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Tomorrow night Charles Frohman
will present Otis Skinner at the New
National Theater, for q weeks engage
ment in q strongly dramatic play call
ed "The Silent Voice." 1t was written
by Jules Eckert Goodman, who found
his. inspiration in a short story by
Gouverneur Morris, and in 1t Mr.. Good
man has provided Mr.. Skinner with an
exceptionally strong modern part.
There are four acts in the play. whose
action takes place in New York city,
at the present time, in one Of the
beautiful homes on upper 5th avenue
overlooking Central Park.
Montgomery Starr, a man Of wealth
and position. has totally lost his hear
ing. He has married a young woman
much his Junior, whom he loves very
dearly, but her affection Is not so well
defined, The husband is particularly
anxious for an heir, but for two years
his hopes have not been realized. The
young wife is ofte nthrown into the
society OF her husbands nephew, q
good-looking chap Of her own age,
who has not the slightest hesitancy in
making love to her. Starr in the mean
time, through his aff1iction and the
seeming hack of affection on the part
of his wife, has become q bitter pes
simist Such is the position of af-
fairs at the end Of the second act Of
the play, The two remaining acts are
utilized in happily Strengthening out
the tang1e.
Through his ability at lip reading. In
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GNELx

The Love Club" is the title of the
two-act musical extravaganza which
will be presented by Peter S. Clark's
Rosey Posey Girls at the Gayeey
Theater this week, commencing with .
matinee tomorrow afternoon. The piece
was written by George Totten Smith.
the musical comedy playwright, and is
said to be entirely different from any
thing heretofore offered in burlesque.
More than score of up-to-date musi-
|ca1 numbers have been staged es-
pecially for the Rosey Posey Girls.
with a chorus of thirty.
Handsome costumes and the fact that
every one OF the chorus can really sing
and dance lend additional effectiveness
to the show.
One of the novelties is the tango
eta dance" from the Barbary coast OF
San Francisco, in which Earl and Marie
Gates. with a bevy of girls. take part
Among the principals are Jeanette
Young, Harry Bentley. Bert wiggin.
Harry La Van. Walter and Jane Pear
son. Billie" Davies. Sarah Hyatt and
Jeanette Mohr. Friday night viii be
country store night. The management
announces that the special admission
price of 10 cents will be in effect all
this week for woman patrons
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0kU THE THEATTR @D

is too well known to local theater-
goers to require Introduction. She g
assisted by Eugene O'Rourke. Billy
Taylor. Philip Ryley. Emma Francis.
Vernon. Ada Meade. Bernard Gorcey.
Elisabeth Wood. Dorothy Wolfe. Au-
gustus Schultz and Alberta Devere.
Miss Meade appeared in Washington
for a season with the Aborn Opera
Company and later succeeded Emma
Trentini in Naughty Marietta"
The name High Jfnks" comes from
smelling gives happiness. The plot of
the story concerns the career of an
American nerve specialist residing in
Parie who comes under the spell of
High links" He kisses his patient,
the wife of a volatile Frenchman. is
discovered and challenged to a duel,
but the encounter never takes place
by the offer Of equal familiarity with
the doctors wife BY the substitution
Of another woman the plot becomes
somewhat involved, and it is still
further complicated by the presence of
a wealthy American who is looking for
his lost wife. The final amicable ad-
justment of all grievances abides by
entirely upon the efficacy of the per-
fume Of High Jinks.' which Is the
balm for all ills.
High Jinks" has a dozen or more
tuneful numbers. The main theme of
the music is contained in the song
Something Seems Tfngle-Ingiing." the
melody of which is interviewer into
frain Is expressive of the effect of
nearly all the numbers. In addition
to the principals there is q chorus Of
sixty-eight girls.
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Treasures Of Chatsworth.
From the London Chronicle

2 fOm tHe LOuuOn CDrOnlclP
Chatsworth House, whose literary
treasures have been diminished by its
present owner, owes its existence to
the first duke. a man of extremely
catholic tastes. He not only employed
a carver. whose work is as good, if
not better, than. Grinling's, he was
himself a supreme judge of art and
architecture. But while he could write
odes and compose sonatas, he also
loved racing and cockhghting, suppers
and masked balls. He lost bets run
ming into thousands with euuanimity
and was considered by the ladies to be
the handsomest fellow Of his time One
of these worshfpers, when he died
sang Of him as one
Whose awful sweetness challenged our
esteem,
QpF sex's wonder and our sex's theme
Whose soft commanding looks our
breasts assailed,
He came, and saw, and at first sight
prevailed.
No Duke Of Devonshire added so Law
ishly to the treasures Of Chatsworth
as William Cavendish, the sixth Of the
title. In 1912 he bought the library
Of the Bishop of Ely for 10000. Ten
years later he added John Kemble's
dramatic collections. for which he gave
$4,000. All he did was done magnifl-
Gently. The great conservatory. cover
ing an acre, which afterward served
as a model for the Crystal Palace. was
his work. On his special coronation
mission to the Tsar of Russia he is
said to have spent $4,000 more than
gality which so touched the heart OF
Nicholas that the monarch afterward
paid the duke a visit at his Chiswick
villa.
Evening star., 1914-10-11
A Ship Captains Power.
From the New York Sun.


