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perfect composure and unusual good
looks.
The Trap" should divest itself Of
its new fitments and become Black
mall again.
Robert Mantell and his road COM
drawn paying audiences during his
four weeks season of Shakespearean
and classic dramas, which should give
pause to those who assert that New
York cares only for the giddy and the
frivolous in the theater.
Two Hebrew booking agents in the
vaudeville line settled a business Diff
ference one morning this week with a
fist fight in Longacre Square before
"a neutral audience of several hundred
persons who happened to be in the
vicinity. The contestants were not only
dragged before a police magistrate but
upon their discharge were fined $500
each by the ruling vaudeville authori-
ties for their breach Of business ETH
quette, the fines, which were promptly
paid. being turned over to the actors
fund.
The Drama League and allied organ
izations are arranging for an elabor-
ate commemoration in New York of
Shakespeare's birthday next year, this
being also the three-hundredth ami
versary of his death.
Ellen Terry has sailed for home
where she is about to undergo an op-
Grafton for cataract.
On the Sd instant the British gov
eminent promulgated an order which
put American dramatic authors on ex-
actly the same footing with regard to
copyright protection as it's own sub
jects. This will save American authors
lot of trouble and expense in pro-
tecting their British rights, although
the order does not extend to Canada
and the other British possessions.
There is a general impression from
the number of English actors appear
ing in this country that the most of
the profession has come over here to
| escape war conditions. In fact more
| than eight hundred English actors
have Joined the army.
At a dinner to be given at Sherry's
Sunday evening by Messrs. Paul d.
Cravath. Archer NJ. huntington, Otto
H. Kahn. T. W. Lamont, and H. r.
winthrop, II is rumored that an
nouncement will be made of the leas-
ing of a well-known theater to be
placed under the management Of Mr..
Granville Barker.
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will appeal to his senses, but which viii
make no demand on intellectually.
The new show at the Winter Garden
is entirely along those lines. but Ia below
the earlier standards in that. IN the
emphasis Of the chorus-girl feature, 1t
has neglected to provide anything at all
in the way of cleverness on the part Of
the principal performers. Two or three
features have been recruited from the
vaudeville stage, but no original ma
terial has been provided for the princi-
pals who draw large salaries because OF
their previous accomplishments. More
ominous and dangerous for the contin-
ued popularity of the Winter Garden 10
its increasing reliance on bringing it's
stage people, especially the chorus girls.
into close touch with the members Of
the audience. That familiarity may do
temporarily. but 1t is a sign Of deca-
dence in any place of amusement that
tolerates it to say nothing Of encouras-
ing it.
"sumurun." following the precept of
the theatrical revolutionists that any
thing producing a new and sensational
effect is allowable. gave us the gangway
leading through the center Of the audi
torium and the surprise of some OF the
stage characters using it for their en-
frances and exits instead OF the conven-
tional ones through the wings. The
Winter Garden seized on this idea and
amplified 1t by bringing show ladies and
chorus girls much closer to the audience
than they could be with the footlights
intervening As a sensation this inno-
walton was a great success, and there
was and could be no great objection to
it on grounds of propriety. even IL It
added nothing to the artistic qualities
of the show.
On the Downward Grade.
Even the gangway lost it's sensa-
tional effect after a couple of seasons
when thu novelty wore off. Only a few
of those in the audience were very
close TO the performers who trod the
gangway and even these were we'll
below them. In Maid in America" rhc
sensation is sought to be reproduced
and intensified by using the gangway
to bring the performers closer to the
audience, and by sending files of
chorus girls not only into the aisles
but even into the galleries. Besides
this the theater is darkened, the wom-
en- are provided with electric fash
lights. and the words of the chorus
they sing are suggestive Of the fact
that each of them is looking for some
man. All this is even more pernicious
than the condemned practice in some
of the Ziegfeld shows of having the
chorus girls march through the aisles
and back onto the stage. That was A
fairly expeditions proceeding. but in
Maid in America" pare legs are the
rule in the costuming or lack of cos
tuning. and the performers finger in
the audience through the singing of
chorus which il is needless to say
is repeatedly encored.
