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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-05
GOING SOME" QUEER TITLE
OF PLAY AT BEL SEQ

A new comedy. with the striking and
unusual title Going some IS 10 be
presented by Liebler & Co. at the Be
!asco Theater this week. under the per
sonal direction OF one of the best known
stage directors in the United States
George Marion. who recently finished
his laoors as producer of The Merry
Widow" Going Some" was written
by Paul Armstrong, author Of The
Heir TO the Hoorah" and "Salomy
Jane" and Rex Beach. widely known
as the author of The Spoilers and
the official historian Of Alaska
The play deals with life on a New
Mexico ranch, and treats the West from
a humorous viewpoint. some L.irS --hich
has never been successfully attempted
The characters are all wildly drawn.
and strongly individualzed, and the
lines OF the play are said to TEEN with
picturesque Yerbiage and racy slang. a
company OF comedians interprets the
play. It includes Richard Bennett, who
will be remembered for his work in
The Lion and the Mouse" and The
Hypocrites," and James z. Sullivan,
who has just returned from London,
where he has been playing eccentric
comedy roles several seasons. and Mr..
Marion. the producer, who returns to
the stage after an absence OF ten years
10 give a chara cterization OF a delightful
bad man
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4 ATTRACTIONS
AT THEATERS

II Washington extends to Miss Marie
Doro the same enthusiastic greeting and
Srprot alton which have been accorded
his a':tress by Boston and New Yorl,
she VIII have added ore more LINK 10
me chain Of popular and artistic sue
eess which she has been welding ever
since her debut as star only a few
Scant month ago Charles Frohman.
undo whose direction Miss Doro viii
app ar at the National Theater this
'Fee <, Is considered doubly fortunate in
th"t he chose TO raise Miss Doro 10
ST. lar honors, and that ne selected that
tCur-act comedy by William J. Locke.
THE Morals of Marcus. for the me
dunn in which she should maze her
first flight into higher thea .ricaI aIti-
tudes. Miss Doro already had made AN
enviable reputation as a charming and
artistic actress in the role Of Clarice
which she played for two seasons with
WilllazI Gillette
The Morals Of Marcus was adapted
TO the stage by the author OF the novel
he Morals Of Sir Marcus Ordey-ne' -
It is said TO be brilliant in Dialogue
original in characterization. strong and
delightful in action and climaxes
G Aubrey Smith, who created the role
Oh sir Marcus in London. plays the part
with Miss Doro, and in the cast are
such players as Beatrice Forbes-Rob-
ertson, a niece OF the English actor
and Forrest Robinson.
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Marie Doro's Fad
Music and Tone ;
She Is Composer

The majority OF actors and actresses
are given 20 hobbies Of some sort or
other. ranging from miniature dogs TO
automobiles. and it is rather a sad
commentary that this fad for some
thing out OF the ordinary is seldom.
very seldom. sought for with any idea
Of self-betterment OF any kind. IN some
instances a poodle dog OF the dimensions
OF frog seems 10 be the pinnacle OF
desire.
But there are those in the profession
whose fads. or hobbies. run 10 serious
uplifting things. Under such a classifi-
cation il might be said that Marie Doro
has two hobbies Chat with her for a
while and she viii direct the line o.
conservation quickly TO the subjects OF
music and tone production There you
have her hobbies, but they are not
merely fads 10 tire o. II f. serious
business with Miss Doro-
Miss DCro tells YOU there are two
voices. one that gains its power from
The lungs and throat. and the other that
has its creation IN the roof of the
mouth. The great power of the latter
voice. Miss DOTo explains. is secured
from human sounding boards In IN
derstandable English these sounding
boards are the high cheek bones Miss
DoTo viii discourse Iearnedly on tie
subject in fact so learnedly that il IS
quite beyond the kin OF the layman.
Miss Doro's other so-called hobby is
music. At the outset she had hoped for
y sreat lrusicaI career, both vocal and
instrumental, but physical limitations
necesSitated a change 10 draElatics-
Miss DOTO. however. continues her
musical studies ana has composed nu-
merous things Of 40 mean order. She
is at present al work on series that
will be published as THE Sir Marcus
NNalfZes',
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-05
RED RIDING HOOD
FOR HOME BENEFIT

