Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-02-03
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

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COMING ATTRACTIONS.
| COLUMBIA THEATER.-At the Columbia
| Iheater next week the comedian, Willie
| Collier, and his supporting company will be
| seen In his own new and original farce
| entitled Mr.. Smooth Willie Collier is a
| strong favorite in this city, and has in the
past few years gained such a strong fol-
| lowing that his visits looked forward
| to with much pleasure by numerous thea
| ter-goers. Especially is this the case among
lovers of wholesome comedy that calls
forth hearty laughs and does no harm to
| young or old Collier is a host in himself
Not to be at all put out by the scarcity Of
| writers Of comedy he wrote this play HIM
sen: II Is said that Collier as Mr.. Smooth
| Is in the field of his best endeavor, and
| his work has improved SO steadily as an
| entertainer and he possesses so latent and
| appealing sense of humor that both his
| farce and his acting likely to win
| more favor for him during his coming Wis
| Its here. Mr.. Smooth as the title indi-
| Gates, Is smooth-mannered young man of
| prepossessing appearance who works his
| way into the confidence of a wealthy bank
| er by introducing himself as the son of an
! Ole and valued friend. and is forthwith
greeted with delight At a most inoppor-
tune moment the real friend puts in an APP
| pearance and then the trouble begins As
| an artistic and barefaced liar the charac-
ter oil Mr.. Smooth has never yet been
!
| hoodwinks everybody, including the bank
| ers daughter, with whom he falls in love-
| aHords opportunity for the introduction of
astounding complications. Louise Allen
| Collier is still in the cast and appears in a
| strong part which affords her opportunity
| Tor some very clever work and for the
display or a number of beautiful gowns
oonn F. ward Will be remembered for his
| excellent performance as "A Keen Shaver"
theosophist barber in MY Friend from
| india. Miss Helena Collier a very clever
ingenue, and Miss Helen Reimer are among
! the principal members.
| NEW NATIONAL THEATER-There is
no doubt that next week will be en-
Joyed at the National Theater. where
in -~ Haddon Chambers 'The Tyranny
of Tears" There will be matinees
wednesday and Saturday. Six weeks ago
tonight Mr. Drew finished a run at the EN-
pire Theater, New York, In this play This
| run dated from the opening of the season.
and would probably be unbroken for MANY
months but for the necessary home-going
OF Charles Frohman's Empire Theater Com
| pany. Indeed, it is known that Mr. Drew's
| great success kept the stock organization
| cut of New York much longer than was
originally intended by Mr.. Frohman. 1t is
matter Of record that 1.-The TYRANNY of
Tears drew to the Empire the largest au-
| diences in the history of that house of Lig
audiences. Mr.. Drew is credited with hay-
ing mace the most striking artistic success
| OF MS career, as Mr.. Parbury, in Mr.. Cham
bers' comedy. The play claims attention
| Tor It's pointed, yet good-natured satire
wealth of clear-cut epigram and abundance
! OF refined humor woven into it. The comedy
| tells of Mr.. and Mrs. Parbury, very much
| in love with each other. Mr. Parbury is
| a novelist. The domestic life of the couple
would move along smoothly but for the
wife's propensity to tears. These tears are
| Mrs Parbury's unfailfng weapon for. get
unS her own way in everything. The plan
has worked well until Mr.. Parbury's old
| inn Tod H.
| mrs. Parbury thinks she is included hut
| the boat is too small for three-so Mr.
i Cunning, the chum states. When her hus-
| band is about to go without her she trias
| her accustomed tactics this time without
| enect. On top of this the wife finds Mr.
| Parburys amanuensis kissing his photo
graph; There is scene. Mrs. Parbury
calls for the dismissal of the girl This The
| husband refuses, because she has become of
| invaluable assistance to him in his literary
! work, He thinks the wife's dislike of his
secretary merely whim, for he does not
| know of the photograph episode and is in
| entire ignorance of the fact that the eirI
| Is, unconsciously perhaps, somewhat in love
Win him Mrs. Parbury goes to her father
| inc greater part of the story is devoted to
| restoring the relations Of the loving connie
In Mr.. Drew's support are Miss Isabel Ir-
wing. now his leading lady for three seasons.
Miss Ida Conquest, Miss George Mendum
and Messrs. Arthur Byron, Harry Harwood
| and Frank Lamb.
! LAFAYETTE SQUARE OPERA HOUSE.
| How Smith Met Jones'" This is tba
| title of a laughable high-class farcicaI
romance which the management offers as
| the attraction at the Lafayette Square
Theater Monday night. 1t was the most
| unexpected success In comedy way that
was presented this year. The story of the
| play Is a good humored satire upon the
aims OF fashionable mamma to keep her
year-old daughter from falling In love and
1 leads to many funny and ludicrious COM
| piieations: The cast is in the hands of
| competent ladies and gentlemen, and the
| promise is held forth that pleasant even
| ing can be spent witnessing How Smith
| Met Jones'"
! The cast includes many clever people
among them being Phil Mack. Clara Gale,
| Jas. M. Ward, Bessie Beardsley, Harry
| Fisher, Magda Henry. Bert Doris, Hett
| Tedrow, Adolph Phillips and others equally
well known. Wednesday and Saturday
matinees will be given.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS naval as we'll
as dramatic circles there is widespread
and commendable interest regarding the
coming production of The Gunner's Mate"
| at the Academy of Music. This is the new
est of the naval dramas and from all Goth
am accounts the very best Of all. Not de-
pending upon the scenic investiture alone
the authors have firmly fixed a strong
thread of interesting plot and all scenery
and effects are logically arranged thereon
OF course, love and hate are the predomin-
ating features of the heart story, the Gum
ner's Mate being enamored of woman
far above his position. She returns his af.
lection, but the Vaccinations of the villain
are successful in parting them until the
final scene OF the last act. Three of the
four scenes are laid aboard the cruiser New
York. The first Is on deck, with many for
mer man-o-wars men from Uncle Sans
navy to give atmosphere and color to the
picture. The second is in the forcastle and
the last and most magnificent in the fire
room. Here the crucial climax Of the play
occurs. The mate" volunteers to enter the
banked furnace to repair some damaged
pipes-an act OF great heroism. As he en-
tiers, the villain sounds the alarm of fire
calling all hands away, and the hero is left
to bake to death, but is rescued in the nick
Of time.
GRAND OPERA HOUSE.-An array of
undlsputed polite vaudeville stars Of the