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The Washington times., 1906-09-16
Charlotte Walkers Rapid Rise.

Miss Charlotte Walker. one or the
most attractive American stage women
who is under a five years contract with
Edward 4. Braden TO play the principal
PARTS in his productions, is a native OF
galveston. where she first received her
introduction 10 the stage. Her INST
stage appearance in earnest was after
the Galveston storm. when she took
mart in the chorus Of musical show.
Her ascendency thereafter was very
rapid. Before the end of the first sea-
son she was playing leading parts. Her
first appearance ca the dramatic stage
was I'm Richard -Iansield's company In
1875. then IN 1896 she appeared AZ the
Comedy Theater, in London. under the
management Of Charles Hawtrey. On
her return 10 America she played four
wears with James x. Hacketts COM
nanv. Her greatest. success during this
period was in the character OF virginia
CarveI IN Louis Evan ShiDman's play,
..-The Crisis" BY this time Miss Walker
had become one of the favorite ac-
trasses in the metropolis, and last sea-
SON created no less than eight leading
parts
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

delicious humOr and abundant satire
and at times the poet gives mis- imagi-
nation rein In most fantastic scenes
which employ fairies. imps I'm NOrwe-
CLAN folk lore called trOlls). and in
several invisible characters. Peer
Gynt'' in some respects recalls Faust.
which ii at least resembles in the Gu
ri9us mlngllng Of supernatural charac-
ters with Tnortals In scenic splendOrs
II can well surpass anything our stage
has ever seen. and Mansfield may. of
course, be deperded upon for wonderful
p!cturation. 1t Is said that he will pro-
duce Peer Gynt" in eleven scenes.
Especially fine should be the night and
morning scenes in the Norwegian noun
tains. the wedding festival the hall Of
the troll-k King. the scenes on the coast
and In the interior OF Morocco. the
shipwreck and the mountain-crest
where Peer GyIt finds Solveig awaiting
him The east numbers fifty-One char
acters, hut there is to be a ballet I
trolls and imps, another Of Morocco
dancing girls, choir. and an inden-
mite number Of mute characters. An
orchestra increased 20 grand opera pro
portions win play GTeigs Peer Gynt'
suite, and also other characteristic
music by the great Norwegian C0mpOs-
Ell. In the role Of Peer Gynt Mansfield
IS 10 act practically the seven ages OF
man. He is first a youthful dreamer
lover, a prosperous plutOcrat. a
worldly-wise cynic, and finally an aged
home -Wanderer
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..1raaame eutterhy" Arrivss.

Elsa Szamogy, the Hungarian prima
donna whom Puccini styled the best
Butterfly" in Europe. is now In Amer
ica. She arrived early in the week. So
did Rena V.vienne, who sang Madam
Butterfly especially for the composer
at Ia Scala. Both are engaged for
Henry Y. Savage's production of the
beautiful japanese lyric tragedy which
Is to have its first production at the
Columbia Theater. Washington. next
month. Madam Szamosy comes direct
from Budapest where she returned
after the close OF the English rehearsals
Of the opera in London to visit her
father, a celebrated physician at the
University of Hungary. The singer who
arrived on the Teutonic. is a vivacious
little artist who speaks English wish
the most charming accent that should
The Washington times., 1906-09-16
" The Chorus LOidy'S" Wisdom.