The extent to which the captain of a
steamship may discipline passengers is
passed on by the appellate division,
second department, in Bennett against
Austro American Steamship Com
pany. 1t appeared that the plaintiff
was q second-cabin passenger on a
New york A large number of the
passengers were dissatisfied with the
food furnished them, and the plaintiff
went among the first-cabin passengers
to get signatures to a complaint to be
used on the arrival of the vessel in
music room while the plaintifr was
there and seized the letter. He or
dered the plaintiff to leave the first
cabin quarters, and when the plaintiff
refused to go until he got the letter
the captain had taken the captain
struck him, had him removed forcibly
by the crew and confined until the ves-
Seel reached port. The court said that
a question of fact as to whether the
captain exceeded his authority was
raised tor submission to a jury, and in
Doubtless the captain had a legal
power to imprison the plaintiff. But
did the circumstances then existine
Justify the attempted exercise Of this
power? It Is long day since the be-
laylng pm or marin spike or knotted
ropes end were not only Instruments,
but symbols Of a shipmaster's author,
ity. Considering the vast steamship
traffic Of the last half-century, IL is re-
markable how few cases are to be
found In the books affecting a ship
upon the passengers ON his ship. This
fact speaks In no uncertain way of
the habitual patience of the shipmas-
ters mid their grave responsibilities" :"
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BEIMSCO

After having run for an entire year
at the Casino Theater, New York. Ar
thur Hammerstein's production of
High Jinks" will begin a weeks en-
gagement at the Belasco tomorrow.
The piece is described as a musical
jollity and Is the work of Otto Hauer-
bach and Rudolph Friml, who are best
known as the authors of Naughty
Marietta" and The Fireny." The mu-
sic is said to be far above the Amer
ican standard and fully half a dozen
Of the production's songs have been
whistled. hummed and sung here for
many months.
The cast which will present High
Jinks" is practically the same as that
which was seen at the Casino. The
changes are minor ones. The leading
part is assumed by Stella Mayhem, who
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Concerts by Removed Artists.

Mrs Wilson Greene will present this
season in a course OF concerts at the
National Theater. Friday, November 20.
December 4. January Is. February IL
and April 9 many of the foremost mu-
steal artists of the world, including
Nine. Schumann-Heink. the world ia
nous contralto; PasQuale Amato. BARI
tone. from the Metropolitan Opera OF
New York. assisted by Mile. Ada Sas-
soil. one of the few great harpists OF
the world; Nine. Louise Homer, the
American contralto. from the Metro
politan Grand Opera, New York. one OF
the greatest lyric artists of the world,
assisted by Miss Beatrice Harrison.
cellist; Joseph Hoffman. pianist: Nine.
Alma Gluck, prima donna soprano of
the Metropolitan Opera. New York. and
Efrem Zimbalist, violinist.
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B,FKEITHS.

Nora Bayes. just over from the war
zone. will be at B. F. Keith's Theater
this week. James and Bonnie Thorn
ton. the wit and the popular balladist.
will also appear. Miss Bayes will offer
Songs and Foolishness." and the
Thorntons will sing successes of their
own with wit interpolated. Other at
fractions will be Joe Jackson, cycle
pantomimist; Allan Dinehart. in his
new vaudeville oddity. The Meanest
Man in the World" Franker Wood and
Bunee Wyde. who will present their
liner, Lucy Gillette, The Girl From
Delf'; Bert Crossman and Helen Stew
art, noted dancers; the Hearst-Selig
News Pictorial and the pipe organ re-
citals.
Today Eddie Foy and the seven little
Foys will lead tho bill at the vaude-
Vile concerts. at and Sis pm.
Evening star., 1914-10-11
Boston Symphony Orchestra.

