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girls. NJ. Layol1e Is opening his season
with one OF the most popular operas ever
written, William Tell" Rossini was one
of the most prolific Of Italian composers.
and produced about fifty operas, only
three Of which are sung today. They are
and William Tell" the latter considered
the masterpiece OF them all. William
| Tell' will serve to introduce several Of
| the finest artists of the French Opera
J Company. Heading the list is M. Es-
calais. the fort TENOR who will sing
Arnold He is described as belonging to
the class of robust tenors who combine
volume Of tone with admirable schooling,
and that even rarer quality-tempera-
ment. For seven years. up to the time
he Joined the French Opera Company OF
| New Orleans, he was popular at the
Grand Opera Of Paris, and is well known
to all who have attended opera at the
French capital. He is ranked as one of
the greatest living tenors. The baritone
who also comes from the Paris Grand
Opera. The gigantic bass noble of the
company, NJ. Huberty. will sing Walter
Although a Frenchman by birth, NJ.
Huberty comes from Covent Garden
London. Nine. Sterckmans. whb will
sing Jenny. was last season one Of
the reigning favorites at the Grand Thea
ter de Liege. in Belgium. where she was
decorated for her art by her majesty.
Henrietta OF Belgium The role Of Ma
thilda will be sung by Mile. Cahuzac, re-
Gently of the Grand Theater of Nantes.
In William Tell" as in all the operas
given by the French Opera Company of
New Orleans much is made OF the ballet
advertisement.
Tuesday night Delibes' ''Lakme'' will
be given. Delibes was little known save
as writer Of exquisite ballet music until
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tho anpearance Of this work. In 'l.akme
he has made free use of oriental color,
and ALWAYS with rare good taste and
sl,;II The most famous number Is the
"RelI Song" and the exactinS coloratura
worL RI this solo has caused many of the
-aotast sopranos to pass the opera py.
W,le ROLAND. who comes from the
Onara Corn,oue OF Paris. is said Ito De
Ideally suited to the leading role. both In
voice and personal appearance. Sne Is
rated one of the most beautiful women on
! the French operate stage Inc tenor
role will be sung by NJ. Nuibo. VINO is the
only member OF the French Opera COM
many who has been heard In America De-
fore this season. He sang at the metro
no,itan under Conried. George Chadal. the
baritone. comes from the Theatres des
Galleries ST. Hubert, Bruxeiles. Mile
Sterckmans has the contralto role The
famous ballet will be danced by Miles
Fabris. Hansens and Coldini and the en-
tire corps. -
"Wednesday matinee "Rigoletto'' will be
the hill. The leading roles will be sung
by NM zocchi. Hansetto. Hnberty
and Mines ROLAND and Sterckmans.
Gounod's ever-popular Faust VIII be
the bin Wednesday night NJ. Nufbo will
sing the title role. and Mephistoplieles
will be given by M. Cargue. who comes
highly recommended from the Trinon OF
Paris. Siebel will be sung by Mile. Jen-
nv Allard, who not only has a beautiful
voice. but rare physical beauty as well.
Mile ROLAND should be lovely Mar
Thursday night the bill will be lies
Huguenots"- most famous
grand opera The newcomer in this cast
will De Mile. -Demedy. who will sing the
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court In the managers Office. but each
one was sentenced to quick escort to
the sidewalk. Not only does the Midway
oHlcer have his troubles to keep out anx-
out paying for 1t, but the child labor In
| spector. Mr.. Estes, Is on hand every
n1snt to see that none OF his charges who
nave been sent to school by him, under
the enforced education law, are vfolat-
ing their promises and playing hockey.
He Is seconded by two or three truant Of
ncers from the schools, who evidently feel
mat the Midway is a fine place for chill
qren and are on the lookout for some OF
their little truant friends. Every now
and then the truant officers will find an
unfortunate little boy who is having the
ume OF his life. and who is hauled away
sufnmar1iy to answer to the charge OF
leaving his books for the fun on the rou-
lette wheel and slide
MAUGHAMS EPIGRAMS.-Here are g
few sentences from Penelope:
when he wants to go don't beg him
to stay just five minutes more. Those
five minutes that a man stays against his
will are the nails in loves coffin.
Whenever there is a lull in the con-
versation don't ask your husband If he
loves you as much as he ever did. That
question is the rope around loves neck
Zach time he leaves don't ask him
the earth shoveled into loves grave.
"A wise woman never lets her husband
be quite. quite sure of her. The moment
he is-Cupid puts on a top hat and be-
comes a church warden"
GOLD MADE HIM HAPPY."-'.Why
is he called Hap Ward?" is a question
often asked regarding John Ward. the big
comedian of the Ward & Vokes firm
Ever since he was old enough to play
marbles with the other boys of Richmond.
Va. his native city. he has been known
to everybody as Happy Jack When he
adopted the stage the name went VITA
him. Ward tells this story of the names
origin:
Il have always been called Hap or
Happy ever since / can remember, al
most, and l guess the name fastened itself
to me after an experience I had when a
little fellow playing with the other boys
in my home city. There was an old house
which was just falling to pieces, and the
boys OF the neighbornood IN which lived
used 20 play all over il
"One day while tearing through this cid
shack in a game Of hide nd seek I mad
the luck to break II. cEgh the rotten
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Coming Attractions.
Relasco.

