The Washington herald., 1907-09-29
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

COMING ATTRACTIONS.
Hazel Kirke" will be the Offering OF
W. D. Fgtzgeralds Kathryn Purnell
/ Company at the Majestic Theater next
week. The play Is produced after re-
peated requests from patrons Of the Ma
| iestlc that Miss purueu and her Company
/ be seen Ia this pretty story Of love and
adventure. The Offering will End all Of
] the Fitzgerald players appearing in parts
much suitable 10 them.
The next attraction for the New Acad-
emy for week OF Octoer Will De
/ Charles Z. Blaney's great drama Of mys-
/ terry, HIS Terrible Secret. OF. The
/ Man Monkey" This play was written es-
/ pecially for William H. Turner, who has
displayed his ability as a character actor
I In various roles. The action occurs in
/ Africa. and the plot deals with parental
/ influence There is an electric effect IN
/ one OF the principal scenes which IT Is
1 promised viii be one Of the most realistic
| stage effects ever presented. Mr.. Turner
/ viii DE surrounded by "A carefully chosen
]
/ painted FOR the production.
/ CarIotta NiIlson- in The Three OF
/ Us" Rachael Crother's comedy. which
/ thronged Lawrence's Madison Square
I Theater New York. throughout the sea-
I son last year and then early TN the
summer played big engagements IN Bos-
I ton and Chicago. will be seen at Belas-
cos next week. when the natural every
I day story Of the lives and the struggles
/ of some real human beings, who lived
| in a Western mining camp viii be
illustrated. The play obounds In life as
IT is lived in the mining regions OF the
West where fortune depends upon the
+ dealings Of mother earth. The cast con-
tains. aside from Miss Nillson, many
notable players. including William Trus-
dale Harrison Hunter. Eva Vincent.
John Westley. Stanley Dark. Edna
West. and others well known TO our
theatergoers.
Chase's next week will enjoy a gala
+ period. as it VIII present for It's annual
/ engagement the Orpheum Show. noted as
! the representative European and Amer
/ iCan touring organization, especially Of
fering the foremost imported features,
1 supplemented by the leading American
attractions. This season the star is the
( dashing baIlerina La Gardenia and her
( SIX Spanish Troubadours from Madrid.
/ The next feature is the novelty disclosed
1 by Warren and Blanchard. In the same
/ bill Will occur the first American ap-
pearance of Senorita -Cassellfs Midget
Wonders. an augmented troupe OF tiny
Chihuahua dogs, the smallest IN the
world imported from Mexico Other at
fractions Will be Bradee Martin and
company in Jessie, Jack. and Jerry; :"
4 Coram. the Englishman with the van
J ishing voice; James +. Kelly and Annie
{ VI. Kent. the Tom Jack Tossing Tam
BOURNE Trio, and the motion pictures Of
Z Lost IN the Alps" The advance sale
Of reserved seats opens tomorrow.
Next week at the Columbia Theater.
| Charles Frohman will present Dustin
Farnum in the new border play In four
acts The Ranger" by Augustus Thomas.
In assuming the management OF Dustin
Farnum. Mr.. Frohman felt that he would
I Ike TO present his new star in a play
/ that would have an outdoor setting. and
that would have for its central figure an
I American charact of the robust and
romantic type. The dramatist who wrote
Alabama" p" Arizona" and IN NIiz-
zoura," was naturally the right man to
furnish this setting. and he has done so
/ in The Ranger" The hero is depicted
after the style Of David Crockett, an
honest, fearless, self-sacriicing leader Of
men-a leader OF the Texas Rangers.
/ This rugged hero Is made the central
figure OF stirring love story In a Mex
ican atmosphere. and il is said that in
it Mr.. Farnum has the finest opportunity
that his art has yet afforded him. and
this is saying much with the remem-
I bTance Of his work in 'The ViTginian'
fresh in mind. Mr.. FrohYnan has pro-
vided a sumptuous production for THE
Ranger" remarkable for It's detail and
true local color" The cast is large and
Of unusual strength.
The Step-Sister," which comes to the
National Theater, Washington, October 7,
Is described by its author, Charles Klein
as "a play Of to-day" 1t shows the eff
forts Of a young girl TO raise money in
Wall street speculation in order to bring
about the reunion of her father and
mother, and the development Of the story
calls for some Of the strongest acting Of
which a most competent company are
capable Mr.. Klein, after rehearsing the
players which Charles Dillingham; has en-
gagged for the different parts, is thorough
ly satisfied with the manner in which his
play has been gTasped by the men and
women who are tc interpret it. On the
eve of the production he says: II am
now willing to accept full responsibility
for The Step-Sister' The members Of
the company are absolutely IN touch and
sympathy with every detail of the play.
and now It remains for The Step Sister
itself to stand on its own merits" The
company which has drawn out this un-
usual expression from the famous Amer
lean author includes Chrystal Herne.
Grace Filkins. Dorothy Dorr. Mathilde
Cottrelly. Anna Johnston Gertrude Dore-
mus. Helen Graham, Bruce McRae, Fred
eric de Reileville Ralph Delmore VIII