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The Washington times., 1903-10-04
DocSstader' S Dream.
A Vision of John PierpOnt MOrgan's
Power.


Lew Dockstader. the geniaA minstrel.
recently expressed himself in an original
way about the monopoly of one ]. Pier
poDt Morgan. Said Mr.. Doekstadef.
I've been studying up this trust ques-
ton. and Morgan Is the answer. Every
thing is going into a trust nowadays.
rode into this town on Mr.. Morgan's
train, and / ate some of Mr. Morgan's
beefsteak for dinner. and wouldn't be
surprised tomorrow morning If some one
wo1ld make me pay in advance for
hresthing Mr.. Morgans air.
Dreamed about the fool thing last
night. too. Thought I had slipped this
mortal coil and was floating off the
earth-Mr. Morgan's earth-and after a
while l reached the good place. / went
up to the gate. but 1t was closed. So [
hunted around until found cloud that
could stand on and look over the gate
And there were Morgan and Rockefeller
and Hill and Gates and Schyab. Nor
gan was trying to make Schwab take
the golden stairs for his salary, and Hill
WIS Cidlu.4hz tidl the1 beiOu8eu 10 his
transportation system. while Rookie
feller was rigging up derrick to bore
for OIL
Il says to myself: This is no place
for you Lewie You wouldn't have
pinfeather on your wings two minutes
after you got in there So took the
grade for the other place. Got pretty cold
walking down. 1t was a long trip, and
rather windy. I knocked on the iron
door. and they let me In. Everybody
was standing around with earmuffs and
listers on. 1 recognized several people
but III not mention any names right
here. Well. as / said. everybody was
standing around looking blue around
the gills, and l walked UP to the boss
and said, Look here; I'm about half
frozen. Where's the fire?'
The gentleman with the pltchfork
looked me over and shook his head.
It's no use he said, it's no use,
Morgan's coal trust put US out of BUSH
ness year ago.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Lyoeum-Harry Bryant's Burlesquers.


For the week commencing Monday
matinee. October 5, the management has
for an attraction at the Lyceum Thea
ter, Harry Bryant's Burlesquers. Mr..
Bryant. It will be remembered, brought
one CT the largest and best companies
that played this house last season, and
he has surrounded himself this season
with even a larger and better eoterie OF
artists than ever before.
The program commences with a first
pert from the pen Of W. ]. Mills, the
comedy END or which deals with The
Rise and Fall OF o'Reilly." intern1ingled
with a number of new and novel must
cal numbers, and embel1ished with a
large chorus OF pretty girls. elegant cos
tunes. and costly scenery, The oIio
consists OF Harry Bryant, the Imperial
Japanese troupe. the Racketts. Darmo-
dy, Casmore and Florence. Kennedy and
Cameron.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
At the Thea'eFS.
cOlumbia-~winsome winnie.n

Columbia-"Winsome Winnie"
Miss Paula Edwardes. the latest mus
ical comedy star, comes to the Columbia
Theater tomorrow. The vehicle selected
by her managers, Messrs. Sam Shubert
and Nixon & Zimmerman. for her initial
starring tour is "Winsome Winnie" by
Jacobowski and PauIton. authors Of
''Erminie." In their latest offering,
these two masters of musical entertain
ment have sought for and found a new
local eoloring. A Seaport town on the
Mediterranean is the scene Of the piece,
and the plot deals with the adventures
Of Winnie Walker. an American SOU
brette. stranded thus far from home, and
seeking means of reaching her native
city, Butte. Mon.
How she accomplished this feat, by
temporarily playing the role OF an
American heiress, who is trying to es-
cape conniving guardian and pros
pective husband, and how incidentally
she makes a happy love match, form the
theme of the piece. and afford oppor
tunity for unlimited clean-cut and legit-
innate comedy.
But the music is. after all, the domi-
nant feature of the piece. The pro-
gram calls "winsome Winnie" musical
comedy. In truth. 1t is a peculiar but
most effective combination of musical
comedy and the old style of light ro-
mantle opera. The score abounds with
melodies. A notable feature is the re-
turn to an augmented male chorus. with
several numbers arranged particularly
TO exploit the men singers. One OF the
hits of the play is triple number which
opens the second act. and which is rem
dered by double male octet with Jo-
seph c. Miron. basso and comedian.
singing the solos.
interpreting other popular numbers IN
the score are ". P. Carleton. the bnri-
tone who won more than passing fame
with "Florodora; William E. Philip. the
romantic tenor. for threo seasons iden-
tilted with the Bcstcniars: Frank G.
Hill. basso who Is regarded BY the
management as a genuine md: Helen
Redmond, the charming Dolores of Flo
rodora" fame; IsobeI Hall. who sang the
name part in San Toy" and Kathryn
Nelson, recruit from the list OF vaude-
Vile headliners. George X. Fortesque
plays the leading comedy role, that OF
self-made millionaire wAo owes his
success-and incidentally his capture by
oSigan1s-to a certain brand Of infalu-
bic pills. Jobyna Rowland. one Of the
most stately and beautiful leading
, women on the stage. has an important
role. Among the other beautiful women
who have speaking roles are Daisy
Green, once the most famous OF Broad
way show girls. and Mildred Kearney.
daughter of Sand Lots" Kearney, OF
San Francisco fame.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Academy-"only a Shop Girl"

