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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-12
Grand Opera Co, Coming
For Three Performances

Dufriche, Tecchi. Navarfni. and ORA
goni- The conductor will be Mr.. Ro-
dolfo Ferrari, who was for six years
the conductor Of the Teatro CONSTANT.
the leading opera house of Rome.
"MignOn" will be the opera at the
Saturday matinee. This opera has
proved by far the most popular OF all
the light works In the METROPOLITAN
repertory this winter. The presence in
the cast Of such eminent singers as
Miss Geraldine Farrar, Miss Bessie
ABBOTT, Miss Josephine Jacoby and MN.
Bonci Placon, Lucas, and Begue should
itself more than suffice to assure a
repetition in Washington OF the tri-
umph which has attended the ''Mignon''
revival in New York. The conductor
on this occasion viii be Samuel Bovy.
Saturday evening the double bill
"CavalIeria Rusticana" and ''Pagliacci'
will be given The cast for the
Mascagni opera will include Mines.
Fornia. Jacoby. Girerd and NM. Strac-
ciari and Martin.
Enrico CarusO, the great Italian tenor.
will make his only appearance here as
Canio in ''Pagliacci" II is considered
by many to be his best role. and the
one in which he has achieved his great
est success Mr.. Caruso's associates
will be Mr.. Scott. the distinguished
baritone who is inimitable as Tonic;
NM. Reiss and Sarto. Mile. Dereyne,
a young French soprano who halls from
the Grand opera and the Opera Com
ique OF Paris, will complete an ideal
cast in the role of Media. Mr.. Ferrari
will conduct both performances.
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COLDIN THE HEADLINER
AT CHASE'S THIS WEEK

Cbase-s this week VIII offer Horace
Goldin. Maude Hall, Carleton Macy and
COMPANY. Barney Pagan. and Henrietta
BYRON. the Village Choir; the Great
richards Work and Over. Adamini and
Taylor. and the motion pictures OF THE
BABY Show and Scenes in Northern
Venice"
Horace GoIdi1 comes here with Lon
don and European regulations preced-
ing him. Nile. Jeanne Fransioli. a Pa
risian HlusiOniste. assists GOldin and
adds TO the novelty. Among the ex-
ploits of the wizard are the bed cham
Der disappearance, the sedan chair sur
prise. the phantom fish catching the
flying trunk. and an exhibition of the
new fad. "Diabolo." The Hall-Macy
company. in The Maybe and the jay. ="
is described as worthy. Afr. Pagan and
Miss Byron ere on the bill with a
sketch. "An Entertaining Oddly. The
Village Choir viii blend their voices in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-12

