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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-10-03
COSMOS

Music, classical and popular, vocal
and instrumental; laughter in skits and
acrobatics and some real novelties are
the features promised in the Cosmos
Theater bill this week, headed the first
half. beginning with romorrow's matt
nees, by the famous Colonial Girls, one
OF the most pretentious song and mu-
steal offerings of the season. Eddie
Girard. Gardner and company will be
seen In their amusing sketch, "Dooley
and the Diamond" Il favorite act of
higher vaudeville; Harry Gilbert will
bring the latest melodies and song hits
from the New York cabarets; Brown
ing and Lewis will present their laugh
able dialect skit. I'm the Jungles": the
famous Marimba Band, a delightful rep
ertoire OF instrumental selections, and
Fern Bigelow and Meehan their jolly
acrobatic farce. THE Bell Hops"
Barring changes for the better. the
last half of the week will present the
American Trumpeters. two men and
woman: In an instrumental novelty;
Banjo" Bill, tn unique banjo offer
ing; Isabella Miller and company In
the laughable tabloid comedy, 1.-THE
New Boarder": Stanley AMI Lambert, in
q pleasing repertoire Of songs and new
dance steps. and last. but the real
headliner of the bill. Bachelors and
Sweethearts." an aggregation Of nine
clever people In a scenic song spectacle,
with new dances and costumes out of
the ordinary. The added attractions all
the week VIII include the latest Hearst
Selig news pictures of foreign as we'll
series Of photoplay features that will
be changed daily. with the new Charlie
Chaplin laughmaker, "Shanghated," the,
last half Of the week.
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NATIONAL

At the New National Theater tomor-
row night and for the week will be
presented u new comedy drama in four
acts. My Lady's Garter" a dramatiza-
ton of Jacques Futrelle's novel. by Lee
Morrison.
The action of the play. closely fol-
lowing the theme of the book. is plen-
tifully interpreted with dramatic stu
atoms a wealthy New Yorker. who
goes TO almost any extremes in COL
lecting antiques and art objects; his
daughter. a wild, untamed creature.
who has her own ideas in the matter Of
matrimony; an English detective of the
Scotland Yard variety; an American
detective. more blunt and less polite
than his English colleague: a notorious
gentleman thief. known as the hawk,
and young American of a decidedly
adventurous spirit are central figures
in the fifteen characters involved in
the plot.
From the British Museum has been
stolen the Countess of Salisburys gar
ter. an extremely valuable jeweled
relic. which figured centuries ago in
an historically romantic episode. out of
whcih was born Britains highest and
most coveted order of chivalry. the
Order Of the Garter. The wealthy art
collector has purchased the stolen gar
ter from a fence" but seeing trouble
brewing for himself. decides to get rid
Of 1t. He places 1t on the mantle in a
deserted house and notifies the police.
but just before they arrive II 10 again
stolen by the hawk. who. closely pur-
sued by the detectives. eludes them In
the grounds surrounding the house OF
the garter's late possessor. whose
daughter on that very nignt is about to
elope with a young poet. the son Of her
fathers most hated business rival. The
poet. found prowling about under the
window which was to be an important
factor in the elopement. is pounced
upon by the sleuths, who search him
and find in his possession valuable
Jewels. intended as wedding gifts for
mis- bride.
He is Immediately placed under ar
rest Many complications follow, am
plified by the appearance later at the
summer home of the young heiress of
Two young men. both fitting the de-
scription of the hawk: both surround
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BELASCO

