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The Washington times., 1906-11-13
"JEANNE D'ARC" a MOVING
AND POETIC SPECTACLE

On the stage OF the BeIasco last night
IN a series Of scenes was told the most
moving, the most beautiful, certainly
the most inexpIicabIe story in history
the story OF Jeanne dare. 1t Is rather
a dramatic spectacle than a playa
chronicle. beautifully illustrated. but
with comparatively few dramatic mo-
ments, through whose fiye acts and six
scenes moves the compelling figure or
Jeanne. probably the most artistic char
acter creation that Miss MarloWe has
yet achieved It would be hard TO i'm
Rgine a more complete realization Of
the ideal maid Of Orleans than that
which Miss Marlowe has brought forth
from the muslSy tones OF the past. has
recreated from images Of stone and
bronze. and reverently made to live
again-6itterly pathetic, alluringly poet
ic. and withaI. lovable. human. simple.
natural, and in very truth a maid OF
God.
The story OF la Pucelle is told from
Domremy 10 Orleans, 10 Rheims, 10
Rouen-the short, but stirring history Of
the maid from the day wnen. follow
ing the voices. she leaves her home at
Domremy to that other day three years
later, when having fulfilled her mis-
King OF France at Rheims. she Is be-
trayed to the English and given over 10
be burned at the stake as a witch.
Through it all Miss MarIowe looks the
part and plays the part-the simple,
truthful. trusting maid Of the first act
believing herself called of God. sure
that in her is to be realized an ancient
prophecy; the valiant and inspired lead
or Ffah inc
the glorioUsly stirring third act; the dis
nlusioned woman in the fourth. sick at
heart. disappointed in her king-his in
capacity, his frivollty. his fickleness.
like a tree frog that takes the color or
the bark il clings to''-but still unfaI-
teTing in her faith; and finally the bit
terly pathetic figure of the last act.
doubling her own inspiration, ready
70 believe her vision lies since the
voices have deserted her. until d'AIen-
con, her duke. the skeptic of the earlier
scenes, brings her back to her)uld faith
and leads her out to death. triumphant
in the knowledge that her work is done.
and we'll done.
The production requires a large cast
of speaking characters, but not more
than halc a dozen are OF any perticular
Importance Through the five acts
without needing any limelight to make
her so, Miss Marlowe is the center of
attraction. Mr.. Sothern yields the posf-
ton 10 her and subordinates himself
gracefully in the Character of the Duke
OF Alencon. cousin Of the king and
Jeanne's faithful friend and true lover.
He plays his less important role CON
Fcientiously and artistlcellv His d.
d 'AlenCOn is a noble figure a scholar and
a soldier, a patriot and a skeptic. He
does not believe IN Jeannes vision. hut
he loves her. and throws into the char
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acter manly passion and chivalric ten
derness for the mystic maid
Neither of the stars. by the way.
comes on with any flourish OF trumpets.
Contrary 10 stellar tradition, Miss Mar
ioWe is on the stage, one Of a group OF
dancing peasant girls when the curtain
goes up. II was at least five minutes
before the audience recognized her last
night. and then the little ripple OF ap-
plause quickly hushed in interest in the
play- AM SotheTu slipped on in The
second act so quietly that probably two
thirds Of The audience wondered what
The other third. which was trying to
greet him. was clapping for.
OF che remaining characters the most
important were Charles VII, played by
Frederick Lewis. de Ia TremOnvIlle. by
Mr. Litheradge; La Hire. by Mr. Buck
stone. and Gerard by Mir Erie trhey
are all Mr. on the program, scarcely
a front name appearing in the entire
casJD They. and indeed most OF the
lesser characters. were entirely ade-
quate To the demands of their parts
The Tlay as a play IS not of nrm tex
tufe. close knit and well rounded. but
rather loose Ia structure. But through
u one hears the march of mailed troops.
the clash BT battle, and through il moves
tie 90 -ninant figure of the Maid, spirit
ual a I'D yet Intensely human. IN her
heart great picy for the land OF
FrS-=ce, an absolute yielding TO the des-
tiny 10 which she believes herself or
dai1ed, and Yet an almost oyerpoWe-ing
yeaTninG for the humble things OF home
the familiar affection Of brother and
father. the n0mely unkie of the sheep
bells
Percy Mackave has chosen TO write mis-
play I'm blank verse. dignifCd, sonOTous
and with . wealth of poetic imagery It
would read Well-WhiCh is not saying
that Il does not play well, for there are
actions as we'll as words, and with such
q company as played Il last night there
are actors back OF tEe actions. The pro-
auction is of a sort 10 give the actors
the most effective possible setting. II
CUniures into life the poTp and paE-
eantry OF the Middle Ages. JeanDe's $
visions. which might so easily be made
ridiculous. when % ls necessary for the
audience 70 see them, are poetic and
convincing
on the whole It is a notable prOduc-
ton. q poetic tragedy built around the
most appealing story OF history and
played for All there is in IT, And a
notable audience, easily the most dis
tinguished Of the season, gathered TO
hear IL
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Five Great Actors in a
SingleWeekC Creates
a New Record for
Local TheaterS.
Strong Bills at Other
Houses and Sue
cessful Opening of
Elmendorf Lectures.

