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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07
NntionnI-Frnncis wilson.

TheatcrEoers who have shown a distinct
preference for Francis Wilson and his
merry plays Will be able 10 greet this
old-time favorlte In the dual capacity
OF star and author. as Charles Frohman
presents Mr.. Wilson IN a play from his
own pen entitled The Bachelors Baby"
The central figure OF the play, the role
which Mr.. Wilson has written for him
SELF. Is that OF a wealthy young bachelor,
q club man and a royal good fellow
whose particular idiosyncrasy Is his dis
like for children. one morning after
having returned home from disagree
able weekend spent az the home Of a
friend. where there was a small boy IN
the house. the mail appTises him that he
has been made the guardian Of his twin
brothers little fivc-year old daughter.
both OF her parents having been lost al
sea He revolts and even goes 50 far
as 70 refuse 10 see tie little one. and in
this IS aided and abetted by other bach
eloc friends But the hero IS n love
with very estlmable and sensible young
woman. who Up 10 this point has declined
20 commit her future % the keeping Of
man with such peculiar ideas as he
possesses. and when the little girl arrives,
accompanied by her colored nanny
the young lady. by clever ruse. brings
about the meeting between the uncle and
the niece OF course. this meeting is
really the beginning OF the end, and how
the little one wins the hero and eats her
way into his heart Mr. Wilson has char
mingly told. But 1t isn't accomplished
IN a minute, for It takes three acts TO
develop the story, and 1t Is not until It
would appear that the little girl is To be
taken from him that the hero fully real
lies how much he cares for her. The
love story too has a happy cOnsumma-
tion, and this IS also brought about by the
little girl
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BABY DAVIS.
Clever Juvenile Member Of Francis
wilson's Company.


Baby Davis is an exceedingly talented
and excessively Juvenile player in the
support Of Francis Wilson, who is now
presenting most successfully his own
comedy, THE Bachelors Baby" The
youthful player has been nlcknamed by
the company Scout and he IS the great
est possible favorite But Scout some
times is naughty and has 10 be punished.
One day last week such was the state
Of affairs. and in addition 20 the punish
ment his mother. who travels with him.
told him that II he was naughty any
more that she was certain the Lord
wouldn't love him. So when Scout
went TO bed that night in his little
prayer he asked forgiveness for all his
sins. putting In an especial paragraph for
that days misdemeanOrs. In the morn
ing. the youngster was all smiles. His
mother asked why he felt so happy, and
was assured by Scout" that all his sins
were forgiven during the night and that
God loved him just as well as he ever
did. His mother inquired how he knew,
and 10 her establishment. Scout told
her. God came TO me during the night
and told me that re had forgiven all
my sins and that he loved me just as
much as he ever did, and that his wife
did too" Scout" knows every line in
The Bachelors Baby" from curtain 10
curtain, and woe betide the player who
leaves out single n and. or but for
the young man promptly goes 10 him,
no matter who IS around, and tells him
all about his SHORTCOMINGS.
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ANNETTE KELLERMANN.
Famous Diving Venus" Delights I'm
Breaking Records.


Some OF the noteworthy records won BY
Annette KelIermann, "the diving Venus"
at Chase's this week. are:
1OO-yard swim in l minute seconds.
The Australian record.
One mile against tide in 30 minutes.
Worlds record. Afterward lowered to Is
Two and one-Quarter miles. dead water
in as minutes. Worlds record.
Eleven and three-quarter miles in Bos-
ton hsrbor. hours. IS minutes. No man
has ever been able to swim more than
seven miles over this course.
Ten miles. River Yarra, Australia. dead
water. in hours. 20 minutes. Worlds
record.
Thirteen mile. so yard. I'm River
Thames. London. over Putney- Blackwell
course. in S:54;l6 Worlds record.
Twenty-one miles, 400 yards, River
Danube. from Turin to Vienna in S
hours. q minutes. beating the best pre-
vious record by more than three hours.
Seven miles. from North Foreland 20
North Goodwin English Channel. In
hours "a minutes. Course record.
Twenty miles. from Dover 10 Ramsgate,
England. in q hours 20 minutes. World S
record, beating even the time for the
course established years ago by Capt.
Webb.
Eighteen miles in the English Channel.
Stayed in the water twenty-one hours,
and abandoned the attempt To swim from
Dover 20 Calais only when sinking
through sea sickness
Five miles or Revere Beach. Boston,
in hours. 80 minutes. through a blind
ing rainstorm and against a heavy sea-
beating the time made by the only two
men who have ever succeeded in making
the swim even IN calm water.
Swan eight miles IN the River Seine,
near Paris. IN hours. 90 minutes. beat
ing the best men swimmers in Europe
defeating her closest rival in the last
hundred wards Of the race
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07