"only Shop Girl" with Lottie Will
liams. and company of thirty players.
will be seen this week at the Academy.
The author is said 10 have written a
story of interest. with novel plot The
play abounds In thrilling situations, and
there is a strong comedy vein running
through the piece. interviewer i'm such a
skillful manner as 10 relieve the more
serious portions OF the play. Among the
striking stage settings are those repre-
senting the interior of a large depart
ment store, the Fifth Avenue shopping
district. and Herald Square at night.
These scenes are claimed to be among
the most realistic ever seen on any
stage.
In the support of Miss williams are
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

used during the monologue. as he wished
to act as 'Alphonse" and to bring on
his own suit case, which he proudly
stated was really fuller OF labels than
her own, and he wasn't averse to hav-
ing his friends see IT.
Several years ago Miss Moreland. In
dulging her pet hobby. dabbled in stocks
and made several thousand dollars. on
the strength Of which she took a vaca-
ton of eighteen months and Travelled in
Europe. But last year she plunged to
her sorrow and lost all her savings"
on Missouri Pacific. But her enthusiasm
and interest are not quelled. she says.
as she watches the markets carefully
and declares her intention OF dabbling
again when the money is forthcoming
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Labels in Vaudeville.
Beatrice Moreland Has Found Them
Stock in Trade.


Even with a fund OF bright humor at
command it looks much easier than 1t
actually is to stand before an audience
quite alone for ten or fifteen minutes
and evoke laughter and applause. This
is the task set before Beatrice More
land. at Chase's this week, and al
though she ranks as one of the best
women monologists on the stage, yet
she says it is the hardest thing she
has ever done in her fifteen years ex-
perience as an actress, and she often
feels shaky.
Miss Moreland was in the "legiti-
mate" to use the theatrical parlance.
until a few years ago. She was with the
Frohman companies, Mrs. Fiske, and
others, and her last appearance here
was five years ago. when she took
prominent part in "A Bachelors Ro-
nance" with Sol Smith Russell. Hav-
ing ability to talk entertainingly, and
keen sense of humor. the idea oc-
CURED TO her 10 present monologue.
wholly original and made up largely of
incidents in her personal experience.
For instance, Miss Moreland's satirical
allusion to the people who tack foreign
hotel labels on their trunks and travel
ing bags when they have never been
abroad was suggested by woman she
knew asking her to bring a collection OF
labels from abroad, and when she had
done so this woman spread them con-
spicuously on her trunks after return
ing from a modest summer outing and
allowed the baggage TO remain on the
front veranda for a day OF two for the
benefit of envious neighbors with cat
like propenslties.
But this exhibition of snobbishnss Is
not confined to the gentler sex. as Miss
Moreland has reason 10 know. few
weeks ago in New Orleans the clever
monologist was asked to appear at a
private entertainment after being re-
quested by the hostess to confirm the
opinion that vaudeville artists were the
smart feature to have for the amuse-
ment of ones guests. The young man
of the house explained to Miss More
land that having her was suggested by
the suit case covered with foreign labels
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Empire-"The Smart Set"

In The Smart Set" which will be the
oering at the Empire this week. the
manager has assembled forty colored
artists. Among them are Tom McIn-
tosh, Billy McClain, Billy Young, Harry
Reed. Lawrence Chenault, Mile. Cor
della, Marion Henry Smart. and Hattie
Hopkins. The chorus is said to be COM
posed o. pretty girls. who can sing and
dance. and the costumes are brilliant
and beautiful. In The Smart Set" this
season the management has paid special
attention to the scenic environment.
The production Is said to be new
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
NatiOnal-DOckstader,s Minstrels.