The period for the renewal of sub
scriptions for the Boston symphony
Orchestra concerts in Washington end
ed yesterday and Mrs. Katie Wilson
Greene, who represents the orchestra
here, reports that results are in every
respect up to expectations. Such seats
as have not already been taken for the
season will be placed on sale at Droop's
music store Tuesday, October 20.
The following changes in the orches-
ira are announced. Mr.. Grisex, the flrst
clarinet and Mr.. Fosse, the third oboe,
are serving in the French army. Mr..
Grisez's place will be taken by Mr..
Sand, a Russian clarinetist, who, up to
the outbreak of the war, was the nrst
clarinet in the Deutsches Opernhaus of
Berlin. Mr.. Fosse's place will be taken
by II. H. Stanislaus. an Englishman,
who up to this year has been the flrst
oboe of Sir Henry Woods Queens Hall
Orchestra, in London. -.
Mr.. Urack, the assistant conductor OF
the orchestra, has not returned. He has
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his 20. K" to a cheaper grade Of CO.
ment than is called for in the specia~
cations for a big dam. The husband
rejects the grating proposition, but
in the end his wife persuades him and
he accepts the bribe. But $4,000
brings neither happiness to the wife
nor contentment to the man. AS soon as
she moves into a better neighborhood
and gets finer clothes she sees other
people who have still more, and the
same spirit of jealousy and envy sur
wives. Then comes the terrible retrf-
button The dam which had been con-
structed with inferior cement is swept
away in a food and the lives of hum
dreds of innocent people are sacrificed.
The enormity of the husbands crime
comes back to him. He makes amends
in q startling manner-the thrilling
climax OF this remarkable play.
When Fine Feathers was first pro-
duced it had a remarkable cast, fnclud-
Ing Wilton Lackaye. Robert Edeson.
Max Ffgman. Lolita Robertson and Rose
Coghlan.
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The Saddle Horse.
From the Chicago Journal.

When Oliver Wendell Holmes pro-
claimed the trotter the coming horse
and the steed of democratic usefulness
he did not foresee the invention of the
automobile. Small blame to him; nc
one else dreamed of it for some scores
Of years thereafter. but the motor
driven carriage has caused the learned
doctors plausible prophecy to &C
askew. BY all present signs, the COM
ing horse, or rather the lasting horse
the one which will survive any amount
of mechanical aids to locomotion, is the
good saddle animal.
Horseback riding is at once a sport
and an exercise, which is without q
relative or a competitor. 1t Is like
nothing else, and for one who loves it.
it can be replaced by nothing else. II
In one of the finest aids to digestion
ever known; the dictum OF the old
English physician. THE outside of a
horse Is the best thing for the insides
Of . man." remains true.
With all these advantages, the saddle
horse is likely to last until we degen-
crate into a nation Of button-pushers
When that degradation is accomplish
ed it won't matter greatly whether we
have any desirable animal companion
ship or not
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which he has become proficient, Starr
is not only reunited to his wife, but
finds interest in the lives of others and
becomes as great an optimist as he has
been a pessimist This is brought
about in part in particularly good
scene, in which Starr. by the aid of
powerful glasses from the roof of his
own house, witnesses a meeting of his
wife and his nephew in Central Park,
and by reading her lips learns of her
absolute loyalty.
There is much that is novel in "The
Silent Voice." both in stage setting and
in dialogue, and Mr.. Skinner is said
his new role. The company includes
Mrs. Skinner. Eugenie Woodward.
Owen Mech, Wade Boteler. Florence
Fisher. George Gaul. Harry Sothern.
Esther Cornell. Walter F. Scott, Winona
Dennison, William Wilson. Philip
Leigh and Ruth Farnham. Mrs. Skin
ner. who will be remembered as Maud
Durbin, returns to the stage after an
absence Of several years through the
persuasion of Mr.. Frohman. Matinees
will be given Wednesday and Satur-
day.
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POLLS

The thrilling story of American life.
rFine Feathers," which many critics
believe to be Eugene Walters greatest
play, will be the Offering of the Poll
Players this week. for its first presen-
tation In stock.
Fine Feathers" as the name might
suggest. deals with the longing of a
woman for fine clothes and luxurious
surroundings. She Is married to a
young chemist who is getting a salary
Of SIS a week. which is barely enough
to buy the kind Of hats she desires.
The opportunity comes for the husband
to make q fortune of $4,000 by giving
Evening star., 1914-10-11
Titles and Taxes in Spain.