Here are some bits Of pungent philos-
ophy from THE Chorus Lady which
Rose Stahl Is making a hit with:
The smiles the hard part dancin'
It's no c.nch stannin on one toe with
the other pJintin' 10 a quarter TO o an
then look ike the cat that's eat tho
canary.
You must enjoy life 10 beat the band
nothing on your mind but your hair.
After seventeen weeks touring imi-
tatl0n towns this is certainly peach pre-
serves.
When I think a the men I see other
women stacked up against you win easy.
Say, amt you afraid a gettiu' pinched
for pcddIin' hot air without llcense2
IT'S always a bad season for bad
shows with bum backing. ! hope III
get my hooks into something where
the main money amt givin 70 dom
panics Il the show amt pullln down
coin from the jump.
I've met more than one doll as has
thrown a good man down hard just
20 set back 10 the bright lights They
hand our a lot a junk about love for
their profession when it was nothing
but a hunch for the excitement
II girls good she's good anywhere.
But saw. when YOU re s-rimpiu' along
On twenty per and the next girl 70 you
In your dressIu- room comes down 10
tie show shop every night in ben
zine wagFln I'm ermlue capes an. dla-
nonds big as oysters. st amt religion
so much as a firm grip on home an
mother thar makes you SIT Uignt an
keep on handin' out the frozen mitt and
the icv eye 10 the man behind the bank
roll.
Amt he got a crust-tryiu' TO kiss
girl an him amt got cent In the
world
I'm a speciality lady-I've been IN the
front row for five years
Might a just stepped out OF a suit
case.
Say. girls. are you pipin the vel?
Amt 1t a Susie SmiJherine? 1 don't
think it's at all loud. do you?
A perfect figure certainly saves you
money.
After / bought these yellow kicks my
pocketbook looked like a disaster
lust said il was up to me 10 retur-
nish from cellar 70 dome
/ wouldn't care what IL was so long
as I could wear blue tishts-Im III Just
wasted in skirts
Was the show comical? Well, / never
noticed anyone Ian themselves 10 death
The comedians was a couple of morgues-
The best Joke in the show was the sts3
"a handmade blond as was billed Y
Queen a Burlesque-' She Wuz IN fAe
original BLACK Crook and haf
daughter at school then.
( There wuz a couple a song and ance
l,Bxas. a team a acrobats, troupe
moth-eaten dogs an chorus that
looked like the chambermaids' union
/ VIII play a part? That depends on
/ the part. Like as not I'll just 90 back
/ in the chorus. What's the use OF oelhs
ambitious? Only makes you uncoIAIoI L.
able IN your mind.
You play seventeen weeks one nlshI
} stands inst 70 have a whack al q speak
in part and see II it won't take the
ambition out a you.
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

= AMES O'NElLL is busy rehears-
ing THE Voice of the Mighty"
a new play in which he is TO
play a John the Baptist role
Az is usual when one idea
strikes a manager the same
thought rebounds several times. each
time hitting another manager square IN
the eve. So. in the case OF the John the
Baptist play. COnried Is considering
the production this season of Strauss
..salome." which has been one Of the
operatic sensations of the year In
Furope: z. H sothern has his eye on
a John the Baptist play with which one
Suderman is accredited authorship and
# Is said that right here In Washington
Joseph Luckett. manager Of the Colum-
bia Theater. has in mind a revival OF
oscar Nnde's ''Salome' with all the
elegance which characterized that pro-
duction some time long ago.
Considerable Interest is manifested IN
Washington in the divorce proceedings
which were last week instituted IN hos
ton by Mrs. Charles ". Mackay against
her husband. who was one Of the mem
bers Of the old National COMEDY com
yar,, under the MANAGEMENT OF w II
RapIev some years ago. Mr.. Mackay
was a bona fide matinee tavorite ana
al the girls In Washington thought ne
was inst too lovely He was regard
ed as The haudsUmest man IN the COM
many and he never was permltteu 10
come on the stage without a big recep-
tIon. A. that time he was married out
few OF the girls knew il. Not long ai'er
he left Washington Il was heard that
he had been divorced and right on the
heels IF that announcement came news
If his marriage TO Boston girl. Row
she is suing him for divorce ana all on
account OF the leading woman IN Ihe
Castle SQUARE stock company IN hos-
ton. Charles has mauifestly not gwen
up his old role Of heart breaker
Lima Abarbanen, the magnetic lttle
German actress and prima donna VINO
came TO the United States last year and
srore5 h,t NJ the Metropolitan Opera
House before she was engaged by henry
~ Savage for the principal feminine
role in De Koven's Student King. IS
50 nlassed with this country that sns
has taken out her first papers and eX-
nscts 10 become an American citizen
soon AS the law permits.
Lillian Russell seems TO have foT-
saken comic opera. She made her debut
IN what appears to be straight COM
cav Thursday night. when she opened
l,er season at Powers Theater, Grand
Rapids. in ''Barbaras Millions undcF
.bc manaeerl.nt Of Joseph Brooke. II
is featured as a comedy by Paul Potter.
fu four acts and five scenes. and founatd
on . very successful French play, l-e
Ronbeur. AIesdames.' by Francis Dc
Croisset
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

