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The Washington herald., 1907-10-13
composer and Rnstne.. Nan.

Howard Herrick, business manager for
Miss Virginia Harmed in Anna Kare-
nina. was formerly 4 well-knoYn news
paper man he began his journalistic
life in this city. Since entering the the
atrical field he has been press. represen-
tative for many successful stars He was
the first TO exploit Nine. NazimOva in
this country. and he also handled the
press work for Bertha Kalich when she
made her first appearance on the Eng
disappearing stage His work for Wright
Lorimer IN The Shepherd King and
for THE Clansman" kept those attrac-
tions prominently -befcre the public Mr.
Herrick has recently composed a set OF
waltzes. which he has dedicated 10 Rob
ert Edeson, entitled Classmates Waltzes,
and which are being played at the Hud-
son Theater. New York, throughout Mr..
Blossoms engagement They give prom
ise Of being one OF the big sellers Of the
year His new ballad, Sweetheart,
Love, or Dearie, " is very popular all over
the country He has also recently writ
ten the lyrics for two successful songs
by Alfred c. Robyn. Mine FOreve.
More" and MY Chiquita," Mexican
love serenade
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"a FooI ana a GIrI..

From the New York Telegraph.
After to-night's performance in Bal
timore a Fool and Girl will
be no more. That, at least. is one
version OF the situation. Another-the
more pleasant. and. therefore. the man
ageriaI one-is that the play viii be
revived later on, when New York
time" is available
In either case, James X. Hackett has
for the time being decided 20 steer the
production into port, which in theatri-
Gals means the storehouse. After a
weeks effort in Washington and an
other weekk effort in Baltimore. he has
concluded that under existing condi
tions not only Is the game not worth
the candle, but that further dalliance
with the candle is likely to result In
burnt fingers.
The play is from the pen of David
Wark Griffith Prominent In the cast
are Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, and Al
ison Skipworth Miss Ward, according
10 all reports. has registered an enor-
nous personal hit
At Mr. Hacketts Offices yesterday the
following reason for the withdrawal of
the attraction at this time was offered
we are taking it off because only
one-night stands are now ahead of us.
The production is too expensive 10 be
played in the smaller cities until 1t
has received metropolitan Endorsement
Therefore The piece will be laid aside
until we can present II in New York
Later on it viii be revived at the
Hackett TheateT."
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Press Agents and Fakes.