Washington is fairly launched in the
busiest theatrical week IL has known for
many moons. 1t is unusual for so many
stars OF the first magnitude as opened
at the various play-houses last night
10 meet here. The event Of the week -,
OF course. the SOthern- MarloWe engage
ment at the Belascn, which opened last
night With the poetic tragedy or
Jeanne a. Arc" IN which Miss Mar
lowe lived again the piteous. glorious,
inspired maid. and Mr.. Sothern played
d lesser part with brilliancy and re-
straint. On Thursday he has his in
nings in The Sunken Bell" and on FRI
day and Saturday nights the co-stars
appear In The Price OF the Mighty. E"
Mr.. SOthern as John the Baptist, Miss
MarlOWe as Salome
Al the National, Ethel Barrymore
opened in her new Barrie play Alice
Sir-Dy-the- F1re"--a sort or reversal OF
Peter Pan" In which Barrie has
founded his play on mother love. Miss
Barrymore plays the mother with all
her eld-ume charms. and more than her
Old-time art. and is supported by a
thoroughly capable company.
At the Columbia MIR. Hopkiuson,"
written by r. q. Carton and PLAYED
by Dallas Wexford cOnvulsed the house.
as during a large part OF last season it
convulsed its New York audiences.
Dallas Wexford is the whole thing, and
the funniest thing that has struck this
town in many moons. He Is a new com
er on the American stage, but II he can
do anything else as capiLaily as he does
Mr. Hopkinson" he won't need 10 use
his return ticket
Mrs LangJry is the drawing card at
Chase's IN a tabloid drama, Between
the Nlghtfan and the Light" and she
Is drawing packed houses. She IS the
same Mrs LanEtty who first came here
some twenty years ago, as beautiful
and as young as she ever was.
A. the other houses are two rival
melodramas. and q burlesque which
seems 10 be up 20 the usual standards Of
their respective AUDIENCES and TO have
thoroughly pleased the patrons thereof.
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SideLigFtS on People
And Epents of Today

NEST uncanuy mind has unerringly
sought out the suTest avenues for The
employment OF his money. He appar-
emily had no vices. He fTOWned on
pleasure. even on vacations. Such acts
Of bcnevolence as he allowed himself
10 be drawn Into were generally at
tributed Ia the influence Of his wife
Tie was a grim machine for the gath
eTiug or money scTupulOusiy honest,
bat unsWaycd by impulse or emotion
Even the San Francisco calamity drew,
from his purse only 5000. When he
died, IL was found that he had So ar
ranged matters that the market was
not disturbed by his taking or.
Money and property meant 50 much
20 his JOyiess, automatic mind: shad-
OW and sunshine human JOY and s0r-
row meant 50 little, that his memory
endures today aH exponent OF thrift
gone mad. Of aVarice tempered only
by shreWdness and by what in a GER
tain narrow sense. must be called good
judgment
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An Interesting Ruling.

