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The Washington times., 1905-05-21
No More Billboards.
This Class of Advertising to Be Aban-
doned by Chase's.

No more billboard advertising for
Chases Theater. In the future all the
publicity Will be obtained solely through
the medium of the newspapers a..d the
theater program.
This Is the determination reached by
Mr.. Chase and it marks the most rad
ical step ever taken with regard TO ad-
vertising by theater manager.
Two years ago Mr.. Chase was the
first manager to abandon window post
ers, and since that time his example
has been widely and profitably followed
all over the country.
The present stem was not taken with
out long and careful consideration, as
1t upsets all the traditions and prece-
dents of the theatrical business. The
custom of billboard advertising or post
ing, runs back further than the memory
of man, or, as the lawyers say, THE
memory of man runneth not to the con-
trary." It is believed. further. that, in
cruder and less artistic manner, OF
coursa it antedates even Advertising
in newspapers.
IN all the years that have passed no
house or travelling manager has had
the business temerity to break away
from the practice. although it IS very
costly one. In cities like Chicago. New
York. and Boston, hundreds of dollars
a week are spent by the manager of a
single theater or attraction, in adyer-
tising the current program. In WASH
ington IL has cost actually less, but
proportionateiy more, considering the
difference in the gross receipts as COM
pared with those of larger cities
NE. Chase helieves that the enormous
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Coming Attractions.
columbia-@Mrs. Danes Defenss.s

Another important production win p
placed on view at the Cs,Iurnbia next
week. when the popular organization
now playing at the F strest theater viii
present Mrs Danes D.fense.'' This
Will be its initial performance In WASH
ington. 1t proved s. big success IN New
YORK when it was originally produced by
Charles Frohman's Empire Theater cora-
pany- The principal male part was
creased by Guy Standing, the Colunbia's
leading man. and he will be seen hers
in the same role. Charlotte Walker win
make her first appearance with the com.
pany in this play, and vii. De seen in
the part originated by Margaret Anglia
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
She Makes No Claims.
Mrs. Fay Says Audiences Must Form
Their Own Conclusions.

The personality of Mrs. Eva Fay. who
played an engagement last week. and
gives a closing performance tonight at
the Lafayette Theater. attract as much
attention as the mysticism of her work.
The demonstrations given at each per-
formance border on a combination of
telepathy and apparently wireless
thought transmission.
II Is the popular belief. derived. per-
haps, from. legend and the history of
past occaltism, that any woman who is
possessed OF power to read the future
sc called. must necessarily be Of ex-
treme age. Mrs Fay both charms by
her youth and remarkable gifts,
II was born in India" said Mrs. Fay
'and whether it is the mystic influence
OF that land, or a case of heredity, l
have always possessed what in Scot
land would be termed second sight, and
In this country. psychic environment
1T Is curious" she continued. 'in
what class some Of our audiences put
me. Among some apparently intelligent
people am called fortune teller;
others will have 1t that 1 am merely
uasdium of acute ciairaudlent gift who
hears things without the gift of sight.
Xhey look on my stage work as
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Vaudeville Makes Pause.
chase's Closed and to Be Rehabilitated
for Next Season.

Chases season is over, and the polite
vaudeville public must pursue other
pathways of pleasure. Seven seasons
have rolled around since the big Avenue
playhouse came under the Chase regime,
and success has succeeded success in
about as many degrees as years since
the beginning.
The season just closed was fully 80 per
cent larger in gross receipts than the
preceding season. owing largely to the
greatly increased attendance in the
second balcony OF the theater, which in
former days was the gallery, but has
never been used as such under the
Chase management That part of the
theater is always regarded as a profit
maker, but Mr. Chase's faith In the
success of polite vaudeville was practi-
cally evidenced by the determination
never to advertise the gallery as such.
and In every way to discourage the
usual gallery patronage. After several
seasons of empty galleries, for which
there was compensation in the increas-
ing attendance in the lower part of the
theater. Mr. Chase determined to trans
form the obsolete gallery into a second
balcony, Each year attractions and
comforts have enhanced its value TO the
Portable and inviting as any other part
of the theater. In consequence the pub
lie lost its prejudice, and under the
name of second balcony it has accom-
modated its share OF the immense at
tendance uniformly at Chase's.
Almost immedta teiy the work of reno
waiting and rehabilitating Chase's for It's
eighth season. commencing in the early
autumn, will be started under the di-
rection of George w. Thompson. in
charge of Chese's stage and scenic de-
partments. In the past he has executed
all the plans for the Identification OF the
interior and exterior, and those In CON
temptation for this summer will be
found TO present Chase's in more beauti-
ful guise than ever when polite vaude-
Vile Is resumed.
Mr.. Chase and his family will leave
The Washington times., 1905-05-21

