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The San Francisco call., 1904-02-06
OCEAN TRAVEL.

Steamers leave san Fran
cisco as follows
For ketchikan, WranEeI.
juneau. Haines. ska quay.
etc. Alaska-11 a. n. Feb.
5. 10. IS. 20. .. Mar l.
Change to company 3 steam
ers at Seattle.
For Victoria. Vancouver.
The Washington times., 1904-12-18

the barnyard fowls. Being able TO put
up with the band and the shouting
crowd, whose demonstrations were made
I'm the early hours OF the morning. he
decided TO make no complaint How
ever. the early morning salutes Of the
dogs and roomsters We're beyond his
quiet temperament.
Putting up with il as long as he
thought was reasonable he decided on a
course Of action 10 stop it, Procuring a
rifle and some bird-lime he carefully
covered boughs of the trees outside his
window with the sticky substance and
loading the rifle retired to his room for
the night, thinking of the fun he would
have IN the morning shooting the birds
As usual, he was awakened in the morn
ing by the racket outside his window
Taking his rifle he crept 20 the window
and taking aim he. The noise OF the
fail awakened the household. and when
they brought him 10 and asked him the
trouble he feehly pointed TO the tree. and
they looking saw motley aggregation.
There were some four eats about fifteen
chickens. a few swallows. and plenty OF
feathers on the boughs of the tree. and
that was all George says that he was
never bothered after that.
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
IN VERMONT
INSPIRES NEW COMEDY
George Cohan Hid Away for Rest Bombarded Birds, and
Wrote Running for Office"

Running for Office" tl4e mnsical
comedy which will be the attraction at
the Lafayette Opera House next week,
was written by George n. Cohan. while
resting after a seasons work I'm a quiet
little village in the midst Of the noun
tains of Vermont
Choosing one of the inmost towns of
the Green Mountain State, he left New
York with one purpose in view, rest.
The State at that time was in the
throes of an election campaign, and the
youthful playwright was both annoyed
and surprised al the noisy demonstra-
ton of the constituents OF the eandl-
dates Of IN. Prohibition and anti-I'ro-
hibition parties.
After an after-dinner stroll on the
evening of his arrival, during which he
noted the enthusiasm of the townspeo-
Die. he conceived the idea of musical
comedy. which he and his partner sam
II. Harris. are presenting this season.
Mr. Cohan tells OF an amusing eX-
perience while he was writing the play.
1t seems that he was bothered not
little by the demonstration Of the town
band and the shouts or the noisy crowd,
and also by the twittering OF the birds
and the usual early morning racket OF
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
Joseph shszKaa a I6s HOOr n IoIhsiIO'
MECHANICS BEHIND
GRIGOLATIS BALLET
Aerial Dancers Lifted by Hand Power Solely-Wire
Wound With Silk for Every Flight

