The Washington herald., 1911-03-02
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

ater next week. Miss Elsie Ferguson
viii be seen in the role of the famous
woman whose wit and ambition made
James Madison fourth President of the
United States, and who ruled the White
House as first lady of the land for a
longer period than any other woman in
the history OF our country. Dolly Madi
son" presents fascinating picture of life
in the first days of Washington as the
Capital of the country. The troubles of
Secretary of State Madison and his chief,
President Thomas Jefferson, with the
foreign ambassadors thrown into the
primitive conditions of social life that
then prevailed in Washington, after dip
lomatic service in the polite courts of
Europe, furnishes the background against
which moves the never-solved problem
of Aaron Burr's Quixotic venture, as JEFF
ferson called it, in Mexico. Miss Fergu-
son will be supported by a cast of we'll
known players, including Georgette Pas
sedoit, Beatrice Noyes, Helen Bond, Am
ella Mayborn, Regan Hughston, William
Hawtrey, Orme Caldara, Lowell Sherman,
Alfred Moore, Maggie Fielding, Carl
Hartberg, Frances Hemric, Helen Mac
beth, Florence Edney. ]. NJ. Byrnes, Ar
thur Klein, and George Barr.
One OF the great artists of the present
day, Albert Chevalier. comes to Washing
ton next week at the Belasco Theater. in
a new character comedy, entitled Daddy
Dufard." The star is a master OF make
up, an experienced character interpreter,
with an insight into human nature, and
an ability to touch the heart instantly
and to choke off tears with a smile.
The play is written by practiced dram
atists, one of whom is Chevalier him
self, and the other Lechmere WorralL
The characters, with a few exceptions,
are folk who belong in and around Lon
don music halls. The scene of the last
act is on the stage of the Caledonia The
ater, London and there for a few
moments, Chevalier abandons the I'll
tie role OF the play and appears as
himself; that is, he plays the part OF
Chevalier, and introduces in the most
logical manner in the world one or two
of the music-han characterizations that
first made him famous. Chevalier's Amer
lean tour is under the direction of Lieb-
Ter & Co. They promise an ad
equate production, and have supplied the
great English comedian with support
ing company made up of people who
have achieved Creditable records.
The attraction at the National Theater
next week will be Seven Days" a com
edy which had a lengthy run in New
York.
Chase's next week will offer another
rare bill. headed by the noted American
character actor, Frank keenan,, who won
fame as Jack Rance in the or
iginal production of THE Girl OF
the Golden West Aided by a
superior acting company. Mr.. Kee-
nan will present Man to Man." ranked
as a little drama of absorbing intensity
and force The extra added attraction
will be the popular singing and dancing
comedian. Dan Burke, and THE Seven
Wonder Girls" The McGreevys will pre-
sent The Village Fiddler and the Coun-
try Maid" a bucOlic farce with two
laughable rural types. jolly Fanny Rice
will be another smile-producing factor,
as this inimitable mimetiic COmedienne
will introduce several new animated fig
ures in her mariOnette cabinet BlaCk-faCe
comedy. interspersed with spirited band
and instrumental playing. will bring the
five Brown brothers into prominence
Harry Howard's musical Shetland ponies
and equestrian dogs are included among
the attractive elements. The Dennis
brothers in a sensational aerial revolving
ladder novelty, have been secured. and
the daylight motion pictures will show
Doctor Cupid" and his amusing assort-
ment of patients.
The only appearance in Washington this
season OF the terpsichorean sensation of
the hour, the Isadora Duncan, Walter
Damrosch, and his New York Symphony
Orchestra combination, in a programme
of symphonic music and the dance, is
F,r af at
the New National Theater. This pro-
gramme comprises exclusively Bach
Wagner numbers. T. Arthur Smith, who
has the management of the Washington
engagement, reports that the seat sale is
already most active, with indications that
the house will be sold out before the cur
tain rises on the first number.
Denmark is one of the most interesting
countries in Europe to visit, according to
Mr.. E NJ Newman, the travel lecturer
who is t. give one of his travel talks on
Denmark and the Scandinavian capitals"
at the Columbia Theater, Sunday evening.
Some unusual motion pictures of the ideal
home life of the Danes, which MIR. New
man took last summer, will add greatly
to the interest of this travel talk.
Nischa Elman, the famous violinist
who will appear hero at the Columbia
Theater on Friday afternoon, March TO-
is already we'll known here, having
aroused great enthusiasm on former oc-
casions Mischa Elman is more than a
virtuoso in his musical intelligence and
keen perception of musical values. He has
prepared a remarkable programme for
his appearance here, and owing to the
demand for seats, the sale at the Column
bia Theater box Office has opened a week
in advance of the date originally in
tended.
The attraction at the Gayety next week
will be Edward F. Rushs Bon Tons, ;"
IN a smashing good show, snappy from rise
to fall of curtain, with thirty or more
fascinating chorus damsels, full of real
life and ginger that can sing the many
popular songs that are interviewer
throughout the two-act musical burletta,
Mrs. Back Bays Bon Ton College"
The principal fun makers of the occasion
are James ]. Lake, James Rowland, Pete
Kelly, Michael Feely, and Vic Leroy.
Among the many specialties and novelties
introduced are Fannie Tha tcher, termed
the statuesque blond; Gloria Martinez,
the captivating bathing beauty; Fannie
st. Clair. the cyclonic soubrette; Lake
and Rowland, comedy acrobats; the Dom
egan sisters premier roller skaters, and
the acrobatic cyclists, the Lunedin troupe.
THE Moulin Rouge Burlesquers," an