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The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
MANAGERS AND PLAYS.

". p. Cullen. who has been managing
The Burgomaster," +" has bought out The
Alaskan" from John Cort
Rehearsals began last week OF new
play by Robert H. Davis, entitled The
Family" 1t is TO be produced under the
direction Of Henry Miller.
Mrs. Harold Gorst. sister Of Charles
Ram Kennedy. and author OF several
New York last week on a visit 10 her
brother.
The Shuberts have obtained the Ameri-
can rights 10 The King OF Caledonia a
musical comedy. and The Truants." a
drama that has been produced by Lena
Ashwen IN London.
"A Broken Idol' finished its long run
az the Whitney Opera House, in Detroit,
on March G. The piece has been booked
for tour which viii keep Otis Harlan
busy until the summer sets in.
Adjudged guilty OF attempted suborna-
tion OF perjury, Mrs. Margaret Teal, wife
Of Ben Teal. was sentenced by Judge
Foster on February Is 10 one years i'm
prtsonment in the penitentiary on Black
wells Island.
The new copyright bill has become a
law and goes into effect July 1. 1903. The
provisions are rather stringent, and as
far as theatrical and musical compositions
are concerned there is much Of an i'm
provement on the old law.
David Belasco. on his vacation tour to
the Pacifc Coast, has given a recipe for a
reflects real life: it must have a genuine
thrill in IT, Briefly. should say. it must
be play which reproduces life IN its
supreme, human moment"
Gustav Won Seyncrtitz returned to New
York on February q from an extended
trip TO Germany. He brought back a
supply Of armor and costumes to be used
by Maude Adams in Joan Of Arc" Mr..
Won Seynertitz will stage the American
production OF An Englishman's Home 4"
Charles Frohman. who is now IN Paris,
has obtained the English and American
rights Of Henry Bernstein's play that viii
be produced at the Theatre Francaise next
October. The French title OF Mr.. Bern
stems newest work IS "Apres Moi Mr.,
Frohman will produce the play in Eng
land and in America under the title of
When I SHAH BE no More"
Arrangements have just been made by
Frederic Thompson whereby the next
lay for Mabel Taliaferro. who is at
present appearing at the Illinois Theater.
Chicago. in Polly Of the Circus" viii
be written by Booth Harrington and
Harry Leon Wilson. the authors OF The
Man From Home" The title OF the play
is The Return Of Soul and the
scenario. as submitted By the joint
authors, meets with the approval Of both
Mr.. Thompson and the little star. who
will interpret the principal role.
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cut out after the first night or even al
the dress rehearsal IN this way. il Is
said, three numbers We're cut out OF The
/ Prima Donna before an audience ever
saw it.
In connection with this Victor Herbert
said recently that he thought that light
opera has a wonderful future in America
to-day and that the American public Is
leaning more and more toward the bet
ter things IN music. His great experience
as director OF the Pittsburg Symphony
Orchestra and Of his own orchestra, as
well as his position as the foremost Amer
iCan composer to-day. makes what he
says at this time OF especial interest.
Il do not know" he said. what hidden
power Is az work on the American public
TO influence il. but OF late years there has
been a marked tendency on It's part to-
ward something better ln music There
is no doubt IN my mind that Americans
are striving for higher ideals IN music.
Think you that in the days Of the
hodge-pOdge musical melange that the
public would have turned kindly 10 such
high-class operas as Tom Jones' The
Merry Widow, \ Waltz Dream Nile.
Modiste.' or The Prima Donna? Think
you that ] would have dared 20 strive
after the higher ideals which land I say
IL in all mOdesty-have tried for in the
past?
Il confess that when I wrote Nile.
Modiste' IL ives with a dull dread IN
my heart that the public would reject II
and cast Il into ignominious seclusiOn-
tThe encouragement that Mr.. Blossom and
7 received from this success spurred US
on TO write The Red MIL and We at
tackled The Prima Donna with an al
most absolute confidence that we we're
not only doing our best work. but that
we were doing a work which was sure
70 be treated kindly by the public.
The public has gone too Tar ahead now
for any retrogressiOn. and from now on
am sure that the development OF
American music, while slow. viii be sure.
