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Harry. Benrimo, Oscar Eagle Maria Da-
Wis. Grace Gayler Clark and Marta Me.
lean.
picturesque setting was chosen fo,
the background of the drama-southerr
California In the late fifties. after the
MeXicaP war. when band of sturdy
Americans gradually pushed the old ma
tive families from their inherited estates
defending themselves behind the techni-
cal rulings of a United States law con-
corning land grants. The conflict of ac-
uon occurs among these characta rs !:
kearney. manly young American who
is sent to. California on government duty
to report to. Washington regarding al
legged land outrages; Kinkaid an Ameri-
can of another type. unscrupulous. witE
no manners and less sentiment: Juanita
a beautiful girl of Spanish and American
blood. who ihherits the impulsiveness o.
her American father. the pride and high
spirit of her Spanish mother and the CO.
quetry. Indifference and romanticism of
the Spanish race. The senorita falls in
love with the young American. but she
hesitates between this love and the duty
and preJudices of a Spanish lady.
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able personality from seeing her. behind
the footlights are not aware that Miss
Eleanor Robson has another talent De
sides that of acting from which she could
derive a substantial living did she care, to
drop her stage work and take it up. Miss
Robson is painter OF china and an artist
of no mean order.
When she was a convent girl In the
care of q Staten Island sisterhood her
talent in this direction was so pronounced
that her dreams were all of a career as
an artist When. however, fate stepped
in and wiled it otherwise. her painting
became the dearest solace of, the actress.
Her hours of recreation were given to
her china.
Two years ago. with much trepidation.
the actress sent a couple of samples of
her work to an exhibition of the New
York Ceramic Society. They carried off
first and second prizes, and it is doubt
full if her stellar honors ever gave the
young woman more genuine happiness.
Now Miss Robson is confronted with
the necessity of abandoning her brush for
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William Collier.

Wholesome fun is the keynote of
Caught in the Rain" the farce in which
Charles Frohman will present William
Collier at the Columbia next week. This
play had a preliminary hearing in Wash
ington about year and half ago. Since
then it has been played for seven months
at the Garrick Tneater in New York and
principal eastern cities, meeting with sue
cess wherever presented. Caught in the
Rain abounds in witty lines and humor-
Gus situations. The love story in which
Dick Crawford the character portrayed
by Mr.. Collier, and Muriel Mason figure
is delightfully."- told The rainstorm at
the close of the first act, which drives
the bashful hero under tile shelter of
protecting awning. is realistic. the rain
literally coming down in torrents. Sup
porting Mr.. Collier are Albert Perry, John
Saville. Richard Sterling, Reginald Ma
son, William II. Post, Charles Poore,
Thomas Beauregard, Thomas Martin.
John Adam, Thomas Lennon, All Sam,
Ellen Mortimer, Helen Collier-Garrick,
Jane Laurel and Anne Bradley.
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r1cn Anglo French, banker, and he. him
sell, at odd moments, thinks very favor
ably of a certain Mrs Bowler. a lively
young widow. Toddes takes an i'm
mediate dislike to the girl, but that does
not save him. for in the next scene he
Is discovered in his bed, receiving we'd
ding morning congratulations He is to
marry Constance Joblyn that day Mrs
Bowler. Mrs. Joblyn. Lady Dover and the
Countess de Chambry and her tive-year-
old daughter. not to speak of host of
a scene of the liveliest kind of farce
In the midst OF his matching of coins
to decide what he shall do. Toddes is
thrown in real despair by the loss of
his entire wedding apparel. He is left
with nothing to wear but his pajamas
And Toddles does not make up his
mind until the curtain is on the verge
of going. down on three acts of lively
comedy.
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"Salomy Jane"