For the first time since It's sensational
success in New York four years ago,
The ClanSman," Thomas Dlxon's ceIe-
brated play Of the Ku Klux Khan and
the reconstruction era in the South. Will
be seen az popular prices. In New York
and elsewhere The Ciansman" ran COR
many months in the most exclusive play
houses, and attracted the largest and
most fashionable audiences. who could
not get enough Of its thrilling story OF
the South I'm the storm and stress Of the
period after the civil war. Those who
miss seeing The Clansman" at the
Academy the week OF November Is will
regret il keenly. Probably never again
viii the original company and production
be offered 10 plsygoers at such prices.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07

on Tuesday afternoon. November l6.
tho Philadelphia Orchestra, under the
direction OF Carl Pohlig. will open at the
New National Theater hs series OF Eve
symphony concerts
For this occasion the following pro
gramme is announced. with Herman
Standby, the distinguished Danish 'cellist
as soloist.
Chrstoph Wilian Glu5s. Overture. "Ipbiggnie
en- Abide CWagucr ending.
Hector BcrI1-- - mulOnie Tsnfagti1ur 90 H.
Leon Bosllmaun. Symphonic variations Tor yiblou-
CClln and orchestra.
Herman Sandbv aud Friedrich Smc'aua. Sym
Iboric pyu. "Ou The Shores u the N3dag"
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THIS WEEKS PLAYBILLS
The ReIn.co-..RInr.o

Billy the Sll-summer laughing sue
cess Of Days Theater. New York. comes
TO the Belasco Theater this week direct
from its long Broadway run. with the
same excellent cast Of players
The hero OF the play Billy Hargl aves,
has met with an accident on the football
field which costs him four front teeth.
None OF his friends, however, know the
nature OF his misfortune. and after being
fitted out with a set Of false teeth Billy
returns TO society The first act finds
him, accompanied by his sister Alice, a
passenger aboard the steamship Florida.
which IS bound from New York 70 Ha-
vana- on the same boat are Mrs. Sloane
her daughter Beatrice. and sam Eustace.
Both Billy and Eustache are suitors for
Miss Sloane's hand. The football play
ers chances. however. are better than
those OF his rival, and his case is pro-
crossing swimmingly until an overbur-
dened steward bumps into Billy, knock
ing his false teeth 10 the deck. In this
manner they are lost, and. unable TO ex-
plain his plight. both Mrs Sloane and
Beatrice turn against him. Eustace. Of
predicament. spreading the rumor that
he is suffering from something as the
result OF some past sin. The constant
reference 70 -four OF them" and the fact
that Eustace has seen Billy on the street
late at night with a lady, when he was
supposed 10 have been laid up. causes
Mrs. Sloane 10 believe that Hargraves
is already married-the -four Of them
having reference, Of course. to his chill
dren.
All the scenes take place on the steam
ship Florida, thus giving the playwright
opportunity 70 introduce about twenty
characters in addition 10 those already
enumerated
The cast includes Edgar AtchisoD Ely.
Mrs. Stuart Robson, Jane Marbury. Caro-
line Harris. Marion Chapman. Franklin
Jones. John Hickey, George c. Pearce
Charles Clugston, Louis Levine. Spottis-
woode Aitken. Prince Miller, Lee Potter
and others
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Another Belasco Enterprise

My artistic dream OF thirty years" is
the way David Belasco epitomizes his new
project. The handsome Belasco-Stuyve-
SAINT Theater IN New York IS to be the
home Of a producing stock company com
posed OF players whose names enjoy in
ternational reputation.
The purpose is 20 produce plays. per-
fectly enacted. amid surroundings which
represent the highest possible work in the
producers art. Here plays are to be pre-
sented which VIII not only be derived
from the best and widest known play
wrights. but humble beginners In the
art OF playwriting are to be given a
chance, too.
Mr.. BelascO has done much FOR our
stage. He has always been lavish in his
expenditures that the public might witness
a perfect production. He has been tire
less at rehearsals and has fashioned real
actors and actresses OF raw and imma-
ture material His enterprise has caused
some wonderful strides to be made IN
dramatic art on this side OF the Atlantic
IN the past score Of years He has made
his mistakes. He has boen accused. and
perhaps justly, Of seeking self-advertise-
ment at tho cost Of having his good faith
questioned; but he has never been guilty
Of cheap or shabby production. nor has
he ever offered the public anything that
Il could not remember with pleasure and
with pride.
That hi7 new enterprise was prompted
by the designs and purposes Of the New
Theater, which opens In New York To-
morrow Is hardly open 10 doubt But
II may be looked upon as one Of the first
benefits accomplished by the New The
ater-thst Is. return to sanity in the
matter OF plays. The real play is ex-
pected to find a resting place in the New
Theater and az the Belasco- Stuyvcsant
Il u 70 be hoped that othsr theaters viii
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ENTERTAINMENTS TONIGHT.
Masonic Auditorium - Moving Pic
lures and Vaudeville.

