The Washington herald., 1909-04-26
Lambs. G.mboI Announcement.


Washington is 90 be included in the
Lambs AIi-S1sr Travelling CamboI.
Messrs. A. I. Erlauger. Augustus Thom-
as. Victor Herbert. and Joseph Brooks,
the four good lambs. who have the d.
rectIon aad affairs OF this monster IN
dertsking in charge. have decided that
there VIII be one performance at the
New National Thester, Thursday after
noon. May g
There VII. be Is lambs in the swinging
line which win leave the special train
o. twelve cars at the new Union Station
on the afternoon OF May 2. and march
TO the New National Theater The
parade win be headed By Victor Her
bert and his symphony Orchestra Of
fifty players. who. for parade purposes
only. Vii turn themselves into brass band
players. The marchers behind the band
VIZ be divided into four divisions. First
viii come the prominent authors and
playwTights who are Lambs. and among
them viii be seen Augustus Thomas.
David Belasco. Charles Klein. George
BrOsdhurst. William Gillette. Clay n
Greene Edwin Milton Royle. Eugene "
Presbrey. Henry Blossom, and George Y.
Hobart
The second division VIII include these
eminent comedians: William Collier. De
Wolf Hopper Lew Fields. Joseph Weber.
Dave Montgomery. Eddie Foy. John
Slavin. Andrew Mack. Digby Bell. Maclyn
ArbUokIe. Henry Z. Dixey. Charles
Evans Nat ". Wills Charles HOMER
Ignacio AIartinetti. William Burress.
Clayton White and Raymond Hitchcock.
Among the dramatic actors viii be in
cluded Wilton Lackaye. Robert HiIliard
Dustin Fsrnum. William Farnum. Harry
Woodruff. Edward Abeies. John Mason.
James O'Neil. Joseph GTiSmer. William
Norris. Joseph Herbert, Cyril Scott. VII
liam Courtleigh. John KeHerd Arthur
Byron, William MuIdoon. Hassard Short,
Thomas u Ross, and Charles J. Ross.
\ fourth division viii have such sturdy
Uarchers and vocal experts az Eugent
Cowles. Frank Belcher. Joseph MfrOn.-
George Hamlin. Donald Brian. Walter
Lawrence. Nell Mckay. John AIcCloskey.
George Leon Moore William Stewart
John Park, Melville Stuart, and Scott
Welsh.
Still another division about which moth
ing has been said VII be under the spe-
CiaI guidance OF A. l. Erlanger II will
be made up Of the Lambs who sre big
in stiu other branches Of the theatrical
d icfession-the managerial and publicity
branches. Marching with Mr.. Erlanger
VIII 5e such men as William Harris.
Frank Mckee, A. ". Dingvall. James
ElversOn. editor and owner Of the Phfla-
delphia Inquirer; Frank A. Munsey, edi-
tor and owner Of half a dozen magazines
and about the same number of daily
papers in cities Ike New York. Phila6si-
phia, and Washington; Melville Z Stone,
T.. editor OF the Metropolitan Magazine:
Alexander Moore. editor OF the Pittsburg
Press, anS q host Of other editors. man
ayers and business managers.
Every one OF the Is in line viii wear
C0rnemara cape coat OF pOngee silk and
a e0mical shaped high hat of light color.
With Victor Herbert's great band In the
lead. these eminent men should make
splendid showing in Washington streets
on the evening Of Tuesday. May g. II
viii be parade worth going many miles
TO see.
The lambs IN charge Of the business
details for the Washington performance
are Bertram A. MarbUrgh. formerly con-
nected with the washington Post, and
VIII S. Page. whose stock company is
soon TO begin its season at the BeIaseo
Theater. Either one OF the other OF
Of the month Of May preceding the per
f0rmance.
Augustus Thomas. chairman Of the en-
teTtainment committee has gone far
enough ahead with the programme 10 |
permit the announcement that the show
VIII begin with a minstrel fret part. n I
this first part De Wolf Hopper viii act
as interlOcutoT. with sixteen all-star end I
men Ballads in this first part will be I
sung by such great singers as Eugene I
COwles. Andrew Mack. George Hamlin. I
Joseph Miron. Frank Belcher. Donald /
Brian, and George Leon Moore. The
comic songs viii be pushed over the foot /
lights by Willian Collier, Henry Z. 1
Dixey. Weber & Fields. Eddie Foy. Digby i
Bell and Dave Montgomery But there
viii be much more 10 tell a little later
about the programme. II is sufficient at 4
this tine 10 state that il viii be more
than fouT-hour programme. and that all 1
players, even the ones IN the rninor. ca
pacity. viii be full-aedged stars-men who I
have been at the head Of their own COM
panies. and have seen their names in the
biggest type in newspaper advertisements /
and on bill boards.