The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-11-20
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

COMIINO a KAC lIONS.
OF all the plays OF recent years deal
Ing with detectives and thieves. none
seems TO have hit the popular fancy as
well as Paul Armstrong; Alias Jimmy
Valentine" which comes TO the Belssco
Theater next week. The reason. for this
probably lies in the fact that Jimmy
Valentine had been sincerely converted
through the love Of a good girl, and his
adventures in the play deal with his en-
deaVors TO evade the police, who want
him for what he has done, and not for
what he is doing. The first act Is laid
in the wardens Office OF Sing Sing pris-
on. and is a true, engrossing picture OF
real prison life. Alias Jimmy Valen-
tine" the only man in America who
could open a bank vault without tools,
is serving a ten years sentence for as
sault on a national bsak. He wins the
guhernatorial pardon once out OF prison.
Jimmy takes another name. gets Job In
a bank, and lives an honest life. How
ever, the detectives are on his trail,
and at a critical moment he is confront
ed by the alternative OF revealing his
real identity or permitting loss Of life.
This scene. in the subterranean vaults
Of a great bank. is one OF the most
thrilling staged in recent years. Alias
Jimmy Valentine" has the distinction OF
two years run at Wallack's Theater.
New York, and will be seen here with
the original cast, including the noted
English actor, Mr.. II B. Warner and
the original massive production.
At the Columbia Theater on Monday,
November IS. and continuing for the
week. with the usual matinees, the at
traction will be the dramatization OF E.
p Roe's story, He Fell in Love with
His Wife" which has been dramatized
by Edith Ellis The love of Dante for
Beatrice. the love of Hamlet for Ophelia,
OF Abelard for Heliose, OF Paul for Vir-
ginia and scores OF other great. pure
loves for decades have been celebrated In
song and story. To these great loves In
late years has been added another the
love OF James Holcroft for Aida Arm
strong. In all the stories, either Of the
novel or the stage. that hare ever been
written not one has brought more forci-
bly, to the front the power Of great,
pure. unselfish. spiritual love. In this
great story Mr.. Roe has developed the
old idea and applied il in manner so
pOWefIui as 10 bllHS II btLbiC MS ISstuSiS
almost as a new thought
Charles Frohman viii present the
three-act musical comedy. THE Area
dams" at the New National Theater for
one week, beginning November %. THE
Areadians'' comes here direct from It's
long run in New York and Boston and
with the original cast and scenery. The
theme is one that lends Itself readily to all
that is best in the way OF a scenic and
musical production. and Mr.. Frohman has
surpassed all previous efforts in the cast
ing and staging OF this altogether de-
lightful entertainment. In the company
of 100 which will be seen at the New
National Theater will be Julia Sanderson
and Percival Knight, who were last seen
here in Kitty Gray" Ethel Cadman,
Mary MacKid, Connie Ediss, Frank Mou-
Ian, and Alan .dudie.
Chase's next week will offer Marion
Carson, the former prima donna musical
coincidence O., the Sam Bernard and
Florenz Zsegfed companies. supported by
her own organization OF singing comedi-
ans in The Belle of Seville" its merry
action occurring in the White House, and
catchy songs and spirited dance numbers
frequently interrupting. The added at
traction viii be the famous Ellis-Nowlin
company of American grotesques, eomedi-
ans, and pantomimists. IN Fighting the
Flames" a new burlesque. Hedges Broth
ers and Jacobson, Frisco favorites, will
introduce snappy, funny, and noval
musical feature, which has made a hit
everywhere they have appeared. Hal
-, H.. mill -.
their latest comedy hit, zone Christmas
Eve" by Will Greasy. Phil Stats.
plano wizard, viii add to the bill hts
comic chat and comment; Crouch and
Welch, in a whirlwind dancing offering;
Maxine, the Cuban aerial balancing
wonder, and THE Cowboys Mother-iH-
law" a pictorial farce about a new
Crouch cure. are the remaining engage
ments for next week.
The romance OF the West is fast dying
away, and II lives only in the plays de-
plotting life during the period when we
had a frontier. Among plays of the
West probably the best is The Montana
Limited" the latest production OF the
Klimt & Gazzolo Amusement Company.
which comes 10 the Academy the week Of
November y me sltuauohs q the drama
are intensely dramatic and sensational, as
is the rule in Western melodrama. The
scenic investiture OF the drama is OF the
highest order of merit, the principal scene
being that of railroad train In motion
and the robbery thereof. There is abun-
dant comedy of the wholesome sort, and
there is not a draggy moment throughout
the play. The characters include cow
boys, Indians, Mexicans, and road agents
The play viii afford reiishable entertain
ment for those who love realism