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says when a woman makes up her mind
20 capture 8 man. he had better give I'D:
and that is true. But. Oh, dear. you must
not quote me as telling too much abou,
my sex; but really there are many Sonias
in the world. and il there were not. there
would be fewer marriages.
TT Is one Of the easiest parts in the
world 20 play; all one needs is 10 think
OF il and dream over the music. and then
she finds herself in the skin OF il, ready
to breathe and live IT,
Il Just adore It Indeed. II would take
a good Ibrettist 20 tel how fond I an
OF f. I never had any misgivings about
playing the part II came to me as easy
as breathing. and live in il on the stage
and IN my apartments at the piano. And
Yet Sonia IS a different person in different
countries. and the production here is
quite d little altered from the presenta-
ton abroad. With US the cafe repre-
sented IN the last act Is really Ike Max
inns. and Is not a caricature- Our am
bassad0r and the messenger are dressed
as In the Berlin productions and not as IN
London. as they more closely approach
the Montenegro folk dress.
On the other side the ambassador
wife leads the dance OF grizettes. but
We make her preserve her dignity. Then.
too. the names 81 most OF the cast are
changed because the originals are Jaw
breaking German pOlysyllables- Our
waltz. which has made itself 50 famous.
seems very different 70 what II Is in
Germany. They do Il much more slowly
over there because Sonia and Danilo are
heavy-weights- Certainly the women I
saw in Berlin look more Ike q good
haus frau than a youthful charmer. and
the waltz is more pOnderously done and
lacks the swaying. circling fascination OF
the performance here. The American
sightseers and the theatrical people who
have seen the productions OF The Merry
Widow" IN Europe declare that our pro-
ductiOn IS away and above superior 70
any abroad 7 suppose that IS because II
is more spirited and moves more rapidly
than any abroad. as well as the fact that
Mr. Savage has given the opera a far
more elaborate staging than any 10 be
seen on the other side.
That waltz is said 70 have a marvellous
effect. even on the theatergOers who have
seen Il over and over again. but what do
you think must be its effect on me when
tell you IL has really gotten into my
blood. and I find myself OF the stage
after II is al over. ready and anxious 70
commence il all again; and when the waltz
Is played again At the finale in Maxim s
and I am looking back to see the walters
Waiting lazily. dreamily TO the lure Of
that seductive tone I want to 20 back
really do. rather than go 70 my dress
ing-roOm- But still that tune sticks
closer than even the waltz strain OF even
The Serenade. or even than that beat
ing strain IN ''Nanon." and II follows
T.
day I fully expect to get I'D from thr
supper and mOrtaIly disgrace myself Icy
beginning 20 dance % i IN the reslaa-
rant"
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-03-07

The announcement that Miss GLADYS
.Unger had come al the way from Lon
don 20 see Miss Billie Burke IN one
performance Of Love Watches befora
Miss Burke took the play 10 London
has brought to light the fact that Miss
Burke herself has attempted PLAY Writ
ing. and several years ago. when sne VS.
q resident OF London, wrote a one-ac+
play IN collaboration with Miss I-nre-
who IS not only a distinguished writer
but an accomplished artist. having been
pupil Of PJIvis de Chavannes.
Now comes the statement from r1ew
York publishing firm that they WIN mt
out in the early spring a volume -
rhymes" by Miss Billie Burke. Tl1,,s-
trated By Archie Gum This WIN 49,
more or less Of an intimate 7irnt IN
Charles Frohman's youngest. latest sDF
most interesting star The book ftse1r ~
Is said. is dedicated 20 Charles F7-o5-
man. my Manager. Friend. Preceptor,-
Kiss Burke comes by her writing fola-.
Il IL should prove that she has srrr
quite naturally. for her mother saro-s
her marriage was rather Wen known A.
4 writer Of short stories
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ACTORS AND ACTING.

