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The Washington times., 1908-11-22
ITALIAN OPERA
AT THE BELASCO
Week of High Class Music Sched-
uled for First Part of
Next Month.

Having given successful seasons of
italian grand opera In number Of East
ern cities since Septe~ Der ] at regular
theater prices. IrW Abramson brings
his entire organiza ion TO Washington.
where it opens 70 "a Cne weeks en-
gagement Monday evening, December z,
at the BelascO Thaater.
In the cast are such singers as Nine.
Helene TheTy, Miss Julia Allen, Nine.
Euce-Marola, Miles. George Strauss.
Matilda BOssi Diamond DOnner and Lu-
cille Davis, NJ Tore. n. Bari, NJ. Pa
eini, NJ GraVina, NJ. cara. and others.
For the week here the repertoire is as
follows. Monday, Aida, =" Tuesday,
Lucia Wednesday matinee. I'll Tr0va-
L0re;' Wednesday evening. Carmen; 80
Thursday. la TraViata;" =" Friday. Cav
aileria Rusticana" and Il PagIiacci.''
Saturday matinee. "3igOlettO:" Sat
urday evening, Faust
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
ACADEMY.

Swallowed by Three" TO be seen at
the New Academy all this week. is said
TO have proved to be the best Of w f
Mann's recent successes. The play deals
principally with the trials and triDula-
lions Of a young girl to escape the
united Efforts of three prominent dStec-
tiNes who through circumstantial 'vi-
dence believe her guilty Of the muTier
of her guardian and shadow her from
place 10 place half around the world.
Her first escape from the officers Is
made ia a sensational manner by driv-
ing G0-hOrsepOwer automobile at high
speed through the plate glass windows
of "a wealthy New Workers. residence
who had attempted 10 hold her until
the officers arrived.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
LYCEUM.

Grieves viii personally present the Fay
Foster California Girls burlesQue COM
pany. This seasons company presents
The Sultan's Bride a musical offer
ing from the pen of John Gr.eyes. May
Orletta is in the principal role. support
ed by a big cast. including Fred Tay-
Tor. The comedy end is In the hands
of Ben Cook, German comedian, with
Emma Wagner handling the soubrette
role. EiVa GrieVes and her sixteen mill
tary maids are said 10 be a stunning
number. The closing burlesQue, The
Girl from Chelsea" is said TO be one
that offers abundant opportunity.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
GAYETY

The Behman Show and Frank u.
Bryan's Congress of American Girls
viii be at the Gayety TheaJsr this week.
The opening burlesque. "Out on Strikes. %
is written around the Broadway sue
cesses, and serves 10 Introduce such
well-known characters as Oscar Ham.
merstein and his celebrated tenor,
Bonci; Melba; Maude Adams; Anna
Held; Charles Bigelow: Montgomery &
Stone: Louis Mann, and Joe Welch.
The oiio introduces Frank Moore and
the Eight Dandy Dixie Dancers. The
Moores, Frank and Marion, IN character
songs. Ned Dandy, Hebrew parodies-
The show closes with last season <
laughing hit, ey-Diddie-Diddle,' in
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
THE GAY MUSICIAN
COMING ATTRACTION
Offerings at the Various
TheateTS for the Week
After Are Varied.

The Gay Musician" the latest comic
opera written by Julian Edwards. which
viii be hearG at the Belasco Theater
next week. is said TO be even more
charming than any of mis- twenty comic
operas, including Dolly Warden" and
When Johnny Comes Marching Home.
Il is said that no cleaner or sprightlier
or more tuneful production has been
seen in many a day than this same
THE Gay Musician" The principals in
clude Amelia stone Templar SAKE,
Harry Short Joseph c. Miron, Lottie
Kendall, Martha George. Carroll Nc
COmas and Haydn c. Clifford
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
NATIONAL.

Lew Dockstader and his minstreis will
make their annual visit 10 the New Ma
uonal Theater next week. Dockstader
may be termed a plunser, IN that each
gear he brings an absolutely new show,
at the close of his season, il is a case
of throw everything away and produce
a new one in the entirety This season
he has made rather a daring departure
in this form of theatricals in that he
has left the traditional first part CIR
Gle, and shows the club house and the
grounds OF the POssum Hunt Club, a
colOred organization in the midst of one
OF their social sessions.
The company surrounding Lew Dock
stader this year is one Of seventy peo-
pie, and contains such Well-known fav-
critics as Neil O'Brien, Al Jolson, EDDIE
Mazier Pete DetZel, John DAILY, Tommy
Hyde am corps of twenty singers.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
BURR MCINTOSH.