The Grigolatis aerial ballet, in KlaW
& Erlanger's Mother Goose" consists
Of nine women and twenty-five trained
artisans-aH German-who manipulate
the apparatus which guides their move
meats in the air.
They have \ gliding walk, birG-like
movement. when they first appear, and
the premiere gIides over the stage way
ing her wand over the other eight Orig
olatis much as the humming bird fita
from flower TO flower. Then she pOises
on one foot. raises her arms. turns her
head sideways, and TO the swelling
notes Of the orchestra they begin their
aerial voyage up to the flies and back.
with the indescribable grace OF a swal-
low. Their movements are so bird-Iike
that they seem TO be floating.
Over Spectators Heads.
AS the reception which grects them
subsidies. the premiere stretches forth
her arms. elevates her round little chin,
apparently hesitates. and then. as If
carried away by the greeting given her.
she tosses her hands upward. raises
on her tiptoes and suddenly sweeps di-
rectly toward the audience. through the
air, over the heads OF those sitting in
the orchestra. and high up 70 these IN
the balcony.
II is worth while to know how this
spectacular act is accomplished. The
audience flight is a development OF an
idea which Herr Zschregner. the di-
rector Of the Apollo Theater In Berlin.
invented years ago. Since IL was first
presented the aerial ballet has been
enormously popular in European the
aters-
Each dancer wears a Greek corset Of
leather and steel. which ineases the en-
tire torso. At the top OF the back is an
iron hook, TO which is attached a steel
wire The wire is about one-thirtr-see-
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Ond OF an inch in diameter, and Il has
tensile strength Of one thousand pounds.
1t Is covered with silk TO avoid refiec-
ton. Each day every wire IS unwound.
thoroughly examined for rust and other
defects. and carefully tested Then il is
recovered just as an electric wire is In
sulated.
The wires are cast over drums Of re-
volving machines in the flies Of the the
ater eighty to ninety feet above the
STAGE. There is important mechanism
alOft. but the exact character OF II is
known only 10 the. man IN charge OF il
and the inventor. It is closely guard
ed secret. but this much is known, that
counterweights and the principle OF the
pendulum are the main factors OF the
mechanism.
Raised by Hand Power.
Each dancer Is raised solely by hand
power. After the wire Is passed over the
drum, there are two ropes attached TO
IT. and there is a man 10 handle each
rope. The expertness OF these men Is
simply marvellous. They play upon the
rope with the sensitive effectiveness OF
a musician. They can measure 10 hair
the distance the flying dance- is 10
travel. They can lift Der from the stage
and let her descend 10 it again without
the suggestion OF a jar.
Much depends upon the dancers them
selves. a beginner who Is lifted into the
air is the awkwardest. most hopeless
looking creature. Arms ana legs hang
Imply; she gasps as II she cannot
breathe, she feels as il she were in a
wise: 10 takes the average trained ballet
dancer months to acquire the art Of fly
ing gracefully through the air.
There are three tr0upes OF Grigolatis,
one located in St Petersburg, one in
Paris. and the other with the Mother
Goose" company
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the statement that Stuart is a man un-
I'll he interrupts his remarkable series
Of impersonations by returning TO his
natural voice. an unmtstakable bari
tone. He was given the name OF ''rhe
Male Pattf'' because IL was believed the
falsetto register OF his voice has been
developed by eminent European music
teachers 10 such a degree of perfection
that II is made 70 resemble the high
soprano OF a grand opera singer. Stuart's
gowns are said 20 be marveis OF milli-
nery art. and several OF them are re-
ported to be worth $4,000 each.
Jolly Fanny Rice with her bright
smile. comes In her Singing and Dane
ing Dolls" Her parasol dance is ex-
pected to prove a dfverting Introduction
20 the original and laughable series OF
representations which Will follow. Miss
Edith Hall, William Xanten. and Signor
Abramo1. well known IN the operate
world in the prison scene from Faust"
Carleton Macy and Edna Hall in "A
Timely Awakening" Russell and Buck
ley. musical comedians; Wills and Has
san, equilibrists; Setback IN a bae
punching speciality. and motion pictures
of the spectacle entitled ''Whirling the
Worlds" are also offered.
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but he gained artistically IN the esti-
nation OF Washington. His voice is
clear and lyric. and he acts with full
credit 70 good early training. Next
year he must come 10 Washington at an
other season.
". II. Tufa er's David Harum' was
a good attraction for any theater. The
established patronage OF the Lafayette
was rewarded, therefore. for it's disre-
gard OF Christmas shopping. Chase's
Venture into Shakespeare proved the
high Intelligence OF the audience which
patroniZe polite vaudeville. Thomas E
Shea continued his advance His per-
formanees OF "Othello. "Richelieu." +" and
The Bells" prove him to be an actor
of high artistic standing. and his en-
gagement did good both 10 star and
theater.
Spectacles in Prospect
The outlook as q Mr.. Belasco's pro-
duction OF "Adrea" is wholly favorable.
Convention Hall is 10 meet all the re-
quirements Of the law, and the Commis-
sioners Sill ask nothing more. This is
regarded generally as good news. NJ.
BeiascO is Mrs. Fiske's only associate
as an independent producer. His plays
nearly all OF them given their first
presentation here-have delighted Wash
iugton year after year. In the manipu-
lation OF stage devices he is undoubtedly
the foremost producer in the public
estimation.
"AdTea" Is announced as the work Of
the producer and John Luther Long. "a
partnership which has already given
the stage THE Darling of the Gods. %
Little is disclosed as TO its plot. but Mrs.
CarteT's appearance as the star will be
s'gnihcaB 10 those who have seen her
in Other days.
BEYOND this production the Savage
production OF 'Parsifal' looms high on
the horizon. II is 10 be disclosed in
| Washington the week OF January To-.
| New York, Boston, and Baltimore have
/ al rated il as the full equal OF the
Metropolitan production, and the two
| cities last named have received Il as
/ the greatest art product OF the modern
stage.
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
WHY LA BOHEME" is
FAVORED BY SINGERS
Filled With Laughter for Those in Cast and Bright With
Charming Melody.

