Held Good Ones

Wien 7 Was boy ir Vernon
said representative Cy- suIiovav. cf
New Hampshire. reports rhe Wa-tin
ton star. III wac my ambition and fnat
q nearly every farmers boy Err The
state. as far 81 ] knew. go be ccrsii-
erred q chaUpion wrestler Probe bly
10 state in the union has furnished as
many good scuare-holc and side-hold
WRESTLER as the Green Mountain state
Most q us boys learned wrestling az
school the wrestling bouts us1lal. y
taking place az recess. Even the
school master rook hand ir rte game
and rropl6 Try his siir against The
larger boys. and 81 b. harpe uesl 80 -
thrown he iost prestige among his
scholars. Put 81 was a. towu rner--
ingk that the greatest exhibitions ~
Fldu and strength toDk place The
best wresrierz in the townships rallied
al these gatherings. and the people
seemed 20 take more Interest in tie
outcome % the bouts than ir fne re-
suits as The polls. The science ~
sauare-holc and Fide-hoil wrestling
has almost died out go the state uoss-
adsys Bows and youn9 suen seen 70
fancy football. golf ard baseball. bu'
there are some fne Ff,eciIl,ent - man
hood yet fn rhe state. and . takes
pretty good rnar 70 lay even a znccerr
vermonteT CD his hack
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-16
THE PILGRIM STAR
BY HARRY KING rOOuE.

cE.oocccccccc occOurnpcr
DOWNRIGHT 1883 ts p.irv sscrs toe cos
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-16
a WESTERN SHOWER.


GOOD rainfall here2 Wa. purity fair.
We reckon tnat We git our share.
h-metlmes g. b moist. Lass month, one Gay
When was hauiln' in ms hay.
Alols bout noon 80 started in
A-llsLtnln an a-thunderiu'.
TIE clouds piled up so black an high.
Twas jest al clouds; tier Wa nj no sky.
We heard a rumD.ln an "a roar.
An then the rain began ter pour.
7 holiercl our ter Jim. my son.
Ter lower the muzzle OF his sun
He took "a out Ger shoot a bird
! h0llered. but be never heard.
u ra.ped into that muzz.c sich.
IL spllt the blame thing al the breech
Ay cabin stood on risin ground.
The Hood came roar.n' al around.
lt bust the fastcnin's az the door.
Then riz an nlied the lower floor.
IL poured into the chimney -seat.
An sQulrted up three hundred feet-
] m kecrfUi not 20 oyerstate-
The pressure there you see. was great
Oh. u Was damp. ! tell you. pard.
We had a barrel IN the yard:
The 0ung an both the ends were out
That barrel was "A WATERFRONT
II rained into that bung. my friends.
Eastern Z could run out both ends.
axe ter see a man exact.
An stick ter truth an solid fact:
An 80 ] tell folks fair an square.
The rainfall here IS purity fair.
-Byren K. Marsh, Ia Youths Companion
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-16

An osd custom fo- which Notion
ehurclvard. England. S. famous Was
of,s4rted recently for the one Dun
6red and eivhfg-Gfth time Twelve
t.ovs ~ che parish assembled ln the
,shr~rhxard. AID. with their fingers
..~.o- ,te tomb q william Diarsiile.
-erenssd size Greed. the Lords Pra YER
-. Ten commandments and after
--~rsr Rad abe fifteenth chapter u
the First Epistle - The CorintAiaf =
aoa wrote two verses ~ the ean's.
Egllism Giansills left IN his VII so
~.ch FOR five boys who hnolio sec
eessfaiiy perform the task .h.A
,.,,..l.er was afterward Increased 70
eexen,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-16

