The Washington herald., 1908-09-01
AT THE LOCAL PLAYHOUSES.
THE OPENING OF CHAsE'S.
Polite Vaudeville Starts Another
Popular season.

Another wedge was driven IN yesterday.
splitting the theatrical season open q
little wider. when Chase's popular thea
ter threw open its doors and presented a
vaudeville show Of a quality that promises
well. II Il may be taken as a sample Of
what the season viii have 70 offer II
was evident. too. that the people are
hungry for this form Of amusement for
at both performances yesterday every
seat was taken and the advance sale Tor
the rest Of the week IS large
The opening bill is interesting. OF high
quality, and Il offers a lot OF variety,
good acting. clever acrobatics, some good
music. a touch OF pathos. and lots OF
comedy, with a little dancing thrown IN
for good measure
The principal act IS that furnished by
Ralph c Herr. who made q big hit n
The Soul Kiss He is q clever actor
and his act consists Of characterizatlons
Of which The Old Actor" was parJiCu-
larry good He gave, too. The Lawyer
and The Private Secretary" As part
OF the actor sketch he recited an the
Worlds a Stage" which took astoEish-
iugly well He was so heartily encored
thst as an extra number he gave The
Rake's Progress SO successful IN its
dramatic force and in its moral teaching
that he viii probably have 10 keep IL II
lis act.
The biggest number on the oiil Is fur
nisaed by six Little Girls and a Teddy
Bear q novelty IN dance and song II
is a well-stageG- lively act, with some
thing doing every minute. and X deserved
all the applause il Won Very clever
acr0bsts are the three Renards- Their
work is unusual n that much OF it de-
pends On The strength OF their Jaws At
one time al three OF them suspended by
their teeth alone. are swung out into
space il . way that looks really dan
gerOus-
The show opens with De Haven and
sidney. dancers. who have really succeed
ed n putting together a new dancing
act II takes very We'll. especially the lat
ter part Of IL Una Clayton and Company
do e sketch called His Local Color
which gives Miss Clayton q f1e chance 10
. demonstrate her ability as an actress.
The sketch Is not any TOO vel written
/ but g0od playing makes Up tor that, and
the little touch OF pathos underlying the
sketch furnishes a good contrast 60 the
Z rest Of the bill Mullen and Core-h DO
. an acrO5at.C comedy stunt" II which
+ the acrobstics are much better than The
{ comedy There are the Ki1sols, who do
a novel musical act one OF the perform
e-s giving excellent limitations Of most IL
/ s-rCme-ts in an ordinary orchestra That
7 he has 70 make some frtghtfUI faces be-
I fore he can emit the sound he wants only
makes the act the fU11ier-
The show closes with moving pictures
( showing the recent ceremonies Al Quebec;
/ striking pictures which show plainly the
I Prince OF Wales and The other important
persouages there. and winding Up with q
1 review OF the troops on the Plains OF
I Abraham. where so years ago M0utcalm
I and Wolfe strovs for the mastery of
{ Canada An interesting feature OF the
( picture IS that which shows Vice Presi-
/ dent Fairbanks as he meets England S
/ prince and afterward as he delivers
{ Americas address of welcome Ambassa-
I cor and Mrs Bryce are also plainly out
lined IN the picture
I The show is q cOrklng one throughout
fun OF fun and enjoyment Vaudeville has
I come 10 occupy an important place IN ths
amusement life OF the city. and at Chase
! the patrons may see Il az its best u is
( curious 10 note. too. how II the new
I vaudeville season the actors, Ike The
( pa-agraphsrs on the newspapers. have
. had 70 keep up with the times and nov
we are 10 get 2 new series OF 50kes-un-
known 10 former seasons-in which ths
sheath gown, brainst0rms. and various
I political illusions are TO play Al integral
part
Chase's has been thoroughly renovated
since last season; il has new scenery. and
I this year il has an augmented orchestra
/ so that the musical acts viii be heard
| 70 greater advantage than before This
/ high-class vaudeville, q fine diversion
| ard. above su. a good, clean entertain
ment. quite free from any suspicion o:
I vUlgarity, deserves the rousing sort ot
welcome on its reope1i1g that 1t got yes
terday. HECTOR FULLER