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en- who work in the singing and dancing
ensembles of the production. The newest
Lederer chorus girl innovation caught
the fancy of New York, and VIII be fea-
tured in the performance of Madame
sherry during It's engagement at the
Nj; ional Theater.
Those who have followed theatricals are
aware that 4 was Geo. sc w. Lederer
during his New York Casino regime, who
gave musical comedy many of the wrink-
les that made the feminine chcruses of
the |. .derer Shows distinctive from those
of the average Broadway musical pro-
duction of that time. 1t was I-ede:er who
first introduced a whstling number pip
ed by chorisiers, and also Il WAS he who
changed just plain chorus girls to
show girls and from these to girls in
long skirts. Likewise ii was Lederer
who first gave the country dancing oc-
tet of girls labeled ponies. IN his pro-
duction of 1.-THE Man in the Moon, IN
the New York Theater. Employing only
blonde girls at one time and hrunetta at
another. and swinging the style from
girls of generous physical amplitude to
tiny feminine charmers which he termed
'broilers." We're more successful whimsi-
calitieS of this producer.
Perhaps one of the best things Madame
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Coming Attractions.
Columbia.

Henry Miller will give the first metro
politan presentation of his new play,
THE Rainbow" by a. T.. Thomas. at
the Columbia Theater tomorrow night
A trial performance of the play i'll At
lantic City last Monday attracted Il num-
Der of famous producing managers from
New York, and their verdict is said 10
have been unanimous and exceptionally
enthusiastic approval. According to re-
ports Mr. Miller has a charming. whole
some comedy with Il big human note
sounded on the same theme that carried
''The Music Master into Il thrce-year
run on Broadway.
Mr. NIiller's first night in Washington.
il is announced. is likely to prove a bril-
liant social event, for the boxes and
many seats in the orchestra will be oc-
cupied by members of the capitals most
exclusive social circles. The premier will
also attract almost a hundred Washing
ton correspondents of big American and
European newspapers. A party made up
of friends of the author will include
noted New York newspaper and maya
zine editors, fellow playwrishts and nov
elists and members of the theatrical syn
dicate Several New York producing
managers have indicated intention
likewise to be present
The story of 1.-The Rainbow deals with
the separation of father from his
daughter through marital Inisunder-
standing. AT the beginning OF the play
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Casino.

Top lining the Casinos array OF vaude-
vile talent this week Is Marie Sparrow.
who the Irish Cyclone" has made a
record for herself W. tn the amusement
loving public of the west. This viii b.
her ii4'st eng cement in this part OF the
country. Miss Sparrow has naive way
of telling stories. and her rendition Of
pure I itIc songs is described iniInita-
BILE. Brady and Mae. singers and dancers.
recently of the Foil es. are down for rf
teen minutes of chatter. song and dance.
The Cycling ZaEoras viii offer comedy
bicycling act fun of thrills and clever
trick riding. and Reeves and Werner VIII
have a singing act filed with comedy. An
added attraction is the Four Burns Sis
tiers. i'm a musical number, in VIII Oh they
play nearly every instrument the crches-
ira uses. Their solos on the cello and the
saxophone are features in addit on 10
quartet work.
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Academy.

