Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-03-22

York, the Booth lawn at Claremont.
Riverside drive, and the exterior of Kid
Burns home at New Rochelle are the
other scenes where the play works itself
out.
The leading parts were taken by George
O'Donnell. as Dudley Wilcox; Emma Lit
tlefeld, as Belle McFadden: William A.
williams, as Joe Wilcox; Mae Phelps, as
Grace Palmer: Charlotte Gray. as Ger
aldne Wilcox: 10 Smith Marba, as Fred
die Stevens, and John Conroy. as Martin
McFadden.
At the end Of the third act Victor
Moore made an amusing speech In re-
Spouse to the applause. He thanked
the audience for his reception and that
faults that might occur in the produc
ton by saying, I'VE have just finished
three weeks at one-night stands In the
south that even Elinor Glyn wouldn't
have dared to write"
Academy.
With a .'Honk! Honk.' and whirl OF
chains and imaginary dust. George Sid
ney, as "Bixzy Icy Marks. 1.-THE Joy
Rider" rode into the Academy last night
for week Of fun and frolic. The show
is full Of pretty girls. tuneful and catchy
music and plenty of good comedy. most
Of which. however. Is furnished by George
tunity to display his ability to create
laughs. for that's all the show is-one
good long laugh. The show 10 IN two acts
and four scenes and may be confidently
Hume as Dip White. detective. was.
next to the star. the most popular mem
Der of the cast The leading feminine
role goes to Miss Madge Lawrence.
Some Of the song hits of last night
for Two" Dark Eyes" isn't Love a
Grand Old Thing and "Bwano Tumbo."
satire on the north pole controversy,
by Izzy, Dipp and company kept the
house in an uproar. There are several
specialties introduced. including clog
dancing and saxophone selections.
Chase's.
1.-The Lion Tanner" described as
spectacular circus comedy drama, was
presented at Chase's Theater last night.
with Valerie Bergere in the leading role.
Miss Bergere was given an excellent OPP
portunity as "Zaida, Queen Of the Lions.
to display her versatility and quick
changing moods from tragedy to pathos
and then to the comic. The scene Is laid
in the dressing room and hallway or
the Hippodrome during g performance
cessful presentation by ten experienced
actors. A number of decided merit was
given by Williams and Van Alstyne
composers of popular songs. Mr.. wal
tions, including Whats the Matter With
Father? He's All Right" which made
a hit. He also sang from the original
manuscript portion OF long, song that IS IN
Geiger and Walters gave fine musical
number as wandering minstrels on the
streets Of Italy. Mr.. Geiger is an adept
with the violin. He demonstrated that
I'M
may have a certain foundation in fact.
He gave limitations of an entire orr
chestra playing Cavalleria Rusticana; OF
the bagpipe. an organ and brass band
Claude NJ Roode gave sensational ex-
hibition of slack wire work. Ponies.
cats, dogs and a trained trick mule with
a terrible countenance were presented
in the Rex comedy circus. His mule
several volunteer rough riders were
thrown In all directions over the stage.
Spalding and Riego have comic trapeze
act. and Hoey and Lee, as Hebrew come
parodies. '"The Bee and Honey Indus
try and ''Our German Cousin were
shown by the vitagraph.
Casino.
The evening program at the Casino Is
filed with good attractions this week,
music being a speciality. Mae Taylor.
with several catchy songs. started the
bill and won her share of the applause.
Lillian Wright and the Young boys fur
nished some splendid dancing, and Cut
Ter and Heagney produced some good
character sketches. Ponies and dogs fill
ed out the main part of the Transfield
circus, the last act the evening bill.
The little animals were especially clever
and showed signs of careful training.
The afternoon bill was opened by the
Alvares. trapeze artists of no little skill.
and the Transfeld sisters obtained some
unusually good music from xylophones,
chimes and other Instruments. Hamilton
and Sinclair gave some classical songs.
A little racing sketch. 'Bill's Best Bet,
was the last feature of the matinee E.
A. Turner kept the piece going and made
a hit. The motion pictures Of both the
afternoon and evening performances
were good.