Constant striving for better ideals cannot
help but result IN marked improvement in
musical taste %
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The last Boston Symphony concert oF
the season viii be given in the New NJ
uonal Theeter on next Tuesday after
noon ar 40 O'Clock. and for Il Mr. Ffsd-
Ter has arranged a programme OF more
tnan ordinary artractiveness. The nrsr
number viii be the ever-popular overture
% Der FreiSchutz," by Weber. Then
WI come q novelty which viii anresl
strongly 10 the public-a '-Fantss-ie
Suite" for plano and orchestra. by r.
nest Scheliing. Ernest Schelling is one
or the most talented OF our America,
pianist-conposers is a graduate OF ths
Paris Conservatory. and is one oC ths
few who may truly call himself a pupu
OF PaoerewskL This suite. which is in
four movements. was written during
1906. and performed for The first tine
IN Amsterdam in 1877. II had its frsr
performances in America in Boston in
January, ls0S, and its success was rather
Of the sensational order.
The work IS in four movements. the first
three OF which follow 70 a certain extent
the symphonic form. the first being IN
allegro, the second a scherZandO- and
the third an adagiO. The fourth move
rsent which viii be very popular. IS
called a Virginia Reel" and its min
themes are built On Dixie" and ..KVav
Down on the Suwanee River" while al
the very end Of the coda even Yankee
Doodle is heard Mr. Schell;ng has been
very courageous in using popular tunes
Of this kind for serious music. but lis
success has more than vindicated his
courage
The first number OF the second par+ OF
the programme viii be Tschaikowskv-s
delicious ''Nut-cracker Suite This bal-
let music was written 10 illustrate a
fairy play which tells the old story O.
the toys on the Christmas tree which
came 10 life on Christmas Eve and held
a ball OF their own Mr- Fielder first MR.
this on the programme OF the pension
fund concert in Boston. and Il was 50
well received that the next week he put
Ii on the regular symphony progra nrue.
Following this viii come two Wagner
numbers-the prelude and Loves Death. 20
from Tristan and Isolde" and the over
ture 10 the Flying Dutchman" M
Ernest Schelling viii be the soIoist in
his suite
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BeIasco-..The Beauty spot.y

A tired business man once asked
prominent physician for a new prescrip-
ton 70 relieve the feeling OF ennui. which
seemingly overpowered him The man OF
medicine had Just returned from a thea
ter. and his answer was. "AI the de
Koven music you can hear. with Her
bert book and a full complement OF
pretty girls. That. think. viii fix YOU"
and II did. II made a new man OF the
tired individual, and now there comes 70
Washington for a first performance Just
what the doctor Ordered-a combination
Of de Koven and Herbert, with the pretty
girls beyond number. and the prescrip-
ton will be delivered at the Belasco for
five nights and two matInees. starting
Tuesday night. when F. Ray Comstock
offers Jefferson De Angels IN The
Beauty Spot" a musical play in two acts.
scenes laid IN the south OF France. and
with remarkable Interpreting company,
including dainty Marguerite Clarke, who
won her right tC pTefeTment In the
music play world some time since. The
return OF Mr.. De Angels to stellar hon
ors is worth more than passing notice.
BY right OF Unborn ability he easily takes
rank as one OF the foremost OF American
COAlculduS- MS WOrk mas ever Deen Cndr-
aeterized by "a elearness and lucidity that
unfortunately not many other comedians
exhibit His vein OF humor is well de-
fined along original lines, and he has
never had to seek recourse for laughs n
falls down flights OF stairs or the wearing
OF pink or green whiskers In ''The
Beauty Spot he had role Offering him
exceptional situations and opportunities
for the display OF his unique talents. IN
addition 70 Miss Clarke, there will be
found in the cast such weIl-known play
erS as Viola Gillette, George J. NacFar-
lane. Frank DOane. Jane NewcOmb. ".
n Denny, Billie Norton. Aft DeBall. Ber-
tha Blake, Eileen Kearney. Ellen Beck
with, and a chorus contingent Of rare
beauty There are a score or more nusi-
cal numbers. each and every one OF them
guaranteed 70 be OF the haunting and
whistleable kind. The dances as arranged
by Frank Smithson. under whose direc-
ton the production is staged, are charac-
terized with much novelty. The produc-
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Fred NibIo-Lecturer.

For Eve Sunday evenings, beginning
this evening. and four Friday afternoons,
beginning March IS. the Columbia Thea
Ter VIII offer Mr.. Fred MILO. the Ameri-
can humOrist-tourist. IN a delightful Sc
ries OF travel talks" graphically Illus
trafed in color Each pictorial pilgrfmage
is said TO be Illustrated with hundreds OF
original Photographic views. augmented
by marveloUsly life-like motion pictures
taken on the spot by 0Ir- NIblO- The Sc
ries OF travel talks or zigzag Journeys
around the world. as Mr.. Nlblo calls
his entertainment. provide a unique por-
trayal OF the world. its beauty. its Won
ders, its mysteries. and its strange people.