FROM the FaI Mall GaZette.----
In Spain titles Of nobility are taxed in
the same way as houses or land. More
over. each separate title is taxed and for
this reason certain members Of ancient
families in which a number Of titles have
accumulated drop some in order to save
money. Owing to the system long preva-
lent in Spain by which women of noble
birth transmit their title not only to
their children but to their husbands, so
that a plebeian marrying a duchess be-
comes a duke, Spanish titles rarely be-
come extinct unless the holders deliber-
ately discard them.
Evening star., 1914-10-11

FANATIC editors ana crtucS,
despite the belief Of some. are
occasionally Of use. at least in
II keeping the records straight.
Otherwise Jane Grey. whose
splendid work in Birds Of Prey helped
make the great success achieved by that
gripping melodrama at the Columbia
Theater last week, might have to sur
render the credit due her to Jane Cowl.
who did not appear, even though an en-
thusiastic er-kind-of-an-editor." who
well remembers her work. in within
the Law says Jane Cowl excels in
before. It was not kind to Miss Grey to
herald news Of this kind to the public
that perhaps did not know.
In her new play. which is soon to be
produced by David Belasco, 1t is to be
hoped Miss Frances Starr will be re-
studies and freak characters. and be
given an opportunity more in keeping
with her own pleasing personality
which nevertheless will serve to dis
close the splendid development of her
talent. The Secret" may serve a pur-
pose, but it is not a pleasant thing to
much that is to be found in a turbulent
world.
X X r
Otis Skinner in THE Silent Voice."
High Jtnks'' and MY Best Girl" offer
both novelty and variety for the enter
tainment Of theatergoers this week.
They are all new to Washington. and
each has an individuality that is. said
to differ from the others. Next week
THE Misleading Lady," THE Heart Of
Paddy Whack" and Omar, the Tent
maker" will bring another group Of new
plays and none of them is like the
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| but elsewhere, it is said. the subscrip-
tion sale for the courses announced by
the New York Symphony Orchestra is
the largest in the history of the Or
ganization. The soloists here will be
Efrem Zimbalist, Maggie Teyte and
Josef Hoffman,. Rehearsals are AL
ready well advanced for the opening of
it's season at the Pittsburgh exposition.
Conductor Walter Damrosch will be as
sisted by Victor Kolar, for the past six
years one of the first violins of the Or
chestra and a composer of note, who
has been appointed assistant conductor.
Alexander Saslavsky will again be the
concertmaster. and George Barrere
will again occupy his position as first
flute.
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NcToN Morley,
MTH'm BEST GIRL"

lock and Rennold Wolf are responsible
for the book and lyrics The music has
been composed by Clifton Crawford and
Augustus Barratt. Mr.. Crawford Is best
known to the theater-going public as a
player. but he has composed popular
songs as wei as the music for two other
pieces. Mr. Barratt, his collaboration. is
a musician whose forte is orchestration
and arrangement.
The company is headed by Victor Nor
ley, remembered here in THE Quaker
Girl" and Three Twins"
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remarks, by Mrs. Mary A. Dow; duet
by Misses Fisher; remarks, by Rose
Seton. on president Grant: remarks
by Commander McElroy Of Kit Carson
remarks. by Past Division Commander
Warner Of the Sons Of Veterans; solo,
by MRS. Carr. 1t was announced that
the tent was invited to join with Will
nam b. Gushing Camp, Sons of Veter-
ans. at their meeting Thursday night.
It was unanimously voted to attend.
COLUMBIA HEIGHTS ART CLUB.
The Columbia Heights Art Club was
MnH entertained Thursday by Mrs. James
Knight, presided.
The historical paper on Foreign Re-
lations from 1897 to 1901" was handled
by Mrs. John D. Croissant. After the
discussion of the subject.
Those who responded to roll call
were. Mrs. Clement. Mrs. croissant,
Mrs. Doris, Mrs. Hardy. Mrs Heisler,
Mrs. Stokes, Mrs Turpin, Mrs. VOL
haupter and Mrs. Yeoman.
After adjournment refreshments
were served by the hostess. assisted
by her daughter. Mrs. Heisler, and
Mrs. Tomlinson. Among the guests, were
L. Tom1inson. Mrs. Knight opened the
meeting by requesting the members to
stand and sing America"
CATHOLIC W. C. A. C.
The Catholic women's Christian Art
Circle held it's first meeting for the
season in the east study hall of the
Public Library, where they will hold
meetings on every first and third Mon
day from october till May. The meet
ings are open to Catholic women and
are free. The director of the classes;
charge Of the circle for the eighth
year. Her topic for the evening was
the "Girlhood Of the Virgin in Art"
Many Of the old and modern masters
les. The subject for the third Mon
day in October will be Famous Ca
thedrals," and will be given by John
M. Cooper, d. D.. of st. Matthew's. The
"art talk" will begin at pm.
ANTHONY LEAGUE.
The Anthony League opened it's new
center at 2oo7 Columbia road to the
public Friday night, the occasion being
lecture by the Rev. DR.. J. C. F.
Grumbine of Boston. The lecture was
the first of a series to be given in
October on the "Esoteric Teachings OF
the Bible," and, although an unavoid
ably short notice was given, a large
audience was present. Mrs. Hendly
opened the meeting with greetings
for the members and their friends pres
ent, and announced that the regular
'at homes" and class works would still
be held in the Portner, commencing in
November; subjects for discussion and
study to be given out later. Other
meetings. including lecture, business
and SOCIAL, will be held in the leagues
new home on Columbia road.
DR.. Grumbine's lecture was followed
by remarks from Nine. Mountfort, who
expressed herself as pleased with the
work and spirit of the Anthony League
which offered opportunities for mental
and spiritual advantages, unbiased by
sex or creed"
Mrs. Paul closed the meeting with an
informal talk, in which she referred to
a Bible class to be conducted by the
league every Sunday night at o'clock
Just now the league is happily engaged
in getting settled in it's new headquar-
ters.
Dr. Grumbine will give the third OF
his series of lectures Tuesday at 3
pm, and there will be an important
business meeting October %.
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WLUHBh

