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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07
Municipal Dentists.
From American Medicine.

From American Medicine.
Municipal dentists are appointed and paid
for by many of the large towns and cities
of Germany. In Strasburg, for example,
2666 children were examined last year. 699
teeth were filled and 1912 were extracted.
The method of work is simple. The teach
er brings his class to the dentist who ex-
amines each mouth quickly and marks on
the card each child has brought whether
treatment is necessary. If so, the child
must come again on a Saturday Russia is
also joining In this movement. and has al
ready fitted up nine such institutions in St.
Petersburg alone. And why not, or rather
why SO late in coming. one might ask. II
1t is true that. generally speaking. good
teeth are necessary to good health and long
life. and II. also. large and growing pro-
portion of citizens have not good teeth then
it follows that the fact is one of public con-
Germ. Is 1t not. for instance. of as much
Importance to the community that work
men should have good masticating and d.
costing powers as that there should be SO =
100000 city halls, public parks. expositions,
etc? This little. or large, realization OF
preventive medicine has so far got into our
American minds that we have ordered the
soldiers teeth to be attended to and his
governmental service by so much enhanced
But the soldier Is at last paid by the civil
worker and as to his teeth and service we
are entirely Indifferent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07
Creatore,

Creatore, the famous Italian bandmaster,
will give his farewell concert tomorrow,
Sunday evening. at the Columbia Theater.
Thls Will be the third concert given here
this season by Creatore. JTis control over
his players is wonderful, and judging by
his repeated calls which greet every num-
Der on his program in Washington his con-
troll over his audience is no less remarka BILE.
The scene which followed the last number
OF his last concert in this city, The Carmen
Grand Selection" was enthusiastic in the
extreme. The program for the concert to-
morrow evening is as follows:
March, "Militaire"
Overture, Spring '............ Goldmark
Harp solo, "Valse de Concert. .Hasselmans
Sig. c. Sodero.
Entrance of the Gods to Walhalla,''
Wagner
Organ offertory:. .......................B atiste
Soprano solo, Thou Charming Bird"
from THE Pearl of Brazil" ...... David
Nine. Barili.
Finale, Act III, .'Gioconda". .Ponchielli
Solos by Signori Tommasino Sarno Catal-
ano and Glove.
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flying leaps into the high-priced theaters so
seldom accomplished with encoura ging sue
cess, and seems to be now firmly estab-
lished as one of. the best-paying musical
stars before the public. His latest vehicle
Is musical play in three acts. the settings
Of which are said to be gorgeous and mas
sive in the extreme. In the cast are names
well known to Washington theater-goers,
Including Ethel Levey. Tom Lewis. Truly
Shattuck. Helen Cohan, J. Bernard Dyllyn,
J. j. Conan, Sam Ryan, Donald Brian. c. j.
Harrington, William Seymour, Charles
Bachmann. Joseph Leslie. Edith Tyler and
others of note.
The first act shows the exterior of the
Hotel Cecil in London, with the court 'front.'
ing the Strand. The second act is in two
scenes, the first scene representing the
steamship pier at Southampton, with an
American liner at her dock, steam up and
all. AS the scene ends the steamer is seen
to move away from her pier. there is dark
change, and the next scene shows US the
steamer at full steam at sea, gay with
lights. sending up rockets. etc. The last act
takes the audience to the Chinese quarter
at San Francisco.
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"The Office Boy"

The Frank Daniels Opera Company, which
will be pleasantly remembered in Washing
ton for its entertaining presentation last
winter of the amusing musical comedy,
1.-The Office Boy" win be seen at the CO.
lumbia Theater for the week beginning
Monday, January 10, in the same play.
Since its Washington appearance The
Office Boy has made a tour of the country
and was one of the amusement features OF
the st. Louis fair, besides playing engage
ments of a month each I'm Chicago and San
Francisco. In the year since THE Office
Bow was here there has been but one
change in the cast. Eva Tanguay, who left
to become star. has been replaced by the
clever soubrette Clara Belle Jerome, for
merly of the Francis Wilson forces. There
win be the usual Saturday matinee.
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Parsifal.