The French Opera Company of New
Orleans begins a weeks engagement at
the Belasco Theater tomorrow night. This
is one of the leading operate organiza-
lions of the world and one of the Oldest
in the United States. 1t IL only because
the abnormal salaries of highly adver-
tised stars do not figure In its list OF ex-
penses that X is possible to give first
class opera at regular prices. Variety
is the keynote In the arrangement of
operas which M. Jules Layolle announces
for the French Opera Company's week at
the Belasco Theater. While there are
no strictly modern operas In the roper
toire. such works as William Tell. :"
''Manon." 'Lakme" and ''Coppelia" are
SO infreQuently done here that they serve
the same purpose. and have the added
strength Of having been weighed and not
found wanting"
The casts for the operas are identically
the same as when sung by this company
at the French Opera House In New Or
leans. from the highest tenor to the hum
blest chorus man. It could not be other
wise. for the company is imported from
France under a government bond, which
insures their return to their native land
at the end Of the season The orchestra
numbers forty musicians (au French),
there are forty French men and women
In the chorus. and the corps de ballet In
EcomDOsed OF fifteen young and pretty
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N. Y. Symphony Orchestra.

Sunday evening, April ;. at ol'
o'clock at the New National Tnea'e,'
Mr.. Walter Damrosch and his New fofA
Symphony Orchestra will present IN coh-
cert form for the first time in Wash.
ington the wonderfully popular opera u
Russia, Tschaikowsky's Eugene ohe
GIN" No operatic work of this con''
poser has yet been performed h n,e.
though the widely known Eugene o
GIN is most popular on the con.in n.;an
and has had the honor of prooue.uiin
in London, where 1t was performs. ,to
1892 under Henry Wood. The hple rss
was constructed upon story IN Due
of the same title by Pushkin, the Ii.
sian poet, a well known piece OF val
ing and a popular subject OF mu nnta-
treatment, though difficult In It's aoSp'-
ton for stage purposes. .,us
For the production of Eugene oeshis
this well known conductor or ehee aoio
will bring with him to sing tne S;nr
parts a quartet Of some OF the Ieau A..
singers Of the country. Mime. cara Ner
derson. soprano; Miss Nevada van ts.cr.
Veer. contralto: Mr.. Reed Miller. -;eona
and Mr. Marcus Kellsrman, oar ~.
are those who have been chosen 70
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Opera in Baltimore.

Wagners romantic music drama.
"I.ohengrin," and Lortzings beautiful
opera comique. Gear and Carpenter"
will be the final offering of the season
at the Lyric Theater In Baltimore by the
Metropolitan Opera Company Of New
York. "Lohengrin' will be sung on Tues
day night, April 5. and Gear and Car
penter' will end the season on Wednes-
day night. April 6.
In the Wagner opera the Lohengrin
will be Hermann Jadlowker, the Rus
sian tenor who comes from the Royal
Opera at Berlin. and the role of Elsa
will be sung by Nine. Olivia Fremstad.
the celebrated Wagnerian soprano The
other leading roles will be sung by Allen
Hinckley, the American basso: Florence
Wickham. the American contralto; Otto
Goritz, the baritone. and Herbert Wither-
spoon. Alfred Hertz will conduct
John Forsell. the baritone from the
Royal Opera at Stockholm, Sweden, will
be the car in Gear and Carpenter"
Albert Reiss. the tenor, will sing the part
OF the carpenter. Bella Alien, the So
prano, will be the Marie, who is loved
by the carpenter. Carl JOrn. the German
tenor. and Robert Blass. the basso. will
be the two ambassadors Otto Goritz, the
baritone, will have a leading role. Max
Bendix will conduct.
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AcadenY.