stars. Give II up. But the question
reminds us OF Elsie Janis, a star as
is a star at seventeen, and supported
in the theatrical armament by four
ex-stars. The whole bunch viii be
here at the National during the latter
part OF October. with The Vanderbilt
Cup" in which Miss Janis has made a
big hit.
Virginia Harmed began her season
last Monday night by presenting for
the first time in America an English
translation Of Sardou's famous play,
THE Love Letter" The adaptation was
made by Ferdinand GOttschalk. the
well-known comedian Miss Harmed
plays the role origins :ed in Paris by
Rejane.
II is understood that Bertha GalIand
will get The Dragon Fly" which
David Belasco viii produce before the
season is we'll under way. The play
was given an earlier production, since
which Mr.. BeIasco has obtained the
rights Of the piece.
The Washington times., 1906-09-16
Primrose as a Throat Specialist.

The throat OF minstrel singer IS as
deltcatsly sensitive as that Of q grand
crera artist. But George Primrose has
a remedy Of mis- own that works as
t0nishing cures
IT'S no use. George" a silver voiced
baIladlst VIII buskily whisper half an
hour before the curtain goes up; My
throars as raw as a Blue point on the
half shell I won't be able 70 sing a
note tonight
"NVeu. that's too bad" replies Mr..
Primrose, his honest face aglow with
sympathy. ~ ms Enlice1t organ like
YOURS is NOT 10 be uihed with. What
Won need is q complete rest.
Il guess I'll be all right for the
quartet. II you'll stand for ne cutting
out the solo" protests the singer sus-
plclously, and a trihc more distinctly
Not for worlds, dear boy answers
Mr.. Primrose decisIvcly. I don't cara
II the entire audience demands its mon
ev hack. ] should feel like q criminal
if caused permanent injury TO such q
voice. Take an absolute Test-one week.
The Washington times., 1906-09-16
WaShingtOn'S First
Theatrical Publication

re ARE in receipt OF the first
w cation. The o Fooals6ts.
which is TO be published
weekly for the benefit of the theater
and amusemeut-going public Of Wash
ington- The FOotlights is 10 be an alb
soluteIy independent periodical, not con-
nected with any particular theater, nor
with any program publishing company.
Ii is not. In policy or favor, either syndi-
cate or anu-syndicate. It's avowed aim
Is 90 prove itself a convenience and
source 0f isterest and information 10
WashluEtOn's amusement seekers.
Charles II. Randall is the president
and treasurer OF the new weekly, and
Arthur B. Benson its editor and business
manager. Both gentlemen are Wash
ingtoniaus-
Good luck 10 The FOouights- May
you live long and prosper"
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

help making ner also an Ideal Madam
Butterfly IN English.
Madam Butterfly was even a great
er sensation in Budapest than IT has
been during the two seasons in Lon
DON" said Madam Szamosy, and ] am
delighted with the prospect of making
my American debut IN this masterpiece
by my favOrite composer, and my per
souaI friend The opera contains Amer
lcau characters as well as Japanese.
YOU know. and ! am curious 10 learn
n American audiences viii receive II
with the wonderful enthusiasm that
was displayed or the FIRST night In
Rudauest. / value the coaching OF
Maestro Puccini above all the insTuc-
tiou / have received since / made my
debut lu grand opera.
Rera Viyieu-e arrived via the White
Star Line from Genoa and has been
engaged by 2-cnager Savage 10 sing
the role of the American girl In the
cpera and cover the role OF Madame
Put-erffy." Miss Nivienue is Mime
sta girl. who studied three years un-
der victor Marrel ia Paris. and then
went TO Milan 10 sing at La Scala.
The ..Madame Butterfly Company
has arrived by FIVE different boats thls
week. Louise Jan ssen, the Danis'
prirna donna and the third Madam But
-erfy. who won her European success
LEILA DAVIS.
,, o. u che HfghhindeYs -
The Washington times., 1906-09-16
HOW "rhe Chorus Lady" Happened