The line of demarcation is not
strongly pronounced between a fea-
ture like this and the old practice
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New York. Feb. 27.-There's a sugs s.
ton in the advance press notices of THE
Peasant Girl which comes On at the
Forty-second Street Theater next week
with Emma Trentini as the prirna donna.
Under the title of ''Polenblut." this was
the last of the myriad light musical
pieces produced in Vienna. its first per-
Torrance taking place just before the
outbreak of the great war.
Vienna has for years been the hot-bed
and producing center of many of these
musical pieces which have progressed
from the Austro- Hungarian capital to
Berlin. Paris, London. New York and via
New York to all America. In music and
plot these comic operettas have degen-
Grated to the point where with all the
locaEzing we can do they have become
uninteresting. We have had them pre-
scented to us as nearly like their original
performances as our managers could
make them. even TO the importation of
Niennese singers and dancers. We have
had them almost literally translated and
with the best of our comedians and
singers trying TO reproduce Viennese
methods. We nave had them adapted
to American liking by the substitution
OF American for Viennese jokes and
lyrics. We have them transferred bod
lily from foreign settings and foreign
personalities with everything but the
music intensely United States. This has
all been done so much and so often that
perhaps we will gladly welcome the
American version of "Polenblut" as the
least of these experiments, many of
which have been brilliantly successful.
The suggestion contained in the an
nouncement of this particular example
as the last OF the Viennese successes be-
fore the war is that what comes here
after from that source of inspiration
may have different tone. Many things
have happened TO Austria and Vienna
in the few months that have elapsed
since ''Polenblut'' was a source of
amusement TO one of the gayest and
most frivolous OF European capitals
What we shall have from Vienna in the
future is likely to be a product very diff
ferent from the scores and books which
were beginning to show the signs of ex-
haustion in their particular line. The
writer's and composers in the Viennese
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Concerts and Lectures.



Whoever has carefully and critically
surveyed the intellectual progress Of
man. his transformation from a saw
age running naked in the woods into
q rational. reasoning human being.
must have been struck by the fact
that, from the dawn Of ancient Egyp-
tian civilization down to the wonder
full achievements Of modern times, the
advance has been by periods rather
than In a secular manner. There have
been brilliant epochs, times when the
human mind has capitalized. followed
by periods of inactivity and even
retrogression. The theme offers bound
less material for An interesting lecture
and B. r. Baumgardt will take full
advantage Of its possibilities in his
lecture on The Romance of Man" at
the Belasco this afternoon
Romance. though of a different sort.
will also be the keynote of Mr.. Baum
gardt's evening lecture. when he will
picture the Rhine. As far back as
twenty centuries ago the name of tho
Rhine was a watchword among ma
tons. Since then It's shores have been
trod by nearly all the heroic warriors
who have made Europe ring with their
fame.
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prevalent in some Of New York's dives
when the women Of the stage mixed
freely with the mon of the audience
a. an incentive to the purchase Of
drinks. This particular attraction in
Maid in America" would not be
worthy this extended description IL
the Winter Garden was not one of
New York's most prominent places Of
entertainment, bidding for the patron
age of all kinds of theatergoers. As
an inconspicuous variety show in a
side street or in an out of the way
neighborhood IL would attract only a
limited class and persons looking for
racy entertainment. But the Winter
Garden 10 ostensibly . nrst class place
of amusement Of its kind, it is most
conspicuous in its location on Broad
way in the uptown theater district
and there 10 everything about 1t to
attract rather than warn away the
unsuspecting and unwary. No one ex-
poets or wants the Winter Garden to
be goody-goody, but its managers are
killing the goose which lays their
golden eggs and inviting the adoption
of a city ordinance which will compel
stage performers to stay back of the
footligbts where they belong in any
decently regulated theater.
Play Made From Vaudeville Sketch.
