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Subscription Concerts.

Mr.. i. Arthur Smith. who has managed
a number of prominent musical offerings
in this city. has entered into an arrange
ment with Mr.. Loudon Charlton, one OF
the best known of New York city's i'm
pressa rios, whereby popular series OF
high-class concerts will be given at the
new Masonic Temple Auditorium. All or
the concerts will be given on Saturday
nights. the first on December j. at $40.
These concerts will be known as the
Charlton-Snith subscription concerts. and
there will be five in number. the dates
falling one each in December. January.
February, March and April. The attrac-
tons. in their respective order. are Nine.
Johanna Gadski, prina donna soprano
of the Metropolitan Grand Opera Com
pany: Mr.. Ossip Gabrilowitsch the emf
nent Russian pianist and composer, who
returns to American shores this season for
his third tour on this side: Mr.. David
Bspham, the distinguished grand opera
baritone. with Miss Leila Livingston
Morse. mezzo-soprano: the Flonza,ey
quartet, European chamEer-music or-an-
ization. and Miss Katharine Goodson, the
English pianist, in joint recital with Mr..
Henry Bramsen. the Danish cellist. Al
though the single admission prices will
aggregate 50. Mr. Smith will offer them
c!tals-for 81, thereby effecting a saving
of the price Of at least two concerts. A
second class of subscriptions will be re-
ceived at 81. for tickets Of an aggregate
value OF 500 and third at 81, for
those valued at 81 Mr. Smith has be-
gun the sale of tickets at his agency in
F street.
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Columbia.

With a cast Of seventeen and chorus
OF sixty. Frank Mckee's production of
Victor Herberts spectacular opera. al
geria." will open at the Columbia Thea
ter tomorrow night. The story is laid
in the walled oasis of Sidi Ahmoud. and
the exterior of an old palace at Mustapha.
The sentimental element Of the play Is
created by romantic complications be-
tween Capt de LONE Of the French
cavalry and the Sultan 'Zoradie. ruler
of one of the semi-barbaric tribes still to
be found in the id-Saralla.
The comedy of the story is placed upon
the adventures Of four young Americans
who are stranded in Algeria and en-
list in the Foreign Legion After a
taste. of the cast-iron discipline Of that
branch of the French army they desert
from French military post in the Saba
ra at which their regiment is stationed.
Among other things the dessrters steal
an imitation camel from an Arabian cir
Gus The ship of the desert which. by
the way. has speaking part just like any
other actor in the cast. provides some of
the funniest banter OF the show.
The cast includes Harry Bulger. who
will play the principal comedy role: Miss
Helen Noldi. prina donna from the Met
ropoIitan Opera House. OF New York;
Harriet Burt. William. Pruette, George
Leon Moore. Katherine Bell, w. j.
Walsh. Jane Grover and Mary Gordon.
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Coming Attractions.
New National.

The Henry w Savage presentation of the
Franz Molnar production, The Devil,
will open a weeks engagement at the Ma
tional Theater tomorrow evening. Edwin
Stevens will be seen as The Devil and
he will be supported by the original New
York organization. which comes here d.
rect from the Garden Theater. Not in
years has a dramatic production attract
ed the attention and discussion that has
been aroused by The Devil 1t is a
comedy that deals in human philosophy:
yet 1t abounds in wit and iepartee. In
this his first effort Herr Molnar has
sought to show that within US is ten
dency toward evil that can only be re-
pressed by constant effort of will. by un-
ceasing struggles of our better selves
This evil is person!fied In the play by
the figure of man who calls himself
DIR. Miller" who, while human in out
ward characteristics. is wholly cruel in
his real quality. He is a polished and
cultured gentleman of the world, filled
with wide knowledge of the world stored
for generations. This man has studied
and learned the power of evil. but con-
stanty hides behind the mask or inno-
cence. Apparently free from wrong think
ing, under this mask Of geniality he works
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RelaSco.