In "SaIomy Jane" the new western
play descriptive of California life during
the time of the vigilantes. Miss Eleanor
Robson has a play of such material that
Me- York city claimed it its own all
last season, and the first month of the
present one. ''Salomy Jane" will have its
first production here at the New National
Theater next week. The story is based
upon one of Bret Harte's sketches, and a
number OF the characters made famous
by him are revived in the flesh i'm this in
stance. There are, for example. in addi-
ton to ''Salomy Jane" such personageS
as Col Starbottle. Yuba Bil and Jack
all typical Bret Harte charac-
tiers. racy of the soil of California. Miss
impersonation, of the heroine,
according to all accounts. is tho incarna-
lion of sweet simplicity. The play itself is
said to be deliberately and very beautifully
staged
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materially to the charm of the play by
an unaffected sweetness of temper. her
refreshing girlishness. as we'll as by her
insight into the possibilities of the role
And then Mr.. Belasco one day Informed
her that he had chosen her to play the
heroine of his new production, THE Rose
of the Rancho"
AS marking the wide divergence of her
ability the San Francisco critics pointed
out the convincing realism. and strength
of her death scene in Lady Bountiful.'
in which she moved the audience to tears.
and the vivacity and dash of her imper-
sonation of the circus girl in The New
Clown, in which Jessie Busley had
scored in the east during the short life of
the farce, and in which Miss Starr sue
ceeded in arousing the hilarity of the
audience to the highest degree She shows
the same extraordinary versatility in her
work in THE Rose of the Rancho
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Girls"

Girls d new comedy by Clyde Fitch.
will be presented at the Belasco Theater
next week. In this play Mr.. Fitch has
departed from the usual subjects en-
ployed by him, and has chosen one that
is laughable aud enjoyable. The story
revolves around coterie of girls who
have made up their minds that meI
useless institutions and consequently
should not be taken into consideration in
the working out of lifes problem. 1t is
said that the character drawing reveals
some new types to the stage. The cast
includes Laura Nelson Hail. Amy kicdrl.
Fanchon Campbell, zelda Sears, Ruth
Maycliife Charles Cherry and Herbert
Standing. The author directed the re-
hearsals and the production is said to be
complete in every detail
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When he attempted even the short fight
to musical comedy at the Circle Theater
he met with dscouragement. There is
nothing in Mr.. Sulivans experience to
indicate that politics and art naturally
mix. And yet national theater is the
dream of every person interested in the
theater who is not content to see plays
launched to prosper or languish at the
within of chance as dice are thrown or
cards are dealt. \ national theater in
New York is a manifest absurdty. Yet
some day there will be a national theater.
And it will be located in Washington,
ID. c.
The first of a number of plays from the
pen of Clyde Fitch. scheduled for presen-
tation in this city during the season. was
shown at the New National Theater. with
Ethel Barrymore as the star THE Sis
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New Lyceum.

Commencing with the usual matinee to-
morrow, the "Rialto Founders will en-
terrain the patrons of the New Lyceum
Theater this week, opening with the
laughing frivolity, "A Day at Niagara
Falls which serves to introduce Sam
Howe and half a dozen clever come
dams The o1io includes Howard and De
Voc, dancers: the Misses Gladstone, the
Bison City Quartet, Sam Howe and COM
pany The closing burlesque is "A Day
at Sheepshead Bay in which three thor
oughbred horses take part.
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Kubelik at the Columbia.

The next great musician who will ap-
pear in this city will be Jan kubelik. who
is now making his third tour of America.
kubeliks program is calculated TO dem
onstrate his gifts. giving HIM opportunity
to reach the extreme capacity of his violin
and his own talent. His program will in
clude Sinding. Concerto \ Major: VIE
nawski. Faust Fantastic: Spohr.
"Adagio:'' Saint-Saens. "Havanaise;"
Hubay. Zephyr: Paganini. '"Campanella.'
Kubelik will make his only appearance in
this city at the Columbia Theater next
Sunday evening at SID Seats on sale At
L. Arthur Smiths.
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BelaSco.

