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,1 CHARLOTTE DAILY OBSERVER. JANUARY 10, 1909. f MUSIC AMD THE DRAMA g :': IvS? YJfc il ; V&'C' - -'(V "K ; THIS WKKKS i'KOtiKAMMK. " , , IV Si - - S .dfeU . J 4 , , 4 " ' w vi J'AW K;4V' 'm-A-. WcdtiCMla j Mlit MIhs Annie Ilus mHI. Tliurf-day. Mnitiir'' and "The Dfiil " FVWy NIkIU "A Knlplit Ir a D)." Sturrlav, Mmirito and .Mgtit "Ttio Cm and the nij.tl.- " 'THL 8TRONOKR SEX " Misa Annie KukII. iihn will ap pear hero at Ui" A adeni 'f M nati on Wrineilii)-, January 13th. in John Valentine' i-nmedy, "Th Hlrongrr Sex." might hme called her m w play "A Srh'iol (or Husband" .vlth as much rwn Molier hud for call ing hl wonderful mmwly "A Hchool for Wives " The SlroiiRer Sex " tella in a must direct manner the latest approved method of taming a hus band. Mln RuRxell apiicavs aa thu heiress of a millionaire Texas ciittle man. who falls In love with a yount; Englishman of family but no fortune. Warren Harrington, the young Eng lishman. whil not altogether had, In ximething of a fortune hunter marries the girl for nmney. learns this b mi ,i :. five '. utas after the reie , iirt where her AiiutI. an iiuiependi-:.. and character come in. She lemi him to think she had married him for Ins social position and makes him keep up hla end of th bargain with trlct attention to business. 8he put him on an allowance and finally forces him to go to work, with the result that he recognizes that he has a wife who has qualities more valuable than those of wealth. W hen his eyes are thoroughly open ahe forgives him, nd he being by this time head over heels In love with her, all ends hap pily, and a man la made nut of a for tune hunter. "The Stronger Sex" was the suc cess of the year in London, where It ran S86 nights, and was nelfcted by M!a Russell's managers. Messrs. ".v.-igeii uls A Kemper, because the leaning character of Mary is exactly eu'ted to Ml.is Hiisnell's Inimitable ivo .Miss Russell, more than any artiet on the stage, has a personality which unites sweetness and unassum ing charm with exquisite feeltnj; ami absolute helghis of emotional power. AH these opportunities are offered In the character of Mary Barrlngton. and Miss Russell makes full use of tbem. The production and company come direct from a long run at Web er's Theatre. New York, where the play was given for upward of 150 A GROUP OF "BROn.F.KS" I N "A KVTGHT FOR A DAY." matinee and night, the mot widely Advertised dramatic suness of a de cade. "The Devil" ( Der TeufeH. over nhlih two continents are agog and which has created such a tremendous controversy owing to the spurious versions of the same work which have been foisted upon the public by un scrupulous opposition. "The Devil" Is the work of Kruni Holnar, a Hujika rlin Joumallat, scarcely thirty-live years of age, and the stage version used by Mr. Navape was translated and adapted by Oliver Herford. the well known satirical and humorous writer After pnylng a large sum to secure the rights to "The Devil" and preparing an aulhorized staire vcr- I slnn under the personal direction of 'Julius Herzka. director general of the Vienna Volks Threatre, Mr. Savage, in order to prevent the public from be nights. The Bcenes are laid In tho I Ing Imposed oh by hastllv prepared fashionable precincts of London so ciety and the gowns worn by Miss Russell are very elaborate and beauti ful. She first appears as a bride and a very lovely one she makes. In the course, of the first act she changes to a pretty traveling dress of a delicate ahade, which la the eny of all the feminine portion of the audience. In the subsequent aits she earn several ether appropriate gowna, which are marvels of the creative genius of Madame Louise I Messrs. Wagenhals & Kemper have I provided n wealth of scenic envlron taent for the pla. The tirst scene is , t Clarldges Hotel. In London: then to Mary's house, in l'nrk Lun. ami all ends happily at the villa In I'o.ves aurlng the ya hung p'us"ii. amid summer skies banks of flowers