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The Washington times., 1907-09-08

ment-" The piece is a story Of West
ern life, taking place at a frontier fort
IN North Dakota during the Indian
troubles. Wild Nell, who IS known as
Little Major. is the adopted child OF
the regiment. and she rules her sub
Jects with an iron hand She IS IN
der the guardianship OF a young soldier
who is known throughout the army as
a bad lot. but the child's influence keeps
him straight, and although accused Of
murder. she will not believe II, and
helps him 10 escape. The colonel OF
the regiment, is the real murderer, but
10 shield the colonel and save MS daugh-
ter with whom he is IN love, from the
shame Of her fathers crime, the young
soldier takes IL upon his own shoulders.
He escapes and goes through many
thrilling adventures, but finally at the
last moment the colonel Knows that no
himself IS the murderer and exonerates
the boy. There are two very stirring
scenes, one representing a Dakota biz
Zard and the other an Indian attack
on the fort and the rescue OF the de-
tenders by a band Of cowboys.
The Washington times., 1907-09-08

Frederic Rose; Lillian APPEL. ". F.
white. and the thrilling adventure mo-
ton pictures, The Wild Boar Hunt"
The Ryan-Richdeld engag cement Will
Introduce Mag Haggerty's Reception"
their latest success The engagement
possesses unusual interest, as il Will be
the last Of the Ryan RichfleId in polite
vaudeville. their intention being 10 have
all of the Haggerty sketches reduced
10 three-act comedy form and exploited
In the high price theaters next season.
VIII Cressy is the author OF Mag Hag-
gerty's Reception" which shows the
winsome daughter Mag. happily and
wealthfully married, and her little ex-
bod carrier father Is living on the fat
Of the land. The added attraction is
Herbert Lloyd. Miss Lilyan. and their
associates Their novelty IS given I'M
der the caption The King Of Dfn-
monds." Newness is said TO be its chief
element and comedy, satire, travesty.
and burlesQue are woven into the mesh
of meTriment Brown. Harris. and
Brown Will be seen In a trOuble-chasinc
sketch entitled Just to Laugh-That's
All" Zeno, Jordan and Zeno will pre-
sent novel arenic feature. Spenser
Kelly and Frederic Rose viii add to the
variety Of the bill by giving a vocal
interlude that will appeal TO lovers OF
high class effort Mss Lillian APPEL.
pianiste, Will be another addition to the
bill w. 2. Whites act will be a
Rooseveltian contribution under the
name OF ION the Field Of Battle"
Funny pictures viii supplement The
Wild Boar Hunt "
The Washington times., 1907-09-08

Couquette." with new leading man.
Walter Hampaden.
Tuesday night-Hackett, "The Nov
ers," a new play by Mai tha Morton,
with Dorothy DOnnelly ia the leading
part
Wednesday night-Aadison Square,
The Man on the Case" a new comedy
by Grace Livingston Furniss James Lee
Finney and Elise Leslie are 70 have the
leading parts.
Saturday night-CircIe, Adolf Phillip
In MS Own musical comedy From
Across the Pond"
Aerial Dove Ballet Makes Hit.
Something new under the sun has
come at last in the Aerial Dove ballet,
the piece de resistance in a feast Of good
things at the Hlppodrone. While destin-
ed TO cause thrills OF secret JOY 70 the
heart OF hundreds Of thousands Of bald
headed men, II IS no less pleasing. IN an
other way, 20 their wives, sisters,
daughters and sWeethearts.
In Michael Angeles great paintings
you see chOirs Of angels floating IN the
clouds, dtgh above the earth. moving
easily and gracefully. The aerial ballet
floats just as easily in the air. each
angel. girl. apparently as much at
home as the birds. OF course. there must
be wires, but they are invisible 70 the
sharpesI eye. While the nymphs OF the
ballet cleave the empyrean blue, hun
dreds OF live doves, released from the
highest balcony, perch on their heads,
arms and shoulders.
Lee Shubert is back on Broadway
AFTER an absence from his Office for six
weeks due 10 illness. Mr. Shubert has
entirely recovered his Tealth and will
from now on devote ais energies 70 get
scheduled
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
New Season Opens at Columbia;
Weeks Attractions elsewhere

