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Character His STUDY.
Work of Edwin H. Curtis, of Academy
Stock.

Consistency thou art a jewel
When the author OF the above i'm
mortal phrase gave it to the world he,
Of course, had no aspiring Thespian in
mind. but happily at this day iA aptly
illustrates the capabilities Of ankactor
now appearing before the local boards
Edwin H. Curtis, character man Of the
Academy stock company is the player
TO whom the appellation of consistency
may rightfully be applied. for his work
throughout the current season has been
Of the most praiseworthy character
As a high-minded and benevolent
Southern colonel, in 1.-The Princess of
Patches" the opening attraction of the
stock company, Mr.. Curtis early gather
ed many warm admirers TO his standard
He lived the character at the same fine
keeping within bounds both as 10 a dis
play Of feeling and delineation of dialect
that reflected a studious conception on
the part Of the portrayer
As Mr.. Utterson, In "Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde" Mr.. Curtis. though the part
Is not a pretentions one. gave the role
a faithful portrayal. while in "A Man
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ly she enjoys her scientific work. In
reality she is very unhappy. She be
comes interested in a young count, a
weak. suffering, but gentle, warm
hearted man. Pity slowly develops into
love, and the masters wife glides into
an adulterous relation with the count.
An accident discloses their secret, and
the scandal becomes public property
The master is dishonored. He considers
the situation, concludes that such a
trivial, gross" and purely animal" adj
venture on the part OF his wife ought
not to break up the routire and habits Of
their life. lie determines to forgive and
ignore the scandal. For while his feel
ings overcome his judgment. and a
conventional scene with his wife en-
sues. He soon RECEIVERS self-possession.
regrets his lapse into jealousy. and begs
his wife 10 overlook it, She, however, 6e-
cIfnes 10 be forgiven by him, and con
fesses her love for the count She an
nounces her departure; he throws him
self on her, smashes vase. displays
Ordinary fury She leaves the house,
and after few minutes the master re-
sunes an Interrupted conversation with
an assistant made for the
Literary Digest
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Academy.
''Uncle Toms Cabin" the Bill for the
Week.


Uncle Toms Cabin, with an up-to-
date and modern dressing. viii be the
offering Of the stock company at the
Academy OF Music next week II has
been more than fifty years since
this remarkable play first saw the hight
OF production. the original presentation
taking place al Troy. \. Y, in lS52. but
IN all these years few plays have ap-
pealed more generally TO theatergoers
than this one.
With the ever increasing demand for
novelty In amusements. this old play Of
Southern life in a rejuvenated form is
found to offer ample scope for a con-
sistent and pleasing modernlzation. and
in response 10 this tendency Of the day
Manager Fred Berger, jr., has planned
g revival OF this famous play which is
expected 20 please not only the old ad-
herents Of the piece. but the infrequent
thestergoer who has never had an op-
portunity Of witnessing its performance.
Manager Berger Is said TO have pre-
pared q splendid production. the scenic
effects and casting Of the piece being
the largest so far offered by this popu-
lar organization. requiring an augment
ed company Of thirty-five, while the
fourteen scenes distributed between four
acts require a wealth of scenery that
affords ample scope for large effects.
In addition 70 a faithful dramatic per-
Torrance. il is stated that the levee and
plantation scenes viii be on a highly
ambitious scale. enlivened with a most
OF coiored singers and darcers that
should add q pleasing color 10 the scenes.
Among these colored performers will be
a number OF expert buck and wing
dancers and q colored quartet OF cxcep-
tional merit. IN addition there viii be
a large number Of vaudeville acts. so
that the attraction Wiz partake OF al
most the entire range Of the amusement
field in one performance.
among the speciality acts offered win
DC that Of Miss Laura Oakman. who is
10 play the part Of Topsy. IN an, % ginal
turn. A j.. Griffith local mimic and
whistler; Miss Marie Nordstrom. IN a
muslcal number, The Rosary" the
COiOred Quartet, in "a med
outherp airs; Miss Maybe
coon speciality; George $.
his original tramp sketch.
Ina Pagan. who plays Little
musical number. There win
"a. ! wing dancing By the lcvee
ion ensemble. and the quar-
orus Tehearsais indicate a
lderlng OF Old-time songs.
light a prize buck and wing
est viii be held the winners
~ receive - Ia geld, while on Saturday
night a cakeWatR viii be the special at
traction with large and elegant cake
as the trophy
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the country. In March she viii appear
In a magnificent new production OF
religious drama. which is being written
for her by the Rev. John Snyder. Time
is booked for her at the Lyric Theater.
New York, where the play will run
from the beginning of March until the
end OF the season.
When William A Brady and Joseph
Grismer revive BARLEY cnmpbelis
Siberia" at Mcvicker's Theater, Chi
cago, IN October, all the spectacular
features of the original representation
of that play will be restored. The first
two acts will be laid in Kishineff, and
Mr.. Brady viii manage a new stage
mob portraying the massacre OF the
Jews.
De Wolfe Hopper and Nellie Bergen
Will summer at Manhattan Beach when
they close the two weeks run of Wang"
at that place. after the close of the
season at the Lyric Thea;er June II.
Hopper is the darling" OF the Lambs
Club. and Is broken-hearted at the pros
pect Of his tour next season in Wang
which includes all the large and impor-
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Moliere Relics.
Historic Articles Treasured by the
Theater Francois.