No opera IN the extensive repertoire
OF the Savage grand opera company
holds forth brighter promise OF musical
and dramatic enjoyment than that OF
Pucclnps howery La Boheme." Al
though this pretty work will always be
considered an operate novelty, IL fairly
glOws and throbs with melody. and con-
talns a powerful lyric inspiration that
will ever cause Il 20 rank among the
choicest OF modern operate compost
tions.
The iitretto has fine dramatic value.
as might be supposed with the theme
based on Henry Msrgsrs old story
Vie de Boheme" II depends for its
interest on eharmingly related Incl
dents OF that picturesque life IN the
Paris Latin Quarter which Du Maurier
FIRST gave English readers in ''Trilby."
It's characters include the romantic
poet, Rudolph, struggling with poverty;
the insouciant artist. Marcel always IN
love: the fOpplsh musician. Schaunard: +:
the seif-satished and optimistic phil0so-
pher. coiline. together with the pretty
wair OF the Latin Quarter Mimi. with
her pathetic hands and dainty face.
blue-eyed and innocent, and the lux
urious artists model. Musetta, saucy
OF tongue and vain as a peacock. There
are a dozen minor roles. being types
found only IN the gay French capital.
Mimi Is an exotic flower. budding in
the gutter, doomed never 10 blossom.
The sincere love between her and the
poet Rudolph. with poverty their beset-
ting sin. constitutes the basis or the only
fre
sarily pictured IN the poets attic. that
forms the opening scene, IS lighted by
genius until IL takes on "A fictitious
splendor. The witchery Of Puccinfs 8
music Is such that even without that
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Rehearsing of "Parsifal.
Three Months Of Hard Work Before the
First Performance.

