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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
Elizabeth BrIce,s Career.

Miss Elizabeth Brice, one OF the impor-
tant principals Of THE Motor Girl, claims
the distinction Of being one Of the very
few women with newspaper training on
the stage to-day.
Three years ago Miss Brice was the
society editor Of the Toledo Blade. She
had long been noted for her well-trained
soprano voice, and this factor, combined
with a charming personality. led her
friends TO advise a stage career. Three
years ago she decided to accept this ad-
vice, and secured an interview with the
manager OF the Grace Van Studdiford
Opera Company, who tried her voice and
at once engaged her-in the chorus.
Before the season had advanced very
far she got the opportunity Of singing
the leading role. owing to the illness OF
Miss Van Studdlford. Since that timo
her advance has been remarkably rapid.
The second season found her under the
management OF the Shuberts, who en-
gagged her for principal role in "The
Social Whirl." During that season she
again got the opportunity of singing the
leading role, due to the stars illness, and
this during the company's engagement in
New York. During the early part Of
last season she played an important part
with Sam Bernard IN Nearly a Hero"
and vas transferred at short notice to
The Mimic World singing the part OF
Sonia for the first time at the Belasco
Theater in this city. She made a bigger
hit than ever and was warmly indorsed
by the local critics. Her appearance this
season in a still more important role in
Tho Motor Girl marks a still further
advance in her chosen profession At the
rate she Is progressing stellar honors
should be within her reach in the near
future.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17

Peter Becker. the boy soprano. viii be
the feature OF the bill at to-nlght's enter
tainment at the Academy Young Becker
has earned for himself an enviable repu-
tation as q most artistic singer aud shows
a range OF voice and depth OF feeling
that would be remarkable ia a finished
soloist OF far greater experience. The en-
thusiasm with which the audiences have
welcomed him is his best recommended
ton. Dale and Moran viii also appear
in a swift comedy singing and talking
act which IS said to be filed with real
fun and hUmOr. In addition. many OF
the most recent motion pictures. with
subjects ranging over a broad field. will
be thrown upon the screen.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17

Miss Lulu Chaser viii appear at thu
Belasco Theater next week ln new
musical comedy called The Girl from
the States" in which she will play the
title role. one which is said 10 permit
her TO exploit to the fullest extent that
exhilarating personality that makes her
one Of the most dependable entertainers
OF musical comedy.
The Girl from the States is the com
bined work Of Glen McDoDouRb Paw
mond Hubbard and 4. Baldwin sloane
1t was written specially for Miss
Chaser. and was accepted by her manage
ment as being the best play over fftv-
two others that were submitted in COM
petition.
Miss Glaser herself IS reported 10 have
said that she expects TO find in this
musical comedy the greatest success she
has had since the days Of Dolly
Warden
Inc supporting company contains naarv
prominent names. Among the princinals
are Miss Connie Ediss. Miss Jobyna How
iand. Miss Nell Follis. Adss Ida stan
hope, Alexander Clark, Walter Lawrence
Arthur Donaldson, Roy Atweu. Robert
Broderick, Eugene Redding, and others.
together with a large. attractive and
cOmely chorOus.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
STORY OF LILLIAN RUSSELL.
How Her Love for Peanuts Got Her
"Fired" from Church Choir.

