Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-04
FIRST WEEK OF FUN OVER
BUT THERE'S TO BE MORE OF
1T AT MASONIC TEMPLE.
Some New, Novel and Startling Fea-
lures Promised for This Weeks
Program.

Last night closed the first week of the
housewarming 1t the new Masonic Tenn
Die. and the three vaudeville shows, the
added attractions in the great Audito-
rum, tthe dancing and the good things in
the banquet hall served to draw a large
crowd and to develop the usual enthu-
siasm.
The cakewalkers varied their program
ton style. in which the big Chief"
'Old Kentucky Home "Meanest Man"
and LET It Alone" by dollar BILL
were rendered with vim and kept the
audience in constant laughter. The Sum
nyland Quartet. with a phenomenal tenor,
was also much In evidence.
It is the hope of. the management to sup
plement the cakewalkers' performance in
the great Auditorium Monday evening
with a repetition; Of the exciting fencing
bout between Lieut.. F. F. McAnally and
J. Nelson, which, took place in Gibson's
auditorium last night. 1t was a scientific
and skillful bout throughout. with the
winner in doubt until the last moment.
when it was declared that Mr. Nelson
had won by eleven points to Lieut. Nc
Anally's ten points. The audience, which
followed the contest closely from the be
ginning. while warmly applauding the
victor. were not all together of one mind
that the judges had decided correctly.
Novel Dishes in Prospect.
The service in the banquet hall was
made appreciably better last night by the
addition of a large number of ladies to
THE working corps. 1t is hoped to make
this improvement permanent. This week
1t is proposed to feature each evening
with q dish representing some specific
.,e1aa y;, such as German. French;
promises surprises in this line
Chairman Wilson said that as all long
entertainments are likely to sag a little
after running for several days, 1t had
been deemed advisable to hold back some
of the best vaudeville talent for the event
tngs yet to come. The bills thus far
rendered have been excellent in every re-
spect and there have been many demands
for repetitions Of particularly popular
acts. This has been especially true Of
the singing and dancing of the boys and
girls, all amateurs. yet with a finish
to their acts that would do credit to high
grade professionals. Master Emory
Bonini. Irwin Cosgrove, Ruby Raymond,
Mary Smith. Baby Stevens. Edna Wilcox
and many others have established them
selves as prime favorites and good draw
ing cards. 1t is possible their acts may
be again presented.
A Little Bit of Everything.
At the s o'clock show last night Steve
Laut, a new vocalist on the program
rendered fine bass solo: Lieut.. McAnal-
ly and MIR. Nelson their exciting fencing
bout; Miss Mildred De Hart, a cute
youngster a song and dance; Miss Agnes
Sauter. an enjoyable recitation; Ruby
Raymond and Irwin Cosgrove. a charac-
teristic song and dance act that elected
great applause; Miss Mary Farrar. a
pretty soprano solo. and the little Misses
Mamie Schuyler. Helen Berens and Mado-
lin Smithson, assisted by ballet chorus
of about thirty-tive young dancers. gave
one of the most beautiful and Interesting
exhibitions thus far presented.
The 8 o'clock show presented Charles
Purdy In quick change limitations Of Pres
ident Roosevelt George Washington, Taft.
Hitchcock and even Booker Washington,
to the great amusement of the audience.
Samuel Jacobson was good In recitation:
Baby Smith. the smallest and cleverest
younester that ever graced the vaudeville
stage. sang; Miss Leona Callan and chorus
appeared in a vocal offering, the show
concluding with an original sketch by
Ed Muth entitled Bargains" in which
MISS 6eSSe Monaghan ShoWed exception
ally well with the author Miss Monag-
han is quite a clever comedienne.
His First Try at Vaudeville.
The 10 o'clock show led off with ia
cobus Seneca Jones, his first attempt in
vaudeville. with Casey at the Bat" fol-
lowed by NJ. E. Kahn in an original reci-
tat!on entitled "Casey's Defense" Nor
ris Simon sang: Harry B. Wright gave a
fine exhibition of clog and buck dancing:
A. B. Griffith proved himself marvellous
whistler. and E. Lawrence Phillips was
bad. very bad. but funny. in his own
creation. THE Count and the Hook
Monday nights attractions include
Laszlo SZabo. the blind Hungarian violin
ist the PhHlipeon Quartet; the Dore Sis
tiers and Miss Anita Dietcrich. The re-
mainder of the bill is exceptionally strong
and includes new as well as old favorites
in pleasing acts.