and yachting flannela. The company Is the original Web er's Theatre cast and Includes Mr. Oswald Yorke. Helen Tracy, I lore Davidson. Alma Kruger. AVIlliam Wadaworth and many othera The production to be given here is an exact duplicate of that now being presented at the Garden Theatre, New York, and the cast of players Is strong and efficient. It Includes such well known artists as Campbell Hol land, Adele Block. Carroll Daly, Rich ard Thornton. Saldee Williams, ielen C. Hick, Arda LaCroix. Phyllis Car rlngton, Virginia Rolette and Jean Harrett. "A K-N Hi H T FOR A DAY." The story of H. C. Whitney's big musical gaiety. "A Knight for a Day," which will be the attraction at the Academy of Music next Friday night, centres around, or rather Is encased In. two lockets of peculiar Corslcan design, one of them 1b the property of an Kngllsh miss attending a sem inary at Kvanston, 1!1 , and the other oi a young man who lias become and unauthentic versions, was forced I enamored of the charms of the Henry J f Academy of THE DKVIL" f-'ava;e will offer Music on at the Thursday, to assemble his players and give the comedy at the Garden Theatre. New York, on Tuesday, August 18th, with only thirty-six hours' notice. This feat la unparalleled in New York pro ductions and caused the metropolis to fairly hold Its breath. Five 'hours after his announcement appeared In the New York papers,, the Harden Thea tre was sold out and since then noth ing but standing room has been left at each performance. In view of the discussion of the merits of the play, it should be said that Mr Savage has unanswerable ar Kiiineiit In support of his laujrhter niakmg version of "The Devil." His scenic artist was sent to Vienna and fhn ftage detail was all arranged by the gifted Her-.ka, who staged the comedy In Vienna und who has since '"een called to I'aris to give the French version the color of authority. 'The Devil" Illustrates an Important moral lesson, but It has been the au thor a purpose to teach that lesson by humor, wit and rollicking gaiety. In a word, "The Devil." as Herr Holnar wrote It and a.s Mr. Ravage Is pro ducing It. Is a comedy of the most de lightful sort- not a sermon nor a ve hicle for an Individual player. daughter of the head of the seminary and married her. There Is a large estate In Corsica which Is to be di vided between the holders of the two lockets, but in order to obtain a set tlement It Is necessary that they wed. This Is Impossible owing to the mat rimonial entanglements of the male posaessor of one of the lockets and for other reasons. Then enters the knight of laughter and song, to-wlt, one Jonathan Joy, erstwhile Harry Hammersteln. waiter, who has appro priated the credentials of the knight ly lawyer anl assumed his title. He endeavors to unravel the tangled re lations and encounters the romantic j Corslcan and rightful owner of the estate who has fallen in love with the I photo of the aweet girl graduate, i She possesses the other locket. He j comes to the seminary In search of j her. The aforesaid knight of laugh I ter and song meets his affinity In one j Tilly Day. now "feViale halr-puller" at the seminary, but formerly an or dinary servant lady, and with a cham pagne charged cistern. In which the "near-knight" has "dropped the best case he ever had." the "servant lad i partaking of the same to ir.ebrlety, the elopement of the "near knight" and the "servant lady," or rather the attempted elopement, and their discovery by the other conspira tors against dull care and monotony, with the famous electrical see-saw pageant as a climax things lack no cause for Interest until the first act Is ended. The second act takes place In Cor sica and the opening discloses what Is said to be one of the most artistic arrangements of a chorus ever pre sented. All the principals have gone to this sunny Islo for the purpose of settling the estate and the "near knight" encounters the brigands who are in the employ of the romantip Corslcan. The estate is finally