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BILLIE BURKE,s FIRST BOOSTER
Billie Burke has plenty of boosters"
nowadays. but there was a time-well,
Louis Napoleon Parker was the first.
Mr.. Parker is the man who is going to
adapt ''Chantecler'' for Miss Maude
Adams next sea son. He is an American,
who has lived SO long in London that now
when he comes back to pay his relatives
In Philadelphia a visit the New York
newspapers send down the bay to meet
him and have him interviewed as a dis
tinguished Englshman He's play
wright. He wrote Rosemary the last
piece that Miss Adams and John Drew
appeared in together.
One Of the many other pieces he has
written he called Mr.. George. Charles
Hawtrey got hold of the manuscript and
liked it so we'll that he wanted to produce
1t. He went to see him about it.
All right said Parker, but you must
let Billie Burke play the title role.
But said Mr.. Hawtrey.
At that time Miss Burke was appearing
in The Belle of Mayfair" in London.
and while she was popular in musical
comedy, no one had ever mentioned her
even rs possibility for the dramatic
stage.
Take it or leave it," said Mr.. Parker.
Either Billie Burke plays that part
tlie title role OF MT. GEORGE, by the
way, was for a woman-'or nobody does.
: So Mr.. Hawtrey engaged Miss Burke as
his leading woman and leased a theater
and produced Mr.. George" The play
proved a failure, but Miss Burke made
good'-so good that everybody was talk
ing about her and Charles F'rohman went
around to see her. Then Mr.. Frohman
asked her to come back to America and
be John Drew's leading woman in my
Wife
CHORUS GIRLS SIGHTSEEING
CLUB-The latest wrinkle for the men,
bers of the merry merry is a sight-see-
ing club This is the idea of Miss Mar
garet Carlin one of the pretty chorus
girls in ''Tillie's Nightmare Miss Car
lin is making her first tour of the country,
and so. quite naturally, she IS interested
in seeing the sights of the various cities
which she visits. She found that in the
company with her were number of girls
who were just as anxious to see the inter-
esting points Of the towns, and so this
touring club was formed.
AS soon as the company arrives in a
city a guide book is purchased and the
interesting points or buildings are mapped
out and arranged. Then every day, when
there is no rehearsal, the club starts out
under the guidance of some one about the
theater who knows the way, and tour
IS made. In this way sightseeing il
made interesting and instructive.
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Midway.

The present management of the Mid
way, 14th and Park road, has decided
to enlarge the amusement facilities Of
the establishment. Plans are being
made to increase the dancing space, and
some of the devices which were installed
originally will be taken out to give way
to new ones. Several illusions, designed
in imitation of famous Partisan cafes
and cabarets, are being planned.
The first of the series of big cakewalk
contests will be held tomorrow night at
the Midway. The Washington team of
prize colOred cakewalkers will compete
tomorrow e-ening to see who shall rep
resent Washington at the intercity cham
pionship cakewaik, about a month from
now.
The Soup Bowl the Maze, the Cyclone
Tunnel and the Roulette Wheel will all
be tried out by the takewalkers before
they finish.
This is the first big cakewalk Of the
kid that Washington has seen in
long time. 1t Is merely the first of
series. as Baltimore, Norfolk and Phil
adeiphia will send down teams a week
apart. Washingtons team Is under
the leadership Of Peter Barnes. who has
walked for prizes In nearly every big
cakewalk that has been held in the last
ten years. from Palm Beach to Atlantic
City.
A carnival night is one Of the features
to be announced later, the new idea
being to have a special feature every
week.
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Columbia.

1.-The Lady From Jacks" begins a
weeks engagement at the Columbia The
alter Tuesday evening. II Is the product
of Paul NJ Potter's pen. This is the
only play written by Mr.. Potter since his
THE Girl From Rector's, but. unlike
that, this lady is not at all the Paris
ian product of the Franco American
adapta ton but a purely Indigenous type.
peculiar to the show world OF this coun-
try.
It's heroine. Jenny Montez. is diving
Venus at the Hippodrome In New York.
Her environment is that the Sheepshead
Bay cottage of her parents. who are the
proprietors of Belsha zzars Educated An
imals, and the purpose of the play is to
represent her family and their associates
with uncompromising verify. Another
act carries the principals to the winter
quarters of all well regulated circus fam
ilies-Bridgeport. Conn. There is attract
i've music.
For the title role and the leading male
part Mr.. T. w. Ryley. the manager. Sc
cured Montgomery and Moore, a vaude-
Vile team Morton Selten. the English
comedian and Grace Goodali have two
of the leading characters.
In the cast are Dorothea Sadlier. Violet
Seaton, Ef1e Lawrence. Lillian Dix. Sam
Collins John DAILY Murphy. Wilton Tay-
lor, Abbott Adams. Allen Fawcett. Will
liam Wallace Black and Charles Ford.
There are two clever children. Zyllah
Inez Shannon and Edith Mendoza. MI
merous monkeys. parrots. coryphees and
other theatrical accessories are employed.
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Majestic Theater.