Ward & Vokes will bring their new
musical jollity. Tho Promoters" to the
Academy this week. The company sur
rounding Percy and Harold numbers
sixty people. prominent in the cast being
Lucy Daily. Lew Kelley. Charles Sandy
Chapman, Mae Kilcoyne. Gilbertie Lea
rock Richard Barry. Eddie Judge, John
Manley and David De Wolf. The ward
and Vokes Ladies Band IS p,oialseu
feature of the musical portion of the pro-
gram. r,n
interpretations contains all new numbers
by James ODea and Anna Caiu~e,..
Get a Girl Like Your 1T Makes a Lot
of Difference When You're With the CIR
You Love-" Il Love Them All, Inc
Land Of the STEM Soldier Boys OF EVERY
Land" because I Love You Truly, "A
Trip to the Vaudeville and Betsy
Bolivar"
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Gayety.

The star feature at the Gayety Theater
this week. with c. B. Arnold's Fads and
Foilies Company. is the Golden troupe
Of Russian singers and dancers. The
troupe consists Of Meyer Golden, his two
daughters. son. two brothers and four
cousins. all born in Russia For q num-
Der Of years this troupe has played In all
America for the first time four years
ago. They were obliged to return to
Russia after a limited engagement in this
country to fill their contracts there
A two-act musical comedy entitled The
Green Sod Club will introduce at it's best
the entire cast 1mhof, Conn and Co
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THE White Sister"

The offering at the Belasco Theatsf
next week will be Viola Allen In The
White Sister, Miss Allen has an un-
usually suitable role in her new play
that Of a nun who has taken the ir-
revocable vows to her order only TO find
that the lover she supposed dead has re-
turned from prison where he had been
held for five years. The religious phase
of the play is handled delicatey. The
locale is Italy. and the various represen-
tatiois of Italian scenes are said to b
admirable bits of faithful reproduction.
In the company are: James O'Neil, VIII
liam Farnum, Minna Gale, Richie Ling
Dwight Dana. Joseph Whiting, Joseph
Carducci. Fanny Addison Pitt and Belle
Chippendale Warner
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role Of Valentine. Mile Demedy comes
from the Khediva Opera House. Cairo.
where she was q favortte for two sea-
sons. Before that she was at the Lyric
Theater, Paris Others In the cast Will
be NM. Zocchi. Huberty. Cargue. Han
setto, Delaxe, Laconb and Geoffray ana
Mines. Cahuzac. Morejo. Allard and Vim
cent. There will be q grand ballet Friday
night. Massenet's lyric opera, "Manon,
will be given Mile. ROLAND Will again
sing the title role. This and Lakme are
said to be her two greatest creations. The
tenor role will be carried by NJ Zocchi.
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Academy Concert.

An attractive double act has been Sc
cured by the management of the New
Academy for its concert tonight con.
sisting of the singing comedians. Beth
HAYWOOD and Phil Overton. George Hell
muth, a favorite of Academy audiencea
will be heard. Jack Curran will appear
in a novelty act. A careful selection
of motion pictures has been made.
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New Lyceum.

The offering at the New Lyceum Thea
ter this week will be Sam T. Jacks Own
Company. 1t is staged under the personal
direction of Tom Miner. The opening
number Is "A Midnight Spree" and the
closing one, Teddy in the Jungle
The company includes Abe Leavitt,
Blanche Washburn. Arthur Young. Eddy
Barto Marion Campbell, Carrie Young.
Aldah Chrystie and Maude Hamilton. The
olio ipcludes Entertaining the Colonel"
by Charles Douglass, Blanche Washburn
and company: Abe Leavitt and company.
assisted by Aldah Chrystie and Marion
Campbell. in mirth and melody. and Eddy
Barto the American boy.
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Auditorium.

