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The Washington herald., 1914-12-20
POLI'S FESTIVAL
FOR THE CHILDREN

There's to be an unusual celebration at
Polls this week. one the Ike of which
has never before been staged in a Wash
ington theater. 1t is to be a Christina s
festival for the children of the Capital
who might otherwise experience npne Of
the JOYS which their more fortunate lit
tie playmates will surely have on this
great day of days
Three thousand tickets have been dis
tributed throughout the city and it is
safe to say that a large percentage of the
fortunate holders of these bits OF card
board will be in line on PENNSYLVANIA
avenue when the doors of the theater are
thrown open on Christmas morning at
9 o'clock.
The entertainment will begin st 10
o'clock. when all the members OF the Poll
company will be seen in a Christmas
fantasy, which they have been rehearsing
for ten days. The climax of the LITTLE
play, which will run for half an hour
will be the disclosure OF a giant Christ
mas tree, towering twenty-five feet I'D
among the flies of the stage, and a-glit-
ter with hundreds of incandescent lights
Beneath the tree, to one side, there will
rise veritable mountain of candy, do
mated by the Gam Famous Dutch Candy
Kitchen
At the moment that the big tree-which
is the gift of A. c. Oehmler. the G street
florist is revealed Santa Claus himself
will step to the front and invite every
child IN the theater to come up on the
stage and receive from him a toy and
a bag of candy.
An important feature of the festivities
will be the music. Not only have the
memters Of the regular Poll Orchestra
proffcred their services for the occasion.
but number o. musicians from other
theaters have expressed a wish to add
to the pleasure of the occasion by aug
menting the band.
There is an opportunity for other vol
unteers in this big celebration for the
children OF the Capital. The toys are
yet to be wrapped in coiored paper, and
Manager osse would like to have a
corps of young lady assistants to take
charge Of this department tomorrow
morning and Tuesday. Volunteers may
offer their services either at the theater
box office or at the managers Office
Monday and Tuesday between the hours
Of 10 and II O'Clock in the morning.
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LOWERS ADMISSION
TO TEA DANSANT