II is remarkable when one comes TO
think OF il what a magazine story has
done for James Forbes. His Chorus
Lady began as magazine story.
Ferbes had no thought Of presenting
the work on the stage until Rose Stahl
came to him with a proposal to use 1t
as a curtain raiser to The ATistOcrats, -
i'm which she was starring in medium
priced houses. Miss Stahl has said that
when she read the story she pictured
the author to be a long-haired, imprac-
teal literary fellow. who probably
never had met chorus girl. She was
surprised TO find Forbes engaged in
theatrical management, with sharp
eve for business. He suggested vaGde-
Vile. and Miss Stahl objected. She en-
tertained the aversion OF all rising
Young players to variety, but under
Forbes argument she wavered and
finally consented TO the experiment.
The little play became the most sue
cessfuI vaudeville item OF recent years.
Forbes and Miss Stahl at one stroke
lifted themselves into favorable atten-
tion and with his share of the profits
the lucky author has been enabled TO
become a WestChester farmer Success
was not confined to this country. "The
Chorus Lady" captured London as
handily as it had New York, and won
the acclaim of the Canny playgoers Of
Glasgow. Now comes the playlet ex-
banded into four acts. and the luck Of
Forbes and the actress is as much in
evidence as ever.
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

in Wagnerian opera, together with
Harriet Behnec. who comes direct from
the German Opera ComiQue at Berlin,
are due today Estelle Bloomfield. who
Will alternate with Miss Behnee. arrived
a few DAYS ago. and Adelaide Norwood
Brandt. also engaged to sing the title
role in the japanese opera, arrived last
Saturday Conductor RothweH will
have all his forces in New York ready
for rehearsals that begin at the Car
den The9ter next Monday.
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asvavsis Doing Good Business.

Perhaps the most notable feature OF
the opening Of the current theatrical
season in New York lies in the fact that
the revivals Of last winters successes
have shown not merely a continuance
of popular favor. but an increase there
in. II was not believed. for instance.
that David Warf1eId in THE Music
Master" " at the Bijou Theater could pos
sibly exceed his high-water mark in
the matter OF receipts. and yet during
the opening week in September after
two seasons run on Broadway, Warfield
beat out his best record by about 800
And this In spite OF two or three exces-
sively hot nights. There has not been
within the memory OF the oldest first
nighter a hit OF similar dimensions in
the purely dramatic line OF entertain
ment. Longer runs have been recorded.
bat they were Of musical pieces whose
appeal was not purely intellectual and
emotional Warheld must start on his
travels in just two weeks. and ono OF
his earliest stops is TO be at Belasco's g
Washington theater.
Another revival from the late spring
is THE Girl From the Golden West, 9"
which only took a months vacation. and
is now playing to standing room only.
matinees and evenings alike, at the Be
laseo. and bids fair TO continue so TO do
for some time to come
Then also an important item on the
list OF hOldovers is The Lion and the
Mouse which ran straight through
the summer months at the Lyeeum,
with wholly unbroken profits. There
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