In the announcements made Of The
Trap" by Messrs. Richard Harding Da-
Wis and Jules Eckert Goodman. no in
timation was given that the play was
not entirely new material. When the
third act of the piece was seen. II was
recognized as a familiar number in
vaudeville programs written by Mr..
Davis and produced under the title Of
=
the fourth had evidently been written
about the earlier material to pad it
out for an evenings entertainment in
the legitimate theaters.
Unfortunately the quality of the SUI
perstructure was not up to that of the
foundation on which 1t had been erect
ed. 1t is quite possible to believe that
the third act played by itself was a
thrilling twenty-minute contrast in a
bill made up of vaudeville features.
Although ingenious in construction
and developing a strongly melodra-
matte climax, 1t could not carry the
commonplace material that was added
to make It four-act play.
The Trap" had the advantage of an
unusually good cast, headed by Hol-
brook Blinn In the character of an
Alaska miner, who has made good in
the far North and brings his direct
and masterful way of dealing with
men and things to practical use in
New York. Martha Hedman dide her
best as a fool heroine. who might at
any moment have cleared up the sit
nations and stopped the play If she
had half the sense she looked to have.
Mr.. Tully Marshall was the blackmail-
ing villain with his usual convincing
qualities in a role of the kind. and
Elaine Hammerstein. of the third the
atrical generation of that name jump
! ed from the girl-and-music stage to an
ingenue part in the legitimate with
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HARON SOKOLOVE, THE
VIOLINIST, IN RECITAL

Haron Sokolove will make his debut
before the Washington public as a vio-
linTst on Tuesday at 4:3o p. m, in a re-
cital in the new Masonic auditorium. He
was one of the soloists at the musicale
Of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Lombard at the
Shoreham last evening and is well known
here socially as a gifted young player
with future before him. He returned
to this country because OF the war. as he
was obliged to cancel his concert tour
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Ga6rflowftseA Recital.

What promises to be one Of the most
enjoyable and artistic events Of the
musical season in the Capital is
scheduled for next Friday afternoon at
the Columbia Theater. when Mr.. and
Mrs. Ossip 0abrilowitsch are to ap-
pear in joint recital under the local
management of r. Arthur Smith.
Deep interest Is felt particularly in
the coming to Washington Of Mrs.
Gabrflowitsch. She Is better known as
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ElmendOrf TPavelogue.

There is consolation for the stay-at-
homes in the announcement that
Dwight Elmendorf will act as guide
in a tour Of Central Europe" at the
New National Theater next Thursday
afternoon at 4:30. Armed with . pass
port that IL good. he will conduct his
hearers through Belgium. Germany
and Austria Hungary. and will point
out to them many old landmarks that
may be gone when the smoke of bat
tie clears away. Roughly. his timer
airy will be as follows: London to Do
yer; Dover to Calais; through Belgium
and Holland to Hamburg: Hamburg to
Berlin; Berlin to Dresden; Dresden to
Vienna and Budapest: to Sal1burg and
the Koenigs Soc; thence to Munich,
Frankfort and Heidelberg: and down
the Rhine to Mainze ana Cologne; Co.
logne to Liege. Namur. Antwerp and
Brussels, and thence back to London
by way Of Ostend-
Next week Southern Europe" win
be described
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Jean Irwin. who made her debut with
Annie Russell in Wagenhall and Kem-
pers revival several years ago Of Shake
speares Midsummer Nights Dream
has Joined the burlesque ranks and 10
appearing at the Gayety Theater this
week as the prima donna.
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on the continent arrangements for which
were made on the strength Of his having
won the first prize in violin at the con-
servatory at Brussels last spring. The
Tschaikowski concerto and Ciaconne OF
Bach were the numbers he played at
that time He was a pupil for some years
there, of Cesar Thomson after having
had his early training at the Peabody
Conservatory under van Hulsteyn. He
plays with brilliant technique and with
great sympathy and artistic style. He
has much temperament and is destined
to do something worth while as an ar
list. His program for Tuesday Ii as fol-
lows: La Folia. variations serieuses "a.
