Evening Star Newspaper, April 3, 1921, Page 55

(—— RMINIE" in revival perhaps, ought to receive first considera- tion among the attractions of the past week, because of its glorious memories and its even more glorious presence. It served to bring to theater patrons of the present generation not only one of the attractions that were widespread delights to those of more than a generation ago, but also three famous players who have contributed much in smiles and joys in past periormances on the stage. The two great comedians provide fun along different lines, but Francis Wilson's werk in “Erminie,” which has inseparably connected his name with that popular operetta of many years ago, \y:ll always be the keystone in his career. Mr. Wilson appears to be one oi those for- tunate mortals who are immune against the assault of the years. More than a quarter of a century ago the name of De Wolf Hopper was one of the biggest drawing cards of the stage. No matter what might be the production in which he camc, his admirers were always assured of an evening of delight. His “Wang” with its almost infinite joys in song and comedy, deserves a revival uls It will serve to show what a musical comedy can be when endowed with something more than femi- nine charm and scencry Jennie Weathersby, the Princess De Grampo- neur, also was one of the stage favorites “some years ago,” but one would scarcely have thought it irom her youthful face and form in the Present revival. Madge Lessing. too, although of a later growth, was in a sense one of the pleasant features of the revived “Erminie.” It was a pity that one of those horrible typographical mistakes that will creep into the most careful and best reguiated newspaper families should have given to “Irene Wilson” the praise that justly belongs to Irene Williams, the delightful Erminie of today, and worthy successor of the great Lil- lian Rusiell and the charming Pauline Hall, now but a memory, who sang the role in the long ago. “Erminie” revived deserves in every way the phenomenal success which it is having. * ¥ ¥ ¥ S“RPLOSSOM TIME,” the new Shubert musical show, was a surprise for which those who heard it will long be grateful. The chief in- terest centered in the musical features which Sigmund Romberg incor- porated from the famous melodies of Franz Schubert, the great composer. Mr. Romberg's work was delicately, delightfully and artistically per- fdrmed, and merits special praise. Dorothy Donnelly, who prepared the book and lyrics, was equally successful in her endeavors, and a splendid cast, headed by Bertram Peacock, as Franz Schubert, with Olga Cook, as the girl of the romance, and Yvan Servais, as the Count Sharntoff, not forgetting Ralph Herz and his comedy, made the entire production one of the exquisite treats of the season. * % ¥ X ’I’HE theater offered another revival during the week, not of a specific play_or a noted player, but of a type of play that was made famous by Fritz Emmett, Chauncey Olcott and other worthy similarities. It was an Irish idyll, with its trite but pleasing romance, and its wealth of song, always Irish, too. Walter Scanlan has gracefully caught—and as gracefully wears—the mantle of his famous predecessors, in “Hearts of Erin,” to the delight of scores of admirers who care little for the drama of “the highbrow,” but find a heaven of charm in all that reminds them of the tight little isle across the sea where the tears are flowing more freely than the happy character of her people is accustomed to. It was a balm to many, the incentive to sterner resolve to countless more. * k % % REVIVALS being the order of the week, why should mention be denied 4 to Julian Eltinge, whose art has led many to the belief that if he isn’t he ought to have been born a woman? The subtle beauty of his impersonation of her is at least the envy of some of her sex. * * * *x % MPELLED by the success of her friend, Lady Diana Manners, in the photoplay world, the Hon. Sylvia Goft recently ‘entered the chorus ranks of “The Right Girl,” at the Timi@s'Square Theater, thus adding an- other contribution of nobility to the world of amusement. * % % % OLET KEMBLE COOPER; dsiglifer of the late Frank Kemble Cooper, and