They do some things better in
New England.
This time it is the Massachusetts,
State Railroad Commission. Men
interested in the operation of traffic
lines have known this body in the
rast chiefly as the snurce of re-
ports of great practical value. Now
they are likely to know it as another
Daniel come to judgment.
Patrons of certain interurban
trolley line, by name the Old Colony,
went before the commission with n
petition for more and better ears.
There seems 10 have been no doubt
about the facts. Passengers were
crowded like so many domestic ami
mails into cars which were con
structed 10 carry only half so many.
But the railroad made plausible an
swer. as it always does. In this
case it was that 'as it granted GER
tain favors in the matter of fare
reductions at these overcrowded
hours it was not obliged to furnish
as good service as though regular
rates had been paid"
The Judgment of the commission
was shockingly common sense.
Briefly put-for even this new Dam
lei has the courts tendency TO be
Verbose-it was that reductions of
fare by a street railway company
do not Justify the jamming of its
patrons into inadequate cars or the
maintenance otherwise of an in
sufficient service.
Here in the Capital, at Washing
ton. D. C., we do not get any reduc-
Jions of fare during crowded hours.
Neither DO we have any railroad
commission. The institution sup
posed to be equipped with corre-
spending powers, the Board of Dis
trict Commissioners, has authority
TO pass upon the schedules of the
local street car lines, but not a
whit of power to enforce any objec-
tIons it may make to those sched-
zles. And so the citizens Of Bright
s'ook, Takoma, Brookland, Berwyn,
Id numerous other suburban viii
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ETHEL BARRYMORE SCORES
IN A NEW BARRIE COMEDY

Peter Pan wouldn't grow up, and the
children of Alice Gray became grown in
their own minds before real cares had
settled upon their shoulders In these
antip0daI conceptions the children Te-
main children as Barrie alone can IaaSe
them, ard the appeal in ''Alice Sit-by-
the Fire is as instantaneous, if less en-
thraIlinE. as the poetic fantasy Of
Eternal Youth" which was seen in
Washington last year
In Alice Sit-by-the-Fire.' which was
seen for the first time in Washington
at the National Theater, last night MT.
Barrie has again demonstrated his won
derful ability as a satirist of the keen
est. and yet most gentle. powers. He
differs as widely from his contemporary,
George Bernard Snaw, as Dickens from
Thackeray. Barrie and Dickens make
as laugh with humanity. Shaw and
Thackeray make US laugh at human
fraiIues- One stlrs within Us the depths
of charity and love; the other quickens
cur cynicisu. We leave a play of Bar
rie's with a feeling of sympathy and
kinship with mankind. The aftermath
of a Shaw production is a smile tinged
with mOckery,
The charm of alice Sit-by-the-Fire"
lies not in the plot. but in the treatment
Of a simple fancy which serves to pOr-
tray the unfathomable depths OF a
mothers love. The story loses in the
telling. and in the reading. 1t is only
when presented by company as capa-
BILE as that seen at the National last
nicht that its tuil charm is realized
Miss Barrymore gives a wholely de-
hshtful impersonatiOn OF Alice Gray,
a devoted mother who has been sepa-
rated from her children for a number of
years and who enters upon the task of
winning their love and admiration with
fear and trembling
The role demands a constant shift
ing of emotions from sadness 20 Joy.
and The impeTsOnation depends infinitely
more upon the expression of the eye
and the plaintivc droop cf the mouth
than upOu words. Miss Barrymore S
work was a delight. ana at the same
time q surprise. 1t is wholly different
from anything she has attempted here
tofOre, and Vet she has brought TO the
Characterization all the charm and osigi-
nality which have distinguished her
former interpretations. There is small
forty. and the spectators were pleased.
for It Is a greater pleasure any even
ing 10 see Miss Barry more as she really
is than TO lose the picture Of a charm
ing personality Tor an art for art s
sake" old woman.
The supporting company was well
balanced and in full sympathy with the
star Bruce McRae makes an excellent
Colonel Gray. ana Beatrice Agnew gave
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A Noteworthy Meeting.

