The Washington herald., 1909-02-14
ATTRACTIONS NEXT WEEK.

Paid in Full" q play or contempo-
raneous life in America, BY Eugene Wal
ter. the relgning dramatic sensation OF the
time. IS to be al the Columbia Theater the
week beginning Monday. February =
with the New York cast and production.
There Is no questioning the success Of
"Paic in Full" for not only did every
critic in New York laud it az the sea
sons greatest find. but after the first
week the demand Tor seats became so
big that il was necessary 10 place them
twelve weeks In advance, and that con
dition prevailed throughout the entire
engagement Paid in Full treats IN
fOrceful manner OF a great moral is
sue in our national life The author.
Eugene Waiter, has shown a marvellous
Photographic instinct in drawing his
characters and there Is not a single one
with which we Of this matter-of-fsct
world are not on terms Of intimacy.
Perhaps IN this marvellous INSIGHT he
has shown concerning the lives and am
bitiOns Of mer and women is found the
secret OF his great success. There are
four characters. Capt. Williams. Joseph
Brooks. Mrs Brooks, and Jimsy Smith
who stand out with cameo-lfke SHARPNESS
and precision and around them he has
woven a story Of love and hate. baffed
ambitions, anarchy. ard socialism which
because Of its intensity and aaturalness
stirs 10 the depths every one who sees t.
Paid in Full is a revelation. The dis
eliminating playgOer cannot well afford
10 allow II TO pass without a view. and
It VIII leave memories for months 10
the one that recently ended a famous
New York run that continued from last
season all through the summer.
Chase's next week viii rival its
greatest bills Of the past with a pro
grsmme headed by Joseph F. Sheehan,
the popular American tenor, most famous
of the fsvorite singers in the Savage
Comic Opera Company, the Savage Eng
iish Grand Opera Company. and other
leading organizations Of the kind. appear
ing at ChaSe's as a personal compliment
10 Mr.. Chase The added attraction will
be the presentation by B. F. Rolfe,
formerly Of Lasky & Rolfe, OF Pat
RoOney's latest nousensical novelty. Fun
in a Boarding House" with a large and
clever cast Another feature Of the sen
sationaI nature viii be the Ten BedouIn
Whirlwlnd Arabs in the most thrilling
and stirring exploits. The noted play
builder. Lincoln J. Carter, has contributed
the next offering. which viii be How He
Won Her" an out-of-the-ordinarv COM
edy, presented by Gordon Eldrid and
company Other acts Of exceptional ex-
ceilenCe and neWness VIII be the Artois
Brothers. Partisan grotesques; Warren,
Lyon, and Meyers in When Dreams
Come True Harry Give and company.
and the American vitagrsph presenting
Winter Sports at St Moritz" The ad-
vance sale Of reserved seats opens tomoT-
row.
The Messrs. ShGbert viii present their
new star, Louise Cunning. in the new
Fixley-Luders musical comedy, Mar
ceIle,' at the Belasco Theater next week.
The piece is said to contain an abundance
OF jolly humor and dash Of pathos and
has the decided advantage Of possessing
a well-knit plot which might have been
made into a straight" comedy The
scenes Of the Operetta are laid in Berg
hof. a typical German village, OF which
the Baron Won Berghof Is practically the
feudal lord Miss Cunning assumes the
role OF MarceIle, a French girl whom the
baron has bought to impersonate an i'm
aginary son. in order TO retain his estate
IN his personal family. BY a combina-
ton Of circumstances Msrcelle is forced
into the absurd position Of trying 70 be
girl and 8 young hussar at the same
time. An excellent company has been
engaged to support Miss Cunning. the
more important players including Jess
Dandy. who plays the Old German baron:
Lawrence Wheat, who viii appear as a
young American from Kalamazoo who
marries the adopted daughter OF the