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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Different Kings.

From the Cleveland ram Dealer.
This story of Raymond Hitchcock, re-
membered here as King Dodo,' and now
playing in Henry w. Savage's new comic
opera THE Yankee Consul is going the
rounds:
Mr.. Hitchcock spent the summer months
on the other side of the Atlantic, and IN
the course of his travels he struck a little
town In southern France.
One morning Hitchcock coming down to
breakfast at the little inn In which he was
staying. was delighted to see the familiar
face of friend. OF course, the two
Americans breakfasted together. and dur
ing the meal the friend made frequent in
Quiries as to the comedians success in the
role of King Dodo.
Now il happened that the walters at TINS
particular inn were members of one OF the
most rabld bands of anarchists in all the
country. They We're ignorant and knew
practically no English but one word they
did know, and that word was king, and
it affected them like a red rag does a
Spanish bull.
The constant use of the word in the con-
versation of the two Americans aroused a
suspicion in the mind of the waiter who
served them. Here" thought the waiter,
lis a member of royalty travelling incog-
perhaps on some terrible mission; perha ps
he is planning to overthrow the republic"
At any rate when he came down to the
table at noon he found under his plate
bit of paper carefully folded and sealed and
addressed % king Do Do
Much surprised, Mr.. Hitchcock tore open
the missive, and scrawled upon 1t in mix
ture Of bad French and worse English
the following:
death to all kings! We give you two
Go ere 1t is too late"
Mr. Hitchcock says that he went.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

with Al Leach in Girls Will Be Girls. ~
The bride is the sister Of Carrie De Mar,
who was starring Jointly with Joseph Hart
in Mammals Papa"
The date for the lecture on the Asiatic
war at the New National Theater tonight
has been Cancelled.
VIM. J. Kerngood, the leader Of the ex-
cellent orchestra at Chase's Theater for
several seasons past has accepted an en-
gagement that opens next August with one
OF the leading burlesque theaters of New
York city.
Last Wednesday Nance ONeill started
from San Francisco on her second trip
around the world. intending to make her
headquarters in Australia. where once be-
fore she built up splendid fortune, only
to lose 1t in London and America.
A quartet of the biggest theatrical pro-
auctions on tour ended their season last
Dumpty." Mother Goose and 1.-THE Rog-
ers Brothers in Paris hauled down their
colors preliminary to the summer vacation.
Mabel Barrison. now with Babes in Toy
land" has been engaged for the principal
part in The Land of Nod which is to
be the summer attraction at the Chicago
Opera House. William Norris and Valerie
Bergere are to have prominent parts in the
piece.
On Monday, the 22d, the Shubert Broth
ers' London theater, the Waldorf, will be
opened. Calve Will be heard in "Cavaleria
Rusticana.' George B. Mcclellan Is the
general manager of the Waldorf. and Col
George Frederick Hunton acting manager.
Sam Shubert will remain in London for the
opening.
Edna May and her company ended their
prosperous season In Boston Saturday night.
Last Wednesday the entire organization
sailed on the Majestic from New York for
London. Miss May will not appear pro-
fessionally in London during the summer.
Rehearsals OF The Catch Of the Season.
will start the middle of June
Nine. Lillian Blauvelt has deserted the
concert stage and will go into comic opera
under the management OF Fred G. Whit
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

WHY AN ENGLISH ACTOR LIKES
AMERlCA.-In a recent conversation Mr.
Guy Standing, the leading man at the CO.
lumbia. said:
Yes, am English. but love this coun-
try. I'll tell you why. A few years ago
l went back to England on a visit. Richie
Ling went with me. Richie is the Eng
lish tenor singer. and neither one of us had
been home for seven years. On the steam
er we were like a pair of boys going home
from school The last night at sea we sat
up until morning just because we wanted
to catch the first glimpse of the lights on
the English coast.
For two days we tramped about Lon
don together. and in city where once we
had known so many. we walked miles with
out a soul speaking to us We We're hurt
and greved and we didn't know why. The
people who did recognize us said All,
Standing. old chap-Ling, how do" and
then they went away,
In America 1t is different, We felt the
difference. At last we made up minds
that all our old friends must be at Hen
ley for the regatta. Seven years before l
had known every houseboat on the Thames
and every waterman was my friend Would
you believe it. we padded three miles past
a long string of households and not soul
spoke to us, The boats | recognized were
occupied by total strangers. The only man
l knew was Charlie. Thompson, a water
man. whom | had been very well acquainted
with. At the risk of upsetting the canoe,
stood up and yelled at him He poled over
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