Sonia Adler has been signed by Daniel
Frohman.
Herbert Standing has been engaged for
an important role in THE Majesty Of
Birth
Pauline Frederick has been advanced TO
the part played by Constance Collier in
Samson"
Chauncey Olcott, Andrew Mack. and
Joseph o'Mara have suspended their tours
during Lent
Vincent Serrano has been engaged to
originate the leading juvenile role in
Sins Of Society
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles ID. Pitt CAnnie
Athey) have rejoined 1.-The Lion and the
Mouse" for the balance Of the season.
William Hawtrey viii have the role Of
Mr.. Brown in An Englishman's Home
when the play is produced in America.
Maxine Elliott will sail for England on
the Mauritania on March II 10 fulfill an
engagement with Lewis Waller in a
drama called 1901
Connie Ediss has been compelled 10
leave Lew Fields company owing to i'll
health. She was operated upon for APP
pendicitis over in Pittsheld. Mass. last
Wednesday.
Nat Goodwin, who is now featuring Ed
ma Goodrich in the same type as himself.
brought out his new play. named 1.-THE
Master Hand" in Richmond last week,
where it met with approval
Mary Mannering's new play step by
Step" was successfully launched in New
Haven last Monday. Helen Macbeth and
Addison Pitt. Of her former company,
were in the cast. IN addition 10 Frank
Sylvester, Marion BallOu, and Arthur
Maitland.
James Lackaye will be in the new YER
sion Of Cameo Kirby which Dustin
Farnum will use after his Chicago en-
gagement. Mr.. Lackaye will play his
original part OF Larkin Bunce, making
the second Lackaye 10 be under the
Liebler & Co. management.
Blanche Walsh has recovered sufH-
GENTLY 10 be removed from the Univer-
sity Hospital, Kansas City. TO the Balti-
more Hotel She is still very weak. but
II is hoped that she VIII be able within
a few days TO so 10 Boston.
William J. Kelley has been signed by
Conan & Harris as leading man Of The
Majesty OF Birth" company. which viii
be headed by J. +. DodsOn- MI Kelley
Will have the role OF an operate idol
who IS unspoiled by feminine fattery.
Once more the story has been pulled on
the shelf and put into circulation 10 the
effect that julia Marlowe and z. II. Soth-
ern are 70 appear At the New Theater
and once more the ShUberts deny IT, Mis-.
Marlowe is slated 10 appear IN South
America Just about the time that the New
Theater opens.
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The CoIumbia-Max Robson.

The Regeneration OF Aunt Mary
Anne Warmers delightful comedy in
which Nay Robson is starring, viii be
seen at the Columbia Theater, beginning
Monday evening. March s. for one week.
Miss Robson has made the hit OF her
stage career. and is fortunate in securing
for her first starring vehicle a comedy so
interesting and unique Miss Robson has
played Aunt Mary in ali the principal
cities from the Atlantic 70 the Pacific
coast, and viii be seen here with the same
cast and production which opened az the
Garden Theater. New York. over a year
ago. Aunt Mary IS so fresh and uncon-
ventional. so laughable and so interest
ing. that Miss Robson's peculiarly charm
ing personality only serves to bring out
the part more forcibly to US.
The story Of the play concerns a maiden
aunt who is wealthy and is duly provided
with nephew named after her father,
for whom she has a motherIy affection.
The nephew. who responds TO the name
Of Jack, has a prediction for getting
into all manner OF scrapes-from beating
a cab driver and sending him TO the hos
pital for repairs TO promising TO marry a
girl from Kalamazoo and going back on
his promise. Aunt Mary. with her purse
strings loosened. is ever ready 10 come 10
the rescue OF her nephew, with a great
deal of grumbling and violent and spas
modic exhibitions Of temper IN which she
disinherits the young man and fOrgfves
him IN the same breath.
Aunt Mary is finally inveigled into a
visit 10 New York by a letter written by
one Of the quartet Of college boys. an
nouncing that Jack IS sick with the
measles. which takes the maiden lady 70
the big city. green as the grass in the re-
gfon in which she has spent her life I;
does not take long under the guidance OF
her youthful tutors for Aunt Mary 10
catch on" 70 the ways OF life in large
city
There are midnight suppers and auto
mobile rides. and sundry and divers occa-
sions on which Aunt Mary confesses she
has not the least idea OF what she has
been doing or saying, but the foaming
bracers they give her IN the morning TX
her ali right. end she is captivated by the
life OF dissipation.
Then she returns 70 her home in the
country. adopts as far as possible the
ways OF city life. scandalizes her man
servant and her maid servant with her
open-work stockings. and the laces and
ribbons and embroidery Of her underwear.
Country life has lost its charm. II Is a
living tomb. And Aunt Mary, taking ad-
vantage OF a love match between Jack
and Betty Burnett. 20 consummate in a
speedy marriage, presents her country
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Nav Robson SAYS she PLAYS freak char
acters because she wants the money
cot course. the stress OF trouble and
uncertainty IS over now she observed.
but once upon a time I did need the
money"
The woman % smiles enjoys a vaf7 Of
twenty-five minutes after the first act q
The Rejuvenation Of Aunt Mary Last
night she received q small PARTY OF
friends IN her dreSsing-room during
this Mt One OF the party was cIrI
with an ambition 20 become a starIet. I'D
T. was she who asked Miss Robson Why
she concealed her beauty under che M *
u time.
The answer was most interesting.
BY 50 doing I found that I could put
a little more butter on my bread" Mss
Robson naivsly answered
When II first became necessary for ma
10 earn my way in the world she con-
tinued- Il decided 10 become painter.
succeeded fairly well. but that's q slow
way for a girl % make money. and I tired
OF IL I applied for small part on the
STAGE. and was accepted When the man
ager found that ] was an amateur he
wouldn't consider me at all
After that never admitted M. frno-
rance OF the business Ny first part was
in The Hoop OF Cold II was a come
alOng-JesSie' part; that Is. 7 walked on
the stage after an older sister, who said.
Come along, JESSIE and Jessie cane
along.
I was disguised wanted 20 act 7
didn't want 30 come along. A servant
part interested me. and asked the man
ager 20 let me be the servant He finally
consented, and I painted ny face with
water cOlOrs. for knew nothing OF grease
paints Ny wonderfully peculiar makeup
/ and my knowledge Of the English slavey
Z II had lived in London two years. was a
tremendous hit, and that decided ny fu-
ture. I have been playing queer people
ever since"
Booth Harrington Is writing a new com
edy for Miss Robson She VIII produce
z IL next season
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MISS FRANCES CAMERON.