I'm Old kcntucky..' announced for APP
pearance at the academy all this week.
with matinces Tuesday, Thu sdaN and
Saturday, is one of The most successful
plays ever produced in this country Its
poI ularity is widespread and its fame
lasting. 1t would seem the play was writ
ten for all time and to tit all changes III
public sentiment Ii tells Il delightful!
story Of the Kentucky hills. depicts stir
ring incidents rue To any time and cline
and abounds in simple. wholesome phi-
losophy of true living that makes d.
rect appeal To all.
Among its leaders are the ''pickani1nies,
i score or more of little colorcd lads in
songs. dances and band music, and the
famous horse race. An excellent com
pany provided by the management IN
cludes Miss NJ ildred Johnson, who for two
seasons has played the role Of the noun
tain heroine, Madsc Brierly: Bert. g.
Clark as the Colonel and George NJ. De
We're. Walter Frederi ks, Helen Quincy
and Theora Carter.
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wild, and Sousa made dancers wriggle
with the tWo-step. Eighty-fivc companies
in various parts Of the world are causing
, people IT, hum the polka to the tune of
Every Little Movement.
When George w. Iedercr. the famous
stage producer of the big New York
Casino musical successes. decided To pro-
Guce Madame sherry. he realized. the
value OF the number and taxed to the
utmost his ingenuity to Introduce it with
"a novelty in the chorus work. He had
previously achieved celebrity for many
novel chorus Innovations. He changed
chorus girls To show girls and dressed
them in long skirts. In one production
he employed on!x blends and in the
following one cny brunettes. Some of
mis- choruseS We're made UP of only
large women and then h. changed his
next cltoruses tn only little girls. Ii was
he who introduced for the first time i'll
Americ.. the Pony f,stllet, and he loi-
lowed this with 'Eroilers and Squads
ana ..FIanperS'' Now in Madame
sherry = Every I.ittl, Movement
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for him. When Dexter Barton arrives
i'm New York with a gold mine To sell.
Jimmy after her father has turned the
proposition down. takes a half interest.
She takes an even greater interest In
Barton, and no longer has any use for
her mannsh wearing apparel. hut dis
cards ii and adopts all The fuffs and
f1ounces dear To the heart OF women.
How the gold mine saves the brokerage
firm from failure is cleveriy worked cut
by the co-authorS
Featured with Miss Ring is Harry Gil
foil, who was born and educated in
Washington IL. has the principal COM
edy role of James Greene. the brok Of.
Others in the east include Charles Gott-
hold Clarence Oliver. Charles Winninger.
Mauie knowton Florence Shirley and
Cross and Josephine.
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THINKS WASHINGTON KNOWS
Henry Miller says he delayed five weeks
the production of his new play, The
Rainbow" because he was unable TO get
a Washington theater for full week
until the six days beginning tomorrow.
He subjected himself TO the inconvenience
of the. delay, he says. because he consid-
ers Washington the dramatic, As Well as
the governmental, capital of the United
States and because he believes this city
to be a more competent critic of good
p.ays tharf any other in the country.
He has produced plays In New YORK.
San Francisco and Washington. and of
! these three cities Washington has always
been the surest critic, the safest guide
and the final judgment.
| A VARIED EXPERIENCE.-The actors
of the old school. living in that period
| of theatrical history when versatility was
| essential, the one-part actor "a rarity and
the type actor unknown, are gradually
passing away. Many of these old-time
players if caught in "a reminiscent mood
| Droye mines of interesting anecdotes
| about the early day drama i'll this coun-
try.
| Burt c. Clark is one of these old-time
thespians. whose experience has extended
over many years and whose lmperSona-
tons are said to have run the entire
| famut of cEeation. His career previous
! t. his stage debut was characteristic OF
! the pioneer days, to which so much ro-
| nance attaches. His father and male
| relatives were steamboat builders on the
Mississippi and as young man ne serV-
| ed and apprenticeship as IA cub pilot on
| the Missouri. In time he wandered to
Texas, Became cowboy and drove the
1 trail many times from San Antonio to
] Abilene. Kan. In ST. Louis he tried conf
| mercial life He assisted in the ship
ment of the first big drove of mules \. >.
| Grant and Joe Wolferd sent out of st.
| Louis He went through Morsan's cam
paign in the civil war anad took part in
the raids of that famous guerrilla III Ken
| lucky and Tennessee.
/ Mr. Clark made his stage debut in
variety His first appearance was with
| the celebrated Peake family, 1.-THE bell
| ringers" with which the late Sol Smith
!, Russell also made his stage debut Then
minstrelsy was tried in Woodruff's and
! later McBrides minstrels-black-fa or
! CARNATIONS celebrated in their time.
Later he joined Green's Mocking Birds,
another popular black-face attraction of
| those days. Vaudeville was unknown.
but variety. from which vaudeville was
evolved, was a popular form of amuse-
ment. In variety Mr.. Clark did Dutch
specially He also managed variety
house for some time and then joined
Tony Pastor. who conducted variety
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which We're conducted On the stage of tn,
Richmond academy OF Music.
Worn out with Their long siege of work
Mrs. WigSin decided after the final one
she would breakfast IN her apartments al
the Hotel Jefferson the next morn ng and
spend the day resting for the further en-
ertions of the first night performance, \
Nolnhlc and attentive southern negro was
assigned IL wait on her. and he ca ne
huStiing into the room with the mosning
meal After setting the table he stood al
attention for n few moments and then hi
desire for information getting the better
of his training. he said
Il hears You all gwinc PLAY NJ tn,
Cademy tonight"
Yes" Mrs. Wisgin answered. that's
our intention.
''SaSsum. the waiter answered. II
speckS You all am ,e leaGiu lady"
No. Mrs. Wisgin said. Il am onlN tht
author az the play. -
Lord liz goodness. Is" disappointed.
the waiter replied. II Was gwine to set
de play; now | doesn't care to 90. Anu
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Grand Orera Announcement.