Miss Hawke will give her annual
spring dancing carnival for the benefit
OF the Episcopal Home for Children
formerly Bell Honle) the afternoon and
right Of Wednesday. April ..
The fairy play. Little Red Riding
Hood. introducing fancy and character
dancing. viii be given at the matinee.
and the dancing carnival-at night Both
productions will be deliberately staged
and costuned- Ensemble and solo
dances will be artistiCally arranged A
number OF the boxes and tickets have
already been taken by prominent So
ciety people and a list OF patronesses
VIII be given later.
This home is under the auspices OF the
Episcopal Church, but gladly welcomes
little children of all denominations. On
account OF the overcrOwded conditions
of the home. IL is unable to accOmmo-
date I'll who make application. there
fore larger quarters are necessary. and
Il is hoped that the public generally viii
cooperate ana help this most worthy
rafFEn
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1.-The Wolf " Lacks Originality;
Climax Spoiled by Gun Play

THE ONLY novelty offered the
Washington thee tergoeTs last
week was n decided disappoint-
ment. From the reports that had
been received from New York of Eu-
gene Walters first play. paid in Full. -
the public expected to find in The
Wolf whieif mad its premiere AT the
Belasco Monday night. drama both
original in theme. and forceful in treat
ment- It proved TO be neither
The plot OF The Wolf is sordid and
commonplace, the one departure from
the average melodrama being the re-
striction Of the action 10 five persons
and the adherence to the Greek stand
ards in the unity of tiine Comedy.
which forms an essential element Of
every all-wool and a yard-wide melo-
drama, is undevelOped in this new piece
by Mr.. Walter. and in this respect it
falls short Of the standard set for plays
of the thriller" type.
The playwright is coherent in devel-
cping his plot. and he does not meander
into the fields Of fancy and dogma
This much can be said frankly in
praise of his work. His character draw
ing. however. lacks vitalizing force and
any distinctive quality \ grievous
fault in his work is the tendency 20 be-
come vulgar and. obscene in his efforts
at realism. The Confession. for example.
of Mcdonald, the contractor, to Jean. the
Canadian, about the women whose lives
he has blighted. may be consistent with
the character of the neral degenerate
depicted, but the brutal frankness Of
the language is Offensiva. to say the
least We accept the harsh. Incisive
and the inexorabIe frankress of an h.
sen or a Hauptman in dealing with
passion and social sin. because there
IS a big idea and a compelling motive
which requires such treatment, but
when course and lewd dialogue is the
mere banter between two characters
like Mcdonald and his companion
Huntley. the bounds OF decency aye
overstepped, and a sound protest should
be lodged.
Mr.. Walter lost a splendid opportunity
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TO PRESENT
NEW PLAY BY GRUNDY

Mrs f4aEgtry, the Haymarket The
alter and sydney Grundy should make
an effective combination 1t VIII be-
come operative on April Is. when Mr.
Grundy-s first new play IN three years,
a Fearful JOY" viii have it's premiere.
Ii was Mr. Grundy who in The Dc
generates gave Ms LangtTy ono OF
the most enduring successes % her
career. = the new PLAY there are but
six Characters. Rehesrsals OF the piece
began reccntIy on the authors sixtieth
birthday. The sentimental reason for
the selection OF the date lies in the
fact that "A Fearful JOY Is Mr.. Grun-
dy's sixtieth play
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~HAS6oS fOnr
,Ssal6e K0ohiQErts