Mr.. Claiming Pollock, formerly a we'll
known dramatic writer for the press OF
Washington, but who in recent years has
been a fairly successful maker of plays.
has brought down a storm about his ears
by an article published In a popular mag
azine about press agents Mr.. Pollock was
a press agent for number OF years. so
ought to know what he is talking about
when he declares the chief business OF
the press agent Is to get up fakes" that
Is. untrue stories, about the star whose
interests he is supposed to be promoting.
Mr PollOck's article has brought about
a discussion as to whether press agents
are required to invent successful lies
about the attractions they are employed
TO promote. and as to whether the ordi-
nary press agent fake" has any chance
OF success to-day. It might be easy
enough to answer both of these ques-
tions by the generalization that lies are
never so successful as the truth. but one
may go a good deal further than that.
Theatrical news is One of the most inter-
esting features OF a modern eewspaper,
but within recent years the business of
the theaters has increased so nightly
that It takes about all the space that a
newspaper-save, of course, the blanket
sheets. which have to I'll up with some
thlng-has 10 spare 10 give the news. But
even the news Of the stage is not pre-
sented to a newspapers readers in hap
hazard fashion II is prepared and edited
MI hnu EnEr co
and who have enough theatrical expert
ence 20 tell fake" g mile of. No press
agent who had sufficient brains TO get
himself employed as such would be ass
enough 10 try and pass of fake story
on the dramatic editor Of any respectable
daily
Then, too, it is always a question as
to the value of freak methods of adyer-
tising. The man who made the dog OF
certain English actress famous. and
who had tan bark laid in the street IN
front of the theateT in New York in
which she was playing. so that the noise
Of passing vehicles might not disturb
her. only succeeded in making A dis
tinguished artist ridiculous. and il took
two tours OF this country with worthy
plays 10 win back for this lady the
artistic respect to which her undoubted
talent entitled her. When, a little over
q year ago. 1t was proposed to put on
one Of Bernard Shaw's less delicate
plays. the press agent employed did all
he could to convey the impression shat
the piece was salacious. indecent even
He got his advertising out Of 1t, but SO
worked up public opinion that the play
which had cost a good deal of money
10 prepare. was stopped by the police on
the second or third night
Year by year the business OF press
agent has become more dignihed and
/ earnest Most OF the press agents to-day
are men who have held positions on
newspapers Of good standing: most OF
( them are competent TO go back to edi-
torial positions. AS such men would
not have written lies for their news
papers. neither viii they for their stars
To lie about production is to deal II
q vital blow in advance. The truth pays
best, and the press agent of to-day. for
dIgnlfed attractions. is the man who can
present the truth in its most attractive
form.
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by the same author, you Never Can
Tell" and for a season or two foated on
the crest Of his sudden popularity.
Another young Irishman is coming In
for considerable attention just now as
an actor. His name is Fiske OHara.
and he opened a week ago at Blaney' 5
Theater, the Lincoln Square, In a piece
called "DiOn ODare." He was accepted
in the regular order of things, and for a
day or two the critics took no notice
of him. He was put down as a second
rater. But fame sometimes travels fast,
Those who went to see him were charmed
with his singing and acting, and a few
days later he was heralded as a danger
Gus rival OF Andrew Mack and Chauncey
Olcott. Several of the big managers be
gan TO bid for him. but a contract with
his present manager stood in the way OF
satisfactory arrangements, and for an
other year. at least, he will continue 10
play the minor theaters
Henry Clay Barnabee, for many years
the head Of the Bostonians. is lying In
a critical condition at one Of the New
York hospitals. as the result Of severe
injuries received a week ago. In STEP
ping out OF the way Of a passing wagon,
the old comedian was knocked down by
a car. He was carried TO a hospital
where he has been lying for days in a
state Of Inconsistencies. He is seventy
four years old, and it Is feared that he
has sustained a fracture OF the skull,
I from uvh He ronV NOT sacc-ra-
Col. Savage will bring "The Merry
Widow" 10 the New Amsterdam on Oc
tober q. and everybody is living in ardent
anticipation. This operetta has made a
tremendous furore in Europe II has
been running in Vienna for something
like coo performances. and many of the
other European cities claim similar rec
ords Those who have seen Lehar's work
In the course OF their. foreign peregrina-
tions give glowing accounts Of its charm
and beauty. just that Is causing Col
Savage 10 feel uneasy, He deplores the
extravagant expectations excited by these
reports, and declares no four-ring circus
could live up 10 such extreme praise.
According 20 the best information, THE
Merry Widow" is a splendid musical
treatment Of a very gay and frolicsome
subject, with incidental high kicking and
an audacious disregard Of certain we'll
established proprieties. In brief. it has
the characteristic fling Of the Viennese
comic opera At all events. II will prob
ably do something toward spelling the
prevailing appetite for the musical cock
TAIL a form Of dissipation for which no
gold treatment has yet been discovered.
FRED. +. SCHRADER.
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NOTES OF THE STAGE

Al Leech's new play. Happy Days,
written by Elicit Chambers. had trial
in MiddIetown, Conn. the other evening.
and W. A Brady says IL IS all right
Miss Minnie Dupree, who won such
instantaneous favor in New York last
season in the quaint comedy The Road
TO Yesterday" Is still feature OF that
attraction. and will be seen at the Be
iascO Theater shortly.
George Y. Hobart is the first TO sue
ceed Of many sketch authors who have
attempted TO give Clayton White and
Marie Stuart. the vaudeville stars. real
successor 70 their famous little farcette
called 'Dickie." The new Hobartian hit
is named "Cherrie.
Nance O'NeiIs vaudeville debut in
Pittsburg was not a bowling success. and
1t is a question whether The Jewess,
which she offered. is the sort Of vehicle
cared for by patrons Of the Grand Opera
House. The piece was condensed to a
twenty-minute sketch.
Mabel Brownell and Edward Elsner re-
port regularly every night at the Lyceum
Thester. New York. where they are IN
derstudies 10 Margaret Hnngton and
KyTle Belew Thus far neither Of them
has had an opportunity 70 play the lead
ing part In THE Thief"
". A. Brady is cherishing the idea that
Robert Mantell is a legitimate successor
to the late Richard Mansfield, and is
Strengthening that actors support with a
view 10 making some elaborate Shakes
pearean productions. Cooper CIfe and
Adele Cortelyou have Just been engaged.
The management OF the New National
TheateT has already announced the open
ing Of the mail order department for the
engagement Of Henrietta Crosman in
The Christian Pilgrim" From all ac-
counts this viii be one OF the sensations
of the current season. A chorus of fifty
voices is one Of the big features. The
music was written by William Furst
late Of David Belasco's forces.
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"The Three Of Us y