The featured vaudeville this week in
cludes Nellie Citing and company in the
racing sensation, Picking the Winner;
Pongo and Leo are novelty aerialists In a
laugh speciality; Browder and Browder,
comedy singing, dancing and talking: the
Yoshematis, Japanese acTobats. and the
Majestograph, with the latest of pictures,
make up an attractive program.
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Coming Attractions.
New National.

Billie Burke in Mrs. Dot" the newest
thing in Vaughan comedies on this side
of the Atlantic, viii be this weeks at
traction at the New National.
Miss Burke closed a three-week tour Of
New England in Mrs. Dot" last night
at Worcester. Mass. Previous to that she
had been presenting the comedy at the
Lyceum Theater, New York, since Christ
mas. This will be her third visit to
Westinghouse an actress. that is. for
she was born and spent her childhood
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"Thurston. the Magician.

Thurston, upon whose young shoulders
Kellar So graciously threw the Mantle
of Magic on his retirement from public
life. will be the attraction at the Columbia
Theater next week with a program full Of
new and startling tricks and illusions.
This year Thurston will offer two re-
markable creations. One is 1.-The Lady
and the Lion." which introduces a full
grown lion. The other is The Renowned
Indian Rope Trick which has been a
sensation among the native magicians Of
india, whe,e Thurston studied out the
principles of the Illusion.
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Acade nv.

school Days is the title of Gus Ed
wards musical c1medy that Stair and
Havlin present this week at the Academy
The production is practica l. the SINE as
that which toured tie country last sea-
son. and which had a sue essfu run at
the Gree Theater, New York
Herman Timberg, the star Is but eight
enn years old; IN fact, he will celebrate
his nineteenth birthday the opening night
here. The song his include Sun bonnet
Sue, You're Just the Boy For Me,
THE Fighting Kid Answer, Little
Sweetheart. De-; little Tattle," IS ,hool
Mates ard '7inberg "ontr;bu'es three
origina, compositions, My Ju Ju Babe."
Squeeze Me Tight and Little Snow
flake.
School Days",is said to have me ct
fective stage settings. the fna'e OF the
scho olrocm scope being part'cul rly II
liant during the numbsr N which TIE
desks are Joined into a" actua' 'nsr y-g :
round with co,cred lights ard bunting
turning in a merry circle as tie players
sing.
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New Lyceum.

The Miner Marion Jardin de Paris Girls
will be the attraction this week at the
New Lyceum. There are two lively mu-
steal farces from the pen of Dave Marion,
in conjunction with an olio of high-class
speciaIties introducing Belle Wilton, the
Musical Stewards, the Lyric Comedy Four
and the Dancing Mitchells
Princess Hajah an oriental beauty. will
appear for the first time In America in
her latest creation, entitled the Cleopa-
ira snake dance. in which she uses three
enormous snakes. AS an extraordinary
feature for this week Manager Herman
efas engaged moving pictures entitled
Roosevelt in Africa
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Tufts College Glee Club.

The Tufts College Glee Club OF Bos-
ton. Mass, which appears at the Uni
versalist Church. 18th and L streets.
Monday evening. April Is. although
coming from one of the smaller col
leges, has the reputation OF being one
of the best organizations of its kind
in the country. It's work both in solo
and ensemble is of a very high order.
This is it's third appearance in Wash
concert will be given under the leader
shin of w L. Wales.
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Gayety.

