The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-12-12
Old Star VieS With New
Star, With a Minstrel
to Boot.
MISS ADAMS HAS
PRACTICAL PLAY
Miss Ferguson viii Make Her
Bow as Star Before Wash
ington Audience.
Bv LR HILDEBRAND.

Maude Adams, known among thcat-
rical managers as the chest drawing
card on the stage" viii appear this
week at the National Theater in what
Every Woman Knows" by James NJ
Barrie, whose royalties are very nearly
the largest Of any uviug playwright
Elsie Ferguson. one of rhe youngest
and latest stars, who has IN few
months assured herself a permanent
position in the theatrical armament In
such a Little Queen" whose author.
Charming Pollock, was formerly
washington newspaper man and whose
friends here are many. VIII queer" il
~ the Columbia
Lew Docksthder. dean Of MINISTRIES.
and one Of the most popular opponents
OF old school minstrelsv I'm the business.
will come 70 the BolascO.
This is the array three theatcrs Of
Washington present m tire start ut the
Congressional season. Offerings at the
lower priced houses are just as rich In
promise.
NATI0NAL-Maude Adams.
''What Every Womsn Knows was
produced in England and met with the
success there Of which any Barrie pro-
duction is assured. IL underwent
more severe test I'm New York. and its
merit carried 10 on the crest OF a New
York run that lasted through the great
er part of the theatrical. season
The combination Of Adams and Bar
RE IS assurance Of an entertainment
worth while. This week viii mark the
fourth time when this actress has APP
peared in Washington i'm play of the
Scotch dramatist's making. each of its
three predecessors. played mere 20 the
s. r. .. sign
From advance notices Of tie play ~
seems TO be the least fautastical and the
most practical Barrie has written. To
IS a portrayal of a domestic problem,
and the play Is said 10 work out the
problem. which Is something unusual in
problem dramas.
cOLUMBIA-"Such a Little Queen"
The particular queen" of Charming
Pouoclts play is Miss Elsie Ferguson,
who will make her bow 10 Washington
as star this week
Washington has passed Judgment on
Pollock g PLAYS before. II liked "Fhe
little Gray Lady Immensely. The piece
didn't go elsewhere because other
sties had not seen the Cfpitefs depart
Inents at work and the city's back yard.
But this play promised success for Its
author when he found theme whose
appeal would be more universal. And
II Such a Little Queen fuldlls that
promise the Columbia is assured OF
ihnd-office business Tor this week.
BELASCO-Dockstader's Minstrels.
Dockstader's Ministries have become
an institution. and are none the less so
because they appear this week under
their new affiliations with The Shuberts
at the BelasCO Theater.
Fighting the Flames" and '~The RUBY
and the Peqrl'' 7lud ~The Human Flag
sound promising; TIst like old tblcs-
Doc.-stader VIII also enGeavor to show
the Wright brothers how 20 hy-over
the heads Of the audience. Tn the COM
pany are such minstrel favorites as Neil
O'Brien, Al Jolson. and Eddie Mailer.
CHASE'S-Polite Vaudeville.
listen,
iChase's this week, # Is said, WIN an
ucipate the holiday period by Offering
p bin repiete with merry novelties Cspc-
cially designed for this joyous time Of
the year
All Of which was sealed with a Red
Cross stamp.
sThe list Of 'hnarity producers" in
Guides Beatrice ingram and company.
Ned Monroe and Frank Mack. YoscO
and Lyons. Warren. Lyon and Myers.
nbars goat circus. Minnie ST.
clair. McRar and Lcvcring. and a
Visit to Historic Versailles" by the
American vitagraph.
Beatrice Ingram and her company