Washington got its first chance last
week to see the play by Rachel Crothers,
THE Three Of Us" which ran all of last
year at the Madison Square Theater. New
York, and seeing it, 1t was easy to under
stand why this, the first play of an IN
tried playwright, should have sprung into
such instant popularity. In connection
with the drama the word Western" has
come to have such a peculiar meaning,
involving leather breeches, revolver on
hip. slouch hats and bucking bronchos
that it seems like a misnomer to call this
delicate and beautiful play Western. but
that is what it is. Its scene is laid in
the West and its characters are true
Westerners, that is to say, men and won-
en- of the East who have gone West in
that restless search for fortune which
makes so many Of US follow on where
the pioneers led. It is Western, too. in
its broad outlook on life and its wide
view Of humanity. The characters it
deals with are large at heart, fuIl-souled.
bully,
To most theatergoers the plot Of THE
Three Of Us" will seem so simple that
the thought will come that this must
have been as easy play 70 write, and yet
nothing about it-not even Its fine appeal
to sentiment-is quite so strong as It's
construction. The plot of the play is
never thrust at you; it trickles through
the four acts quite simply and naturally;
1t is the true art that conceals art.
And while the emotional appeal Of this
play is strong and tender. 1t is fine to
remember the moral purpose that runs
through it all The old, old lesson that
they who are good shall be happy" is
here insisted upon. and there is no scene
in the whole play quite so artistic and
at the same time so appealing TO the
best human emotions as the scene where
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

the sister, realizing her young brothers
disgrace, pleads with him and wrestles
wins him back to decency and manliness
again.
The play is so good, so well constructed; +;
the players have been given such re-
markable tools to work with by ene
dramatist that IL is doubtful whether
even bad acting could spoil II utterly. but
as 1t is with Miss Nilsson In the prin-
cipal role and supported by company Of
clever players, It is a sheer delight all
the way through. Such play as this is
bound to succeed wherever ii goes; its
tendency is always to the good, and, after
all. the hearts of the theatergoers are
sound.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13
THIS JOHNSON IS CoLoRED.
Asks to Be Trained for Stage to
Follow Namesake's Career.
WHATS In a name?"

WHAT'S IN nameP
That's the thing that is bOtherfng Rob.
ert Hickman. director OF the BelascO
TheateT School Of Acting. because he re-
ceived a letter yesterday from colored
man named OTrin Johnson. asking Mr.
Hickman to train him for the stage
There is another Orrin Johnson. white
man, who was popular in Washington be-
cause Of his good work in the all-star
east Of THE Heart of Maryland.
What Mr. Hickman wants to know is
whether the mere name Orrin Johnson
has enough Of the dramatic about It to
impel a man irresistibly toward the foot
lights.
Hickman decided Orrin Johnson. Of
New York, should know about his name
sake, and sent him a copy of the letter
The School for Scandal will be the
first play put in rehearsal by the Belasco
Theater School of Acting. which will open
tomorrow for its regular eight-months'
season.
Director Hickman has added another
branch to his school. This season he will
train pupils for operatic careers.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13
PROGRAMME FOR THE WEEK.