Congratulations to the Washing
ton Board of Trade are evoked by
the report of its annual meeting
held last night. The assembly was
noteworthy for many things
First-for the spirit of courtesy
and cooperation that prevailed
through an election which had been
canvassed with marked vigOr.
Second-for an annual report
from its president which was filed
with ginger. and especially for the
energetic program it laid down, well
deserving of the vote of thanks it
obtained.
Third-for an attendance of S5i
cut of a membership of 700. It is
true the number present was not
properly reflective Of the boards
strength. That would require a
total of GOO votes. But men attend
ed who have not been seen at ses-
aions of this body for five years and
the record of 354, too small though
il is. promises a more general ac-
tivity than this body has known for
a long, long time.
Fourth-for having effected a
change in the personnel of its di-
rectorate. This is an advantage
even though it involved, as it did
involve, the supercession of men
c-editably identified with the city's
upbuilding. The choice was not
personal; it was the declaration of
a policy, the making of which re-
deemed the board from an old, COM
plscent. lethargic wholly undesir-
able practice of re-electing rather
than electing.
Fifth-for having elected 10 its
directorate six men committed TO
the general cause of business meth
ods and more energy. This is, in
deed. the occasion for the greatest
satisfaction OF all. The six are ali
young. Mr.. Harper and Mr.. Small,
who have already served terms as
directors, as well as Mr.. Bone. Mr..
Galliher, Mr.. Siddons, and Mr..
Weaver, who are new men. They
viii make to the counsels of the
board a valuable contribution of
personal energy and live interest.
Sixth-for the incentive which the
election of these six viii give to the
directors whose terms did not ex-
Tire last night. The latter cannot
fail to be encouraged to more ag-
Pressive policies by the evident
strength of a movement which has
elected more than half of the Off
GERS for whom ballots were cast.
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FAMOUS MRS. LANGTRY IN
A VAUDEVILLE PLAYLET

Old theatcrgOers knew instinctiVely
when the curtain rose on Between the
NightfaI and the Light" yesterday al
Chase's Theater there would be a
sUmptuous drawingroOm scene for Mrs
LangtTy always has a sumptuoUs draw
ingroom in whatever she appears. The
setting Tor Between the NighIau and
the Light is in keeping with all the
LaRgtTy traditions, among which is al
ways modish gown. This, too, Mrs.
Langry had.
The famous English actress, who is in
her first season Of vaudeville, comes
back TO the American stage with charm
undiminished. Her stately figure Is as
straight and well poised as in years gone
by, and her voice well moduIated and
far carrying.
In the little sketch which has been
provided for her by Graham Hill Mrs.
LangtTy is seen as d loving wife 10
whom friend brings proof of her hus-
. bands indGelity. The friends wife is
named as the object of the husbands ;
affections FOR revenge on the husband
the friend purposes eloping with the
formers wife, ana right mere is d sus-
geslloR that perhaps this little play
viii evolve another phase of the ever
unsolvabie problem. viii one crime
justify anotueF2 The friend gives rns
death. An hour is offered her in which
To decide. and the friend goes out 70
wait. pistol in pocket The husband
comes in. is confronted with proof OF
his inhdelity by his wife. ConVinces her
that he loves no one but her. and a re-
COncillatlOn is affected just as the hour
strikes. The Wife throws her husband IS
cloak about her, puts on his hat and
goes out and receives tae bullet which
has been meant for him.
Mrs. Langtry. il may be truly said
has not opportunity TO show in the lit
been broadened. All her familiar man
nerisms We're brought into play and her
emOtionalism was necessarily restrained
by the eXigencIes OF the part.
The play obviously starts out with q
purpose which Its author entirely de-
str0yed by extraordinarily COMMONPLACE
methods Mrs Langtry looks 8 little
more than half her age, is delightfully."-
herSelf-tLe same charming. self-poise,I
woman OF the world and wholly E0od to
behold. But she has no acting chance.
The play has been Eiven wide attention
there is no doubt that Mrs. t.angtry is
alone responsible for its vogue Hubert
Garter as Arnold Chaloner. the friend
was excellent and Arthur HOlmes-Co Core
played the husband.
Brown. Harris. and Brown offer the
major part of the bills comedy element
ia z sort OF a tumble Of songs and anus
ing situations that are not underlined By
any title. They We're recalled q half
dozen times. The UesseIns 4 couple of
very young aCrobats. have varied the
customs OF their kind by Offering a com
paratively few features. but each one
exceedingly novel and daring. Elizabeth
NJ, Murray has some new songs and
stories and the Sharp brothers proved a
strong feature IN their eccentric and clog
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HUGHES SUPPORTERS ASK
EIGHER POSITION FOR HIM