CorellD, andante and finale Of concerto
opus 81 IF. Mendelssohn). 'Ciaconne" u.
8. Bach. (a) lie Farfadets-ScherZo (Em1-
Ito Pente), Do Caprice Viennois" (Frtz
Kreisler). (c) 'Sarabande ct Tambourin"
Jean Marie Leclaire). concerto, first
movement, CTschaikowsky).
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GEORGETOWN.

Mrs. Charles Herr. who has been the
guest of Mrs. William Leetch and the
Misses DouSal. has left for New York
where she will make her future home.
Miss Blanche Walker is the weekend
guest OF Miss Entwisle
Mrs. Virginia Shepherd, Of Richmond
Va. is visiting Mrs. J. p. Mann.
Miss Rebecca c. Searles. we'll known
here, and Mr.. Hugh Blackburn were mar.
ried on Wednesday, April Is. in Vicks.
burg, Miss. After June l Mr. and Mrs
Blackburn will live in Fire Creek. W. Va.
Mrs Simpson and Miss Elizabeth Simp.
son leave tomorrow to spend some time
in New York State.
Mrs ]. Eakin Gadsby entertained on
Monday for her house guests, Mrs S. F..
Dearborn and Miss Dearborn. of New
York and New Hampshire Mrs. Dear
born and Mrs. George W. Laws were at
the tea table and Mrs ]. N Tomb and
Mrs. H. G. Sparrow assisted the hostess.
Misses Street left on Tuesday to spend
the summer in Great Darlington. Mass.
Mrs. c. G. Smith. OF New York, was
the guest last week Of her mother, Mrs
Margaret Harvey.
Miss Antoinette Ray entertained on
Tuesday at dinner in compliment to Miss
Anne Seymour Jones and Lieut.. 8. Roland
Hopkins. The guests were Miss Dorothy
Taylor, Miss Frances Effinger, Miss
Helen McCumber, Miss Mary Wheeler
Vest. Capt. Morris Locke. Lieut.. John
Egan. Lieut.. Alexander Jones. Mr.. Charles
Thorne and Mr.. Frederick Gibbs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel T. Kalbfus closed
their Q street home and have gone to
their summer. home at Halpine. near
Rockville, Md.
Lieut.. Commander Downs. L. Wilson
and Mrs. Wilson have returned from q
two weeks stay in Atlantic City.
Miss Rosalie Forrest has been spending
some time in New York.
Mrs. William Rohrer and Misses
Mitchell are spending two weeks in At
lantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs Claude Brown have open-
ed their summer home. ''Ruhe.'' near
Rockville.
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by the Fort Myer Band. There will
be cards and dancing from 3 until 4.
Arrangements have been made in case
of rain to postpone the party until the
first fair day. The entertainment is
given by the association Of the Ladies
of Charity of St. Rose, who try each
year to help the sisters in their work
for the orphans especially to help to-
ward their heavy debt. While the chill
dren help with the sewing and other
industrial work by which the house is
supported much outside help is needed
to help with the debt incurred by their
new building. The officers of the as
ISOLATION are as follows: Miss Sara
Lee. president; Mrs. Kearny Carr. Mrs.
d. Mccarthy. and Mrs. Mulletts. vice
presidents; Miss c. Redfern. recording
secretary. Mrs. Carr has charge of the
cards and dancing. Mrs. Taylor ana
Mrs. Mccarthy have the ice cream and
refreshments. Mrs. Mulletts and Miss
Redfern are in charge Of the punch and
lemonade.
The annual benefit theater party for
the Aid Association for the Blind at the
Columbia Theater was one of the most
successful ever given by the association.
\ large number of the friends of the Or
Canization were present Among the
patrons were the German Ambassador
the AuStro- unGarian Ambassador, Mime.
lTauge Miss kibbey, Col. Robert NJ
Thompson, Mr.. John r. Mclean. Com
missioner of Patents, Mr.. Thomas Ewing,
My. Chris Heurich. Mr. Albert Carry.
the Postmaster General, Mrs. Elkins.