When Burr Mcintosh gives his new
lecture, 'The United States Today at
the new Masonic Temple auditorium a
week from Sunday night some state
ments are promised which viii make
People take notice. The whole theme
of Mr.. McIntOshs lecture is optimism.
and while containing 400 wonderful col
ored views. he IS going TO tell the facts
as they exist today regarding anarch-
ism, immigration, socialism, white
slaves, the abolishing of the army can
teen, and other matters Of vital inn
pCrtance TO THE United States Today. %
The Washington times., 1908-11-22

Following The Man of the Hour" the
Columbia Theater viii next week offer
another production from the fertile pen
Of that successful play provider. George
BrOadhuTst, who. in his latest play. has
taken anOtE0r timely topic as the theme
in An international Marriage" in
which Digby Bell heads the cast The
subject is one that may we'll be treated
in serio satiric vein, for statistics show
that during the past twenty years over
$50 American women OF fortune have
welded with titled foreigners, and the
private fortunes Of twenty-five of these
heiresses aggregated the stupendous
sum of Sl60, .O00
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
Week S Attractions
At Local TheaterS
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sepse MI up all the dialogue blanks.
The added attraction will be the emf
nent Western character star. L. Fred
eTick Hawley and company in The
Bandit" described as a miniature Be
lasco production so far as stage man
agement and stage settings are con-
cerned. Ray Cox viii keep good humor
above par and the other attractions are
said to add much to the zest and en-
joyment afforded by the principal num-
bers of the bill
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
MAJESTIC.

Another high class program Is prom
ised at the Majestic Theater this week.
The vaudeville acts for this week are
as follows. A. X. Caldera & Co, Eu-
ropean novelty act; Billy Broad, The
Wandering Minstrel, singing, talking.
and dancing. CdmeraphOne talking pic
lures include James j. Morton. in his
song and monologue. Cameron and Cor
don. Gibson Girls. Pet Names, and
Brddys Thanksgiving.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
ACADEMY.

-Four acts and twenty scenas On fo
make up a feature of A. II. Woods new
melodramatic sensation, Jack Shep-
pards the Bandit King" which comes
% the New Academy for a week. be-
sthhihg Monday. November 30, with the
usual mariuees. Among the MANY STAGE
novelties are the orange grove ina FIoTi-
IA a typical Western dance han. the
outlaws camp; the mountains If Mex.
lco; the pirate ship, and others.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
GENEE COMING HERE.

Adelins Genee, the famous dancer
from the Empire Theater. London. is to
be seen IN Washington for the first time
dt the rev National Theater, week of
DeCembU- IL in r. Ziegfeld, jr.' musical
entertainment, THE Soul Kiss" In ad-
dition TO tienes. the cast Includes such
players as Ralph &. Herr. Vera Michel
ena, John 3. Park. Stella Tracy. Bar
ney Bernard, Lee Harrison, and Morti-
mer Weldon.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
CHASES.

Chase's next week Will introduce its
patrons To Nine. Zelie de Lussan. in
arlas and ballads from Carmen" The
supplementary features viii be Hugh
Lloyd, William II. Macart, SearI Allen
and company, Beatrice Mckenzie, and
Walter shannon, MelrOse and Kennedy.
l1S mining Hopper, the caricaturist,
and the American vitagraph.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22

grille" show, and Mile. Genac's twenty
artists models, in a series of bas-re-
iefs, statuary, and reproductions OF IA
nous paintings.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22