set tled on the romantic Corslcan by the law of the country and the "near knlght" and the "servant lady" who have come into the possession of the lockets find that they have no value outalde of themselves. The end finds every one, a It should be In. all well regulated musical comedies, happy. The story Is told to the now eccen tric, now tender, now gay strains of the most musical scores of the year. Robert It. Smith and Raymond Hubbell, who wrote "Mexicana" and "Fantana." are responsible for the book, lyrics and music. "A Knight for a Day" has a record of 607 per formances, In Chicago and It followed this with fclx months at Wallack's in Sew York Then came three months tiurlng the past summer at the Tre mont Theatre In Boston. Frank Deshon heads the cast to be j seen here and the supporting com pany Includes many names well known In musical comedy and dra matic circles, among them being Sher man Wade, for several years an em ploye of Col. Henry W. Savage. "THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE." The attraction at the Academy of Music Saturday, matinee and night, will be the very newest musical ex travaganza success, "The Cat and the Fiddle." In three acts and nineteen acnes full of puzzling surprises, daz zling with light and color, and deal ing with magic, sprites, elf a, gnomes, fairies and the story of the mythical Iale of Eye. It is aald to form a com bination that pleases the most fas tidious, and reminds one of '"The Babes In the Woods," "Mother Goose" and the present aucceas of the cen tury, "Little Nemo." "The Cat and the Fiddle" has many weird and novel stage characters: The Good Genii and her wonderful gigantic cat; Queen Circe, the falsa queen, who with great Gobs rules over the destinies of th mystic island. The earth beings who are aplrlted away to Elfland are aald to contain many new Ideas In the line of musical comedy. The plot leads to and permits of a score or more of pretty ballet evolu tions, some twenty-one musical num bers and a bevy of pretty girls well selected and trained, while the cos tuming is claimed to be of a new de sign, strikingly handsome in many cases and decidedly weird in others, In conformity with the locale of the scenes. The presenting company numbers forty or more people. The cast Is headed by Mr. Charles A. Sellon, a new comedian who makes his first appearance here, and it is said he has cored heavily everywhere he has thus far been seen. He is ably as sisted by those petite comediennes, the Elmore sisters, whose singing and dancing and travesty on "nearly grand opera," Is one of the hits of the performance. Lawrence Got thard, an animal Impersonator of no mean ability, Is the cat. Johann Berthleson, late of the Shubert Stand ard Opera Company; George E. Wakefield, Florenoe Willla. Theresa Miller, Bud Braman, Schnttz Sey mour, Mort Infeld, Blanche Buhler, Elaine Frohman round out the prln cipais Beats win be on sale Thurg day at Hawley'a. A CHORUS GIRL'S UNUSUAL AC COMPLISHMENT. Stories are told of this) and that and omer accomplishments of the chorus girls, but the very latest and perhaps the beat of all is that of Blanch Burner, or me cat and the Fiddle." She is the daughter of Harry Buhler, a clever taenia arti rn vn in ie theatrical world, and who paint- w uosigneu mis production. Miss Buhler has inherited the artls tio temoerament nf h. -.,- . i has studied art abroad and In the iast at a nromlncnl ,ihnni ne since she was nine years old, last summer wanderln Into fix... studio In New York discovered him Dusny engaged with several produc tions, with more work that he could finish. Miss Blanche imrMtiul that k let ber work on something, but as she had never done scenic work he would not permit her. She insisted, so finally it was decided that she iSnnli ra A paint the beautiful fairy ship "Dl anna," used in the fourth scene of the first act of "The Cat and. the Fid dle." The result was mirvlnni k Ideas of light and shade and perspec tive were just rignt, ana the scene she