To this day the only setting Of the
chief scene Of lie Malade lima ginaire
at the Francois is an armchair II IS
carried on by a couple of lackeys. as
though it had just been removed from a
furniture van. and is planted right IN
the middle of the stage.
That chair IS the very one in which
Moliere. playing the part Of Argan in
his own piece, suffered the first shock
Of the Illness that carried him off, IL
Is but one of the treasures OF the house
that is a perfect museum. not only of
historic properties, but Of the whole art
OF the stage
In the greenroom (as NJ. Delorme, its
historian. has told u.s.. in the committee
room. in the Office of the administrator.
in the archives. in every part OF the
theater 70 which the public has access,
there is a prodigious mass of full-length
portraits. Of medaIlions, of genre pic
lures, OF engravings, drawings marbles,
bronzes. Of statuettes. These, with the
works exhibited in the public rooms,
form a unique collection, whereof every
piece belongs in some sort to the history
Of the house Of Moliere.
The museum % accessories is as rich
in its way as the museum of painting
and statuary. Here we may find the
mandolin used in The Barber Of
seviIe''-an instrument Of rare beauty
Of form. purity of-tone and antiquity
Of make.
Here. too. is the original guitar Of
The Marriage of Figaro" When the
piece came out in i7S4 the management
thought it was so sure 70 fail that it
for the hero. An instrument was ac-
cordingly hired at 10 francs a night The
piece ran for nifty nights-a 'tremen-
dous success" for that period-and in
the excitement OF this surprise the con-
ditions OF which the guitar had been OBJ
tanned were totally forgotten. until the
owner presented his bill for 500 francs
Richard Whiteing in The Nineteenth
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OF Mystery this versatile young player
fairly obliterated all trace OF either his
personality or suggestion OK his previous
Characterization in the conuany, and
as the absent-minded and trusting DR..
Leslie gave an Interpretation that com
manded the most respectful attention.
II remained for last week, however, in
the stock company's excellent interpre-
tation OF Dumas The Count OF Monte
-Cristo in which the subject OF this
sketch distinguished himself along with
associate players in what was probably
the best stock company production the
piece has ever had. As the arch-evil-
doer, Nillefort, his work was Of a high
" commeudable order, especially In the
third act. in the Inn OF the Porte du
Garde, where he and Hal Clarendon as
Nortier brought about a conspicuous and
thrilling climax in a human and con-
sistent fashion, free Of all rant and bonn.
bast.
Mr. Curtis is a young man, about
twenty-eight years of age. and in his
nine years. experience on the stage has
adhered 10 a line of work which has
heretofore proved the stepping to
greatness Of some OF our most distin-
actor. His first engagement was in a
small part in "A Deacon's Daughter, -
Annie Pixley's well known play. in
which Miss Lillian Kennedy. sister OF
Harold Kennedy, the capable comedian
OF the Academy company, was featured
This initial road tour was suddenly
brought to close by the tragic death
OF Miss Kennedy, while singing on the
stage Mr.. Curtis then went in for stock
work altogether. his first engagement
being with Sam Schubert stock company
at the Bastable Theater. Syracuse, n
Y. going from there 10 the Girard Ave
nue. Theater, Philadelphia. and in turn
TO other stock companies throughout the
country.
For the past five years Mr.. Curtis has
been connected with the Spooner stock
company in Brooklyn, where his capa-
bilities and the success Of that organi-
"a ton have kept him busy throughout
that time he has a wide range Of
parts. and being an energetic and tire
less player. his rise in his profession
mas been steady. sane and wholesome,
and being, furthermore. industrious and
temperate. his prospects would seem to
b. bright
Mrs. Spooner has already engaged him
for next season for an important pro-
tction at Days TheateT. New York.
OF MY Lady Peggy Goes TO Town
His admirers in Washington will have
a still further opportunity of reviewing
his work in a distinctive role, as next
week in the Academy stock company's
production Of "Unale Toms Cabin he
will be seen IN the ever-lovable char
acter of Uncle Tom.
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Marine Band Assists.

