The Washington herald., 1907-03-24


At Chase's next week the eight attrac-
tions engaged to provide an appropriate
after Easter celebration viii include
George Evans. the Honey Boy" author
Of many popular songs, and favorite
black-faced comedian; Harry L. Tighe
and company, In the college comedietta,
Those Happy College Days" the -Four
| Bards; Donahue and Nichols; Fiske and
AIcDonough; Johnston and Hardy; ReiH
Brothers, and the Country Schooimas-
ter" motion pictures. Reserved seats go
on sale to-morrow
Texas" is announced for Easter week
at the Majestic AS the name implies.
its scenes and incidents are laid in the
picturesque far Southwest. II Is one OF
the most popular dramas of Western life
ever written by an American author The
| characters Of the play comprise the
sturdy ranchmen. cowboys. and the brisk.
alert women OF the Lone Star State.
However, Texas" should not be con-
1 founded with the wild and woolly melo-
drama. The cast is said TO be fully up
10 the requirements of the play The
scenic pictures, being made from original
sketches, are correct in every detail.
The Belasco Theater bookings for the
next three weeks are unusually varied
+ and interesting. Owing TO II being Holy
Week the theater will be closed for the
first three days and on Friday. On April
/ 1, ?. and there viii be produced musi-
cal comedy called We Are IN Society,
/ by well-known local players. for the bene-
! fit Of the National Junior Republic. On
/ April 6. the Paint and Powder Club will
give tfeir annual performance this
! season for the benefit Of the Christ Child
! Society. For the week of April the
management announces the production Of
a new musical comedy. details OF which
will be given later.
The Belasco Theater announces as the
attr9ction for the week beginning Mon
day April Is, Madam Kaleh In Harrison
| Gre, 9skc's production of Jacob Cor
dons widely discussed play. The
| Kreutzcr Sonata" De Wolf Hopper Is
| scheduled for a return engagement at the
BelascO Thester the latter part OF April
Mr.. Hopper will revive Wang for this
occasion. and possibly "El Captain"
The Snow Man. the latest musical
comedy offered By the Messrs. Shubert
will very likely soon be seen at the Be
/ lasco Theater. The music is said 70 be
the most tuneful that Reginald de Koven
has written in some time.
George n. Cohan. self-styled "The yam
kee Doodle Comedian will begin an en-
/ gagement at the New National Theater
the week beginning Monday. April /.
George Washington. Jr." is the title
Of his new musical play. Like all Conan
plays il IS thickly interspersed with mus
fra
the song hits are. ''He Was a Wonder
ful Man." Virginia" 'IIl Be There
With Bells On IF Washington Should
Come to Life" "All Aboard for Broad
way" The Wedding Of the Blue and
the Gray" and a particularly catchy
number entitled Your Grand Old Flag.
The cast supporting the youthful star
contains the names OF his mother and
father. Helen F. and Jerry J. Cohan.
Ninie DAILY, Dorothy Hunting, Willis p.
Sweatman, Frank McNlsh, Maggie
Rhodes. John A. Boone. and others equal
ly well known TO patrons Of musical pro-
ductions.
In addition to the regular Saturday
matinee. a special professional matinee
will be offered Thursday, at which Mr.
Cohan will play before all the profession
al people then in the city.
BY the terms Of a contract arranged in
New York, Edwin Arden. at the head of
his own stock company. viii take pos
session OF the Belaseo Theater on Non
day. May Is. for a spring ana summer
season. The announcement that Mr.. Ar
den will return 90 Washington at the head
Of an organization OF his own will, no
doubt, be welcome news to local thea
tergOeTs, for no actor who has played
here in the last ten years has had a
stronger persolal following than Mr.. Ar
den. During the several summers that he
has been seen here as leading man OF
stock companies. Mr.. Arden has won uni
versal praise for a series OF very fine
chaTacterizations. This time he will have
an organization entirely under his own
control, and VIII be seen in a wide variety
OF plays. Mr.. Arden is now in New York
selecting his company. and the names Of
the players who will appear in his sup
port viii be announced later This an I
nouncement settles conclusiveiy the ru-
mors that have been prevalent about the
spring season at the Belasco, and viii. no
doubt, come as a great surprise to many
who thought that Mr.. Arden would be |
unable TO effect an entrance into Wash |
ington this spring.
Beginning Easter Monday at the Colum- /
bia Theater. Mr. William H Crane and
Miss Ellis Jeffreys will begin a short en- /
gagement in Oliver Goldsmith's famous /
comedy, she Stops TO Conquer" Prob /
ably no play has so long an honorable a /
history as this old comedy. If we except /
the Shakespearean drama. Mr.. Crane is |
well known for his various artistic tri
umphs for any time during the last thirty I
five or forty years. and Miss Jefreys. /
whose charm and winsoneness have been
acknowledged by all who have ever seen
her, both here and abroad, should prove /
a working partner equal to the best that /
could be obtained. Both occupy positions /
at the very top Of their profession, and /
they will be supported by cast that will 4
Of itself command attention, numbering
IN its personnel as 1t does such remark I
able players as George Giddens, who is 4
to-day without question the most famous 1
Tony Lumpkin upon the English speaking
stage Fanny Addison Pitt, who, during 4
her fifty years OF stage experience, has
played the part of Mrs. Hardcastle some
hundreds Of times: Fred Thorne. whose
Dtggory has made him a reputation in
many cities; Margaret Dale. who has
played some seasons with John Drew as
his leading woman, and others of Ike
prominence.
feature OF the production to be given
by Mr.. George a. Bentley at the Belasco
Theater on the evening of Thursday, April
4. will be the all-star vaudeville which
opens the performance of four novel at
fractions. "A Smart Set Engagement"