Week after week Washington is to have
a tardy opportunity to see and hear Henry
W. Savage's production of "ParsifaF' in
English at the National Theater. the week
beginning January 16.
For the first time one of the great Wag-
merriam music dramas is to be given here
In English in a style commensurate with
it's Importance. Preparations for the pro-
duction e~begun over a year ago, and
work progressed steadily until the first
performance was given In Boston October
II last. Rehearsals begun in the middle
of July and continued steadily for three
months
The production pushes to the limit the
capacity of most modern stages. Not only
Is every bit of the scenery carried by the
company, but all lights used on the stage
and the great switchboard which controls
them. The scenery itself needs four sixty
foot baggage cars to transport 1t. and an
other car is used for the properties.
The scenery is modelled very closely after
that used In Bayreuth. There are the Two
great panoramic scenes In the first and
third acts, in which three sets of pano-
romas are used that are carried on six
VIC oden rollers, each one foot In diameter
and forty-five feet long. These are ope-
rated by a system OF tackle attached to
a most ingeniously devised windlass. which
10 operated by two men. In the second
act are the great transforms ton scenes,
the changing of Klingsor's castle into The
magic flower garden and the changing of
the magic flower garden again into stony
desert.
Even more remarkable than the scenery
Is the lightning. The whole plan was spe-
cially devised for this production. and GER
tair novel effects can be got with 1t that
have never been seen with it before.
In order to present "Parsifai' six nights
and two matinees q week II Is necessary
to have two or more sprincipaIs for each
role. Three women share the part of Kun
dry Nine. Kirkby Lunn Is the leading
mezzo soprano Of the royal opera. Covent
Garden, and possesses one of the NEST
beautiful voices now to be heard on the
stage. Two years ago she was most sue
cessful with the Grau Opera Company a.
the Metropolitan Opera House. Nine Han
ma Mara IL an Austrian who comes to
American from the opera at Breslau. which
RANKS with Berlin, Dresden and Munich.
Niss Florence Wickham. the third Kundry,
Is young AneTican who has returned 10
this country after g notable success as
pupil IN the Royal Conservatory In Berlin.
The thrse tenoss who sing Parsifal are
Aiois Pennarini, Francis Maclennau AMI
Christian Dsvose. Mr.. Pennarini L. the
pffncipal tenor Of the opera In Hamburg
and hss sung With great spccess in Convent
0Qnaen. Nf. MeolenaAn y probably tsse
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Chase's Sunday Concert.