the deseendant of a famous family 6f English actors, has been engaged by Cll;rles Frohman, Inc, for the cast with Ethel and John Barrymore. in “Claire de Lune,”,the new play by “Michael Strange” (Mrs. John Barrymore), T * *x % % OW that “Mary Stuart” is established as a success, it is said, John Drinkwater has resumed work on his new play, “Robert E. Lee.” Meanwhile the mstropolitan critics are browsing in the aftermath. Hey- wood Brour indulges the fhought that “Now that John Drinkwater has written a_play about Mary Queen of Scots to prove that a woman can love more than one man at the same time, we trust that some dramatist will use the story of Henry VIII to show that a man can love seven women consecutively.” Lauis V. De Foe thinks that “John Drinkwater’s dramatic study of Mary Queen of Scots leaves behind it the impression of being curiously incomplete.” He continues that Mr. Drinkwater has put himself on the side of Mary’s apologists, “but his apology, though slgqngnn is mot at all convincing.” Lawrence Reamer thought that Nothing about the reception of ‘Mary Stuart’ was so surprising as the §pnerzl outburst of applause that came at the end of the ‘play,” when, if coughing were really a deliberate test of disapproval, the prologue would have been coughed quite off the 'stage” Willls Steell finds the new drama written abodt the Rizzio episoge; its story slight; later events in an unhappy life do not appear, and the character that Mary assumes for herself in the play is one that'cannot be grafted on our western and monogamous civilization. But the play is as deftly and theatrically constructed as the greatly praised “Abraham Lincoln.” !{e ins continues, “Many say it is a great play; it is a good ome in spite of * %, - = for carly fall production, with Violet 4 futile last act.” * % 'ARC KLAW announces “Sonya” Heming in the leading role. STORY- OF EDDIE CANTOR. EDD]E CANTOR, who is still under thirty, is an East Side youth whose stage debut was made quite by chance. The playgoers, and particularly habitues of vaudeville theaters, of nine or ten yards ago, will remember Jean Bedini and Roy Arthur and the burlesque. which that pair used to perform. at Hammerstein's Victoria | Theater. ’ Eddie Cantor, then a youth of eight- een or nineteen, was running wild on the East Side. Arthur, who alsa came from the East Side, invited him to pay a visit to Hammerstein's, and while in the Bedini-Arthur dressing- room young Cantor received an offer from Bedini to “go on” the following | week. He accepted because he had nothing else to do. ., The regular offering,of Bedini and Arthur was a turn in which Bedini, in white face. did juggling. while Arthur, in_blackface, attended to the comedy. The team soon abandoned York, Cantor was spotted by Max Hart. a vaudeville agent imw« enough to recognize possibilities in the slim youth. Hart undertook his management -and at once withdrew him from the Edwards reviie, urging him, at the same time, to go to Eurppe and branch out as a “single.” & Cantor dgccordingly went to the Al- hambra, in London, but his reputation had preceded him, and again he found it necessary to resort to burnt cork. He remained abroad some months, then returned with the idea of join- ing ome Al Lee in a vaudeville act. hearsals were well under way and Cantor’s intention was to try a Jew- ish comedy role. The powers of the booking ‘office learned of it and put ‘:o:ln“ n emphlllcmlont. Cantor was ace comedian gat reniain. , and such he nce more he donned ‘b and bided his time. Then. came an offer from Oliver Morosco to play .a blackface chauffeur in “Canary Cot- tage.” about to be produced in Los | Angeles, and to Ios Angeles went {g,arneu;;‘.e He Dlayed the role. but be- the act in favor of a burlesque of | Became’ Homen s Lo e cotemporaneous plays and players. | York he became homesick—he had married in the i During the week following. & trav- | was in sewm\'ro‘r';:efla:nr?:gll': ravis esty, “Paris by Night.” was presented wire to Max Hart urging the 1atier (o and Cantor's bit was that of & French- get him an immediate engagermont oo man. Cantor possessed even then the | Broadway of an e comedian’s _instincts _and_ won his | This wire w. y