The Washington herald., 1911-12-17
COMING ATTRACTIONS

MacIyn Arbuckle. former star Of The
County Chairman will be the pre-emi-
nent attraction heading Chase's extraof-
dinary Christmas week bill of merry mu-
sical and whimsical holiday features and
novelties. He will present, with an espe-
cially selected company Of prominent
players, for the first time on any stage,
The Reform Candidate" a comedy Of
politics and the home. in which as Art
c. Hoke, the political boss" 1t is said
he has a strong, humorous, philosophical,
and laughsble role. The supplementary
comic principal offering will be THE
Right Girl" by Herbert Hall Winslow,
in which Lulu Mcconnell and Grant
Simpson are said to score more strongly
than they did with "a Stormy Hour"
Signor TroYato, the italian virtuoso of
the violin, who fiddles a Ia Creatore,
making his instrument do everything but
talk, is also among the stellar numbers.
Ed Wynn, ''the boy with'the funny hat"
and Edmund Russon, the well-known
English comedian, will offer their comic
cartoon caricaturey called Joy and
Gloom" The dainty and demure come
dienne, Mary Elizabeth, is another prom
Using inclusion in droll stories and tuneful
tidbits. The three Escardos will intro
duce their amazing leaping and rebound
ing. Stckney's circus, with a little pony,
several canine comedians. and a clown
on stills, and the popular Photoplane
daylight motion pictures Of important in
ternational events will conclude the ex-
cepuonally inviting holiday bill.
The music loving population of Amer
lea who are familiar with the great oper-
attic successes in Europe will hail with
interest the announcement that John Cort
Is producing "Jacinta" in America and
will present II at the Belasco next week.
This is the opera comique which has en-
joyed such tremendous vogue in conti-
mental Europe, and which has made the
names of Ignatz Schneider and Emerich
Won Gatti, the authors, and Heinrich
Berte, the composer, household words
where ultra artistic operatic offerings are
appreciated. For the American presenta-
ton the book has been translated by
Maurice Hageman, and the English book
and lyrics have been complied by John
L. Shine. Their joint efforts have been
staged under the personal direction of
Edward Temple, and the special orchestra
Is directed by Herr Hugo Frey. The
American cast numbers several score of
light opera celebrities, including Ida
Brooks Hunt, Carrie Reynolds. Fay Balm
ter, ReIna Lazar. Forrest Hun, Dick
Temple, William Phillips, Tom Hadaway
Phillip Sheffield, Harry Leone, Joseph
Parsons, Hal Wilson,, William c. Reid,
Gerald Gordon. and a chorus OF more
than sixty excellent voices.
The story Of "Jacinta' concerns the
trials of the president OF a South Amer
ican republic, who is so popular that he
is maintained In ONCE against his wishes
He rebels, but with no effect. Finally, a
revolution BREAKS out, and the president
does all in his power TO aid the rebels to
win. Being surrounded by his loyal sup
porters, his efforts are frustrated, all OF
which develops into one OF the merriest
tales Of fiction ever Incorporated into a
play, musical or otherwise.
Something OF a revelation to the thea
ter-goers of this city will be the enter
tainment of Mutt and Jeff' at the Co.
lumbIa Theater, beginning with a Christ
mas Day matinee, and continuing
throughout the week. with another extra
matinee on Tuesday. in addition to the
usual Thursday and Saturday offerings.
This play is the dramatiEation of the
famous cartoons of BUD Fisher of the
same name that have been provoking
laughter all over the country for sew
eral months past Mutt and Jeff'' is
said to be on the order OF Little johnny
Jones'" but on a more gorgeous scale and
presented with a larger and better COM
pany OF players. The play was con-
structed for laughing purposes only, and
It promises that from the rise sof the
curtain to its fall those who witness the
performance will be kept in a constant
uproar
The central characters, Mutt and
Jen," are among the most amusing stage
creations OF a generation. and so great
is the demand for this novelty that five
companies are now on tour with II. The
company to be seen in this city is the
largest and best of all of them, It having
been specially organized with a view to
taking 1t into New York early in January
for a run.
The patrons of the burlesque houses
have become more educated the past
few seasons and 1t is no easy matter
for a burlesque show to draw large
houses unless it offers an entertainment
of unusual merit. Realizing this fact,
Tom Miner has enlisted the services OF
a well-known writer to furnish the We
hicles for the Bohemian Burlesquers,"
with the result that a performance of
high class burlesque Is presented. Two
burlesques, full OF original jingling music,
witty sayings embodied In original books,
are presented.
The Bohemians'' will be at the Ly-
scum the week Of December Is.
A Novelist at EiEhty-seyen.
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