The Washington herald., 1910-09-11
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

Next Monday evening at the Columbia
Theater Harry Kelly will make his ap-
pearance as a star In Deacon Flood"
under the direction Of Alfred Z. Aarons
nnd Louis F. Worba. These managers
1n selecting the title for Mr. Kelly's star
ring vehicle had in mind the pronounced
success he made as the Deacon in His
Honor the Mayor" and have furnished
him with abundant material for this dis
play OF his particular style Of comedy.
The principal parts are in the hands OF
competent and weIl-known people, In
GLIDING Clara Palmer. Madelyn Marshall.
AIleen Flaven. William Wallace Black,
Harry Ladell, Fletcher Norton. and
others. and the management has devoted
many weeks 70 the selection OF a chorus
that will be remarkable for it's beauty
The newest OF the musical comedies.
and the first Of the season for Wash
ington. will be "S3, 900, OOO." which will be
presented at the New National Theater
next week with an unusually excellent
cast and a large chorus of pretty heir
esses," heralded as one OF the best ever
gathered together. The lines are jolly.
the lyrics clever. the music tuneful and
catchy. while the performers never let
the fun ceases to bubble Anatol Fried
land wrote the music, David Kempner
the lyrics, and Edgar Allan Woolf the
book.
Chase's next weeks expects a series Of
rare novelties in the principal lines of
iaughable and enjoyable polite vaudeville.
the conspicuous leading attraction being
Jesse L. Lasky's newest and merriest
modern musical comedy, The Photo
Shop" The book is by Edward Clark.
music by Karl Hoschna, and lyrics by
Otto Hauerbach. The popular comedian
Charles J. Slime. with Mamie Fleming
and large company OF pretty girls and
lively fellows. represent the famous
Paris Follies Bersere Company, and pre-
sent a series Of solo, duet, sextet ard en-
Bemble musical features Of the effectively
staged and exceptionally enlivened char
Rcter for which Mr.. Lasky is noted. The
added attraction viii be Seldom's Poems
IN Marble" rated as the most artistic
and attractive OF any foreign feature Of
the kind ever exhibited here, the sub
5ects including The Fountain. Reach
Eng the Winning Post" THE Awakening
OF Galatea," The Last Glass" 1.-The Alb
duetion Of the Sadness" "Wooing." THE
Voice Of the Spring." and ''Phyrne" An
other special offering will be Lola Mer-
rill and Frank Otto In After the
Shower" JarrOw. the humorist trickster.
is included in the comic contingent Other
exclusive features will be Marshall Mont
gomery, Lila Painter, and Tom McDon-
aid. and THE Girl from Arizona"
The management Of the Academy has
secured Cor next week. with the usual
nnatinees, the big Broadway musical sue
cess In Panama" with those two funniest
Of all German comedians, the Klein Bros.
The production was staged under the per-
sonal direction Of Ben Teal The mere
comment that Max Hoffman composed the
music is sufficient guarantee that the play
IS replete with catchy, whistleable melo-
dies. Aaron Hoffman and sylvester Ma
guire wrote the book, and their lines are
the best and the funniest they have ever
contributed. Edward Madden furnished
the lyrics. and his topical verses and paro-
dies are not only timely but pithy and