"Fired" from Church Choir.
Fortuitous circumstance often plays IT'S
part IN the shaping OF careers. A girlish
love FOR peanuts was the impelllng power
for movement that started Lillian Rus
sell upon her way. Before the world at
large ever heard Of Lillian Russell. the
girl Helen Louise Leonard was singing
In church choir in Chicago where she
got her early vocal training. This was
IN the late EOS. One Sunday on her way
10 church Nellie Leonard spied an timer
ant Vender OF the toothsome gOober and
stopped 10 purchase a nickeIs worth OF
his wares.
Perched in the choir loft later she quiet
~ munched peanuts while the good rector
droned away on a sermon OF more or
less doubtful interest. The dominic heard
the quiet but regular disposal OF the pea
nut hulls as his pretty choir singer en-
Joyed the feast all unmindful Of the
things to come
AT the end OF the church services the
rector summoned the girl 70 his study
and In a few but curt words made II
plain to her that nut munching sopranos
were not essential to the spiritual up
lift Of that congregation.
The girl needed the money she earned
as a church singer. Feeling that this
means of making a livelihood was closed
to her. she decided that perhaps the stage
would be the place that offered her other
opportunities. She left Chicago and
journeyed 10 New York there to go
through the round OF seeking a position.
only those who have passed through this
ordeal know of it's heart aches and dis
appointments. The pretty Chicago Choir
lister was no exception. She recalls. not
with any malice. but yet with sense of
satisfaction, that among some OF the man
ayers she importuned for work was one
man who ordered her out Of his chorus
IN wrath because she was too nervous
to show what she could do when the
time came for her to be tried out by
the orchestra leader
The satisfactory end Of this lies In the
after knowledge that this self-same man
ager for two seasons paid Lillian Rus
sell 5000 a week as the star Of his big
musical organization. But in the DAYS
or her early seeking for opportunities the
aspirant ran across the late Tony Pastor.
He liked her appearance and he liked her
voice. He did not care for the name
Nellie Leonard. so he christened her
Lillian Russell and as such she burst
upon New York audience in February.
mi In trayesty on 1.-THE Pirates OF
Penzance Her personal success was
Immediate and I'm less than two seasons
Lillian Russell was established Her
career since needs no recalling now
Personally she often wonders il she had
resisted the appetite for peanuts II she
might not still be cOntented with church
choir work and never have ventured into
the great theatrical world she subse-
quently conquered so completely.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
COMING ATTRACTIONS.



At the New National Theater next week
Charles Frohman viii present the Eng
lsh comedian, George P. Huntley, IN the
musical comedy KITTY Grey" with Julia
sanderson and a large company.
There is large chorus. beautifully
eostumed. fine scenic equipment, and a
new lot Of musical numbers that are
destined 70 be popular. The company
numbers seventy-Ave.
among the principals will be found
Leslie Gaze, Charles Angels. Percy Cor
ray James Byron. James n Elhern.
Robert coray. Eva Kelly. Gladys Claire,
Neiile Huntley. and Nellie DAILY
Inc play deals with the adventures OF
the Earl or Dulston. plavsa nv r
Huntley. IN this character Nr. Hpntlev
depicts a silly fop In his search for
an American heiress he fails INTO Al,
kinds OF ludicrous situations and ens1ir
rams In love with the actress ..Elittv
Grey" 'S
Ihere are a number OF catchy songs
lnierspersed throughout Among tboeo
are; Have You Got Another Girl lie
Mary. Look Aloft." III the CirI
ants You Belle OF the Stage" Stroll
ing IN the Glooming. Mr.. Soldier" and
hitty's Not Built That Way" The hook
IS adapted from the French by ] W
Plgott- The music is by Paul Rube7s
biOhe4 Monckton. and Howard Talbot.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
BUSINESS GOOD IN WEST.
TheatricnIs In the East DO Not show
PrOportIOnnte Gains.

Nj j. J. Shubert. vice president Of
the Shubert Theatrical Company. has
just returned TO New York from the
West, IN which territory. he says. he
finds business much better than In the
East. IAN lines OF business" saws Mr..
Shubert have not yet reached their
normal state The West has practically
recovered from the recent panic. which
fact I judge. In the main. from the
gratifying business our new theaters are
doing. For the first time IN the history
Of the Independent theatrical movement
we have been able 20 route COMPANIES
70 the Pacific Coast. Al present we
have twenty playing out there, with a
large number 20 follow.
Generally speaking, the theatrical
business 10 date is 60 per cent ahead
Of this time last year. New theaters
are doing splendidly. We notice this
especially at the Hippodrome. where we
have been doing capacity business ever
since the opening.
The New York season go far has been
given up 70 plays OF the lighter vein.
II is always so. 1t is hardly a matter
or choice with the manager. He must
cater TO the so-called floating population
or the city. When summer arrives the
theatergOer relaXes. The manager must
always keep this attitude in mind. Sud
denly, with the first sign of autumn.
there comes q general desire for the seri-
Gus drama. This desire. however. is often
mistaken by the manager for something
else, and II Is the observant producer
who makes the change slowly.
IT is now two months since the regu-
lar season started and the first really
serious play has Just arrived. This Is
The Passing Of the Third Floor Back
which Robertson is presenting
Within week or so the town will be
ready for another drama in the mean
time the manager must meet the de-
mand by giving frequent farce and musi-
cal comedy openings, for New Workers
without their musical first nights are
lost"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
ENTERTAINMENTS TONIGHT.
Travel TaIk-FraDce
Tonight and Friday Matinee.