Andreas DIPPED announces that at the
request of a large number of patrons or
opera in Washington the Chicago Grand
Opera Company will give two perform
ances al the BelaSco Theater March -.
He states il will be the endeayor of the
MANAGEMENT to have these performance
m To the very highest standards oi
grand orera, both to casts ana sceni,
effects At the matinee Verdls Aida
will be sung while the night performance
will present Victor Herberts American
onera .Natoma.' Mr. Dppel states that
the entire casts Tor both operas VIII De
announced in the next few days.
For both performances regular opera
prices will prevail.
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New York Philharmonic Society.

AS ii special acknowledgment to the
patrons who have made possible the an
nouncement that the Philharmonic so
ciety of New York will continue It's an
nua. visits TO this city, il Is announces.
Director Josef Stransky has added nu-
steal gem to the liberal program which
had been prepared for the last concert
.of tbe season at the New National Thea
ter Tuesday afternoon at 40 O'Clock, in
Greig's beautiful elegiac melody Tor
string orchestra The Last Spring.
Josef Lhevinne. the eminent russian
pianist, will be the soloist at the Tues
day concert His recent successes IN
Vienna. Berlin, Madrid. and other Euro
pean capitas are said to confirm the
tributes of the American press, and indi-
cate that Lheyinne ranks with the truly
great interpretative artists.
Mr.. I.heyinne will be heard in Rubin-
STEMS piano concerto No. 5. Il fiat major,
on. "a r. Arthur Smith is directing the
sale of tickets.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

The current week at the Arcade Will
be well taken up with basket bail
games, three in number. The first il
tomorrow night, with Loyola College
of Baltimore and the Cathofc I'M
yersity Georgetown will have as its
adversary the strong team of he Uni
yersity of Pittsburg Wednesday night
and that of Bucknell University OF
Lewisburg. Pa Saturday night. The
ladies' duckpin tournament IL to com
mence the 18th and conclude the 3Oth.
Motion pictures and roller skating con-
tinue to be popular.
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Heinrich Hammer String Quartet.

The Heinrich Hammer String Quartet
will make its first public appearance Al
the Columbia 'Theater this afternoon at
3 o'clock for what Prof. Hammer calls
IAN Eour of music Prof Hammer, VII"
is the first violin of the quartet, occu~
pied a similar post with the famouS
Amsterdam String Quartet, one OF the
best known chamber music organizations
in the world Other members of the
quartet are William Green, second violin:
Daniel Breeskin, viola, and Richarn
/ orlebers. violoncello.
The program for today includes
Mozart's quartet No. II in G major, Win
its dainty menuetto movement. ana us
wona erfully deep anoante can;aoile, anu
a beautiful Beethoven number op- 10,
No l. Z minor.
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a two-act musical comedy, with musical
settings. interspersed with features. nov
elites, sensations and vaudeville special
ties. and adequate scenic investiture. Is
the Offering The production is under the
personal direction of James ii. Curtin and
Sim Williams, Brown and Bragg and
George w. Milton are responsible for the
book and lyrics. 1t is said to bristle
with fun of the wholesome. spontaneous
and endur;ible variety, without an OBJ
iectionable line Its action Is spirited,
the comedy unctuous and the music of
the kind to gladden. the heart Forty
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RelastO,

Blanche Ring. who ranks as one Of
Americas foremost singing condolences.
comes to the Belas2o Tneater for one
week beginning tomorrow night in a
new musical comedy, The Wall Street
Girl" Miss Ring Is favorite with
Washing ton tneater patrons. and in The
Yankee Girl last season scored q dis
tinct. hit. III her new vehicle she Is
given an even greater opportunity Ia
display her versatility. She has num-
Der of song hits, among them Decide
Dundee '''.I Want "a Regular Man.
81 Should Have Been Born a Boy and
THE Indian Rag" all of which she will
sing in her own peculiar manner. She
is surrounded by an aggregation of stun
ming girls. who will Introduce Il number
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Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra.

