The Washington herald., 1911-01-01
.ABILLIE BuRTiS
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for New Years week Is always still bet
ter. as that week marks not only the las
week OF the period Of rejoicing but alsl
| sets the merry pace for the year jus
entered upon. The leading attraction will
be the comedienne, Eva Taylor. and hel
company Of comedy players in "Chums.
| In her support are Lawrence Grattan
formerly Of ''The Witching Hour" Miss
Kate McLaurin. and H. o. Stubbs Th<
supplementary leading offering will bt
those two distinguished dramatic stars
Amy Ricard and Lester Lonergan. in 'Ar
Idyl of Erin Miss Ricard won sigma
! success in THE Stubbornness of Geral-
dine" Girls Babes in Toyland,'' and
as the athletic girl in 1.-The College
Widow" A hit Of the happiest sort is
expected from that popular Broadway
wit, Gene Greene. who will contribute his
latest musical comedy gem, "A Study in
tuneful music. Charles Straight assists
Mr.. Greene at the piano. A surprise
awaits the audience at the hands Of Tenn
pest and Sunshine. These are two cute.
cunning. and coy misses from the ranks
Of musical comedy, who will present a
piquante feature filled with dashing
dances and lively lilts. An instrumentally
mirthful interlude will be furnished by
those two weli-known humorists, Sol
Goldsmith and Guy Hoppe. whose act.
1.-The Commercial Drummers." is nothing
but screams Of fun from beginning to end.
The Tasmanian-Van Dieman troupe.
which will be a splendid inclusion. is IA
nous throughout the length and breadth
of Europe, and thess six lady aerialists
and arenists give a nyramidan and re-
volving apparatus act which wins loud
outbursts OF applause. Pope and Uno.
the latter known as the 'paradoxical
dog" will add their interesting and
amusing number to the rest Of the ex-
ceptional features. The pictorial section
will contain a double series, THE Statue
Dog" and THE Four-footed Pest" Those
who went to Chases last week and found
standing rOom' only are advised to buy
seats early this week and avoid the dis
appointment awaiting the late comers.
Academy-'Through Death Valley"
One Of the novel melodramas of the
season is Through Death Valley"
which comes to the Academy this week.
opening with a special holiday matinee
tomorrow. The theme deals in a straight
forward. direct fashion with the Nor
mon question. The hero Of the piece is
one Jim Barton, who Is unwilling to yield
to the demands of the elders of the
Mormon Church. He Is prosperous
young miner, and in defending a young
woman from Noah Claypole and his vii
lainous son, becomes the object Of the
Mormons' deadly hatred A feud, or
determination breaks out. Claypole
and his band of destroying Angels.
among whom are Rattlesnake Pete.
bad Indian, attempt to capture Barton
and the young woman ne loves and take
possession Of a mine which the latter
has been working. Allied with Barton
is Gray Wolf. the type Of Indian Ncele-
brated in story by James Fenimore
Cooper. Rattlesnake Pete recalls a form
Of torture that has long been popular
among his tribe, and he puts 1t into exc
another stake is fastened by rawhide q
vicious rattlesnake in such a position
that its head is very near the in
tended victims face. 1t Is q we'll
known fact that in damp weather
snakes stretch, and as storm is coming
up, Pete knows that in few moments
Barton will be writhing in the agonies
Of the rattlesnakes deadly poison. Fol-
lowing the rumble Of the thunder comes
the patter of rain. The snake now be-
gins to show signs Of anger. He darts
his head toward Barton's face. and the
latter struggles in a final desperate at
Tempt to free himself. Just as the snake
Is about to fasten its fangs In Barton's
cheek there comes vivid fash Of light |
ping. followed by a rife shot. The faith |
tul Gray Wolf, skulking behind rock.
has shot on the snakes head just in |
lime to save Barton from q hideous |
1eath.
The Casino.
A vaudeville bill Of holiday attractive |
less has been engaged for the Casino |
rheater this week-the performances to- |
being given continuously. The |
'pecially engaged feature Of the perform
lnce will be the return OF the Royal We
,etian Band. which won such instant |
avor at the same house earlier In the |
eason. This organization is composed Of |
expert instrumental musi. |
ians, or rather soloists. whose combined
york is said to equal that Of much larger
.ands. Their programme for this return
tisit win. Of course. be entirely different 1
rom the previous one. and win consist |
{ selectioa9 from the grand operas and
,opular numberA Nsary and Miller, q |
cuple Of song and dance comedians
ave lot Of new matter. to deliver In
heir characteristic manner: Ostrado. the
ircus acrobat. accomplishes apparently /
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