verdict that II is after all one Of those
plays that might better be left un-
played. II IS a story Of retributive
justice. vigorous but unpleasant This
new Langdon Mitchell version preserves
the native atmosphere Of the play and
tries 10 tone It down 10 something like
American ideas. The opening perform
ance was enthusiastically received, and
IL was noted that Blanche Walsh, who
was presumably playing out OF town
with the Wagenhals & Kemper "kreut-
zer Sonata" company occupied a right
hand box. The courts. by the way. hay
ing declined to issue an injunction for
Mr. Fiske forbidding Wagenhals Il
Kemper from producing the play have
now denied the latter's application for a
counter Injunction to prevent Mr.. Fiske
from producing st.
Clothes" the new play by Claiming
Pollock and Avery Hopwood, IN Which
Grace George opened at the Manhattan
Tbeater Tuesday night. was received
with varying emotions. On the whole II
has been rather damned with faint
nraIse and with the irresistible inciina-
ton to make puns around the name
There was scarcely a paper IN town
Wednesday morning that did not com
ment On Miss Georges Clothes being a
good nj. As a matter Of fact II Is
play peculiarly suited 10 Mss Georgt
denurely pleasing personality, Il really
exploits a good and on the whole fairly
new idea. but IT employs some OF the
stalest tricks OF stageland in doing IT,
II tells of a heroine not entirely unlike
Lily Bart In Mrs. Whartons House Of
--irth." which is 10 be played later in
the season by Fay Davis. Olivia Sher-
wood. the central character. played by
Miss George. Is a vain, capricious crea-
ture striving to maintain position Of
luxury on $1,000 a year, and torn be-
tween her desire TO marry for love and
her feeling that she really owes it TO
herself to marry for money. Miss
George Is capably supported by a good
company. which includes Frank Worth
Ing and Robert T. Haines.
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

two weeks, If necessary. When you are
right again. I'll put you back on the
salary list"
Then the baiIadlst hurries around 10
black up and sings 50 DELIGHTFULLY."- that
he has 10 take four .nc5res-
A skilled specialist who makes the
sufferer say "Ah-a-a-a" and charges
him twenty dollars is not I'm iJ for
minute with Old Doctor Primrose and
his magic throat cure.
The Washington times., 1906-09-16
rmo rnsatriesl Ronaness.


,,.,,,f,. chase. the pink Pejama
,,irI,. NJ THE I.Lerty Bellies" is 10 be
,,.arr,ed so7n to Nicnoias Wood, an
Frfffzbnion with an income Of $4,000 a
1csr Polly Chase Is among the most at
,,artive Of the young American SOU
brattes and ner success IN London mas
t,san a source Of keen pleasure TO her
friands on this side News Of her en-
e.s.,ar,ant Is none the less interesting.
Another enga cement in which the
theatrical world is interested IS that OF
Robert Hilliard. IT.. son Of the actor
If that name. who II to be married soon
g.. MISS Helen Powell. ~ New YORK
Youney Hiliard is an ensign IN the navy
ana Is now stationed on the CoMmIHa'
,,-atcbirc developments in Cuban waters.
Henrietta Crosman has several Eng
Iisb actors In her company this selsol-
a., tbe comedy "All-of-a Sudden Peggy'
4, which she will be seeH at the Ma
+IonsI tho week OF September =. Here
tofora Miss CroSInan's support has been
almost exclusively American, but her
present comedy calls for broad types OF
English characters.
Peter ". Barlow, owner Of the herd
OF trained elephants which created so
much excitement arnCng Virginia farm
ers a few weeks ago. was a visitor At
Luna Park last Friday. preparing for
another visit OF the elephants here be-
fore the end OF the season.
Jefferson de Angels does not believe
in wasting the energy OF his people IN
trial performances He brings his new
comic opera company Of eighty people
fasO the National 1heater fer the pre-
Yriere OF the comic opera. The Girl and
~. co,yernor % October. S. Washington
viii have the heneht> Of the nervous
stigngIiant Of a real first night when
PLAYERS and singers ere keyed mp 70
he avacr mitch and have not become
sale Ike overtrained athletes DC
Angels himself has a coCEenial role as
tbo eccentric Spanish governor or
Soutl, American settlement In the pic
tIresque sixteenth century
The Washington times., 1906-09-16
Stage Gossip From
The Great White Way

