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Baltimore, Sept. dashboard COM
mon, 144; preferred, 29%; Atlantic
Coast Line common. 125.
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Outstanding took them only to Bizet.
Eossini, and Verdi. il Will not do TO
hang too much significance on this peg
OF 4 program vote.
Still Much to Learn.
Constant attendance on theaters and
at concerts gives the critic. perhaps. a
better basis Of judgment. a basis which
corresponds largely with the steady flow
of public sentiment. He sees not only
the audience which appIauds Schubert g
-Du Bist Die Rub and demands its rep
etition, but the audience which jams the
theater 10 hear III Trovatore." He sees
very much the same people at The Sill
Yer Slipper and the symphony concerts
on Friday afternoons He sees a theater
entity at a speculative concert by the
Philadelphia orchestra and another the
alter crowded for a ridiculous perform
ance b. a man named Duss and a hu-
man orchestrion. He would like to
think, If he could, that such a test as
this OF last Sunday was thorough But
he cannot
The real state OF public opinion in
washington. as 1t concerns music. may
not be exactly determined. Any attempt
O do so. at least. would inevitably
arouse controversy OF prodtless kind.
But those who follow local musical az
fairs closely viii not object TO these
observations on the Symphony coupon
test
That II reflects the choice OF a selected
class-albeit the class which must sup
port the symphony
That IL reflects the best desires of
that class and not its average desires.
That Washington, like all other Amer
lean cities. has Ain much 20 learn be-
fore the community can claim the dis
tincron which such a vote as that Of
last Sunday would signify
4. -. A
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Past and Future.

Mr.. Mansfeld's new play. no less
than Mr. Mansheld's new impersona-
ton. held the attention of Washington
playgoers this past week
There is fine pleasure in viewing
the manifestations Of such art as Mr.
Mansfeld's. which produces fine re
suits. however applied. Thus. Nj
Mansfield is as ready to act a German
prince OF undeniable youth as an Eur-
lish king Of undeniabie age. a role
chiefly notable for its romance as well
as one chiefly notable for its "charac-
ter" Prince Karl Heinrich offered an
other proof OF the value which belongs
70 true art-it IS nothing If not compre-
hensive.
But "Old Heidelberg was also delight
ful for this attribute-that e was "A gen
uine poem composed with fine sense
Of dramatic value The play would al
most act itself. although-of course-it
has multiplied value when acted as Mr.
Mansfeld's company acted it at the
Columbia. Few scenes more artistically
pathetic than that Of Prince KarIs in
PRODUCTION 10 the Heidelberg students
have been offered IN Washington. The
situa ton suggested an art truth never
far from the mind of the good dramat-
ist. that true pathos and apparent gayety
~ - TT RAtENAg ti1aANAsAlIi '.l II VI
sters chief accomplishment. however
Is this: that he has developed a simple
and dignified theme so that its beauty
and importance appeal TO other minds
than his own. This IS after all, the
great mission of all art.
Mrs. Wigs happily not disturbed in
her transition 20 the stage. delighted
the audiences at the National. The rca-
son was obvious-both dramatist and ac-
tor labored intelligently TO catch the
true spirit Of Mrs. Hegan-Rice's book
Mrs. Cook. I'm fact. achieved the great
est distinction Of her career Hereafter
she Will be known, not as the mother Of
Eleanor Robson. but as the original Mrs.
Wigs. VIII T. Hodge and Helen Low
ell were fine lieutenants Both Of them
are now established in the front rank
Of American character actors. Those in
terested in theatricals who saw this per
Torrance must have been impressed by
the success which has attended the en-
terprise of the Liebler company. Per
haps the explanation is 10 be found Il,
their considera ton OF author and play
wright. The thought is at least worth
some attention.
THE Sign OF the Cross proved
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heroine OF tragicaI one-act opera OF
the same name. by the Composer Missay
which she sang i'm London
After a journey through Italy WITH
Reiane. she took cure at Salza mag
gOire. returning thence TO Paris 10 sing
the chief part (Salome) in MassenCts
opera. ''Herodrade." at the Thcaser &c
In Gaite. transformed into an opera
house. Her success in the last work
was pronounced. and Massenet. in con-
sequence. determined TO rename his
opera ~Salome." Earlier last year Mile
Calve had made deep impression Cat
the Theater Sarah BernhardD as Mar
guerite. in BerliOz's "Damnation de
Faust" which was presented in the
form of an opera.
The most famous of all living Car
mems IS still single, having broken or
her engagement to F'renchman OF let
tiers. whom she was to have married
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strongly attractive as Of yore Chase-s
obtained good patronage with an aver
age bill. The melodrama houses played
to good audiences OF Characteristic per
sonnet.
Forbes Robertson's Hamlet will be the
artistic sensation of next week. Many
high grade critics and one or two dis
tinguished actors who have themselves
done Hamlet describe Mr. Robertson
performance as the best the modern
stage has produced. IT Is said to be
most remarkable for its realistic inten-
ssity Seeing Hamlet will be a fine ex-
perience IL the performance justines
such praise as this
THE Wizard OF o. is announced by
other cities as a musical play of real
originality. true comedy. genuine musi-
cal value honest fun. and the charm Of
fairy tale. 1t ought TO make. if these
promises are redeemed. a fine "oppo-
site" for Hamlet and the Light That
Failed
The season continues 20 be notable
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AT the TheateTS.
CoIumbia-FOrbes RObertsOn's Hamlet