10 us. looked at a few seconds and
then said. BY Jove, it's Guy Standing, ism t
it2 How do Guy" and then poled up the
river If nothing had happened. That
was the last straw.
Away down the course l a tremen-
dous big houseboat with two big Ameri-
can flags flying over it. We looked at them
minute. and then Richie grabbed the
oars. Don't know what you're going to
do. Guy. said he, but I'm going down
there and see If l can't find some friends
from-home!
The nearer We got to those two flags
hundred yards of the American houseboat
a big fat man bounded out of his chair
took one look at us, threw his hat into the
air and yelled
'Hooray! Hooray, Boys. look who's
coming! If It amt Guy Standing and
Richie Ling, I'll eat my hat" And when
We got alongside that boat. 1t was Just
swermirg with fellows we knew and every
mothers son of 'em fighting to pound us
on the back and be the first to shake hands
] tell you 1t brought an awful lump into
my throat-it was just exactly what we
had missed in our home -coming-what we
had been hungry for, and what broke us
both up was because it was the Americans
who gave il to US,
They wouldn't let us get away for three
DAYS. and after that we didn't want to.
stayed with that crowd until they sailed,
and ! came back on the same boat with
them. Americas my home now and I'm
going 10 stay right here.
\ FAREWELL TO THE BILLBOARD
billboard advertising will next season be
a thing OF the past with Chase's Theater. as
It's management has decided finally TO
abandon this ancient form of theatrical adj
vertising.
To borrow the ancient phrase. billboard
advertising by theaters is so old that "the
memory OF man runneth not to the con-
trary." 1t is believed TO antedate the in
vcntion of newspapers, and theatrical man
agers the world over from then until now
have obediently and blindy continued the
c-stom much as one inherits the political
Predictions of his ancestors.
Doubtless this form Of advertising served
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Playhouse Paragraphs,

1t Is prohab BILE that Clara Bloodgood and
James Lee Finney will enter vaudeville
Julia A. Rowland Is to be featured in
"the Cowboy Girl" a new musical COM
edy, next season.
'Strongheart." with Robert Edeson in the
star part. is to be taken to London after
its New York run.
Miss Bonnie McGinn will probably be
among next seasons stars, heading mu-
steal comedy company.
John Henshaw and Christie Macdonald
have been engaged to appear In the "Sho-
Gum again next season.
Miss Eva Tanguay will go into vaude-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Mrs Danes Defense"

Next week at the Columbia. the third Of
the summer season. Henry Arthur Jones'
play Mrs. Danes Defense" will be pre-
sented This will be the first time this play
has ever been seen in Washington but when
1t was produced by Mr.. Charles Frohmans
Empire Theater company, it ran season
in New York. Mr.. Guy Standing was In the
original production and will be seen here
in the part created by him. Miss Charlotte
Walker will make her first appearance with
the company, and will be seen In the part
created by Miss Margaret Anglin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