Augmented in all departments, the
San Carlo Grand Opera Company,
fresh from a series of triumphs at the
Boston Opera House, comes to the Be-
lasco Theater this week. The impress
sion left by the company last season
was of character to warrant the be-
lief that its return will warmly inter-
est Washington generally.
Nearly six score members comprise
the company this season. with twenty
leading singers. large and well
ton and splendid orchestra, which
this year will be handled by two di-
rectors. Chew. Fulgenzio Guerrieri and
Chew. Giuseppe Angelini. A complete
new scenic investiture. costly output
of the famous Lee-Lash Studios Of New
York. is also promised.
The engagement opens Monday night
with Verdi's three-act work, "Rigo-
letto." with the following artists In the
leading roles: Edvige Vaccari, colora-
Spanish tenor. Duke of Mantua; Signor
Giuseppe Battistini, baritone, Rigo-
letto; Stella De Mette, the new mezzo
of the company. Maddalena- and Signor
Sparafucile. Natalie Cervi. basso, will
also be in the cast.
Tuesday nights production will be
Carmen. with Mime. Pauline Donalda,
dramatic soprano, in the title role, in
which she has scored many old world
triumphs. She was a prime favorite at
the Opera Comique fParis) and at
Covent Garden London). Signor Ago.
stint will be the Don Jose.
Wednesday afternoon Rossinis comic
opera THE Barber of Seville" which
is rich in musical features and amusing
m situations. will be sung, its leading
roles calling for the appearance Of
seven of the principals of the company.
present a double bill, "Cavalleria Rus
ticana" and "Pagliacci." with three
leading sopranos, one mezzo-Mme
De Mette; two tenors and three bari
tones.
Thursday night. Lucia di Hammer
Verdi's beautiful three-act opera,
THE Masked Ball." is down for Fri
day night. The opera. revived two sea-
sons ago by the San Carlo and Metro
the San Carlo Teatro. Naples, and was
first called "Gustavo III (after an as
sassinated Italian monarchy. but after
the announcement had almost created
riot in Naples Verdi was forced to
change the scene from Stockholm to
Boston and the name to The Masked
Ball" The Naples premiere was final
ly abandoned, and the opera taken to
Rome. The work is one of the features
of the San Carlo company's repertoire
this season II calls for six of the lead
ing voices, beautiful costuming and un-
usual scenic effects.
Saturday afternoons Offering will
also be of the lighter vein, Offenba oh g
Tales of Hoffman" Signor Agostini
will sing the title part and Mime. Fara,
the new colora tura, Will be the Olympia.
Aida" the massive Verdi production,
has been reserved for Saturday night
as a fitting close for what promises to
be a notable opera week. 1t was this
opera in which the San Carlo artist S
created sensation recently at the
Boston Opera House Miss Alice Evers-
man. the well known dramatic soprano.
who has scored high in the Aida role
with the Chicago Opera and the Gen.
fury company, will sing it here. Six
others of the leading artists will be in
the cast.
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believe Me. Xantippe."

The Poll Players have secured for
presentation next week a highly anus
ing melodramatic comedy. Frederick
Billiards. three-act entertainment. Be
lieve Me, xantippe." which won the
Harvard prize for American play
wr;ghts several seasons ago and ran
for six months in Boston. It was sub
sequently produced in New York city.
but has never been seen in Washington
This play established Mr.. Ballard as
one Of the cleverest of the younger
school Of American playwrights. His
latest success is Young America" now
running on Broadway.
Bel eve Me. Kant ppe." tells an anus
ing story of George MacFarland, a
wealthy young New Yorker. who makes a
wager with his friend. chief of the New
York detective bureau, that he can
elude the pursuit of the police for
twelve months. He FORCES a check and
gives 1t to his friend. thereby Furnish
ing an excuse for pursuit by the police.
The succeeding scenes of the play
show how Mcfarland evades capture
for eleven months. and then falls into
the hands Of the daughter of a Colo
RADIO sheriff. furnishing a romantic, as
well as dramatic ending for the piece.
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PORTLAND TO PORTLAND.
Oregon City Asks Maine One for
Advice.

rom tue newark News.
Portland in Oregon is guying Port.
land in Maine. much the same as young
John Smith might wickedly guy his
grandfather, old John Smith because
the latter couldn't keep pace with the
former. And if the old gentleman
should turn around and wallop the in
dependent youngster everybody would
say it served the latter just right.
Portland in Maine was founded in
1882, and it now has a population of
about $1,000. Portland in Oregon was
settled by two down east" men in
ls45. and named for the Maine city, and
the census shows il has about $4,000.
The Maine city had 4 big fire July 4,
1865, which destroyed about 10000
600 worth of property. and the Oregon
city had a big fire in 1872 and anouher
in 1873. About 1884 the first through
freight car that crossed the entire con-
tinent went from Portland, Me-, to
Portland, Ore. consigned to d. ID. Oil
phant.
Portland in Maine is prohibition
town; that is, nominally. The state is
prohibition and. therefore, every city
IN 1t is supposedly prohibition; but last
month It was announced--in q New
York paper-that three new bars had
been opened i'll the Maine city 1t is a
well known fact that no difficulty need
be experienced in getting any number
of ''nips' in Portland, Me-. day or
night. in hotel, drug store or around
the corner" There were 4,006 arrests
FOR drunkenness in that city in 1913
Portland. Ore. has now 300 licensed
saloons. and. of course, a proportionate
number of DRINKS and arrests. but
January l. 1916. new law goes into
effect which will close up every one.
For oregon has voted for prohibition
and the two Portlands will be as dry,
supposedly, as burnt bone What
Portland. Ore, is just now asking Port.
land, Me-, is to please let the younger
city know some of its tricks of evasion
ana how 1t can prohibit liquor and
have ii, too. And the two Portlanda
are having great fun over this topic.
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Iturbide.
From the New York Mail