a 4 RS. FISKE appeared at the
RH Hackett Tuesday night in
IY salvation Nell" by Edward
Sheldon, a new, young. aspir-
ing playwright.
1t was a remarkable demonstration
of the extraordinary dynamic power of
Mrs. Fiske. The audience was hypno-
tized as well as electrified II was her
personality. her strong mental grasp,
the marvellous talent she has for max
ing her audience feel what is gOIlg on
within her brain. She seems 10 live the
part. 10 think il, to project 1t over
TO your consciousness / suppose this
is the height of acting-an exquisite
art. There was no faltering on the part
OF the audieuce-iJ giided along in the
resistless trend of Mrs. risks thought;
IL thrilled with her; II wept with her,
II heaVed with emotion when her eN-
Deriences sent tOrrential currents OF
temperamental stress up and down your
sOiue.
This Incompatible ntrospection of
Mrs. Fiske, as revealed in many of her
recent representations. this inexorable
growth Of the Fiske dynamic quay,
seems to emphasize a certain morbid
tendency, a distressing atmosphere that
leaves poor, struggling human being
gloomy enough. In all conscience. But
as an artist Mys. Fisk is supreme, and
il is a hit beyond present purposes 10
carp at her selection of roles.
The message of Salvation Nelr' is,
apparently. the promise that, il yoU
seek the kingdom of God. all other good
things you may attain. Nell is pretty
low in the slums. Her lover is a liil
bird. When he comes from prison ne
finds her captain in the Salvation Ar
my and the mother of his child. He
wants To continue burgling, and she
turns him away. But when he listens
to her public preaching ne is converted,
and then her old love bursts forth
anew That is the big somewhere the
wonderful Mrs. FiSke can move us with
surn of her hand, a glance, a tone.
as she reveals the working of the hu-
man soul. She has known the peace
and love and kindness of the Christian
spirit and when the man she loves be-
gins TO see the Light her woman's
heart goes out 10 him; and two lives
are united in bonds that are inenable,
Why Not Pleasanter Things?
The utter realism of the Sums, the
various types and life of the neither
most dregs of the city are relentIessIy
set forth, and there IS too much of IT,
cannot help murmuring a prayer that
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
LYCEUM

Inc attraction at the Lyecum for the
viii be Williams ImperiaIs. ne bio
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
Mrs. FiSke ShOqUS PoqUer
In Her Play, "SalUatio1 NeK'
Remarkable Achievement of Actress With Play That Re-
fleets the Somber, Disgusting Side of Every
day Life.
By A. H. BALLARD.

this matchless gift OF Mrs. Flske might
be often to show peace and beauty and
smiles through life's tears Does she
prefer this plethora OF somber atmo-
sphere? Must there always be such an
awful, gruesome CONTRAST
The play achieves the dramatization
of a part of the Salvation Army's work
Mrs. Fiske, assuredIy, typihes the
beatific. potent face of the Salvation
Army captain. serene in her work of
saving and helping the unfortunate Of
great city. Wuen we get away from
the theater we can strip the story TO
its bed rock, and understand the mat
ter. But when we sit through the play,
we are saturated with a flood OF pic
lures that make us feel as If we had
been dragged through a mud puddle
and been sPlattered.
Regarding the importance Of this play.
faithful realism In stage pictures has
never been more impressively followed,
and the play is a very strong object
lesson, Illuminating the practical way
the Salvation Army reaches and rescues
people in the gutter. The fact that the
prevailing effect Of the performance is
10 Induce acute melanchoiia I'm the
auditor, does not detract froTs the
artistic excellence of the dramatic rep
resentation
Harrison Grey FislIe. whose afhuence
is behind the elaborate, excessively
painstaking scenic investiture, has fur
nlshed, TO the minutest detail the fac
slmlle Tepllcas of West eide corner
saloon, and section OF the Cherry
street dover East Side) tenement dis
trict, where a Salvation Army har-
racks is placed in the midst of one of
the most densely populated settlements
or any city on earth. We see murder
life.
Call Of the Army.
Nell. who begins as a scrubwoman in
a saloon, the girl q a drunken Ioafer
who takes .hs mones, she earns. hears
the kind words Of the Army" is lifted
up to the path that leads to brighter
Things, auu she saves her Jim" at lastt
Nothing but the genius of Mrs FisIze
and her matChless discretion in the "df-
rection' of the theatrical performances
could have kept that play from being
an lnSuppOFtable. maudiin affair As IL
Is, / don't know that one may properly
crltlcise even on the ground of state.
II is of higher tone than the Darlor
CrdmdS of Illicit love and its couse-
OuenCeS. IT shows how sweet and
courageous souls save their human sis
tors AMI brothers, and technically. it is
construct cted better than The Servant in
the House" The kernel Of the play was
the product II young cOllegian sheldon
and evidently that kernel has been mag
nificentiy Fisked.
II probably will have a run. even on
account Of the fact that it Is better
than stunning trip. -.nd one may de-
pend upon Mrs Fiske for VitaHZing her
role of Nell more and more to dominate
the play as time goes on. I think IL is
the best stage Offering Mrs. Fiske has
had since Leah Kleshna."
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
Sunday Amusements