kind. as the beginning of his measure of laughs, so Bedini re- | New York success in g o warded him at the end of the week |lies." in which he starery Gor Sog with 330 and an offer to continue |vears. L8 with the act. He played various small . roles in the burlesques which fol- lowed. When the combination went on the vaudeville circuit ihe blackface jug- gling turn was revived. and it was Dohnanyi’s Hungarian Hymn. EI’.NO DOHNANYI, the eminent Hun- garian then that Cantor was forced mlo[ composer - pianist, who burnt ugu He put it on much|toured America in concert twenty against his will. for Bedini insisted | years ago as a “boy prodigy, recently returned to this country, making his first reapppearance in New York, where he was hailed wit oL ;lh' lcl‘lllfll- h enthusiasm Shortly before sailin = rope: ho was honored By o gou: garian government's adoption of the upon being the only “straight” man in the act. Circumstances have com- pelled Cantor to black up ever since. Shortly after the Bedini-Arthur turn played at the Colonial, in New York, where the sequence of acts compelied close in ome"—vaudeville pariance for shallow scene in front of the drop-cuftain, so that the stage may|new national hymn, which he. haq be sct for the succeeding act. Cantor,: composed. Under the present yepub. who had been anxious to try his luck | lican government the former national alone, was left to handle the finallhymn of the roya regime has been ne with a few songs, and did so|discarded. 1In place of the former 1 thut Bedini advanced his weekl)‘lphruseu, stich an 1 want boc e from $30 to $40. He continued | kaiser. one king' in the old anthom a season or more with Bedini, i Dohnanyi's new composition rings to ose only when the latter! the credo: “I believe in God; in the to join a burlesque or-| fatherland; an everlasting Divine Bedint is now a success- d in the Resurrection of — Frank: Moulin has been secured for “Princess Virtue,” which will open in -NewdAflantic Citya.aveek foom ntor then joined one of Gus wards' “kid revues.” playing a blac ce butler. While the Edwards’ act was at the Palace Theater,.in. WASHINGTON, D. C, @fhz Sy She. SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 3, 1921 Apa MEADE and JULIETTE Monida REPMOND Gayety Capitol " apito ELSIE BOSTELLE: RosA PONSELLE. Concert “° Py P Current Attractions evening at 8:20 o'clock. row evening at 8:20 o'clock. at 8:20 o’clock. today. tomorrow at 2:15 p.m. tomorrow at 1 p.m. at.noon. AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK NATIONAL—“A Dangerous Maid,” musical . play. BELASCO—"Bringing Up Father,” musical comedy. Opsns tomor- POLI'S—“Midnight Rounders,” musital revue. Opens this evening GARRICK—“Over the Hill,” Fox photeplay. Shown at 3 and 8 p.m. KEITH'S—“Eighteenth Amendment,” vaudeville. New show opens COSMOS—Collini’s Variety Dancers, vaudeville. New show opens STRAND—Melody Festival, vaudevife. New GAYETY—Abe Reynolds’ Revue, burlesque. Opens totiay at 3. pm. CAPITOL—Pat White Company, burlesque. Opens today,at 3 p.m. Opens this New show opens tomorrow 0 “A Dangerous Maid.” Only the waves of “laughter that make audiences rock in their seats, aad only lyrics and melodies that win applause which stops the show count, according to Producer Edgar Mac- Gregor, whose -new production. ex- emplifying his standards, “A Danger- ous Maid,” this week, starting tonight. It is declared “gay in-its_ton swift in its fun and varied in its com- |4 lications, with a heroine in a popu- lar young stage idol, and its hero, a young society catch who wants to marry her.” Charles W. Bell, author of “Parlor, Bedroom and Bath,” furnished the book of “A ,Dangero Maid.” The ®wcore is by George Gershwin, and the lyrics by Arthur Francis. ‘The cast includes: Juliette Day, Amelia Bingham, Ada Meade, Juarnfta Fletcher, Creighton Hale (back ‘from the films to his” first love),. Vinton Freedley, Afthlir Shaw, Frederic Burt and others—nearly an “all-star” ags} lfo\lm‘l in the familiar funny carica- itures of the newly rich, a reproduc- . tion of Jiggs, Mre. Jiggs, Dinty Moore and all the characters of the McMa- nus cartoons. A love story runs throughout the play, which puts the audience in a sympathetic mood for Kitty, the daughter, whose mother insfsts upon sregation. 