Often it happens in the revolving
OF this earth and its affairs that
what one man bravely attempts in
vain, his son or his grandson achieves.
so there is interesting possibility in
the flashing of the name Iturbide on
the screen in the new reel of the
tragic Mexican movies. For IL was an
1turbide that severed Mexico from
spain. but. finding the people unpre-
pared for popular government, took
the imperial method and served briefly
but with futility as Augustin I, em-
peror of Mexico. That was a century
ago. and midway in this stretch Of
time another Iturbide, his grandson,
was picked as the heir of the Inflated
Macmillan. Another two-score and
ten years. and the great grandson OF
the man who broke the yoke Of the
dons looms up as a possible redeomer
Of his harried people.
There is more than sentiment in
the idea Of Gen. Eduardo Iturbids be.
ing destined to pacify and amalgam;-ls
the fragments of his nation, for no
looms large as a man of demonstrated
ability, forceful personality and de.
votion to the reforms to which MAdero
was pledged, but with this distinction,
namely. that he is credited by Mex
leans and by American ofiicials who
have known him during his exile In
Washington with the tact and tenacity
necessary to translate the program
into accomplishment.
Added interest attaches to the name
of Iturbide from the significant way
in which 1t is brought out in seemingly
as though the American administra-
tion had found the man fitted to the
task and was feeling Mexican sentis
ment on the proposition.
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POLLS