had Copcrnicus been a lover aud an
dcrstood telescope photography.
"Nhc knows but what 1 may" he
answered. evasivciy. Mrs. Muller
showed signs OF waking. Wadsvorta
stole kiss before the chaperonc was
fullv awake. bowed the ladies out of
the observatory. and sat down 20
map out his campaign before the
photograph OF Cassiopcia was com
Nlctcd az two o'clock. At that hour
he took the pate from the camera
and spent the rest OF tie nigat I'm
developing St. A. he worked he
whistlcd lively or.
70 was early in May that the news
naners announced the sailing of Prof.
Muller for Easter island. \ month
later tho papers chroniclcd the dis
covcry Of new star 10y Harvey
Nadsworth while al work in Prof.
NIuuer's observatory. Tie new star
made its appearance i'm the constel-
la-ion of Cassiopeia at a point on
line drawn from Gamma through
Kappa. and extended about half its
| length. The star was identified as
/ the Pilgrim star. described 10y Eycho
I l-ahe. as having suddenly appeared
/ in the summer OF 1872. and hy many
/ regarded as the star OF Bethlehem.
Whom this announcement was made
an astronomers brought their tele-
/ scopes TO bear upon Cossiopeia. but
/ without result 1t was evident that
F, the star was rapidly receding when IL
was 80 fortunately observed 10y MIR.
| Harvey Wad-worth. The picture Of
/ .e...s e.
/ grim star was published in the lead
ing astronomical periodicals. and re-
/ produced in the yellow Journals with
/ fautastical theories as 10 what was
the portent of the unusual visitor
I From its appearance in 1872 ano ITS
/ momcntary appearance at the pres
! cnt time astronomers set 60 worS
/ To calculate its orbit lt was grave
/ Is asserted that 10 was travelling az
I The rate Of 1900 miles O second. anc
that Ga would not appear again unt.
the year 1854
Wadsworth awo1e Co find himself
famous. Dc was even suggested THAI
the star should bear his name Jun The
future. but this offer hc molcstly dc
clined. lie was content 20 ask as Dds
only reward the hand 90 Louise
/ Muller in marriage. Mrs. Muilei
4 Thought with a shudder how neal
Ivsandcr had been 90 dismissiug him
and. fearing TO lose such celebrity
! , She readily agreed 70 an immediate
, / marriage. The nupt.als were sol
emnired quietly ON account of th'
I absence of the brides father, an'
the honeymoon was spent la the ob
b. 1rrvatcry.
/, or the return OF Prof. Muller @
/ America Dee was informed 90 once %
I tile visit az the Pilgrim star. an'
q shown the picture secured ia his ow.
A.. ! observatory. The professor has'ene
home. and. after greeting tis fam
4 | lv and conrratulating its iotcst ae
. QUESTION. be asked 90 see she plat
, ! which had been used. Mrs. Muller
Mrs. Wad-yyorth and the astronome
Z watched Harvey as he produced th
+. rlate. There was brcathless silene
while the professor scrutinized b..
= Young man." remarked Pro
: Muller. dispassionately ~it is strane
that YOU did not notice IL. but you
p. pilgrim star IS caused by curio'
I aaw in the plate"
i ~But there IS no flaw in the ma
n riare contract" whispered Harvey
ID | his wife.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1903-05-16

on who would nor farmer De. and spend
his passing years
IN following the calling OF the sturdy
pioneers
Away VITA iiie pamper.ngs ana Injuries
that harm
II ever get rich enough I'm going 20 buy
farm
-Newark Evening News.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-07-15
MOTOs-CYCLING

The motorcycle enthusiasts OF this city
have successfully organized a club 10 be
known as the Providence Motor Cycle
club and have secured headquarters In
the Columbia building. Is Snow street.
Meetings are held Tuesday evenings in
Columbia hall and the membership Is in
creasing rapidly.
Runs are held every Sunday and ar
rangements are underway for the holding
Of hill climbing contest in the near fu-
ture. The committee Is endeavoring 20
find a suitable location in Providence for
the contest so as 10 secure a bigger at
tendance and popularize the sport
The hill climbing contest on the Rocky
Point run was very successfully carried
out and 80 machines participated. il is be-
lieved that contest I'm the city limits or
few miles out, II necessary. would at
tract larger number OF entries and re-
suit In some first class sport. ..
The club Is doing much for the sport
and intends 10 use Its influence in promot-
Ing amateur motorcycle races 10 be run
over the Colosseum track
Hirah s. Baxter is prominently identi-
ned with the new organizati ton and cap
tains the runs. The other officials are f.
NJ. Woodruff. president: AL Swencon.
vice president; Ernest Thompson, secre-
tary and VIM. A. Suddard, treasurer.