IT. HE enlightenment OF '"The Morals
Of Marcus" at the National The
alter last week proved thai even
a poorly constructed play can be
delightful entertainment with so fas-
cinating and clever a star as Marie
Doro, and so capable a, leading man as
&. Aubrey Smith, to interpret the prin-
cipal roles.
While this was Miss DOro's first visit
10 Washington as a star. the local pub
d lie was not unfamiliar with her work
1n "Clarice' last season she won many
admirers. both by her personal charms
and her pleasing art. Her work last
week has served TO strengthen her
hold upon theatergoers. Mr.. Smith. on
the other hand. was entirely unknown
He is an English actor, and his thor
Ough, clean-cut methods evince many
years of training and study. While no
flashes Of genius are to be discovered in
his impersOnatiOn OF Sir Marcus, there
. is a repose Of manner which is restful
and satisfying. America has several
leading men who possess more personal
magnetism than Mr.. Smith, but none
who pOrtrays a role with greater
nnesse.
With the principal parts in less capa-
bic hands. THE Morals OF Marcus"
would not have survived to be dissent
mated in so many cities, for although
his morals are highly respectable. they
are not altogether convincing or coher-
ent. For two acts the plot runs smooth
", the lines are clever. and the char
Iacters are handled with intelligence and
skill. Then comes the deqlorable third
act, in which men and women are
drag ged IN and hauled out to the &C
compartment OF the loud Creahng OF
stage mechanism. The dTamatIst seems
TO have worked out his story systemat-
icaIly up to the point where his middle
aged Bachelor realizes that he is in love
with the charming little refugee from
the Syrian harem, when suddenly il
occurred TO him that there must be a
villain somewhere, some cat to destroy
the serenity of the dove cote 1t is
rather late in the day to discover a
ferocious feline of sufficiently gross
proportions to create much of commo-
ton. so he resorts to plurality Of sin
later creatures. Instead OF relying upon
one mammoth disturber of the peace
There will be three kittens to attack
this dove cote-the cruel father, the I'M
scrupulous friend, and the jealous wom-
an. Instead of having one big, gripping
climax in this act. there are three little
climaxes and as many ants. The IN
terest IN the play quickly fritters away
the situations have been so obvious
9nd the denouement Of such a distress
5nqI,y i11st-as-I-expected variety 1t was
"a clever conceit on the part Of the play
.,rio-bt 10 give to his heroine the charm
81 innocent girIhOod blended with
Oriental ouaintness and unconventton-
atty hut he lacked sufficient ingenuity to
,,,otnraiD the standard set in his earlier
scanes- Condolences are not to be eX-
+.,5ed 70 Mr.. Frohman's youthful star
l,ecause of The shortcomings or the
NAV. however. foc It has served 10 en-
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Rice and Barton At Gavetv.

Rice & Barton's Big Gayety Extrav-
aganza Company viii appear at the
Gayety beginning tomorrow afternoon in
a brand-new satire called Broadway
After Twelve The lines and sit
nations are said 10 be filed with COM
icalitirs. and the action rapid and hust-
Ing- ntTOducing gay husbands. jealous
wives. and other comedy characters.
while there is plenty of opportunity for
a pretty and talented chorous TO display
their ability Vaudeville specialties are
introduced in the oIio, headed by Bert
Baker. the singer and nouologist- Mr.
Baker does an eNtenpore number on
his audience in the way OF go0d-naJureC
comments. Mildred Gilmore. the Gin
ger" girl IS what her name implies
Mckee and Van are song and dance
artists; Pierce and AIsizee are travesty
artists. The NicOdenus Trio completes
the varied program
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Program at Be1asco
For Coming Weeks

With the opening OF the engagement
OF Mr.. Powers in The Blue Moon al
the Belasco Tseater. tomorrow night,
this house enters on it's final week Of
the regular theatrical season. Follow
ing the engagement OF The Blue Moon"
will come the weeks presentation Of
THE Prince Of Parcheesi" This offer
ing IS under the direction Of Miss Ruth
HaIford and is for the benefit of the
Junior Republic. The piece IL staged
by Percy Leech and viii be interpreted
by many members OF Washington's So
ciety dramatic aspirants. On Monday
the 9th instant, the Paint and Powder
Club Of Baltimore will appear for one
night for the benefit of the Christ Child
Society, presenting a new comedy called
"Conquering Cupid"
On Tuesday night. April q. the IA
nous Princeton Triangle Club will play
their annual engagement at this the
alter, presenting when Congress Went
to Princeton Wednesday afternoon
and night, April % Miss Minnie Hawke
Will offer the pupils Of her dancing
academy in an entirely new production.
Thursday the Mask and Wig Club. Of
Philadelphia, viii give its annual per-
fCrnance.
Friday and Saturday nights Of that
week the OEden-Crane School Of Opera,
under the direction Of Mrs. Mckee, will
give two operate performances. The
following Monday, May 4. the summer
stock season Will be inaugurated. when
Guy Standing. supported by Dorothy
Hammond, and an admirable company
under the direction of VIII A Page.
will present Henry Guy Cartoons best
comedy. The Mummy and the Hum
ming Bird"
The regular season of this theater.
which Is just on the eve Of closing has
been most gratifying and satisfactory
to the management. It being by far the
most successful this house has ever
known
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James OMEN at the Columbia.

