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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Playhouse Paragraphs.

David Belasco is reported to be trying 10
persuade Lolita 10 return TO the stage under
his management
Miss Frances Starr has been secured for
the David Warfed company, replacing
Miss Minnie Dupree
Maude Adams has passed the 10th per-
formance % Peter Pan" at the Empire
Theater ia New York.
David Bispham Is to appear next season
an operatic star In a musical version OF
THE Vicar Of Wakefield"
Reginald De Koven has completed the
score OF The Student King, which Henry
w. Savage Is to produce about Easter.
THE Triangle" one OF the late produce
lions In New York, is TO be withdrawn and
rewritten by its author. Rupert Hughes.
1t is eaid that David warheld will re-
main IN New York for another season,
which viii last from September until May.
Th, first performance of The Girl
Patsy" by Mrs. Jane NJ. FIegl VIII be
given al the Hyperion New Haven,
Mart.h 10.
Francis Wilson is credited with a hit IN
New York In his new farce, The Mountain
Climber" Miss May Robson shared in the
honors accorded.
Charming Pollock is to write new play
for Mary Mannering. He is also to make
.c- the Sheberts.
C. a. wegefarth Is to build a new play
house in West Philadelphia, TO be known
as the William Penn Theater The house
viii be booked by Stair & Havln.
Sydney Roseafeld has recestly completed
g consdy drama entitled The optimist,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Metropolitan Opera Company.

Immediately after the conclusion of the
present season of grand opera In New YORK
the entire company from the Metropolitan
Opera House under the direction of Helm
rich Conried will come TO the new National
Theater for four March e,
%, 2i
'sThe Queen of Sheba, which IS to open
the season, calls up pictures OF Blbheai
splendor and wonderful pageantry. Twelve
hundred costumes designed by Prof. Lei
Ter OF the Imperial Academy in Vienna ana
made In the same city, have been prepared
for the production. Archaeologists haTc
been at work resuscitating the splendors Of
the east to do honor to the work. The re
vival Is to be worthy of the opera. Miss
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Robert Mantell.

The eminent tragedian and romantic
actor. Mr.. Robert r. Manten is TO appear
at the Columbia Theater for one week
beginning Monday, March 10, and viii
present a repertoire of Shakespearean
and other classic plays. which will in
clude King Lear Richard III" Richie
lieu" Hamlet" "Othello' and Macbeth.
Mr.. Mantell has become known as one
of the greatest delineators of Shakes
pearean and other classic roles. His re-
cent great season in New York, where he
broke all previous records by his three
months run, has given him unquestioned
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Yvette Guilbert.

Charles Frohman has brought to America
Yvette Guilhert. and will give Washington
theatergoers a chance OF seeing one who
has stood the test Of years in the capitals Of
Europe She will appear at the National for
two special matinees next Thursday and
Friday at 4:30 o. clock. Some thought she
would not be remembered. but Yvette Gull
bert has not been forgotten. 1t was not her
singing that made SO lastin an impression
ten years ago. Her singing is merely a me
chanical detail of her performance. 1t Is
her dramatic genius that holds an au-
dience. The stories she sings, or. rather.
speaks to her audiences are altogether
simple. The new Guilbert is said to be
better than the other. She is dealing with
real life now. Her present work has been
found much more impressive and enduring
than that OF ten years ago.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
shepard's Moving Pictures

Archie L. Shepard viii present anotn.r
program of new features at the Academy
tonight The Miller's Daughter no
thetic story of a woman's love and r,or7.
1siid"y' Is a complete drama. while The
. a'hS'oTmers' which shows the tribula-
IONS OF company OF strolling players.
aoounds IN rich comedy Rips Dream is
another feature subject. telling a story
along the lines Of Rip Van WinkIe. the re-
nalnder OF the program being composed OF
the latest comedy subjects
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Chase's Theater.

