The Washington herald., 1910-09-18
NEW YORK THEATERSI
Plays and Players Appearing on Broadway This Week

New York. Sept, H.-"Weleome to Our
City, in which Maclyn Arbuckle began
an engagement at the Bijou Theater
Monday night, Is a farce adapted from
the German, with the scenes laid in
New York City. The story concerns Col.
Jim Scott. who halls from Spartanburg,
S. c.. and is a parsonage not particularly
versed in the ways and wiles OF the
Great White Way. Other important char
acters are the female agent of the Mo-
rality Society: Col Jims son-in-law, a
shopgirl the husband of prima donna,
q sea captain. and the wives of Col Jim
and his son-in-law. During the proceed
ings Col. Jim gets into no end Of trouble,
and the last seen OF him he is running
down Broadway to catch the first train
back 10 Spartanburg. II is a funny COM
edy, In which Mr.. Arhuckle scores heavily
He fas the assistance of a good company.
Including Mabel Turner in the most i'm
portant female role: Suzanne Westford.
James Durkin. and Bernice Golden Al
though Smith. John Drew's newest We
hicle. WAS evidently written for a woman,
the leading male role furnishes him with
many opportunities TO show the breezi-
ness of a Rhodesian who is unconven-
tional. The story of the play is located
among a set of London women who are
infatuated with the game of bridge and
devote all their time TO that form of
amusement. Into this community Of
frivolous women comes Thomas Free
man, who has been out in Rhodesia sew
eral years. He is seeking a wife. and is
astonished to find that the only woman
worth while is Smith a parlor maid, In
several scenes of banter and light comedy.
some OF il close 10 farcical, Freeman and
Miss Smith find themselves in love, and
n the end are married, with the suppo-
sition that they live happily ever after.
The new bill ar the Hippodrome is a
corker II includes a three-ring circus;
the International Cup with two large
yachts sailing at full speed; The Ballet
OF Niagara" a sumptuous spectacle, in
which hundreds of young women gyrate;
an Earthquake" and the Temple in
the Valley of Gold
Gertrude Elliott, the young American
wife of that distinguished English actor.
J. Forbes Robertson. viii make her first
appearance 10 this country as Glad in
Mrs. Burnett's play OF cheerfulness. The
Dawn Of a Tomorrow. October s. in
Boston. AS Boston has not seen this
play, but IS the city in which the new
thought. which is the underlying theme
Of this drama. has won its strongest
foothold. it seems to be a happy seleC-
ton for Miss ElIiott's debut in the part
OF the optimistic Glad. Last season
Eleanor Robson took this play on tour.
but before she had visited one half the
available territory of the country she be-
came Mrs. August Belmont and retired
from the stage in the midst OF the most
successful season that she had ever
known. In May last Miss Elliott ap-
peared in this play in London. where she
scored a solid success as Mrs. Burnetts
heroine. Miss Elliott has twice been seen
IN this country as a co-star with Forbes
Robertson. Like her sister. Maxine FL
lott. she is a strikingly beautiful woman.
Both young women were born IN Rock
land. Me. and are extremely proud Of the
fact that they are Yankee girls.
1.-THE Deep Purple" Paul Armstrong
and Wilson Miners drama. which Lieb-