The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1907-01-20
FEATURES AND FUTURES.


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The attraction at the Academy for the
week Of January % viii be Lincoln J.
Carriers melodrama. The Eye Witness. "
/ The play abOunds with mechanical effects
and beautiful scenery, and Is said TO be
I presented by n very capable company
Two well-known Washington girls will
appear at the National Theater during the
next two weeks. Laura Lemmers will be
! seen in Clothes" and Miss Desiree La
gard in 'Strongheart." Both girls are
| to be extensively entertained during their
stay here.
/ Summer stock companies are now at
tracing considerable attention in Wash
ington. The Columbia Theater is reported
/ 70 have IN contemplation splendid COM
pany, Luna Park may also come forward
/ with n stock company. AID there IS ru-
NOR Of a stock company TO present light
opera.
| Mr.. William H. Rapley, manager Of the
/ New National Theater, spent two days in
/ New York last week arranging for some
| Of the spring bookings for the patrons
| Of his popular playhouse. One Of the I'm
pOrtant bookings is that Of Robert Man
tell in Shakespearean plays. A contract
was also signed for the appearance here
OF Miss Ellen Terry before the close of
this season.
In The Girl OF the Golden West" in
which Blanche Bates comes 10 the Belas-
co Theater next week. there are twenty
/ three characters in the cast. but only
TWO Of these are women. One Is the girl
played by Miss Bates, and the other Is
her Indian maid. called Wowkle, the fox
Is
in the neighborhood influences the action
greatly, but she is only spoken Of and
never seen.
Chase's viii next week present some Of
the most conspicuous vaudeville success
IS Of the season, including Louis Simon,
Grace Gardner. and company In THE
NeW Coachman; the Great Brothers
Bollesi Jack Norworth the College Boy"
yarnster; McCrea and Poole; Lillian
Iyce: Rsffayette; Hathaway and SiegeL
and the motion pictures Of Aladdin. The
seat sale opens tomorrow. and the first
purchasers get the best locations.
At the Majestic Theater next week
Under Southern Skies" will be the at
traction. making what has become a vel
come annual visit. This play Of clean.
wholesome comedy, brought into relief bv
touches Of pathOs. has become one Of the
most popular plays dealing with Southern
ne. Under Southern SKIES IS presented
lills season by an excellent company. and
the scenery VIII be up 20 the standard
set by the original New York production
The leading feature at Chase's this week
Is Ned Wayburn's The Futurity Win
ner with realistic racing scene. Mr.
kingsley Benedict, who has the leading
character, Is a Washington boy, the son
OF Col ". q. Haskell. Of North Capitol
street IL Is hiE first season in vaudeville
Dut he has for some years been seen in
SucA juvenile characters as Landry Court
WITH wilton Lackaye. in THE Pit" VIII
fred Farney, in Gillette-s Secret Ser
VICE and other similar roles.
With the applause Of New York audi
ences whom she has delighted for the
past twelve months still ringing in her
ears Blanche Bates comes to the Belasco
Iheater next week in The Girl Of the
Golden West, David Belasco's drama Of
California and the gold fields in the DAYS
Of 49, Miss Bates was seen here last
season for one week before she began
her engagement in the metropolis. and
the sensation she then caused in the role
Of the girl is well remembered
The preparations being made by Daniel
Frohman for his production OF The
Spoilers which, after a week IN BaIti-
more, comes 10 the Columbia for the
week OF February 4. are said to be the
most elaborate that well-known manager
has attempted during his long career
ne play Is q dramatizatiOn by the author
and James Macarthur, OF Re-. Beach's /
rugged story Of the NorthIand and il is /
Mr.. FTohman's endeavor 10 preserve in
the production the atmosphere Of that
little known territory
The CELEBRITY with which Emma Janvier
got out Of The Spring Chicken" and into 4
polite vaudeville is a pretty good illus
Tation OF the activity Of Mr.. Chase and 4
the affiliated vaudeville managers Miss /
JanVier came into especial prominence in 1
the earle musical comedy. The theater- /
gong crowds had il impressed upon them !.
tnat she was one Of the brightest and 4
most peculiarly bizarre coincidence. seen
In long time, and the lines and Incl 4
dents which she made so funny 10 her
hearers were in reality all her own handi- i
craft This was discovered after she had 4
made her sensational exit from The
Spring CHECKER" through her action 10 4
enjoin her successor from using the now
famous Janvier monologue
Mrs. Fiske has long been a special ia
vcrtte in Washington. and the announce /
ment that she viii be seen at the Belasco 1
shortly in Langdon MitchelTs THE New
York Idea" viii arouse peculiar interest 4
because the play marks d departure from
the familiar Fiske line. It deals with the /
divorce question. We have had the tragic /
side Of divorce on the stage, but il has 4
remained for Mr. Mitchell 10 make a more 4
effective exposition Of the matter by pie /
turing the amusing complications that re- 4
suit from the chaoti, condition Of our di- /
vOrCe laws. The play is said 70 be +
brilliant satire on pTesent-day life. and 1
though the scene is laid in New York it /
might occur with equal truth in any city. 4
Mrs. Fiske has a role that gives her op-
for some charming comedy act
ing and delicate play of sentiment.
Kyrle Bellew, who was seen at the Co
lumbia Theater not long ago in "Briga-
dier Gerard will return there the week
Of the 18th, in new play which is said
to afford him a role as congeuial as any
he has ever appeared in. The play is
The Marriage Of Reason by J. Hartley
the noted English author Bel
lew takes the role of IN English noble
man. 1t is another case Of the quest of
the golden girl" she being an American
and a Chicagoan, to boot, who weds a
title. and then wins her husbands love in
the most wOmanly way imaginable. Miss
Fanny Ward has the role Of the heroine
Rita Forrest. Miss Ward is an American
girl who made great match abroad and
this fact lends piquancy TO her portrayal
The company is a powerful one The
Marriage OF Reason is said 10 suit Mr..
Bellows distinguished genius better than
anything he has essayed in his career.
Robert Edeson. whose popularity in
Soldiers of Fortune" and "RansOn's
Folly has made his annual visits an
event of interest to theatergoers. viii be
seen at the National next week in his lat
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