The Washington herald., 1906-12-02
FUTURES AND FEATURES.

FOl ONEO AMI TEA ONEO.
It's about time Lew Dockstader explain
ed why he bought that baby elephant
from Fawnee Bill and what he did with
the infant pachyderm.
Two of the principal characters In ''The
Free Lance" are said to be the librettists
comic opera view of the Emperor of Ger
many and a President of the United
States.
/ Miss Viola Fortescue. leading woman
with the Taps company at the Belas-
co this week, is a daughter Of the noted
| comedian, George X. Fortescue She is
an actress who never misses her cue.
Klaw & Erlanger's production of Gen.
/ Lew Wallace's The Prince of India
/ win be the Christmas offering at the Ma
tional Theater There are over 500 peo-
pie employed IN giving this spectacle.
Following the custom Of many first
/ class theaters, the Belasco will offer no
| professional company during the week Of
| December II, the week preceding Christ
I mas. The house viii be rented at rca-
sonable rates for local entertainments.
Among the notable features of the bill
/ at Chase's the week Of December 10 will
/ be Emil HOCh and company. in Loves
/ Young Dream" and Mile. ora Cecil,
/ The Leopard Queen" with her troupe
/ OF performing leopards, panthers, and
/ cougars.
/ Klaw s. Erlanger have made contract
/ with John Philip SoUsa and Harry b.
/ Smith 20 furnish a new comic opera Tor
/ next season. which Will be presented with
/ Joseph Cawthorn as the star. after the
/ return Of The Free Lance" from its
/ London engagement next summer
The little Foley brothers. Johnnie and
/ Willie. this season appearing with Dock
/ staders Minstrels, were at one time
/ newsbOys in Brooklyn They received
/ their early training I'm dancing by George
/ Primrose. and are considered the most ex-
pert double-clog dancers in the world
/ Every man has his hobby. and Lew
/ DOCkstader IS no exception 10 the rule
/ His fad is headgear He wears four or
/ five different hats a day. and totes around
/ a trunk OF special design to store them.
Another fad Of Lewis is a 40-horsepower
/ automobile. which he carries with him.
/ The management Of the National Thea
/ ter announces a special lecture by Dwight
/ Elmendorf. after he has finished his pres
/ ent series of Eve. The subject will be
Palestine; A Journey on Horseback
/ Through the Holy Land. The lecture
/ viii be given Thursday afternoon. Decem-
/ Der %. at 40 O'Clock.
/ Starting Monday. December 10. the lat
/ est OF stair & Havlins dramas will be
/ offered at the Academy The title Is
'Bedlord's Hope, and II has its interest
ceuJeTed around a race between an auto
mobile and an express train. Il is claim
/ ed TO be one OF the greatest spectacles
Of the season.
4 Nella Bergen i'm private life is Mrs De
I Wolf Hopper, Jeanette Lowrie Is MIS-.
! Thomas SeabrOoke. Both are in The
/ Free Lance" De Wolf Hopper and Sea-
/ brooke are managed by the opposition Il
/ is evident that matrimonial affairs don't
/ interfere with the syndicate and indepen-
/ dent business arrangements.
"Sapho." with Kathryn Purnen i'm the
/ leading role. will be the Offering at the
Majestic the week Of December 10 The
star may he new to patrons Of this pop
ular theaIeT but viii doubtless become as
big a favOrite here as she is said 10 be ln
other places where her talent and worth
are known. The version Of the famous
play used is free from anything in the
least offensive.
FRITZ Schef I'm the comic opera writ
/ ten for her 10y Victor Herbert and Henry
Blossom, Mile MOdiSte, Will be at the
National the week Of December IL. The
fact that the volatile prima donna ap-
peaTed In Washington last season in this
production seems TO have added even
more interest TO her appearance next
week. Miss Schen has entirely recovered
from the throat trouble which kept her
of the stage for several nights recently.
OF all pictures drawn by Charles Dana
[ fEGsflr
series called THE Education of Mr
PiPp.' The types that appeared in black
and white with such effectiveness are
seen on the stage in the comedy which
Augustus Thomas has written with the
same title, which viii play return en-
gagemeut at the Columbia Theater next
week, with Digby Bell as the star The
play has run over $50 nights in New
/ York, and is now i'm its third season.