A special run Of motion pictures vm
be exhibited for the first time In "a.
city at the Masonic Auditorium ton,,s,
The management change films ev.r.
night. SO that the entertainment i. A..
stantly fresh and can be viewed vs.s
interest at any time. Several refined se..
will be given. Two performances a..
given, from 30 TO 10 80 every nigh,
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Majestic.

The bill at the Majestic Theater N.
week includes the Charlottesville -.
ciety gymnasts: Francelli and Lewis M.
calists: Jane Cooper and Daniel RaA i.
"Biffins Farm" and Charles Frazer. a.
centric musical monologist. The Ma.
jestograph concludes the bill with the
latest of pictures.
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w. A. Engel's Recital.

Mr.. S. NJ. Fabian Of the faculty OF tis
Washington College of Music win pre-
sent In piano recital at the Columbia
Theater, Tuesday, April 5. w. A. EnseL
jr Mr.. Fabian presents young Engei
to the public as one of the most advanced
students of the piano. for his age. wholh
1t has yet been his privilege to teacn.
He is described as a beautifully sympa,
thetic player as well as an excepuohai
technician. The program which he VIII
offer includes, with other numbers, the
Beethoven Sonata, op. %. No. ,. group
of Chopin numbers. MacDowell's 'Wifches
Dance" the List '.Lieberstraum,
Schubert number and the V. Wevss
"konxertstuck." with Mr.. Fabian al '''
second piano.
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Casino Concert.

For today the Casino program offers
Cutler and Heagney, in good vocal mum.
oers; the Transfield sisters, in their musi.
cal Offering; Mae Taylor. in songs Of the
old time; Hamilton and Sinclair, and
Evelyn Merritt, lyric soprano.
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THE Old Homestead"

Chase's next week will present Denmaa
Thompson. the venerated player, whose
unique rural comedy. THE Old Home
stead made almost as many hundreds OF
thousands of dollars as it made millions
laugh during the three generations of its
public performances. Mr.. Thompson HIM
self. with his own touring company. will
appear in a revival OF his original one
act comedy. in which began the career Of
Joshua Whitcomb.''
The added attraction will be James Nell
and Edythe Chapman, who will present
their farce, THE Lady Across the Hail.:
Wilbur Mack and Nella Walker in their
musical Irritation. The Girl and the
Pearl: Julia Frary. comedienne. H2r
manys airship cats and dogs. Dale ana
Boyle and The Culture of Coffee" by
the yitagraph, complete the program.
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Honey Boy Minstrels."

George Evans and his famous Honsg
Boy Ministries will be the attraction -
follow Valeska Suratt at the Columbia
Theater a week from tomorrow night
Since the appearance OF the ministries
here. something more than a year ago.
there has been complete change OF pro-
sram. Today the company claims 10 Of
fer one of the most entertaining shows
of its kind ever presented to the Amer
lean public. George NJ. Conan is said 10
have devoted his best efforts for the past
few months to perfecting the perform
ance, for every part OF which he holds
himself responsible. Among the well
known performers supporting Mr. Evans
will be found John King, Arthur Alex
ander, Sam Lee, Will Oakland. Vaughn
Comfort. John Rogers, Earl Renham.
Clarence Marks. Thomas Scott, John Nc
Shane. Alexander and Scott, John Blue
and many others
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presented by Ed Wynn and Al Lee. the
Great Howard. the Scotch comedian Will
appear In THE Doctors Shop" Worm
woods Circus will have monkeys who
ride real bicycles. MALTA and Bart, In
THE Baggage Smashers.'' Tsuda, In
aerial triple balancing on the revolving
globe, and the vitagraph pictures or
1.-THE U. S. Army Maneuvers'' complete
the bill.
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Mile. Sterckmans will also be in the cast.
as will NM. Cargue. Chadal and Coulon
and Miles. Allard, Vincent and others.
Saturday matinee Carmen" will be
given, with Mile Sterckmans In the title
role. Zocchi will sing Don Jose, and
others In the cast are MN. Chadal, De-
lake. Geoffray and Coulon and Miles.
Cahuzas, Allard and Vincent. Saturday
night there will be q double bill. consist
ing .of Xeydxs LIE. TraSdata" and Delibes'
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Out of College will be presented by Gil
bert Fitzgerald & Co. In the support are
Miss Grace Kimball and Harvey Cassidy.
The Three Lovetts, comedy acrobats:
Libbey and Trayer. presenting original
operettas; the Great Du Bots & Co..
sleight-of-hand work: Lester and Martin.
singers and dancers; the Greene Sisters,
duetists, and Herbert Cyril. London
Johnny Boy complete the BILL
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I'm Old Kentucky