4The Midnight Rounders,” Eddie Cantor makes his"first ap-] pearance in this city as a star in “The Midnight Rounders,” at Poli's Theater tonight and continuing through the week. Cantor came to the front in “The Follies.” but the Messrs. Leé and J. J. Shubert decided to make him th star of a big musical revue. - “The Midnight Rounders” comes here direct from ‘a long'run at -the Century Theater in New, York. . The, production is elaborate, fn two parts and thirty scenes. . The' company numbers 125 persons, ineluding: the 100 “adorables” from the Century Promenade. » Tt is lfberally sprinkled - with celebrities, including Nan Halperin, Harry Kelly, Lew Hearn, Helen Bol- ton, ‘Green 'and Blyler, Muriel . De Forrest, Alice Ridnor, Georgie Hale, La Barbes, Burns: and Foran, -Ina Williams, Joe Opp and others. A fea- ture is the baflet staged by, Cleveland Bronner. . Eddie Cantor is heard_in several ‘song hits' made famous by e 3 Pre-war prices will be charged, 3nd a popular Wednesday matinee : will be given. “Bringing Up Father.” “Bringing Up Father at the Sea- shore,” a musical comedy founded on the cartoons by George McManus, will be seen at the Shubert-Belasco Thea- ter this week, beginning tomorrow night. ; It is the concentration.of humor her marrying into society instegd of}- the man -u ‘whom'she has". B poa b ‘set her ‘{wholesome sentiment and genuine E&]bieemh - Amendment.” 3 47 “Over’ the Hill.” “Over the Hill,” swhich begins its l?ond week at the Shubert-Garrick Pheater. this afternoon, is one of the mostappealing film dramas ‘produced in’ the last decade. Its success, it is said, reveais a sig- nificant psychological angle of the manship of its producer, William There ig much of laughter, nt value in “Over the Hill." tory was made from Will ton's “Farm Ballads,” by Paul H. Sloane,- ‘#nd- was directed by Harry MiligHie - The part of Ma Benton. the pMucipal character, is played by Mary Carr, who has made of it a master- pigce of dramatic art. ] e “The Eighteenth Amendment.” { Billy -B. Van and:James J. Cor- bett_willyber the leading attraction of " the -] .” Keith' Theater bill this ' spirited ‘travesty of “The Both are their. element and, thelr admirers fe. . enthysiastic over . them. Nat arp, ir., with .8 sélected sextet. Wil present a movel:and -beautifui t ‘containing a ‘raré blending of sorig, dance and acrobatics..- Claire Whitney and Robert E. Keane. will present a comic effusion, called “Mrs. Gossiper.” a satire on the Mrs. Grun- dy of the twentieth century. Miss Whitney is the well known movie star and Mr. Keane ranks among the monologists of the day. Others will include Dolly Kay, premiere dansuese Jack Osterman, in “Fifteen Minui of Something”; Bartram and S in_southern songs and Eleeful- Higgins and Bates, with Hog- the plano, and Van €Cleve -and among -the laugh- gl“D! diversions, jith “Topics of o and the kinograms. 'oday, at '3 and 8:15 p. last bill.in its entirety will be week' repeated. . Tickets are selling for the bemefit matinee Friday, Afril 8, at 2:15 o'clock, and every seat will sell for $1 each. Keith's entire bill,: with stars from the Cosmos and other theaters, it i8 announced;”will pro- vide a bill worth double the usual fare. Every’ dollar of the gross proceeds goes to the benefit' fund of the “N. V. A" Every vaudeville manager in_America is following the suit of the Keith hous Collini’s Variety Dancers. Two unusual novelties will head the Cosmos Theater bill this week— Collinf's Variety Dancers, a sextet of graceful, artistic whirlwind dancers in one of the breeziest offerings of the season, and Bett's Seals. the fun- niest animal combination in yaude- ville, comprising seals, monkeys, dogs and a rooster, whose training has been such as to warrant theif pres- entatfon in an animal drama. The honor feature of the bill will e Lieut. Girard, late of the A. E. F. a’ gifted planist, who left-an arm.in the Argonne forest in France. John P, Wade and company will bring a pdaylet worth while. called “The Coral Cameo”; Fennell and Tyson. a team of excepfional singers and comedians; Ferns-and company, &.trio of 'singing. dancing tarceurs, in an amus- Ing