Some idea Of the amount OF work 10
volved in preparing Henry W Savage's
production IN English Of Richard Wag-
ner ''Parsifar' can be had from an ac-
count OF the rehearsing that was done.
Conductor Walter H. Rothwell arrived
In this country on July u For six
weeks previous to that day representa-
tives OF Mr. Savage had been testing
hundreds OF voices, men and women, for
the chorus, and by the time Mr. Roth
well arrived he had waiting for him
eighty young women from whom twen-
ty-four were ultimately 70 be chosen,
and about a hundred young men. from
whom twenty-six yere to be chosen.
On the day after his arrival the re-
hearsals began. and they continued
every morning and afternoon until the
middle OF August, when they had them
in the evening, too. BY that time the
requisite number OF singers had been
secured and the weeding-out process
finished. In the end of August the prin-
cipais began TO arrive. and by the Sec
ond week OF September all were on
hand.
Under Messrs Rothwell and Grimm.
the other conductor; Mr.. Benoist. an as
sistant conductor. and Joseph Engel.
the stage director, rehearsals were held
morning. noon. and night. in the Madi-
son Square concert hall. IN the Garden
Theater, and In Mr.. Savage's own build
ing, IN Forty-fonrth Street. The first
fun rehearsal was held on September 2s
when the entire music-drama was sung.
With piano. Three weeks before the
first performance in Boston on October
II. the orchestra, which was made up
Of selected musicians began its work.
and for two weeks Conductor Roth
well devoted his entire attention 10 II.
Then Mr., Savage rented the Murray
I'M Theater, IN New York for a week,
set up his SCENERY. and on Monday,
Tuesday. Wednesday. and Thursday OF
the week OF October 10, full dress re-
hearsals with orchestra, scenery. and
costumes, were held in that theater.
on Friday the entire production was
taken over 10 the New York Theater.
where another fun dress rehearsal was
held. On Saturday. the 18th. the entire
production was taken TO Boston. set up
IN the fremont Theater that night. and
ON Sunday night another fun dress re-
heaTsai was held. and the first perform
ance was given the next evening. Mon
day. the nth. Thus. there were three
months OF solid rehearsal before the
first performance.
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element Of the superna tural, which Is so
necessary to relieve the imprObability Of
operatic form, creates an illusion that is
sustained throughout the four acts OF
the drama with d sincerity Of tone. color
and suggestive melody that frequently
brings tears 10 the eyes.
The cOnvivial students sing In a reel
tative about the poet burning his verses
TO warm their hands. about the two
lovers searching the floor In the dark
for the lost key. and then turn out the
landlord without his rent 10 an accom-
paniment after the style Of Wagner s
'kieistersingers. Simple as al this Is.
opera lovers delight IN the buoyant
music in which both laughter and tears
ever lurk side by side. The actors enter
into the play Ike college boys out for
a lark. Even the naughty prima donnas
and the high-salaried tenors feel their
pulses bound 20 the woes OF Mimi and
Rudolph, and their toes trip IN touch
with the gayety Of Marcel. MGsetta and
SchaunaTd
Joseph sheehan. who has the rarest
sift OF heaven. a big and really beau
ufui tenor voice, sings and plays the
poet 10 perfection. Gertrude Kenny
son is always the tender. pathetic Mimi
while the Musetta of Marion well Is
sale 10 more nearly approach that OF
FRITZ schen than any .of our Ameri-
can contraltOs. The artistic Con Is an
excellent comic disguised as Marcel.
while the two bassos. Francis Boyle
and Harrison Bennett. enter heartily
into the comedy and pathos associated
with the roles OF the philosopher Col
line and the musician Schaunard. One
Of the tenderest and quaintest bits IN
the whole opera is Mr.. Boyle's song OF
farewell 10 the philosophers coat. which
he is about to pawn for medicine TO
revive the dying Mimi.
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A Wide Variety.
Weeks Offerings Cover a
Broad Field - La Bo-
home" for First Time Here.
Adrea" and "Parsifal."