Fernando Eliscu will be the opening
attraction at the Columbia when that
house opens tomorrow evening for the
regular season. Her management is Of
fering her in an adoption OF Z. Libin's
masterpiece, Ruth done by Prof VII
liam Addison Hurvey. Of Columbia Uni
versity- Chief In Miss Eliscu's support
VIII be Edwin Arden. Jeffreys Lewis,
Alice Butler, Eva Condor. George Back
US, William Robert Daily. and Little
Florence Burns.
Miss E1iscu has for years been con-
nected with Mrs. F1ske's Manhattan
Theater Company. playing the priclpal
feminine roles, and It was in Martha
Of the LOwlands' that Miss Eliscu In
a night came into prominence. on the
day OF the opening Miss Ricard, who
was to play Martha. was mysteriously
shot, and. with but fifteen minutes re-
hearsal, Miss Eliscu essayed the role
and won immediate favor.
Ruth" Is q domestic drama In four
acts, and gives Miss Iliscu ample op-
portunity for emotional acting. 1t tells
Of woman. who. having been married
for six ysars-the union being blessed
with a child-hnally finds that con-
science Is conquering her-and that she
cannot quell desire TO tell her husband
OF certain shadows IN her past life. She
tells him OF the years Of privation and
want, Of the meeting with one who
blinds her with his professions of love.
Of the home and luxury he offered her.
Then followed more years. years full OF
bitterness, and finally her marriage TO
Allan Buchanan Edwin ARDEN. He
forgives her. and all would have been
well had not the husbands sister (Evs
CondOn) overheard the. confession, and
her whole being IS poisoned with "a de-
sire to make this woman's life unbear-
able She insinuates to the husband, her
brother, that a child in ar orphan asy-
lum, for which Ruth possesses a fond
ness, may be hers. until the husband,
trying TO believe in his wife's innocence
from all save the first misstep. accuses
her Of a petty theft. Here occurs one
CT the tense. heart-pulling situations of
the play. The wife denies 1t. and then,
with her child. she leaves her husbands
home. The last act shows her return.
From the old struggie-for existence. too
weak to work, she comes back to hef
husbands home, the victim of an in
durable malady. She is reunited to her
husband, but the Joy is too much for an,
impoverished condition, and, smiling into
her husbands face. with his arms about
her, her life passes out.
As viii be noticed. practically all the
members of Miss Eliscu's company are
favorites in washington. Mr.. Arden has
recently finished a starring summer en-
gagement at the Belasco, and Miss Alice
Butler was chief in the support of Miss
Walker Miss Jeffreys Lewis will be
remembered as having been connected
with the Columbia Theater Stock Conn
pany tor two seasons, with Guy Stand
ING, while Eva Condor, William Robert
DaIy. and George Backus are familiar
names here
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
Real Carmen Unearthed

The true story of Carmen, the op-
cratic heroine, has been unearthed in
London. where her great-granddaughte
Mintz Nadushka, a gypsy dancer on
lhe stage, was the victim OF an at
tempted murder by poisoning by mem
oers Of her tribe for having deserted
the gypsy life.
Inc real Garments name was not Car
men-a name no gypsy would have-but
Ar Mlntz, signifyIng The Tigress." or
Inc Untamabie. " Nor was she a
cigarmaker at a Seville factory, as ia
the opera, but she led a nomad life
with her tribe near Gibraltar, and lived
BY smuggling Before she met Don
Jose (who, as in The opera, allowed
her to escape from custody she was
already widow. her smuggIer nus
band having been killed in night with
the customs officers The real Don
Jose is described as a disolute, brutal
man, who had been a priest but who
had 10 leave MS clerical appointment
His romance with Carmen was Of
short duration. He treated her with
gross cruelty, and finally killed her
in Mt Of Jealousy. MintZ Nadushka.
who Is married TO a Frenchman. is de-
scended directly from Carmen" on her
mothers side. Her father was Harry
Gresham, British artilleryman. sta
toned AT Gibraltar, and her mother the
daughter Of DjarlSO, a wandering singer.
who married the daughter Of Carmen
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
Hammerstein Announces Singers
And Their Grand Opera Roles