Charles Evans Hughes, President
Of the United States in 1905? New
Workers, among them the New
\ ork Press, are making the claim.
The Press puts il thus:
The best tribute that can be paid this
morning 10 Charles Evans Hughes as "a
vOte-winner is that the people Of this
State had such confidence in him that
he won despite the dynamite which was
exploded under hisscauVass by the Roots
and CoTtelyOus. despite the support OF
the McCarreus and cTokcrs.
It is understood that the AdministTa-
ton purpose has been 10 provide q re-
siduary Iegatee for the White House In
the purpose Of a Mr.. Root OF Mr.. Cor
telyou We guess the people OF New
York and Charles Evans Hughes have
settled this matter OF succession.
The Washington times., 1906-11-13
RUSSELL SAGE HAD HAND
IN A PRESIDENTIAL GAME

Russell Sage, whose widow is Civ
ing charity large slices Of the for
tune he left, was an exponent Of
thrift gone mad" is the statement
made by Success Magazine. It says:
Russell Sage was remarkable man
For nearly ninety years he made and
saved m Jney-nOt so very much less
than a hundred millions, says RumOr.
lie was twice a Congressman He had
a hand in making Zachary Taylor Pres
idcnt
While generations Of men have come
and gone, his shreWd. acquisitiye. al
The Washington times., 1906-11-13
DWIGHT ELMEND0RF DRAWS
CAPACITY AT NATIONAL

The Holland which the tourist misses
and the leisurelv traveller sees only by
rare fortune was spread forth for the
pleasure OF Washington at the National
Theater yesterday afternoon. The occa-
sion was an Elmendorf lecture. the first
of the fall series, and IL fulfilled the
high expectations aroused By this genial
pilgrims extraordinarily successful sea-
son OF last spring Mr.. Elmendorf was
heard and cordially greeted by an audi
snce which filed the playhouse.
A prologue. The Life-guard and King
and Queen or Spain" presented inter
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New Lyeeum-Brigadier Burlesquers.

The bill offered at Kernan-s New
Lyceum this week. The Brigadiers.
is. with few exceptions. far superior TO
anything that has appeared at the pop-
uIar Eleventh street playhouse this
season. Both the opening and closing
burlesques are GOOD several catchy
songs being introduced in them for the
first time in this city. Tim HeaIy as
Mr.. Douley, an alleged millionaire. and
Bernard WlllaIns, as his advisor are
the suinlns hghts IN the two larger aetA.
The Washington times., 1906-11-13

lages must bear as eheerfully as
they can the i'll conditions of a ser
vice quite as open TO fair objection
as that of the Old Colony Company
IN Massachusetts.
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lnexplicable Figures.

