The evening world., 1911-04-18
Kitty Cheathdm -
Excels HerSeNat
Easter Matinee
Enterta:ns a CroWded
House at the Lyceum
for TWo and a Hall
Hours With Songs and
Stories That MoUe' to
Laughter and, Some
times, to Tears.
. vESTER IA WILING.
r1TTY CHEATHAM at her annual
n Easter matinee al the Lyceum
- Thpatra Ncstcrdov cpomnlisho

ilii 'tfrsh Han at Her annual
Easter matinee at the Lyceum
Theatre yesterday accomplished
what ,had seemed then lmrS .sielerstei
surpassed herself. With gracious memo
'rles OF her many previous Easter and
Christmas celebrations her genius never
shone 50 Respondent. y great audience
that included many qAiipgAn, lausicd
with her. with an occasional earropti-
tlous tear among the ~grown-ups, and
%spplaudcd her for two aud y b4lf hours
and then was reluctant to let her leave
the stage. Her programme oonttdnSd a
host OF new Things. besides d lot 'oi Old
favoritcs repeated by request, and III
her own inimitablc way She told some
stories that fairly cunyulsej the hoisa
About the Flowers was Miss
Cheatham's opening number. The stage
gas a charming picture OF "A hall fun OF
flowers. with 4 view through ta5 -opon
door Of a lovely garden. On the plano
was a branch Of a peach tree with It's
blossoms u pink and pearl that had
significance later OH in oscar Wilde's
beautiful prose f~antasie, The Selfish
Cant" spoken with rare ~eloauence and
simplicity. The first song was Il. Hunt
lngton Woodlands 'SptiE's .Awaken-
ing" the words by 'isab.l' Ereclston
Mackay. followed by ~ Secret" The
Violet "Tr'lliIm" and Jack In tao
pulpit." by ". Otto Miessncr. 90 a tex:
~, Florence G. foN. that was a gem
Fairy Bells and The Err Man ca'ne
next and then a group of about four
different kinds Of litt'c s1rls-"Rosly.
Nosly. poslv." Good Ellen" Concern
ing Love- ard the tragic Matilda"
OF course. there were some old negro
songs and sayings that are. all Miss
Cheatham's own. ana tad ,noderu
,egro songs. Come Away 20 Drcanin'
Town" nv harles Wakefield Cad'nan,
and "Cold on de Plantation bv Arthur
varwcll. Then Miss Cheatham intro
ducod Henry r. Burleigh. the negro
cOmposer. 90 accompany her N his
'HalIe,uiah,' and, on a repetit!pn.. 10
sing il with her. pixie was then
cxtorted from her. and. perhaps, evoked
the greatest enthusiasm OF the after
noon-always excepting the two choices:
stories ever told. to which reference
has already been made.
Besides these. were n few leaves from
The Kittens Ga"Aon OF Ncrscs'' ny
oliver Herford, which Miss Chatham
pretended to read from n book the
covers Of which were decorated by q
portrait OF the Kitten; 'Chptain' BtrsI'
a blood curdling nursery rhyme OF 4
nitrate. set 10 music by Mabel WOOD
Hul and sung with ferocious mien by
Miss Chatham, and a lot OF dellclously
expressed other nursery rhymes. 1r
one OF these, Solomon Grundy." som'
OF us found malicious delight in notic'
,rg that Miss Cheatham got her day.
mixed UP and wanted her to repeat 4
20 s"tralghtcn them out. but she wouldn'
sing Il again. Flora Macdonald plavet
tho accomplishments. as she always
does, most effectively.
Flowers were passed across the foot
lights and thrown from the boxes e
Miss Cteatham. and one little sir
threw to hcr a toy chicken, which Ms!
Chcatham tied TO one OF the blue rib
hons about her waist and kept unit
the end.
Miss Chcatham was 10 sail on April y
for her London and Paws %AesA"R-,- b0'
on thai date she Is 10 give an entertain
ment at the white House for Miss Tai
and a lot ~ giil G~radu1tes, and her de.
parture is postponed a week.