Oscar Hammerstein, director Of the
Manhattan Opera House. has issued his
prospectus for the coming season which
will open Monday. November 4, and last
twenty weeks
The director states that he viii pro
duce eight works new to this country
and ten not in his repertoire last sea-
son. Three OF the operas will be sung
In German and the remainder in French
and Italian. His sopranos are Melba.
Nordica, Garden, Russ. Borello. and
eight others; his meZzo-sopranos and
contraltos are Schumann-H eink, De Cls-
neros. Bressler-Gianoli. Gerville-Reache.
and Giaconia; his tenors, Zanetello. Bas-
81. Dalmores. Albani. Perier, and
Cazouran. and his principal baritones,
Renaud. SammarcO. Dufrenne. Ancona,
Crebbe, and Gilbert
The bassos announced include Ari-
mondi and Didur. Twenty-Five singers
who have appeared aeceptably in Eu-
rope will sing the second parts. Cam
panini will be the chef d'orchestra, and
Pcilrini and Charter, the conductors.
The chorus win number 30 voices, and
the ballet thirty-six dancers. Marian
viii appear as solo dancer.
A list OF the majority of the operas 70
be performed and their projected casts
follows.
That's CMasseneD in French: Mary
Garden, Renaud, Cazouran. Arfm0nCif
Louise" (Charpentier) IN French:
Mary Garden, Gilbert, Bressler-G ianoli.
Sazouran-
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
LUNA PARKS LAST FORTNIGHT
TO BE USHERED IN TODAY

Next Sunday is to be the last one OF
Luna Parks season. Special programs
Of a farewell nature have been arranged
by Antonio Cello. conductor Of the
splendid musical organization bearing
his name
The free vaudeville at the park the
coming week win be furnished by RIB
bel 4 Derry, two recognized aerial GYM
nasts, late Of the Barnum show.
Tomorrow will be German Day at the
park. DR.. K. Voelckner, president OF
the United German Societies, promises
day Of unusual interest. There will
by athletic events by the Columbia Turn
verein, ar augmented chorus Of zoo
voices by the United German Singers OF
Washington, an address in German by
Dr. Voeickner, another in English by
Crandal Mackey, and other events
equally as interesting. German Day Is
purely an American institution and.
since the first celebration which was
held in 1888, TO the Germans Il is as
dear as are many of the better known
holidays observed by other natiOnalitics
The guessing contest. which has to do
with the number of electric bulbs within
the parks enclosure, viii be brought to
a close tonight, allowing the manage
ment a week to count the thousands of
guessing coupons that have been brought
and mailed TO the park
Another event that has a prize tacIyed
to IL will be Teddy Bear Day. which
is scheduled for September u
Alexandria Day Is to be held on
the 18th.
The Washington times., 1907-09-08