The Chase bill for the coming week is
headed by Frank d. Bryan's Peace Con-
gress of American Girls in unique costume
ensemble entitled Human Flags" present
ing the flags of different nations, with APP
propriate songs and evolutions. Other fea-
lures will be Frank Bush, story teller; the
Camille Comedy Trio, In comedy panto-
mime; the Misses Tobin, instrumental mu-
sicians: Paul Barnes. the comedy racon-
teur: Cabaret's dogs the latest European
animal novelty: the Razarfs, in legerdemain
and Illusions and the vitagraph pictures.
showing THE Capture OF Horsethief."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Barry. winnifred spaulding, May Thompson
and Daisy Dudley.
Academy of Music

McFaddens Flats" furnished with a
glttering outfit OF scenery. costumes
music, Jokes and pretty girls, will be the
attraction at the Academy this week. This
farce comedy, written by E. w. Townsend
and Glen MacDonough, was suggested by
the newspaper pictures and sketches known
as the yellow Kids In the company are
Mile Florette, Marion Henry. the Preston
sisters, May Baker. Allie Barber, Annie
Muller Marie Donoghue, Billy Clerk, Billy
Barry. Charles Gramlich, the Speck broth
ers and Joe Deming. There will be many
specialties introduced during the perform
ence and the latest popular music will be
heard,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Grand Opera In Baltimore.

The three days season OF grand opera in
Baltimore at the Lyric Theater by the Con-
ried Metropolitan Opera Company begins
March 10. The opera selected for the open
ing night In Baltimore is Marta" for
which the cast win include Sembrieh,
Walker, Caruso. Piancon. Rossi, Dufriche
and Foglia with vfgna conducting. On
Tuesday night, March ~, 'LohengriR will
be given, with the following cast: Rappoid,
Knote, Goritz Gourmet, A1uhlmann anu
Conductor Hertz On Wednesday afternoon
Homer. Fremstad, Burgstalier, Van Rooy,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Sunday Concert ct tbe Re,asoo

The program at the Belasco toairht will
include moving pictures Of 'Th- Central
fish school Fire pri.i" showing I.Cl0 pu-
PiIs leaving the building iu enc nlinute and
ten seconds. Another local picture is eal.e4
Seeing Washington. tae aim having been
TAKEN trop ORC ~ the sIrhi-e.u.-lg ann,
wagons passing all tho public huildIpgs
ana thr"uEh the main streets. Nr ! ray
LOT ClpAol, late of tine B7stouiaas, will
sing the 'Gylsv owe Ss-." h, rss..,,,.-t.
paVy Jones Locker ard ~ Live IN he
heart or the Storm" by A. T.. Eai-falarf,.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

Blass, Alien, Bauerrnelster, Homer. Jacoby,
Jomelh Milford Ralph, Weed and Con-
duetor Hertz. And the same evening the
ever-popuiar Faust will be the bill, win
the following cast: Eames. Jacoby, Bauer
Ineister. Caruso, Piancon. Scltti. Begue and
Frankie, conductor. IL Will be noted thar
this repertoire Is entirely different from the
one announced for Washington and many
Washingtonians will go over TO Baltimore
to attend the opera there. The Lyric Thea
ter in Baltimore Is near both railway STA
tons. a train leaves Baltimore nj 1888
D. m. and another at 11:S2 pm.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Majestic Theater.

The attraction at the Majestic Theater
this week will be Hap Ward, late of Ward
g. Vokes, in a new musical comedy entitled
THE Crater" There are nearly score
of musical Interruptions during the per-
Torrance and a chorus of forty singers for
their interpretation, The lyrics are by
James O'Dea, the music Is by William
Conrad Polla. and the entire musical pro-
gram has been staged by James German
In the cast are Lncy DAILY, William Harold.
Charles Batss. Tony Williams. Richard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Henrietta crosman and Company.

The announcement is made that Hen
rietta Crosman and her company of Shake
spearean players will begin three nights
engagement at the New National Theater.
commencing Monday night, March 10 AS
You Like It." with Miss Crosman as Rosa
lind had a run OF over one hundred nights
in New York Miss crosman viii appear as
Rosalind on Monday and Tuesday nights
and in the modern comedy, Mary, Mary,
Quite Contrary" on Wednesday night.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

Next weeks attraction at the Belasco
Theater will be Henry L. Dixey in The
Man on the Box This play is dramati-
zaticn of Harold MacGrath's weiI-Ancwn
novel Of that title, by Grace L. Furni5s, ard
was produced at the Madison Square The
alter by Walter n. Lawrence In ",'he
Man on the Rox" Mr. Dixey has oppor-
tunity to display his versatile talents to
good advantage. He win be supported here
by the original New York cast, including
Miss Carlotta Nelson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Mabel Mckinley.