If the railroad accidents in this
country are not becoming more
numerous they are becoming more
fatal. The current year gives prom
Use of breaking records for deaths
on the railroads; but then each
8 successive year does that.
In the face of the elimination of
the deadly link-in-pin couplingi of
the equipment of freights with air
brakes; of the more extensive use
Of block sigrlls and other safety
devices, this is inexplicable. And
nobody has explained it. Look at
these figures showing passengers
and employees killed for a series of
four years. They cover the twelve
months ending June 80 of the year
indicated in each case:
1906. 1905. 1904. 1903
4,225 3,79s 3,7s7 1854
And these show the number in
lured in the same years:
1905. 1905. 1904 1908
66,7Oo 55.466 5l.343 45,977
There is the steady increase in
killing and maiming people, going
right on parallel to the betterment
Cf the roads in every way that in
gcnuity can devise and legislation
require. How is it to be explained?
The foregoing figures, however.
do not by any means represent the
total of railroad fatalities. They
include only employees and passen-
gers, The deadly grade crossing
ana other means of destruction
bring this army up 10 the following
figures:
1905. 1904. 1903. 1902
Killed =. 9.7o3 lO,346 9.s4O s.5sS
Injured $4,000 s4,155 1858 64,662
1t is probably unfair TO argue
tnat the safety device legislation
has been without beneficial effect.
Rather. it is safe TO assume that
this ratio of increase would have
been far greater than it is but for
the introduction of these things.
But there is one conclusion which
the figures seem TO establish be-
yond question. That is, that the
superiority of railroad management
IN America as compared to other
countries is a vain boast which will
not stand the light of investigation.
We hear much of superior accom-
mOdations ia America, but the rail
road men do not bother us with
their views on the comparative SAT-
ETY. here and abroad. So long as
this annual army, now reaching al
most to 10000. is to be killed and
wounded each year on the rail, it
will not do TO insist that there is
no field for improvement of the
transportation system.
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a pleasing Interpretation OF the exacting
role or Amy.
a charming bit OF character acting
was seen in Lillian Reeds impersonatlon
OF Richardson
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Majestic-Buelah Poynter as Lena
Rivers


Miss Beulah POyuter scored decided
hit al the Majestic Theater last night
in her dramatizatlon Of Mrs. Mary J.
Holmes novel, Lena Rivers" as was
ably attested by the generous applause
wh-ch the audience heaped upon the
young actress in her impersonation OF
the title role, Lena. The play is staged
In an effective manner, and retains all
the beauty OF the plot as il is in the
book IL is written in the form OF
prologue and three acts. and is the
life story of Lena Rivers, who has been
left an orphan through the death of her
mother and the deseTtion OF her father
while stiu very young Left in sordid
surroundings with but an aged grand
mother to provide for her, Lena's baby
hood is passed in poverty until she is
discovered by wealthy and aristocratic
relatives, and taken TO a life OF Eappi-
ness by one DuTWart Belmont
Miss PoynteT's ingenious portrayal of
the tituIar role, from the start took
With her audience. The change from
a little country lass. who. up 20 the ad-
vent of Belmont, had had practically
none OF the teachings which should
have made her what she unally became,
TO "A cultured young lady after her
adoption By her relatives was well car
ried out. Harry BuTkhardt, as Dur
waTt Belmont. man of excellent char
actrF. acted his part well. Ted Y. Ar
mond has style all his oWn In break
ing the pathos OF the play with his
cleVeTncsS- Miss PoynJer IS assisted by
d strong company
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II will require a little time TO deter
mine whether the voice of Murphy or
the hand OF Croker is the more potent
IN Tammany affairs.
The Washington times., 1906-11-13

Bourke Cochran and Mayor Weaver
Of Philadelphia might debate the ques-
tion as 10 whether IL pays 10 stay
hitched politically.