other and set up the infernas cry. Lis
ten. Listen..
It Is by hearing pure English that wa
learn to speak and think it. and so the
dramatist whose diction is correct and
elegant serves the mother tongue good
turn. A fine play feieEates our thoughts,
clears the mind Of rhetorical coFFuptions
and sets up longing fer the acquisition
of cultured taste. II may then be
asked, and triumphantls, Does not the
stage keep the Bard of Avon fresh IN
memory? The plays of Jonson. Greene
Messenger. Beaumont, and Fletcher are
but rarely read for the reaaoa that they
are but rarely acted. a revival OF
Shakespeare on the stage means that
the public curiosity VIII be excited and
the plays will be read for the first time.
probably by the urllettered, and again
and again by the scholarly and the re-
fined
During the past season a theatergoer
of Western city attended a performs
ance OF Twelfth Night by yioia Allen
and her company. He was so delighted
with the comedy that he IoCk down his
nndusted Shakespeare and re4a5 not only
this. but all the plays for the farst time.
and as he writes, with supreme and
ecstatie delight. That tbs proper ren.
dering or one OF the dramas Incites sen.
er-a interest IN the poets works has
been proved time and again. Before and
after Miss Allen appeared in Rochesfes=
last season the librarian Of the nt,Altrz
library ayerred that the demand for. frs
pays, and especially Twelfth Night"
was never SO gredt-in fact. that the re-
newed interest in the dramas was rr,nss
surprising. What Is true OF one esev is
true Of another.
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Vale, Musical Farce !
Public Getting Tired of Buff
fooneru and Cheap Jingle
Marketed Under That Label.
A Growing Demand for
Higher Glass Goods.

The theatrical season practically
Washington at least. Taken all in all,
II may be said TO have been a fairly
profitable one. 1t also has demonstrated
the fact that the public is becoming
more discriminating and exacting III its
demands. and that it viii not patronize
performances either entirely bad or
even mediocre. In other words, the pub
lie wants its moneys worth. Not a lit
tie of this disposition to submit no
longer TO the ''any old thing" policy
pursued too long by the purveying met
Eopoiitan managers Is due TO the ever
growing honesty of dramatic criticism
While X is true that a "critique" is but
the expression of one mans opinion
nevertheless, IL IL is honest, it will carry
It's weight in the community to whom
/. IS addressed, and, if free from per-
sonaI aninosity or prejudice. Will COM
mend itself TO the judicious considera-
ton of those who are interested in mat
sers theatricai.
II there IS one thing more than an
other that the season now closing has
proved beyond the hazard oi a doubt it
is the publie's utter surfeit with musical
farce, musical comedy. musical farce
comedy or whatever else may be the
name under which 1t is paraded AS to
nine-tenths OF these productions it can
be said that they are like the shoe
makers last-they may differ a little in
size. and here and there q trif1e in
shaps. but all are wooden and alike in
sIi uninteresting essentials. This
ssApase. Satanas" is an encouraging in
aicatien Of q recrudescence of good
taste in the public as far as 1t relates
TO that class OF entertainments general
ly set before the people in those the
aters that make a claim TO be labeled
-.arst-elass."
Good light opera, whether the work
Of modern composers or of those who
hsve passed away, is always welcome
ard rarely lacks public approval and
patronage. BY the same token a good,
healthy farce comedy having a musical
web TO It's general woof. Will be found
60 be acceptable at ali times. There
can be encompassed g. combination OF
music and fun that VIII appeal irresist-
tbly to the majority OF the theatergo-
ins public There Is, however, a wide
difference between a production Of this
ssrt and that which is nothing but
rank buffoonery hashed up with lot of
machine-made jingle. 1T is against the
latter that the public has registered its
protest by steadily decreasing attend
aaee. When the pocket nerve OF pur-
yeytng managers is touched there win
be q change. Indifference 20 the pub
Hes wishes does not go beyond the box
ONCE. The best proof of the correctness
OF these assertions may be found In the
liberal patronage bestowed In all the
iarge cities Of the country upon all per-
1oImances of intrinsic merit. No mat
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
RoSE
engLvlLLR .
As SIS HOPKINS
AcApEhY