Columbia-FoTbes Robertson's Hamlet"
An event Of extraordinary interest in
local theatricals will occur at the Co
lumbia Theater tomorrow night. when
the eminent English actor Forbes Rob
ertson, and Gertrude Elliott, accompa
MED by their London company from the
Lyric Theater. will begin a weeks en-
gagement.
Forbes Robertson has long been known
on the English stage as one OF the most
powerful and finished actors of the day.
many critics. indeed ranking hi mas sec
ond TO none living. Trained in the ar
tistic, polished school of stagecraft his
acting is accredited with great interpre-
tative feeling and reserve force Miss
Elliott. in private life. Mrs Forbes Rob
ertson. was last seen here as a memb r
Of Nat. Goodwin's company. and is cred
tied with having advanced in her art 20
remarkable degree since taking her
position among the leading women or
the London stage.
The engagement here will embrace
Hamlet" and the much-tallked-of Kip
ling play, THE Light that Failed
Hamlet will be given Monday, Tues
day and Wednesday nights tld tile
Saturday matinee. From advance ac-
counts and press dispatchee. tie key
note OF Mr.. Forbes Robertson's Ham
let is its mOdernity. His acting YER
sion OF the great tragedy which Is his
own, is made chiefly from the Cam
bridge and Variorum editions He has
placed all the scenes i'm the Castle OF
Eisinore, TO emphasize and simplify the
action and render more scope and free
dom to the characters He has also iHs
PRODUCED the Fortinbras episode (gen-
orally eliminated in the last act. which
renders the play complete. Miss Elliott
viii. of course, essay Ophelia. Jennie
A. Eustace. the only American in the
company. has been especially engaged TO
play the Queen Mother. II will be re-
called that Miss Eustace played the
character with +. II. Sothern.
The Light that Failed" will be given
on Thursday Friday and Saturday
nights and at the Thursday matlneq.
and comes to Washington with the
record Of a seasons run in London. and
an extended engagement at the Knicker-
booker Theater. New York
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Three Woman Stars.
Comment on WeH-Known Artists Who
Will Sing in Grand Opera.

In view of the prospective appearance
here of the non-German stars of the
Metropolitan Grand Opera Company.
brief sketches of those artists will have
AN especial interest. Most of them are
already known here, either for their
appearances in concert or for earlier
representations and performances in
opera. But Nine Ackte, who is to
sing the role of Marguerite in Faust
is an entire stranger.
This stranger is a Finn, twenty-five
years old, and the wife of a distin-
guished Finnish barrister. DR.. RencaIl,
of Halsingfors. She is a daughter of
two distinguished musicians, is de-
scribed as being i'm person elegant, slen-
der, tall. and pretty, and has been ac-
cepted i'm other cities, notably Paris, as
an ideal Marguerite. Her education was
obtained from her mother and the Con-
servatofre of Paris.
In that city she took first prize in the
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TO Vienna to study German opera Her
two years stay in Dresden which fol-
lowed her enthusiastic welcome in her
appearance rs Lucia. gave her the
standing she has ever since retained
and prepared her for the long series
of triumphs in Milan. Vienna, Warsaw.
st. Petersburg, and other music-loving
cities in Europe. She made her first
American debut as a member of Henry
r. Abbey's Italian Opera Company In
1888. thot gh she did not return TO this
country for fifteen years.
Calve Returns Unchanged.
After missing one years season
Emma Calve returned to America this
winter, practically unchanged, with her
old beauty. her old fascination. and her
ole voice. In the past year she has
created two new parts abroad-Louisc
de In Valliere, in an opera named -
Carmelite, and Maguelone, the
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Northumberland of o."