The entertainments an not stale. wOrdy
lectures, but are said 20 be bright. breezy
talks by a man who has won international
ren0wn as a traveller and a talented en-
tertainer- The itineraries for the FIVE
travel talks con prise. as the first.
Africa, from the Cape 10 Cairo. covering
all OF The territories Included in the hunt
ing trip itinerary 0f ex-President Roose-
velt- The second OF the series win be
Egyrt. from Cairo 10 khar1oum- the
third, Russia. from the Black Sea 20
Siberia. the fourth. Italy. from Vesuvius
10 the Alps. and the fifth. London. from
Windsor Castle 70 WhitechaDel. Each
ZigZag journey affords two hours OF IN
terestinE. instructive. and refreshing en-
tertainment. not alone for the lover OF
travels in foreign lands. the tourist. the
book reader, but for all who delight in
clever witticisms. jolly stories. and bright
descriptions At each OF Tie Friday matt
nees given by aIr. NiblO the entertain
ment VIII begin promptly al O'Clock.
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ACTORS AND ACTRESSES.

/ Eva Vincent is the latest addition TO
Ada Lewis company.
Jobyna HowIand is to take Ada Lewis
place IN Sam Bernard's company.
z. J. RatcIife has gone back 10 The
Man from Home" 20 play the part OF the
earl, which he created in Chicago.
Sidney Booth has been re-enEaged for
Lillian. RusseWs company. which begins
its next season in New York on septem-
Der s.
The shuberts have acquired. through
Sanger & Jordan, the American rights
to The Belle Of Brittany" now running
in London.
| Julia Marlowe's engagement at Days
Theater, New York, has been extended
to March %. two weeks longer than was
originally planned
! George NJ. Cohan was out Of the cast OF
The Yankee Prince" for several per-
| formances last week on account OF a bad
attack OF laryngitis.
Rose Stahl, Of 'The Chorus Lady,
/ fame, hold a medal for cooking that she
won while attending the Convent OF the
Sacred Heart at Montreal
The Henry Miller Associated Players
remain idle for a week or two owing TO
I'll health in the company. Both TyroEe
Power and Edith Wynne Mathison are
on the sick list.
Henry B. Harris has purchased a
new 7O-horsepower Simplex automobile,
which the makers guarantee viii DO a mile
in fcrty-three seconds. or eighty-three and
Pone-half miles an hour.
Supporting Robert HiIliard IN Porter
Emerson Brownies play. "A Fool There
Was" will be Katherine Kaelread.
Nsnette Comstoek, Frank Gilmore. s X
Walker. R. J. Barker. and Arthur Row.
Robert Edeson has an ambition 10
play Romeo. and it is more than likely
that a special matinee performance viii
! be given by Henry B. Harris. with Mr..
Edeson in the role. early next season at
I the Hudson Theater.
Edna Nay Spooner has been engaged
as a featured attraction for c. D. Pc
ruchi company. playing the principal cities
OF lie South this summer Miss Spooner
VIII open in April. and is promised a big
production this fall
! Harry E. de Lasaux. who was with
Blanche Walsh this season until her IL
ness brought her tour TO an end, has been
engaged by Paul H Liebler to essay the
heavy role in Maurice V SamueFs new
I play, The Conflict"
I Wilfred Lucas, who is supporting
Rose Stahl in The Chorus Lady" was
once member Of the Canadian Mounted
Police. and did duty in patrolling the
Itlondike country wher This famous gold
l field was first opened
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laThe Regeneration of Aunt Mary.

Here. indeed. is a play for optimlsts.
Like the beaming Mrs. Wigs. Aunt Mary
has always a helping hand out for her
feilow-heings. Unlike the heroine of the
classic Cabbage Patch, however. Aunt
Mary is rich. and begins by being a
rather ha ardened and selfish old party
but when the actualities of life begin 10
dawn upon her. she comes out OF her
shell and starts life as a real human
being.
Although The Rejuvenation Of Aunt
Mary is a play with a message and like
wise a moral. it cannot be said 70 possess
full dramatic powers. Naturally farcical
in character, the comedy presents but a
slender plot on which 10 base the play.
