The Washington times., 1906-10-14

eral new portraits to the large roper
toire OF characterizauons which he
brought to America two years ago.
Everyone is familiar with the pathetic
ca 2uce OF My Old Dutch" the roll
licking humor Of Knocked En- in the
Old Kent Read" and the fidelity de-
picted ia Mons Armand Thibault," but
few have heard "The Workhouse Man, '
the new Coelney ditty, "HEmmer," or
the 'Lag's Lament" All new, and 10
bc heard for the first time in America
on this tour. The presentation Of these
two artists in Carnegie Hail Is an
Illustration of the difficulty cxpe-
rienced by managers in obtaining reg
ular theaters I'm which TO present their
offerings, for while Carnegie HAN is
the home OF many of the greatest con-
cert artists IL has never before been
used FOR his kind of entertainment
The strmgency iu that line is likely 10
Doc relieved somewhat by several uuex-
rected moves No date has been an
u1uuced for the withdrawal Of Bar
b4ra's Millions but the general inn
preston is that 10 can't last long Pop
uIaTity' is not doing very we'll at Wal
lacks. ANA viii Dee Withdrawn NJ the
eld of next week. Nat Goodwin is
probably -Luclug over what he has
escaped and the play is generally count
ed as George a. Cohan's FIRST failure.
Most unexpectedly Henry ". Savage is
Withdrawing The Stolen Story" to-
night Nobody quite knows why. The
critics on the whole spoke well OF H.
The audience, on the first night al
least. was delighted with it. The gem
q a.
good But AIr. savage has ordered il
TO the discard at the end Of its second
week. and "Slm Houston" written and
played by Clay Clement, replaces it
Monday night. The latter play has been
Successful iu the West, and the only
wonder is. I'm view of his very dramatic
career. that it is the first play that
has been written around the lie OF
Gen. Sam Houston, statesman, pioneer
and fighter.
Blanche Pate foHr Eundredh ia
David Belasco's poetic Western drama.
"Thc Girl of tau Golden West" VIII
be reached before SHE leaves the Belasco
Thcater 10 fulM her engagements in
other cities That she easily could
remain I'm New York for the entire year.
and duplicate WarueII's record On the
Music Master Is proved by the fact
chat hundreds sun are turned away
from every performance.
She must make way for "The Rose
90 tae Rancho" Ar. Belasco's new
-Iay. which opens in Boston early In
November. and comes here later iu the
month. Ii preserves the r0ma9tc at
mosphere of the far West dealing as
it does with The Spanish settlements OF
California it was intended 20 give
the part o. the Rose, TO Bertha Cal
land, but she has been having an sorts
OF trouble with her throat, and will
probably not be able TO take &c. The
cast announced Tor il is good one i'm
cIudur Charles Richman, Frances
starr Frank Losee. Hamilton Revelle,
D. IT, Berrimo. Frank II. WcsterJon.
AIRS. Gayler Clark Miss Maria Davis,
Miss Frances Starr. Miss Jane Cowl
and Miss Martha Mclean The play
I1s been written in collaboration by
David BeIasco and Richard Walton Iu!-
lv. IL treats oC the American invasion
OF Spanish California I'm the lato nIiles.
"a chapter of history which has been
overlooked by dramatic authors II was
Trpduced last season by % stock COM
uauv I'm the West under the title ''Jua-
rit.." and thereafter was submitted 10
ATr. Rclasco, who undertook 10 nave
81 rewritten.