The excellent entertainments OF moving
pictures and refined vaudeville acts are
attracting a steadily increasing patronage
10 the New Masonic Auditorium Instead
OF brief exhibition OF pictures. the
management provide about 700 feet of
films for every performance The sub
iects embrace the whole range Of the
motion picture field. from new travel
views 20 farce comedy and meiodramatic
pictorial plays. The subjects are changed
every Sunday Tuesday, and Thursday.
IT. addition 10 the pictures are introduced
several refined vaudeville acts. the whole
programme making two entertainments
OF one hour and half each. running con-
tinuously from $50 D. ID.
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A NofnbIc Cast

The cast chosen for Antony and Cleo
patra," the opening production at the New
Theater. has been announced. The follow
ing is the cast: Mark Antony. r. II.
Sothern: Cleopatra. Julia MarlOwe; Oc-
tavius Caesar. A. +. Arson: Aemnlus
Lepidus. Rowland Blackstone; Septus
Pompeius Ben Johnson; Domitius Emo
barbus William AicVay; Clown. Ferdi-
nand Gottscnall: Enos Charles Balsor;
Octavia, Beatrice Robertson;
Chairman. Jessie Busley. and Iris, Leah
Bateman-Hunter. Others who take part
IN the tragedy are Jacob Wendell. IT..
Albert Bruning Lee Baker William
Harris. Pedro de Cordoba. Henry STAN
ford. Howard Kyle Harry Melick. Regi-
Maid Barlow, Robert Vivian. Albert
Cross, and G.. F, Hanuam-Clark
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1909-11-07

The Circus Man" which was launched
in Chicago last August. and enjoyed a
run there of eight weeks. viii be pre-
sented at the Columbia Theater next
week. Maclyn Arbuckle. the star. has
been as heartily received as the comedy,
which Is by Eugene ". Presbrey.
Mr.. Arbuckle's Fighting Hime' IS SAID
20 be delicious portrayal OF the big
hearted, rough and ready man who knows
the world, but whose contact with the
seamy side Of life has not affected the
sweetness Of his nature. One OF ths
real hits OF the performance Is made By
the elephant sOubrette. Imogene. which
plays with an intelligence worthy OF the
reputation which pachyderms have won.
Esther Lyon. Jennie Weathersby, Alice
Martin. Lillian Thurgate, Frank J. Cur
rier, Edison r. Miles. r. Y. Backus.
George Harcourt Samuel Reed. and other
fine players score heavily in the roles In
trusted 10 them.
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Nnzimoxn,s New Play.

In writing of Nazimova at the opening
Of her new play, 1.-The Pas
sion Flower" an Albany critic COM
mented in this wise:
"She was seen from the crown OF her
blue-black head 20 the soles Of her high
heeled slippers in sllken sheath gowns
with a frank and frequent display OF
garter; long sleek body, only wide enough
to breathe with: long subtle arms. long
expressive hands that talked with elo-
quenoe; deep purple-lustered eyes IN a
white face with vivid lips: long-drawn
emotional methods OF spineless shud-
ders and crumpling collapses; she wore
claws velvetly like a pet kitten purring
in the sunshine, and she had her mys-
terious moments OF considering herself
the riddle OF the universe. She was seen
In barbaric silken and gauzy tissues, in
gypsy clothes and snaky mauve-colored
sheathings'
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PROGRAMME FOR LIE WEEK.

open the way for creditable productions
Of dramas that will last. and not perish
in night. as have some of the exotic
growths OF recent months
THE Lily from the French OF Pierre
Wolf and CASTOR Leroux. is to be the
first play. and it has been rumored that
the production viii be made in Washing
ton prior 10 the expected New York run
II this IS so. Washington will have an op-
portunity 10 witness not only the launch
ing OF new play but the beginning OF
',n enterprise which may revolutionize the
theatricHI methods OF the present time.
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The Gayety-AI Reeves ''Big Beauty
show