Miss Frances Cameron. who IS singing
the title role Of The Merry Widow al
the New National Theater. was born in
Budapest OF n family closely Identified
with the political life % the country has
sung repertoire Of twenty-foUr operas
in Vienna. and returned for a long va
cation last summer 70 renew her ac-
quaintance with the scenes Of her child
hoou, but she likes the role OF Sonia in
Franz Lehar's Operatta better than any
other she has sung or heard IN her ca
reer- She says.
The wonderful thing about Sonia is
that she Is so human Not only does
she conform closely 20 the Montenegro
type which our Marsovia IS supposed 20
represent. but. after all she acts under
the stress OF feeling much as most OF the
women have studied would do. She de-
termined to win the man Of her dreams.
and tried one way after another until she
finally succeeded believe Bernard shaw
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Chase's-PoIite vaudeville.

Chase's this week has a bill which
embraces Billie Montgomery and Flor
ence E. Moore. the celebrated six musi-
cal Cuttys. sam J. Curtis and company.
La Yeen-Cross and company. Holden's
Merry Mannikins. J. Francis DooIey.
and COrrine Sayles. the great Richards.
and the interesting motion pictures Of
Wood Pulp Milling"
A hit upon q hit. forming a sort OF
composite triumph. is said 20 be the
record achieved by MI Montgomery
and Miss Moore since their advent in
vaudeville They were The stars OF Flo
ziegfeld's "FOllies of 1897" and they
practically confscated the show or
their own special purposes. so far as
their audiences were concerned. The
secret OF their success Is said TO be the
grace and skill they employ IN pre-
senting their variOusly divertiug spe-
cialties In the field OF song. dance. ard
story. The added attraction viii lie
the family Of six musical Cuttys. re-
garded the world over as the greatest
o. musical families They are all
brothers and sisters. young and talent
ed. and their feature IS novel for many
LeAsonAt PRINCIPALLY because they unite
the art Of the instrumentalist with the
vocal skill Of the singer. either solo or
concerted They play IN brass. then
with cello. next violin. then xyIo-
phone. followed by vocal solo and sex
tet, concluding with their original and
spirited imitation Of SOUsa's band Sam
J. Curtis. the popular vaudeville come
dian. with a company OF FIVE clever
funmakers. win be seen in George W.
Days latest one-aet farcicaI sketch -
Session at School" Nj Day is a dra-
matte author OF note having lust fn-
ished the play which Lillian Russell
viii star IN next season Roman
Sports and Pastimes." exploited IN
three spectacular scenes. will be the
number given by La Veen- Cross and
company, and IL should prove an an
piause-wirner from the beginning
Then VIII come HOlden's Merry Manni-
hns. which give miniature vaude-
vile show on a mimic stage. set upon
Chase's boards. J. Francis Dooley and
( Corinne Sayles viii offer q tidbIt in
the way Of neat and snappy comedy.
and the great Richards viii give a
splendid dancing novelty in which a
diamond dress is displayed
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CONCERTS TONIGHT.

