The Washington herald., 1911-11-12
PLAYS AND PLAYFOLk

-Four real Scotch bagpipers wer'
brought from Scotland by werba
Luescher to appear IN Miss Dudelsack,' >
In which Miss Glaser will be seen at tht
Columbia Theater Monday night.
Thomas Richards, who was heard Il
such splendid advantage In THE Cho-
colate Soldier last season, has the lead
ing barytone role with Miss Lulu Glasel
in Miss Dudelsack," to be seen at the
Columbia Theater.
Lulu Chaser says that of all the instru-
ments she has tried to play on, the bag
pipe is the hardest. In Miss Dudelsack''
she appears as a Scotch lassis and has
to play the bagpipes. She has finally
mastered them after taking a number OF
lessons from a real Scotch bagpiper.
George Austin Moore and cordelia
Haager are reported to be making a hit
In polite vaudeville with Laughs in
Many Languages" the same feature they
will give at Chase's next week.
| Tempest and Sunshine are out OF
the New York Winter Garden bill for a
few weeks. and Chase's has secured them
for one November 2O week.
| stepp, Mehlinger and King, in a new
piano-chat feature, are coming to Chase's
December II week.
Nine. Alice Merritt-Cochran, soprano.
and Miss Roberta Amies, pianist, will be
the soloists at the first public concert of
this season to be given by the Washing
ton saengerbund. The programme to be
presented at the New National Theater
on Sunday evening, November Is, will
consist entirely OF compositions by Liszt.
The Saengerbund will be assisted by the
Washington Symphony Orchestra. Helm
rich Hammer will have the direction of
the entire programme.
The Thanksgiving week attraction at
the Columbia Theater will be Elsie Fer
guson, in The First Lady of the Land"
formerly seen in this city under the title
of Dolly Madison"
Mutt and Jef" is one of the recent
bookings for Washington presentation.
George Francis Beard is in the city in
the interests of the forthcoming engage
ment Of The Fortune Hunter at the
Columbia Theater.
The Burton Holmes travelogues will be-
tonight. The course tickets go on sale
Tuesday morning and the sale Of single
seats will open Friday.
w. T. Kirby, manager Of the Casino
Theater. has been directed to go to Nor
folk. Va, to open the new Victoria there
Thanksgiving week for DR.. S. Galeski,
the lessee of the Casino He will man.
age both the Casino and the Victoria,
devoting half of each week in Washing
ton and the other half in Norfolk The
Victoria Theater will be the fourth on
DR.. GaIeskfs circuit, the others being
in Richmond and Roanoke. Theaters in
Lynchhurg and Petersburg also book in
conjunction with the Galeski theaters.
Trixie Tezlorva, the French singing
comedienne, will be an early attraction |
at the Casino
Another baseball star has yielded to |
the golden lure of polite vaudeville and |
is following in the footsteps of Mike /
Donlin. Christy Mathewson. Meyers, Ben
der, Doom, and the others who have
added footlight renown to their fame |
on the diamond. He is Washington's
popular and speedy baserunner, affec-
tionately and appropriately nicknamed |
Germany Schaefer, OF the Washington !
baseball team. In the presentation OF
mis- "fandom" sketch, Schaefer has been
fortunate enough to secure as his chief
support Grace Belmont, for
ner principal comedienne with Frank
Daniels in Sergeant Kitty" and also
one Of the stars of Peggy from Paris"
Their comic offering is entitled win
ling a Pennant," and 1t is said to go a
ong way toward filling the fans ach-
ng void between seasons. So far 1t is
eported to have made an instantaneous
lit, and as Washington is Schaefers
lone station. II is believed that here he
will be given a reception rivalIng the
walton following a home run. Chase's
S the place and the week of November
the time
Sol Minister has just completed the or
hestration of a new waltz by Helen C.
entitled 'Ladye Nine" which
will be played for the first time at the ,
selasco Theater during the engagement
( THE Irish Players" this week. Miss !
'handlee is the daughter of Will H. :
the illustrator, and is one OF
he most promising of our local COM
osers. She is a graduate Of Fairmont 6
eminary and a member Of the Kappa :
Delta Sorority, to which organization
Ladye Mine" is dedicated.
Joseph Medill Patterson, author OF a
Dope" which comes to the Casino next r
1eek, is one Of the owners OF the Chi b
ago Tribune. r
Oliver s. Metzerott, treasurer of the Co. G
imbia Theater, held informal receptions a
the lobby of the house during the past II
'eek to receive the congratulations Of d
is friends on his election to the Mary II