Spectacular extravaganza will dIversi-
= the seasons offerings at the National
Theater the coming week. THE Wizard
Of or comes from a long ana remark
ably successful run in New York 1t is
described as a clever blending OF comic
opera, pantomime. extravaganza and
smart, up-to-date musical comedy
Messrs. Montgomery and Stone. who
have two unique characters as the
Scarecrow and the Tin Woodman: An
ma Laughlin. who appears as a breezy
Kansas maiden, transported on the
wings of a cyclone to the fairyland of
OF, head the cast. Her adventures in
this mystic region, where she encoun-
tiers all kinds Of queer creatures, are
said TO be entertaining because OF their
startling whimsiCality; fantastic and
almost bewildering in color and beauty.
Ina scenic beauty THE Wizard of or il
said TO be "A marvel of stage effects.
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Mansfield's Discipline.
Business Is Business at His Re-
heaIsals.

Business Is Business at His Re-
hearsals.
The stern discipline maintained by
Richard Mansfield in his theatrical com
pany is well known. 1t is as rigorous
as In a military organization. The com
pany has been rehcarsinG each day this
week at the Columbia Ivan. the Ter
rible. the new play which Mr.. Mansfield
VIII present for the first time in New
York next week. Every spare minute
was utilized. and the lines were drawn
so closely on absence on the part Of the
actors that even Mr.. Mansfield was
forced to decline the numerous social
invitations which he received.
Another sufferer in this respect was
Hamilton Coleman. who played with the
true Heidelberg spirit the part of Kurt
Engelbrecht in "Old Heidelberg last
week Mr.. Coleman is the son Of II.
Dudley Coleman, one time Representa-
tive in Congress from the Second Dis
trict Of Louisiana.
The Hon. r c. Davey, the present
member from that district. had planned
a luncheon at his committee room at the
Capitol in honor of Mr.. Coleman so that
the young actor might meet the mem
bers .of the Louisiana Congressional
delegation, bat his part in Ivan. the
Terrible" is of such Importance that il
was impossible TO permit his absence
from rehearsal, and Judge Davey was
regretfully obliged to abandon the pro-
iect
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Miss RObisOn's Dramatic Recital.

Mabel Forest Robson. a young aspi-
rant for appreciation as a reader and
reciter. will make her initial bow before
Washington audience Friday afternoon.
March 4, in the New Willard ball room.
Miss Robison's program includes selec-
tions from Shakespeare, Sheridan. Kip
ling. Riley, and Fields. She will be aa-
sisted by F. F. Mackay. the well-known
Shakespearean reader. Mr.. Mackay Is
an actor of the old school, having played
leading roles with such artists as Char
Iotte Cushman, Mrs. Drew, and Edwin
Booth
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Mrs. TgleT's Success.

On Easter Monday Frank l.. Perley
WI produce in New York n comic opera
entitled Venetian Romance.
The book is by Mrs. Cornelia OsgoOd
Tyler, who is the wife of Col. Augustus
G Tyler. Colonel Tyler is n member of
the New York Yacht Club. the Manhat-
tan Club, and other clubs Mrs. Tyler
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Prospective Vaudeville.

The vaudeville bill announced for
Chase's next week is headed by Harry
Gilfoil in Baron Sands, After an Even
ing at the Madison Square Garden" and
includes the Great Thurston, illusionist;
Ethel Levy Mrs George NJ Cohan),
Charles H Burke. Grace La Rue. and
the Inkey Boys in the unique comedy.
THE Silver Moon Albert Bellman and
Lottie Moore. inJthe satirical and fs-ci-
cal sketch. "A Gallery Goddess" Anna
Caldwell. comedienne; John lie Clair.
the eccentric juggler. and motion pic
lures of a trip through Ireland
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Empire-eThe penver EXPRESS