theater when several stars are grouped
in constellation OF playa purposes.
A drawing room car was an absolute es-
senttai to the makeup Of the train.
No star will occupy an ordinary berth
Eleanor Robson, Kyrie Bellew, Louis
James. Isabel irving, J. e. Dodson, Sid
ney Drew, and the others in this cast
always have the drawing room on the
Pullman when travelling at the head of
their respective companies. Each, Of
course, feels 1t necessary to maintain
the dignity OF the individual position
under the aggregate circumstances.
The palace sleeping car Is for the few
minor members of the company and for
the maids and Wallets of the stars.
Miss Robson's French chef, who pre-
sides over the culinary department In
the young stars home on Riverside
Drive, New York, in winter, and at her
country home at ScarsdaIe in summer
has charge OF the dining car. The lat
ter, like the drawing room car. is one
of the handsomest and most perfectly
appointed which the Pullman company
is capable of furnishing.
The two sixty-foot baggage cars are
none too large to carry the big and
handsome production. The exact New
Amsterdam Theater, New York. original,
built expressly for this revival. Is being
taken to every city. This includes all
the eight large scenes, all the mechan-
ieaI and electrical appliances, all the
properties" and the old English coach
and Tillbury cart used in the metro
polisan production.
4 special fast schedule has been ar
ranged for this train. On the New York,
New Haven and Hartford road the time
of the Bay state Limited will be equal
ed: on the Pennsylvania railroad the all
star special beats the Congressional
ii will run pilot to pilot with the Empire
State Express.
The Washington times., 1905-05-21

psychometry. Nothing could be further
from the truth. We do not make any
claim as to what is called supernatural
power, to being aided by invisible
things, nor possessing a reservoir of re-
incarnated knowledge derived from a
subconscious brain. Not at ALL"
Surely the faculty which you exer-
else in sensing questions written or
thought out by your audiences must
&C me under the head of some of these
distinctions in an occult way?" was
asked.
"As Mr.. Fay says was the reply,
1--WE make no claim. The audience must
dlaw its own conclusions. I can only
explain that when 1 sm blindfolded on
the stage things conle to me. and /
seem TO see them pass before me like
moving pictures. 1 describe what 1 see,
and that is all or course, make mis-
takes, many mistakes, but the proper
ton of correct guessts-you will note
that | call them guesses-seems 10 be
larger than the failures.
The Washington times., 1905-05-21

complete in every detail as when 1t
had its original presentation. 1t is IN
four acts, the first three being located
IN the officers quarters at the barracks
OF a British regiment. It abounds in
charming comedy, and has some bits
Of pathos intermingled throughout the
action OF the piece.
The story relates the love affairs Of
Muriel Mannering and two officers In
the same regiment. Col Miles Anstruth-
ers and Maj. Christopher Bingham. Mat
ters are more than complicated for a
time for Muriei and Colonel Anstruthers.
but In the end things are explained. and
the play ends happily for both. Another
love story runs through the play, and
affords no little amusement.
Besides Mr.. Standing the other mem
bers OF the company who will be seen
In congeniai roles are Fuller Mellish,
John Dean. Malcolm Duncan. George
CASTOR. Phillip Sheffield, Charles Car
ter. Samuel K, Emory, Ira K. Hards.
May Hennessey, Louis Galloway, and
Jeffreys Lewis.
The regular Thursday and Saturday
matinees will be given. and no advance
will be made in prices.
The Washington times., 1905-05-21

increase in recent years In the cfrcurss-.
ton OF newspapers. especially os the
Saturday and Sunday editions. makes
lt possible now for him to abandon tsiI,-
board advertising without any loss OF
publicity. Tests that he has made taye
convinced him that the readers of thu
newspapers and not of the billBoards
furnish nearly 100 per cent of the at
tendance of his theater. Moreover. bs
considers the billbeards more or less
or public eyesore, and he believes
that they detract from the natural
beauty OF the city. especially In reas-
dence localities.
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Aeademy-"Sis Hopkins