What is said 10 be one OF the greatest
religious films ever produced viii figure
as the central fe;.ture of the Sunday
evening diversion at the Columbia
Ihcster thls evening. ,he great and in
spring Catholic centennial celebration.
in the archdiocese OF New York, being
reproduced with all Of the granduer and
pomp Of the event itself The portion
or the evening devoted To travel will
carry the auditors through Switzerland.
with stan dinghy realistic ascents of the
Alps.
The Washington times., 1908-11-22

The Academy will offer another con-
cert tonight. the program consisting Of
over two hours Of music. singing, and
moving pictures. A special feature OF
the bill will be the Metropolitan Quartet
Walter Sundheimer viii appear as usual
IN coon and comic songs, and WilliaT
dies
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
w Not PIeasanter Things?

The utter realism of the slums. the
various types and life Of the neither
most dregs of the city are reIentIessly
set forth, and there IS too much Of IT,
I cannot help murmuring a prayer that
The Washington times., 1908-11-22
New York. Nov. q

New York, Nov. q.
RS. FISKE appeared at the
RH Hackett Tuesday night ia
VI salvation Nell" by Edward
Sheldon, a new, young. aspir-
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-17

Mir. William F. Vahlberg, Oklahoma City, Okla, writes:
 '0ne bottle of Peruna which I have taken did more toward relieving me of an aggravated case of oatarrh of the stomach, than years of treatment with the best physicians.
 ''I had given up hopes of relief, and only tried Peruna as last resort.
 ''I shall continue using it, as I feel satisfied it will effect an entire and per- manent cure.
 ''I most cheerfully recommend Peru na to all who may read this"
 Peruna is usually taken as last re- sort. Doctors have been tried and failed. Other remedies have been used. Sanitariums have been visited. Travel has been resorted to.
 At last Peruna is tried. Relief is found.
 This history is repeated over and over again, every day in the year. IL is such results as this that gives Peru na its unassailable hold upon the peo- pie. We could say nothing that would add force to such testimonials as the above. That people who have had ca tarrh and have tried every other rem edy available, find relief in Peruna, constitutes the best argument that could be made
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-17
FISHING FOR COMPLIMENTS.

One of the saintly characters men toned in the Rev. Dr. Richard Me Ilwaine's recent book, ''Three Score Years and Ten" Is a venerable Meth odist minister, Rev. Jesse Powers, whose mind, Doctor McIlwaine says, was always intent on doing something to bless and help somebody. He was man of exact yeracity, also, but his somewhat merclless candor was agree ably tempered by humor.
 The old preacher once spent the night at the house of a prominent Methodist not far from Amelia Court House, Vlr- zinia, where he had often been wei comed before The next morning at breakfast It developed that the bread was sour, perhaps not enough to be re marked upon, but still sour. He was engaged in eating 1t, when the worthy lady at the head of the table called attention to the dissgreeable fact.
 Brother Powers said nothing, but continued to satisfy his hunger with what was "set before him, asking no questions" and accepting no sugges- lions. His hostess, however, not to be thwarted in her efforts to wiring from her guest the admission that the bread was not very bad. repeated the re- mark.
 This also failed to elicit the longed- for response Brother Powers kept h.s eyes on his plate, and went ahead eat Ing more lustily than ever, in a quan- dary, doubtless, not knowing what to say, and resolved he would not tell a lie.
 But the good woman, not satisfied and with a fatality that sometimes oyertakes the wariest of the sex, was so left to herself as to apologize for the third time.
 This, Doctor McIlwaine says, twas too much for the old saint" Turning bis benevolent face toward the head of the table, he said, gently:
 "Sister Dash, If I were you, I'd stop talking about this bread. It is mean enough. anyway"
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-17
Truth
 and Quality

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 It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, as it Is free from all objectionable substances. To get its beneficial effects always purchase the genuine-manufactu by the Cali fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale by all leading druggists.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-17
HEuncffou,,