Considerable discussion preceded the
decision on the part OF the Jardin de
Danse last week to reduce the price of
admission for the tea dansante from 50
to . cents. The higher charge had en-
titled patrons to refreshments as we'll
as the enjoyment of music and floor priv
ileges for dancing. Then 1t came about
that several devotees of the dance in
formed the management that they would
like to drop in after matinees for a few
dances, but did not care for refresh
ments so near their dinner hour. and
suggested special admission price for
afternoon that would entitle patrons to
the dansant without tea.
After a deal OF discussion and con-
sideration the management decided that
this was a good idea, and Immediately a
card went up outside the cabaret an
nouncing the new price Of admission for
afternoons to passersbys, a fact which
has more than tripled the attendance
at the tea dansants
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tenor. and Mr.. Charles Trowbridge Tit
mann, bass.
Miss Charlotte Klein gave an organ re-
cital last Tuesday night in Bethlehem
Chapel under the auspices OF the District
of Columbia Chapter Of the American
Guild of Organlsts. which was notewor-
thy in many ways. Miss Kleln's tech
nique is remarkable for ease and clear
ness, while taste In registration and care
full phrasing combine to make her play
ing a real delight. The program included:
Sonata in c minor (Guilmanu. Andante
from Sonata In G minor CHalsey). Sonata
in + fiat (BachD, and Sonnet" Lemaer).
The Christmas music at Trinity EpIs-
copal Church will be as follows: Christ
mas Eve. midnight seTvice-Hymn. 1T
Came Upon the Midnight Air. tMue"-
becke); communion service; offerertory.
solo by Miss Andrew Harvey adam
hymn. 20. Little Town of Bethlehem.
Morning prayer and holy communion
at II: Organ prelude THE shepherds
in the Field CMaIling: professional,
Christians Awake. Salute the Happy
Morn" VCnite. Third Tone (Grego-
riHnI; Tc Deum in G CComstOck): Bens.
diCtus. First Tone" CGregorsan): in
troit. 20. Come All ye Faithful Resd-
ingD: Communion Service in @" Com
stock; anthem. Sing. o Daughter Of
Zion (SchivarZD: reCessiOnaI, "Hark, the
Herald Angels Sing" CMendelssohnJ: Dr.
gan recital Festival March in F.
CFoOteD.
Miss Evelyn Miller is soprano sOloist:
Mrs. r. G l.. MOncurr cOntraltO So
lOist. and Mr. Oscar Franklin COmstock,
+. \. G. O.. Organist and chOirmaster.
Last Monday afternoon. in her fifth
lecture Of the course on modern grand
operas. Mime. like Lamasure gave the
onera "poia." OF our American composer.
Arthur Seyin. This opera. based on a
Blackfoot Indian legend. has been pro-
duced in Europe but never in this cOun-
try, and as the only means thus far OF
hearing n serious and ambitious work OF
one of our best composers Nine. lama
sure's lecture-recital afforded a much
tO-be-desired opportunity. Nine. Lama
sure's opera recitals are of superior
aesthetic educational significance to dra-
matte and literary readings for the rea-
son that an adequate technique to reao
a piano version of an orchestral score
is so rare as to effectually seal these
works TO the average music lover. Nine
Lamasure has the technique. the musi-
T.
equipped by long residence in Europe to
interpret the musical language of each
national type and TO reveal clearly the
spirit of each work.
Mime. Lamasure has chosen works in
which the music illumlnates. elevates.
and enhances the dramatic moments of
the story.
In the new year the second half IT
Mrs. Lamasure's. course will comprise
an nj T,1f ND
cret Of Suzanne" and Love as a Doc
tor "Eugene Onigin'' and Mona" rep
resenting Wagner, for Germany: Debus-
sy. for France: Wolf-Ferrari. for Italy:
TchaikOwsky. for Russia, and HOratio
Parker. for America. on January and
and IS February l and L and March ].
These vii! h. given as heretofore at the
Comstock studio, 1870 New York ave
niue
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PROMISED NEXT WEEK.
adele

Joseph =. Bickerton. jr.. managing
director OF the New Era Producing Com
pany, Inc. will bring Adele to the
National TheateT next wek.
Mr.. BickertOn is to be congratulated
for his good judgment in keeping to-
gether the cast that made so favorable
an impression last season in this en-
tertainment Adele will interest all
who love tunefuI melodies. catchy songs.
and beautifully gowned women.
The melodies of Jean BriQuet have been
sung and played everywhere for the
past year. The book of the play from
the French Of Paul Herve has been done
into English by the collaboration of
AdoIph Phillip and Edward A. Psulton.
II is said that in the translation Adele
has lost little OF its French flavor.
Carolyn Thomson will be seen here in
her rendition of the title role; John Park
will have the part OF the Baron: Ste
phen Stott. will be seen as Robert: VI Ie
Phelps will appear Myrianne: Eu-
gene Arnold. as Henri ParmanCeau. and
Fred Frear and Sidney Davies will both
appear in prominent comedy roles.
Kathryn Beach will play Bahiole. Others
in the cast are r. II. BarIab. Julian Win
tiers, Charles Frye. Edward Wooster.
Alyce HOmphries, Marguerite Cunard.
and Anna Gartin
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YALE ASSOCIATION AT
COLUMBIA NEXT WEEK