A programme OF the latest and most in
teresting features in moving pictures and
vaudeville has been arranged for the
concert at the Academy tonight. comedy.
scenes Of dramatic interest, travel sub
jects. and stories Of adventure being pre-
sented- The vaudeville bill. viii include
Harry Niles. IN a novel musical act; Phil
lips and Gordon. IN a comedy sketch .
William Greenberg. in comic songs. and
Charles Young. in character impersOna-
tons
Stirring scenes OF patriotism. deeds OF
daring. and laugh-creating absurdities
will be represented in the tVo-hour pro-
gramnne OF moving pictures 70 be pre-
sented at the Gayety tonight After each
reel OF pictures pleasing vaudeville fea-
lures vii be introduced. including Musi-
cal Niles. Frank Milton. and Leonard
Chick.
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The German rheater-

The German Theater. New York. will
give special matinee at the Belasco
Theater Monday, March g. The famous
troupe VIII present the new Viennese
comedy. The One Great Passion" C''Die
crosse Leidenschaft'D, a play that has
been successfully given on all German
speaking stages OF two continents. Eugen
Burg. the well-known actor and manager,
and Hedwig Heicher, the beautiful young
actress who has Just signed a contract
with Mr.. Harris TO enter the English
stage. viii play the principal parts. The
performance will be honored by the pres
enee OF Count Bernstorff, the German
Ambassador, and Baron Ambrozy, Of the
Austria Hungary Embassy.
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Emma Eames for Concert Tour

Nine Emma Games. who finished her
season in the Metropolitan Opera House.
New York, in February. and began her
second American concert tour February
90 win be heard IN Washington az the
National Theater on March 9. This viii
be the last season Nine. Eames viii be
In America for an indefinite period. as
she has decided TO take a rest for an
entire year at least. not for any reason
or voice or health. for when she sang
the role Of Aida" in the Metropolitan
Opera House recently, Mr. W J. Hen
derson, IN the New York Sun Of Novem-
Der %, said: Her singing of the music
was very beautiful, and never before did
II have such dramatic color" Nine.
Eames will be assisted on her tour by
that Incompatible barytone, Emilio de
Gogorza. and Mr.. Harry c. Whittemore.
pianist
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BOSTON symnhonr orcLe.trn-

The last Boston Symphony concert Of
the year will be given in the New Ma
tional Theater on Tuesday afternoon.
March IS, al $50 o'clock. A most inter-
esting feature OF the programme will be
the performance by the composer Of
Ernest Seedlings Fantastic Suite" for
pianoforte and orchestra. This work was
played with the Boston Symphony Or
chestra IN Boston A year ago by Mr.
Schelling with much success. and it will
be played not only in Washington. brt in
Philadelphia, Baltimore. and New York
during the March trip Of the orchestra.
1t is in this suite that Mr.. Schelling. with
unusual bOldness, makes use Of the tunes
Of Dixie and "Old Folks at Home"
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The Vaudeville Inroad.