Mrs. Gibson Fahnestock. Mrs. Charles j.
Bell, Mrs. Richardson Clover, Miss Cod
man, Mrs. Delos Blodsett, Mrs. John
Joy Edison. Miss Margaret Britton. and
Mrs Robert r. Lincoln.
The officers OF the association are,
president. Mrs. Richard Sylvester; vice
presidents. Mrs. Hemriette c. Metzerott.
Mrs. James E. Gilbert, Mrs. George H.
Brown. and Mrs. Emil Berlner: record
ing secretary. Mrs. Joseph F. James:
corresponding secretary. Mrs. p. +. Null
lett; treasurer Maj. Richard Sylvester.
and attorney. Mr.. Andrew Wilson.
The annual meeting OF the Washing
ton Alliance Of Jeweish Women will take
place in the vestry of the Eighth Street
Temple. on Monday. May 5. at 80 p m
After the election of officers and direc- |
tors for the ensuing term and the reports |
OF the various committees. A social hour |
v ill follow. Among the numbers will be |
violin solo by Prof. Anton kaspar. a !
solo by Mrs. Nathan Frank and a duet
rendered by Mrs. A. Julian Brylawski |
and Mrs. Charles Goldsmith.
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HYATTSVILiE.

Miss Susan Hurt, of Floyd County. Va.
is visiting Miss Mary Lowe. Wine and
Littlefield avenues.
Mr.. and Mrs. James G. Hendricks. Of
Boston. Mass, have returned after a
pleasant stay with friends in Franklin
avenue.
Mrs. G. Sherman James, of Wine ave-
nue.. entertained a number Of guests from
Washington Wednesday afternoon, auc-
ton bridge being the principal diversion
Mr.. Harold Slingluff and Mr.. c. E.
Arnold. of near Mitchellsville, Prince
George County. have been visiting friends
here and in Washington last week.
Judge md Mrs Bryon Amber and Miss
Laura Amber. of Washington. have been
visiting Rev. and Mrs. F. f. McManus.
Upper Marlboro.
Miss Maude Selby, OF Washington, has
been visiting her mother, Mrs. Fannie
Selby, Of near Cheltenham. Prince George
County.
Miss Agnes Gardiner has returned from
a pleasant visit to her brother. Mr.. Pur-
cell Gardiner. of Waldorf, Charles
County.
Mr.. James Morrison, after recuperat-
ing at the home of his parents in Laurel
following a long illness at a Washing
ton hospital, has returned to his home
here.
The Afternoon Five Hundred Club was
Hospitality entertained by Miss Adelaide
Rogers at the residence of Mrs. Fl. c.
Dobbs. Tuesday afternoon. The prize
winners were Mrs. Thomas e. Latimer,
Mrs T. Hammond Welsh, and Mrs. G.
Hodges Carr.
Mr.. c. Frank Carr. OF Spencer street,
has returned from a visit to relatives in
Calvert County.
Miss Lorena Gourley. of Holland Point.
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Weddings and Engagements

A pretty wedding was solemnized last
evening at o'clock when Miss Lillian
May Gronna. daughter of Senator and
Mrs. a. J. Gronna. of North Dakota, was
married to MIR. Joseph A. Herbert jr
The ceremony was performed at the home
of Senator and Mrs. Gronna. c21s Cali
fornia street. by the Rev. John F. a.
Doerman. The house was attractively
decorated with pink roses. palms. and
spring flowers. Only members of the
immediate families were present. The
bride, who was given in marriage by her
father. wore lovely gown of soft white
satin and Georgette crepe trimmed with
duchess and rose point lace and pearls
Her tulle veil was arranged to her hair
with cap of lace and a wreath of or
anse blossoms. She carried a shower
bouquet of Bride roses and lilies of the
valley. There Were no attendants A
dinner followed Immediately after the
ceremony. Later in the evening. Mr.. and
Mrs. Herbert left for a wedding trip.
