Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-13

Robert B. Mantelrs "King Lear
A will ever be the masterpiece thai
will rank him among the sred
cb,Lasnearean actors. Not that Mr.. Man
te,rs work in other roles does not revea
+ba s+,dant and the actor beyond the
ordinary. But in the tragic role OF Lear
bis art seems TO have attained it's climax
reaching the heights of real greatness
Mr.. Mantelrs repertoire during the "eeh
annnIv served to satisfy the longing fol-
the real drama that has not lost It's hests
of admirers in the maestrom of modern
substitutes. 1t is to players OF MS Hioiu
the stage will always turn for vindica-
ton in time Of stress. for the dlsregaroeo
poet of the Elizabethan age has become
the master moralist in the twentieth Gen.
fury.
Nothing in the realm of dramatic art
rerbans has undergone so much In the
wav of repairs and making over as musi-
cal comedy And yet it seems always
popular. It's foster-sister, light opera,
so called because the character and quail
itv of the music lift it above the Tilt
of the rag and the jest Of the comedian.
has similar fate in store. Much of
pended in THE Count of Luxembourg, y
vet. notwithstanding its acrobatic staircase
waltz, its scenic accessories and its
amusing story. only the beautiful music
of Lehar saves it. It's temper Is too Sc
rene to content the taste that musical
comedy has so industriously educated to
boisterous standards.
lfodor. 70 cor,adv had already eX-
plotted itself with wives, mothers, SIS
tiers and sweethearts, but it had to go
step farther and drag grandma into Its
whirl, because progressivism is the order
of the day. 1t was startling bit Of i'm
pudence for which May Robson must be
held responsible more than any one else.
Not because she consented to place
grandma in such naughty escapade. but
because she played her SO gracefully,
and with so much finesse that even the
fnicky had to laugh instead of being
shocked and indignant. 1t was really
impertinent-but delightful.
The present condition in the amusement
world resembles a puddle with four fishes
fighting for the survival of the fittest.
Burlesque is trying to eat Vaudeville.
Vaudeville is trying to eat Drama and
Moving Picture is trying to eat them ALL
RETIRES FROM MANAGEMENT
Music patrons of the city will learn with
regret that Miss Mary Cryder is with
drawing from the managerial field and
that the engagement of Rose Olitzka and
Jaroslav Kocian at the Columbia Theater
Wednesday afternoon will be the last
event of the kind with which her name
will be identified. Miss Cryder'S name
has been identified with the highest class
musical offerings and it has been through
her enterprise that some of the foremost
artists of the world have been presented
to local music patrons. Her withdrawal
from the field Of the impresario is due
to the ever-increasing demand upon her
time by her vocal pupils and it had be-
come question of giving up either one
or the other of her enterprises. With
the constantly increasing number Of stu
dents seeking her instruction she decided
to give up her managerial work. Miss
Cryder has disposed of her contracts
and good Will to George p. Conn of the
Columbia Theater, who will conduct the
business in the future
COHAN'S IDEA OF PALACE" HO-
TELS.-When George NJ. Conan saw the
first dress rehearsal of Get Rich Quick
Wallingford' with scenery a Earring note
that struck his practical eye at once was
the spick and span newness of the sets
representing the Office and the bedroom of
the Palace HOTEL shown In acts one
and two respectively
Here, boys shouted the author-actor-
producer-manager to a group of carpen-
tiers and clearers standing near, '.spend
all of your spare time the next few days
going in and out of the doors. Open and
shut them when your hands are covered
with evidences of honest toll; put your
ringers on the paint; write some numbers
ana addresses on the wall paper beside
the telephone; hang around the office
desk and look over the register; scratch
matches everywhere you shouldn't and
spit on the floor when and where you
like.
Il know all about palace hotels: my
knowledge OF them would fill a book
made up of stories of one-night stands
from Portland, Me, to Portland Ore. Go
as far as you like and make the inhab-
itants of Battlesburg feel that they are
in real hotel in the kind of city where
the best is also the worst because it is
the only one"
MISS HOLMES.-Helen Holmes is a Cal
ifornia girl whose family is identified with
mining enterprises in her native state.
Her uncle is the owner of one of it's
most famous mines. She is a college grad
uate- Her early engagements in the east
were with the Columbia Stock Company,
Brooklyn, and the Murray Hill Stock in
New York Since then she has been
with many of the foremost stock or
CARNATIONS in the country. She was one
OF the hits in Cyril Scott's production of
Taking Things Easy" with which she
has just closed to come to Washington.
This play had a successful run at the
Illinois Theater. Chicago Other engage
nents as leading woman were with j. II.
Stoddard in The Bonnie Briar Bush :;
Dustin Farnum in The Virginian'
Wright Lorimer in The Shepherd King >;
In the Man on the Box: with Max Fig
man in The Witehing Hour; William
big production of The City; in 1.-The
Aviator; with Marie Tempest in Caste
and with Tully Marshall.
HOW RAISULd GOT EvEN.-Hamo
Garden of Allah" company, was chief
lieutenant of Raisuli, the notorious
brigand, who startled all Europe some
years ago. Hamo has been member of
the company two seasons but until re-
Gently not even the most intimate of his
companions knew he had been associated
with Raisul. He is the owner of large
estates on the outskirts of Tangier but
is travelling with the theatrical company
in order 10 see the United States.
For twelve years--or from the very be-
ginning of Raisulis career Hamo was
his chief guard. Through Saleen Ayeop
an interpreter. he has given for the first
time the inside facts of the capture, in
1904, of Ion Perdicaris, an American citi-
zen. who was ransomed for $4,000.