Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-27

AS a preliminary to the annual opening
which will occur at the matinee Monday
next, Chase's Theater has been made more
attractive than ever, and the advance SAFE
and assignment of permanent locations,
which have been in progress this week, in
dictate a correspondingly increased degree
of public interest The extensive growth
of the advance reservation of seats has
made it incumbent upon the management
to make a slight change in the policy OF
conducting this branch of the box office OPP
erationS, and therefore in the future res
ervations for the daily matinees will not
be held later than 80 pm, and for the
nights not later than 7:30 pm. Recognize
ing that the inaugural Chase bill is con-
sidered Indicative of the standard that Will
prevail throughout the season, Mr.. Chase
has gone to extraordinary pains in the
preparation of the program for next week.
It's most conspicuous feature will be the
famous foreign novelty, JEWELS automatic
electric mannikin theater. 1t shows a
stage upon a stage. Forty mannikins are
employed in the series of representations,
which range from the playing of an auto
matte orchestra, manniKIn minstrel show,
blackface comedians, funny clowns, comic
sketches. to an imitation of Mile Helene
ences find it hard to believe that the per-
formers are only creatures of cloth, wood
and wire Frank Bush will, as usual, come
equipped with fresh humor of his own pc
culiar brand. He promises several new
stories that will be worth hearing several
times Lew Bloom and Jane Cooper will
be witnessed in their latest sketch, enti-
tied "A Picture From Life Keno. WEIGH
and Melrose will contribute novel studies
in acrobatic comedy. Mile. Louise August,
of the famous August family of jugglers,
seen here several seasons ago, has been Sc
cured together with Charles H. Weston,
late of the WeSton-Yost Company, to give
their joint juggling act, that teens with
humorous incidents grouped together UNI
der the name of AN Interrupted supper.
Morton and Elliott, the phenomenal paper
manipulators, harmonica players and vo-
calists. will contribute a popular number,
and Miss Vera King, Coincidence. will Of
fer her diverting series of songs and sto-
'reS. The vitagraph pictures will show
Christopher Columbus in his adventurous
quest for the new world. Chase's prices
will continue as in the past-23 cents for
all seats at the daily matinees. all of them
served seats at night.
Chase's bookings for the season 19Oi-'05
which begins Monday next at the avenue
PLAYHOUSE are more numerous now than
last year al the opening. The foreign at
fractions announced for Chases this sea-
son embrace Pewitts Mysterious Face, the
Stan-Erotto family, Miss She, Kelly and
Ashbu the great Kaufman Troupe, Patty
Brothers. the Ten Ichi troupe, the Ober-
steirer Tyrolean troupe, the Two Alex
ius. the Dekoe Trio, Troba. kar-
telli. Pauline VOLTS dogs Les Dahlias the
Four Musical Avalos, the Six Clincivett1s.
Frances Gerard, Charlton and others to
be announced later. This seasons list of
recruits from the legitimate ranks con-
tains more conspicuous stars than ever be-
fore entered polite vaudeville. Among
them are Charles Hawtrey, the distin-
guished English actor; Henry Clay Barna-
bee the famous comedian of the Boston
ians; Agnes Cain Brown, the prima donna;
Edna Wallace Hopper, Hermann the
Great, Edwin Stevens and others