One Of Americas foremost actors. has
been secured by the management OF the
Columbia Theater for next weeks at
traction. coming direct from the Lyric
Theater. New York. and the leading
cities. TO appear in a repertoire of pro
auctions o. ''Virginius.' Monte Cristo.
and Julius Caesar"
The company supporting Mr. O'Neil
are all players who have made a special
study OF the classic stage, and includes
such as Norman Hackett. Charles D.
Herman. Joseph SIaytOr. James O'Neil.
jr.. Warren Con-an, Anthony Andre-
Jerome Storm. y. c. Stark. Wilmer
Dame. Kate Fletcher, Gertrude Griffin,
Jessie Bailey. airline Hines. and Edna
Porter.
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NeW Play of HHpnohsn1
Misses Big Opportunity

tKC@ HE IMPOSTOR," new play
by "R. y. Beach CNrs. Gus
tave F'rOhman), was seen by
quite a number Of invited
guests at a rehearsal in the
National Theater Friday afternoon. The
play will be given its first public per-
iforrance in Philadelphia tomorrow
evening, and the outcome will be OF
interest. The central idea is novel and
Interesting, that Of a woman posing as
her own daughter in order TO win back
the love Of a father from whom she
became estranged when she eloped The
chief defect in the work is the absence
Of any big motive to impel the princi-
pals. The love interest is Only mildly
developed, and the effectiveness Of the
denouement is destroyed by lack Of con-
centTat.ol and focus. We have the
wonRn's confession OF dupliciry, first
10 her father, and then to her sweet
heart As the former alone is surprised,
the second episode falls rather fiat and
wastes itself in saccharinc pIatitudes.
The hypnotic incident, in which a clair
voyant attempts TO learn the woman's
secret for blackmailing purposes would
seem to Ofrer big possibilities, but this
combative force IS disposed of at the
end Of the second act, thus taking away
the one element Of suspense upon which
all the action might be made to hinge.
Che secondary plot was too much de-
taOhed from the central theme 10 en-
gage TIE serf0us attention Of the audi
Cnca.
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SHREvE SPRING CARNIVAL
AT NATIONAL TWO NIGHTS

Tomorrow and Tuesday night, at the
New National Theater, Miss Cora b
Shreve and her juvenile dancers will
appear in spring carnival that prom
ises to eclipse any O. tie former en-
tertainments Of this kind ever held in
Washington. For weeks the little per
formers have been rehearsing their
solos. rope dances, serpentine dances,
buck anu wing specialties, ensemble
effects and other numbers, and there
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-12

P c5asa,s next week wiz offer Joe Welch
and company IN AT Ellis Island, tne
Novelties Great Indoor Circus, detached
from the Barnum & Bailey circus; John
T Thorne and Grace Carleton as The
American TESTERS Mr.. and Mrs Fred
erick VoeIkers- musicians; Walter
scnrode and Lizzie Mulvey IN A Theat-
rical Agency" Willie Weston, In Veola-
the Partisan chanteuse; and -flre
RIaneuvers at Madrid motion REQUIRES
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-12
College Ministries.

According TO Director Waldo r.
Pearce everything with respect TO the
staging of the big minstrel show 20
be presented at the National Thcater
the evening Of April IS by the students
of George washington University. for
thu benefit Of the athletic association
IS practically complete
The performance. while nartaking Of
the features OF old time minstrelsy. IS
said to contain many unique innova-
tions such as to keep the audience in
a state CT expectancy from the time the
fg-or+i7,,e5 on Pls-e Sevenl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-12
LENA Rivers" at Academy.

Lena Rivers. with Beuiah FoyFtef-
in the title role. viii be presented al
the Academy week Of April p
This announcement is expected So
awaken anticipauOns Of pleasure N lte
minds Of maay.--for nearly everyone
has read Mrs Mary J. Holmes BOOK
and enjoyed it, Very feW liberties were
taken when the dramatization or the
hook was made and it IS said TO adhere
very closely TO the story woven by Mrs
Holmes
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Comsar-Drama at Majestic.