At the Belasco Theater tomorrow night
Miss Frances Starr begins an engage
ment of six nights and one matinee IN
"The Rose of the Rancho" by Richard
Watson Tully and David Belasco: For
two seasons at the Belasco Theater. New
York. this play. with the company that Is
to act it in Washington. enjoyed great
popularity The company contains many
names we'll known in the dramatic Worlo
and numbers seventy-five persons. Among
them are Charles Richman, Hamilton Re-
velle, John w. Cope, Frank Losee, ].
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Madame Sembrich.

Nine. Marcella Sembrich. WHO is to
be heard here March 10 at the New
National Theater, under Loudon Charl-
tons direction, is Galician. Ellison
Van Hoose. who is to be heard here with
Nine. Sembrich. while soloist with the
Pittsburg Orchestra won special praise.
Michael de Zadera. the Polish pianist.
will also play. His talents, trained by
Buseni and other masters, place him
among the foremost pianists of the day.
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New Academy.

Texas will be the attraction at the
New Academy all this week. it tells of
life on the southwestern plains. The
author has written of the people of the
Lone Star state. and has made OF the
play panorama of life in Texas.
Texas" is said to be authentic. with
every setting and every custom abso-
lutely correct. The old sweeps, the
fences and props We're brought from
Buck Head ranch, Val Verde county.
where the scene of the play is laid. The
costumes. the chaps, high heeled
boots and Spurs. all come from there.
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Chase'S.

Chase's this week offers Valerie Ber-
gere and company, the Sleedes. Raymond
and Caverly, Catherine Hayes aud Sa-
bel Johnson. Herbert Cyril the Jupiter
brothers. the SandwinaS and motion
pictures "Billies First Love" viii be
PLAYED by Valerie Bergere. The Mys-
FERROUS Hotel will be Fundamentally
presented by the Sleedes. and A Dream
Of Raby DAYS" will be carried oLt by
Miss HAYES
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Belasco Concert Tonight.

The concert at the Belasco Theater
tonight will consist principally of motion
pictures. The travel series will be
visit to the principal places of interest in
the larger cities of this country. Added
features will be the singing of illustrated
ballads and other musical acts secured
from the professional stage.
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Majestic.

Happy Hooligan's Trip Around the
World" which comes to the Majestic
this week, is a musical comedy when
is said to be deliberately staged ana
costumed and with large company OF
clever actors. At the opening Happy
comes tumbling into the waiting room
of the Kaialova railroad station near
Manchuria. The second act is located
in a park near Toxic. The third act
shows a pawnbroker's shop IN San
r, :,nciSCO
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Playhouse P aragraphs

Last Monday Eva Tanguay and Gertie
Hoffman were billed at Keith & Proc
tors Theater, New York. Miss Tanguay
refused to appear If Miss Hoffman gave
limitations of her. and as the latter in
sisted on her full act she was Cancelled
until this week.
Clarence u. Jacobsen, treasurer of the
New National. left last night to escort the
Washington base ball team on its trip TO
Texas and return through the middle west.
ATLANTA NikOlaides. Washington gir.
is member of The Rose of the Rancho
company.
Sir Henry Arthur Jones is at work on 4
new comedy for Charles Frohman Mr..
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care You a MasonP"

Next weeks attraction at the Majestic
will be that clever comedy which was use
as a starring vehicle by Leo Deitrichstein
with great success, Are You a Mason
The company which comes to this city is
said to have been chosen with great care.
This is the first opportunity the theater-
going pubic of Washington has had to
see this play at popular prices.
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Pulling IREDER!!lck
k5 TolgLE5

iste.' realistic French skit will be the
offerings at the Gayety this week, be
ginning with matinee tomorrow. The
olio presents Lizzie Freligh, KalinowsKi
brothers, Norma Bell and her musical
ponies. Fitzgerald AND Quinn. "a trio
of Val Rayhor. James Whitley
and Frank Kilion. and the Sisters De
Graft
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Sunday Vaudeville at Majestic.