Sam A. scribner's big show is the at
traction at the Gayety Theater this week.
Sam Sidman and Mike Mcdonald are the
comedians. The production is under the
personal direction of Jean Berdini, who
wrote the book, while Edward L. Nelson
and l.. Frank Miller. are responsible for
the lyrics and music.
The first part is called Lady Godiva"
and runs for one hour and twenty min
utes This is followed by "Brainstorm,'
a farce in one act. The completing piece
is musical comedy in one act and three
separate scenes. entitled "It Happened
Here. Where? There"
Others in the cast are Mike Mcdonald,
Carrie Baehr Lille English, Jean Bedini.
Roy Arthur, Glenton, prima donna; Lydia
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Jaspy. William Mausey. Edward L. Nell
son, Ruth Hope. Made Dupree, Edward
Falardo and the Brianzo trio of singers
and musicians
In addition to the regular bill the man.
agement will present for this week only
Daisy Harcourt, the clever English music
hall singer. who will appear at every per-
Torrance with new and original songs
and beautiful costumes. Miss Harcourt
has received enthusiastic notices for her
work
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Nippud Library by Henry Hilton. a stu
dent in the University Of Pennsyivania
This tablet states that certain tablet.
which Is key to the cipher In which
all the cuneiform tablets at the university
are written. was removed centuries ago
from it's resting place in Babylonia and
in the desert Of northern Arabia. Hilton
organizes an expedition to discover the
key tablet, and this gives the basis for
what follows.
The show is in two acts. and the second
act is. as usual. interspersed with songs
and speciality dances.
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here. She came first as John Drew's lead
ing woman in my Wife" That was
only three years ago. Last spring she
returned as a star in Love Watches.
In Mrs Dot she impersonates
youthful widow who has S3000OO year
left her by her brewer husband. She is
in love with handsome young fellow
without penny. He seems to return her
affection. but still he doesn't asa her to
marry him. Maybe 1t is her money, she
thinks So being of an impetuous dispo-
sition, she pops the question to him. But
he refuses her-beauty, x3oO.OO0 year
and ALL He has foolishly gotten himself
engaged to marry another girl. He'd like
to break 1t off. but he cannot. In the
end Of course Mrs. Dot gets the man she
wants The supporting company includes
Julian L'Estrange. Fred Kerr. London
comedian; Basil Hallam, Katie Meek,
Annie E,snond and Ann Meredith.
Belasco.
The attraction at the Belasco Theater
this week will be Marie Dressler In her
new musical comedy. Titles Night
mare" This medium was prepared es-
pecially for Miss Dressler by Edgar
Smith and A. Baldwin Sloane.
Miss Dressler will be seen in the role
Of T1llie Blobbs. q drudge in a country
boarding house at Skaneateles, a small
town In New York state. The scene
opens with supper being served in the
boarding house. T1llie has been promised
q night Off by her mother, and her coun-
try lover is to take her to the theater.
In the company sitting around the table
are Titles work-dodging sister. brassy
and boastful New York drummer. an in
yentor that has discovered an airship,
cheap vaudeville team and Titles own
sweetheart. At the last moment Titles
mother makes her stay home and make
uickles and the rest of the boarding
house party goes to the theater. Tillie.
.tiiseusted, wearied and disgruntled, falls
asleep and 1t Is her dream which forms
the plot of the story.
Che drearnn that her lover has found
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pierre of the Plains. F"

At the Academy next week H. B. Harris
will offer story of the Canadian plains.
entitled Pierre of the Plains" The piece
is described as having none OF the exag
gerated types of cowboy common to the
average melodrama.
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George Auger's gigantic and Hlliputian
comedians from London in Jack, the
Giant Killer vaudeville version of the
pantomimic fantasy annually produced at
the old Drury Lane Theater on the occa-
sion of the boxing day holiday ee]ebra-
ton. Capt. Anger is the tallest ac.or in
the world. his height being stated as over
eight feet, while Ernest Rommel, the
principal comedian, is barely three feet
tall and weighs scarce ferty pounds. The
added attraction will be Haines and vi
docq blackface comedians. THE" Quar-
tet is another special feature Johnny
Stanley and Eiida Morris Will present
, their latest musical hit
The Millman trio's fame arises from
dainty Bird Millman's fancy taut-wfre
dancing. The comic opera star, Hilda
Thomas, and Lou Hall will play their sue
cessful musical comedietta, THE Substi-
tute." Herr J. Rubens, the German
transparency painter. will he a surprising
novelty. The vita graph will take the au-
dience on "A Trip Through the Island Of
Ceylon."
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Masonic Auditorium.

