Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-06-14

The time was not ripe. and even now 1T
is remote. although Mr.. Chase Is circum-
stanced in such secure way that no
congressional action. however abrupt or
premature. could cause cessation OF
Chase's regular seasonal performances or
occasion the obliteration of P. B. Chase
from the amusement situation as IL al
fects his Interests here and elsewhere
along the circuit of polite vaudeville
theaters with which he is affiliated.
Chase's is in readiness to transplant its
home and it's vast clientele to another 10
cality at any time. and before that day
draws near Mr.. Chase will erect theater
that will more than warrant the pride all
Washington has felt in having theatrical
manager uniting at once the best ele-
ments of business integrity and the finest
abilities of theatrical enterprise. 1t will
be a public building in the true sense of
the word. a marble paean TO polite
vaudeville" a lasting memorial to the
memory of the man who created and orig
mated that elevated form of amusement.
MT Chase himself authorizes the state
ment that this noble edifice Will stand
on a spot now within sight of the present
Chase's.
More specific particulars cannot now be
given by Mr. Chase. He is confident.
though. that any public fear that Chase's
is doomed to vanish like a specter into
the forgotten past will be wholly dis
sipated by this frank avowal of his policy
ana amDltlOu- 1O mans IL dS CiiPioeiN cl-'
possible he states:
There will not be one missing link
I'm the chain of Chase's performances.
present or future.
From now on. year AFTER year. decaae
after decade. Chase's will continue forty
weeks every season to play and perfect
polite vaudeville.
"Chase's name and Chase's policy will
be perpetuated as lawyers say. Until
memory runneth not to the contrary
The laws delays are tedious and 1t
NAV be a year of months a month of
years before Chase's will be disturbed In
its present peaceable and popular pos
session.
But whenever the time comes to seek
another habitation Chase's will have it
In due and ample time to step from one
threshold to the other. without break or
cessation of the continuation of the then
current season, whether 1909 or 1899.
FLORENCE BURDETT. American
playeoers were interested last season in
the arrival in this country of Miss
Florence Burdeit an English prima
donna who created a sensation abroad
with her clever work in "Florodora. -
The Mikado." The Yeoman Guard.
a Country Girl and other produc-
tons in London. Miss Burdett came
to this side under Henry W. Saw
ages management for the role of the
successful career at the Columbia Theater
here. Miss Burdetts success in the role
brought forth tumult of praise from
local critics and from the reviewers OF
New York.
Following her success in Tom Jones',
Milton and Sargent Aborn engaged Miss
Burdett for the several musical comedies
they had planned for their various sum-
mer opera seasons this year. Miss Bur-
dett will appear here for the first TINA
since Tom Jones" at the New National
Theater tomorrow night. in her original
role of Lody Hollywood in ''Florodora.' a
part she has played 1.32O times in Eng
land. The career of Miss Burdett is most
interesting. Her first experience in a real
theater-on a real stage-was when sac
was a mite OF girl member of the
Bristol Amateur operate Company %
London. She appeared, when but sixteen
years of age. in The Gondoliers. TIL;
Sorcerer'' and The Mountebanks." She
also appeared for several performances as
Tessa in The Gondoliers.' At seventeen
Miss Burdett was playing the role of Hell
en- in The Dandy Fifth at the Duke of
York's Theater. Later she went on a tour
with Wilson Barrett's own company N
The Sign of the Cross. then with Maud
Jeffries in The Manxman'' and other
plays. Then followed season of panto-
mime in London. followed by "A Midsum-
mer Nights Dream in which Miss Bur-
dett played Helena. Her neutrality-suspicious.
includes ''Florodora. 'Pinafore: Bob .
Mikado," 1.-The Yeoman of the Guard "A
Chinese Honeymoon" and others of like
character. Miss Burdett. pictured on this
page of The Star, is a singer and COM
edienne of unusual personal beauty and a
personality of infinite charm.
CARRIE REYNOLDS.-The manage
ment of the Aborn Opera Company has
moi made any more welcome addition 10
its forces than in the engagement OF
Carrie Reynolds. the lively. fascinating
ami talented little prima donna soubrette
WIN has been prominent in some. of the
best of musical offerings of the past few
seasons. and has also been successful in
q number of dramatic presentations
Among her achievements In the pas,
some Of the brightest were in the pictur-
eeQue role of Bonita in ARIZONA; In
soubrette roles with the Rogers Brothers