The ever youthful I'm Old Kentucky
Is again to be seen here at the Academy
the week OF April 3.
The merry little pickaninnies. the win
some mountain lass, brave Madge Brier-
ly, the entertaining colonel, the stirring
race scene, the swing across the noun
tain abyss. the burning Of the feet-footed
Queen Bess " stable, the dynamite bomb
episode and the many other well re-
membered incidents in this picturesque
story will all be seen.
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Father and the Boys"

William H. Crane comes to the New
National next week in Father and the
Boys" a comedy by George AIDE. Mr.
Cranes supporting company is said TO be
Identical with that given for four months
at the Empire Theater, New York
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Chase's.

Chase's this week will entertain the
Eight Berlin Madcaps from the Berlin
Wintergarten In their terpsicho-musical
ensemble. The supplementary leading
novelty will be Charles Lovenberg's Tus-
cany Troubadours. q grand opera SEX
tet" tsThe Billiken Freshman will be
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New National.

This week at the New National Theater
Marie Tempest win present the W. SOM
erset Vaughan comedy.s'Penelope"
The play tells q story of q young wife
who. loving her husband too frankly,
awakes one morning to ind that he has
strayed. certain grass widow has at
tracted him. and the heroine is heart
broken. Her husband, who is a physi-
clan. has deceived her by pretending that
the many calls he makes upon this par
ttcular patient are professional ones. But
in the end Penelope brings her hus-
band to his knees, begging for forgive
ness, and this Is brought about by the
heroine's wise old father, who has given
her some particularly wholesome advice
and an insight into the masculine char
acter which. although she is loathe to be-
lieve. she finds to be quite right.
After all. 1t Is "Pepelope'' who is her
self the doctor, and hot her doctor hus-
band. for It is she who cures him of a
malady which at one time seems liable
to disrupt their home. The same com
pany that was with Miss Tempest during
the two years. run Penelope enjoyed
at the Comedy Theater, London, will be
seen here.
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Whooping Cough" will be seen this week
at the Columbia Theater. In Miss Suratt's
support will be found Dallas Wexford. the
English comedian; Amelia Summerville,
George Richards, May Boley. Jack Hen
derson and Nena Blake. The play Is far
cical and deals with the complications
arising from the f1irtations with the hero
inc. which lead to whooping cough cpl
demic.
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Casino.

The management OF the Casino an
nounces as its leading feature this week
Kent's Educated Seals. The seals are
adopts at hat catching, ball balancing
and twirling Of blazing torches. Just
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rine will present a skit entitled "Tha =.
ings Of DIR. Louder" Nav walsh -, 10
ing coincidence. and May Shirk m. a9s
ma donna soprano. will appear. UT
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Busoni Recital.

Busoni, the italian pianist, will give tds
only recital in Washington at the Co
lumbia Theater Friday afternoon. April
s, at $50 o'clock.
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grand ballet. .Coppelia" It is doubtful II
the ballet has ever been danced here. al
though the music Is frequently played by
the symphony orchestras. For "Travf-
alta" the cast will be NM. Nuibo and
Chadal and Mines. ROLAND. Allard and
Vincent. In 'Coppelia" there will appear
Miles. Fabris. Codolini, Dumont and NJ
Rtzzo and the entire corps de ballet
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Columbia

valeska Suratt, in 'The Girl With the
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SALE WILL CONTINUE.
Red Cross Christmas Seals Obtain.
able Until January 3.

Red Cross Christmas seals are being
sold at the various stations established
before Christmas. Their sale will con-
tinue up to January 5. when the returns
are to be made to Mrs Theodore North
Mclaughlin, at the rooms of the WASH
ington Chamber of Commerce.
Mrs Mclaughlin said today 5000 had
certainly been realized. 1t was the belief
Of the committee that this sum would be
increased to $500 when the returns are
all in.
While the young society women are not
located at the sales stations. there is still
great interest taken by them in the out
come of the campaign during the holiday
season. 1t was earnestly hoped that at
least 5000 would be realized and quiet
work TO that end is still going on.