.Pelleas ct Melisande" Debussy) in
French; Mary Garden, Dufrenne, Periet.
Didur. Seegris.
Dolores (Breton) a Spanish opera. in
Italian: Gervile Reache, BOrellO. Carlo
Albani. Dufrenne.
'Jonllleur dc Notre Dame" {sdasseneO
IN French: CTenOrs. baritOnes, and
oaSsos only: Gilbert, Dufrenne, zane,
teilo' Ancona, Sammarco. Arimondi.
'Contes d'HOnman" (Onenbach in
Italian: Remand Cazouran. BoraHo. "a
pelli De Cisner0s, HoeIling YoneH 90
HeeHe" (Saint-Saens) in FTenchs
Melba. Dalmo~es.
"Gloconda" (PonchiellD IN Italian.
NorUcat SChumann-Heink aIternaffna,
WITH GeTv1lle- Resche, De Cisneros
SanlmaFeo, Zanetello, Didur
L2hengrin" (Wagner) in German:
Ne0Telcay Schunann- Heink. DalmOres.
Nordica Schumann- Heink, DaImeres
Yomelli e.
Tristan und Isolde" Cvagner in
German: Nordica, Schumann-H eink
Dalmores. Arimondi '''''
lie Prophetic (AIeyerbeer) In italian.
sc,iluInann- Heink, Dalmores, Arimondi.
Don Giovanni (MozarD in italian.
Renaud. .Nordica. YomeIH. Marichini
Zanctelu. Ancona '''-'
ANDRE Chenier'' (Giordano) IN italian.
Russ. Bassi. ArimOndi. Francesca Sam
marco. - sam
;, Manor CdasseneO IN French: Mary
screen Cazouran, Didur. GerYiIIe-
Aida" CverdD in italian: NorBics a.,
ternating with Russ, Bassi Ancona Ari
mondt De Cisneros- -
Romeo and Julier' CGounod) In
1N~Htinuaa on Third PaxsA
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
MISS ELISCU
GIVEN MEDAL.
FOR ACTING

1t is seldom that any reward for ex-
ceptional histrionic ability is offered bv
officials and statesmen or oTiceholders
of city or State other than the accIa-
nation Of pounded palms
But there has been an exception In the
case of Fernando Eliscu. who comes. to
the Columbia tomorrow evening, assist
ed by Edwin Arden, in a stirring domes
tic drama. Ruth"
1t was on the night OF February d
OF this year when Miss Eliscu was en-
Joy1ng a sixteen weeks engagement al
the Kalich Theater in New York city
in this same piece that she brings to
Washington next week. that certain
officials OF the city and State asked
II they might present Miss Ellscu with
a token of their esteem. The manage
ment thinking 1t nothing but perhaps
some floral tribute consented-and ON
the stage after the second act Miss
Euscu was presented with a Jewel en-
crusted medal. her bewreathed initiaIs
sparkling with Kimberly's OUTPUT. and
supporting a medal bearing on one sId1
her photograph, and on the reverse. ths
following: ~
Presented to Fernando Eliscu nv
mem bers of the Legislature OF the Stale
OF New York, and other citizens IN
appreciation of her great dramatI..
ability. Kalich Theater New York cit1I
February II. 1907
II IS hard to say whose SUNRISE wa
the greatest, Miss Eliscu or the would
Oe-pfesenter. who tried to make a speech
AID round that he couldn't.
The Washington times., 1907-09-08

plays in one. the third and fourth acts
presenting the same thought as the first
and second Dorothy Donnelly and Vim
cent SerranO have the leading roles.
The Rogers Brothers have an anus
ing vehicle in their rew musical piece
with Panama as the locale.
Plays produced earlier IN the season
were Raymond Hitchcock in a Yankee
Tourist" which has made a hit. and
Francis Wilson in when Knights Were
Bold" which has likewise caught the
public fancy. Tho Alaskan seems 10
be holding its own at the KnickerbOczer
IN spite Of some vigorous digs from the
critics.
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
Many New Plays Pre-
sented in New York
Last Week.