For the headliner i'm tonight's vaude-
Vile concert at the Majestic. Manager
Weston has secured -the Metropolitan
Quartet other specialties are also on
the bill in addition to d series of motion
DictureS.
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Shepard's Sunday Concert.

The Sunday concert at the Academy
offers program of two hours of comedy
and dramatic moving pictures, inter
spersed with vocal numbers and music
by the concert orchestra. The soioists
engaged for tonight are I'D. S. Allen and
harry A. Chick.
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and many of them have been IL actuai
service on that ranch. The manag ment
is said to have surrounded the Pioduc-
ton with everything that VIII give TO
if the proper western atmosphere. ana
with a competent cast to interpret the
play.
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"Our u. s. A. Bows.

Chase's next week will present Our y.
S. A. Boys" drill team: Chris Richards:
the Olivetti Spanish troubadours: Harr1
Armstrong and William Clark: Henry.
Give company; w. S. Harveys comedians,
and motion pictures.
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GayetY.

The 1.-TWO Hot knights, "A Gay Mod
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Song from Faust" sung by Miss kas.
par, and ending with the overture lie
Carnaval Romain." by Berlioz, a work Of
fascinating warmth and color
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-01

ELEANOR ROBSON is PAINTING
Those who know her sweet and womanly
grace. her charm of manner and agree
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-01

drama in Washington ranged
last week from the trivial to
the intense. with a Clyde Fitch
play in between to make the
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and would have his family enter New
York society is known, and 1t is also
known that Mr.. Tricks desire was
that Helen should have her coming
out party in New York. where the fam
ily has practically lived for years.
Miss Helen, however, would have
none of it, and insisted on opening up
the Pittsburg mansion, Clayton, for
her debut. She finally won Mrs. Flick
to, her way of thinking, and together
they reached Pittsburg recently and
made plans for Miss Tricks debut.
While it cannot be verified, there is
a story out that the first card sent was
one addressed in the saucy little hand
of the heiress to Papa Frick in New
York, asking him to come to her party.
Little Helen Frick'', as the 1S-year-
old beauty is known to the people Of
Pittsburg, is one Of the most popular
rich girls ever in the city. For many
years she assisted her mother in dis
pensing the charities for which the
Frick family was noted.
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PART OF PORTLAND
BANK LOOT RECOVERED
Ogden, Utah, Man Receives $2400 In
tended for Man Who Assumed
Same Name. a

PORTLAND, Dec. ia possible
clue to the identity of the men who
robbed the East Side bank of $4,000
has been brought to light at Ogden,
Utah, where the authorities have
recovered two bills aggregating 81 400
of the same denomination as the Stolen
money. Charles L. Price, plasterer in
Ogden, found the money wrapped in
an old newspaper addressed to him.
He Immediately turned the loot over
to the postal authorities. 1t is sup
posed that the money was addressed
to Charles L. Price" to be called for
by a confederate, who was unaware
that there was another of that name
in Ogden.
Detectives were detailed to watch
for the man who assumed the name of
Price. Before he could be apprehend-
ed the game was flushed by President
H. N. Newhall, of the East Side bank,
who filed claim for the money with the
Portland postal authorities.
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New Definitions,

Maclyn Arbuckle always arouses the
loyalty of his young friends in the au-
dience when he sadly murmurs in the
last act OF 1.-The Round Up" Nobody
loves fat man Here's few childish
wisdom pearls Mr. Arbuckle has gar
nered from his little .adorers.
"Dust-Mud with the juice squeezed
out of it."
Snoring off Sleep"
"Apples-The bubbles that apple
trees blow
Back biter-t mosquito"
"Fan.--A thing to brush the warm
off with"
'Ice-Water that went to sleep in
the cold.'-Young's Magazine.
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Counsel Reads
Opening Plea

FLUSHING, L. l., Dec. 16.-Setting
a unique record in the history of muir
der trials in New York state, Special
Prosecutor Elmer White today read
his opening address instead of speak
ing extempOraneously to the jury which
is to try Thornton Jenkins for the
murder Of William Annis.
While reading he dramatically re-
hearsed the details of the shooting, re-
lating how Annis, who was in a
bathing suit in a catboat, had reached
the float when Captain Hams drew his
pistol and cried, "Annis," and fired.
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Mutiuous Soldiers Captured.