To the National every evering this
week, with natinees Wednesday AMI
Saturday. commencing tomorrow night
comes the energetic Lew Docksta1er.
Ministrelsy IS the only form OF arnuse-
ment native TO our country. and since
its Inception has ever held a favorable
place in the hearts OF all admirers of
characteristic mirth 1t Is indebted bv
representations OF vice in any form, is
always innocent. descends to none of
the depraved spectacles 50 often found
in other styles of productions. 1t is es-
sentially clean and unobjectionabie.
while it has the merit OF entertaining
the masses.
The performance given by Lew Dock
stader and his company OF minstrels
Will consist of scenes depicting the life
of the Southern darby, on the planta-
ton and levee. with their songs. dances.
and humorous sayings. The one excep-
tion will be Mr.. Dockstader, in a nov
city of his own creation. wherein he
discusses navigation. both aerial and
surface, using his sirship Sure Fly
and his lobster mobile, Mount PeIlee."
The company has been on tour since it's
opening at Manhattan Beach early last
July. and has visited Chicago, Pitts
burg, Cleveland, Baltimore, and played
a special two weeks engagement at At
Iantic City.
James o'Donnell Bennett, of the chi
cago Herald in speaking Of the per-
formance, says that at last we have a
real minstrel show. one without the
juggler- acrobatic and musical act. but
one that brings back the good old min
strels of the past, with an up-to-date
scenic production. The company which
viii support Mr.. Dockstader will include
Neil o'Brien, Carroll Johnson, Fred V.
Bowers. John Early. Henry Ellis. Man
uel Romaine. Gray Weller, James Brad
ley. Max and Eddie Ford. the Imperial
Boy Husssr Cadet Band, from Buda-
pest, Austria, and an orchestra OF
twenty-five pieces. The final numbers
of the program, which were conceived
and staged by James H. Decker. will
consist Of four scenes-the Mississippi
Levee Coons, Darkies' Heaven. Georgia
Melon Patch. and the Birth Of the sun
flower. wherein the entire company will
take part
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
A Costly Hoax.
The Duke of Montague and Earl of
Chesterfield Wreck Theater.

Frank wilstach. writing in the BAL
timore Herald" on Famous Theatrical
Hoaxes," recalls the fact that one of the
most extraordinary hoaxes ever perpe-
trated was what has become to be known
as the great bottle swindle"
In 174O the Duke of Montague and
several noblemen were discussing the
gullibility of the public. The duke Of
fered to wager that. let man advertise
the most impossible thing in the world.
he would find fools in London to I'LL
playhouse and pay handsomely for
the privilege of being there. surely"
said the Earl of Chesterfield, eff man
should say that he would jump into a
quart bottle. nobody would believe
that"
The duke accepted the def; inserted
an advertisement to the effect that at
the Haymarket Theater, on January ~, a
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

Is at all times graceful. AS Winifred
Stanton, the Clyde Fitch heroine, she is
said TO present a Characterization which
is particularly praiseworthy.
Manager Henri Gressitt. under whose
direction Miss Montell is now touring
has organized company consisting OF
such artists as Harry Keenan,. Oscar c.
APPEL. Theodore spanton, Arthur
Schwartz. X. S. Davidson. Ethel Blande
Louise Dempsey. Beatrice Thorne, Cora
Wells. and others of equal prominence.
THE Girl and the Judge" will be
mounted with all the elaborate stage
paraphernalia used In the original New
York Lyceum Theater production.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