ney, a contract covering six years having
been signed in New York during the past
week: She Is to received 5000 weekly and
will appear in a new opera entitled The
Rose of the Alhambra," the joint work OF
Charles Emerson Cook and Lucius Hosmer
dinners that are served at every perform
Nance of Shore Acres" This is the twelfth
season for the play, and as there are abou,
RS0 performances a season there have been
about 5000 dinners. Each dinner costs $40.
20 the total foots up to something like
10000. The actors and actresses who sit
down to the feast nightly can't look tur-
key in the face.
George AIDE. after winter spent in the
orient has returned to his farm at Kent
land, Ind. and will put In the summer
months adding the finishing touches to two
plays he has contracted to write. One is
for Charles Frohman. and will be called
Just Out Of College" Joseph Wheelock
will probably be the star. The other is
| for Manager Savage and will be called
| His Second Time on Earth
The Sothern- Marlowe company IS to pre-
sent THE Merchant of Venice Twelfth
| Night and THE Tanning of the Shrew'
| next season. This repertoire will give Mr..
! Sothern an entirely new line OF charac-
| terzations, and will have the added adj
| vantage Of restoring Miss Marlowe to the
| public in the guise of Viola. 1t Is re-
| ported that this combination has cleared
| 100000 for Mr.. Frohman during the past
season.
The tour of Frederick Warde and kath-
| eryn Kidder has come to a close. and they
| will not appear together next season. More
| over these stars now pass from the man
| agement of Wageni,als & kemper. Mr.
| Warde will probably never appear on the
| regular stage again. Miss Kidder's plans
! are somewhat indefinite. She Is endeavor-
| ing to find a suitable play, and II she Is
| rf,,1 CHI to L
| ance with New York theatergoers next
| season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
A Benefit Performance.

At National Rifles Hall Tuesday evening
last the annual May dance and entertain
ment for the benefit of Mayfiower Coun-
ell No. II, Daughters of America, was
given. The entertainment consisted OF The
Nettle," by Ernest Warren, which was
played by Mrs. Evelyn Forsyth Hollis and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
the end Of that time he weighed $50 pounds

the end Of that time he weighed $50 pounds
and I could lift him Just the same.
Eek aimed . stream of amber at an un-
offending fly and said:
wall We uns had hog wunct that used
to wiggle through a little hole that sepa-
rated Its sty from the swill pen. The ho'e
warn't no bigger than enough to low 1t 10
get through when II a little pig, and
at the end of one year that air hog weighed
400 pounds and still kept crawling back and
forth through that one-foot hole"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Academy.

isis Hopkins. play which has been be-
fore the public constantly for six seasons,
comes to the Academy for weeks stay
tomorrow night. Miss Rose Melville will
again be seen as the quaint Indiana coun-
try girl with the red sidecombs the funny
walk and the phiosophic sayings
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
Kernan's Lyceum.

At the Lyceum Rose Sydell and her Lon
don Bellies burlesquers will appear this
week. A two-act musical comedy, called
Dazzling Nancy" or "A Trip to the Bot
tom of the Sea- Is a feature of the enter
tainment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
"she stoops to Conquer"

The "all-star'' cast which has interested
New York at the New Amsterdam Theater
for month past, presenting Oliver Gold
smiths scintillant old comedy, "She Stops
to Conquer" will appear in this city on
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Mr.. Walter L. Dunn. This was followed
by Hearts" The cast was composed Of
Mrs. Carolyn Griffith, Mrs. Evelyn Forsyth
Armstrong and Mr.. Samuel Klawans The
performance was under the direction of
Mr. William de Ford
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Edna Mays Cassie Chadwick's burlesque
which was first given in Boston. has made
hit wherever she has appeared In THE
School Girl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Clyde Fitch is completing a revision Of
his old play, His Grace De Grammont,
for Otis SINNERS use next season.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

E. S. Willard is to revive THE FOOLS
Revenge" next season and those who saw
Taylor's tragedy with Booth as Bertuccio
are preparing to make comparisons.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Two companies playing THE College
Widow" will be put out next season by Mr..
Savage. one covering the east and the other
the western country.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Miss Pauline Hall will not be seen again
In vaudeville next season, as had been In
tended. She is to star under the direction
of George w. Lederer in her own play.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS

The graduating plano recital of the
Washington College will be held Thursday
evening under the auspices of Miss AmeHa
Menefee assisted by Mrs. Duff G.. Lewis.
The instructors are Messrs Erich F. Ruth
and Harry Patterson Hopkins. The pro-
gram includes the first movements of Bee
thovens appassonata sonata, Schumann
sonata in minor for violin and piano,
Mendelssohn-Liszts THE Maid of Gan
ges'' Hopkins masquerade dance No. 2,
Poldinrs finale of ballet suite, Borovoskys
Alteration for violin and piano; Tschai-
kowsky's plano concerto in B fiat minor,
with Mr.. Hopkins at the second piano.
A song recital by the pupils of Mrs Otis
D. SWEET was given Friday evening at the
Luise-P Phillips school. Mrs. Grace Dufour
Brown being the accompanist. Among
those who participated were the Misses
Troutman, Appler, Pew, Rice, Bainbridge,
Clark, Thomas, Gardner, Lindsay, Master
man and Mrs. Wells. The Dragon Flies,
by Graham Hoffman. was well rendered by
an octet: Gounod's waltz song from Romeo
and Juliet WIS sung by Miss Masterman
of Minnesota in good style. The program
also included "Once in Purple Twilight"
by Cowles; Greeting" by Hawley; You
and l." by Lehman; Who'll Buy MY
Lavender" by German; "Mattinata," by
Tost; The Danza,' by Chadwick; My
Mother Bids Me Bind My Hair by Hay
den; Spring Is Here" by Dick; Lullaby
from Jocelyn,'" by GODDARD; My Heart
at Thy Sweet Voice" by Saint-Saens.
The first annual pupils recital of the
Washington College of Music, as previous
ly announced will take place in the Column
ba Theater on Friday afternoon next May
~, at $50 O'Clock. Every department of
the college and the different work done by
the several teachers will be demonstrated.
The annual address will be made by Mr.
VIM Bruce King. The faculty for the sec
ond year will remain intact as it is at
present with the addition of Miss Clara
Drew, Mr.. Heimendahl and Mr.. Charlie
magne Koehler. Mr.. S. NJ. Fabian and
Mr. S. Frederick Smith will both visit Eu
rope this summer, returning to their duties
at the opening of the college. No pupils
that Is required of every student takes
three years to complete.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Sir Charles Wyndham Is in Rome under
treatment by DR.. Mazzoni, the famous sur
geon who attended the late pope.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

The vaudeville firm of Warren & Gard
ner has been engaged for next season
for THE Maid and the Mummy" and re-
hearsals are to start the last of August.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Vile next season presenting a CONDENSED
version of The Sambo Girl" 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

The termination of the engagement of
London Assurance" in the middle of the
week did not occasion widespread disap-
pointment. 1t is doubtful if the play was
ever better acted than in this presentation,
Ellis Jeffreys as Lady Gay Spanker and
Joseph Wheelock. jr., Is Dolly" Spanker
giving performances which. leaving other
excellences out of consideration. would
have given the enterprise memorable dis
tinction. But London Assurance is no.
to the taste Of the modern playgoer The
best characters are slow in appearing and
all too brief in their occupancy OF the
stage 1t is almost O'Clock before a fefnl-
nine character appears on the scene, the
time being occupied till then by the rather
tiresome antics of two inebriated young
dandies of a bygone age. As satires the
portaitures were unquestionably clever. But
in order to appreciate a satire 1t Is neces-
sary to be familiar with its subject and the
frolicsome blades of that period are not
near acuuaintances of the present genera
ton The play is worshped however, as
a literary landmark. The modern society
play has In many instances surpassed it
both for ingenuity of plot and briliancy of
dialogue. The student of the drama esteems
1t. but his enthusiasm is that of the scien
list who recognizes specimen. 1t belongs
to the plocene period of theatric evolution.
1t is the ancestor of many plays whose
kinshlp may be easily traced, but is itself
rudimentary.
The stock company at the Columbia
Theater has made a highly favorable i'm
preston, Mr. Guy Standing, who bore the
greatest burden of artistic responsibility in
THE Case of Rebellous Susan" having at
ty. The management has been fortunate
in securing list of unhackneyed plays.
Mrs. Danes Defense which will be the
next production. being an absolute novelty
in this city. The Columbia will have the
field practically to itself after this week
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Before Mrs. Leffingwell's Boots makes
a tour Of this country it will be taken to
London for short season with the orig
inal company and Fay Davis playing the
star role
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