Sunday evening, March IL. the Min
neapolis symphony Orchestra will give
it's first concert in this city at the New
National Theater. with Emil Oberhoffer
conducting and Lucille Stevenson. So
prano and Richard Czerwonky, violinist.
as the /soloists This organization *
making it's first tour of the east, and
Washington is to be one of the few cities
visited. The occasion will also present
to the people of Washington for the first
time the 'poet-conductor of the west.
as Mr.. oberhoffer has been called. lie 10
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National.

In Madame Sherry which Lima Abar.
banell and the original New York COM
pany will present at the National Thea
ter for week beginning tomorrow even.
ing, George W. Lederer of New York
Casino fame has found another new
quirk in his treatment OF the young WON.
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Lyceum.

James H. Curtin and Sim Williams
broadway Gayety Girls will be the next
attraction at the Lyceum Theater, COM
mencing tomorrow and continuing week,
with the customary matinees. In Search
of Widow and Two Lucky Tramps,
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IF distinct novelties in the chorus num-

berS.
THE Wall Street Girl is by Margaret
Mayo. author of Baby Nine" and Edgar
Selwyn, author of 1.-THE Country Boy"
The music is by the late Karl Hoschna,
who wrote Madame Sherry and Three
Twins. The piece has proved the great
est success of Miss Rings career.
Jemima Greene. daughter of Wall
street broker. has been brought up. in
mannish fashion, because her father was
disappointed in not having u son. Je-
NINA. or Jimmy. as she is called. enters
her fathers office and runs the business
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American debut was in "F'ruehlingsluft."
of which The Spring Chicken was an
adaptat on. Then followed her great sue
cess In .Hansel ard Gretel'' and The
Student King under the direction OF
Henry w. Savage. Her next roll. that
of Sonia in The Merry Widow. is
fresh in the minds of all theateGgoers.
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people are in the company. including
twenty sprightly young women.
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THE CHORUS TALKS IT.-Everybody
knows the tune of Every Little Move
ment Ih, number which forms the
musical theme of Madame Sherry" 1t
has amounted to tiueful epidemic since
Madame Sherrys initial production at
THE Colonel Theater, Chicago. That was
barely two years ago; Yet il seems like
ten years. Blame ii the number of
times You have heard the haunting
melody. In the same way one gets to
think that famous actresses who COM
nlenced their stage careers at an early
age must he at least hundred years
old because one seems TO have heard
their names all ones life
Here are the words Of the famous
song:
.rry thought and feeling by some posture may
- shown
And cy'ry love thought that comes a-stealing
Ger y"'T being must he revealing
MI Its sweetness appealing
little sestGrr all its own.
Every Little Movement" covered the
country in two weeks BY the time the
production got to New York. cafe orches-
tras Were playing the airs in Buenos
Aires. Johannesburg, Yokohama, Mel
Weehaw ken and other foreign
ports.
Its melody Is a polka, and Madame
sherry. through this tune has revived
the old nolkt dance i'm pafIors of the
fashionable where the polka was laid
aside with the gayottc: just THE
Merry Widow made the world waltz
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-07
STANDARD SUBSIDIARIES
TO INCREASE CAPITAL

NEW YORK, Feb. 7.AIn apparent
confirmation of the reports thai vari-
Gus of the former subsidiaries of the
dissolved Standard OIL Company of
New Jersey are to increase their capt.
tai stock to correspond more closely
with their assets, it is that
stockholders of the Vacuum Oil Com
pany will be asked to approve an in
e of capital stock of the company
from So, 500, 900 to $780, 600, 900 on Febru-
airy 20, and that a week later stock
holders Of the Standard Oil Company
of Indiana would be asked to increase
their stock from $1,000, 900 to $50, 900, 600.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-07
"SOme Women
Too SnObbiSh to
Vote, Says