Another complete change of moving
picture subjects and refined singing
acts will take place at the Masonic
Auditorium tonight, with other changes
every evening throughout the coming
week. This service OF interesting and
up-to-date features in the moving pic
ture world is meeting with merited
patronage. The entertainments begin
at 1870 and continue until 1890.
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"GuardY.''.

Chases next week will offer Edwin
Stevens and company. including Miss
Tina Marshall in "Guardy," a musical
comedy Johnny Hyams and Leila Nc
Intyre will be seen in their new 1910 ver-
sion of 1.-The Quakeress." A special Eng
lish innovation will be Mabeue Carolyn
Church. presenting bits Of pl IS and
poems with unique art illustrations. An
other addition will be Edwards. Murray
and Tierney in Twenty Minutes Of Tune
and Talk" The Woods and Woods trio
will be seen in their pantOmime, AN
Elopement by Wire 'Pilu,' the Itai-
ian, Signor Anciiotti, Frank OdeA and
Rose Kinley, as "Pferrot and Pierrette'
and the vitagra oh, showing Bear Hunt
ing in the Rockies conclude the pro-
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bill are the DeVeaux Twin Sisters In
singing and dancing act: the two Azard
Brothers, head-to-head balancers; Wells
G. Veaux, a musical comedian, and the
usual motion picture plays.
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second annual production Of the Mask
and Wig Club Of the University OF Penn
sylvana. will be presented at the Column
bia Theater tomorrow evening. Inc
Desert of Mahomet" is as complete as. and
in many particulars more pretentious and
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Casino.

Among the headliners at the Casino
this week are Carlyle, Veaux & Co.. who
present their laughing skit. 1.-The Duke OF
Mulberry the Imperial Comedy, Trio.
who come direct from the American
Music Hall In New York; Williams &
Weston, better known as those funny
boys; Prince Kanazawa & Brother. in a
juggling act. the prince" also slides
from the ceiling Of the threaten to the
stage on a one-inch rope: John Mayor &
Co. will present their singing and dancing
skit called Lord Misfit." Others on the
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riches galore in New York. and that he
marries her. Then begins round of
gayety such as only the wealthy can en-
joy Her experiences on board her. own
yacht and IN New York and Paris give
rise to many funny and laughable situa-
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Casino Sunday Concerts.

the Casino today includes Rutan and his
song birds; Ellis B. Armstrong, the Child
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Pitt.bure Festival Orchestra.

Next Sunday night at BIB O'Clock -
the New National Theatsr the Ptfanourg
FESTIVAL Orchestra. under the direction &C
Mr.. Carl Bernthaler. will be heard a oDn-
cert. Those whom Mr. BernthalersiDstals.
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"Brewster's Millions

"Rrewster's Millions Is announced b.
Managers Metzerott and Berger as the
bill with which the Columbia Players
will up~n their season at the street
pla vhouse two weeks from tomorrow
night. MAY - The managers promise the
strongest American players ever seen In
a stock organiza ton I'm this city and the
very best and highest royalty plays On
the American market. -
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marvel: Violinsky. the PLANO and VIOLIN
wonder; Henry Frey. character comedian,
and motion picture plays that are always
feature at the Casino
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Aborn Opera Company.

The Aborn Opera Company's annual
engagement at the New National Theatsr
begins the week. of May and will last
only four weeks. The repertory is a most
attractive one, including Mile. Modfste
for the opening week, lei Captain for
the second, THE Merry Monarch" for the
third and king Dodo'' for the fourth
week.
''El Captain is the only one OF these
that has ever figured before in an Aborn
repertory. and none CT the others has
even been seen before in Washington at
summer prices Among the comedians
and singers so far announced for the va
lious casts are Robinson Newbold.
Charles II. Bowers, Ada Meade. Edna
Mason. Josephine Bartlett, Bertha Holly :.
John r. Phillips, Sol Solomon. Harry
Llewellyn. Hattie Arnold. Phil Branson
and FRITZ Won Busing.
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tons. The people of the boarding house
all appear to her under the most amaZ-
ing conditions. However, in the end she
wakes up at the old boarding house, dis
covers that 1t has all been a dream and
that the other folks are just returning
from their evening of enjoyment at the
theater. In the company are j. Clarence
Harvey, Octayia Broske, the German
Brothers, Marie Fanchanetti and Horace
Newman.
Mask and Wig Club.
THE Desert Of Mahomet." the twenty
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suAKFsPEAREAN ANNIVERSARY