AT the Academy tomorrow night, for
an engagement of one week with usual
matinees. Rose Melville will be seen In
her original character of Sis Hop
kins in the pretty pastoral play OF the
same name. The part OF Sis Hopkins
appeals to the heart interest OF human
nature. Il tells the story of the every
day life of a country girl who has been
reared among the simplicities and hon
esty OF the good people OF Posny county,
Ind. She gets a glimpse of the duplici-
ties OF the outside world and leaves
home an awkward, uncouth. pathetic
little ngure. She returns. smartly
gowned and highly educated, but with
the same loyal heart and sweet nature
which had always characterized her.
Miss Melville has been given an entire
iy new production OF the play by her
manager. j. r. Stirling. and the COM
pariy which has been supplied to sup
port her this season has been chosen
with view 10 the individual fitness of
each member to portray the quaint
characters OF central Indiana
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Carroll Dramatic Club.
Will Play "seeret Service" at Lafayette
Opera House.

That William Gillette's "secret serv-
Ice has been selected as the vehicle fog
the appearance of the reorganized Car
roll Institute Dramatic Club, viii be
welcome news to Washington tiaeater-
goers who have in the past enjoyed ths
productions of this weli-known local
amateur organization. In It's earIiae
performances the club earned an envs-
able reputation. and its rendering as
s.Alabanis,f' "a Night off,tr ssRosadaIa =
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Travelling in Great Style.
Splendid Special Train for @She Stoops
to Conquer

TO transport In beatting style the ALL
star cast and sllmptuous production
used In Liebler & Co.'S revival of
oliver Goldsmitfs's great comedy, '.she
Stoopa to Conquer" a special train is
used. The equipment for this train is
two sixty-foet baggage cars. q dining
car. palace sleeping car. and a draw
ing room observation car. The selection
Of the latter and the allotment of space
therein was as delicate a matter as Is
the distribution OF dressing rooms at the
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
Lyceum-Rose sydeil's London Bellies.

For this week the Lyceun Theater
announces Rose SydeiI, heading her own
popular organization THE London
Bellies" Aside from the star, tbs com
pany includes Relyea, exponent of
physical culture: Jack and Bertha Rich.
singers and dancers: Weston Sisters, In
their boxing specially: Kenny and Hoi-
lis, comedians ana vocalists: Bijou
Comedy THO. and Campbell. Weber,
and company, In THE Seulptor's Df-
lemma"
The Washington times., 1905-05-21

at once for his big farm In Ohio, and
Miss De Witt. the manager, viii sail
June for long summer tour of
Europe. The other attaches and en-
ployes viii spend the intervening time
before the opening either pleasurably or
proftablv as opportunity or necessity
NAV hermit
The Washington times., 1905-05-21
At the Theaters.
afayette-ashe stoops to Conquer.