Fred Niblo viii continue his talks OF
travels IT. foreign lands at the Columbia
Theater tonight at Sis o'clock. The sub
ject viii be France from Paris 10 Monte
Carlo Mr.. Niblo was especially for
tunate last summer IN obtaining motion
pictures during his motor trip through
France.
One-half Of he evening is devoted 10
Paris, with its lights and its shadows
The famous beauties OF Paris are shown
on dress parade at the races at Long
champs. and the mountehanks and beg
Ears are seen thronging into Paris on
the Fourteenth Of July, the only time
that they are allowed to enter the great
metropolis.
Among the other places visited and pic
torially displayed are Marseilles. Bay
onne, Bordeaux, Brittany, Gascony, and
the unequaled romantic chateau coun-
try Of TOuraine It is a trip never to be
forgotten, and one that nobody acn az
ford 70 miss The next talk viii be about
Mr.. Niblos trip through Ireland from
Barney Castle 10 the Giants Causeway
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
The CoIumbia-Louis Mann

Mr.. Louis Mann comes TO the Column
bia Theater Monday. October q fol-
lowing Lillian Russell, for a weeks en-
gagement in his latest New York sue
cess. The Man Who Stood still IN
which he was seen for five months AT
the Circle Theater, New York City. This
Is one OF the three successful plays writ
ten and produced this year by a new
playwright whom William A. Brady. Mr..
Mann's manager. discovered His name
Is Jules Eckert Goodman and he was
hailed. after the opening performance in
New York City Of The Man Who Stood
SIL." as not only the first writer for
the stage who had been successful in
giving Louis Mann a really great role.
but as a welcome addition 10 the eroup
OF young American playwrights who have
been leaving their mark on the times in
the past few years. In The Man Who
Stood Still' Dir. Mann VIII be seen IS
Oohn krauss, a foreign born watch
maker. who thinks that what was good
enough 100 years aEO-0r LOO FOR thar
matters good enough for to-day The
role is filled with opportunities OF which.
according 70 the New York City news
papers. Mr. Mann takes full advantage.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
a National PLAY.

In every country there are certain
phases OF native existence which are dear
20 the national heart. and plays exempli-
tying these certain phases are almost al
ways successful and long running. In
America there are three of these phases.
Life down East, where one characteristic
form OF American civilization first took
root, life in the ante-belum South, where
another form grew up and life in the
early West, where both met and flowed
together In the upbuildng OF the coun-
try. "The Old Homestead" is a strong
exposition OF the homeller strata Of life
amid khe aforementioned environment.
and tins, together with the rugged sim
plicity and palpable truthfulness of its
characters, constitutes the sources Of It's
great vitality. which, judging from the at
tendance last week, has not even begun
10 ebb.
There is a large contingent among the
general concourse Of theatergoers who
seem TO have no afflliation with the BIZ
zarre burlesque. nor do they seem to have
inclination toward wrestling with the
intricacies Of problem plays. or vehicles
based on the vagaries Of political, so
clal, or sexual theories. 1t is human
interest that interests them, and they
wish to move, laugh, and cry with char
Rcters which they comprehend. progress
ing through the episodes Of a drama
which they understand. It Is safe TO say
that there are several thousand Washing
tonians who go to see The Old Home
stead" every time It comes along. who
otherwise attend the theater at very in
frequent intervals. They know what they
are going to get when they go there, and
their interest in the drama in general has
been so shocked as TO make them wary
Of taking chances IN other directions.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Pictures and
Vaudeville All Week.

The opening announcement Of the man
agement, al the Inauguration OF the mo-
ton pictures and vaudeville at the New
Masonic Auditorium, that only the best
and most up-to-date subjects would be
projected on their immense screen has
been literally carried out. Within week
OF the Hudson-Fulton celebration. the
Auditorium was exhibiting pictures of
the naval and military parades. Every
event Of noteworthy interest Is proto-
graphed by the Imperial Film Exchange.
which serves the Auditorium, and these
pictures are shown at that house as
quickly rs the express companies can
deliver the reels. Combined with these
subjects are beautiful travel views. COM
edy and dramatic scenes. or pictorial
plays. For this week, commencing to-
night an entire new series will be
shown, with added vaudeville features
two performances given continuously
from 7:30 TO 1880 p. m. with choice of
seats for 10 cents.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
Boston srmnhonr orche.trn.