SHAk ANN
CELEBRATION.-Th anniversary OF
William Shakespeare's birth will be cele-
brated with appropriate ceremonies by
The New Theater Company at Boston,
April %. The celebration will be In the
nature of Shakesrearean festival. and
plans have been made to make 1t of al
most equal import to the one to be held
IN England on that day at the bard's
birthplace. Stratford- on Avon. Boston
was selected as the place for holding the
celebration because The New Theater
Company will be playing an engagement
there at that time.
The ceremonies OF the day will begin
In the morning at the Shubert Theater,
where Shakespearean scholars and edu-
Gators will gather and pay tribute to the
memory of the great master There will
be readings from Shakespeare, discussions
of his works and a program of music
popular in the time OF Shakespeare. and
especially those used in some Of his
plays The stage will be dressed in a
manner typical of Shakespeare's time.
II Is expected that Gov Draper of
Massachusetts, will preside at these cere-
monies Separate celebrations will be ar
ranged for the public schools on the
afternoon Of the day preceding. In the
lobby of the theater will be marble
bust of Shakespeare. and after the morn
ing ceremonies wreaths will be placed on
this by representatives Of the different
colleges and societies who are present
Carrying out the spirit of the day. The
New Theater Company will present
Twelfth Night at the matinee perform
anee and The Winters Tale" At night.
This latter production will be given with
an Elizabethan stage setting. No set
scenery will be used, but a change Of
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The Commuters. :"

James Forbes newest play, The Com
muters' comes to the National Theater
next week AS the title suggests the
play has to do with men and women who
live in small town adjacent to city.
and travel back and forth on monthly
tickets 1t is in four acts and the scenes
are laid In suburb of New York. The
central characters are a commuter. his
wife and his friend. the friend being
bachelor who lives in the city and has an
ingrowIr aversion TO suburban life. In
Guided In the company are Taylor Holmes.
Orrin Johnson Jane Marbury. George
Soule Spencer George Lawrence, Pauline
Duffieid, Lillian Thurgate. e. Y. Backus.
Maude Knowlton, Louis Haines. Amy
Lesser, Adelyn Wesley and Isabel Fen
ton.
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Mask and Wig Club.

The Desert of Mahon,st." the twenty.
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Saved at Deaths Door.

The door Of death seemed rea-
dy to open for Murray W. Ayers
of Transit Bridge. N. Y, when
his life was wonderfully saved.
II was in a dreadful condition., 1"
he writes; my skin was almost
yellow; eyes sunken; tongue coat
ed; emaciated from losing forty
pounds; growing weaker daily.
Virulent liver trouble pulling me
down to death in spite of doctors.
Then that matchless medicine
Electric Bitters-cured me. | re-
gained the 40 pounds lost and
now am we'll and strong" For
all stomach, liver and kidney
troubles they're supreme. SOC at
VIM. Kipp's Sons.
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Fort jefferson.

Rev. Probst, wife and son, re-
turned Saturday evening, after
pleasant two weeks vacation,
spent with relatives at Dayton,
Germantown and Pleasant Hill.
Frank Jenkinson was here from
Cleveland Sunday to see his
mother, who is seriously sick.
There is not much hopes of her
recovery at this writing.
Mrs. Lydia Bubenmeyer and
granddaughter of Union City
and Mrs. Pearl Bubenmeyer and
children spent Sunday with Da-
vid Dull and family.
Miss Lily Odlin returned from
Dayton Saturday.
Miss Laura Saunders and Ed.
Holiday of Dayton are spending
the week at Jonathan Heffner's.
Frank Fitzgerald spent Satur-
day night and Sunday in Green
vile with his brother Roy.
Mrs. VIM. Lease and daught-
ers spent Monday in Gordon.
Mr.. Smith of near Ansonia and
Mr.. Miller and wife of Weaver's
Station took dinner with George
Miller's Sunday.
Virgil Schlechty is grieving ov-
er the loss of his valuable bull
dog, which died of poison last
week.
Johnson Warner had a valua-
BILE horse to die last week.
Oscar Victor. John and Char
lie Schlechty went on the eXcur-
sion to Cincinnati Sunday.
July IS. VENUS.