playlet, Captain velvet" written by
Edwin Arden.
Manager Will Page announces that the
final rehearsals of The Mummy and
the Humming Bird, which will be the
initial Offering of the Guy Standing
stock company season OF the Belasco
Theater on May 1, viii be conducted
under most unusual circums tances in
Canada. This is going far away from
Washington to prepare for the enter
tainment Of local theatergoers. but the
Canadian rehearsals are made necessary
by the fact that Mr. Standings tour in
The Right of Way" does not end until
May ?. at Kingston, Ontario. and it is
imperative in order that he can appear
at the Belasco Theater the following
Monday, that the members Of the stock
company travel with him on the road
during the last week OF the tour.
Miss Estelle Wentworth will be one
of the principal members OF George NJ.
Cohan's The Yankee Prince COM
pany- Following her season under Mr.
Cohan's management Miss Wentworth
viii go to Germany. there to study for
grand opera. Washington music lovers
Will leSA PROUD lNdt II was IN this CITY
tha, Miss Wentworth first appeared in
grand opera. playing Santuzza in Cav
alleria Rusticana," at the New Ma
tiOnal-
In his recital tonight at the Column
bla Theater. Leslie Harris will play
The Merry Widow" waltz as it might
have been rendered by Sousa, Mozart,
Mendelssohn. Chopin. and Wagner This
Is one Of the most amusing portions Of
Mr.. Harris program. and never fails
to bring forth rounds Of applause.
Miss Beatrice Forbes - Robertson.
prominent in the support Of Marie Doro
in "The Morals of Marcus" is a niece
OF John Forbes-Robertson the eminent
English actor who last season treated
Washington 20 his Caesar and Cleo
patra" and Hamlet"
In Richard Carries production Of
''Mary's Lamb. soon to be seen at the
New National. are seen rapiers. masks
foils. and other small pieces from the
collection Of the late Georgia Cayvan.
Tney are said to have been purchased
at the auction sale Of Miss Cayvan's
effects after hsr death in New York
city.
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Milton and Sargent Aborn have en-
gagged Miss Edith Bradford for the role
of Carmen, one of the operas chosen
for the forthcoming summer season at
the New National Miss Bradford will
make her initial bow in this role during
the washington season. The first four
weeks Of the summer season at the Ma
tional will be devoted 20 grand opera.
Robert Drouet well known 10 Wash
ington theatergoers, is this season lead
ing man for Maxine Elliott and in her
new play, Myself Bettina,' he appears
in the role Of a clergyman. It will be
remembered that Mr.. Drouet assumed
the part Of the clergyman in THE
Christian Ministers, It would seem,
fall TO his LOT.
Frances Ring and Thomas Meighan
have resigned from THE Man OF the
Hour" company and will go TO London
20 play important parts in "The Col
lege Widow" which Henry w. Savage
IS soon to present in the English cap
itai
Mile. Genee will conclude her Amer
jcan engagement in The Soul Kiss
May g and will sail for London 10 fiji
summer engagements. She will return
to this country in the fall and continue
IN The Soul Kiss"
The new Play. I'm which Henry 3.
HAMS will present Edmund Breese next
season, Is called The Nebras kan." and
IS a four-act play by Edith Ellis
Mary M2nnering produced new play
IN san Francisco last week. entitled
Memory and Tomorrow. The play is
by e Booth Tilton. business manager
Cor Miss Mannering, ard so far as can
be learned It is the first worl from his
pen.
Earl Lee and Edna Davis. two young
members of THE Clansman' company.
who coyly acknowledge relationship
with the Lee and Davis clans of the
Confederacv, kept up the troupe's hyIne-
neal record by getting married the
other day
Mr. Brown. the manager Of the Pick
wick Theater. oil Pennsylvania avenue
northwest announces that this will be
the last week the passion pay pic
Gures will be exhibited at his theater
BijoU Fernandez is the latest recruit
for polite vaudeville She will present
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for a really gripping scene in the last
act by resorting to gun play. A silent
duel IN the the dark between the i'm
placable foes. Mcdonald and Jean.
would have held the interest OF the au-
dience unwaveringly. but by introduce
ing his zig scene with tie gatIing gun
preliminary the attention was dis
tracted. Filters Of msrriment were
heard throughout the tneater. the SOL
emnity of the moment was lost. and
what might have been striking climax
became a near-farce-
William Courtenay and Ida Conquest
worked earnestly TO make their roles
convincing and appealing. That they
did not succeed entirely was the fault
Of The playwright. The other members
of the cast were neither especially bril-
liant nor hopelessly dull with the ex-
ception Of the young man with the rasp-
ing voice, who should have mute
placed on mis- vocal chords.
With a rather dun musical comedy at
the Columbia. in which the annoying
activity OF Bobby Barry. a diminutive
would-be comedian. and a graceful pony
ballet were the most displeasing and
pleasing features. respectively. the the
atergoers rushed peu nell to the Ma
tional last week. where the musical
hOdge-pOdge and extra vaganza. The
Follies OF 1907" played 70 standing room
at every performance. The fact that
this entertainment had been seen here
earlier in the season seemed 10 make
the public all the more eager 10 witness
the display OF lingerie and the physical
charms Of a more or less vivacious
chorus.
Leslie Harris. the English entertainer
at the piano. who appeared in recital
at the Columbia Theater Tuesday after
noon. and who will be heard az the
same playhouse tonight. was an agree
able surprise to mis- audience. He is a
gifted musician, a clever impersorator,
and an interesting talSer- There are
few. if any. mer in his line of enter
tainment before the public today who
are his equals.
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Attractions
Next Week

