The Washington times., 1917-03-04

May boley, WINNIE baloWfn, vera
Doria, Walter Catlett, Sydney Grant,
Percy Bronson, and the Cameron Sis
ters, two dancers who have set New
York agog.
Madame Yorska, the well-known
protegee Of Sarah Bernhardt, and
founder Of the Theater Francais, OF
New York city, was At the Shoreham
last week. She came TO Washington
to look over prospective sites for the
opening Of Marion Creighton's pre-
paredness play 'SThe People" Yorska
10 perhaps the youngest woman pro-
Queer In this country, and she delights
In the fact that her first production
In English bears q message Of in
valuable strength to the men and
women of America.
Lee shubert and John Craig pre-
sented for the FIRST time on any
stage, in Stamford, Conn, last Mon
day night, "an adventure" written by
2. H. sothern. entitled stranger
Than Fiction" After preliminary
performances in. Stamford. New
Haven, and Providence, this week, the
play Will DC pECognbCa AOA NaO Al -
time In New York at the New Garrick
Theater, tomorrow night. In the COM
pany are John Craig, Mary Young,
Fred Eric, II. Cooper cine, Edgar
Norton, Katherine Stewart, Stella St
Audrie, and Georgia Bryton.
Billie Shaw, the little barefoot
dancer with Anna Held, will essay an
entirely new terpsichorean novelty
during the run Of Follow Me-" at
the Belasco Theater this week. Miss
Shaw learned to dance as q child
and II entirely self taught It was
on the Western prairies of Kansas
that this girl took up the art, and
having no shoes to impede her move
ments, Billie learned to dance In her
barefeet. Later on when she found
1t necessary to increase her roper
toire Of dances by the Introduction of
the socalled society gyrations, she
had to learn all over again, for her
satin slippers made her clumsy and In
terfsred with her natural grace,
Carmen" Is announced as the open
ing production of the San Carlo Grand
Opera Company's engagement at the
Belasco on Monday next It was hrst
heard in London In 1878.
The nrst New York production was
In October, 1879, with Minnie Hauk
in the title role. Some notable re-
vivsls were In 1898, that being Nine.
Calves FIRST appearance In the part.
Hammerstein revived the opera IN
1896. This season Il has been one Of
the remarkable successes OF the San
Carlo company, and In the coming
production at the Belasco patrons
will hear Nine. Ester Ferrabini. the
Montreal opera star, In the title role.
Miss Springtime," a Klaw & Err
langer production. with music COM
posed by Emmerich Kalman, the COM
poser OF "Sari," and book By Guy Boil
ton, which has been Q conspicuous
musical comedy success in New York,
where 1t has been running since last
summer at the New Amsterdam
Theater, comes to.the National Thea
ter Easter week, beginning Monday,
April Q, with the entire original COM
pany and production intact The
cast includes Else Alder, George Mac
Farlane, John z. Hazard. Georgia
o'Rsmey. Charles Meakins, Josie In
tropodi, Fred Nice, Ada Weeks, Nick
Durham, Maurice Cass, and Wayne
Num-.
Two extra novelties will be includ-
ed in the program at Moore's Strand
Theater this week in honor OF the in
auguration exercises. A short length
picture will be shown known a. THE
Presidents Reel" showing the occu-
pants OF the White House during the
most important epochs IN American
history. In view of the present strain
ed international relations the picture
should be both timely and interesting,
as 1t presents intimate views with
appropriate backgrounds Of George
Washington. Thomas Jefferson, Polk,
Abraham Lincoln, u. s. Grant, WILL
lam Mckinley, and Woodrow Wilson.
Another novel film will be the initial
showing of ''the Ditmar animal pic
tures"-depicting the life and habits
of the various animals at the New
York Geological Garden and made
under the direct supervision OF Prof.
Ditmar, curator Of the institution.
The Thursday program OF Yvette
Guilbert at the Belasco will be rs
follows:
"chansons de Mes Debuts (song
OF my debut); lie Chat NoIr at Mont
marte" repertoire des Cants NoirsJ,
with Introduction in English by Mime.
Guilbert; "Chansons Types de Paris
Nocturnes;" "Chansons Types de
Montmsrte;" "Chausons Types de
QUARTER Latin" lie Jeune Homme
Triste:" LA Soularde;" "a La VIII
lette;" "La Pierreuss:" 'L,Apache;-
Les Quartres Etudiants;" "LHotel
No. s." Ten souvienHtur' 'L'Idiot"
(words and music by Maurice Polli-
anti; la Glu'' (words by Jean Rich
epin, music by Gounod); LA Priers
des Femmes" twords by Giona No
Cleod, music by G. Ferrari). Songs
without Words" (Mendelssohn-Fran-
ko); 'rMRzurka" (Chopin-Kreisler),
"Marche-caprice" (Kreutzer Saar),
''MsIodis" (Gluck-Frsnko), "sersnade
Espagnols" (ChAminade Kreisler),
"Joie D'Amour" (Rreisler), and
"Rondo Capricioso" &c. Saint-Saens),
Miss Emily Gresser.