The Washington herald., 1911-10-05

most substantial tr1umpnS was tne re
ception accorded his play, THE Girl ir
the Taxi, when produced in Germany
and later in Paris under the title oi
lie Fills a Papa" The Emperor is
said to have visited the piece on tht
first night of its run and laughed heart
lily at the comical --enes, witty lines
and hilarious climaxes with which tht
farce abounds.
The Girl in the Taxi's' success ir
this country has equaled its reputation
abroad. It has to its credit here long
runs in New York, Chicago, Boston, and
San Francisco. The cast this season is
an exceptionally strong one. 1t Is
headed by Bobby Barry, a young come
dian. who scored his first triumphs ir
George NJ Cohan roles; and in his sup
port are Julie Ring, Jean Salisbury.
Helena Salinger, Jeanette Bageard
Harry Hanlon, Jack Norval, Frank Far
rington. Jules Cluzetti, and George Rich
ards. 1t will lie seen at the Columbia
next week.
Theatergoers are manifesting unusual
interest in the approaching visit of
Henry w. Savage's production of Mad
anne X" Bisson's great emotional drama,
which will be the attraction at the
The plot of this sensational play is
typically French, and concerns an un-
happy woman, who is driven from home
for inhdelity. Her husband regrets his
harshness and searches for her, but fails
TO find the erring wife. She becomes
an adventures and addicted to the use
| Of liquor While in a maudlin mood she
| talks of her past and gives her compan-
| ion the idea OF blackmailing her former
husband. Her associate makes known
lis intention, and when she begs OF him
tc desist and he refuses, she strikes him
dead in anger.
She is arrested, but refuses to attempt
any defense or to make known her iden-
tity; hence the title of Madame ""
When arraigned in court the counsel as
| signed her is her own twenty-year-old
son. He is ignorant of the fact that
| this client is his mother. Despite its
icing his first case. he pleads so well
that the woman is acquitted.
The dialect star Of the decade. Walter
C. Kelly, known the world over as the
Virginia Judge" will appear at Chase's
next week and give his incomparably
unique and laughable word pictures of
the comic human types and immensely
| ludicrous scenes succeeding each other
in a Southern police magistrates court
| when humanity's fiotsam and jetsam
are hailed before his honor the judge.
| New characters accusations, eXplana-
tions, appeals, pleas, verdicts, and other
| laughable incidents mark the present Of
| fering as Mr.. Kelly's finest and funniest
| delineation Of daily doings before the
\ bar of country justice.
| The extra added attraction will be Jo-
seph Hart's first presentation here of his
New York comedy hit. -Four Of a Kind,
which involves a financial firry in one
furiously funny scene into which four
burglariousIy inclined gentry quickly
| preCipitate themselves. The superior
company includes George Leach, Kings
| ley Benedict, William Foran, and Thom-
| as Delmar. Third among the great fea-
lures will be that Of Kajiyama, present
| ing the most novel and ineXplicahle nov
city ever imported from the Far East.
| This chirographic wizard is called the
man with two brains, and his ambdeX-
| terity is most wonderful. The gayest
gladdeners from Broadway, Wilbur Mack
and Nella Walker. will give their latest
| musical whimsicality, The Dollar Bill"
and those who have not forgotten their
| Musical Filtration" and The Pearl and
the Girl will foregather TO greet them
again. The r. A C. trio Will add their
tUneful travesty to the sum total of en-
Europe will thrill the audience with their
feats of human legerdemain, while
Richardson's posing dogs will give six
| teen clever canine tableaux.
At the Gayety next week there will
be presented Gordon & North's big spec
tacular production, entitled The World
of Pleasure" The cast of forty-five peo-
pie is headed by the well-known laugh
producers. Will Fox and Harry Marks
Stewart, who portray Hebrew characters
without offending the race; Phrynette
Ogden, who has been identified with the
leading Chicago productions for the past
five years; Eddie Foley, one of the origi-
nal Foley brothers, Tommy Meade. the
well-known American jockey, GeorGette
Armstrong, and Dora Andrea.
A new musical comedy, by Don Roth
with lyrics by Willard Vale and music
by Leo Edwards, will be presented.
There are numerous novelties in the pro-
duction, among them a scene showing
Luna Park in full illumination with the
other important features that tend to
make Coney Island a favorite resort.
The Pacemakers'' will be presented at
the Lyceum next week with a blaze Of
color and gorgeous costuming. The music
is bright and of the whistly order, the
dances novel and energetic, and the large
company of principals and prize beauty
and graceful chorus are carried. The
story of the play deals with the adven-
lures of a crowd of young girls at
fashionable ladies' seminary with a bunch
of college boys. They all run away from
the seminary to New York, where they
all meet at Churchill's restaurant on
Broadway, and many complications set
in. The cast has been carefully selected,
and among the well-known names are
Charles j. Burkhardt, Harry P. Kelly,
Billy Mossey, Jack Barton, May Yuir,
Virgie Royden, Jennie Curtis, and others
So numerous were the requests for
East Lynne" at the Majestic Theater that
the Holden Players will produce this
popular play next week.
Probably the reason for the extreme
popularity of East Lynne" is the fact
that the story is different. 1t Is a dar-
ing plot one which verges on the i'm
possible, yet is so decidedly human as
to hold the attention and secure the
sympathy of any and every audience.
The approaching Sunday concert at the
Casino is going to be a departure that
will enable the management to maintain
its enormous patronage on that day.
There will be several acts held over
from the current bill and several others
imported from other cities. There will
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