The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-03-07
THOSE WITH US.


The hnal concert OF the season VII be
given by the Boston symphony Orchestra
at the National Theater Tuesday after
noon. March I6
The washington saegerbund wiz give
concert at the National Theater Sunday
evening. March p. at SIS.
The Captain Of the Bismarck Guards
[ is another song hit by Harry Bulger in
his vaudeville musical slit-
It Is estimated that THE Merry Widow
viii have played to $4,000 during the two
weeks engagement at the New National
Theater here.
In Jean Clermont's French Burlesque
/ Circus. due at Chase's next week. there
is a dog that PLAYS a hymn upon bells
without prompting or taking. Another
feature is the smallest pony alive
Francesca Kaspar's Initial bow as an
opera singer before a Washington au-
dienee was made last Monday night az
I the National Theater. when she appeared
as Natalie in The Merry Widow"
Mr.. George Henry Payne, formerly
dramatic critic or the New York Evening
Telegram. is in Washington this week
! as business manager for Miss Billie
/ Burke. who viii soon appear az the New
/ National Theater.
Jefferson &c Angels in HIS new musical
comedy. The Beauty Spot VIII be one
Of the Belasco Theater attractions this
month Mr. de Angels VIII be supported
7 by Miss Marguerite Clark and an unusU-
ally excellent company
The New National Theater viii Be
having plenty OF good musical attractions
before the season closes. Among some OF
the big 'Uns' are The FoIIles Of 1sos,''
The Talk OF New York" and Francis
Wilson IN When Knights Were Bold"
It is not generally known that Bertha
/ Kalich and Madame Sembrich are natives
/ Of the same city, Lemberg. Australia
land. Both women commenced life as
/ singers. but Madame Kalich renowned
/ her vocal success to attain distinction n
the drama
/ The company supporting Miss Mary
/ Mannering IN her new play. Step BY
( Step" includes Marion Barrou. Frank
/ Sylvester, Helen Macbeth. Arthur Matt
land. Austin Webb. Addison Pitt, A. W.
Ellis. Josephine Brown, Mark Smith, and
Pauline Dufield.
The Ambassadors Of the German. Aus
/ TRAN, an6 Swiss embassies have accept
81 invitations 70 attend the special per
! Torrance az the BeIaseo Tneater tO-mOr-
row afternoon TO witness a performance
Of Die crosse Leidenschaft'' by the New
/ York German Theater company.
During the early part OF April one OF
the dramatic events Of the season viii Oc-
cur al the BelascO Theater in the engage
ment Of Mr. z. II. sothen in an extern
/ sive repertoire which VIII include several
/ productions in which Mr. SoJhern has not
J heretofore appeared IN Washington
+ Mr.. Ernest Lawford. the English actor
who has made such a hit in Love
/ Watches with Miss Billie Burke. is said
70 be one Of the Wealthiest young men Be
hind the foctlights. Mr. Lawford's good
sense OF business has lead him 70 invest
his savings IN the most cautious way
/ The Messrs- Shubert announce that BE-
ginning next September. Miss Julia Mar
lowe viii make her first tour Of South
America, under their direction Com
mencing al New Orleans. then 10 Havana
followed by engagements in Mexico City,
Vera Cruz. Caracas. Pernambuco. Cav
/ eune. Rio de JaneiTO. Non1evideO. BuenOs
Ayres. Santiago. Valparaiso. Lima San
Jose, Costa Rica, Managua and Leon,
Nicaragua, san Salvador, and City OF
Guatemala
Madame Kalich has an antipathy %
slang. and because o. the slang used by
the character OF Eva FeIlonova IN The
UnbToken Road" she az first refused 70
play the part Naturally this antipathy
has prevented her learning slang or IN.
carstanding its meaning, and. as a re-
suit. there have been many AMUSING
/ controversies over the proper delivery
and expression OF those speeches vvhicr
Madame Kalich thought, from her IN
familiarity with our colloquiai iarEo-
meant one thing, but according 10 the au.
thor stood for something widely differ.
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