The Yale University Dramatic Asso-
citation which appears Monday afternoon,
-.eC,mber y. at the Columbia Theater,
is fortunate in the excellent assistance
afforded its members by the faculty of
the university.
Several OF the past productions of the
association are the direct efforts of the
rOfessors at Yale. Both as translators
and as dramatists they have lent the
association a scholarly dramatic air.
BY their assistance, various members
Of the faculty. notably Prof. Phelps and
Mr.. Crawford, have guaranteed the
choice OF a wholly dramatic and unique
selection of plays for the Christmas trip
this year. Mr.. Crawford has provided
the association with one of its selections.
in his dramatiZation Of Stephen Lea
cocks Behind the Beyond"
The other three one-act plays will be
a romantic drama entitled st. Bartholo-
news Eve" by the president of the
Yale actors, F. W. Tuttle; "The Ghost
of Jerry. BundIer." by w. W. Jacobs and
Charles Rock, and THE Stranger" an
unusually strong TRAGEDY by A. F. jerks
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"BIE Jim Garrity"

The Poll Players will begin the New
Year with owen Davis thrilling drama.
Big Jim Garrity,' produced for the first
time here. Big Jim Garrity' is a this
seasons product, having been produced
earlier in the season on Broadway with
John Mason as the star.
The play tells a story of many thrills
and dramatic situations. The hero Is
man who has been sent to prison
wrongly. He escapes and succeeds in
winning a place OF honor and affiuence
in new surroundings. He has a wife and
child when the shadow of his past falls
across the happy household. through th~
treachery of two outlaws. How the hero
saves himself from these two criminals
constitutes the cruX of a rema rka BILE
story.
The Poll Players will present Big Jim
Garrity'' as il was given at the New
York Theater, under the direction OF 4.
II. Woods
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Curious Fact.

Curious as it may seem, Lady winder-
mere's Fan" which Margaret Anglin will
present at the Columbia Theater. begin
ming on Christmas night, is one of the
few plays now before the public which
does not employ the use of the telephone,
This in itself is a decided novelty, as one
cannot recall any of the recent theatrical
productions in which the telephone in
some way Is not one of the important
props of the play. 1t has worked over
time, and It will be a relief to see a stage
performance in which the action is not
punctuated by the "ding-a-ling'' or the
hello" of the telephone
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"star and Garter show"

The 1914 edition of the Star and
Garter Show" comes to the Gayety
next week. Jack Conway and Billie
Hill head the cast and are assisted by
Mark Tompson. Thomas Welch. Johnny
Eckart. George Griffin. Herman Stern
man. Moe SAKE, George Karryhart.
Harriet Egbert, and Mabel Clark and
the Star and Garter" rosebud garden
of girls. The musical extravaganza.
entitled The Mystic Jewel is in two
acts and eight scenes. chief OF which
is the lobby OF the Hotel Castoria, the
Sultan's palace, a scene in rural( ITol-
land. a bull ring in Madrid. a cannibal
island. and the dazzling Crystal Pal
ace.
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For Boston's Poor.