W THAT was scheduled to be the
N/ theatrical event OF the week
v failed to eventuate. The
opening OF Wagenhals &
Kemper's new Astor Theater with an
elaborate production of a Midsum-
mer's Nights Dream" with Annie Rus
sell IN the part Of Puck. was post
poned again. It was originally an
nounced for the first Of September. then
for last Wednesday night, and now
positively for Monday night. So that
Broadway has had q comparatively un-
eventful week, with only three open
ings on it's hands; and those not Of
prime importance, except, OF. course, to
the producers and the companies imme-
diately concerned.
OF the two openings Of Monday night
The Dear Unfair Sex" at the Liberty
with Ellis Jeffreys as the star, was
regarded as the more interesting, be-
cause IL was the only actual novelty.
For the 'Kreutzer Sonata" had been on
the boards for two weeks, with Blanche
Walsh in the leading role. But THE
Dear Unfair Sex" proved a disappoint-
ment. It is The Tanning Of the
Shrew" brought up to date and Ger
fanny not lIipToFeu III Ihe process All
the critics fell foul Of It. Miss JET
freys herself made an undoUbted hit
But capable and charming as she IS.
she fell victim 10 a young playwright
with an obsolete sense OF humor.
The play is a mixture Of farce, melo-
drama, modern comedy, amateur stage
construction, clever characterization in
spots, and stupid lines for the most
part. Miss Jeffreys is clever enough to
carry even a badly written play TO a
fair measure Of success, and she is
supported by an unusually capable
company, but they were swamped by
about as stupid play as has been IN
fiicted on New York playgoers for 10!
these many moons.
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sEms- Kalioh in ''rhs Krsutzsr Sonata" {"

Rms- Kalich in "The Krsutzer Sonata" {"
The "Kreutzer Sonata" hailed as the
Yiddish masterpiece Of the Bowery,
had its second production in English
within month in the uptown theaters
Monday night, this time with Bertha
Kalich, its original Yiddish star, as the
central character. 1t is an improve
ment on Miss Walshs version. which
was bold presentation of improprie-
ties in the conduct of the sexes. but
even Nine Kalich's genius. and the
emotional opportunities the play un-
doubtedly QGers it. cannot alter the
The Washington times., 1906-09-16

was not a single week even during the
most irving period of the heated spell
,,,ban the receipts were not wholly sat
tsf.ctor,, and now that weather condi-
.Io-s are settling upon a comfortable
5,.si- tba ,be7ter is again crowded.
Taet b,lt not least. there IS The
C.borus 7 adv" at the Savoy. To be sure
sta has grown some since she was last
With us-grown from a one-act sketch
into a four-aCJ comedy. But she Is 'he
same dear delightful chorus lady. ana
Rose StahI impersonates her as cleVerly
as of yore. and charms as large auu4-
euces now as she did last season.
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Attention TO Details.

The two premieres advertised by
local Jheaters give evidence Of the at
tentton to detail that makes for the
success OF a production nowadays TIE
costumes for "On Parole" which is 10
have its frst performance AT the Ma
tionaI tomorrow night, were designed
for II by Frederic Remington, cir
cumstance which the producer owes to
the artists friendship for Louis Evans
Shiuman. who wrote the play. For
Mr.. Remington IS not in the habit OF
doing this particular sort Of thing.
ON the other hand, William Vaughn
Moody. author OF THE Great Divide,
which is to open its own and the
BeIasco's season this week, went out TO
Arizona during the summer for the
express purpose OF gathering together
the various properties used IN the play.
one Of the scenes. by the way, which
should be particularly impressive, is
ION the roof OF the world, a plateau
htgh up in the COrdulerras, whence
one seems to look down upon the uni
verse.
Deaf people have a hard time often
at the theater. They see their neigh
bors laughing at jokes which have got
ten past them, though their sense OF
humor may oe just as keen as the
other fellows. Henry B. Harris has
come TO their rescue in the Hudson
Theater in New York BY installing in a
number OF seats the new acousttcon, a
device which gives TO the car the
same sort OF aid that glasses DO TO
the eye. These seats are assigned TO
patrons upon application at the box
Office.