It lives more on account OF the brightness
and spontaneity OF its lines than on ac-
count of any deep dramatic force or in
terest. but It is smooth and even and
based upon a very clever idea, which is
worked through to a perfectly logical con-
clusIon. II breathes the breath OF gen.
uine good Fellowship, and should have
filed every one who saw It with that
realization that age is no bar 10 an opti-
mistic outlook on life It justifies the
truth Of that old saying that those
whom the gods love die young" which
is only another way OF saying that those
whom the gods love Eever grow old.
Lest any Of our readers should take
exception 10 the statement that The
Rejuvenation Of Aunt Mary" is a moral
play, and hold that the leading Of an
elderly lady of fixed and exemplary habits
into the maelstrom OF life on The Great
White Way Is a reversal Of the usual
order OF things, we hasten 20 defend her
on the ground that her dissipations were
of a very harmless nature, and that.
moreover. her awakening accomplished
the good result of bringing two lovers
together. II she had never gone TO New
York and plunged into the life there. the
laudabie end above mentioned would
never have been gained. and that. at
least. is a sufficient moral for any play.
The splendid and intelligent acting OF
May Robson made '"The Remuneration Of
Aunt Mary a rare delight. She has long
been one OF the leading character &C
tresses of our stage, and has given us
many a laugh over the odd types she has
pictured. Beng a student Of human ma
ture. as well as an actor OF parts. al
though her impersonations may seem ec-
centric they ara none the less true to life.
Many Of US have known such lovable.
self-willed old ladies' as Aunt Mary
Many Of us perhaps have them for grand
mothers or maiden aunts The maiden
aunt. by the by. is Just now becoming a
type OF national interest The President
has stamped her with an Importance as
an adjunct to our social system equal to
that enjoyed by the prolific housewife
during the reign Of his illustrious prede-
cessOr. To those Of US who are so unfor-
tunate as to possess no relative Of this
kind. May Robson's counterfeit proved
the next best thing.
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Barton and Wisweu have obtained a
new play for the use Of Selma Herman
next season Miss Herman will plav a
season Of repertoire In Seattle. opening
on April II. and VIII begin her regular
season on September 5.
Ralph Stuart is 10 be once more ele-
waited to stellardom. this time by Barton
and Wisweu. He viii go out in the fall
in new play TO be supplied by James
J. Montague. Later on he viii try a
piece by Willis Steele.
Percy Haswen has been engaged by
Liebler & Co To play the leading role IN
Foreign Exchange,"a new Booth Tark-
ington-Harry Leon Wilson drama. 10 be
produced next fall H. B. Warner will
play the principal male role.
Edmund Breese, who is appearing IN
Charles Klein's play. "The Third De-
gree at the Hudson Theater, New York.
is recognized among the theatrical pro
fession as the best after-dinner speaker
since the late Maurice Barrymore.
Fannie Rice was married at Colorado
I
ingtOn Ryder. Of Fairhaven. Mass. Mr..
Ryder is an officer Of the American To-
bacco Company. HIS bride will leave the
stage at the close OF her present tour.
Hedwig Relcher. the famous Ger
man actress. who will make her debut
as an English e-tist under the manage
ment Of Henry B. Harris next fan In
"On the Eve" has a prompt book Of
Ibsen's "A Dolls House marked for her
by the author.
Helen Ware, who has scored an
enormous success at the Hudson Theater.
New York. IN Charles Klein's play. ''The
Third Degree" is the daughter of John
Remer, architect Of Baldwin's Theater,
San Francisco, which was DESTROYED dur
ing the earthquake.
Burr Mcintosh has signed a contract
with William A. Brady. who will here
after manage his lecture tours Mr Nc
Intosh viii be heard in the leading cities
of the country, his subjects being The
United States to-day The navy and
With Taft in the Orient"
William Hammerstein announced last
week that he has signed the Cherry Sis
ters for an indefinite engagement ar the
Victoria Theater beginning In April. They
made themselves famous about a dozen
years ago. when they held forth at the
Olympia. now the New York Theater.
Elsie Ferguson, who plays Beth
Elliott in The Travelling Salesman" has
the largest collection OF play bills of any
woman in America, These were given 70
her by her mother-in-law, Mrs John
Hoey, who was for many years leading
woman with Lester Wallack and his
father
Gertrude Hoffman was enjoined by the
Circuit Court in Kansas City on March
! from giving her Salome dance and iniJ-
tation OF Eva Tanguay during the re-
mainder Of her engagement there. The
court held that the dance and the song
I Don't Care" were obnoxious 10 the
public morals.
