The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-18
tThree Million Dollars" De-
Scribed as a Mammoth
Production.
SDEACON AND LADY"
AT THE COLUMBIA
Belasco Offers Proven Success,
The Lottery Man" Fresh From
Gotham Run.

Washington theatergoers may see next
week two musical comedies new this
season and a mucn-heraided success OF
the past year. The Lottery Man"
The productions that ere fresh save
FOR few weeks tryout IN nearby cities
are Three Million Dollars heralded 70
be as .avish-as its name indicates. which
comes to the National. and The Deacon
and tbs. Lady, the re-christened 'Dea-
con Flood that scored decisively, 50
the Papers say, in Baltimore last week
The latter attraction comes TO the Co
Iumbia.
Edgar Allan WOOIf, David Kemper,
and Anatol Friedland are credited with
the book, lyrics. and score OF the Ma
tionaI production a chorus Of gilt
edged hefresseS-- is featured, and cast
in the leading parts are Johnny Ford.
no new name among the 1un makers
May BoIey, a bona fde washington
girl; Ada Meade, seen here in the AboTn
productions; Harry DeDps George Ly-
decker. and Georse ". Barber
Patrons are promised a funny and
consistent plot with a liberal sDrinkling
of songs that may be popular Little
Dancing Jumping Jigger,7 My Havana
Maid" and Bon Bons' are a few Of
the titles.
Harry Kelly Featured
A ike array OF fun and music IS billed
Tor the Columbia in The Deacon and
1he LADY" tie joint work Of Alfred E
Aarons and George Totten Smith Har-
~ Kelly is featured = large chorus
and an augmented orchestra are held
out as special inducements Supporting
Kelly are Clara Palmer, Wayne Gehrue,
MadeIyn Marshall, and Ed Wynn
The action Of the piece begins in
FIOodviIIe. Vt, the home town Of Deacon
Flood. The second act shows Clare
mont Gardens overlooking the Hudson
river. and here the deacon IS carried
through experiences that usually befall
q theatrical angel Mr. Kelly is given
ample opportunity for his peculiar and
unctiOus style Of comedy
The Lottery Man" is no unknown
quantity. Cyril Scott in Rida- Johnson
Young's captivating comedy. has just
finished an extended engagement at the
Bijou Theater IN New York city. The
reception accorded the piece in Chicago
was scarcely less fattering-
The original company viii be brought
10 Washington. II includes Helen
Lowell. the inimitable original Miss
Hay in Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage
Patch, Louise Galloway, Robert Mac
Kay and Mary Leslie Mayo
Same Old Lottery"
The comedy. originally known as The
Lottery" is that Of New York news
paper reporter who borrows a sum Of
money from his employer with the
promise that If he fails to return the
amount he viii supply the paper with
the biggest piece Of news 1t ever had
The reporter loses the money and pro
Ceeds 70 make good on the promise
This he does by Inaugurating lottery
which he conducts with himself as the
prize.
Unfortunately the start Of the lottery
is marked by a simultaneously awaken
ed love for Helen Heyer and from then
on there IS a merry war 40 come into
possession Of as many coupons as mon
ey can buy
And with musical comedy in the air,
Chase's viii keep abreast Of the --le-
climate" and offer tabloid assert
ment Of mirth and melody IN Jesse L.
Lasky's The Photo shop Charles J
Slime and Mamie Fleming head a large
company. Paul SeldCms Poems IN
Marble are booked for an added
attraction The pOseurs include Nile
Erna ClarOn, said TO have won wide
recognition on the Continent
Frank Otto and Lola Merrill play
After the shower and another num-
Der that promises fun VIII be found IN
Jarrow, the trickster-
II EAudu1a-
IN Panama" with the original pro-
duCtiOn as presented 500 nights at TIE
Broadway Theater, New York, viii be
the attraction at the Academy this
week. This successful musical com
edv is q distinct novelty
\ radical departure IN the StTle Of
entertainment has been made IN the
stcry and the form OF construction,
Vet the piece viii be found TO be pre-
tentiOus. The story. which has both
q serious and a comic side IS told In
three acts all OF which are laid IN
Panama This tropical country, with
its picturesque native dress, gives great
opportunity for scenic settings and
Ticn costumes
That Casino TheaJer patrons strong
II favor dramatic sketches presented
by capabIe players has been 50 amply
demonstrated that another One-act
drama entitled The Operator. has
been obtained which Gas not before
been offered in a theater at the Casino
popular scale Of prices
The Operator presented by a com
pany of six players, is written around
a thrilling experience OF a telegraph
operator, and requires two spectacular