feature, and Reed and Blake. a ™ 1 T | new offering of ventrijoquism, with a surprise climax. “Forbidden Fruit.” Cecil B. De Mille’s. noted photoplay production, will be the added matinee attraction and a new Christie comedy, “Thd Reckless Sex,” will head the news and other flim attractions that complete the bill. An exceptional program of vaude- ville and film features is promised for today, starting at 3 p.m. “Melody Festival.” | For the Strand Theater this week, beginning tomorrow, Manager Spar- row announces a pretentious and unu- sual song revue, introducing a sextet of charming girl vocalists. in “Melody Festival.” { Others will be the Skating Macks, whirling and spinning experts on the “rollers”; Jack Reddy, in “Character Studies From Life”; Mae and Mill, in a refreshing musical interlude, “Stol- en Kisses,” and Frank Sabini, in his original_comedy, “I Quit.” Owen Moore, in “The Chicken in the Case” is the comedy combination which will be featured in the photo- play portion of the double bill. Tt is a Selznick production from a stary by Victor Heerman. Minor films also will be shown. C’o;niing AttractionsConcerts and Fhg € - At Theaters Next Week POLI'S—Waltér Hampden, in ~ Shakespearean repertory. BELASCO—“The Masque- rader,” with Guy Bates Post. NATIONAL—Marcus Show of 1920, extravaganza. COSMOS — “Once Time,” vaudeville. STRAND — “Come Here,” vaudeville. GAYETY—Ed Lete Wrothe's Burlesque Show. CARJTL ).gf‘iCule.Culies." bur- ldesque.? - s 3 Upon a { 3 { Walter Hampden in Shakespeare. Walter Hampden, in Shakespearean repertoire, will be the attraction at Poil's Theater next week. beginning Abe Reynolds’ Eevue. Abe Reynolds, comedian, heads -his own company, “The Abe Reynolds Revue” at the Gayety Theater this week, ¢commencing this afternoon. Two acts and seven scenes will be presented, the settings for which are described as of unusual beauty. ¥rom the rise of the curtain to the exit march, it is promised, merry. quips, snappy dancing,.pleasing music and striking novelti will be cgnunuous. Much of the funmaking is left fo the versatile Reynolds. The cast in- ton, Flossie Everette, Art Mayor, Joe Mercer, Lloyd Peddrick and Spencer, Ross and Arch, and a chorus of.dis- tinction, both in ability and indi- vidual charm. Pat WM}c Company. . his' company will open at the Capitol Thea(erplodly. at 3 and 8:16 p.m., an entirely new show. .worn by the Gaiety Girls chorus are up-to-date versions, and contain many, attractive. creations and color combi- nations. The cast. includes. Annie Grant, Al Golden, Lillian Rockley, Elsie Bostell, . Caroline Ross. Harry Stratton, Edna Howland, Jack Kam- merer and others. « id - Pat, as Michael Casey, -is the chief funmaker, and one of the big scenes shows Casey’'s dream. Many vaude- ville acts are given during the show. Arcade. The Arcade management announces another delightful “Paul Jones” dance tomorrow evening, followed Wednes- day by a charming innovation in the shape of an old-fashioned “Grab Bag” party, full of fun and surprises for the “grabbers. < Has Three Ideals. AY BETH CARR, the seven-year- old daughter of Mrs. Mary Carr— famed as Ma Benton in the William Fox picture, “Over the Hill”"—has three ideals, which she expresses as follows: “I want to become as good & motion picture actres: to have 8s many friends in the world us Ethel Barrymore, and I want to be as sweet and pretty as Marjoris Rambeau. = “I know that is asking' a great deal, and maybe 1 won't be able to accom-. plish it all, but I am going to try. You see, mamma gives all of (meaning five other young Carrs) daily lessons in acting, so by the time T get to be'a young lady 1 will have ! lots of experience in that.” ) Despite her tender years, May Beth has been appearing in motion pictures and in the spoken drama for five years, Her experience includes such: attractions as “Polly of the Circus, “The Great Divide.” “As You Like T “Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage. . Pal “The Barrier” and “Over the:Hill. cludes Monica Redmond, Dot Leigh- | haughty mem! Pat White, the Irish comedian, and ' John- Hunter Bo The__costumes [ ‘| revelry ent ‘Monday night, ‘April 11. In his rep- ertoire: for- Wishington,” Mr-Hampden