Lafayette-"She Stoops to Conquer"
Classical comedy and a remarkable
company are component part of a dra-
matte treat scheduled for presentation
at the Lafayette Opera House on Mon
Gay and Tuesday evenings only, May 22
and 23
The comedy is Oliver Goldsniths s
efferveseent ''She stoops TO Conquer"
the company is Liebler & Co.'S all-star
combination from the New Amsterdam
Theater, New York, heass8 by Eleanor
Robson and Kyrle Beilew and including
Louis James. j E. Dodson. Mrs. Charles
Calvert, of London; Frank Mills, Sidney
Drew, and Isabel Irving.
In She Stoops TO Conquer the man
ayers have strlven TO outdo all thear
previous annual reviyaIs OF plays OF
other days, and the Metropolitan critics
say they nave succeeded. In happiness
OF cast and in splendor and accurate
ness of stage mounting, this revival OF
the eighteenth century comedy is de-
clared TO surpass all other efforts of
similar nature.
The players In "She Stoops to Con-
quer" We're selected not alone because
they bear famous names. but because
their histrionic equipment is such that
allotted to them Miss Robson was cast
for Kate Hardcastle for the reason that
of all young American actresses she
mcsts possesses the archness, grace.
haoyancy. and viyacity necessary In one
who would properly portray the high
spirited. mirthful daring and aristo-
cratic English country girl OF two GEN.
turies ago. Likewise Mr.. Bellew was
given the role of young NARROW because
he has long since proved to America end
London that no other actor OF the day
can vie with him in impersenating this
dashing and unconscionabie British
swain.
For similar reasons Mr.. James was
cast for Mr.. Hardcastle. Mr.. Dodson for
Diggery, Miss Irving for Miss Neville.
Mr.. Mills for Hastings. Mr.. Drew for
Tony Lumpkin. and Mrs. Calvert for
Mrs. HardcastIe. The latter was
brought from London especially to play
the mother OF the bonny Kate. This
actress, known as the Mrs Gilbert. of
Englond, is not a stranger In America.
Though she has not been seen here for
many years, she was famous In the
support of Edwin Booth, Mary Ander-
son and Mrs. Langtry.
Pictorially this revival Is unusually
are massive and new. were constructed
with the idea of enhancing the suggas-
tion of early English days A coach and
four and a post-chaise drawn by hand
some horses heighten the realism.
Columbia-"The Second In Command"
1.-THE Second In Command" the play
selected for presentation by the Colum-
hi ~4S fs
a dashing military comedy. which had
a run of 800 nights at the Haymarket
Theater. London, and 300 nights at the
Empire Theater, New York. Its produc-
tion in this country was by John Drew,
and Guy Standing. the leading man at
the Columbia, was a member OF the
original company, and will be seen this
week in the part created by him. This
Will be the first time this play has ever
been produced by a stock company. and
the management claim IL will DO as
The Washington times., 1905-05-21

ter in which class of the theatrical re-
pertory these may fail they will be sure
TO find public approval and appreciation.
The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1905-08-10

MANCHESTER
---Geu. Bell. X. Roberts, L. ). A. wal
In Manchester Monday last.
&c .orgc osvis Of the osborne" New
York. 1, town with his family.
80 The annual Fair OF 81. P.uls church
will he held Wednesday, August lsth.
K. c. Boncsteel Of Albany, N, Y, vie.
lied hls sister, MISE. Z. Perkins over sun
day.
Note the change In time Of early morn.
ing train south II nov leaves here .. 7.W
.. IN.
Misses Katie ard Helen Mcbride are In
town ., their mothers for two or three
weeks.
-~Mrs. Cara Is. Stafford has returned
from weeks Wait with friends 10 Wal
llnsiord.
--Rsv Luis O. Hseck supplied The p1l
ph ~ The N thcdia church ~ sbelburpe,
is,t ssbhsih
Mrs. wm n. Anderson Ard her dsugh-
,sr @ .ce. are 10 Eaossursh wishing M.
AadrvonAs sistsr.
Prof : T. colturh !, tax from bis
s.ra 500 prepared Tor the ardaoas duties Of
the eomti ,ohool year.
Mrs. Ds c. s. cluk and Miss Clark OF
Bfs,ii, hsro afs yid,lng Mr.. cafks SIS.
lrf. Mr. n X slmonds.
II se'iaxlOa AnARsseai Narrower, wm.
warrtn AID sheldon hail are In camp q,
BSstn pa1dfs AfCw dAya
--yfs PAX Hurley AID children have
resarssd home to Benniugton after FEW
wees'. VA. = o r. Bsnpeti's.
Master james MAions And bis sister
hagarst - ) 9Th Dorset, are the quests
Of Mr. Jo-.pa Mcbride on Prospect street.
-Prat u ..trt chapia Of BeloIt College
n iult. VIE, sat bic slater, Mia Kilen
Ghsplp, asvs eeea visising N DR.. Hemen.
ways
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