The Washington herald., 1907-10-17
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

"a 4 MN AOANOs
II is announced by the management Of
the New National Theater that during the
coming engagement OF Maude Adams the
usual privilege Of ordering seats over the
telephone VIII be suspended. Miss Adams
is TO play a farewell engagement in
Peter Pan" beginning next Monday
night. and as these viii be the last eight
performances Of the play in this part Of
the country. the demand for seats will
naturally, be unusually heavy. In order
that one patron OF the theater may have
as fair an opportunity as another 10 pro-
cure seats for some one Of the local per-
formances OF Peter Pan" no tickets
whatever will be laid aside except those
that have been actually purchased The
distribution Of seats viii be conducted In
strict accordance with the policy Of FIRST
come first served" For the Washington
engagement, Miss Adams will depart from
her usual custom. and play two matt
nees-We Wednesday and Saturday. And r.,
as there Is every likelihood. the demand
for seats is out Of proportion 10 the ca
pacity Of the theater, Miss Adams Will
consent to play an extra matinee. d.
rectly after the Washington engagement
Maude Adams and her company Will con-
tinue on a tour throughout the South. and
then return TO New York 10 begin re-
hearsals for the new play. The testers -
The coming 10 the Columbia Theater
next week OF Herbert Kelcey and Efie
Shannon in a new society drama, enti-
tied Bridge is being looked forward to
with corresponding pleasure. There is an
added significance in Bridge" as an en-
tertainment, owing to the fact that the
theme Of its dramatic object Is a novel
one. employing the game of bridge whist
as potent factor in its development; and
inasmuch as bridge whist has taken a
very strong hold upon society. perhaps
the play will teach some Of the finer
tricks Of the game. At any rate, II Is In
tended 20 show how far-reaching this pop
ular fad has been in the social sets Of
England
Next week the Belasco Theater VIII
house Fascinating Flora" which. for
FIVE months this year, was a Broadway
attraction. playing at the Casino Theater.
Bright music, pretty girls. handsome cos
tunes, and the latest ideas IN comedy go
20 the making Of this piece. TIE authors
are r. II. Burnside Jos. ". Herbert. and
Gustave Kerker. the two former CO.
laborating on the book and lyrics. while
Kerker contributed his most tunefuI out
put 10 the score. The cast is headed by
Adele Ritchie. that charming and clever
comedienne. whose grace. beauty. and
ability have gained her so great a pOpu-
iarty Miss Ritchie is wearing on tour
some new gowns. which are said 70 be the
very latest note in Fashions Diary. In
support of Miss Richie, Will come the
original Casino Company Of 50, including
Ada Lewis. James E. Sullivan. George A
Schiller, Frank Rushworth, Helen Royton,
Sam Edwards. and Sadie JaneselL
Chase's polite vaudeville novelties next
week include the Clayton White and
Marie Stuart Company. Winsor McCay,
Paul Conchas, Elizabeth NJ Murray.
Fred Watson. and the Morrissey sisters.
the Banks -Breazeale duo. Roberts 5
Menagerie Actors. and the farcial motion
pictures. If You Had Wife Like This -
George Y. Hobart has written the gq.est
comedietta for the Clayton White Marie
Stuart players, and he is credited by the
critics, in other cities In which the offer
ing has been given already. with having
provided as novel theme and treatment
as was contained in their earlier hits.
"Dckie" and Paris" The name of the
comedy is "Cherrie" Winsor McCay
(Silas) is the cartoonist Of the New York
Herald and the Evening Telegram Po-
lite vaudeville seems to have proV1n an
admirable field for the exploitation OF Mr..
McCav's comic gifts. and he has won sue
cess in his humorous depictions with char
coal and paper. Paul COnchas is called
the German Military Hercules" his
achievements comprising the catching OF
cannon balls, cannons, torpedoes. and
other massive objects, together with the
lifting Of a horse and rider, a guard
house with soldiers inside. and other
numerous feats. Elizabeth NJ Murray is
the best Of the commenting condolences
in vaudeville. The Watson Morrissey act
will be jolly affair.
The newest theatrical production is
called THE Candy Kid" The title
sounds a bit slangy, but it is simply a
name given the principal character who
is a, Yale boy and is as full Of wit.
songs and nervy tricks as one can pos
sibly imagine. THE Kid" is portrayed
by the talented comedian Ray Raymond.
who was a pronounced hit in the Cow
boy Girl last season, and he dances and
sings his way through the piece in a
gingery, agreeable manner The COM
pany is much larger than usual, and the
bon-bon girls. a dashing chorus of at
tractive misses. also have much 10 do
with the musical numbers and delight
fui ensembles. The Candy Kid" will
come to the Academy of Music October
y for one week.
"a Midnight Bell" the we'll known
comedy-drama from the pen OF Charles
II. Hoyt, the author Of G large number
Of successful plays, will receive q care
ful presentation by ". d. Fitzgerald's
Kathryn Purnell Company at the Ma
jestic Theater next week. The original
Hoyt production has been obtained and
the parts as assigned admit Of the ap-
pearance of all. of the Purnell favorites
to particular advantage The play is