A brilliant season OF opera is a rare
and attractive event in any city. Wash
ington is especially fortunate. then. IN
the bright promise offered in the forth
coming visit Of the Savage Grand
Opera Company and orchestra to the
Columbia
This organization now has a record Of
nine years success IN a field OF en-
deavor where fortunes have always been
exploited. Manager Savage is the Ma
poleon of opera in English. He has pro-
duced eighty-one masterpieces, given
over 1900 performances, and his COM
pany now ranks as the only standard
American organization of its kind Each
year he selects a large number OF new
singers from the hundreds Of candidates
coming from church chOirs and conseFv-
atories, until now all foreign voices are
eliminated from his grand chorus as
well as from the ranks OF his principals.
In fact this company is the only one
that furnishes an opportunity 10 am
bilious American singers TO appear in
the highest form OF the lyric drama
without first learning the roles abroad.
Each year the Savage repertory in
cludes some new and choice master
work The program 10 be given next
week constitutes a real festival OF
grand opera. The productions are all
on an elaborate scale-if the experience
OF last year eornts for anything-cOs-
tuned with historical accuracy and
accompanied by a fun grand opera or
ehestra under musical conductors OF
recognized authority.
"Bohsme" and It's Cast.
Puceinrs beautiful La Boheme." the
work that first attracted the attention
OF the musical world 70 the now leading
Italian composer. Is distinctly an opera
tic novelty, Ooth in dramatic and musi-
cal features The dramatic episodes
have furnished Puccini exactly the Op-
portunity he desired for his original and
warm meiOdic phrasing. Every scene
fairly glows -Sith descriptive harmonies.
There are - melodies and fine con-
eerted numbers IN each OF the four acts.
Even the most blase theatergOer can sit
through such an opera with the content
ment that comes Of the gayest musical
frivOlity. II is a mingling OF comedy
and pathos throughout and ought 10
hold the attention absOrbingly-if II is
well presented-from the rise OF the arst
curtain.
Mr.. Savage's orchestra, selected large
ly from the New York Symphony forces.
win be conducted by chevalier Emanuel.
who directed over a hundred perform
ances OF this opera before coming 10
America. la Boheme" viii be sung
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At the Theaters.
NationaI-oM0ther Goose0 Again.

National-"Mother Goose" Again.
Mother Goose Klaw g. Erlanger's
spectacle, has crowded the National
Theater since It's initial performance last
Monday night, and the advance sale for
its second week indicates even greater
prosperity.
Adsectives. usual potent In describ-
ing big things are not adequate TO con-
vey the proper impression concerning
the magnitude Of Mother Goose" the
Americanized London Drury Lane spec
tacle.
Cawthorn, the central figure OF the
laugh producers, has become so popu-
Tar with the audiences that he is now
really the star OF the performance. w.
II. Macart. Harry Kelly. Neva Aymar.
and Lottie Alter have made the best OF
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
TOnight-Popular Symphony.

Tonight another popular concert will
be given al Chase's by the Washington
symphony Orchestra. Reginald de KO-
ven. conductor. and the event will be OF
unusual Importance 10 music lovers, as
IL will introduce Emanuel Wad, the
noted pianist OF the Peabody Conserva-
tory. Mr.. Wad will contribute four Sc
lections and these are expected to pre-
sent him IN those admirable phases Of
his work that have made him conspIc-
uous in the music world. The Numbers
allotted the orchestra win be OF the light
melodious nature appropriate TO the pop
ular character OF this series OF Sunday
night diversions. Mr.. de Koyen will call
for prize programs and request numbers
and the program awarded the prize to-
night will be played at the next con-
cert. The prices for all the reserved
seats will be % and 80 cents, ans the box
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Mrs. Fiske's New Plau.

Varied as the theatrical season in New
York has been. and numerous as have
been the new plays put forward, Mrs.
Fiske's essayinF Of a new role for the
first time in two years has excited ali
the interest that such an event nat
urally would inspire. Monday. Deeem-
ber II she viii appear in c. NJ. 5. Mo-
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
Lyceum-Reily and Wood.

The entertainment 10 be given at
the Lyceum Theater commencing Mon
day, December 19, by the Reilly and
Wood company. is headed by Pat
Reilly. He will be assisted IN the fun
making by Dora Peiietier. the Century
Comedy Four. Keeler and Watson. the
Misses Adams and Swinburn. and orth
and Fern.
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
.afsvette-"Running for Office" j"

Notwithstanding for Office"
The Lafayette Opera House offers this
week the musical comedy Running for
Omce." Political campaigns are ever
amusing 90 the onloOker, and that "f
John Tiger. Cf the imaginary town of
Tigersvine, WEo aspires 10 be the mayor
Of the town which bears his name. IS
given extra interest because II is set
10 rollicking music,
Mr.. COhan and Mr. Harris assigned
The Washington times., 1904-12-18
Academy-'MOre to Be Pitied Than
Scorned."