THE Denver Express which comes to
the Empire tomorrow has enjoyed sew
eral seasons Of prosperity. and is said
TO be considerably above the average
melodrama in point Of merit
Another special production of "Sapho"
is announced for next Friday afternoon
and evening.
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Chase's-James Thornton


James Thornton, as sedate looking as
country parsOn, but primed with as
many funny stories as q Hebrew drum
meT, will head the Chase bill this week
and the fact that he is given that posi-
ton by the management is expected TO
carry convincing proof that he deserves
II TO those unfamiliar with Mr.. Thorn
tons fame as a fabrieator of funny fic-
tons. lie is said TO be one of the best
ballad writers of the day. the composer
Of many noted and laughable parodies
and the originator OF many a biting jest
that leaves a sting and a laugh. The
Gilmore Sisters Will be the next impor-
tant feature in a new character farce.
The Adventures or BedeIia,'' involving
the lady of the song. The Great Full
gora,' 80 styled. is said 10 be a marvel
Gus transformationist. Ameta, Spanish
mirror dancer, will be seen in a quartet
Of her spectacular and serpentine crea-
lions. She Is described as rival of La
Loie Fuller, and her dances are named
La Partisan" Las Sci" Ell Infia-
mer, ''Lo Aqua Floa." Artie Hall. the
genuire Georgia girl will be the ginger
tonic Of the bill Alt Holt will have a
number of I8ughable limitations. The
Flood Brothers Will be seen in acrobatic
and pantomimic performance. The
American vitagraph motion pictures viii
illustrate the life OF Marie Autoinette.
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Academy-'Tn Old Kentucky"

Jacob Lifts well-knOwn and highly
popular play, I'm Old Kentucky" viii
be presented at the Academy next week
bJ the regular No. 1" company. Last
season this play as performed by these
actors proved TO be one of the strongest
attractions the Academy has ever book
I'd. &uch is expected of it this season
as the Madge Of the east. Bessie
Barriscale, has created deep impress
sion everywhere she has been seen ia
the role.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BurIesquers.

The Transatlantic Burlesquers' will
open weeks engagement at the
Lyceum Theater beginning with "a matt
nee performance Monday. 1t is asserted
that every speciality in the olto and every
song. as well as every situation in the
new burlesque. Two Hot knights" has
the stamp Of originality on Il.
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has town house in Washington and a
country home in New London. Conn.
The scenes Of the opera are laid in
Venice during the Zobia Grassia or
Carnival The music is by Frederic
Colt wight. of New London. Conn. 1t
is to be staged by \. w. HoIbroke. Mr..
Wight studied in Berlin, Munich, and
1Tff1D
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Tonight's Symphony Concert
Program Based on Requests From
Last Audience.