One Of the important engagements of
the present season at the Belasco The
alter is that of the distinguished dancer
Gertrude Hoffman, and the big Sslubert-
Fields musical review, The Mimic
World which comes tomorrow night for
a weeks enga cement.
1.-The Mimic World is one continuous
whirl of tun that. enjoyed a seasons run
at the Casino. New York, during all last
summer. 1t is a creation concocted OF
mirth, music. song. beauty and picture.
George w. Monroe, Walter Lawrence.
Helen Royton, Grace Tyson, Arthur Nc
Waters. Will West. Gladys Moore Bert
Won Klein, Ada Gordon, each promoter
of mirth or melody of the first order. help
swell the general account to unusual d.
mansions, and this gives an idea of the
possibilities for entertainment in the
great show.
There are many burlesques in the enter
tainment. The leading characters in the
famous plays of 1908 walk about and do
and say laughable things. and, besides,
there is an abundance of catchy music
THE Mimic World comes here exactly
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none other than Lee Shubcrt who advised
her to make her theatrical beginning IN
musical comedy and who. Furthermore.
provided the opportunity to make this
beginning. If she develops as rapidly as
is expected. she has the promise CT Mr..
Shubert that she will be placed III one
Of his strictly dramatic productions, and
the advance to stardOm will be then
only Il question OF demonstrated ability.
Miss Calvert's family in New York is
very friendly with the Sotherns and the
Barrymores, and that association. of
course, had it's effect in deciding her to
undertake a theatrical career Soon after
she had been introduced 10 society at a
tea in her honor at the Waldorf. and
when she had met fashionable society
at tea at the Belfevue-Stratford in New
York, she went out to secure theatrical
engagement. Her first visit was to the
office Of Charles Frohman, but her mex
perience worked against her and she was
rejected. Then she sought ort the Shu-
berts, and though She did not at once
gain all she wished. the opportunity that
was given her TO enter the musical
show 1.-THE Mimic World was welcomed.
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Simond's Cyclomotocene.

President Roosevelts coming expedition
into darkest Africa will be fore-:ladowed
on the program announced for Simond's
cyclomotocene this evening in the first of
the series of Sunday evening diversions at
the Columbia Theater. Plunging into the
forests. with the aid Of the most perfect
apparatus in existence. scenes and
dangers in Congo land will be faithfully
denoted An exciting bear hunt, in
which the angry bruin is almost upon the
audience before the crack of rife brings
him to earth. will be presented. The
straw hat industry In Florence will be
shown and tour throughout southern
Italy will complete the traVeiogue section.
which will be accompanied by appropriate
explanations by Mr.. W. Steven Bush.
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"The Love Waltz"