they would soon be eliminated. Mr.. Klein
remained in Washington all the week,
and daily rehearsals were held, 50 that
when the play is seen in New York. it
Is almost sure TO be a better performance
than was seen here. Some minor changes
we're made in the cast also, and John
Findlay was shifted from the part of the
old father to that of Corples. the boy, y
and his place was taken by Leslie Allen.
father Of Viola Allen and a player who
has for years been connected with the
best things on the American stage
To say that The Step Sister" is a
great play would be a mistake. for
greatness implies breadth Of subject.
Wilderness Of scope, some n5vel daring in
treatment This play has hardly one Of
these three things. but 1t does dsal with
life as 1t is. the joys and sorrows Of sim
pie folk. who in spite Of the fact that
they are presented on the stage. are
nevertheless very human--it is only the
line Of footlights that separates these
characters on the stage from those in
front.
And the play breaches love and kindness
and charity. and is not the less effective
as sermon because the teaching is sub
tie and is colorful and entertaining. II
is interesting. too. 10 find Mr.. Klein sue
cessfully drawing such a character as J..
Madison Tate. risen from Office boy TO
high position and places in an environment
where money almost seems TO be the only
god. and yet strong enough to put mere
money-making away from him because
he has recognized the Importance Of keep
ing his hands and his heart clean- That
is a lesson that cannot be too often in
sisted on in this money-loving age. and
Mr.. Klein has preached 1t Interestingly
The Boston Transcript OF Wednesday
contained q story about the play, declar-
ing that Mr.. Charles Klein had brought
out another failure" and saying that
the washington newspapers were agreed
as to this. The Transcript vas mistaken.
The Washington Herald believes that for
play wi.h such an uplift, with such
undoubted literary quality, and such
clever Characterization the American pus-
lie has q warm welcome. The play de-
serves success and viii win it.
The Hoyt musical comedies are TO be
revived This is thought to be a direct
blow at Mr.. George NJ Cohan.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13
Have n Good Cry.

young idler in The Man Of the
Hour is sympathizing with his sister
who has had some love troubles, and he
draws one Of the heartiest laughs in the
play by the remark:
That's right; have a good cry. Don't
be a piker; have a good one" Alderman
Phelan has 20 hesitate for some time
when he says Of Boss" Horrigan: Hes
game bird, but he flies funny" It is
the unexpected phrasing Of the line that
provokes the laugh.
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Miss Clara BIoodgood.

In speaking Of her stage career, Miss
Clara Bloodgood, who will be seen at the
Belasco Theater this fan in the new
Fitch comedy. The Truth" says. I've
had lots Of luck but I have worked hard,
too. II is a grateful profession If you
have done we'll the public tells you so.
1t doesn't wait until you are dead and
put dearly beloved on your tombstone -
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A Bessie Clarvoe-C Chase. Of this city, who
made such q favorable impression at the
New Willard Hotel a short time ago as
Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, {"
| is playing the lead with Miss Alma
HeaTn. She is with her husband. Joseph
Hall Chase. who is leading man IN the
same company. and is touring the South
for the winter.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Mrs. Sol Smith, that dear old soul
whose long stage life has been crowded
with so many delightful events, is a
member Of the Kelcey-Shannon company
who will appear here in Bridge" at the
Columbia Theater next week. Mrs. Smith
is the oldest actress in activity, and in
Bridge" she is said to have another one
Of those character portrayals which she
has always made stand out in bold relief
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

After a series of straight dramatic
productions, the New National will soon
enter the field Of musical comedy. song
and dance Some of the big musical
shows already announced for presenta-
ton before the holidays are Hattie VIII
liams in THE Little Cherub." Lula Gla-
ser in Lola from Berlin" Anna Held in
The Partisan Model" and The Rogers
Brothers in Panama"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Another English dramatist is looking
for an American verdict. Mr.. Alfred
Sutro, author of The Walls of Jericho" Z"
has arrived In New York 10 supervise his
production Of John Glayde's Honor"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

It is to be hoped that there is solid
foundation for the report that Miss Edith
Wynne Matthison will succeed Miss Ang-
I'm as the heroine Of THE Great Divide
when the latter is compelled to relin-
quish the part by previous engagements
Il would be difficult 10 find a more salts
factory substitute
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Clyde Fitch, following the example of
many other well-known authors. has
tried his hand at writing a sketch for
vaudeville. George Lawrence is the
owner Of the manuscript
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Walker Whiteside, who is to be starred
under Liebler management later in the
season, sailed last Saturday for Europe
to see a play the American rights of
which have been bought for him
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Herbert Standing has contracted to
write his "reminiscences of Sir Henry
Irving for the Century Magazine. to be
published later in book form.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

The Metcalfe case. growing out OF
Lies attack on the theatrical trust. is
over. The courts say that q mans theater
is his own He can admit whom he
pleases and bar whom he chooses.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Mrs. Leslie Carter wiIIsadd Camille
to her repertoire of ''Zaza' and 'Du
Barry" which she will play on her road
tour preceding the completion Of her new
OlaV
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

In a tomb in Egypt two plays have been
discovered which were written 1000 years
ago. 1t is not known how It was that
Mr.. Charles Frohman missed them so
long
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Last week David Beiasco passed the
twenty-fifth anniversary of his arrival in
New York. He made no special observ-
ance Of the occasion.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