This week, commencing tomorrow mat
fered Al Reeves famous Big Beauty
Show" an organization in which he has
carefully selected a number Of high-class
vaudeville acts, clever comedians. beau
utul women, and an elaborate display OF
electrical effects. headed by the worlds
famous comedian. song writer, and bur
lesQue producer. Al Reeves. who has writ
ten two new musical comedies for the
show entitled The Merry Go Round"
and "ConOlogy" both Of which have more
original ideas than has ever before been
seen on the musical comedy stage.
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The Acndemy-''YOung Buffalo in
New York"

Young Buffalo In New York is the
name Of the play written by Charles z.
Blaney for the well-known frontiersman
actor, Young Buffalo. who comes to the
Academy tomorrow evening and balance
OF the week. with the usual matinees
It's action. during the first three acts
takes place in New York City the re-
naming act, the fourth, brings all the
characters in the play to Angel Gulch
Arizona. 1t can be described as a bright.
clean. classy play Of modern life, abound
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The NO. of the 80. AEent.

That ubiquitous individual. the press
agent, has his troubles along with the
rest Of the world. and Il Is his lament
that the cruel news editor IS much moro
lavish with the blue pencil on his handi-
work than Is to his satisfaction. An eX-
ample IN proof A worried looking young
man enters the Office OF & newspaper.
The cane he carries and the portfolio
OF photographs under his arm indicates
to the city editor and the reporters tap
ping at their typewriters that he IS a
theatrical press agent, and az once the
air Of Mother hide the children, here
come the Indians" pervades the editorial
rooms.
The young man approaches the dra-
matio editor in a somewhat embarrassed
manner. He presents a card and vouch-
safes the information that he IS ahead"
OF Rose Stahl. in THE Chorus Lady"
Then ensues the following dialogue:
Press Agent-Tve got whOpper OF q
news story for you, and Il you want it
exclusive can fix It 60 you viii have a
beat on all the other sheets in town.
Editor (noncommittedly)-W what is
III
Press AEent-Well. Miss Stahl IS going
20 cost the Blazer Hotel here about $500
You see, she always must have room
or the top floor OF every hotel-nerves
and all that sort OF thing, YOU know
The Blazer has only servants quarters
on the top floor, and In order 10 accom-
modate her they are going 20 tear out
the partitions IN their servants quarters
and fix her UP there. It Will cost EN- q
lot OF money. but they are going through
with Il
Editor (coldly)-Nothing doing You'll
have 20 do better than that The last
advance agent got US 10 print q story
about his stars diamOnd-stUdded tooth
brush and the managing editor has been
raising Cain about It ever since.
Press Agent-But this is the goods. old
man. No fake: honest Just call up the
Blazer; theyH verify a.
Editor-SUre they viii. I suppose you
/ have slipped the clerks a pair Of passes
/ apiece. No, nothing doing on that yarn
| Press Agent-Weu. you would print a
story II she was going 10 marry the Sui
/ tan Of Siam. wouldn't you?
! Editor-Not unless the Sultan came In
/ here and told US himself We've been
bunkoed long enough by YOU fellows and
/ no more press-agent stories go here
! Press Agent-Suppose I have her rec
! ognize some one IN the audience as a
? Russian anarchist on our opening night7
! I can get one Of the stage hands logged
/ out with enough false wbiskers 20 lOol,
/ like a nihilist. Then we viii have him
pinched by the house officer Great. chi
Editor-Now, listen, young man. ! don't
care II you have your star ride up the
steps OF the city hall on an elephant, kid
nap the mayor and take him 20 Timbuc-
too In q Wright aerOplane, then hold HIN
for ransom and offer every man. woman
ard child who guesses how far away ht
is a free ticket for the Monday nights
| performance. we wouldn't give you tive
lines in the obituary column. And wha'
Is more
The slamming OF the door interrupts a
this point. for the press agent has gon,
on 20 the next newspaper Office TO tel
them how his star IS goinE to have a plal
next season by Mrs. Eddy. In which sat
will be supported by an ex7President o
the United States
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william Vaughn Moody IN.