promises an :interpretation of Mac- betb. never before seen in this city. 3 » ..Guy Bates” i turn_engageipt to the.Shubert-Be- 1as00 Theater $bxt week;, in his‘latest starrjng VW, ~Tho-Masquerader.” wl cfi“‘qn ‘a ting capacity audi- ences '‘¢lsew Itogie © - Mr. Post. pi ts two remarkable impergonatio; ‘one,” that' of a of parliament, whose senses -havd Been befuddled™ by’ the continuous use of drugs; the other, a clgnn-cut ‘Canadian-who is his physi- cal double‘and who_ takes the place of “Chiloote fn the world that . the weakling ‘may deVote, himself -to ‘Was adapted by B from the novel by erine Cegil Thurston. Rithard ‘Walton Tully is-the. producer... supporting cast%includes Effie .Shan- nan, ‘Bitwyn Baten; Katherine Raymor and others. b 8liow. ‘of 1920 will come to the Nationa] Fheater next week. As an-adjunct: to ‘'his’ current extrav: ganza, A. B. Marcus announces the vis- ualization, with li¥ing-models,-ef the celebrated painting by Boufgueregu, “Birth of Venus."” Mr. Marcus made a trip to Paris t spring especiplly'to gather data that would cnable himi.to produce a replica of this masterpiece. Not only was the entire inanimate en- vironment dome by French artists, it is claimed, but the score of young woman models: who take part were selected from the ateliers of the Latin Quarter. B o B “Onee,;gfipn a Time.” A rompingi$it*ef musical plot and titJéd “Once Upon 'a Time.” which festuresif?.Leland Marsh and Bllly Zeck, .supporting quintet of clever arti#s’‘will - be the chief feature of naxt, week’s bill it the Cosmos' Theatern. :Ofhers will include the Four Amdsgnth Sisters, a novelty quartet, In' a ¥@glightfu! specialty; Mart and Go in, in “The Union Man,” & comedy;. Martinetti, in variety specialties out of the ordinary; Al and Angie Knight, in‘After Five Years,” and, for the ‘added matinee feature, Thomas: Meighan’s _latest photoplay. productiol lers of the Stars.”” ~“Haun . 8 Buster Keaton comedy, [i/ene, of - Metro's most amusingj }¥he supplementary. features. 30 hien WHIFdfielude news plc- Tures. gnaepmicit < - ‘ 2 4 . ASbHITof for next L s i R ‘| leading woman .in & ‘hew play .next bumps, smiles and eccentric feats of equilibrium: Will J. Evans, the “Happy Hobo,” and the Downing and Brunin sisters. in a sparkling breez from musical shows, “It Is to Laugh.’ Pathe will present “Sherry,” a spe- cial production, as the photoplay. Ed Lee Wrothe's Show. Ed Lee Wrothe and his “Best Show™ return to the Gayety Theater next week for their annual visit in a new vehicle written especially for the fa- mous comedian. Supporting players include Dolly Sweet, Qwen Martin, Teresa Adams, Grace Fletcher, Will P. Murphy, Lee Hickman, Russell K. Hill, the, Marks Brothers and a fea- tured. chorus. “Cute Cuties.? “Cute Cuties,” one of the cleanest and classiest shows extant, is an- nounced as the attraction at Capi- tol Theater next week. It is_abso- lutely new, and has been bullt along original lines, with novelties and i surprises. The cast is composed of [nearly a half hundred, including a chorus of thirty. Children’s Theater. have a theater all thcir own, which will give them an opportunity fo see plays that they will really en- Joy. £ The Holton Arms gymnasium is be- and seats that rise in tierd, giving . It is stated that, beginning April 15, sured, and there will be a new play performed four times, Frillay after- mornings and Saturday evenings. Xrs. Glenna Smith Tinnin will direct the plays. Her success in offering children just what they like best in the houses of play. long maintained in New York E children of Washington are to ing remodeled and soon will' be a theater with a well equipped stage the best possible view of the stage. a season of ten weeks will ,be as- each week, and every play will be noans, Friday evenings, ' Saturday and Washington.: will_be remembered. The Holton Arms Theater will be managed by the Contineyital’ Produc- tions Company, in which many promi- nent persons are interested. A. Wash- ington Pezet, widely known'as a dra. matist and producer, will be’ associat- ed with the new en:terprise. Season tickets will.be sold and many subscriptions have already been re- ceived. A Washington Girl. J OUISE EARLE, who is playin - “Maggie,” in the Bringing Up Father Company at the Belasco Thea- ter, is a Washington girl, the daugh- ter of the late Mrs. James E..Frost. For twelve years her father held the blue pencil on the Congressional Rec- ord. Miss Earle attended the Webster and Seaton Schools and was graduated from the Mary Baldw?s Academy, Staunton, Va. As a child she was one of the flower girls at the late Presi- idenit and Mrs.