Chase's next week will submit several
notable vaudeville novelties, the list be-
ing led by Lasky's Viennese produc-
ton. 1.-The Love Waltz with Alfred Kap-
peler and Audrey Maple In the more con-
from which the operetta takes its name
was written by Cremieux. the Vienna
composer. and it has in this country
attained vogue scarcely inferior to that
of THE Merry Widow 1t has nu-
merous and distinguished cast of prin-
cipals. including Ben l.. Mulvey. Harry
NJ. Smith. Celia. Valerius and Bert Har-
ris. The supplementary leading attrac-
ton will be Kelly and Barrett in the
military travesty The Battle of Too
Soon" Another card will he Laddie
Cliff, the English boy comedian. The
balance of the bill will contain Will H.
Fox in his new single piano act: the
Young America Five: the Five Jordans
and THE Base Ball Fan" by the Anleri-
can vitagraph.
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as seen at the Casino Theater. The
Messrs. Snubert have fairly outdOne
themselves in mounting this present Of
fering. both with reference to costun-
ing and scenery. The company, number
ing some ninety-one people, is an all
round good one.
Much has been written about Miss
Hoffman, and her dances of "A Vision
of Salome" and Mendelssohn's Spring
Song. Her quickness Of apprehension is
shown in the way in which she changes
SO quickly from the spirit-the weird
and exotic spirit-of the daughter OF
Herodias to the reveling jocundity OF
Spring Song. Miss Hoffman, will be seen
here in both of her famous dances and
In limitations of celebrated stage artists.
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nize him in street dress and with visage
unadorned. The portrait he makes of the
old Confederate leader Is as distinctive as
was that he made of Jack Rance, the
gambler-sheriff of The Girl of the Golden
West
DR.. MADISON OF AI.GERIA-Femi-
nine doctors and nurses are In great de-
mand in Algeria. AS DR.. Millicent Madl-
son in Algeria Harriet Burt portrays a
character drawn from life. In recent
years many American women have taken
up the practice of medicine in Algeria
and other eastern countries. Their spe-
cial field is in the harems of the rich
orientials, where the virtues of western
medicine have been recognized. While
the man doctor is rigidly barred by
Moslem custom from the harem, the
woman practitioner is freely admitted.
Assisting Miss Burt is a pretty chorus
of American nurses who assist her in the
rendition of one of the topical gems of
the opera.
BEGINS AT THE BoTTOM-In order
that she may fit herself for theatrical
career, Geneive Calvert. graduate of
Smith College and a member of family
of social prominence in New York. has
forsworn the delights of summer out
ing at a fashionable resort and with true
American grit has begun at what may
be considered the bottom round of the
ladder of dramatic art. Among the many
show girls in the musical play THE
Mimic World she is conspicuous by
reason of q stataliness of bearing and a
patrician beauty that at once stamp her
as a girl of distinction, and it can be
well imagined in a few years she may
reach the goal she has in mind-a stellar
place. There are shining examples on
the stage of girls who have risen from
the GLORIOUS to high places and there is
encouragement for this new aspirant not
only by reason of these examples but
also more particularly because it was
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKEUP
Frank keenan, considers comprehensive
knowledge of the proper use OF the grease
paint stick an asset OF immense Importance
to a character actor. and so assiduously
has he studied the practice Of pigments that
II Is doubtful II the American stage knows
his equal In ability to make 1t serve its
best purpose. His is the skill which ac-
centuates and emphasizes facial express
sion by which an actor makes a charac-
terixation distinctive and forceful. So gen.
orally is Keenan's knowledge of the art
OF making up recognized that PAM
ph,et upon the subject written by him
some five years ago Is now being used
as a text book in many schools Of acting.
The Frank keenan, of private life is an
individual OF entirely different aspect from
the Gen Buck Warren of THE Warrens
of Virginia" so much SO. indeed. that one
who has seen him only on the stage
would find it somewhat didicult to recog-
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mistakenly upon the minds AMI souls of

his victims.
This modern devil expresses himself and
explains his origin In this manner, II am
he who always comes at the proper
moment" Henry W. Savage. who claims
the sole rights to the piece in this coun-
try, will send here a notable company.
Mr.. Stevens. finished actor. will be
supported by Frances Nordstrom Paul
McAllister. Ethel Clayton, Louise Rut-
ter. w. Christie Miller. 0. J. Fanasse
and Esther Truax. 60.
The management of the National
Theater anticipating visit of the ticket
spectators who were in evidence at the
Garden Theater. New York, announces
that not more than ten seats will be sold
to one person. and the mail order and
telephone departments will not be In
OperatiOn
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Academy.

Wanted by the Police" will be seen
for the first time in this city at the New
Academy tomorrow night.
The author. Langdon Mccormick, feels
that in this. his latest effort. he has given
the public a new play built upon new
lines.
The production is given under the per-
sonal management of the Mittenthal
Brothers. The company is said to be an
exceptionally strong one, at the head of
which is the romantic actor, Harold Vos-
burgh.
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by the American vitagraph. Pauline is
French hypnotic savant. and he will. it
is said, give an exhibition as wonderful
as that OF the late Washington Irving
Bishop and as laughable as that of the
late Prof. Carpenter. One of the pr.nci-
pal features is his putting an hypnotic
subject to sleep next Tuesday noon in the
show window of the storerocm adjoining
Chase's Theater with the challenge to
any other person to awake him before s
clock that night in any OF the usual test
ways. Pauline claims that he alone can
bring the somnolent to his senses and
that he will do it solely by mental sug-
gestion. The Cranes will offer their latest
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Majestic.

Live vaudeville and cameraphone talk
ing pictures are proving highly popular
at the Majestic. The bill Manager Wes-
ton has arranged for this week is as fol
lows: Margo's Manikin Actors. a coined,
marionette act. carrying all their owr
special scenery, and Mile. o Mega in a
tight wire and juggling act. Talking pic
lures include Mike Donlin, captain CT the
New York Giants. and Mable Hite, late OF
the New York Merry-go-round Company
in their new sketch. "A Home Rum and
eight other bright and catchy acts by the
cameraphone.
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Gayety Tonight.

