The Washington times., 1912-12-12

per and his English wife ana their two
baby daughters. Leah, dark and French
like her father, and Octavla, who had
her mothers golden hair and blue eyes,
settled in this forest land.
little dark-eyed daughter accompanying
him. He Is slain by a beast Of prey.
The child IL rescued by an old Indian
chief. and the redskin and his squaw
rsH, rear the girl to believe she is their own
AT the opening Of the play both the
sisters have grown to woinanhood. each
unaware Of the others being. Jacques
Cautier. a French Canadian trapper,. is
Neamata by name. while she has given
her heart to an English fur trader
named Bruce Marshall. He. in turn, is
In love with Neamata's beautiful sister
who dwells in the foreign land from
the golden-haired Octavia comes to visit
her fance: the sisters come face to face,
not knowing each other. and 1t In from
this situation that Miss Clarke has
woven her play.
Eugene Ysaye. the famous violinist.
will appear here tomorrow at the
Columbia Theater. at 4:3O. 1t is fully
coming has occasioned real Joy among
the younger generation. who only know
what they have read or what their ell
ders have told them. To hear and see
for themselves, Is what the young
players Of the bow are looking forward
to. Every musician returning to
america An sIs this autumn mn from Europe. who
playing remains one OF the rare won-
ders OF interpretative art It is a great
lesson for all who hear him.
There Is no. name among violinists
AAnk nVnxy.s Nz~ has
that of Ysaye. For many years he
has been prominent figure In the
world Of music. 1t is doubtless this
reserve force that lends to Ysayc his
UNPARALLELED power, over his public. Mr
Decreus, pianist.
"Burma and Ceylon" will be the con-
Guiding subject OF the series Of travel
logues Burton Holmes has been giving
at the Columbia Theater for everal
weeks past. II will occupy the atten-
ton Of the Holmes devOtees on Sum
day evening next, and the following.
Monday afternoon at $3.50 O'Clock. At
the same hour Sunday afternoon Mr..
Holmes will repeat his inspiring story
Of the Panama canal and. as on the
former occasions when man2 were un-
able to obtain seats. he will contrast
this magnificent monument to American
engineering with the Suez and OthCr
similar works. The travelogues have
proven more popular than ever this
season and Mr.. Holmes will bring his
Washington visit to a close with the
most beautiful story Of his entire
series.
An unusual array Of vaudeville talent
has been obtained BY Manager Thatcher
for the week before Christmas at Polls.
The headline feature will be the strik-
ing one-act comedy drama. Scandal"
which caused a genuine vaudeville sem
sation when produced at the Fifth Ave-
nue. Theater. New York. last week. 1t
will be presented at Polls next week
by Porter J. White and his original
New York company. The supplementary
stellar feature will be Alexander &
Scott, the unique team Of entertainers
who have been headline features in
all the high price vaudeville theaters
of America. There will be five
other striking vaudeville features. Mr..
Thatcher having instructed his New
York Office to spare no expense on next
weeks bill particularly because Mr..
Poll has donated the receipts of the
Tuesday matinee to the st. Nicholas
Girl FUND OF The Times.
Mildred Jewel. who made somewhat Of
a sensation at the Casino Theater a
year ago in her exhibition Of nfystfy-
ing mind reading. and who has achieved