Scorned."
Charles f. Blaney's new melodrama,
More To Be Pitied Than Scorned, will
receive its initial performance before a
Washington audience at the Academy
tomorrow night. II tells the story or a
Jealous woman who tries 10 separate a
young couple vino had been clandestine-
ly married; a bogus marriage eertlneate
apparently shows that the husband has
committed bigamy, but the villains are
exposed In the end and the young mar
ried couple are reunited. The gowns
worn BY the female members OF the
company have been imported. The cast
is said to be "a large one, and has among
its members King Baggot. William II.
Elliot. Marry Markham. Charles SUIT
ton. Walter Wilson, George Ovey. Wal
ter Dale. Lydia Powell. Berthe Robi-
son. Louise Horner. Baby Evelyn. Mrs.
John Duel, and Leo Mordaunt.
The Washington times., 1904-12-18

office sale viii open at p. m. today.
The program IS;
Overture. Les Dragon de h'illarrs"
tnrst time) -..--.-..-.--.-...-.M MaillarL
Piano Concerto. rto..................-... Greig
Emanuel Wad.
Waltz, New Vienna" Strauss
Parade Militafre new .Massenet
IntermissiOn.
Selection. Foxy Quiller' ........de kOTen
RondO d'Amour lfirst timel. Westerhaut
Piano SOl0s
(al Etude .-......-................C Chopin
(h) Nocturne ......................Ch Chopin
(cl Etude Eccentrsque. ue..............W Wad
Mr.. Wad.
(a) Aubade (By special TeQuest)
90 Wedding March from suite Conte
d'AVri) ...................... WidOr
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friends. ana the cast generally never al
lows a line TO drag or "a iaugh TO pass
without its effect The flight or The
premiere OF the Grigolatis continues &c
astound and dumfOund the audience
as much as il did upon the openlns
nfpkF
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TO each role an actor who BELTS its
special requirements. Most OF the mem
bers OF the present company originated
The roles they now play. In addition.
Bobby Harrington, who was one of the
boys" In Foxy Grandpa" has been
assigned 10 the role OF Augustus Wright
George Cohan's old role. Young Har-
rington sings I I Were Only Mr.. Nor
gan" Florence Little is rendering MIR
Cohan's seranEde. "IU BE There in Pub
lie Square" The COMPANY numbers ffty.
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Christmas and &c Theaters.


Mother Goose" has come al a most
opportune time. In London IL was pro-
duced especially as a Christmas panto-
mime. Here IL is a pantomime 20 usher
Christmas in. In the British capital,
however the pantomime is chiefly a
children's pleasure, while In America IL
is as much a delight for grown-ups as
for the youngest child. IL was an in
teresting sight last week 70 note how
ths elders in the audience followed the
unfolding Of the several spectacles and
laughed at the comedy. Indeed. heartier
laughter has rarely been heard IN q
Washington theater The second week
will in all probability be even more
popular than the first.
Mr.. CaWthOTne is 10 head a company
OF his own next year. His success rests
with him himself. II he sticks 10 COM
edy OF an acceptable sort. like that Ga
Mother Goose" he viii succeed beyond
doubt But if he gees back 10 ihe stun
peFpetrated In THE Singing Beauty and
the Beast" his managers viii pay dearly
for the privilege OF pushing him for
ward What curious sensations a com
edian must feel 10 hear, night after
night, roars Of laughter al jokes which
long ago lost all their point 10 the
man who speaks them.
Chauncey Olcott suffered financially
from the near approach Of Christmas,
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Chase's-"The Male Patti" +"


Stuart. "The Male Patti" at Chase's
this week. Is expected 10 arouse an ex-
traordinary degree of interest and com
ment by his unique performance.
1t is believed that not one Of the
Chase audiences viii be satisfied with