NEW YORK. Sept. 7.-These cool
evenings naturally bring on talk
Of the next grand opera season.
The first announcement comes from
Heinrich Conried, OF the Metropolitan.
1t may be said IN passing, that Mr..
Conried's stay in Europe has greatly
improved mis- health and he viii come
back 10 New York prepared to put Up
the battle OF his life for operate su-
premacy. He announces a company Of
artists which will be hard 10 beat any
where In the world:
SOpranOs-Miss Bessie ABBOTT. Nine.
Lima csvalisrI. Nine. Eanes. Miss Ger
aldine FarraT, Miss Rita lie Fornla.
MISS olive Fremstad. Nine Johanna
GaCSki, Nine Anne Girard, Nine Mar
tia Letter Burckard, Miss Lucille
Lawrence, Miss Lucy Lee Call, Miss
Miss Marie Rappoid, Nine Marcella
Semor.ch, and Miss Marion Weed.
MeZZo sopranos and ContTaltOs-Mule.
Louise Homar, Nine. Josephine JacOby,
NINE. F'rida Langendorff, and Nine.
kirby-Lunn.
Tenors - Julius Bayer, Allesandro
Bonci Alois Burgstaller. Carl Burrian,
Enrico Caruso, Andreas DIPPED, Helm
rich Knots, George Lucas, Ricardo
Martin, Giovannia Paron. Albert Reiss,
Charles Rousseliera, and Giuseppe Tee
chi.
Baritones-Bernard Begne, Giuseppe
Campanan. Eugene Dufrfche Ott0
GcTitz, Adolf MachImann, Antonio
Scott, Franz Stiner. Ricardo SIrac-
ciar, and Anton Van Rooy.
BdssOs-Ranaele BarOcchi. Robert
Blass, Theodore Chaiiapine. Marcel
Journet, NittoTio Navarini, and Pol
plancon.
Conductors-S. Bovy, Rodolfo FerrarI.
Alfred Hartz and Gustav Mailer, As
sistant conductors-Paul Elsler, Hans
MOrganstsrn, Kurt SCHNEIDER, and TuIliO
NOgnera, Technical director-Eugene
Castei-Bert. Stage observation-disclosures Du4
frfche and Anton Schertel. Stage man
ager-Frauk Rigo
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
@wOrId Beatersn at Gaxetv.

The appearance Of the World Beat
ers" at the Gayety Theater. beginning
Eext week. will be the signal for mirth
and merriment in wholesale lots. The
comedians are said to be good. the girls
pretty. and the scenery and costumes arc
handsome.
The performance opens with a laugh
able conception, "a Trip to Newport, ''
in which the principal members of the
company are brought out and present
the following musical numbers in an in
terestins manner: 1.-THE Bathing Girls 3"
Scotch Lassies," Irish Hodcarrlers.
"Bowery Boys and Girls" CONCLUDING
with an original absurdity, .GThe Chal-
lenge Dance"
In the olio the novelties VIII be the
Continued on Third PanaA
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
Advanced Vaudeville q Success.

The season Of Klaw & Changers ad-
vaneed vaudeville opened with a rush
Monday, when seventeen houses in the
United States and Canada opened for
the season According to the news re-
ceived at the firms offices, all the
houses were crowded at both perform
ances- TIE cities outside Of New York
IN which the firm owns or controls
houses, are St Louis, Milwaukee
Kansas City, Philadelphia, two houses:
FittsDurg, Boston, Newark Brooklyn
TWO houses; Buffalo, Montreal. Sprine-
held, Worcester, Mass; Hartford. Conn.
and Louisville Four others are in
course Of preparation for openfng-Tba
AUDITORIUM In Chicago. the HippOdrome
IN Cleveland, the Baker in ROchegter-
and the New Alexandra in Toronto.
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
THRILLING BLANEY DRAMA
AT ACADEMY THIS WEEK

At the new Academy opening tomor-
row night and continuing throughout
The week with the usual Tuesday,
Thursday. and Saturday inatinees
Charles T. Blaney viii Introduce Miss
Vivian Prescott and Walter Wilson. in
his latest military drama, written bv
himself, entitled "A Child of the ReeI-
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
FUN WILL HOLD BOARDS
AT CHASE'S THIS WEEK

Chase's polite vaudeville program this
week viii comprise the Thomas 7
Ryan-Richfeld company. Herbert LLOYD.
assisted by Lillian Lilyan and com
parry Brown, Harris. and Brown; Zeno.
Jordan and Zeno; Spenser Kelly and
The Washington times., 1907-09-08
Hammerstein Not Alarmed.