Archie l.. Shepard will present his regu-
lar Sunday concert at the Gayety Tkeater
tonight. and the program will include the
comedian ]. w. Drane, 1.-The assass' natoI
of sorrow; Harry Phillips in monoloGus
and parodies. Matte Ashton in coOr
songs and John T. McCaslin in novelties
The moving picture portion of the pro-
gram will include two hours of the lates,
comedy fea lures.
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Gather and the Boys"

Charles Frohman will send William II
Crane to the New National Theater next
week in George AIDES new play of family
life. Father and the Boys" In the role
of the father Mr.. Crane is said to excel
anything he has done in the past ten
years. so thoroughly suitable is the char
acter to this actors comedy talents. He
will be supported here by Margaret Dale.
late leading lady for John Drew. The
play will come to Washington after a
successful career on the road and in New
York city. where 1t ran for four months
at the Empire Theater.
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Burr Mc1ntosh's Lecture.

Burr Mcintosh will deliver his new lee
ture THE United States Today" at the
new Masonic Temple Auditorium Sunday
evening, November. ~. Mr.. Mc1ntoshs
new lecture deals with the early history,
vastness and scenic beauty of our coun-
try, its manufactures. agriculture. our
army and navy. and the questions OF an
archsm socialism and white slaves. The
lecture is profuseIy Illustrated with col
orsd pictures
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story of the play involves the members
of a Virginia family, whose home is stu
ated in that neighborhood which was the
seat of the last desperate fighting of the
civil war. A company Of more than ordi-
nary individual and collective strength
adds to the distinction of the Offering.
Tie leading members are Frank keenan,
and Miss Charlotte Walker. Associated
with these players are Miss Emma Dunn,
formerly the leading woman with the late
Richard Mansfield William McVay. Gil
more Scott. G.. d. Waldron. Frederick
Watson. Miss Mary Pickford and Mrs.
Charles Craig
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hit. "Pixley's Prodigal Parents Bessie
Wynn. the musical ngenue will sing sew
era1 new spotlight songs. Frank Stafford.
assisted by Marie Stone. in "A Hunters
Came" has an animal and bird mimcry
act. The Kyasyas offer an athletic act.
Leo Donnelly is an amusing newspaper
humorist and Paul Florus will give a di-
verting zylophonic specially. The great
Marathon races are said to be most real
istically reproduced by the vitagraph.
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MRS. Wigs

When. Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage
Patch comes 20 the Columbia Theater
next Monday night il will be presented by
practically the same cast as last season.
1t needs no introduce ion or recommended
ton to local amusement lovers. Messrs.
Liebler & Co. have given il an elaborate
production. The cast includes such pro-
nounced favorites as Blanche Chapman
for the title role. Vivian Ogden for Miss
Hazy and Charles Carter for Hiram
StlIbbnS
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Concert at Academy.

Another of the popular twenty-five-cent
concerts will be given at the Academy to-
night with "a two-hour selection of new
moving pictures.
The Metropolitan Quartet in new selec-
tions. Walter Sondheimer in parodies and
William Greenburg in coon songs are the
vocalists offered for the evening.
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Cluster Brown"

The musical comedy Buster Brown"
will be seen here for one week, with mat
inees Tuesday. Thursday and Saturday,
commencing Monday. November 1G at
the New Academy. The cast is headed
by the little funmaker. Master Reed. Miss
Ray Myers, most natural child imper.
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New York Symphony.

unique attraction will be offered at
the New National Theater Friday after
noon. November 90 when Isadora Duncan,
the famous dancer. will appear in con-
junction with the New York Symphony
Orchestra Walter DaInrOsch conducting,
in a revival Of Greek art Of 1900 years
ago.
Miss Duncan has danced with wonderful
success in London and her performance in
New York this last week at. the Metro
politan Opera House was given before a
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Gayety.

At the. Gayety this week the boards
will be occupied by Rose Sydell. who
heads her famous organization. the Lon
don Bellies BurlesquerS. 1t is doubtful il
there is a better known burlesque attrac-
ton on the road. Among the entertainers
are Cassie Bernard. Banch Hughes. Mar
gle Morton, Lou Jocelyn, Florence Emer-
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Lyceum.