The presence of Cyril Maude, the dis
tinguished English actor, who is achiev-
ing enormous success in Grumpy In
Boston and likely to visit here in his
tour of America, on the bill netted a re-
cent charitable performance at the Bos-
ton Opera House nearly 1900. Mr.
Maude, it seems. has given himself en-
tirely over to charity for in the next
few weeks he has consented to appear in
several performances given in aid of Bos-
tons poor.
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Arthur N Gardner, bass soloist Of the
Church OF the Ascension for the past
seven years, has sent in his resignation
to take effect January l.
GurIe Luise Corey, American eoloratu-
ra-soprano. has left her Washington
home and will be located for the winter
in New York. She Is accompanied oy
her mother, Mrs. ]. Weed Corey. and
her secretary.
II the faithful work OF the Washington
Oratorio Society Is a criterion-and II
generally is-the music-loving public may
expect one of the best presentations OF
HandePs Messiah" to which il has eveI
| listened when the society presents that
masterpiece OF oratorio the latter part OF
january. Rehearsals are being held
every Monday evening in the chapel OF
the Church OF the Covenant, and any
singer at all familiar with the music OF
the Messiah will be very gladly well
coined. The proceeds will be donated
by the society to the Belgian relief fund
for the aid of those who have suffered
so greatly from the ravages of war In
Europe: and while the singing OF the
Messiah will alone I'LL the big audi
ence room to its capacity, the oppor-
tunity to help those who are in such
VIII HO plONC al
added incentive to attend.
Theodore T. Apple. the bass soloist OF
Calvary Baptist Church. was the soloist
at the dedicatory services OF the Mount
Pleasant Lutheran Church on Rock
Creek Church road last Sunday after
noon. His accompanist was Guy A.
Ourand, who served as pianist FOR the
congregational singing.
a new Christmas cantata. The Eve
OF Grace" the text by Van Tassel Sut-
phen. the music by J. Sebastian
Matthews. will be sung by the Cathe-
dral Choir at the Bethlehem Chapel to-
day at o'clock in place of the evening
service.
The composer has written the ca
thedral chOirmaster. Mr.. Edgar Priest.
saying that this will be the first pres
entation Of the work anywhere and
that he will most likely be present to
hear it.
The soloists will be Master Howard
Young. soprano: DIR. Henry Jaeger. ten
or; Mr.. Henry II. Tallmadge, barytone: {:
Mr.. Warren w. Grimes. bass. Admis-
sion cards are not required.
In Steinway Hall forty years ago
December -. 1870. the OratOrio So
clety Of New York sang HandeTs
Messiah" for the first time. with a
chorus Of about three dozen voices. Two
years later the society inaugurated the
custom of presenting the oratorio at
least twice a year at Christmas time.
Its eighty-sixth and eighty-seventh
repetitiOns of the veneTated. but ever
youthful masterpiece Of religious music
this time with a chorus Of 294 voices
will be given in Carnegie Hall this
season on Tuesday afternoon. Decem-
ber 20. and Wednesday evening, De-
cember 80. The sOlOists Miss Florence
Hinkle. soprano: Miss Marie S. Lang
stOn. COntraltO; Mr.. Reed Miller. tenor,
and Mr.. Frederic Martin. bass.
Louis kOemmenich will conduct. and
the orchestra will be that of the SYM
phOny Society.
These Messiah" concerts are unique
in metropolitan musical activities. They
never fail 10 fill Carnegie Hall. not only
with the usual devOtees of choral
music. but with Clergymen. ChOirmas-
tiers. church singers. and a host Of de-
vout folk. long well aware that in these
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careful presentations they are assured,
not only OF a beautiful and artistic,
but Of q deeply reverential treatment
OF this sublime and consolatory work.
Mrs. Huron w. Lawson returned last
week from a short concert trip. Mrs.
Lawson gave recitals at Blackstone, Va,
where she sang last March; at Gaffney.
s. c.. and in the artist course Of Con-
verse College. Spartanburg, S. G.
On Saturday afternoon. December Il.
Mr. Josef Kaspar held the first of a se-
ries or violin recitals for his students,
pills, Miss Roberta Allen and Miss Eliza
beth Wnbur. The following pupils, as
sisted by Miss Eualie Buchanon, accom-
PIANIST. and Miss Larking. 'cellist, took
part: Joseph X. Butler, Clay Holmes,
Richard King. James Motler, Harmon
Warner. Jack Williams, Mary p. Glenn
ents, Marion GRAHAM, Katharine Knae-
bel. Naomi Matthews. Isabel MCGEE.
Miss Allen and Miss Wilbur.
An interesting recital was given at
Madison Hall School on Friday evening
by pupils OF Felix Garziglia, Arthur
Greene, former tenor of the Aborn opera
company. and Mrs. Emily Frech Barnes.
The following program was rendeTet
"Valse Chromatic" CBenjsmin GodardI.
Miss Elizabeth Matthews: Bowl Of
Roses" ORobert Coningsby CIarke). Miss
Eulalie Davis; "A Ia bien-Aimee" ed
ward Schultz. Miss Ethel Thomas; mono
IOgue, What's in a Name?' Forsyth,
Miss Mary Biles; Forest Sounds"
CCharIes Dennee). Mis- Elizabeth Bourne;
monologue, Ten Minutes in a Trolley
CRIce), Miss Margaret Copies; ''SaltareI-
Ia Louis Treagle). Miss jamie Sanders:
His Lullaby Carrie Jacobs Bond, Miss
Margaret Caples: That Old Sweetheart
o. Mine" CRiley). Miss Mary Jones: "a
Little Love. a Little kiss U.ao Silesab
Miss jamie Sanders; "Une Fete a Mad
rid Frances ThorneD. Miss Judith
Bourne; monologue, Entertaining the
Minister" Miss Ethel Thomas; "vaIse
Mignonne' Edward Schultz; ''Gipsy
Rondon" FRANZ Josef Hayden, Miss
Cornelia Gregory.
The Students Club OF the Washington
College Of Music held it's last meeting be-
fore the Christmas holidays. Friday
evening, December IS, in the recital hall
Of the college.
large gathering Of students and their
friends enjoyed the following program;
'Menuet" Beethoven. Frances Clark;
Pas des Amphores' (Chsminade). Edith
Chew: TO Wild Rose" MscDowelD.
Genevieve Flood; Love Song CNevinI.
Eleanore Eby; "Buona Notte" CNevin).
Elizabeth Jeffress: songs, Gray Days
CJohnson). Roses Marion), Mrs. Shel-
ley: Rustic of Spring (Sinding), Edith
Urban: "Romanze" Cschumann). Miss
Becker: "IntermeZzo" (Schumann), Miss
MarEarete Terrett; Variations, +
Minor CHaydn), Miss Perkins; recita-
tions. "A Rose Petal for You tAnon).
is you?'' CCookel. Mrs. Carter: Noe
turne' Cschumann), Mrs. Neff: 'Valse''
CChopinD. Mrs Marks: "Nocturne. Z
Major Chopin. Mr.. Thampson: Sous
Bois" CStaubD. Miss Bradley: song.
Evening Love Song" (Chipmanr. Miss
Taft; .'Valse a la bien Aime" CSchuetu.
Miss Agnes Terrett; "Bagatelle" mo
hrejs). Miss Beavers: Variations
Serieuse'' first seven CMendelssohnl, Miss
Gladding: "Sequedilla" (Albeniz). Miss
Bouck: "RhapsOdie, No. H. hiszp. Efhe
DreXilius.
The program to he presented for the
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Vaudeville