Nat Goodwin's famous comedy. IAN
American Citizen" in which he appear
ed for several seasons, with Maxine
Elliott as his co-star. will be the Of
fering Of the Poll Players this week.
with A. H. Van Buren, in the title role
and Florence Rlrtenhouse as the charm
ing heroine.
The story concerns the adventures of
Beresford Cruger. a young American
lawyer. who, in order to make good
the populations of his partner. Brown.
il forced to accept the terms Of Brit.
ish uncle's will, leaving him $250.o00
provided he becomes an English SUBJ
ject. and also that he marry his cousin.
Beatrice Carew. When Cruger goes to
England and learns that his cousins
fortune is also conditioned upon her
marriage. a ceremony Is arranged at
once, but it is a marriage of con-
venience. and Immediately after the
two separate. expecting never to see
each other again. By a strange trick
Of fate, however. husband and wife
meet in Nice. and are thrown together
constantly during the carnival. They
learn to love each other madly. but
each believes the other is only pretend
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York Idea" formerly used By Mr..
Fiske.
Two Is Company" a musical play
productions in New York. CLAUDE
Flemming, Georgia Caine. May de 6oues
and Royden Keith have the leading
roles.
THE Bomb" in which Wilton Lackaye
Is appearing in Keith vaudeville, 10 the
work of Gordone tombstone and War.
wick Williams He is supported y
Chaille.
was produced last week in New York
at the Century Theater. under the di-
rection of Ned Weyburn. The piece has
twenty five scenes and Is elaborately
presented. ..
Scenery in the new art style IL pro-
vided by Granville Barker for AN
drocles and the Lion" and for The
Man Who Married a Dumb Wife" II
is said to be wide departure from
the conventional.
Arnold Daily has secured the American
tights OF an English play BY Eden
called The Angel in the House." He
will produce the piece in November
with Hilda Spong as leading woman.
stage reception by vaudeville per.
formers in costume will be feature at
the Casino this week All persons attend
ing the Tuesday matinee will be given q
chance to meet the performers, and they
will be served with cocoa and cakes on
the stage.
L. G. Grossman. lessee of the Lyceum
Theater, has leased the Holiday Street
Theater, Baltimore. and will open II
Monday, October II, with The Tango
Girls" The city bought the Baltimore
theater some time ago for the develop
ment of a civic center.
Minna Gombel. who appears as Helen
Hamilton in MY Lady's Carter" was
western "A Pair of Skies" company.
Cecil Owen. who plays the part of Dex-
ter. the Scotland Yard detective. has
been seen in this city in leading roles
with Robert B. Mantel.
Nine. Petrova. the celebrated Anglo
Polish actress, will be seen at the
Monday, October IS. in THE Revolt"
Edward Locke's latest play. Her role
Is said to give Nine. Petrova q chance
to display her wonderful emotional
ability.
e. NJ Newman's new series Of travel
talks this season will include Brazil
and Rio de Janeiro," Argentina and
buenOS Ares. emile via the Straits
of Magellan" Peru, the American
Switzerland" and Bolivia Costa RIGA,
Panama The motion pictures and
views in color to be shown are said to
be new subjects never before seen in
this country.
The play Oliver Morosco has selected
for Peggy O'Neil is "A Tale With a
Wag," by George H. Atkinson. 1t 10
n dramatization of The White Linen
Nurse" by Eleanor Hollowen Abbott,
author of Molly Make-BeIieve" and
"Sick-a-Bed Lady," and deals with a
great surgeon and his nurses. Miss
O'Neil will play the part of Rae NAL
gregor. girl who has become a nurse
under protest.
Burton Holmes this season has an
nounced that his audiences will sec
America, its beauty spots, it's quaint
and picturesque places and peoples, its
new SOUTH, its golden west" its
Fairgrounds of the rich and homes Of
the humble. His subjects will com.
prise Florida" Down in Dixie" Thu
Grand Canyon of Arizona" The Pana.
ma-Pacific Exposition" and "Califor.
MIA" with an extra travelogue to fol.
low. From the Potomac TO the Vel.
lowstone.'
Mr.. Holmes lectures will be given at
the New National Theater.
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Thoughts ON the Stage.-"The Ameri-
an national theater must found it
,elf." declares Granville Barker. who
was brought to this country several
years ago to direct the New Theater in
New York. but returned to England
after looking over the ground and de-
Gliding that the proposition did not OFFER
him the exact scope he felt would be
necessary to carry out his ideals.
"A play is anything that can be made
effective upon the stage Of the theater
by human agency. The scope Of the
theater is the scope of the civilized
world" says Mr.. Barker. land that is
why 1t is necessary to knock into peo-
pies heads the tremendous Importance
of having good plays. think bad
drama is just as bad as typhoid fever.
"A good play does not mean a solemn
play. Forbes-Robertson has aptly said
that good play means good entertain
ment. If it goes further and instructs
as well as entertains. then it may claim
something of greatness. A good play
must be vivid and a natural express
sion of something. 1t can attack almost
every kind of problem and enter almost
every kind of life. There are very few
things that cannot be taken up in the
drama.
The theater is better way Of attack
ing. say. social problems than the
novel. because the theater is the quick
est and most vivid medium of working
things out. 1t has, too, the tremendous
fascination of having to do with human
beings. 1t must remain alive because
tits worked out by living persons. Its
browning advantage is it's vividness. A
certain moral advantage it has, too, in
dealing with the problems of the day,
and that is. being made UP of human
material. it must strive constantly to-
ward perfection and never reach it.
That is life.
LAS a social force, the theater has the
immense value of bringing different
arts together in its service. The thing
I myself want to do is to get together
all the arts that have to do with the
painting, decorating and
speaking"
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|tionally well. Sixteen musical numbers
have been staged by Frank Wallace. A
number Of specfalties will be given, in
Guiding "the Adair Trio and Tho
Flora Dora Glide" by Miss Morrissey,
Mr.. Reaves and Mr.. Morrison. The
scenic and electrical effects are said to
introduce a distinct innovation in bur-
lesque. The costuming Of the chorus 10
also feature Wednesday nights per-
Torrance will introduce the initial ap-
pearance of amateurs at the Gayety
Theater and Friday evening will be q
chorus girl night" Every afternoon
there will be Ladies' Matinee" with
special prices for the woman patrons.
A performance by the Golden Crook"
company, introducing sixteen musical
numbers and specialties will be given
at the Gayety today.
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GNE1x

The Gay New Yorker" company at
the Gayety Theater this week, begin
ming with a matinee tomorrow after
noon. will present a two-act musical
farce entitled I'VE. Us & Co.." the book
Of which was written by Don Roth and
the music by Harry Won Tilser. The
principal comedy lines are intrusted to
Danny Murphy and Tom Haverly, as
partners In business. who. through many
entanglements of the Arm, are present
ed In many funny situations Others in
the fun department are Ed Jerome and
Dolly Morrissey. In the supporting cast
are Alan Fleming, Grace Tempest,
Walter Reaves and Billy Morrison. with
. chorus that sings and dances excep-
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"Androcles and the Lion"