The bride is an accomplished musician
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Walter r. Tuckerman, Miss Clara J.
Van Trump. Mrs. Charles 1. Corby. Mrs.
william s. Corby. and Mr.. and Mrs.
Royal Meeker.
Owing to her absence from the city,
Miss Genevieve Clark, daughter of the
Speaker. was prevented from attending
TINS fete, although she is one of the most
interested as well as the youngest. Of the
members of the board Of trustees.
A sale OF sport and midsummer hats
VIII be held at the Serbian supply head
quarters Of the American Red Cross at
I'll Vermont avenue from Monday, May
>. TIL Thursday. May s. The committee
IN charge consists of the Misses Mackay
smith. Mrs. Blair Spencer. Mrs. Henry
Parker. Mrs. Richard Whitley. Miss
Greeley. Miss Finley. Miss Alice
Bradford Shepard. Many smart hats
have already been received from Wash
ington, Baltimore, and New York, and
the sale is expected to be most popular.
The proceeds will be devoted to the pur-
chase of a much-needed automobile for
the use OF the American doctors in
Serbia.
The final details are being arranged
for the card party to be given by the
Winnie Davis Chapter Of the U. D.
~ WHICH lS 10 lAhe plhCo MAY H
o'clock in the spacious bathrooms
OF the Confederate Memorial Home
at 1922 Vermont avenue. Among the
prominent patronesses for the benefit
are: Mrs. +. g. Adenheimer. Mrs.
Maude Howell Smith. Mrs. p. Casan-
ave Wilson. Mrs. Theobold. Mrs
George S. CovinGton. Mrs. McGregor.
Miss Katherine Mattingly. Miss Louise
Mattingly. Miss Alice Theobold. Miss
Faith Perry. Miss Katherine Bowie,
Miss Marguerite Terrett, Miss Keel
Mrs. Shields. Miss Jane Dodge, Miss
Asha wells. Mrs. Buchanan. Mrs. Vann.
Miss Sara Pierce. Mrs. c. W. Sheriff.
Mrs. Chester Smith. Mrs. II. A. Mat
thews. Miss NJ. Peyton Luxford, Mrs.
Marion r. Watts. Mrs. ]. n. Timber
lake. Mrs. Greenwood. Mrs. Wade Atkin-
son, Mrs. Mitchell. Miss Pansie Casanave
Wilson. Miss Mary Key Compton, Mrs.
r. c. Riley. Mrs. Otto Veerhor and Miss
lmogene Stockett. Others interested are
DR.. Hicks. DR.. Moser. Mr.. Chaplin. and
Mr.. Dent.
Miss Pansin Casanave Wilson. presi-
dent of the Winnie Davis Chapter. re-
quests that all who wish to reserve ia
blcs will notify the corresponding secre-
tary. Miss Mary Key Compton.
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at BIO Fourth street. Portsmouth. after
May S.
Miss May Tull. daughter Of Mrs. Min
ME A. Tull. of 107 Maryland avenue
northeast. was married to Mr.. Osmond
Leonard Varela on Wednesday after
noon at 40 o'clock. The Rev. A. E.
Barrows. Of the Eastern PRESBYTERIAN
Church, oficiated. and the house was
charmingiy decorated with American
Beauty roses. white lilacs. and other
spring flowers.
The bride was given in marriage by her
brother. Mr.. Ray Tull. of this city.
She wore a gown of white crepe de
chine and chiffon and carried a bouquet
of brides roses and lilies of the valley.
Her travelling costume was of putty
colored gsbardine. A reception followed
the ceremony. Mr.. and Mrs. Parela left
for a sea trip to New York and Boston
later in the evening. They will be at
home after May II at 107 Maryland ave.
nue..
Mrs Rose Hammerslough. of Balti-
more. announces the engagement OF her
Csrrye, to Mr.. Sidney Woil-
berg. of Washington.