The Washington times., 1906-11-04

vote Of thanks. Memory fails 10 re-
cord any previous instance of a local
anager's turning down an advertised
attraction because IL proved on invesu-
cation not up 10 his standard. 'TwIrly
~ nIrIey was announced Tor this week
at the little Ninth street playhouse. Mr..
Elslcr discovered that IL WAS something
OF lemon and refused 10 hand II out 10
his patrons, preterrlng 10 substitute a
good vaudeville bill 10 a poor musical
hodge pOdge. Here 10 AIT. Elsler. The
Times adAIires his nerve, and wishes
there were a lew more lac him IN the
business.
1t Is years since the stage in its In
iiuence Ior good and as an educational
factor has received sucn an eloquent
boost as II dId recently during the en-
gagelueut OF Annie I;usseiI al the AstOr
1heater, New Il Ork. IN a Midsummer
Nighl Dream, in letter from the
board OF education, which ioiiows:
Department Of EGucauon.
New ! OrN, Dct. II. 1870.
Miss Annie kusseL, -~-S Ork.
Dear AddaAl-4 u4UubH TIE courtesy
OF your managers Il CJuslueIdUIe number
OF our gIrls as wei as the teachers en-
JOY Ell tue pleasure OF seelus you IN
midsummer NIsut DrUam- -day We
tel you what delight a. was.
indesCrIBanIy elusn about your robin
GoOuIeliUW. sOmctnInB contagious ABOUT
your lausn JnaO maAes us yoans asaln-
Inslt dance. A. Is the JOY uI Tie woods,
The eCSldCy OF ueditu ana IlIe and ItuEu-
ter. " e nave NOT seen ii performance IN
Years ANA years JhdJ was 30 luUrOusliIS
satisfying. now SATISFY ans 10 the ears
are LIIu UId SHAKES pcaTeau lines. L leri
that You nave done IL great puDuC ser
vice, MISS rlussciI, IN presenting sucn u
piece OF ART As JuIs DeauuIm play ana
such fetching Characterization as ) our
Puck.
We have 20 teach Shakespeare in our
high schools, as you know. Inc reason 1
am writing YOU Is Jhat / may achnOwl-
edge directly tue service LnaJ your pre-
senJduOn renders 10 the nIgn scnOUl giTis
IN maAInB The SHAKESPEARE alive 10 tneul
and beautiful 10 them, ana real You
see. We count You AS Il superior member
OF the faculty.
OF course II is not expected that a busy
woman Will consume ner time replying
10 the letters OI THANKS sent her. just
know tnaJ We are an grateful Yours
Principal, Girls Technical High school
In spite OF the fact that the action all
takes place in one DAY, Miss Virginia
Harmed manages 10 wear NO magnin-
cent gowns iu ner presentation OF the
Victorlen Sardou comedy, The Love
Letter" which were especially designed
Tor the part.
Speaking Of gowns. TO help celebrate
the 4OOth performance of The Lion and
the Mouse in New York last Tuesday,
the women Of the cast appeared in
repertoire OF new creations; Henry b.
Harris replaced the original scenic
equipments with new settings. and the
reiuTnishiDg became so infectious that
even EudOXia, the servant girl. con-
structed new and respondent kitchen
apron.
Also an interesting little postal
card has been delivered at a good many
Washington homes this week addressed
70 an imaginary Dear Fannie" from
an equally imaginary Lillian" speak
ing in terms OF enthusiasm Of the gowns
and girls, music and acting OF The
Belle OF Mayfair" The postals are
pcstmarked Rochester, where The
Belle" opened last week Advertising
As "a matter of fact, judg-
ing from the press notices the lady
made a hit in Rochester which 1t IS 70
De hoped she will repeat al the National
this week.
Fanny Ward viii return 10 the stage.
This has been determined upon ana
even the play IS ready. The other thing
mat remains. is for KlaW and Erlanger
10 say just when a Marriage OF Rea-
son viii be put on. Miss Ward. who
IL. in private life. Mrs. Joseph Lewis.
and one OF the wealthiest women in
England. reached New York from the
other side a week or TWO ago.
Eme shannon. Grace FilIins. and Dor
othy DonnelIy interpret the three
daughters" Ia Charles klelns new
play. The Daughters Of Men" To
quote the playwright, they represent
THE haut monde. the demi monde. and
Jhe monde" 1
Henry Miller has purchased from
Louis Evan Shipman the latter's pro-
duction OF "On Parole" which was seen
here early in The season, and Will send
Il on tour with Charlotte Walker ana
Vincent Serreno in the leading roles.
The play will open at Buffalo on NO
vember /, and viii thence go to the
Studebaker Theater. Chicago. for run.
Ip to three weeks ago "On Parole
was the property of T. A BTaden. 1t
was reported during the spmmer that
Miss Walker had signed a dre-year con-
tract with r. A. Braden. Nov she ap-
pears TO have signed a thfee-year con-
tract with Henry Miller- sentences TO
run concurrently." as the lawyers say
But, then. what's in a contract any
how?
W. J. Ferguson. who is appearing
with Miss Virginia Harmed in Sardou-s
The Love Letter" was lately asked il
he had ever been seen in any of Shakes
peare's plays. Ferguson replied that ne
had played everything in Shakespeare
from the spear up
Maud Adams will play in New York
at the Empire Theater for five weeks
around the holidays. and already the
seats are practically all sold Tor this
revival of peter Pan" Miss Adams has
broken all kinds Of records thus far on
her tour. and what is even more TO the
point she likes this play so well that
there is no probability Of her firing OF
il for some seasons 20 come. Peter
Pan" by the way, is to have London
revival early in December for the Christ
mas season.