Tomorrow night the Washington SYM
phony Orchestra will give another OF the
popular series of concerts at Chase's. and
the soloist win be the well-known 'cellist.
Arthur Metzdorf. The program is as fol-
lows: March Militaire,' Schubert; Der
ceuse." from "Jocelyn." GODDARD; concerto
for cello. Golterman; andante: allegro; Mr..
Arthur Metzdorf; LArlesienne (suite I'D.
Bizet; ta) Pastorale, lb) Intermezzo. (c)
Menuetto, I'D Farandole; overture. ''Strad-
ella Flotow; march from "Lenore'' SYM
phony. Raff; cello solos. selected. Mr.. Ar
thur Metzdorf; waltz, Wiener Blut," J.
Strauss; ballet music, lie Cid" Massenet.
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ported to be one of the most iaughable mu-
steal specialties the stage. Max Hoff-
man, whose previous achievements as a
song writer promise much. has written
music to the lively lyrics of Vincent Bry-
ant. The foot ball game and the military
finale of act are notable examples of dash
ing action songs that arouse the highest
enthusiasm.
In the third act an Arctic scene is dis
closed, with special sleigh-bell effects by
the ballet. Here the slender story of the
excursion of a party of prospectors, the
atrical troupe and the three hoboes. who
manage to butt in at every available OPP
portunity, is brought to lively and happy
conclusion.
Marion Stanley plays the highly emotional
leading lady" She is a good singer. and
in her burlesque work has proved herself a
clever comedienne. She was a prominent
member of the English Daisy company
last season. ME, Him and L has been
upon the road less than three months. hence
the scenery and costumes are bright and
picturesque. Financially and artistically re-
ports from other cities claim yeritable trt-
umph. From here the company will go to
New York for run at the American The
alter.
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doom of the battle ship Make no mistake;
the development of the battle ship has al
ways been and always will be somewhat in
advance. of torpedo craft, or small craft or
any description. The power and accuracy
of guns has made far greater strides OF
late than has the development of torpe-
does. 1t is far more serious problem to
provide adequate armored protection
against gun fire than to provide protec.
ton against torpedoes. The question OF
penetration is practically at O standstpi
where torpedoes are considered. In fact, 10
get increased speed and range from tor
pedoes the tendency is to reduce The size
of the explosive charge carried But the
battle ship of the present day represents
sufficient protection against the torpedoes
and the torpedo craft as they stand now.
Just as soon as it becomes evident that
greater protection Is needed to meet Inn
provements in torpedoes and torpedo craft
it will be found that battle ships can be
adequately provided with 1t.
Already we see, by the operations OF the
present war, that the original claims OF
torpedo enthusiasts have not been Justthed
Not a single large ship has been sunk or
destroyed by torpedoes, due to the pro-
tective features of the large ships below
the water line 1t is not possible TO pro-
vide battle ships with absolute immunity
from torpedo attack so long as propeiiers
and propeller shafts protrude outside OF the
hull but it Is possible to so protect the
underwater body that, unless certain parts
Ga small fraction of the total targeO are
hit, no material damage Is done.
A Weapon of Chance.
1.-THE torpedo is a weapon of opportunity,
of chance and so it will always remain
The lessons of this war demonstrate that
we cannot afford to do without it. We can
not afford to lose the least advantage.
even of its moral effect. 1t demands thai
our possible antagonists shall incumber
themselves with great drawbacks and pre-
cautions and subject themselves to the
strain of constant vigilance They must
cultivate the nerve force and energy or
the modern Japanese. and possess the ere
van of Improvement in the means of onense
and defense.
ITO my mind it is possible. even now, to
construct battle ships capable of maintain
ing strictly close blockade. without run
ming more than the average chances or
war. even against a multitude of torpedo
boats and submarines in the highest state
of development
Has anything been done with submarine
boa tsp l asked
THE contestants during the war have
both secured possession of submarine
boats" said Commander Chambers. but
too late to make use of them. The present
ever, would not have rendered them COM
parable in efficiency as auxiiares with the
surface boats; their endurance and speed
as yet is too limited. Both of<the qualities
may be increased, but the absolute power
of their chief arm. the torpedo, is at
standstill. In performing auxiliary service
to the fleet the surface torpedo boats have
been of great value to the japanese, i. e..
the blockading force. With equal skill and
equal numbers of boats on both sides they
should have been of equal value to the
Russians"
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Columbia Theater.

Little Johnny JONES', with George M.
Cohan and a company of 100 people, will be
the attraction at the Columbia next week.
Mr.. Conan has the distinction of being the
composer of the music. the author of the
play and the star of the production, which
comes heralded as one of the big mu-
steal successes. Little Johnny Jones"
comes here direct from very successful
enga cement of two months at the Liberty
Theater. New York. while this week it is
being played at the Chestnut Street Thea
ter, Philadelphia, to record breaking busi-
ness Mr.. Cohan has taken one of those
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to a young woman he should be ac-
cepted on the spot. Lady Henrietta Ad-
olson is of quite another mind. They have
known each other from childhood, and as
duke Killicranke has been her unsuc-
cessful sutton three times and in three diff
ferent ways. But the lady is deaf to all
arguments, and he plans to abduct her. A
tip to her porter, and her ladyship gets on
the wrong train, which lands her at night
at junction, with the dukes highland
castle as the only place of refuge, and the
duke himself turns up and courteously ex-
tends the hospitality of his stronghold
There the lady goes. with Mrs. Mulhol-
land, wealthy widow, as chaperon.
The ensuing complications resulting in
the marriage of the Duke and Lady Addi-
son, and the disposition of Mrs. Mulhol-
land, are humoTously entertaining. The
engagement is for one week with Saturday
matinee
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Symphony Orchestra and D,Albert.