The annual subscription sale OF seats
for the Boston symphony Orchestra will
open at the Wilson ticket Office in
Drops music store. e25 Pennsylvania
avenue next Tuesday morning. October
10, at 9 o'clock. For the FIVE con
certs which this famous orchestra IS to
give this winter In the New National
Theater only a limited number OF tickets
remain TO be sold. for the subscription
IS very large Practically all the sub
scribers OF last year have renewed for
the coming season, and there is a large
number OF orders from new subscribers
so that II Will be well for those pur-
posing 10 secure season tickets to get
them as early as possible, for the chances
are that the house will be completely
sold out by subscription
The dates OF the five concerts are
Tuesday afternoons, November 9, Decem-
Der z, January H. and March p. and
Monday afternoon, February 81 The al
tenuon OF the patrons of the orchestra
is particularly called 20 the fact that the
February concert viii be given on Mon
day afternoon instead Of the usual Tues
day. this change being made necessary
by local conditions The concerts will
begin as usual at 4:30 o'clock
The list Of solOists which the manage
ment Will present during the season Is
not yet complete, but II is possible now
to announce four OF the FIVE. These four
are Nine. Corinne Rider KELSEY. Nine.
Olga Samarof. Mischa Elman. and Prof
Willy Hess.
Nine COrinne Rider-Kelsey IS generally
regarded as being the leading concert
Crirar Inn Of A.. -. l.
She is notable for the purity and sweet
ness Of her voice and the skill OF her
use OF &.
Nine. Olga Samarofr needs no introduce
ton TO the Washington public. for she
has played several times I'm the past
here and won FOR herself many warm
admirers Since she was last here
Nine. Samarof has spent a year I'm
Europe where her success In London.
Paris. Munich. Vienna and other great
musical centerS was quite equal 70 any
that she has had over here
Mischa Elman made his debut in Wash
ington last year with the Boston SYM
phony Orchestra and II is not necessary
to enlarge upon his qualities as a violin
ist. He IS one Of the sensations Of the
century and that he Is 20 return again
with the orchestra this year is a matter
OF congratulation 10 all concerned.
Prof Willy Hess, concert-master OF
the orchestra, Is also well-known and
admired in Washington I'm the capacity
of cOncert-master. soloist. and quartet
leader Prof Willy Hess stands to- |
day at the head of the classical school |
OF violinists.
Max Fielder viii again be the con.
ductor. and the personnel OF the orches- !
ira Is practically the same as II was last
year. only minor changes having been
made Mr. Fielder has mapped out
most interesting group Of programmes
for the Washington concerts. and alto /
gether it promises 10 be one Of the most
thoroughly satisfying series the orches- \
ira has ever given in this city.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17

Chase's next week should be town talk
for seven days with the bill contemplated.
az the head OF which there viii be no less
eminent a player parsonage than Mr..
Gus Edwards. Americas most popu-
lar composer Of catchy songs. such as
'Tammany. 'Sunbonnet Sue" and
'Schooldays. who VIII. assisted by Mr.
Leo Edwards az the piano. sing his own
latest successes. Ny Old Lady" MY
Cousin Csruso' "Schoolmates." by
the Light OF the Silvery Moon. and I'm
After Madame Tetrazzinrs Job"
The supplementary leading attraction
VIII be Carroll Henry and companv. IN
scenes from the Jardin de Paris WIFI
artists models and other typical Partisan
studio characters participating in far
cical episodes teeming with Wit. song. end
merriment. Carroll Henry Is featured in
the large company playing the funny
roles.
In the Subway VIII be played by
Violet Black and company, and the pic
turesque underground tube threading the
island OF Manhattan viii be seen in all
It's panoramic interest. and IN the mean
time a jolly comedy OF errors. written
by Edgar Allen Woolf. VIII keep the
audience in an uproar OF laughter. Leo
Garlic, the vaudeville caricaturist and
comedian, will be mighty among the
many devoted TO the fun-maklng and
Herr Saona, the German genius OF the
makeup box. viii present his living
character portraits OF Americans always
in the public eve. The Five NIacLarens
In musical versatility viii I'll the meas
ure 20 the brim
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NINE. MATHILDE COTTRELLY.
Veteran Character Actress Now I'm
support Of Louis Mann.