Holland, is worthy of place beside his
first success, Richard Harding Davis
THE Littlest Girl" Mr.. billiards com
pany has been commended in the highest
terms. particularly the clever little miss
who enacts the juvenile part of the bur
glars daughter.
The Werner Amoros troupe is COM
posed of European pantomime comedians
who offer a novelty called AN Artists
Studio
Musical comedy has given to vaude-
vile Will H. Sloan. the popular come
dian-author, who will present the come
dy playette THE Plumber" He is as
sisted by pretty Yolande Wallace. late
OF te Weber & Fields music hall
company.
The five AIbanos are from the Al
hambra Theater, London, and will sub
NIT a musical speciality remarkable for
the harmonies derived from the oldest
instruments ever seen. Beatrice More
land has always been conspicuous in TIE
public eye. as she has supported stars
Of the eminerce CT Mansfield and
Sothern. She has evolved a society
monologue whic1 IS said to evoke admir-
ing appreciation. The Nichols Sisters,
popularity called 1.-THE Kentucky Bellies,
are without rivals in their agreeable line
of songs end dances. Ollie Young and
trother are An1rica's greatest hoop
rollers vino last Isaar were features in
Primrose & rocksta .er's Ministries.
Bean and Hamilton are barrel and bos-
XXI ccrobdts
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

Always" will turn up their toes. A little
knowledge is dangerous thing. If the
public should once understand the use
of intellect in a musical comedy. who
knows what would happen? BY all
means let our managers go slow-mu-
steal comedy and it's attendant profits
viii never survive the free use Of brains.
a. ID. A.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

Lillian Alexander Harris. Mabel Wright,
Nellie Maskell, Iona Arnold, Jennie
Cooper, Nellie Berard. Leona Armour,
Wineford Wilde. Gertrude Barrette, Be
strice Meers. Lena Carlton, Fannie Mon
roe. sallie Stanley. Harry T. De We're,
Frank ]. Kirk. Arnold Alexander, Bobby
Barry. Eugene La Rue. Burton Henssr-
son. r. S. Gates. Albert Noble. Strap
Hill, George Cooper. and a chorus OF
pretty girls
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Lafayette-"The Girl and the Judge"

As the attraction for the week begin
ming Monday evening, OetoSer 3. the La
fayette Opera House management viii
present Clyde Fitch's successful comedy,
The Girl and the Judge"
The engagement viii serve TO introduce
as star Eleanor Monteil, a comedienne
already well known and generally ap-
preciated IN Washington. This actress
has hitherto appeared only in subordi-
nate parts. but has given evidence of a
remarkably delicate and cultivated
talent. She is, perhaps. not highly i'm
aginative, but she certainly has always
the manner Of reality and her reality
The Washington times., 1903-10-04

actress who has earned her place in the
front rank of English leading women
in four seasons Miss Matthews comes
from military family. her father being
Col. Garland Matthews. late of Man
chester regiment.
Another welI-known player In the sup
port Of Mr. Bellew is E NJ Holland, one
OF the best known and most capable ac-
tors on the American stage.
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
A Noted London Beauty.

A noted London beauty-Ethel Mat
thews-made her American debut last
week in Philadelphia in support of Kyrle
Bellew, who comes to the National
Theater next week in "Rafies." Miss
Matthews was the first subject chosen
for the famous art publication, Types
OF English Beauty" and has the fur
Their distinction Of being an excellent
The Washington times., 1903-10-04
Wonders in Stage Lighting.
By the Stage Director Of @The Beauty
Doctor Herr Won Palm.

One of the peculiar tendencies Of re-
cent years in the field OF lighter stage
entertainment is the shifting OF the chief
point of popular appeal from the ear to
the eye In the days Of the old comic
opera the music bore the main burden
Of the production. Scenic effects. cos
tunes and other concomitants were OF
secondary Importance The light opera
Of those days was presented with
barrenness of stage and meagerness
OF effect that would not now be toler-
ated.
There has been an undoubted change
In public taste. due possibly TO the
never-ending impatfence for novelty.
but fostered also by improvements in
mechanical devices OF such moment that
illusions and effects unheard OF few
years ago are now not only possible but
easy of accomplishment The broader
question Of the respective merits OF the
two types-the pictorial and the melo-
dious-is one that is arousing discussion
among critics and composers A salts
factory solution would seem TO be a
combination OF the types. a legitimate
musical entertainment OF genuine light
opera form, produced with the enhanc-
ing pictorial effects in stage mechanism
and lighting Such combination Is
found in one or two OF this seasons new
productions
The Washington times., 1903-10-04