he annual recital by pupils Of Mrs n.
X Waldecker was given on Monday
evening al Carroll Institute. when the
students were assisted in a fine program
BY the Marine Band AT the conclusion
OF the concert medals and prizes were
given the pupils who had worked hard
and most successfully during the past
year In the list Of students who an
peared in solo and concerted numbers
were Ella S. Cohen. Audrey Harvey.
Virginia Houghton, Edna Croft. Mary
Haden, Florence T. Lyons, Media Wal
decker. Margaret Meyers. Olive Olson
Aoole Miller, Sophie TomI kins. 3. Lans-
burgh. Mallette Roach. Louise Rro1rn
Isabel Burn. Ethel Sylvester, Mrs. ri
II. Miller. Mrs. a Sawyer, Mrs. NJ
Hichter. Miss Herbst, Thomas Haden
Mark Lansburgh. Ralph Coleman. Rich
ard Houghton. William K. Hartung. ana
Charles S. Hartung
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tant cities of the country except New
York
Joseph Hart and Carrie De Mar viii
divide their time this summer between
West Baden and the Berkshire Hills.
They open next season in Foxy Grand
pa, - August 1. playing a short fall sea-
son before presenting a new musical
comedy IN New York. entitled THE
Country Club"
Robert Lorraine, who is to star next
season under the management of VIII
llama. Brady. will work through the
summer at the head OF a stock CON-
pany at the Lyceum Theater. Rochester.
n. Y; he will then take tour through
the vaudeville circuits of the West In
a one-act play, THE Little Tragedy OF
Tientsin." and will make his first ap-
pearance as a fuil-fiedged star in New
York early in December. appearing in q
new romantic play.
Phoebe Davies is summering in Cali
fornia. She plays Anna in way Down
East next season. This viii be her
eighth season in the part Miss Davies
calls herself the female Denman Thomp-
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TOPICS OF THE STAGE AS VIEWED IN WASHINGTON

was Phenomenal, which, combined with
the fact that he had been stol1er in
the London gas works till week before
and had never received any instruction
in even the rudimentary three RS. made
him a remarkable personality. "Datas"
was soon "quizzed' by the highest edu-
cational authorities in England. who in
corsed him, and the librarian of the
British museum soon pronounced him
the human encyclopedia.
Within a few weeks he was the rage
OF London, eminent men going 10 the
halls with lists of questions 'to stick
am. He rarely ever failed. When an
American agent endeavored to induce
HIM to come to America he found the
young man booked two years in adj
vance. A contract for the future was
made. however. -Detas" came to I'LL
mis- American engagement two weeks
ago and began a six weeks stay at the
New York Theater roof garden last
Monday evening. answering questions
as to dates. shot at him as if from a
rapid-hre gun, instantly and correctly,
except in one instance-"When did Com
modore Perry enter the American
navy?"-in which he failed, but he
could tell the date of the battle of
Lake Erie and knew that Perry was in
command.
After the performance. explaining his
failure, Datas" said he would wager that
Commodore Perry's birth, entrance into
the United States navy and death could
nor be found recorded in the standard
work Of the worlds histories, Haydn's
Dictionary of Dates" An Investigation
+ this point last Tuesday found this
statement true. The other questions
pur to him covered all periods from
the founding of Nineveh down to cur
rent events.
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D'AnnunZio's DefeC
French Critics View of the Italian as
a DTamatist.

