The Washington herald., 1911-04-06
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

A reading Of -'The Piper" by the au
thor, Josephine Preston Peabody (Mrs
Lionel Marks). win be given this after
noon at 40 in the New Willard bali
room, under the auspices Of the League
Of the Covenant. This play was award
ed the prize by the Shakespeare Me
mortal Theater at Stratford-on-Avon. las
July. out of sl5 plays submitted, and was
recented presented with great success a
the New Theater in New York.
No announcement made by a local mu.
sical purveyor this season has created
more excitement and interest than the
news Of the coming engagement Of the
famous French Grand Opera Company. ol
New Orleans, at the Belasco Theater mex
week has brought forth. The French
Opera House and its company have beer
long associated with the traditions OF
the Crescent City. and seem part and
parcel Of New Orleans life. No trip tc
the Southern metropolis is ever complets
without an evening spent at the French
Opera House. That music lovers Of this
city win be enabled to hear this famous
organization at home bespeaks great
credit to Manager L. Stoddard Taylor
and that he will be rewarded for his
enterprise In bringing the French Opera
Company to Washington this season for
brief engagement goes without saying.
The scale of prices will range from 81
cents to g
thrilling trip in a dirigible balloon
over the magnificent peaks of Switzerland
is one of the pictures promised patrons
Of the Columbia Thezter next week. wher
the Lyman H. Howe New York Hippo
drome Travel Festival will present a
new and absorbing programme. The en-,
gagement begins Sunday afternoon and
will continue, with daily matinees, until
the following Sunday evening.
Among other pictures are a ride on the
swiftest motor boat in the world, the
Ursula, OF 800 horsepower; a tour through
London. Indo-China, and the Gorges de
PArdeche, in France; the construction
and launching of an ocean palace, the
White Star liner Olympic; spectacular
demolition. Of big buildings in Messina;
landing passengers in a rough sea al
Tunis; a dangerous though bIoodless bull
fight in Spain
Chase's next week will present a Joy
ful and melodious bill, introducing Amelia
Stone. the famous comic opera prima
donna. and Armand Kalisz, the celebrated
French tenor, former stars Of THE Waltz
Dream" and other recent successes. They
will offer dainty, romantic comic op-
eretta- Mon Amour" book by Edgar Al
len Woolf. lyrics and music by Ar
mand Kalisz- The extra added comedy
attraction will be the character actor,
Luckett. Washington comedienne. in
The Butterfly" farcicaI stage life cpl
sode- A musical and mirthful treat will
be afforded by George Lyons and Bob
Yosco, as ''the harpist and the singer y
A travesty on the trials and tribulations
Of globe-trotting. called '.Traveling,' will
be played by the Monroe Hopkins and
Lola Axtell company A sensational ex-
hibiton Of dexterity with the deadly Aus
ualian stock whip will be made by Jack
and Violet Kelly. Little Billy will add
his iT1iputian diversions Julian and
Dyer. the winged ring grotesques, and
the daylight motion pictures Of the pic
torfal Biblical drama, The Deluge," are
the concluding numbers.
The Gayety Theater has for its attrac-
ton next week The College Girls" in
musical comedy full of college spirit
and catchy songs. Florence Mills, as the
college widow. provides much Of the
merry entertainment She sings many oi
the latest musical hits of the season
Haray Mason, in the role of a German
cheese manufacturer, and George B. Scan.
Ion, as the oorn-beef king. keep the au.
dfence in a roar of laughter. The pro-
duction is original in every respect, and
the scenic effects are said to be well
worth seeing.
Miners "Jardin de Paris Girls" will
be the offering at the New Lyceum next
week. They will present a two-act musi.
cal comedy entitled "Jagsville," which
is said to contain a wealth of bright
comedy and catchy songs. One of the
special features Is Tom Miners Merry
Minstrel Maids which will be fifteen
minutes of old-time minstrelsy by the en-
tire company. The olio will comprise such
welLknown variety people as Abe Leavitt
and Marian Campbell, Augusta Phelps,
the Broadway Comedy Quartette, Those
Three English Boys. George Scott, Helen
Lawton, and the Misses Harris and
Davis AS an extra attraction, Cora
the female wrestler, has been
secured.
The feature act of the vaudeville bill
at the Casino Theater next week WIFI be
the famous Bristol's ponies, one Of the
headline acts of the New York Hippo
drome last winter. This act includes ten
ponies, who demonstrate unusual intelli-
gence and careful training by numerous
tricks and intricate evolutions, three
trick horses and mule, which furnishes
most Of the comedy. Other acts include
Dunn, Warren and Mack, In a comedy
sketch; Shepperly Brothers, Harry Rose,
Ed. Estus. an equilibrist; /;
Blanche Balford, singing comedienne,
and the motion picture plays.
One of the novelty acts of the season
Is billed for the Cosmos for next week
the Dantes in their own creation, a
-Fujiyama Seance-" The act. Is said
to be a complete mystery and would
seem to be a combination of black art,
magic, and humor. A comedy musical
act of more than ordinary ability and
merit win be presented by Tanean and
Belle and Mayo in a classy sing
ing and character. change act, Billy Fo-
yarty, the Boy in White; Wilson and
Aubrey. in a comedy bar and ring ath-
etfc novelty and Elsa Ford the '.Orfzi-