Catherine couatlss will begin stock
season at Grand Rapids, Mich, on Easter
Monday under the direction OF z d.
Price. Her supporting company viii IN
clude Edmund Elton. Herbert Yost. Percy
Herbert. Charles Arthur. John W Dillon,
Frank Lamb. Beth Franklyn, Marguerite
Snow. and Lizzie Goode
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

For the week beginning tomorrow the
Gayety Theatsr Will offer The Hastings
Show" The company viii be headed by
the inimitabie Harry Hastings and Miss
Viola Sheldon, and for electrical elects.
scenery. chorus. and costumes Il IS said
TO represent the limit OF generous ex-
pense. "Frolicsome Frolics" and - Md
summers Night" are the burlesoues
scheduled. The olio viii include the fol-
lowing vaudevillans. Nile. Aida's living
bronze statuary; Vardon. Perry, and VII
Der. musical entertainers: Mildred Flora.
Coincidence and wire walker. Howard
and Lewis. comedians: Campbell and
Brady. jugglers, and Thomas Coyne.
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SnInme Readings.

Miss Amy Grant. OF New York. VIII be
heard in Washington in Salome readings
with Bruno HUM at the piano. at the
Columbia Theater Tuesday afternoon.
March g. at 4.3o O'Clock. The English
translation OF the play IS used. The
music IS arranged with the object il view
OF giving due emphasis TO the themes
woven throughout. and az the same tine
70 familisFize the hearer with the most
significant portions Of the music as a
whole. The Salome dance and some Of
the tuIerluces are preserved entirely The
programme VIII serve as the best posi-
bic preparation for hearing the opera,
which has created so much contention fl
New York and Philadelphia.
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The NatIOnaI-Ni.s BnIIe Burke.

The NatiOnaI-Miss Billie Burke.
The success OF the present dramatic
season is that OF Miss Billie Burke. who
comes 20 the New National tomorrow
night Miss Burke is appearing under
Charles Frohman's direction IN a com
edy from the French entitled Love
Watches" and. while this is her nrst
season as a star. Mr.. Frohman has again
demonstrated that ne knows genuine tai
eDt for Miss Burke's season IN New
York was nothing short Of a series OF
mighty ovations, the engagement lasting
seven months.
Love Watches" as has been said, IS
taken from the French. but the adapta-
ton has been most agreeabIy done by
Miss Gladys Unger. JacQueline CAIfss
Burke) Is an impulsiye. whoIe-souled
young girl about twenty. She has fallen
desperately in love with her cousin An
DIRE. and proceeds to tell hin so quite
bluntly. with the result that the next
act hnds them three months married
Andre has been-well. rather careless, and
stlll IS IN the ebb-tide Of an affair win
one Lucie AZ the time OF his marriage.
pulsive. solemnly assures him that II ne
ever so much as speaks 20 Lucle again.
that very hour she VIII leave him. Il IS
no hardship 10 Andre 10 promise TO be
faithful, for by this time he adores the
very chairs that his quite adorable wife
sits upon
Lucie comes into the room the very
moment JaCqueline leaves: OF course she
does; and equally. Of course. by means
OF a convenient fainting 1T, she oranges
things so Andre has TO escort her home.
As soon as JacqueIine discovers this. she
seizes her hat and carries out her pre-
vious threat by "hying' 20 the only
other man she knows at all. another
cousin. Ernest Augarde. Earnest Is d
bOOkish recluse. The third act takes
place in HIS apartments He IS very
much IN love with his dainty cousin ana
has been long before her marriage 10
Andre: so he receives her with open arms,
literally and fguratively, but he soon
discovers the true state OF affairs. Jac-
Queline has come 20 him IN a state OF
piQue and not with any serious intention
OF leaving her husband. and so he SENDS
her home with some good counsel which
he supplements in the next act by clumsy
efforts TO set things straight between
husband and wife.
The whole thing comes out as was fn-
evitsble, and the play ends IN a gale or
laughter, and the tentatively erring Wire
forgiving and being forgiven The eli
max Of the play is one Of the ingenious
features OF a story that is compelling
and absorbing from start TO finale.
Charles FrOhman has provided his de-
lightfully youthful star with a company
Of rare excellence, including Mr.. Thomas
Holding, Mr. Ernest Lawford, Mr.. W H
CromptOn. Miss Louise Drew daughter
of John Drew, Miss Msude Odell, anc
Miss Ida Greeley Smith.
During Miss Burke's engagement az the
New National this week a matinee will
be given on Saturday only, promptly az
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