Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-08
n GENEROUS climate has favored
"a the theaters In addition to
the lure OF standard plays and
operas at prices which need not
p economical

A operas at prices "ii -.
shock the most economical
purse. The weather has peeh DIS eo,
genial to playhouse entertainment
that of the regular season. "i'hou' .n'
regular seasons inclemency. The
Columbia Players have es'aoIisneu OF
,,nnistakahle favorite in Mr.. McAl1ster
80 rror,ise sneedy recruits of equal
,mportanee in addition to the develop
r,.,t of material already in hand The
Ahorns are away ahead of the oid-ume
-,,-,,,or 80. schedule in the presenta-
tion of modern musical successes IN
stead of those good old friends OF the
Chimes of Normandy era. one Oh the
,,,,o-,on, avants Of the season has been
seferred until the springtime-the ap-
nearance here of the New Theater Com
many lis list of plays. serious ana
a. may no confidently stated by glance
at the personnel of the organization
ueII acted. comes boldly into the DOMAIN
f summer stock circuses ana Wliu Wes'
shows 1t is like winter lingering HI 'he
Ian of spring \ further series VI p'
auctions of the more literary type Is
announced by Ben Greet
1-bot there will be no dearth or EN-
tertainnent for Washington TINS SUM
mer is attested by the announcements
of the American Uippodrome Ioiipa"S
.,d those standbys of innocent ou'
hilarious entertainment, the -Niu
and the Arcade. have SHOWN ho
Of waning enterprise on uhe ohe 80
AZ tagging popular appreciation VII ''-'
other.
RAIJ,ET AND PANIoAlMr-
American Hippodrome Company ia'
cured the services of olshol
.fo1asso To stage its pageants ana spec
tacles which will be seen d.
League base ball grounds beginning June
Oh Mr. Nolasso is celebrated as a pam
feminist and ballet master L" an
view Mr. Molasso says:
"Amone the arts preservative there Is
none more securely fixed than thaI vi
pantomime. Beginning before the gay
of written language was pdsSeu :.
mouth TO mouth-witness the "ohueI III
dramas of the classic Gre2ian eriod-
pantomime was the recognized mode OF
expressing all kinds of emotlons WIN
the advent of written language ana tne
nrodieious outflow of books. pamphlets
and other literature of all kinds there
ceased to be any display OF pantonlmes
because of the fact that language was
more easily utilized as mode OF eN,
preston. but the Latin races preserved
it as one OF their most eloquent and
positive interpretations"
In france anu ltdiy lC6
tablished schools for the study of the
combination of ballet and pantomime.
Sig Molasso eXemplifes the work done
in the pantomimic schools of these coun-
tries. From the years of twelve to
twenty. inclusive. pupils there pay for
their studies at these art centers. The
three principal schools in Italy are the
Reggie Theater of Turin. supported by
the government: the Neapoiitan Con-
servatory in Naples and the famous La
Scala. Milan.
To have produced original acts OF nam
tomime and ballets in all of these three
is a remarkable achievement. but this
was accomplished by Sig. Molasso with
case and distinction. Cavalier Manzotti.
probably the greatest ballet master the
world has known. was his teacher and
such an apt pupil was young Giovanni
that al nineteen years OF age he was sent
TO South America as premier dancer and
pany with thirty-six operas in its roper
tore His first pantomime was produced
twenty wears ago at Naples 1t was
called Excelsior" and was given for
nearly a year
A VETERAN OF THE STAGE. H.
Lewis, who portrays the gruf Baron
Dangloss in "Graustark" is now en-
Toying his SEVENTEEN year on earth and
his hfty-second on the stage Mr.. Lewis
Is hale and hearty and looks more like
man of fifty than one of three score
and ten He is one of the "grand old
men of the theatrical profession, and
his advice is much sought after by the
younger generation of players. His early
days were spent in the support of Edwin
Forrest and Edwin Booth. and prior to
joining Graustark' he was prominent in
the support OF Viola Allen and Kyrle
Bellew. During his career Mr. Lewis
has PLAYED over 10000 different parts.
and it is his proud boast that he has
never been connected with a failure
MIRTHFUL MIDGETS.- Midgets or ILL
uputians. like little Walter Panther at
Chase's this week. are usually born into
1emilies whose other members are per-
sons OF ordinary stature Walter is
tne olminutive brother of Willy Pant
Ger, the head of the acropantomimic
Partisan fantasy company and he por-
trays the role of Mons. Butinski, who is
always in strenuous difficulties Lacking
only a few years of his brother WHY'S
age, Walter lacks more than that many
feet of being the same in height Both
OF the Rossow twins, Charlie and Frank
were great practical jokers. So is Mas
Of a lueubrious nature. The Painter
mite is as fond of a joke as any six
1ooter There are some pranks which
form his stand-bys. in the event that he
cannot concoct something new One is
his habit of engaging in advance extra
large quarters in hotels for his own ac-
comInodation. He will give the most
careful instructions as TO an extra large
room. mammoth-sixe bed capacious
chairs and everything about a hotel
chamber. Several letters will pass, in
each of which he will insist that he will
mt Keep the room unless his arrange
nents are rigidly observed. Then he ar
raves IN person totenjoy laugh.
6HAKEsPEREAN STAGE SETTINGS.
The New Thester Company promises
something essentially novel in the way
~ stage setting when il makes its Shake
apearean productions here. The dispute
between the advocates Of elaborate seen
cry and OF no scenery at all are tolerafbly
or Observation-Disclosures. On the other
hand. there are productions of the utmost
eolidity and elaboration of detail. In
order TO gain time for the .cene snifter IL
has often been necessary TO cut Shake
speare's text without mercy and often to
rearrange the order of the scenes so as
TO reduce the frequency OF the changes.
Thus many characters and episodes have
disappeared entirely. and the narrative
has been distorted. Even at that per-
formances have dragged out until the
extracts have become almost as long
as the acts On the other hand, we have
the so-calIed Elizabethan productions.
These have given the full text, il is true.
with the narrative properly ordered and
rapidly played, but they have rendered
the whole so dull. crude and unillusive
rs to be quite as far from the true
shakespearean spirit as the mangled
scenic" productions 1855
The directors of the New Theater do
not even claim to have found any fixed
mean between the two but thew have re-