Lillah Mccarthy. Granville Barker and
Percy Burton will present George Ber-
nard Shaws "Androcles and the Lion"
and Anatole Frances The Man Who
Married a Dumb Wife" at the Belasco
Theater next week. an event Of uncom-
mon interest. for Granville Barker is
generally regarded as the leading repre-
sentative Of a progressive movement upon
the English stage. "Androcles and the
Lion" Is the latest effort Of George
Bernard Shaw. and '"The Man Who Mar
ried a Dumb Wife Is one of the only two
plays written by Anatole France.
"Androcles and the Lion" is described
by the author as fable play, a designa-
ton suggestive Of the free and irresponsi-
BILE humor in which the wit Of the author
finds it's happiest illusion. The scene is
laid in the days Of ancient Rome, when
Christian martyrs contributed so largely
to the spectacles Of the arena. Mr.. Shaw
Is seldom found In accordance with con-
ventional views upon any subject. but in
dissenting from them he Is almost al
ways sparkling, IL not always convincing.
"Androcles and tho Lion" Ia full Of en-
tertainment, however one may regard the
authors view on Christianity and the
morals of ancient and modern society.
"Tha Man Who Married Dumb wife"
has been translated by Prof. Curtis Hid
den Pas& Anatols Franco found bis tn
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LxCEUM

THE Tango Girls" will come to the
Lyceum Theater this week. commence
ing with a matinee tomorrow after
noon. 1t is one of the best all-round
burlesque organizations on tour this
season. The burlesque Is full OF life
and animation and is a pleasing min
Cling Of comedy. melody and dance. It
Is entitled The New Musician" Some
Of the songs have been culled from the
popular music of the day.
Notable in the company 10 Ornetta, .
sensation of the New York Roof Gar
den whose act Ii novel. Others include
Mark Lea, as Joe WEIGH; Earl Kern,
Ed. Gillispie, Gene German, Mabel
Lemonier. vesta Lockart and Florence
Williams. with q large and well gown
ed chorus.
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addition to amateur night, Wednesday,
a Charlie Chaplin competition: a NATL
nee reception, Tuesday afternoon. and
parcel post night Friday. For the
world series the management has an
nounced that in addition to the regu-
lar performance. will be shown a pan
Drama of the world championship ball
games. wires direct from the field re-
porting a play-by-play account. Other
features of the weeks bill will be
Christmas on the Comstock," a play
let by Glendower Manion and company,
which DEPICTS scenes Of western life
during the discovery Of silver: COM
edy sketch by Freddie James and COM
pany; comedy acrobatics by the Will
Der Brothers. and Curry and Pope,
cabaret dancers. In the latest steps.
Today's concerts will offer all the
acts of last weeks bill with a special
orchestral program. The Three Mar
tins. in a scenic production. will be an
added feature next week.
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"The Bomb"

Wilton Lackaye. whose svengali in
"Trilby" was a creation of art and
genius, will make his premier appear
ance here in high-class vaudeville at
the B. F. Keith Theater next week.
heading his own company in 1.-THE
Bomb" a one-act comedy drama, in
which he assumes two distinct roles.
and in one of them, as an Italian. he
brings the play to close with a SEN
sationa1 surprise. Other features will
be Ralph Herr. the musical comedy and
light opera comedian, in a witty foot
light chat. with songs on the side:
Manuel Quiroga, the young Spanish
violinist; George East, impersonator.
assisted by the McGinniss brothers. and
the George East orchestra in THE
Dance of the Carnival anu THE Fu-
turist Whirl"; Harry Tate's English
comedians with Jack Tate in Motor
ing; Arthur Stone and Marion Hayes
in Green Goods; the Three Ankers.
gymnasts; Mae Aubrey and Estelle
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Herberts "L'Encore." with duet for
flute and clarinet; Won Blon's Skill
eta" the march and procession of
Bacchus from Delibes' Sylvia Ballet"
Hauser's cradle song. 'Wiegenl ed
Lacome's Spring Serenade." Manvell's
Cosmos march and selection from
Verdrs La Forsa del Destino" and
Suppe's overture. Morning, Noon and
Might" will be some Of the many beau
tiful classic selections in the concert
program by an enlarged orchestra
under Arthur MARVEL at the Cosmos
Theater today from 3 to 1890 pm.
Tho entertainment also includes new
specialties and photoplay features.