® Grover Cleveland's wedding. She made her debut at the Lectures National String Quartet. The National String Quartet, com- posed of Henri Sokolov, first vielin; Max Pugatsky, second violin; Samuel Feldman, viola, and Richard Lorle- berg. violoncello, will appear in & con- cert of chamber music at-the Knick- erbocker Theater, 18th and Calumbia road, tomorrow afternoon at 4:30 o'clock. The program follo Quartet in A major. op. 18. No. 5 (Beethoven); “Romanze,” from the Grieg ( mihor quartet: quartet No. 2, in D major (A. Borodine). A All seats are reserved.. Tickets at the office of T. Arthur Smith, 1306 G street. Nina Tarasova Tuesday. Nina Tarasova, the famous little Russian character singer. \who has delighted large audiences here in the past, will return to the New Natiopal | Theater Tuesday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock for her findl appéarance this season in this city. Those who heard her on her former appearance will remember that she took the house by storm, the audience at the conclusion of her recital cheered, stamped its feet and pleaded for more. Added interest is_attached to the concert by the announcement that Mme. Tarasova will beé gssisted by Mitdred Dilling, who holds a place among the foremast ‘American harpists. Tickets may be: at the offices of T. Arthur. Smith, 1306 G street. Y The: program follows: By Mme. Tarasova, “The Gypsy,” “The Gypsy Longiui “The Swan Song" “Drive (all gypsy airs); “L'Amour L'En- y “Bergere Legere,” “Sally in Our Alley,” (old English): “The Song.” (modern_English): “The Pilgrimage of the Blessed Virgin Tor- ments,” (ancieht " song); | “My Field," (song of"X¥IL.eentury), and “On the Sly," (Sibérfan prison s08E). % By Miss Dilling, “Boures” (Bach- Saint-Saens); -“Song.-of . the- Volga (Rugsian_folk song, tanged by Cady): “Le Baurce” (Za- bel); “First Arabesque.” (Debussy): “March Militaire,” (Hasselmans), and “Impromptu Caprice” (Pierne). George Dixon Thompson Tuesday. George Dixon Thompson, the well known pianist of this city, will ap- pear in recital at the New Willard i Hotel baliroom Tuesday evening at 8:30 o'clock. Mr. Thompson's appear-. ance here ip recital” has created for | him a following not often won by & {local artist. - . Mr. Thompson's program will in- clude “Fantasie and Fugue, G Minor” (Bach-Lisst); “Sonata, _B Mjnor (Chopin); four poem, ‘The ‘Eagle. “The Brook,” “Moonsliine” and “Win ter” (MacDowell); chant polonais “My Joys” (Chopin-Liszt); *The Night- ingale” (Alabieff-Liszt), march and Elfin Chorus fro summer Night's Dresm"” ¢Mendels- sohn-Liszt). Rosa Ponselle !‘ndly Rosa Ponselle, th¢ dramatye so- prano of the Metropolitan Opera House. will make her appearancein Washington at Poli%s Theater Friday afternoontat 4:3070'clock. e On the concert platform Miss Pon- selle has duplicated her triumphs of National Theater with Nat C. Good- win in “The Gilded Fool." in 1899. :Miss Earle has a cultivated soprano voice. She studied at the old Bullard Conservatory of Music on F street. While in Washisgton she and her husband will be the guests of her sis- ter and brother-in-law, Mr. and* Mrs. W.'G. Edwards, at thé Senate apart- ments. Effiie Shannon last 3 joined Guy Bates Post's company M Philadelphia. She will play.the season out with him in “The Masquerader” and will be his | season. the operatic.stage and the great. de— mand for her services throughout the country is s ftting tributa. jo her beautiful art. b2 e Her program, which is. Jhost tn- usual, will_incliade t <SP tino™ ".(Verdt) (Giles Higgi: e Rcrato Questi ria. cidio in esti: menti” (Ponchielli), “Odor (Parell). “Psvche” '( 3 lero, “Merce, Dilletto Amiche™ from “Vewpri Siciliani” (vw‘!fl'.‘m" Tickets are on sale At Mrs’Greens's concert. hllnfllll..llth"lld,l}.A o'fi?." (Continued on Fourth )5 2 .