A veteran of the stage whom theater-
goers hold in fond esteem is Nine.
Mathilde COttrelly. She was the high
priestess of light opera in this country
back in the days when Col John A. Nc
Caull was its chief and most artistic Dur
veyor. That was long, long before the DAYS
OF George NJ Conan, Of jerome and Swartz
Of Williams and Walker, and Of others
who have given their name and STYLE
to what IS now called musical comedy. %
1t was when John Philip Sousa. in the
early SOS, was Stationed here in Washing
ton as the leader Of the Marine Band that
Nine. Cottrelly recognized his talent as
a composer. and staged for him. under
the McCaull orifamme. his first operetta
called 'Desiree." She comes back. after
a long absence from this city. as Mr
Louis Mann's leading woman In THE
Man Who Stood Still" the play IN which
he viii be seen the week OF October q
in the Columbia Theater.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17

third special novelty will be afforded by
the Temple Quartet. having such splendid
vOcalists as Henry, Heath. McWmiams
and Parsons as its cOmpOnents George
Mckay and John Cantweil will be an
other Of the exceptional numbers and
these clever satirists viii parodze 20 the
complete satisfaction OF those who like
smart talk and snappy action. Lola
Merrill and Frank Otto should call forth
many encOres as both are thoroughly
skiilful entertainers with the magnetic
and mirthful qualities that wiz the favor
OF audiences Phil Stats in pianOcOmi-
cry win be favored With applause for the
originality and humor OF his Offering. per-
forming cockatOOs viii prove that theirs
is the best trained and presented bird act
In the world A special feature Is the
feathered actor that turns a somersault
on horizontal bars.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-10-17
A Lofty Art.

The composers mood is reflected In his
music The whole gamut Of human emo
ton may be contained in a symphony.
The depths Of melancholy. despair, and
Death. or the ecstasy Of Joyous llving-all
these the musician imprisons in his COM
position, but It Is not given TO all 20
know the secret of letting them out.
Music. though filed with emotion, does
not always convey its message because
OF lack Of understanding in interpreta-
ton.
Those who danced at the National The
ater last week-Loie Fuller, Sander, Van
AIKEN. 6acchetto. Orchidee-made plain the
composers moods. BY them Brahms.
Chopin. Beethoven. and even Onenbach
and Strauss took on new meaning. and
seemed as never before 10 speak in elo-
quent tongue. Van Axen and Sander
particularly gave evidence OF deep un-
Outstanding and study Of the masters
whose emotions they described.
This interpreting OF the music OF the
masters is lofty and noble art. 1t Is so
simple to comprehend when done. yet so
hard to learn and to perfect. Only ear
nest endeavor and painstaking study can
reach the perfection attained by this
quintet OF dancers. Ruth ST. Denis. IN
London, does something OF the kind. She
acts out a drama by her dancing. She
shows temptation and resistance TO
temptation, the fall from grace, the PAS
sion. then the suffering of the sinner. re-
pentance and forgiveness, all in a nigh
moral tone and with reverential feeling.
Isadora Duncan, too, last winter showed
us some wonderful exhibitions % this
kind
The confusion OF this form of artistic
blending OF music. dancing. and acting.
with the sensational barefoot dancers,
the Salomes, and the ballets which are
reaping the benefit of the public interest
aroused by the achievements Of the real
artists. should not exist. They are as
different as the Spanish dances Of Otero
and those Of La Sacchetto, the one all
sensual and appealing only 20 the baser
senses, the other all art. warm, colorful,
and magnificent.
Certainly there could have been no one
last week so lacking in artistic apprecia-
ton as 70 cavll at Van Axen. who COM
manded the respect of the audience.
though her costume was necessarily
soauty. She looked for the world Ike
Greek goddess. or. with La Orchidee and
her nymphs, might have stepped recently
down from the frieze Of an ancient Greek
temple, so impossible did II prove TO dis
associate them from the highest forms Of
classical art. Sander. too, IN the ARREST
OF garb, succeeded only IN making an
impression Of dignity end exquisite
beauty.
The beauty Of the whole performance
was that It meant something. There was
meaning In every step. every pose. and
every gesture II represented a long
stride in the direction of the development
OF taste for things that are beautiful and
true. The encouragement Of entertain
ments OF the class and quality offered by
Loie Fuller IS one Of the pleasantest
duties of the writer on dramatic subjects. (
and the hearty support given by the pub /
lie is a gratifying indication OF the taste I
and preference OF local theatergoers. /
That Washington audiences understand /
and appreciate such things is a matter OF /
course