The Washington times., 1901-09-22

| is said to render the new work with grea
| artistic sincerity There will be matine
| performances of THE Last Appeal Wed
nesday and Saturday.
The CoIumbia-"Thc Liberty BeIIes'
The Liberty Bellies" a new musica
1 comedy by Harry B. Smith, presented by
Klaw & Erlanger's Troubadours, will b.
the attraction at the Columbia Theatr,
! this week. opening tomorrow evening
Matinee performances will be giver
| Thursday and Saturday afternoons. Thi.
| entertainment is said to be very bright
| and attractive, and introduces many mu
| steal features of exceptional merit. 1t IL
| in three acts, the scenes representing
| dormitory in young ladies' seminary
| the cooking school of THE Liberty
| Bellies. and a hotel in Florida. In re
spect to scenic mounting and costumes
| klaw & Erlanger have. according to tn,
| press agent left nothing to be desired ii
| this production and have maintained &c
its fullest extent the wide reputation they
| possess of being the most elaborate pro
| ducers on the American stage.
The company numbers about forty peo-
pie. The principal players are Harry
Davenport, John Siavin. Harry Gilfoil. J.
G. Marlowe, Eta Butler, Sandol Milliken,
Lotta Faust, Crissie Carlysie, Augusta
Close, Edna Hunter, Marie Murphy, Mar
garet Walker, Pauline Chase. Grace kim
Tuohey, Helene Lucas. Violet Jewell,
Laura Stone. Bobby" Burns. Elsie Fer
guson, Esther Lyons, L. D. Wharton, Q.
NJ. Williams, Nat X. Cafferty. and Ed
ward Pooley. Several Of these artists will
be readily recognized as having been
prominent. in several unusually success
fnl musical productions, particularly
Messrs. Davenport, Slavin. -Gilfoil, and
Marlowe, and Misses Butler, Miliken
Faust, and Carlysle. During the action
OF the piece wide variety of musical
numbers Will be rendered. the airs for
Wnich were composed by musicians wide
~ known, among them Aime Lachuame
A: Baldwin Sloane. Ludwig Englander,
Clifton Crawford. L. G. Gottschalk. H. T.
liam Accooe
In the construction of this musical
comedy, Mr.. Smith has departed from the
usual lines followed in the formation of
theatrical effort of this character He
mas particularly eliminated that body of
young women no are commonly known
as the chorus, and in the place of this ag-
eregation has introduced sixteen charac-
ters OF school girls which are PLAYED by
sixteen young women notable for their
remarkable beauty and personal attrac-
tiVeness. These girls include of the prize
beauties seen in the New York successes
OF the past three years The names of
several given above will be recalled with
interest Mr.. Smith eliminated regula-
uon chorus In the belief that the public
mas tired of automatic chorus work per
formed by plain young women and would
take more interest in definite characteri-
cation by attractive young girls of
marked personal beauty and talent.
In the first act. Mr. Smith has intro
duced an especially clever thread of hui
NOR by adroitlJ contrasting the different
temperaments of young girls in the form
awe period Harry Gilfoil and J. G.
Marlowe play the characters of two
uncies. Thosc artists re7two of the
cleverest eccentric character comedians
on the stage Mr.. Gilfoil will be readily
teiIie Sea en- t oifeo as former prominent men,
per OF the Hovt farces. During the tell
ing Of the story of The Liberty Belles,r
Miss Butler and Mr.. GiIfoil Introduce
many limitations. The entire performance
II rs,1 Said 10 go with a snap and dash that
make 1t very attractive to theatre pa
irons who delight in the lighter forms
Oh musical entertainment which furnish
thuch 10 laugh at and which proves at
tfactiVe TO both the eye and the ear.
Academy-"Throush the Brenkcrx
Owen Davis melodrama, Through the
Breakers" will return to the Academy
tfls week, and the management expects
II to repeat the great success il accom-
plshed when presented here last season.
IL Is strong melodrama, smacking of
OLD England and smelling of salt air TIL.
plot is one of thrilling interest and there
are numerous situations new in concep-
,ioh- IL Is truthful picture of life among
some two score years ago
:, Brieny, the story of Through the
Breakers - this: Maude Radford. an
liI 1irphan heiress, Is kidnapped from luxu-
lous nome Dy the man who has sworn
20 protect her, but is saved from :, fate
worse than death by a man looked upon
.S y lhe most desperate of gang of SNUG
~ '1ris s anu wreckers. Her subsequent es-
ape from the smugglers cave to a ship
y means OF life line is one of the play's
most exciting climaxes The waves are
nade 10 roll and break by an Invention
NAT lends realism to the scene and is
'erhaps the most expensive sea n,Iec3
Fer produced. The plot of the pIay is |
ald 10 De at all times consistent. The |
hafaeters are strongly drawn and care |
Olly developed. Care has also heen takep
Q inject plenty of good comedy as well
The following climax is the strongest ever
een IN any play. one of the telegraph
Psrators pc @ employed In guarding the coast
las oeen stabbed by the chief smuggler
which rendered him speechless, deIirious
ie Is !ylng IN bed. near to deaths door:
ne villain, unknown to the friends of
o attend to his wants. When left alone
ne villain maltreats the injured man
" men he Is about to complete his das- |
aroIy work the telegraph operators |
riehd Unexpectedly returns to the sick |
Dom. As he is heard approaching rho |
'lliain gags the sick man, throws a news |
'dPer over ms face, as he tells the friend. |
. Keep the iight out of his eyes. While |
II thls CONDITION the injured man reaches |
Up TO the headboard of the bed: with his |
inuckles he telegraphs the fact that the |
nan who has stabbed him Is in the room
Nith this sensational announcement both |
reno ana Zoe make break for a re- |
over that has been placed on the tahIa
" The villain. The weapon is kept from
ne hands of both by the struggle which
oIows. and in its midst the sick man |
sSfisgIes over TO the cloth. slowly pulls
he hrearm toward himself and as the |
iilain Is about to overcome the friend
res and wounds the miscreant
Through the Breakers is described bv
iie ne press agent one of the best construct
d plays of the age and the pre sent nro-
ucuon is ideal in detail, the cast ex-
eptionally well selected and the mount
ngs both expensive and elaborate. There
ay ana Saturday matinees.