Included in the list of features at Chase's
Theater next week will be Miss Mabel Nc
Kinley, soprano and composer; Carleton
Macy and Maud Edna Hall; Waterbury
Brothers and Tenny, lnstrumentalists and
black-face comedians the Parros Brothers,
eccentric acrobats and: Mr.. and Mrs. jim
nv Barry, presenting The Village Cut-up.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Kernan's Theater.

The Lyceum Theater announces for this
weeks attraction Cars "Thoroughbreds
This attraction is said to be the peer of any
burlesque organization en- tour this season
Eight comedians supply the necessary fun
making. and the situations contrived in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
Columbia Theater.

The first appearance In Washington Of
the new musical comedy, Wonderland, !"
will occur at the Columbia next week. Glen
McDonough is the author of the book. Vic
tor Herbert is the composer OF the score,
while Julian Mitchell has looked after the
stage effects. Wonderland was originally
put on in Chicago and IN that city it was
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

CHIP THE DIMINUTIvE COMEDIAN
Little Sam Chip, or just little Chip, as he is
better known locally. who heads the list of
10y promoters in wonderland" came to
Washington several years ago. before his
popularity warranted his demanding his
name in blackfaced type and the star
dressing room. He played a wide range of
comedy parts In the local stock company,
and incidentally danced and sang his way
Into the hearts of many admirers.
Chip. with perhaps one exception, Is the
most dminutive of American comedians,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
shakesnearean Lecture.

Mrs. Adeline DuvaI Mack begins her
course of Shakespearean lectures at the
banquet hall, Arlington Hotel, March 10.
Mrs. Mack is widely esteemed az an SC
complished reader and exponent of Shakes
peare. Her lectures are illustrator by reci-
tations from the plays The first lecture is
entitled Shakespeare as Man"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
EImendnrf Iectnre

Dwight Elmcndcrf win not lecture IN
Washington next Tuesday afternoon. How
ever the fourth lecture Of the present Sc
ries OF four travel talks walsh he !s. giving
VIII be delivered at the New Natlousi The
alter Tuesday afternoon March ~. 4t $50.
His subject Will be Morocco. Tarr.er 10
SaFll!e." and Will be illustrated win col
ored views and motion pictures. Am .spe-
cidlly interesting motion picture ~. ,f.g1,,
"A Bull EIght a. ElNII.r-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
"The EYEWITNESS.

Commencing Monday Marcn 10, the at
traction at the Academy will be Lincoln
]. Carters new sensational melodrama,
THE Eyewitness" The play abounds
with scenic effects beautiful scenery, and
is presented by most capable company.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

be on it's knees with hands clasped On
high in petition for a censor of plays
Before and After is one of those bright,
breezy farces that lead the auditor merry
pace with no definite destination in view.
Leo Ditrichstein is one of the cleverest
writer's for the stage that this country has,
and he never makes the mistake of taking
himself seriously.
AS for the 'Rollicking Girl" here is hop
ing Sam Bernard Will have better luck in
the selection of his next piece.
PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

And II the topical drama becomes recog-
nized institution we may expect plays in
which railway rebates, tariffs AMI treaties
are held up as martyr makers. villain in
cubators and the inspiration of stage he
roes. The discoveries of public abuses Will
desert the magazines and flock to the foot
lights and every graft investigation may
be dramatized in continued form from
week to week, like a Chinese drama. TO
keep up with current developments. And
then the weary and harassed public viii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