James K. Hackett appeared In a new role
at Pittsburg last Wednesday night when
he played the part of the villain in the
drama 1.-THE House of Silence" He closes
his season tonight.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

John Drew is greatly elated over his
election to the presidency of the Players
Club to succeed Joseph Jefferson. He said
the other night that Mr.. Jefferson had once
predicted that he would be the next presi-
dent Booth was the first.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

! Raymond Hitchcock was married to Flora
| Isabelle a few days ago. The new Mrs.
| Hitchcock will continue to act In her hus-
| bands company, of which she has been a
| member for several years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Estelle De Mar was married in St. Pat
rick's Cathedral, New York, last Sunday
to Ernest Schelle a broker of Philadel-
phia Miss De Mar, who has been MEM
Der of one or another of William A. Brady S
companies for several years, will retire
from the stage. Last season she was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Maxine ElIiott's new play by Clyde Fitch,
which is to be produced next season, has
been named My Girl. Joe" Mr.. Fitch
will confer with Miss Elliott in London dur
ing the summer and they will go over some
of the important scenes together.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

Arthur Hill, who has been playing the
cowardly lion in the Wizard of o. since
it's first presentation, has resigned from
that organization and next season will have
an important part in one of Melville B.
RAYMOND productions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

The management of the Royal Opera,
Covent Gardens, is trying hard to induce
Charles 3. Dillingham; to allow his star,
FRITZ Scheff, to appear with the grand
opera company in May. Mr.. Dillingham;
probably won't yield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-21

The vaudeville actors are reported to be
quietly forming another association very
much the order of their first society
known as the White Rats. The movement
Is said to be a prntectiYe one.
The Democratic advocate., 1905-08-19
A Brutal Negro Killed.

SARATOGA, n. Y, August lS.-William
Curtis, negro, while attempting to escape
arrest here this noon, was fatally shot by De.
teetive James Sullivan. About $50 clock
Curtis, armed with an iron pipe, is inches long,
forced an entrance into the rectory Of 81.
Luke's Episcopal Church at Mechanicville and
murderously assaulted Rev. DR.. Shuttle and
his wife, both of whom are upward of Ga years
old. They are in critical condition. The
negro, whose main object was robbery, es-
capped from the building and started to walk
TO Saratoga Springs, distance of 20 miles.
He arrived late this morning. Detectives
found him secreted in a tenant fiat. When
the negro sought to escape, and placed nj:
hand on his hip pocket, Defective Sullivan
fred, Curtis dropping and expiring soon after
being placed in an ambulance.
Rev. Dr. Schultz has during the summer
supplied St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Me
chanicville.
Curtis was surprised by the clegyman after
he had effected an entrance. He assaulted
DIR. Schultz and then broke down the bath
room door, where Mrs. Shuttle had hidden,
and nearly killed her.
The Democratic advocate., 1905-08-19
Why the Republicans Did Not Nom
mate a County Ticket.

Why the Republicans did not nominate a
ticket last week Is stated by communication
10 the Baltimore News of August 5, signed
Carroll and dated Westminster. The letter
to the News is given in the ADVOCATE today.
The writer says the Organization Fixed
the members OF the State aud County CON
mittees to suit their purposes and took control
of the delegation to the State convention, aud
that is all they cared for, control of Fedora!
patronage being Of more consequence than
party victory.
The attempt to force gag rule in the cons
vention is alluded to, and it is charged that
the organization have not hesiiated, openly
and above board, to use in the primary con
tests of their own party the moneys intended
originally for legitimate campaign purposes.
''This,'' the writer TO the News says, has
produced ell over the county an Indifference
on the part of many men who at one time were
more or less active and influential, bat have
quit because of bossism and party corruption.