In furtherance of the earnest wish of
the management OF the Washington
Symphony Orchestra, under Mr.. de No-
ven, to place itself en- rapport with the
wishes and tastes Of the Washington
public. the program OF the concert to-
night at Chases Theater will embody
the numbers particularly desired by the
audience of last Sunday. Wagner is
down for two selections, and the other
pieces chosen indicate a rare and inter-
esting discrimination on the part Of the
musical public The solo will be per-
formed by Arthur w. Porter, the popu-
lar basso so we'll known in choir
circles in this city, who will sing Palm
Branches, accompanied by the orches-
ira. and the ''Armorer's Song Of de
kovcn's familiar opera. Robin Hood -
The entire program OF the evening viii
be as follows:
Overture Poet and Peasant. ..............S uppe
tal largo ..-.....- ..-....--..--.--.--.. Handel
(b) Waltz, Malta" ................... Dclibcs
Bass solo, palm Branches ............. .Faurc
as. po-.cr.
Peer Gy1t >Jitc---.--. Grieg
J. A. Dan.
II. As1's De1.h.
III. Anitra's Dance.
N. In the Hall Of the Mountain King
Prelude to Act H. ''Lohengrin" ........ Wagner
Armoler's Song. Robin Hood" .. De Koyen
Mr. Por.er.
latcrmeNZo, 'CayaliCria Rustican1". Mascagni
Symphonic Poem, "Danse Macabre Saint Saens
~e-enHue .------.-.--- Metrd
Grand March. ''TanDhluser'- ............ Wagne-
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c.ass devoted to opera. and was at once
engaged by Nj. Gailhard for the Grand
Opera House. She sang there every sea-
son until her first coming to America
appearing as Marguerite. Elsa, Eliza
beth, and Media. Shortly before he
death OF ZoIa. that writer singled her
out to create the part of the heroine
in new opera. which is not completed
for which lola was writing the booI,
and Bruneau the music Leoncavallo,
well known as the author OF "Pagll-
acct was so impressed by her singing
that he at once began work on a new
opera Tor her.
Ackte made a tour through Finland.
Poland. Sweden, Norway, Denmark.
and Germany last summer. and and won
laurcls everywhere. In Christiania she
was serenaded by the students. and in
Stockholm King Oscar decorated her
with the Ribbon OF Letters and Arts.
Her voice is described az a brilliant and
flexible soprano, pure and OF the viz
ginal quality"
Sembrich's Remarkable Career.
Marcella Sembrich sang here so re-
Gently in concert that detailed comment
on her voice is not now necessary.
These details Of her career. however.
viii have interest:
In the old city of Lemberg. in Aus
trian Poland, she was born, in 1858. and
from her father. a music teacher named
kaS hansky. she received her first in
in music Before she was
twelve she appeared in concerts. dis
tpguishing herself by her playing on
the plano and the violin. and was glad
20 drum out dance music to set the
feet of others waltzing for the sake y
the small fee that was paid her
When a mere child. she gathered he.
little savings of months, TO spend them
for a seat at the opera where Patti was
to appear. For five hours she stood in
line on a bitter cold night waiting to
get her ticket, and at last from an OBJ
scure corner in the gallery she heard
the famous nightingale Of song.
The poor little Polish girl. listening
absorbed in the music, had no vision of
similar triumphs of her own. Her am
biJion was to excel in instrumental
music, and in her later study under
Bruckman and Prof. Stengel she had
no consciousness that the golden for
tune of her genius was in her throat
and not in her fingers. In her study
with Franz Liszt. In Vienna, the reveal
ton came. and. under the inspiring
teaching of Lamperti. the younger, "a
new great singer was added to the
worlds choir of fame.
In 1871 she made her debut as ElvIra
IN III Puritani,' at the Royal Theater
In classic Athens. A month later, with
fame assured. she married Prof. Stem
gel. her Former master in music, and
after a happy honeymoon she returned
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Coming Attractions.
James K. Hackett.

James X Hackett is to be seer in
this city again at the Lafayette Opera
House for the week OF March Z in MS
new romantic comedy, The Crown
Prince" This play was chosen By Mr.
Hackett for his return to romantic
comedy. and was written especially tor
him by George II Br,Jadhurst-
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Among it's modern amazements is
cyclone, which carries away i'm full view
of the audience, a Kansas farm house.
and. after whirling it, on the wings OF
the wind over sea and land. deposits it
in the mystic iand of OF. Another sur
prise is the metamorphosis Of "A field OF
peoples in full bloom from summer to
winter. Playgoers are requested by the
management 20 come early to the per-
Torrance. as the curtain rises promptly
scene
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'sThe Dictator"

William Collier is to be seen at the
Columbia Theater for the week COM
mencing Monday. March I. His comedy
is a satire on the United States consular
service. is called The Dictator" and is
from the pen of Richard Harding Davis.
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Lafayette -"ShOre Acres

Lafayette ashore Acres"
James A Herne's charming play Of
American home life "Shore Acres has
demonstrated the value Of quiet and
intense acting. It~has also shown the
player that it is not necessary to act
whenever he is on the stage. The scene
between the lovers in the first act and
Nathaniel's telling of his fathers ship
wreck arc admirable Illustrations Of this
new school Of acting. The character
studies in 'Sbore Acres are also inter-
esting and the idiOsyncracies of the peo-
pie introduced are sharply differentiated.
Although it is but a play Of simple. ev-
cry day life upon New England farm,
yet rarely has its minute analysis Of the
human passions been equaIed. This is
its twelfth consecutive season. and Mrs.
Herne feels confident it viii prove at
tractive for many years TO come. Entire
new scenery viii be used in the produc-
ton TO be given Of shore Acres at
the Lafayette this season
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The Minister'S Son. a rural drama,
with W. B. Patton n the leading role,
will be the attraction at the Empire
Theater week of March Z.