Listed for the New Year week bill at
Keith's next week are Mr.. and Mrs Car
ter de Haven in their new revue. The
Flirt:" Walter c. Kelly, The Virginia
Judge" in fresh verdiCts of fun: Valerie
Bergere and company in The Locks at
Panama" melodramatic comedy by
Edgar Allen WoOlf; Mr.. Hymack. The
Chameleon Comedian" the Salon Singers.
John and Winnie Hennings: Fred and
Adele Astair. and other special and
regular features forming another hoIi-
day bill TO start the New Year right"
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Too Many Cooks"

The Offering at the BelasCo Theater
next week will be Too Many Cooks. "
the comedy produced by William Brady.
and presented to Washington audiences
by the author. Frank Craven. assisted by
company embracing such well-known
players as Inez Plummer. Mary Blythe.
Louise Riol. Harry Stubbs and John
Cromwell. After his notable American
and London success as Jimmy GiIley in
Bought and Paid For" Mr.. Craven
turned his talents from acting to writ
ing, with the result of Too Many
Cooks The play was first produced
at the Thirty-ninth Street Theater. New
York, early last season.
The story of the play concerns Alice
Cook and Albert Bennett who are en-
gagged. Bennett wants a home of his
own and is putting his everything into
the little house. All goes smoothly until
the families but in
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Was Swimming Instructor.