a DTamatist.
The eminent French critic, NJ. Jean
Dornis, in an elaborate essay on the
drama of Gabriel dAnnunzio. In the
Revue des Deux Mondes," gives it as
his opinion that this Italian writer IS
essentially a lyric and not a dramatic
poet. In support of this view, NJ. DOrnis
cites D'Annunzio's play, "Francesca da
Rimini," i'm which the dramatist fails
to compel on the stage the tragic pathos
OF the episode immortalized by Dante
Why is this? the critic asks: and an
swers:
1t is because We are in theater. and
the drama must actually set the scene
before our eyes. and bring actors Of
flesh and blood upon the boards. il Is,
moreover. because the two shades in
Dante's poem are nothing but a love-
lorn pair whom the imag ination portrays
10 each reader, in his own manner Such
figures are miserably dwarfed and be-
Titled when they are brought down from
the lyric height on which their story
was originally told; on the stage as
soon as the door Is opened, they are no
more than a lawless pair overtaken by
the just vengeance Of a husband But
when the spectator leaves the theater
cold and unmoved by the representa- ton
of one OF D'Annunzio's pieces. and sub
sequently, in solitude and concentration
of mind, takes up these volumes of beau
tiful poems which lose so much by pro-
duet!on on the stage. he is seized with
profound admiration rather FOR the poet
than for his work. He becomes ware
that each of these tragedies of Dan
nunzio is sort of shrine in which the
author shows himself sometimes rs the
ministering priest, sometimes as the
deity Of the place. Here is the explana-
ton Of this strange dualism In the ina,
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Mrs. wild's Recital.

The pupils OF Mrs. Bessie n. Wild gave
their last recital of the season on We'd
resday evening at Carroll Institute Hal.
when a vocal and instrumental pro-
gram entertained a large number OF the
students friends Among the pupils who
participated in the program were Miss
Maryland Langford Miss Gertrude
Bangford. Miss Gertrude Reamer. Mr..
Cora Reamer Clarke, Miss Florence
Meyer. Mrs. Nellie V. Suess. Miss Yo-
lande z. Burchfield. Miss Florence Com
pers, Mrs. Jessie Spencer Hover Miss
Marion Paul. Mrs. Emma F. Miles. Miss
Nettie Wallace, Miss Deborah Louise
Hickman. Mrs. Herbert Hollidge. Miss
Mary Louise Wood Mrs Alice Kennedy.
Miss Fern Prince. Will E. Burchfield.
William Lawman. and David l. c.
Hover
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MATTERS OF INTEREST
TO ALL MUSIC LOVERS

music and piano ensemble. and lectures
in musical pedagogy in the different
branches Pupils in this course VIII AT
tend the lessons OF the different teaen-
ers OF their principal study. and they
will from time to time be called upon
to give practical instruction in the pres
ence Of the teacher.
The normal course IS a simpler and
modified form Of this course of instruc-
ton in the training school. especially
arranged for the use Of public school
teachers.
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Boy viOIinist Coming.

Daniel Frohman will direct the Auert-
can tour OF an eleven-year-oId violfnist
Franz Vessey, who IS said 10 be one 81
the most marvellous musicians OF the
age The little fellow has scored tr--
mendous success in various cities OF The
Old Woodland Frohman believes he priIl
repeat his triumphs on this side Of me
water: Forty concerts will be given in
the United States. and Washington .i-
nici9ded IN the itinerary of the tour Mr..
Frohman was particularly sI1cceSsf,,i -
his management of Jan Kubeiik. thI
young Hungarian violinist, and is there
lore encouraged 10 try 1t again
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Teachers Training School.