But there are two arguments to which the
and foremost of these is that the play is
getting the money. 1t is the argument that
admits Of no response. and yet it is one
that IS advanced by many enterprises
whose influence on public taste and morals
is universally admitted to be bad. The
other argument is the enthusiastic appre-
ella ton manifested by the audience. This
appreciation ia in no sense for the art dts
played IN presenting a thought. 1t is only
the manifestation OF hysterical interest in a
multiplied IN many cases by intense per-
sonal feeling in the subject discussed. The
audience becomes emotionalized rather than
the actors. Yet there Is a rugged vigor In
the play which commands attention despite
its defects. Mr.. Dixon has gone at his sub
feet hammer and tongs. He does not seek
20 temporize, and scatters expletives
through his dialogue with a freedom which
is especially remarkable in a man who has
derived so much OF his rhetorical discipline
from the pulpit. 1t is insisted In the llta-a-
ture circulated by the management that
the subject OF a play is one of vital cur
rent interest. II the theater is TO take up
the discussion OF current topics as a part
OF It's legitimate work IL should at least be
restrained to the same moderation OF ex-
preston that the newspapers and the mag
hzines are compelled to observe.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

edies. among them being Lolita Faust, Will
liam Cameron, Elvla Croix Seabrooke, Bar
ry and Halyers Leo Hayes and May Les
lie. The engagement will include the reg
ular matinees.
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Marsh's Concert

The regular Sunday night concert at ths
Majestic viii consist OF moving uic,urez
ana Illustrated songs Nc,. pictures viii
De shown and Mi Thomas Moore viJ SING
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11
peggy From Paris. "

Peggy from Paris will be the attrac-
ton at the Majestic Theater week of March
Il The music is by VIM. Lorraine, COM
poser OF 'Salome," and the book by George
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

to go to a santarlum In the west but
night before last he returned TO New York
from Chicago. Almost his first remark
when he arrived at the hotel was that no
hoped soon to return TO active work in his
profession. Mr.. Morgan was married less
than two years ago TO Helen Bertram, the
comic opera prima donna, who is now as
Stunning the leading role In The Ginger
bread Man"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

two bqrlesques are declared to be funny
The olio serves to introduce several novel
specialtieS.
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Tie enthusiastic management has in
dorsed assertions to the effect that this
play Is another Uncle Toms Cabin" There
was once n man who wrote a very good
play i'm blank verse. The play was pro-
duced in Philadelphia. The general opinion
was that it's merits entitled II to survive,
but some admirer unfortunately ventured
the declaration that it hailed the coming of
another Shakespeare, and the ridcule
which this unsuarded eulosy caused over
whelmed its chances. The public is more
tolerant now. Advertisers have caused ex-
agEerations to be looked upon as matter
OF course, and the claim that this play is
the successor Of Uncle Toms Cabin" Is
passed without protest OF any kind. Just
what need exists for another Uncle Tom s
Cabin" is not clear Mrs. Stoves novel is
credited with doing much toward bringing
on the civil war. 1t is hardly to be as
sumed that a civil war represents the am
bition Of Mr.. Dixon and his management.
An inspection of conditions prevailing at
Springfield, Ohio, does not emphasize the
desirability Of such a contamination.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

Yet there is something admirable in Mr..
Dixon's serene defiance. 1t indicates that
he is sincere man; that he had things to
tell which he believed the world ought to
know and was embracing every means at
his disposal to get them before the public.
lake most Speciasts-and Mr.. Dixon has
made certain periods OF this country's his
tory his particular study, so that he is en-
titled to rank as a specialist-he Is in dan
ger of oyerestimating the Importance OF
the topic to which he deyotes himself.
Despite the great emotional interest mani
tested by the audiences VINO see The
Ciarsman.' it cannot be said that Mr.
Dixons reading clientele followed him into
the thcater. His discussions of conditions
whose interest cannot he denied, while con-
fined to book covers were received with
serious and thoughtful attention They
wore not forced upon the minds of people
whose interest in the subject was not earn
est and intelligent. The play, however is
a mere commercial exploitation, which, IN
less Mr. Dixon's subsequent literary work
develops extraordinarily high qualities,
must cause him to rank merely as melo-
dramatist instead of the figure Of literary
Importance which he at first became.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

