The Washington herald., 1906-11-25
FUTURES AND FEATURES.

Mary Mannering appears in her bare
feet in one Of the scenes in Glorious
Betsy"
Miss Alice Butler, a favorite with Wash
ingt0uians since the days when she was
q member Of the Percy Hasweu Stock
Company, is now in the personnel Of Mary
Aanuering's company
Valerie Bergere. who is at Chase's this
week, was formerly leading woman Of
the Columbia Theater. Brooklyn. In
private life Miss Bergere Is the wife Of
John Farrell. the actor.
Miss Jessie Graham. who plays the
leading role in The Old Homestead is
the daughter of Hon. Henry n Long, ex-
speaker of the Pennsylvania house Of
representatives. and a cousin of Robert
z. Long. of the New National Theater,
THE Prince Of India," a dramatizauon
Of Lew Wallaces famous story, viii be
The Christmas offering at the New Ma
tionai TEeater. Il is said that 500 people
are employed in the play. William Far
mum and Marshall Farnum, brothers OF
Dustin FaTnum, are in the cast
FRITZ ScheR continues her success in
Mile Modiste," the comic opera by
Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert, IN
y LLlti AAlaAlES lIlilll4E ~ 4la-il DlGecllle4 llr
volatile prima donna in this city last
season. Il returns to the New National
Theoter here for the week Of Deem
Der 10.
wild Nell. a Child Of the Regiment. %
Charles y. BIaneys latest military drama,
viii open q weeks engagement at the
Academy Monday, December g. It viii
serve To bring before the public two new
Vivian Prescott. who left such an i'm
preston last season with Young Buff
falo.' and MI Walter Wilson, the young
romantic actor.
Fred Walton. "the greatest pantomlm-
ist in the world" has at last been Sc
cured for Chase's, and, with his own COM
pany Of eight comedians, will be seen al
the polite vaudeville playhouse next week.
commencing al the Monday matinee. pre-
sentng his psntOmimic part of the wooden
soldier in "Cissie's Dream" Another
notable feature Of the bill will be the
Barrows-Lancaster Company In their lat
est laughing success. Thanksgiving Day
at Pottsville Corner
Following the engagement of Mary
Mannering at the National, Lew Dock
stader VIII bring his minstrel company Of
eighty-five people TO Washington for a
week. A novelty called The Editor
has taken the place Of the jovial LEWIS
former featured specialties. Among the
black-face comedians, who are with Mr.
Dockstader are Neil O'Brien, Eddie Leon
ard, John King, Manuel Roman, Reese
Y. Prosser, John Dove. the two little
Foley boys, Harry ". Morse, and G. F.
Wheeler.
That John Philip Sousa has not lost his
tnack Of writing stirring martial tunes.
as well as sparkling melodies, that Harry
B. Smiths hUmor has not lessened since
he wrote Robin Hood" and that there
Is still a virtue in the older ideals Of
genuine comic opera, are three things
that are said TO be demonstrated in The
Free Lance a product Of the Collabora-
ton OF the famous bandmaster and AIr.
Smith. which viii be seen for the first
time in this city at the Columbia on Mon
day. December 9.
Bankers and Brokers" the new musi-
cal comedy in which 3. z. Forester viii
introduce Yorke and Adams as stars at
the Majestic the week Of December 3, is
the work Of Aaron Hoffman, and is
claimed to be far above the average mus
icaI play now before the public No ex-
pense has been spared in the equipment
of this organization. Archie Gum was
engaged TO design the costumes, and the
scenery is the work OF John Young.
Yorke and Adams are surrounded by a
company Of forty-five
John Z Kellard will come to the
BelasCo next week in the drama OF Ger
man military life, Taps" which was
translated by Charles Swickard from
Beyerlein's 'sZapfenstreich." This play,
when first produced in Berlin, was stopped
by order Of the Kaiser, as it showed up
too clearly the wrongs inflicted by Ger
man army officers on the privates and
the common people. 1t was then pro-
duced by the Shuberts with Herbert Kel-
sey and Ef5e Shannon in New York.
where it also created a sensation.