The announcement that Laurence Irving.
son Of the late Sir Henry Irving, has de-
cided to go into vaudeville in this country
is but another. il more prominent. exam
pie Of the great inroads that are being
made into the dramatic profession by
vaudeville which seems TO be pre-emi-
nently the most popular form Of theatre
cal entertainment Mr.. Irving was with
his distinguished father during several
tours Of the United States. playing in
classical drama, but II would seem that
the day for that has passed in his case.
and SO instead Of presenting what he likes
following the tradition of his family--he
has to present what It is so evident the
public likes.
There used 10 be an old conlic-paper Joke
to the effect that IAN actor must live. -
The answer was, Not necessarily" But
IL is plainly the mere need of making a
living that has driven Mr.. Irving to the
vaudeville stage. He admits this, for IN a
published interview he says:
There was a great ado in England about nv roinv
into vaudeville but do not consider that I have
lowered my standing in any degree. I expect 20
reach a large and aprrecatiTe public With a digni-
fed production. II had plenty Of money I should
keep cot Of vaudeville. But I need n,onqv IN
order that I may produce some plays that I have
written. ! am going into vaudeville under the man
agement q Mr. Morris In order that ] may make
money n help me along in the Legitimate
Mr. Irving Will appear with his wife
Mabel Hackney. in a one-act play called
THE King and the Vagabond." which is
said 70 be a classical play in miniature
We do not think that Mr. Irving need
to apologize for the step he has taken.
He IS only following a lead that has been
set by many Of the more prominent play
ers of America. who. under the present
star system, find It increasingly difficult
TO secure good parts or good plays. The
present has been rather hard season or
the actor, and had ii not been for vaude-
vile. which is so cheap and is constantly
being improved in quality, so that its
popularity is increasing. It would have
been much harder
The time is not far distant. we are sure
when there viii be no need to speak OF
vaudeville apologetically. Already It has
its well-defned place in the amusement
world, and It depends now very largely
on the players themselves. aided perhaps
by the managers. whether It continues TO
grow in public esteem Already the ranks
OF the vaudevillians contain names finely
representative Of the most worthy things
in the American drama, and with such re-
cruits from abroad as Mr.. Irving # IS
plain that in the vaudeville of the future
there lies great and fair promise.
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That our great American public de-
mands something more than mere agree
able or winning personalities on the
stage. intelligent reading. and graceful
manner in acting is evidenced by the
spontaneous acclaim that has attended
the English-speaking career Of Bertha
Kalich, a career Of unusual accomplish
ments, OF fulhllment OF early promise.
and one luminous with the untold posi-
bilities Of the future
Nine. Kalich has a distinguished per
sonality. but as she herself says. TT is
individuality, and not personality, that
makes the actor" In other words, II IS
the player OF individuality who divests
himself Of his personality and becomes
the character he would personify. And
therein lies a measure Of the success. Of
Nine Kalich. From the time she stems
before the foOtlights she is the creation
Of the playwright. That is why her The
rese Raquin. her Marta, and her Eva
FellonOva. and those other roles in which
she has won distinction are so widely
different in Characterization She en-
beavers TO realize the authors concep-
ton. and in so doing dOns the individual
Aly VI lhe character mat is why her
characters are living, pulsatinE. strongly
defined in every movement, utterance, and
mood. She compels and holds attention
without acting at all. simply because she
so completely establishes the character as
to dispel TO a large degree, consideration
Of herself Nine. Kalich has the train
Ing as well as the temperament 10 make
this possible. In her younger days she
underwent most arduous schooling. She
came 70 America unheralded, and though
she had a large following Of American
theater-goers during her New York sea-
sons in German, still she was practically
an unknown quality when she essayed
her first English-speaking role. Fedora.
But her art was not only highly fin
ished, but ii was expressed with genuine
color. It was something 70 thrill as wen
as 10 arouse admiration. tt met a want
that had existed almost unconsciously, so
Injured had the public became TO the less
temperamental style IN fashion among
most American players. And so Nine
Kalich came to be considered one of our
foremost English-speaking actresses-and
in many critical instances she has been
acclaimed the foremost actress
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For the theatrical week beginning to-
morrow the attraction at the Lyceum
Theater viii be WatsOn's BUrlesQUers.
headed by Billy Watson himself Mr..
Watson viii assume the role CT Krause-
meyer. IN -Krausemeyer's Alley" and
win be surrounded by a capable company
and host Of pretty show girls The sup
port OF the company includes Mr.. Billy
Spencer, the International Four. Misses
Fields and Sheridan, Miss Alice Gilbert,
The Yankee Girl" and various other en-
tentainers Of merit Mr.. Watsons infec-
tious humor alone is an attraction that
cannot oe denied.
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The Gnretr-BurIe.nne-

Weber & Rush's Partisan Widows
viii offer their own form OF amusement
az the Gayety Theater during the week
commencing Monday matinee The open
ing satire, styled Life in a Boarding
House relates the dOings Of rehearsal
day with burlesque company. and is
said 20 contain many catchy numbers.
funny situations, and clever entertain
ment The vaudeville portion Of the show
comprises such features as Biargie Hi
ton, the cyclonic comedienne; the Bur
nett Trio, singers and dancers: Ben
Pierre, the prince Of German comedians,
Julia Sinclair. and Hawley and Bentley.