"TEe Champagne Girls" which comes to
the Lyceum this week. has an opening sa-
tire. AT Gay COney Island and a clos
ing military burlesque. ION the Frontier. -
The program includes: Charles Nichols
and Con- pany in an act entitled West
cru Style" Con Phillips, the Hebrew
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"The Warrens of Virginia, >

record for attendance. The Warrens OF
Virginia will make its first appearance
at the Belasco Theater next week. The
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Chase's.

Chase's this week will present Pauline
Mr.. and Mrs. Gardner Crane and COM
pany. Bessie Wynn, Frank Stafford and
Marie Stone. the Kyasyas. Leo Donnelly.
Paul Florus and THE Marathon Races"
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Elmendorf Lecture.

Mr.. Dwight Elmendorf will lecture at
the New National Theater next Thursday
afternoon on The African Desert
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comedian; Borton and Bass. comedians:
Singer Wells and Sells. comedy acrobats:
Miss Marie Fisher. Miss Marie Croi . and
others of equal merit.
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EDWnc5TENEB
m Tie Devil

son. Ruth Putnam. Blanca Roberts,
Frances Sherbourne, Hazel Conklin,
Helen Andrews. Irene Chamroy, Beattie
Townsend. Nellie Bryson. Anna Cameron,
Katie Levitt Lima Norchand. julie Alex
ander and Elsie Evans. with olio COM
prising Freeman Buds. singers and dane
ers; the Lovitts. juggiers and acroDats;
Kennedy. Evans and Kennedy. Gay Cava-
lers of Celtic Wit: W. S. Campbell and
Johnnie Weber. in THE Artists Dream"
and Theo. NJ Metz's Grand Italian Opera.
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record break king audience. 1t was Miss
Duncan who conceived the original idea
of dancing to the music Of Beethoven and
Chopin.
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Ella Herbert. the daughter OF Victor
Herbert. gave party Wednesday in
honor o. her nineteenth Dirt l,day.
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Jessie Millward has been engaged TO
play a prominent role in Lady Freder-
lex with Ethel Barrymores company.
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Lyceunl.

Miss New York. Jr.'' is announced for.
presentation at the Lyceum next week
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Israel Iangwill will shortly publish
The Melting Poe in book form. 1t will
be dedicated to President Roosevelt
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Blanche Ring is reported to have a con-
tract calling for 10 per cent of the gross
receipts of the Weber show.
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Otis Skinner Is To have a play by Jo-
sephine Preston Peabody, a we'll known
literary woman.
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senator. will be seen in the character Of
Mary Jane. Busters girl playmate while
Tige is said TO be unusually realistic.
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If Sam Bernard cannot get new and
satisfactory play he says he will try
vaudeville for twenty weeks.
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In another week Joseph Coyne and Alex
andra Carlisle will terminate their en-
gagement with The Mullosc" and return
to London.
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Playhouse Paragraphs

Under the name Of Harold Leroy
son of William Pruette is appearing in
Algeria
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Conan & Harris announce that Georgs
Evans will remain the star of the Cohan
& Harris AIinstrels next season when
they will star Julian Eltinge in drama
tization of ''Mademoiselle de Maupin."
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George Beban. who is playing the prin-
cipal part in The American Idea, will
be starred next year in new comedy
drama.
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Annie Russell in THE Stronger Sex"
will open in New York for a run No
vember rs. following paid in Full at
Weber's Theater
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Nine. Emma Calve has been making
a study of the American vocal pupil and
says she can only reproach American
singers In that they have sacrificed dra-
matte to vocal art.
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Reports have reached this city that IN
order to avoid ticket speculation Lew
Dockstader will absolutely refuse to sell
more than 100 tickets for any one per-
Torrance to any one person.
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George Broadhurst's latest play, An
International Marriage" with Digby Bell
in the cast. was produced for the first
time at Hartford last Monday night
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Clara Lipman. the wife OF Louis
Mann. is to have a new play by Mmes
de Gresac, the author Of The Marriage.
Of Kitty in the original French and e
Cora" in which Bertha Kalich is to stax.