The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1908-01-23
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

/ Lew Dockstader will lee at the National
next week with a minstrel show that is
said to surpass anything he has ever
| offered. This is not so much in point OF
numbers. special scenery, or other APP
purtenances. but 1t is in the special fea-
/ lures of his production this season.
/ Dockstader himself is appearing IN a
playlet called "A Dull Day In the White
House." which ne is using by permission
Of President Roosevelt. The minstrel runs
! the government for a single day, and his
telephone communications with other cen
| ters of political activity are said 10 evoke
! screams Of laughter This Is not the only
/ individual contribution 10 the minstrel
show that Mr.. Dockstader makes during
! the performance. He is said to have more
work in his present Offering than ever
| before. He appears in the first part 90
sing a characteristic Dockstader song.
called When the Hammer on the Anvil
Rings" in which lac Is assisted by the
| entire company. Neil OBrien comes for
ward with another feature this year. APP
| pearing in a playlet called quick Lunch"
He also has a song TO take the place OF
/ his famous Mandy song II Is called
Bother Nothin'." and gives O'Neil an
opportunity 10 discuss the grippe I'm verse.
The other acts Of the mnstrels THIS year
includes a miniature tobacco plant The
scene is called The Land Of Nicotine"
and the best voices of the company are
herd in the singing portion. The Re
yei.le at West Point is one OF the most
graceful drills and dancing acts ever seen
on the minstrel stage. The company in
cludcs John King, Pete Detzel, Tommy
Hyde. William Cawley, Park McGreevey,
Harry Morse Reese \. PrOsser. VIII Oak
land. Charles Roster. w r. Thompson,
James c. Resney, and era. r. Weller
Eddie Foy. in The Orchid" is to be
seen at the Belasco next week The
orchid" which enjoyed a run Of seven
months at the Herald Square Theater.
New York. and a stay Of two years at the
Gaiety Theater, London, is described as
a massive English musical entertainment
II is the work OF half a dozen authors
James II. Tanner contributed the book,
which has been adapted for use in Amer
lea by Joseph w Herbert: Adrian Ross
and Percy Greeubauk are responsible for
the lyrics while the tunefu! music is
from the pens Of Ivan Caryll and Lionel
MoncktOn. IL is IN two acts and three
scenes. and is said TO carry a plot which
deals with Artie Choke, a gardener at
a horticultural college IN which char
acter Eddie Foy IS said 10 be at his best.
Foys supporting company numbers up
ward Of eighty and carries the names
Of such important musical comedy play
ers as FIavil Arcaro. Clara Inge, Ada
Gordon. Ruth LHngdOn Marietta 81 Do
Jean Salisbury, Florence Martin. George
G. Bouiface. ir.. William Cameron. Knute
Erickson. Roy Atweu. David Bennett, and
chorus girls galore Adelaide. the dancer, /
is a special added feature.
Raymond Hitchcock in Henry W. Saw
ages fine production of "A Yankee Tour /
list" is the coming attractions at the Co
lumbia Three masters Of their respect +
i've arts are responsible for the piece. /
Richard Harding Davis. war correspond /
eut and author, wrote the farce which |
furnished the unusually rational and In /
telllgeut plot which has been embelilshed /
by lyrics from the pen OF Wallace Irwin, /
whose verses iu Golfers Weekly have |
attracted widespread attention, and by /
the music Of Alfred O. Robyn. Of St /
Louis. The latter feature is not the least. /
by any means. There are many bright /
moments Of melody in the music, among |
which are many fine airs that are carried I
home as souvenirs Of the performance. /
AS musical composition though Of 4
light order 10 is said to be mastery and 1
Of excellent construction. Dit. Savage /
has furnished the piece with further en- /.
beIlishmeuts in the way 81 beautiful COS
tunes and scenery designed hy prominent /
artists and has surrounded Nr. Hitch /
cock with a company that is up 20 the /
usual standard Ct the Savage aggrega- /
tions. and that is saying good deal. /
"a Yankee Tourist" has had a phen- /
omenaI run OF several months in New
York city. and will 80 doubt meet with I
excellent success here
Chase's next week will have as It's prin- /
cipaI attraction Josephine Conan and I
company. REINFORCED by the SIX Eng [
fish Rockers. and a supporting coutin- /
gent containing Fred Niblo. Alfred /
Kelley and Florence Guise, William Dill /
lon. Terley Max YOTk's fox terriers. and 4
the firing line motion pictures, entitled /
"The Dispatch Bearer" Josephine Conan /
is the lady graceful and gay Of vaude-
VILE. she is a true Conan. In THE Girl |
Of the Times" which was written FOR her /
espaciallv by Fred Niblo, and which she .
will play here Miss Cohan IS set in a /
brilliant comedy role The Six English
Rockers will. It is said offer novelty.
Miss Nellie FIorede is featured with the
piuuante little BTitisheTs, and in her
Chase's patrons will see one of London's /
darlings Of the music halls. The Offering
is in four chapters. Fred NiblO is called
THE American Humorist,' and he ranks
as the leading TaConteur OF vaudeville.
Mr. Kelley and Miss Guise will win APP
plause In they latest comedy HIT A
Tale of a Turkey" The other attractions
are drawing cards.
"Deadwood Dicks Last Shot is to be
the next attraction al the New Academy.
This time Dick IS surrounded by a num-
Der Of new characters. lovable and other
wise. in an entirely original melodrama.
The play which is by owen Davis, is in
four acts and eight scenes. Deadwood
Dick figures in a number Of hair breadth
adventures and escapes. He elUdes all
Of his enemies. and eventually wins the
love of the girl OF his choice. Those who
were amused and entertained by Dead
wood Dick exploits in days gone by will
certainly md considerable TO interest
them in the new play, with its endurable
sensations, startling stage effects, thrills
Of pathOs, and wholesome comedy.
At the Gayety Theater next week the
will be The Partisan Widows
Of which Lala Salbini, The Bathing
Beauty" is an added feature