Aside from the brutality of the subject
with which this play deals, the dramati-
zation is a strange and heterogeneous mix
ture of everything from tragedy to bur-
Iesque. Without touching upon the lack of
originality portrayed by the appropriation
of the hypnotism incident from The Bells, ."
a single other episode will suffice to point
out the lack of cohesion in its ideas. At the
end of a scene the governor of South Car
olina, a man whose inslgnificance is por-
trayed in the name Of Shrimp" declares
that,every man is his absolute social equal
This arouses the Indignation OF the faithful
. Coored servitor, without whom no picture
OF southern life is complete, and he strikes
the white man squarely in the face ex-
claiming, Then take that from your
equal" Thereupou down came the gov
ernor of South Carolina. curtain and the
enthusiastic house. in one colossal climax.
Further developments from this most eX
traordinary incident vaiuly awaited. In
the subsequent scenes the governor of
South Carolina and the man who hit him
10 about unmolested as If it were the most
natural thing in the world to knock down
the chief executive Of state in order to
make the point of an argument more
clear. The real heroine of the play is
obscure lady. who carries all the dangerous
Inissives and saves the lives and hOnors of
an entire cast OF characters, and is not
given any more consideration in the re-
wards which poetic justice metes out than
as II she we're a district messenger hoy
plodding along at so much per hour.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

metropolitan reputation as great ira
gedian.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-03-11

TT WAS something of a surprise TO see
an old war horse Ike Thomas H.
Dixon come before the curtain on Mon
E day night to complain of crftics ME-
Dixon is a critic himself, his opinions
about the doings of other people being eA-
pressed with a rugged vigor that Is made
more effective by his gifts as romaneer
Mr Dixon was extremely frank in antlcl-
pating unfavorabe comment on the play
60 which his name is attached. There was
no doubt in his mind as to what the verdict
would be- and his declaration made 1t clear
TO mis- hearers that the comment elsewhere
had been unfavorable. 1t was something
Ike the case OF two variety performers
who. after appearing at one of the con-
tinuous houses on Monday afternoon, were
summoned 10 the managers office and no
titled that their act was bad and would be
closed. The spokesman of the team de-
manded payment for the single perform
ance but was told that this theater never
paid anything for an act that was closed
on Monday That's funny, said the
spokesman They do everywhere else!'
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

Round House was flooded and a lot
of lumber foated away.
But the worst damage done was
to the big three-story Garrett build
ing on Main street, between Main
and Water streets. 1t consisted of
four store-rooms and at $50 Tues
day morning two of them collapsed
from weakened foundations and fell
with great crash, the roof falling
through the floors. The South room
was occupied by w. H. Martin,
druggist, and w. H. Olvey, jeweler.
Mr.. Martin came down to the store
at 6 o'clock and waded in to look
after his books. He was in the
room at $50 and hearing some
ominous sounds of breaking timbers,
rushed out just as the building col
lapsed. He escaped by the skin of
his teeth. There was no one in the
other store, occupied by Joe proofs
racket store. The upper story was
used as a furniture store and A. w.
Pyle had sold the stock to Waller &
Rogers only three days before. The
partition wall between these two
stores fell and the roof fell with it
in the center, leaving some goods
undisturbed on Martins south wall
shelves and those of P'Pool on the
north wall. The front wall was
left standing, towering so feet high
without support and ropes were
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1906-11-22

moved out three families, named
Turner. Mayes and Crooms, after
the water had surrounded their
Palmer Graves lime kiln on the
river bank was hard hit and his loss
will be heavy.
At the corner of Fourth and Elm
streets, a cavern of the HOpkinsville
Sewer Co.'S pipe line occurred and
several holes broke through near
Seventh street.
]. E. Mabry's livery stable, at the
corner of Seventh and Elm streets,
was four feet under water. 1t stood
81 feet deep in his Office. He
moved all his stock out.
The Union Tabernacle, which was
9 feet under water before, was 5
feet this time and the floor was
raised by the flood under it. The
iron fence was washed up and some
of the shade trees upturned.
The water backed over Mercer
park until it looked like great
lake.
At the /. G. depot the flood ran
into freight cars on the tracks and
washed the platform from around
the North side of the depot. A
mile of track approaching the city
was two feet under gwater. The