painted proved to be among the most beautiful of the nineteen dis played In the production. It has caused most favorable comment from acenlo artists of note, newspaper crit ics and minrnin and all wondAr wKv , - - . . J a girl with such an accomplishment anouia nave stage aspirations. But sne has and m a Mlam Ruhtor ma t'u 'T lflr scenic, work, but I love the stage and as i nave oniy been on the stage a few years I hope to achieve the suc cess I am after. If I fall I can go on the paint frame with 'Dad' and be content, because you, know one , Is never satisfied witb - what they ' are - doing until they try that which they-- trunk they are sulta lor. Miss Buhler is beautiful yotfng girl, but Is years of age, baa a sweet voice and no doubt will rise in her chosen field. She can be more readily recognized as one of the . dashing widows In the secend act.. Scents Used by Royalty, Tit-Bits. Apropos of recent unfavorable com ments by a London magistrate on the use of perfumes. It may be pointed out that very exalted personages are habitual users of scent Queen Wll helmina, of Holland, has daily a pint of eau de cologne in her morning bath: Queen Victoria, of Spain, affects a mixture of Iris and lavender on her handkerchiefs; Queen Helena, of Italy. prefers iris and heliotrope; the Queen Dowager of Italy and .Queen Amelia, of Portugal, are devotes of sweet vio lets, but the Empreju of Russia leads -the way, as she spends no less than 4,000 pounds a year on perfumery In Paris alone. In respect of violets, she requires that they shall be pluck ed Just at sunset. And when the boxes of violets reach St. Petersburg, they are first sent to be examined, lest they might conceal a bomb or some deadly poison. BRAVE FIRE LADDIES. often receive severe burns, putting out fires, then use Buekien Arnica (salve and forget them. It aoon drives out pain. For Bums, Scalds. Wounds. Cuts apd Bruises Its earth's greatest healer. Quickly cures Skin Eruption. Old Sores, Ilolle. Ulor, Felons; best Pile cure made. Relief Is Instant. 2tc at W. L.' Hand A Co. ACADEMY OF MUSIC Wednesday, Jan. 13th. The Wagenhals & Kemper Co. Present the Charm ing American Actress Miss Annie Russell In the Brilliant Comedy THE STRONGER SEX By John Valentine. 285 nights at the Apollo Theatre, London. 150 nights at Weber's Theatre, New York. Produced hero with all the original cast, scenery, costumes and accessories of the large New York run. Seats on sale Monday at Hawley's. Prices $200, $1.50, $1.00, 75, 50 ACADEMY OF MUSIC Thursday, Matinee and Night, Jan. 14 Henry W. Savage's Own Production of (X) n 5v B ' Jr I Li JI 1 Direct from its Sensational Success at Garden Theatre, New York. "Every woman should see this wonderful play." Dorothy Dix, in New York Journal. Seats on sale Tuesday at Hawley.s. Prices: Matinee $1.00, 75, 50, 25 Night $1.50, $1.00, 75, 50, 25 i'-. : S v Q W q (; . .i h 4 4 --' j. - ACADEMY OF MUSIC Friday Night, Jan. 15th. A KNIGHT FOR A 'DAY Book by Robert Smitb rjjrrlas and Muslo by Raymond Hnbhell, Starred by Ous Sohlke. . R. C WHITNEY'S MERRY MUSICAL ' WITH FRANK DESHON AJTD 60 FAST FROUtCKY FtTJf STEM The Show of 1,000 Laughs, It Big Song Hits and 10 Surprise Beauty v Chorases). A3l Lsurt Season In New York. All This Summer In Boston, Wallack's Theatre. Tremont Theatre. One Solid Year In Chicago, Whitney Opera House. "Mirth, Melody and Merry Prices: tl.50, $1.00, Maidens Ron RioC" TSo., BOo, 25a Sale of seats starts Wednesday at Hawley's. ACADEMY OF MUSIC Sat. Jan. 16th, Matinee and Night CHAS. A. SELLON In tfe Tuneful Musical Extravaganza The Cat Fiddle Lyrics and Music by Carleton Lee Colby. 40 Pee-ple- 21 Song Hits 25 19 r . , Gorgeous Scenes 55 . ' The Punny Undressed Kids.v 'A positive success." New York World. . T To fin an : MM 7ti Krt Prices: Matinee.;.... .;.$1.00, 75, 50, 23 v. Nights : . . , . .$ixo, $lov 75, so, 25 ; : Seat sale begins Thursday at Ilawley 's. :i XHS SAXLOB "LAM9 CT TEB CAT AXX XSX ItDCXJC.
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