NEW YORK, Feb. lit is the
eternal feminine that appeals to man.
said Mrs. Henry Alvord Robinson in
her summing up of Whats the Mat
ter with the Women" yesterday after
noon before the William Lloyd Gar
rison Equal Rights Association. She
said men wanted charm, the kind of
charm that made a woman grow more
beautiful as she grew older. She as
serted that when an old woman Is not
beautiful it is her own fault. through
personal traits she has cultivated.
"Some women are SO snobbish they
wouldn't have the ballot If they had to
share it with the washerwoman," said
Mrs. Robinson. She dashed h woman
who, to fatter men, belittled her sex.
Those who take ST. Paul literally and
think woman suffrage against their re-
ligion also came UP for consideration
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-07
NEGROES LYNCH NEGRO
FOR KILLING A NEGRO.

vIDALIA, Ga, Feb. L-Homer
Stewart, a negro, was lynched by
members of his w ace yesterday at
Cedar Crossing. a small town in a re-
to reports received here. Stewart is
alleged to have killed another negro
and fatally wounded two others at a
negro festival. He was arrested soon
after the killing, and was being taken
to Jail by an officer when the mob
seized him, hanged him to a tree and
riddled his body with bullets.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-07
New Process to
End Fleeing in
Works Of Art

LONDON, Feb. Ito end the hunt
for old masters by American collec-
tors is the ambition of Henry Percy
Thompson, who is going to the United
States in a few days for the purpose
of exploiting his new process of the
reproduction of pictures of any age
and of every school.
Mr.. Thompson claims that by his
method he produces the works of any
old master, whether of Rubens, Rem
brandt, Velasquez or Botticelli, not
only in exact detail of drawing and
color, but also in the popularity of
treatment and technique.
Color photography is part Of the
process: the rest is Mr.. Thompson's
secret. Those who have seen the
Thompson reproductions say they are
superior in detail to most hand-pro-
duced copies, while their cost is from
$25 to $50 per master.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-07
DIDN'T KNOW MOTHER DIED
TILL SHE WAS CREMATED.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, Feb. Mot until
the day the body of his mother arrived
at a crematory did George l.. Patterson
learn that she had died, according to
his testimony in the Thurston will con-
test yesterday. He received a message
from Hoboken, N. j., saying his mother
had passed away and he lost no time in
Fastening there.
Patterson was preparing TO tell what
he saw in the crematory as the coffin
was about to be lowered into the fur
mace, when counsel for Mrs. Katherine
Tingley, the chief beneficiary under the
will of Mrs. Harriet P. Thurston, en-
tered an objection, which. blocked this
testimony and resulted in what was
construed as an important victory for
the defense.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-07

Sensational charges by Representa-
tive Frank Clark, of Florida, and Rep
resentative e. r.. Bathrick, of Ohio, to
The effect that through the influence of
promoters of the sale of the Everglade
lands department officials had sup
presstd reports on the drainage situa-
ton end that two officials of the de-
partment, Engineers Elliott and More
house, had been dismissed from the
service after refusing to retract their
stat, ments, which were ~unfavorable to
the IAN promoters, have created a SEN
sation. closely resembling the situation
in the controversy between Solicitor
McCabe and DIR. Wiley, the govern
ment's pure food expert, in which Nc
Cabe recommended the doctor for dis
mlssa.. This case, however, ended in
Presit ent Taft's vindication of DR..
Wiley.
The proposed investigation, and the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-07
GRAND ISLAND RAILROAD
SUIT is CONCLUDED,

LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 7~.-Argument
was finished in the Grand Island rail-
road receivership suit last evening in
Federal Court, and the attorneys were
given ten days in which to file briefs
for inspection of the court. Samuel
U~ntermeyer, of New York, speaking
for the minority stockholders, ar
raigned the Union Pacific railroad, the
majority stakeholder, for what he
termed its spirit of lawlessness and
arrogance in the management of the
property.
w. d. Guthrie, also of New York,
defended the course of the controlling
road in its efforts.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-07
MRS. HALE BACK FROM
EUROPE WITH -FOUR DOGS.

NEW YORK. Feb. Mrs. Roberta
Observation-Disclosures yesterday re-
turned to this city to make her debut
ON the musical comedy stage. Her
arrival was unexpected because she
declared when sailing that she would
never come back to America again.
She was known on board as Mrs.
r. Hale and brought with her four
dogs hat she does not know what to
do with. A male passenger, who had
been attentive on the voyage across,
had carried the dogs about until his
arms ached. He was glad when the
Kaiserin Auguste Victoria reached her
pier and he was able to separate him
self from the dogs. q.