Edmund Breese, who is winning fresh
laurels by his impersonation OF Fred
Wagner in To-day" coming to the
Belasco shortly, is a Brooklyn boy. He
was out of work and money when he
picked up a position as an instructor in q
swimming school in Kansas City at 81
per week. This brought him in touch
with showmen, and when the opportunity
offered itself he went with cheap stock
company
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Church Music for Christmas

The program today at the Church of
Our Father will be as follows: Quartet.
blessed Is He That Cometh' (GeibeD
ARISE! Shine! For Thy Light Is Come
CBuck): contraIto solo, "The Dream of
Peace CGeibeD. The members Of the
choir are: Soprano. Mrs. Sidney Hollings-
worth; contraIto, Miss Lillian Chenoweth;
tenor, Mr.. w. T. Blanchard: bass, Mr..
Walter T. Matson, and organist and d.
rector. Mrs. Dorothy Baxter.
The Christmas Dawn" a new can
tata Just published. will have its first
production at the Church of the Ascen-
sion this afternoon at the vesper serv-
ice, beginning at 4:l5. The soloists will
be Miss Corinne Lockett. soprano; Miss
Jessie Masters. contralto; Mr. A. Cliff
ford wilkins, tenor; Mr.. A. y. Gardner,
bass: Albert w. Harmed. organist and
director. Mr.. Oscar Franklin Comstock,
organist OF Trinity Church, will play a
transcription Of 20 Come, Emmanuel" by
Lutkin, as a prelude, and "PastoraIIe -
by MacMaster. as a postlude to the serv-
ice. Gilbert Spross. the composer Of the
cantats, is one OF the best known of the
American song writer's.
This afternoon at the Church Of the
Covenant the double quartet, under the
direction of Mr.. Sydney Lloyd Wright
son. with Mr.. Harvey Murray at the
organ, will render the following musical
program: If ! Go Not Away (Caldi-
cOtt, incidental solos, Mr. Backing and
Mr. Humphrey: bass solo. Defend Me
Still" JOrdap). Mr. Humphrey; Bread
Of the World in Mercy Broken Jamesl
incidental solo. Mrs. Gawler: Sun OF
My Soul the Saviour. Dear (BullardD
incidental solos, Mrs Gawler. MIR Back
ing. and Mr.. Humphrey: Hear the
Voice and Prayer OF Thy Servants
CSteanel.
At this evenings service Of the Church
Of the Covenant the evening choir. under
the direction OF Mr.. Sydney Lloyd
Wrightson, with Mr.. Harvey Murray at
the organ. will render the following
musical program: Organ prelude. Pas
torale' CCallaeru. Lead Me. Lord
wesley. 20 Love That viii Not Let
Me Go CGeibep. incidental solos. Mrs.
Gawler and Mr.. Tittmann; The Lord Is
Long CBlounD; organ postlude in ID
LoreO.
Inc lnlIu III inc series OF ndll-HOul sun
day afternoon organ recitals at old st.
Johns Church, Lafayette square. will
take place this afternoon and will he
played by Miss Ethel Garrett Johnston.
Miss Johnstons organ numbers will in
clude: Concert Overture in c minor. by
Hollins: Fugue in G minor. by Bach:
Meditation" by FrysinGer: "TOCcata."
from the Fifth Organ Symphony. by
Wdor: Fantasia in fiat major. by
Rink
The special vocal selections by the
choir Of boys and men will include the
"Magnificat and NunC DhIittis'' in G
major, by Chambers. with an incidental
bass solo by Mr.. Charles TrOwbridge
Tittmann.
The OTertOry anthem will he More
Love to Thee. q Christ" by Marks with
incidental solos ny Master Richard Nc
Carteney, soprano: Mr.. Paul Bleyden.
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No play will take that is not sdapted
to the prevailing manners, But To nat.
ter the age Is not the way TO reform it.
Addison. ...- -H. : -
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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-05-29
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