MY Best Girl a musical comedy of
American make, will be the attraction at
the Columbia Theater this week. COM
mencing tomorrow night. with matinees
Thursday and Saturday. Claiming Pol
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ner, who is an authority upon such sub
jects. says that Shakespeare's Hamlet
has twice been made the subject of a
serious ballet, both Of which were pro-
duced in Vienna, at the Court Theater.
The first, produced July 6. 1893. was ar
ranged in five acts by Franz Clerico, the
balletmster of the house 1t was given
as an interlude and followed the first act
Of an opera called 1.-THE Apothecary and
the Doctor"
The synopsis Of the tragedy in the
theater program was as follows: Ham
let, king Of Denmark, was poisoned by
his brother Claudius and his vile GER
trude, who was in love with her brotner-
in-law, and had made resolve to place
him on the throne and marry him This
treachery remained undiscovered and the
death of the king was regarded by the
court as the result of illness.
After the crime was committed Ger
trude, troubled by a guilty conscience,
sought to make her guilty lover retire.
in order to place young Hamlet. the only
son OF her and her husband. on the
throne. The queen, still trembling IN
uncertainty, selects Amelia. the daugh-
ter of Claudius, to give to the rightful
heir of the throne as his wife. and as
q proof of the fatherly affection OF
Claudius who the more willingly gives
UP the promised crown.
w ME the guests are CclcpIdIAiS
this festival of the marriage they are
interrupted by the appearance of the
ghost Of Hamlet, who urges his son to
avenge his murder and accuses Clau-
dius. Then Claudius organizes a con.
sptracy to get the young king out OF
the way. The intercesston of Amelia to
save her father. Claudius; the efforts OF
| the traitor. the death of Queen Ger
trude and Claudius-these are the
principal incidents of the ballet, which
commences with the crowning Of Ham,
let"
This ballet was not popular and after
| 1t had been given a half dozen times
disappeared completely from the reper-
tory.
In November. 1922, at the same the
ater, second ballet with Hamlet as
the material proved more successful.
1t was arranged by, a Frenchman. who
had come from the grand opera In
Paris. and the music was by. Gallen-
berg. This ballet was given seventeen
performances.
Nineteen years ago Mr.. Skinner him.
self produced Hamlet" in Chicago.
and his success in the role OF the
melancholy Dane" is unquestioned.
Before he became playwright, Eugene
Walter was newspaper man, a 1act
which accounts for the very human re-
porter who 10 one Of the leading char
acters in Mr.. Walters big drama, Fine
Feathers" which IL to have it's first
tn-esAntation in stock in Washington this
week,
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New York Symphony October 27.

Not only in this city. where the first
concert of its local series will be given
October "a at the Columbia Theater,
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It matters little what 1t is that you
want-whether a situation Or a servant
"a want ad in The Star will reach the
person who will till .-our need.
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n X
Whatever may have happened in the
war zone abroad, the symphony orches-
tras seem to be intact, and there are
still groups of great artists left to de-
light the ears and hearts Of music
lovers 1t may be after all that the
world Of music and the theatrical world
are not different from other worlds. No
one ever saw a world stop because
somebody had dropped out Of it.