The illness OF William Vaughn Moody.
az the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltl-
more. is causing his friends much appre-
hensiou Mr.. Moody is remembered for
his strong drama, "The Great Divide"
which Henry Miller and Margaret Anglin
brought 10 such success. The recent pro-
duction Of this play IN London was
watched with interest by Americans.
There was some fear that a drama so
typicaUy American and so very un-Eug-
lish would hardly meet with approval IN
England where the drama has had a
long period of development. but reports
from London allayed that fear. The
Great Divide was well received. Its
strength and its humanity appealed to
the English. although Il did not win q
popular" success in London.
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The COlum bia-"The Chorus Lady"
Back to Washington with all the glory
that attaches itself 10 a London triumph
comes Rose Stahl tomorrow evening.
when she will open a return engagement
at the Columbia in "The Chorus Lady"
Miss Stahl. whose engagements at the
Columbia for the past two seasons have
sndeared her 10 Washington play patrons.
has been winning new laurels right and
left lately. She has not only presented
her ultra clever little play in every city
or this country from coast 20 coast. but
has bearded the British Lion In his den
and come forth as victorious as did
Daniel OF Biblical time II was with
some misgivings that she and her COM
pany embarked for London last April, for
many an American play. after sailing
smooth seas OF popularity IN this country,
has been disastrouSly wrecked on the
rocks Of British audiences But II re-
mained for Miss Stahl and The Chorus
Lady 70 make an exception % what had
become almost a rule OF failure. The
star and play were positive triumph.
and they prospercd for 100 nights at the
Vaudeville Theater in the British metro
polls. where press and public united IN
Rcclaiming this clever star as the Amer
can Bernhard" "a title Of which she f.
entitled 20 be justly proud
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boston symphony Orchestra,

The first OF the Boston Symphony con-
certs OF the season viii be given n the
New National Theater on next Tuesday
afternoon. November 9, az 1870 o'clock.
The soloist Will be Mrs. Corlnne Rider
Kelsey. who is to-day one of the most
famous OF American concert-sopranos.
and at this concert makes her first ap-
pearance with the Boston Symphony Or
chestra Mrs. Rider Kelsey viii sing two
numbers. one Of them the great aria OF
Agatha from Weber's Der Freischutz'
and the other the charming aria Dove
SOnO" from Mozart's Marriage OF
Figaro The complete programme:
Symphony No. s. in Z mnov ............ sch'ikowSzJ
"Agatha'5 Aria" from Der Froischutz' ..-- Weber
Overture. 'Pierrut Of the Minute first timel
.................... Granville Bantock
Ana. Dove SOno." from The Marriage Of
Overture 10 G0ethes "EGnOnt Beethoven
SolOist Mrs. COrinne Rider kelsey.
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COMING ATTRACTIONS.
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS and Stone

The Acknowledgement and stone
George AIDE. in The Old Town" a new
musical comedy which he has written FOR
Montgomery and Stone. and which will
be at the New National the week OF
November Is. has given the former stars
OF The Red Aill' every opportunity for
a display Of their protean ability. The
music is by Gustav Luders and tho pro-
duction is made by Charles Dillingham;.
whose name stands for the best in this
line Of entertainment. The cast Is a long
and capable one, including Ethel Johnson
as q Swedish girl. Aline Crater as one OF
the nouveau richie from way out West.
Misses Flora and May Hengler. dancers.
John Hendricks sings a bu0yant barry
tone; Ira Law is the tenor ballad:st. and
d. ]. Don is a funny Dutchman. Com
paratively new faces IN this field are
Claude Cooper as a ScOtchman, Irene
Howley as a suffragette. and Shirley Kel-
logg as a social secretary. Maunees
Wednesday and Saturday.
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BeInsco-..For Retter. For wor.e.y

The second play Of Cleveland Mofrett.
the man who wrote 1.-The Battle" IS 10
have the first local hearing at the Belasco
Iheater next week tt IL a four-act
drama, entitled For Better. For Worse"
and dealing with the question OF divorce.
II has been produced by Llebler & Co.
who, with their production OF The
Battle brought Mr. Moffett 70 the fore
as dramatist. A splendid Interpreting
cast has been engaged. headed by Car
lotta NillsOn and Arthur Byron
Adhering strictly TO their rule which
prohibits the barring OF plots OF plays
under their direction until after pro-
duction, Liebler & Co.'S advance an
nouncement contains little concerning the
actual contents Of the piece.
In addition 10 Mr.. Byron and Miss
Nilsson, the cast includes Eugenia Blair.
Conway Tearle. Janet Waldorf. Frank
Monroe, and Josephine Park