The training school for teachers which
Is being organized by the Washington
University of Music and Dramatic Art
is not on the lines ordinarily pursued
by American Conservatives. The school
is divided into two branches, one for
pianoforte, vocal, and violin teachers.
and the other is a normal course for
qualification OF public school teachers
The higher work includes music history.
musical dictation. and sight singing
course, sight reading course in chamber
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Pupils Entertain.

A concert OF much interest TO Wash
ington music lovers was given at the
Washington Club on Wednesday even
ing when the pupils of Miss Clara
Louise Moran appeared in an interesting
series Of compositions They were as
sisted by Mrs. n. n. Potts. soprano.
and Miss Margaret Main, violinist.
In the long list of selections which
figured on the program there were many
ambitious works, and the general APP
plause accorded the various students
and their assisting musicians was proof
positive that the concert was dis
tinct success. The pupils who partici-
pated in the program were Miss Louise
Einstein Miss Maude BOland Miss
Ethel Rountree. Miss Grace Ogle. Miss
Mamie Kiflmon. Miss Ethel Garvey,
Miss Bertha Coleman, Miss Nellie En-
mis-. Miss Hazel Haines. Miss Meiyina
Cowell, and Mas er Albert Einstein.
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Memory for Dates.
1t Is Making a Fortune for a Man in
London Halls.

Three years ago a young English
man. twenty-six years old, calling him
self "Datas." created a sensation IN a
London music hall by answering Instant
II and correctly all questions in refer
ence to the dates OF historical events,
both 3. c. and 4. D.. and IN connection
with the careers OF historical person
ACES The memory this man displayed
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ADJUSTMENTS.
All Around Washington

in the famous Auto Coach, 1899"
Seeing everything, worth seeing in the
city.
Three tours daily. rain or shine-l0 a.
m. p m. p. m. Round trip only
Sl.oo
Leaving No. 537 Fifteenth Street north
west and New Willard Hotel
General office phone Main 221
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Farewell Tour of Pianist.

A short American tour is scheduled
by Eugene D'Albert. the celebrated
pianist, who has arranged TO give thirty
five concerts during the months of jan
uary, February, March. and April II
is said that this will be D'Albert's fare
well tour in America.
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MARSHALL HALL

Str. Charles Manchester leaves at 10
a. m, 2:SO and $50 p. m. Indian Head
trips every Thursday. Friday, and sat
urday at $50 p. m. Sundays, IL a. NJ.
2:30. and $50 D. m.
FARE, ROUND TRIP........s5 Cents
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Notes of the Stage.

Garner" in pantomine is TO be one
OF the early attractions on the New
YORK Theater roof Rosario Guerrero,
the Spanish dancer, will interpret the
name part, and that of Jose will be repre-
sented by Alexandra VoIbert. the French
pantomimist, who recently arrived from
Europe All the characters in the play
will be shown in the Dantomime.
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A conspicuous London success, Ser
geant Brue. has been obtained Tor
America by Joseph Brooks for KIaw &
Granger. The Shuberts and Fisher &
Ryley were anxious to obtain the Amer
lean rights to the piece.
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Maud Jeffries leading woman with
Beerbohm Tree, Is soon to be married to
James w. Osborne, an actor in the
same company. Both have won success
in Trees production OF The Darling If
the Gods"
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Young Tom whi1en. son of the late
comedian Thomas Whiffen. has been
engaged for the part OF the Sultan in
The Sultan Of Sulu.' The delightful
work of Mr.. Whiffens father Is well re-
membered by admirers Of the old Lyce-
UNI stock company. and with such cap
able parents the young comedian should
make himself heard from.
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Arnold Daily has been so encourage
by his success last season with "Candi-
da" that he is now making preparations
for George Bernard Shaw's play, You
Can Never Tell"
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