Oscar Hammerstein surely viii have
to be up and doing to go against this
galaxy. Mr.. Hammerstein knows the
game however. and Is not to be frighten-
ed by famous names. When the time
comes. it can be confidently expected
that he will be in the ring with an equal
ly formidable array Of song birds
. In the meantime Mr.. Hammerstelo
seems 70 be very busy considering plans
and proposals for the building OF opera
houses in other cities. Boston, Philadel-
phia and Pittsburg already are on the
list OF cities said to be negotiating with
the tmpressario. but up to the present
be Is emulating Brer Fox and is "lsying
low. saying nufin'!"
New Plays Almost Nightly.
Hardly a night now but sees a group
OF pIayhouses throw open their doors
for the season. For this week the list
Of the most important follows:
Monday night-Broadway. The Rog-
ers Brothers IN Panama" new musical
comedy.
Herald Square, Virginia Harmed in
Anna Karenina," Thomas w. Broad
hurst's dramatization of Tolstoy's novel
of the same name
Wallacks. Dustin Farnum In Angus
tus Thomas new play, The Ranger"
Academy of Music, Eleanor Robson in
Paul Armstrong; play. "Salomy Jane,
enlarged for a bigger stage
Bitou. Ala Nazimova In "Comstessee
The Washington times., 1907-09-08

--4niinnsa on Third Paxel
The Washington times., 1907-09-08

Continued on Third PaRaA
The independent., 1907-01-17

R. Heinze have captured control of
the Mercantile National Bank at New
York and have ousted the Gould mem
bers of the directorate.
Retiring Governor Pardee of Cali
fornia, in his final message to the leg
islature assailed President Roosevelt's s
stand on the Japanese question and
defended the right of the state to con-
duct its schools as it deems best.
Governor Hoch in his message to
the Kansas legislature. which con
vened at Topeka, urged the passage
of an anti-pass law, declared for lower
railroad rates, and said the legislation
aimed at the Standard Oil company
Is saving consumers of oil 100000 a
year.
Legislative reforms OF wider scope
than ever previously were put before
an Illinois legislature were recon-.
monded by Governor Deneen In his
message to the legislature
Governor Woodruff In his message
10 the Connecticut legislature. broke
away from The machine which elect.
ca him and urged radical legislation.
The independent., 1907-01-17
THE JAPANESE MNVASIONv

We call the attention of our eastern
exchanges which persist in declaring
the demand for the exclusion of Jap
anese coolies TO be merely a device
of such demagogues as Schmitz and
Ruef, to letter from a resident of
one OF our best known fruit districts
which we printed yesterday. We could
print many such letters from several
districts which have already been cap
tured by Japanese. but until neces-
sary we dislike to advertise the mis-
fortunes of any particular locality.
lest the letter escaped the attention
OF our exchanges who ought, at least.
as Americans. to try TO understand
the position of their fellow, Americans
in California, we reprint one para,
graph;
You are correct in the statement
that the Japanese comes here a. a
laborer then as IA renter and finally
as hand owner, This has been our
experience here, aud In consequence
our town and country do not make anv
progress. For your Information viii
also state that IA the last two mouths
The independent., 1907-01-17
Summary of News
(Continued)

The legal battle on the Great North
ern railroads proposed issue of $780,
100000 additional capital stock has
begun,
President Roosevelt, who is said to
have obtained conclusive evidence
that the negro troops alone were guilty
in the Brownsville affair, is preparing
a new and hot message for transmits
sion to the senate.
The proposed credit currency plan
Is attacked by Ex-Governor Boies of
Iowa. who says In speech at Water
loo. Iowa, that the measure would re.
move the last safeguard about n bank.
Ing system long outliyed. and assist
corporations at the expense OF public
good.
County Treaswer.clcct Gootx OF Mil.
waukee, Wis, has failed 10 get the
required bond. and therefore IL unable
20 qualify,
y A. tIeiuge, c. W. Morse aud r.