Almost any sort of an Illusion can Be
created on the stage with the aid Of cleo
trical devices. Look at the so-caIled
maryels produced by such modern ma
gicians as Hermann and Kellar. They
are simply optical effects. achieved By
the cunning use OF electric lights. And
IT Is the simplest devices that give the
most striking effects. Why should not
these devices be utilized IN enhancing
the attractiveness OF a legitimate dra-
matte or musical production2 For in
stance, in The Beauty Doeter'' / have
rung the changes on the ordinary cleo
trio calcium. In Illuminating the dane
ing and ensemble numbers the use OF
the usual white light and plain colored
slides is varied by the Introduction OF
slides in all designs and shades OF color.
Slides of corrugated glass give a pecu-
liar wavy effect Mica slides properly
focused envelop the stage in a Shin
mer that lends an appearance OF IN
reality to scenery, costumes and per-
formers. rapidly revolving shutter
used with a brilliant white light gives
an effect both dazzling and mystifying.
This effect is used in the serenade en-
semble in The Beauty Doctor. with
the result that the scene resembles =
c.nematOgraph picture. This use OF
slides in the electric calcium can be
continued indefinitely. especially in the
use OF color designs. In the Dance of the
Nations" the flag of each country rep
resented in the ensemble Is thrown on
the scene as the dance progresses. en-
veloping dancers. walls. floor and all
Numerous Resources.
But the electric calcium and the col
ored slides are not the only resources OF
the stage electrician. We might go On
indefinitely TO tell of the new effects %
be obtained by the use OF strip lights,
spots cut-outs. olivet boxes. bunch
lights, etc These are simple devices.
to be utilized by any unscientihe stage
electrician. A device Of different sort
/ is the new cloud and wave effect work
ed out by New York electrician. Jo-
seph Menchen. and used in the seashore
scene Of THE Beauty Doctor" Up to
/ this time this Illusion % movement in
clouds and water on painted canvas has
been obtained by what is called mica
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-07

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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-07
NEW FORM BLANKS.
Mr.. Eckstein Gets Some for Requisi-
ton Applications.

Attorney General c. c. Coleman has
forwarded to The different county attor
rHys of the state a new form blank for
use in application for acquisitions. The
new form has been rendered necessary.
the attorney general says, by the con-
stantly increasing number of states which
require compliance with the Interstate
rules of reQuisition adopted upon the ini-
tiative of the governor of New York in
1887, and which have been so uniformly
approved and followed by the authorities
of the several states that it is commonly
a fatal defect if an application for the
rendition of a fugitive fails in any of
them.
The attorney general says that a mere
compliance with the federal statute is
not considered sufficient by The authori-
ties of most Of the states to warrant the
surrender Of alleged fugitives from jus
tice. and he deems it wise for this state
to conform to those rules 70 The end
that the sheriffs and other state agents
of Kansas shall not travel to distant
states on fruitIess errands at expense
10 the public.
Under the old form, which the attorney
general requests be not used from this
on, applications TO authorities Of other
states for rendition of alleged tugitives
frequently were not honored because the
form Of request was not specific as 70
details. containing but mere statement
Of evidential facts. The rules 10 be
adopted cover all points Thoroughly. and
it is believed viii preclude any possibility
Of officers Of the law returning from
other states empJy-handed on trips for
fugitives from justice. one of the rules
of the new form is:
THAT the application IS not made for
the purpose of enforcing the collection
of debt, or for any private purpose
whatever. and that. if the requisiuon APP
piled for be granted the criminal pro-
ceedings shall not be used for any Of
said objects
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-11-07
ASKS FOR DIVORCE.
Mrs. Eniz Cock Wants Separation
From Charles Cock.

Eniz Cook yesterday fled petition n
the district court in which she asks for
a divorce from Charles r. Cook
The petition states that they were mar
ried in Fort Worth. Texas. May 16. 1855.
She asserts that the defendant refuses
to contribute anything to the support Of
the family and that he has stayed away
from home for several months al time.
and that she being sick aRd unable 10
support herself AID children. was COM
PEELED to come and make her heme with
her father in this city.
She also asks the court % Issue an
order q restraint OF J. 3. Blazer making
him unable 20 pay to tho defendant a
sum Of money due them On some real cs-
tate purchased ~ him. unti after tho
suit IS settled. as she alleges be w7aid
only squander it and none - & would 20
20 the support 81 the family.
The petition asks for temporary ali-
mory and the custody ~ their three ch1-
dreu. RAY. ased years. Irene. aged :
years. and Paul. aged = months. She
further asks tbat her maiden name BE-
restored