ORAN, Algeria, Dec. 16.-Four more
Of the mutinous soldiers of the foreign
legion of the French army who recent
ly held up train on it's way to this
city, were captured near Elkreider to-
day. The remainder of the band under
the command Of a. comrade wearing
the stolen uniform of an officer are
continuing their flight. but it is prob
able that they will be overtaken be
fore they can reach the Moroccan
frontier.
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QUEEN WILL
RANT SOME

VANCOUVER, B. c., Dec. 16.-Em-
ma Goldman, the anarchist, and Ben
Reitman, the king of tramps," have
made arrangements here to deliver a
series Of three lectures in labor nall.
1t is probable they will be allowed to
expound theories on doctrines Of force
with all vehemence they please. Mayor
Bethune and Chief of Police Chamber
lain have decided to offer no inter-
ference. Emma will thus be allowed
to preach on abolition of the house of
lords and the bomb outrages.
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Troops for Islands.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 16.-Orders
have been issued by the war depart
ment providing for the sailing from
New York on February IA of the army
transport Fitzpatrick, with $50 coast
and field artillery troops to man the
new Notifications at Manila bay The
long voyage to Manila will be made by
way of the Suez canal, and the Philip
pine capital will be reached about the
middle of April. General, Duval will
sail on the fitzpatrick, going to Manila
to relieve General Weston in charge
of the Philippine forces.
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tial captains of industry. Interest in
the event is heightened by the rumor
that the pretty little queen OF the
Frick household, who is heiress appar-
ent to half of the Prick $10O,OOO,OO0
fortune, has taken matters in her own
hands and openly defied her father in
regard to making her initial bow into
society.
That Mr. Prick, who made his money
in Pittsburg, cordially hates this town
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NEW ORLEANS, edo. 16.-Louisi-
ana officials are preparing for a strict
enforcement Of the new state liquor Ii
cense law, which becomes effective on
the first of the year. The most i'm
portant provisions Of the act prohibits
liquor dealers from selling to both
whites and blacks on the same premi-
SEES, and the color line in saloons will
hereafter be strictly drawn
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SCALPERS
RULED OFF
q BROADWAY

NEW YORK, Dec. 16.-Ticket scalp
ers who for year have pestered ped
estrians in the vicinity of the Broad
way theatres will not be allowed to do
business after January 1t. The mayor
has signed an ordinance abo.ishing the
privilege after that date.
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Thousands On Trial.

SAN SEBASTIN. Spain, Des. 10
Ten thousand Spanish women in Bill
bac are being tried today on the charge
charge of contempt of court for
signing a petition sympathiZing with
Pesusa Pajana, a beautiful girl sem
fenced to eight years for killing her
faithleSs lover.
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GREEK CLUB ELECTION.
Professor Coleman Chosen President
nS rl..k

Professor Coleman Chosen President
Of Club.
AT the annual election Of the Whit
man College Greek club, held yesIer-
day afternoon. Professor N. F. Cole
man was chosen president of the club,
the other officers being: Miss Gena
Branscombe, vice president; Bayard
Mushette, IL, secretary: Miss Mar
garet Paddock, II, press correspond
ent. ss:The two~student, members of the
executive committee, were Miss Laura
Libbey. 10, and John Washburn, TO-
At the literary session, papers vera
read by Walter Felthouse, '09, and
Harvey Miller, ~.