It would spoil good story to sug- gest that the young woman of whom a Kansas paper tells may have had a sense of humor. In the absence Of the regular reporter, the editor sent the young woman who writes the so- ciety news to report a fire in a remote part of the city. This is what the young woman turned in:
 Quite a number of people in thls part of the city attended a fire last night at the residence of Mir. and Mrs. John Blank in Thirteenth street. Some, it is said, went in carriages and bug gies, but a majority walked.
 The alarm was sounded about half past nine, and many who attended tha fire had just returned from church, consequently they were already dressed for the occasion.
 Mir. Blank WAS not at home, being out of the city on business. hence the affair will be surprise to him when he returns. Mrs. Blank wore a light percale klmono and had her bsir done up In kid curriers'.
 The firemen responded readily and worked heroically to subdue the flames. Most of them were young and fairly good looking. They were dressed iE ollcloth coats, cut short, with trousers to match. Their hat brims were nar. row In front and broad behind and dropped in the rear. The chiefs hat was ornamented with an octagonal brass spike which stuck up above his head like horn, giving him the ap- pearance of a unicorn.
 When the flames broke out through the second story and cast a lurid hue over the surrounding buildings, ths view was one never to be forgotten.
 At late hour the sightseers went home, and all felt they had passed an evening full of interest and excite ment.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-17
PoIaIo CrOlueIIes.

A delicious way of serving potatoes Is the following: Boil and mash twelve medium sized white potatoes, using one tablespoonful of butter instead of milk. When they are nearly cold add beaten yolks of three eggs, one tea spoonful of chopped parsley, one quarter teaspoonful of grated nutmeg and six drops of onion juice. Stir these ingredients together until they are smooth. Make up into small cone shaped croquettes and stand away to harden.
Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-17
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Alaska sentinel., 1908-12-17

1765-Riot in Boston on account of the stamp act. l775-Continental army under Gen. Montgomery arrived at Ticonderoga. lI76-British defeated the Americans in battle of Long Island. 17S5-Lord George Germain, the irrecon- ciable foe of America in the cabinet of Lord North, during the Revolu' tion, died. Born Jan. 26, 1716. l195-French directory established. 1S0S-British under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated the French and Spanish forces at Vimiera, in Portugal. lS14-British evacuated the city of Washington. ..The city of Wash ington burned by the British. lS1S-The Savannah, the first steam yes sel to cross the ocean, launched at New York. 1s19-The Duke of Richmond, governor general of Canada, died of hydropho' bia.
 1S29-Copper discovered at Galena, H. Warfare between Colombia and Peru ended. First temperance so- ciety formed in Ireland. iS35-Sir John Gosford, Earl of Col borne, sworn in as governor of Can ada.
 1S36-Opening of the Buffalo and NJ agara railroad. 1S46-Annexation of New Mexico to the United States. lS47-Republic of Liberia inaugurated. 1S4s-Trials of the Chartists began in London.
 lS51-The yacht America won the new famous cup at the inteUational re gatta at Cowes. England. IS57-Port Huron, Mich, incorporated a city. Beginning of a financial panic in the United States, which culmi- mated in an almost entire suspension of the banks. lS5s-First treaty signed between Great Britain and Japan. 1s60-yictoria railway bridge at Mon trcal opened by the Prince of Wales lS65-Thomas Chandler Halliburton, noted Canadian writer, died. Born 1796.
 lSG9-First Confederate soldiers monu- ment unveiled at Griffin, Ga. 1s7S-The independence of Seryia, pro claimed at Belgrade. lSs6-William J. Kendall. clothed In 6 cork vest. swan through the Niagara whirlpool rapids 1s90-Maj Gen. Sir F. D. Middleton re tired from the command of the Ca nadian militia. lS91-Decennal census placed the popu' lation of Canada at 4,S23, 344. 1s94A tornado swept the shores of tht Sea of Azof and caused the loss oi 1000 lives. lS97-President Borda of Uruguay assas sinated at Montevideo. .. Congress of Salvador adopted the gold stand ard .. |. Gen. J. P. s. Gobin of Penn sylvania elected commander-in-chiet of the G. A. R. l90i-Battleship Louisiana launched al Newport News. l90T-British House of Lords passed tht bill legalizing marriages with de ceased wife's sister, thus settling { long pending question.