Immediately following grand opera
season at the New National the regular
theatrical season OF 1907-0S VIII close a
this theater with Richard Carls. late
star Of THE Spring Chicken" in a
new comedy, with music, Mary ;
Lamb
Among the members Of Mr.. Carries
company are John B. Park. baritone.
Frank BelcheT. basso. Ray Youngman,
tenor; Harry Montgomery. Abbott
adams, and several others. The chorus
or ''Mary's Lamb" was recruited partly
from among the young girls who ap-
pcared in The Spring Chicken
This viii be the last regular attraction
at the New National The summer opera
season will open the week beginning
April y. there being no intermission be-
tween the regular season and the SUM-
mer stock.
Next week at the Belasco James T
Powers and a large and efficient com
pany viii return 10 Washington in the
English musical comedy, The Blue
Moon" Mr.. Powers was cordially re-
ceived in this Offering al the Bella SEQ
last season The story OF the piece is
consistent and relates to certain happen
ings at an English army post in India.
Both European and Orientals are intro
duced in profusion. Mr.. Powers por-
trays the part Of an English soldier. out
OF which he gets no end Of keen fun;
in fact. il Is thought by many to be Mr..
Powers funniest characterization.
To see Lyman II. Howe's new Dro-
gram OF moving pictures 10 be shown at
the Columbia Theater next week. with
usual matinees Thursday and Saturday.
Is said TO equal a visit to Holland.
France, England, Morocco. ZuIuIand. and
to experience a ride in an automobile
racing eighty miles an hour: a thrilling
midnight FIRE in a big city. and 10 see
wild birds at home; hunt in the Arctic
regions; the stone quarries in full blast
near Cherbourg. France: and many
ether features contributed by almost
every known quarter Of the globe.
Chase's next week will offer Horace
Goldin. necromancer: Maud Edna HaE
Carleton Macy and company. in The
Maybe aud the jay" Barney Pagan
and Henrietta Byron. in IAN Entertain
ing Oddity:" the Village Choir: the
Great Richards. Work and Over:
Adamini and Taylor, and motion pic
lures.
For the week starting Monday. April
r. the Academy Will present Thomas E.
Shea in a repertoire Of standard plays.
Monday night and Tuesday. Thursday.
and Saturday matinees. the Offering viii
be "A Soldier Of the Cross" On Tues
day. Friday. and Saturday nights. cdr
Jekyll and Mr. Hyde will re presented.
and Wednesday and Thursday nights
Mr.. Shea viii present The Bells"
''Molly Bawn.'' written by Beulah
Pointer. the suthOr-actress. and found
ed on the novel by the Duchess wiz
be presented for the first time in this
CITY at the Majestic next week. The
play will he presented by a company OF
players, including Miss Beatrice Eseyes.
who appears IN the title role. and James
A. Bliss. formerly with the Rogers
Brothers.
Heinrich Conried announces the usual
brief season of grand opera in Italian
and French at the New National
Theater with the entire company from
Continued on Third Page)
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How Going Some
Got It's Cogronen
From the Authors

Paul Armstrong and Rex Beach, aU-
thors Of the new comedy which Liebler
< CO. are 70 produce at The Belasco
Theater this week. passed many wake
fuI nights recently before they decided
definitely upon the striking and extreme
" bizarre title Of Going Some for
the product OF their joint Iabors.
Going Some" was the title originally
agreed upon whez ne play was finished
Friends OF both Plavwrlghts who bad
read the play advised against the title
contendirg that It was too coIloquisl
The authors were reasonable and v-fIr-
lns 20 listen 10 suggestions. \ hundred
or more suggestion were made.
None OF these exactly pleased Then
some one WHO remembered that the lead
ing charactsc sras a fresh college youth
from the Eas. came in with the sugges-
ton that The play be called .-Ths
Freshman" That looked good.
1t was finally decided 10 call the
comedy The Freshman and the
printers Were told 10 go ahead on that
BASIS That afternoon Beach and Arm
strong sat together IN a Broadway cafe.
Paul said BeS-h, Il rather much
ike that old title. Gong Some looks
good 10 me vet
Rex" said the other. I've been
praying silently for you 10 make a re-
mark Ike that. I didn't have the nerve
It's cOuched in the vulgar vernacular
of the street. but it's different. and only
a few things are different nowadays
And 50 It CAM to pass that the print
ers were calle5 Up and told that Going
Some" had been selected instead OF
The Freshman and that happiness
and peace Of mind reigned atop OF two
certain pillows that night.
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"HEK MAD MARRIAGE
AT THE MAJESTIC THEATEF