Eugene DA1bert, the great pianist, will
make his farewell appearance In this city
as soloist at the symphony concert, which
will be given by the Washington Symphony
Orchestra. Reginald de Koven, conductor
next Friday afternoon. January 49, at 4:30
O'Clock, at the Lafayette Square Opera
House. D'Albert plays with an intellectual
appreciation, authority and expression. He
Is distinguished as an interpreter of Bee
thoven. Brahms. Bach and Goldmark The
latter composer will be represented in next
FRIDAY afternoons program, together with
Tchaikowsky and the composer himself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07
Anniversary Vaudeville.

Chase's sixth anniversary Of the establish
ment of polite vaudeville will be observed
week after next by a program of al-star
numbers. including Rice and Provost in
.Bumpety- Bumps" Harry Gilfoil, the
comedian, late Of 1.-THE Liberty Bellies" and
'.Mr. Bluebeard" productions; James ..
Barrows. John Lancaster and company In
when Georgiana was Eighteen the origi-
nal Kaufman troupe of cyclists: the Cas-
tie Square Quartet; Emil Hoch. Jane Elton
and company in Mile. Ricci;" Won Camp,
the magician. and the motion pictures OF
Niagara Falls.
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Vecsey.

Franz Won Vecsey. the violin prodigy, who
is to be introduced to musical America this
season by Daniel Frohman and who will
play in this city at the Columbia Theater
Tuesday afternoon. January "a, at 4:30, has
achieved a genuine triumph recently. His
playing aroused the greatest enthusiasm
in Europe and is described as remarkable
for fulness of tone and at the same time
for brilliancy of technique.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07

Percy Leach has severed his connection
with Fred Berger, jr.'s The Liberty
Bellies" company and VIII rest In New York
for a while.
Ernest Richard Schayer of this city Ii at
present on prolonged tour through the
southwest as leading man with Helen
Crantley in Her Lord and Master" one OF
Martha Morton's comedies.
Ignace Paderewski IL In this country
again the present season, upon his sixth
American concert t3ur. The tour includes
Europe Australia. America. To have COW
cred completely .ais vastly divergent terri.
tory. stretching over three-fourths Of the
globes surface. will have engaged Pade-
reUski more than two years.
At the last moment Fred. Titus made no
defense In the divorce spf0cee1ingD bpQueht
against him Ia New York by Ma Titus
Edna May-and Tho School G1rts Wao
ssiven q decree. II IL only - tntar1eeuee9y
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"The Fortune Hunters"

Headed by the two comedians. Bert
Leslie and Bob Daley. the musical me-
lange THE Fortune Hunters" which en-
joyed a summer run of three months at
Madison Square Garden. in New York city.
will be seen at the Lafayette Opera House
the week of January 10. Among the other
players who contributed to the New York
success of this piece and will be seen dur
Ing Its appearance here are Mae Sailor.
eron, Margaret Messenger and Louise
Egener.
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Mcdowell Lecture and Piano Recital

On the evening of Tuesday. January II.
at O'Clock, at the Washington Club, Mr..
Oscar Sonneck, chief of the music division
of the Congressional Library. will give ar
analytical lecture on "MacDowell," to be-
followed by comprehensive recital of that
composers works, by Mr.. Stanley Olmsted
Mr.. Olmsted's recital, Immediately follow.
ing, will include selections illustrating every
phase of MacDowell's evolution and genius
terminating with the Kettle sonata (No. -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07

A WAGNERIAN PRIMA DONNA Mime.
Kirkby Lunn. who will sing the role of
Kundry in Mr.. Henry w. Savage's produc-
ton of "Parsifal," is an English woman
and was born in Manchester. Her first
teacher was ]. H. Greenwood. who prepared
her so well for her entrance examination
at the Royal Academy of Music in London
that she won the first prize for opera at the
end of her first year. After leaving the
Academy Nine Lunn went to Paris, where
she studied for the opera stage with JAG
ques Bouhy. Her debut was made with
the Carl Rosa Opera Company and after
one season she was selected by c. Villiers-
Stanford to originate a role in his Irish
opera, "Shamus O'Brien." Her success in
this work led to- her engagement at the
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GA Desperate Chance y

"A Desperate Chance" the sensational
drama by Theodore Kremer. will be the at
! traction at the Academy commencing Mon
! day, January 16, with elaborate scenery and
new electrical effects. ~
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ners, as its characters hit off the foibles,
oddities and absurdities of London's fash
ioaable set
1.-The Duke of Kiliicrankie" ran for eight
months in London, and 1t is still being
given in the large English cities by Mr..
Frohman's English company. 1t has out
lasted anything else ever done by its
writer. its popularity having been greater
"A Royal Family"
The Duke of Kilicrankie is young, manly
and very eccentric. With an attractive
personality he never lacks the attention of
the fair sex--a fact which induces in him
| the idea that whenever he proposes
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Kernau's.

