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COMING ATTRACTIONS.
The temperance in Washington of Miss
Julia Marlowe as an individual star PROM
ises TO be one OF the interesting dramatic
events Of the season. Miss Marlowe will
be seen at the Belasco Theater next
week in Gloria" Miss MarlOwe appears
as Gloria Capponi. an impetuous. head
strong italian girl Of the sixteenth cen
tury, who is wooed by three men and
refuses TO treat any of them seriously.
She is so fond OF playing pranks upon
those who come 10 WOO that she c0nceiYes
the idea Of a practical joke OF immense
proportions to deceive Sir Philip Aley,
her most ardent admireT. After she sends
him on many fools errands and finally
hOaxes him publicly, he decides 20 drive
the devil out OF her by severe treatment.
and actually whips her Gloria, furious
with rage. has him tied to a post by her
servants and Is about 10 repay him in
his own coin when love stays her hand
Miss Marlowe will be supported by Fred
eric Lewis, White Whittlesey, Myron
Calice, John Dixon, Thomas /. Coleman.
David Young. Charles Quinn, Alice Har-
rington, Eugenia Woodward, and Gwen
dGlyn Piers.
The attraction at the New National
Theater next week will be Robert Edeson
in Classmates" an American play by
William c. de Mile and Margaret Turn
boil The play has Just concluded a long
engagement at the Hudson Theater, New
York. Like Mr. Blossoms previous plays,
IL IS typically American. Considerable in
teres; has been aroused in army circles
because OF the fact that many Of the
scenes and characters in Classmates"
are taken from the Military Academy, at
West Point
Army Night" will be observed at the
New National Theater next TUESDAY, at
which time men prominent IN the United
States army service will attend the per
foTmance and the house will be appr0-
priately decorated in their honor. The
fact that the play is story OF West
Point life centers interest upon Il. The
first act is faithful reproduction OF a
company street at the famous Military
Academy, on the Hudson.
Denman Thompsons "The Old Home
stead" is 10 be the attraction 9: the Co
lumbia Theater next week. The play is
now in its tWenty-secOnd season Of sue
cess. The great drawing power The old
Homestead" has over its admirers is not
difficult to find. Il is not in it's plot. love
scenes. nor villainy exposed and punished,
for it has neither Of these factors 10 any
extent except as suggested. Its success
rather lays in its hOmely appeal 10 the
hearts best instincts; its realistic IN
folding Of rural life In New England.
and its unconventional and character
istic types OF people close 10 the soil
the backbone OF this and every nations
prosperity. There are no surprises IN the
play, and yet the public never tires OF
the story. Developed from a little sketch
originally. il has grown into a prOduc-
ton Of large proportions. What has been
added 10 it, however, is only a matter of
detail changed but slightly from year
to year. The Old Homestead" has
drawn 10 its support people of all ,classes
from every section OF the country.
Chase's next week will rally a rousing
polite vaudeville bill, including Burr Nc
Intosh, VIII NJ. Cressy. and Blanche
Dayne. W. c. Fields. the Wotpert trio.
the Grasseys, Barry and WOlfOrG, Miss
Grace Leonard, and the motion pictures,
The Twin Brothers Joke" Burr McIn-
tosh is the actor, dramatist, war c6rre-
spondent, Rough Rider. camera expert.
and publisher Of Burr McIntoshs S Month
ly Magazine. and he has developed a new
act for vaudeville. II is a graphic, chatty
dramatic, superbly and stereoptically il
lustTated travelOgue Of the Taft tour of
the Orient recently, which led to the mar
riage Of Alice Roosevelt and Representa-
tive LOngworth. which Mr Mcintosh ac-
in the role of official phOtOg-
Fapher. Will NJ. Cressy and Blanche
Dayne are another feature and this will
be their last appearance in vaudeville
prior TO their starring tour in the high
price theaters. Mr. Cressy Will commem-
crate the occasion by playing for the first
time here in his new farcical character
comedy, The Wyoming Whoop," based
upon happenings IN a small newspaper Of
fee I'm the West. w. c. Fields is known as
the fantastic comedian, and last season he
was the special feature of Mcintyre and
Heath's production of The Ham Tree"
The remaining numbers rank high among
laughable novelties.
The attraction at the Lyceum next week
will be Taylor's Partisan Bell a bur
lesque show at the head Of which are
Harry and Julia Swyon, the Irish enter
tainers whose work attracted attention at
the New York roof gardens last summer
They are one of the hits Of the vaudeville
portion Of the entertainment.
At the New Academy next week the at
traction will be The Cowboy and the
Squaw," a drama OF life In the far West
which tells of the love of BrOncho Bob
ana an Eastern girl. The climax of the
third act is a race between a Texas steer,
to which Br0ncho Bob has been tied, and
a wild broncho which is ridden by the
squaw, who finally succeeds in rescuing
her lover. This scene is worked in view
of the audience and is said to create a
sensation.
The attraction at the Gayety Theater
next week will be Bob Manchesters
"Crackerjacks." Thirty-five people are in
the cast headed by Bob Van Osten There
are two burlesques. the first one called
THE Saratoga Belle" the second one
called Mature in Marble Halls"
AT the Majestic Theater next week the
attraction will be the musical comedy. In