There viii be presented al the Males
tic. this week, one OF the most success
Iui meIodramas now touring the country.
IL Is Jean Barlymore'S Her Mad Mar
rage. While II Contains many sensa-
uonal scenes, some of which are new
TO the stage, it is said this dramc. can
not be classed with the clap-trap. blood
9nd-tnunder nlelodrama so much in evil
dence.
In the portraying Company are found
such names as Amy Shaffer Barrymore.
Marie Barker. Celia Rosewood. .Orrin T
Burke- William D. Howell, Henry /.
Barker, J. Paul JONES. and Others
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HARRY CLAY BLANEY
AT THE NEW ACADEMY

Harry Clay Blaney. who is starring
In willie Live, the Boy Detective" by
Charles E Blaney. and which will be
presented at the New Academy all week,
starting tomorrow night. will be remem-
bered in the character of Willie Live in
Across TIE Pacific" and The Boy Be
hind the Gun"
In the boy Detective he assumes
the role Of an express company detec-
tive. who. after many trials and tribu-
lations. breaks up the strongest ano
best-equipped band Of express robbers IN
the country.
Miss Kitty Wolf plays the part OF a
Bowery concert singer, Willie's sweet
heart, and eventually rescues him Just
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VARIED BILL The OFFERING
AT CHASE'S THIS WEEK

Chase's this week viii present v. H.
Thompson and Company. Eugene Jep-
son and Company. Stuart Barnes. Mile
Marguerite and her haute ecole horses
the Murray sisters. the Arlington Four.
the Gamamoto brothers. and the motion
pictures, The Pearl Fisher" ". H
Thompson is giving For Loves Sweet
Sake a comedy that affords the actor q
wide range. Eugene Jepson and com
pany viii present The Mayor and the
Manicure" by George -Ade.
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california Girls" at Lyceum.

The play of the "Sultan's Wives"
that will be produced by tie California
Girls BITlesque Co at the New I.y-
eeum Iheater, is laid in one Of the
eastern provinces Of Turkey, where the
cid Sultan has gone to attend a national
celebration, and at the same time. TO
select a bunch of new wives who viii
be auctioned off TO the highest bidder
The closing act Is burlesque en-
titled The Girl From Chelsea
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CONAN AGAIN IN LIMELIGHT.

George NJ Cohan, fresh from a Euro
pean sojourn of several months. re-
turned 10 theatrical activity Thursday
night at Parsons Theater. Hartford.
Conn appearing in the title role of his
isIesJ musical play. The Yankee
Prince which was given its first pres
cntation on any stage.
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1.-THE INIPOSTER" HAS
PREMIER NEXT WEEK

At the Broad Street Theater. PhuadeI-
phia. next week. & new play called The
ImPoster." written by the wife Of Gus
tave F'rohman, viii have it's premier.
The players viii he recruited from ahe
Marie Doro comps as Miss Doro viii
not be playing HOY Week. c. Aubrey
Smith and Miss BezuicS Forbes ROberi-
son viii be featured in the cast.
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in the nick Of time from a horrible
death Specialties will be introduced by
Mr.. Blaney and Miss Wolf
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Bijou Fernandez is the latest recruit
for polite vaudeville She will present
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Heinrich Conried announces the usual
brief season of grand opera in Italian
and French at the New National
Theater with the entire company from
Continued on Third Pape0
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wick Theater. oil Pennsylvania avenue
northwest announces that this will be
the last week the passion pay pic
Gures will be exhibited at his theater.
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Mile. Genee will conclude her Amer
3can engagement in The Soul Kiss"
May g and will sail for London TO I'll
summer engagements. She will return
TO this country in the fall and continue
in The Soul Kiss.