The offering at Kernans Theater for next
week, commencing Monday matinee, will
be the American Burlesquers. There are
two burlesques, ''Dumonts Air Ship" and
''Lunatics at Luna Lark
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Bending the Twie.

From the New York Sun.
Cora-'She is better talker than lis.
tener."
Merritt-''Thats the result OF education.
During the season she attends the opera
every night"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07

Washington welcomed "Adrea'' with the
warmest enthusiasm. but rather sighted
Sweet Kitty Belairs." If the ungaiiant
truth must be told, Sweet Kitty as play
has not preserved her youthful charm, de-
spite the fact that Miss Crosman is VI
vacious and graceful as ever. But the
Belasco touch. which placed 1t above or
binary theatric displays at the outset, seems
absent and the minor characters are not
played with the precision and dash tnat
originally distinguished them. 1t IS an
nounced that Miss Crosman and MI Be
lasco go their separate ways after TINS sea-
son; Miss Crosman thereby losing an eX-
cellent manager for the exploitation OF her
talents and Mr.. Belasco losing very nota-
BILE star. Miss Crosman's plans include
permanent production of George {. HAZE
tons play, 1.-The Raven" founded on the
melancholy life of Edgar Allen Poe. and
series of Ibsen performances.
X X
One of the characters in Sweet Kitty
Bellairs' is being played by Miss Aida
Cortelyou who is remembered in Washing
ton for her work as leading woman of one
of the stock companies. Miss Cortelyou has
had the fortune or misfortune to portray
the sinister types of femninity in manner
that has attracted the notice OF managers
especially to her value for these roles. In
Sherlock Holmes she played heartless
adventures and in the present production
she is burdened with the responsibility OF
being the leader of the feminine mob of
gossips who make life miserable for Sweet
Kitty" Her performances, while mot al
ways commanding the sympathy of the au-
dences, are invariably distinguished by con-
scientious endeavor and keen artistic dis
cernment.
Convention Halls future is now a matter
of curiosity. Mr.. Belasco- has equipped the
place in such manner as to make it
theater for all practical purposes. and Is
still the proprietor of a valuable plant In
the way of fixtures An engagement OF
Williams and Walker and of the Sunny
South and Black Patti companies has been
in contemplation If the hall can be obtained
for their use.
Madame Schumann-Heinck held good-na-
tured sway at the New National in a musi-
cal play, with grand opera moments intro
duced for this distinguished singers bene-
fit. Her personality is unique, wholesome
and humorous. Her singing is charming;
as simple and unaffected the singer her
SELF and yet irresistible in its artistic APP
peal.
X x
Eddie Foy reigned in comic state at the
Columbia. 1t would not be surprising IL
people were found who appreciated Foy's
foolery and the prancing of the pony ballet
more to their liking than the romance of
blank verse, or the scintillance of repartee
in refined comedy. Foy is to leave the 'Piff
Paff Pouf'' company in a few weeks. 1t
has been reported that he will go into the
southwest to engage In mining ventures.
but the vaudeville managers declare that
he is to be theirs.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07

Mr.. c.-"what are you crying about, my
dear2'
Mrs. CT have just been reading the old
love letters you sent me before we were
married."
Mr.. CHATS funny. I was reading
laugh. "-Meibourns Times
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Minor Novel Writing.

Fror. the London Academy.
To write third or fourth-rate novel re-
quires neither knowledge or human life nor
even conscientious application. but merely
a capacity for impudence and ready pen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-07

Russia's Unhopeful Mission.
From the stranovik.
Russia has a providential mission to ex-
tend the orthodox faith over the whole
world.
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vulnsrability Of the Battle Ship

pefiencs look upon the development OF the
submarine torpedo boat as rendering Inn
prac<icabls the operation OF close block
ade. and many writer's likewise see the