Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-01
= II BELTS the season, the plays Of
:. n 4ereds for consideration last
= ~ week were bucolic in character
The clink Of the SUBURBAN
=. ,o- raDlaced the

= A week were bucolic in character
X hs clink Of the suburban ban
lawn mower replaced the
Srhvthns Of gay Broadway and the heio-
Asene lamp gliflInered where tiie
Sights have been SO industriousIy slo"i
- IIaafini6hy Failure ~ re'eaieu
.none of the problematic terrors 'ha' i.a
stjt,g suggests. 1t is one OF the many
4farces that Leo Ditrichstein mas aug up
--from European sources and transplah'eu
Ato the american stage IL starts oii
with a good central idea, ana Win oil
tits mirth has undercurrent OF pni-
Sosophic suggestion worthy OF It's Heriiiai
--oFigin4 Awhile frivolous, it. IS nov Cyl
ucaiS -eai<fs the denouerneElt of Whoiesaie
<,,enSsstic reconciliation is an assurance
that it's authors had no designs against
1.-THE family as AN institution. Seldom has
l-.,lieh n cast been seen in Washington as
..that. which. presented this farce MIR.
rBaiasco |as&embIed for this piece a list
e.of. stag celebrities who might have
brought to. success a play OF far less
t.intrfas AID merit. The result was that the
4zchaEa.tsra, instead of seeming mere. pup
sspetS in the hands of stage direction,
-wsre,]iks; genuine people, and gave the
stun a substantial basis of genuine hui
man Interest One of the most remark
table performances in the cast was that
Fof Frank Worthing, who. though plain
sly an invalid gave ope of the best rep
<reSsfftations of his career. ~---
4 fsFFs..f
Z The Corfriuters' touched upon sew
-eEssf topics that have been found reliable
lin American humor The husband who
misses trains and indtfges in occasional
nights off was 4 genial figure III a piece
(which contained illusions upon woman's
suffrage, the servant problem and other
~stkhdard elements in the domain of the
S.jocose. 1t proved reliable laugh
s-produeers without recourse to the meth
sods of burlesque.
ssisGos -1-f:- < r-r1
; Each generation must have a favorite
magician. and the mantle of Kellar has
s-beep ia nded over to Thurstop. :. He is
: a .yGisg man who possesses both dex-
s-terity and agreeable personal address.
.'Hfs Entertainment was a delight to the
little folA.4, and one of the most inter
sestifig performances was that given
THURSDAY afternoon. when "a number of
-assf- and dumb childGen were gleefully
.sTsnusssrsie sspectatorsjs ~ ),
RAG .RGGs AND "a DIFFTCULTY.-
WiPhfBSWdfd ttdnhcOn Bell the New
Theaters art director, read the stage d.
rections for Strife and THE Witch"
he found they called in each case for the
HsSs Off old-fashioned rag rugs. common
n ,tpe.dayss of George Washington. Mr..
Re,lfanuGated little trouble in procur-
1rssthesrsys. and when he finally took
the matter up not rag rug could he
md Director Winthrop .Ames said that
there were rag rugs in plenty In New
orb fasjoshsnnt. "e"cs 3n HFsns was sent
The agent searched four Massachusetts
Es dsss we're finally discovered in a
1RrH hSuse near Salem. but even then
weir purchase was difficult matter.
The farmers wife scented bunco game.
and:it was not until the agent bought
and laid an ingram carpet the floor
OF the farmhouse parlor that the rugs
Wee hnaly turned oyer TO him. Before
he's est' oat hof the village he experienced
fT7tef1thaa he was an escaped hnatsc.
I'D bexwas forced to prove his mental
soundness to the sheriff before he was
allowed TO return TO New York.
sSs9tdVf.A eFREMST AD.-Olivia Frem-
,stad was a baby in arms when her
Parents Brought her, from her native
city Stfck;aolnl. Sweden to Minneapolis
HssH syHF grew up n "a 1rusica atmos-
phere She relatesl writhsegreat amuse-
Inent hat when she was six years of
saze iashe begged her father to take. her
Misseapolisrs but he told her she was
1atheT Swaio was an intensely religious
man, tried to comfort her by telling
her ,hat it was the; divine will that
she should not go The place in: which
fffe=seonrert- was being held was struck
wFs zen i NINE years oid She made her first
IaIel4a appearance as - pianist. q At q
.13ei far}y. age she began to teach music
~ <,r'ff money to enable her. TO study
Singh sS.Thfch was 9spsssiop with her.
While -stff1 in her early teens she went
-t1s- New York. took a little hall bedroom,
ana h ''S ena W Rss EHFefs ehm sG ft s6
Berlin 10 continue her studies under
-that great mistress OF song. In 1895
she made, her debut as Azucena in III
-Srovat0re' at Cologne.
; Tse sfall2yng year she sang nezzo-
saQ.4lr}s sosess at the Wagner festival az
cities throughout Germany and Holland,
and at last her great triumph came
y men sFs- sang Bransaene to 1.ili Leh-
* The al sss s Rey aevo oper to
s-hdy N Milan, and then sang at the
10 Onera Munich for three years.
rgucst' appearances at Covent Garden.
Q4oa.ion, where she first sang the role
OF Velaps jim 'Tannhaeuser." 49,
1FtW with JOHN ~rHIN.,MAN-
n sIre-enough sensation was created
S Los angeles Chinatown recently by
ihjsrdf 7; sReyna I'D. srentriloqdist.: For
Two hours Reynard kept the Celestials in
n condition OF fright Bordering OF hysteria
iandf persots breakdown. y Chinaman
fas more superstitions In a minute than
ID Mexican has saints DAYS i'm the year
Everything deals With the supernatural
according In the Chinamsu. and anything
Llat he doesn't ~ adiIy understand is
q ribed To the workings OF the gods or
de devils
= was this sort OF superstition that
EeynaId played on. SIIe was accompanied
~ fiIefsds and they invaded the Chinese
section shortly before noon. Chinese were
Doing in doorwayS and squatting on the
cIrb, smoking their pipes and sleeping
TIE haif-sleep OF the sit down" Restau-
Frant messengers. carrying trays of Chi
neSe del.cacieS. We're hawking their wares
S4d OYER the settlement rested the peace
sHd happiness that come only from con-
tentmeut. Reynard first entered a Chi
rese bird store. canary bird was
sainslsfE IN the cage and the Chinese
We're -chsttering and smoking Reynard
walked bofdfy up TO the counter, and then
turned And looked thoughtfuliy at the
bird. a.Dd although the little pet continued
tn swiug on its perch. strange things
occurred, - Is ses-
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