America did not like Mr.. Henry Arthur
Jones The Evangelist" and ii has been
taken off. Mr.. Jones has also taken
himself of: sailing back to England with
a poor opinion Of American judgment
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Annie Russell who has been spending
the summer In MaiRe, returned TO New
York last week TO confer with her man
ager concerning her new play Paid in
Full"
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Louis Mann. having had a failure in
The White Hen" has gone into vaude-
vile.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

The Hoyt musical comedies are TO be
revived. This is thought TO be direct
blow at Mr.. George N Conan.
The Washington herald., 1907-10-13

Another event which is looked forward
to with considerable interest is the forth
coming trial of Arnold Daily to popu-
larize a series of tragic. melo-dramatic,
and comical playlets at the Berkeley
Lyceum. He is about the only actor in
New York who has any prospects Of
making a success Of such a venture.
When he started out for himself pee
pie recalled that he had once been an
Office boy in the Frohman Offices, and
smiled. For a long time they refused to
take him seriously. When he announced
that he would produce one of Shaw's
plays. Candida when the Shaw PLAYS
had been a failure everywhere else, they
chuckled in confident anticipation of his
conceit sustaining a serious fall But
to everybodys amazement Daily sue
eeeded. Candida" was accepted and a
sudden interest was aroused in the &C.
centric Irish author. whose only previ-
GUS success had been scored in Vienna.
That was the beginning Of the shaw
craze. DAILY brought out another play
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D-I ~ NO AHI ii WE'VE
BUREAU REPORT ON NOM
Crop Condition Was Placed at 72.7 q
Prices Really Should
Americus warehousemen sold cot
ton at 121a to 1234 cents yesterday
morning when the Government Bu-
reau report showing crop conditions
came to hand, the futures market i'm
mediately taking a drop of thirty
points from Saturdays closing
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Longworth laid stress on the fact,
however, that such an expression of
the popular will must be of so pro
show that it is the sincere desire of
the vast mass of American citizens

president.
HUNDREDS ATTEND
MACHINISTS MEET
Annual Convention of the |. A
M. at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, MO, Sept. 9.-Delegates
from all over the United States, Can
ada and Mexico to the number of 500,
representing 100000 members of the
international Association of Machin-
lists, met in convention here today. 1t
is expected that two weeks will be
required to complete the business be
fore the union,
President James O'Connell, who
who has been the chief executive of
the association for fifteen years, will
likely be reelected.
He is one of the leading labor lead
ers of the country, being third vice
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Julian Rodgers, State Sect
E%N# Firm a Foundation.
81, o H. Mcneil.
0rOr of the Day. Capt c. p Hammond will reside
pEADc uANANAEDTuEAAADKET

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)AYW WAS A HEAVY WEIGHT
nd Bears Jumped on Market Although
lave Advanced Instead.
cotton from a bale of hay succeeded
in putting it down.
One thousand miles from a cotton
field, they are better judges, they say,
than are the farmers.
The Government Ginners' Report
issued yesterday as we'll, showed 191,
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SON=IN.LAW NICK
SPEAKS FOR TEDDY.
Will Run for AnOthea Term
If People Want Him
WILL BOW TO VOX P0PUu
But it Must Be Apparent TO ROOSe-
welt That It is Really the Sincere
Ooc;ro oF fho Croot Mace nf
VII ENuII tut INIEUNIIOU TUT UT
&C ~ IL.

Citizens That He Continue .,
His Work for Another
four Years.
HONOLULU, HAWAIIAN ISLAND,
Sept. 9-Congressman Longworth,
the presidents son-in-Iaw, who is here
wNh Mrs. Longworth, in an interview
today, expressed the positive belief
that il there is practically unani-
nous demand on the part of the Am
erican people for him to run for a
third term as president Roosevelt
will bow TO their wishes and do so.
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student days in France went throug
III WHICH, HUI WtIt HIOWtW UOW II
hay. | too, was moved down
Ike nay. 50 IIIdI IHt IIIUIUtHI OF II9J
night has neither annoyed me nor in
timidated me"

Kuttner went4when she got scared and
left the house in which for weeks she
had been living side by side with the
wife whom she is to supplant.
MADE EN- A PRESENT
OF PAST DUE BILLS
Americus Man Keeps the Rec
ord Straight.