Next weeks Offering at the Majestic
VIII be that drama Of the South. The
Belle Of Richmond The play is said
TO have d strong plot and be full Of eN-
citing incidents. love and comedy II
IS promised that it viii be presented
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shown. and perfect views OF modern
submarines
The usual Thursday and Saturday
gagement.
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phasize the fact that Miss Doro can de-
light her audiences in spite Of the
handicap imposed by the dramatist,
rather than by virtue of any assistance
rendered by him.
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songs. OF yesterday today, and tor
eve The other features are expected
to please the miTth-lOving public.
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- DING SOME is a loud laugh.
This does not mean that the
audiences which applauded
the farcicaI and somewhat
crude humor of the Armstrong Beach
play, seen at the BelascO last week, had
vacant minds, but certainly there was
little art and less reason to be found in
the bOisterous and nonsensicaI episodes
of play which has for its foundation
a fOotrace with a monograph as the
stakes. There were several old-time ia
vorites on the stage. a recrudescent
Kid Burns property college boy and
several accOrding-tO-specinc cow
boys. There was also a unique bad
man. played rather broadly but none the
less divartingly by George Marion.
There is an ample amount Of action
Of restricted character and still more
horse play, but the comedy furnished
not unwholesome diversion 10 comfort
ably filed houses all the week. Rich
ard Bennett, whose interesting perform
ance was one Of the features of The
Hypocrites" last season. has the lead
ing role, which he handles with credit.
although most of his lines have been
correctly characterized as pure piffe''
kETHE CLANSAIAN'' will leave
America shortly for England.
With the play will go our sin
cerest good wishes for pros
perity abroad In fact II is TO be hoped
that 1t viii achieve such a triumph on
the other side that # viii never be
tempted to return to this, its native
land.
The Thomas Dixon meIodrama IS
crude and brutal, and pernicious in its
influence. The author has made capital
Of sectional bitterness, while posing as
an apostle Of truth Instead Of bring
ing about a clearer understanding OF
the conditions OF which II treats, the
play engenders prejudice and racial
hatred in the hearts of just that eIe-
ment, both in the South and North,
which does net attempt to control its
passions.
There are several earnest workers ike
James J. Ryan in The Clansman''
company. whose efforts should be di-
rected in other channels than the char
acterzation of melOdramatic and grotes-
que creatures Of this playwright's brain.
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lcontlnued 81 = 80
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- HE engaS cement OF 1.-THE Morals
Of Marcus at the National The
alter last week proved thai even
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-04-12

- DING SOME is a loud laugh.
This does not mean that the
audiences which applauded
the farcicaI and somewhat
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Z TINE CLANSMAN" will

America shortly for England.
With the play will go our sin
carast 800 -.-i.L-n- 90 49,
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Masters Sale.

State of Illinois, Rock Island Coun-
Foreclosure. General No. 1896.
Della Spencer VS.. David A. Hammer.
Della May Hammer, William PAIL, w.
]. Moeller, ]. G. Scheuerman, and e. T.
Matausch.
Notice is hereby given that by virtue
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above entitled cause, on the 18th day
of July. A. ID. 1908. shall, on Tuesday.
the first day of September, A. d. 1908,
at the hour of 10 o'clock in the fore
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uate in the county of Rock Island and
state of Illinois, known and described
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of that tract of land conveyed by one
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and G. Elmer Blakesley. by deed of
conveyance dated Dec 6, A. d. 1901,
and recorded in the office of the re-
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| day of July, A. ID. 1908
| JOSEPH L. HAAS,
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| ty, Illinois.
Ludolph & Reynolds. complainant's
| solicitors.
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Estate of Bernard Markey, deceased
The undersigned having been ap-
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late of the county of Rock Island, state
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the first Monday in November next, at
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