The Washington herald., 1911-10-12

Mack, George NJ. George, Maud Stevens.
Nellie Walker, Lester and Moure, and
several others. besides thlrty-five singing
and dancing girls.
The oIIo consists of such artists as
Nellie Walker, that sweet singer with
the big voice; Mask and Waters, a little
talking, a little dancing, and then some
more and the ''Aisasian Mystery" ac-
knowledged by press and public to be the
most mystifying act of the century.
The Holden Players will conclude
their six weeks engagement at the Ma
jestic Theater on Saturday night of this
week. On Monday night, October .,
the Clara Turner Players will commence
an indefinite stock engagement. The
opening bill will be THE Prince Chap"
which found such favor with local audi
ences when produced a few years ago.
This new organization has been doing
excellent work in Philadelphia for the
past several months. They were to have
made their initial appearance in this
city on October 16, but were forced to
accede to the demands made upon them
in Philadelphia and remain another
week The Majestic Theater will,
therefore, be closed next week, when
Manager Weston will make a number of
Improvements tending to add to the
comfort Of his women patrons.
With Jewel, empress of mysticism, and
Josie Saxton and her pickaninnies, head
ing an unprecedentedly strong bill this
week, it is to be expected that the Ca
sino management would have to go some
next week to equal the current attrac-
| tiOn. AS a starter there are Fred Hal
len. of the old Hallen and Hart team,
and Miss Mollie Fuller, so we'll known in
musical comedy.
Sue Simpson, one of the most cele-
brated eccentric condolences in vaude-
willie. has a down home" singing and
talking act that is going to create a
| storm of laughs. The Old Home Choir
will be singing card that will surpass
any of the acts in this line the Casino
has offered. Black and McCone, the
| brutal brothers, in their attempt at
| suicide" have one of the funniest and
most sensational acts ever seen here.
Ward and Bohlman will offer an eccen-
trio singing and talking number.
New photo-plays will complete a bill
of exceptional proportions.
The Casino has secured the exclusive
| use of the worlds series baseball mo-
| tiOn pictures and will exhibit them be
ginning Wednesday, october 25, which
| is the first release date. No other thea
| lures. the Casino management having
contracted for their exclusive rental
The Old Homestead" the masterpiece
, of New England rural dramas, now in
the twenty-sixth season OF its success,
comes to the Columbia Theater next
week for its annual Washington engage
ment. No one interested in the theater
should miss seeing The Old Homestead
this season. for the play probably will not
last forever, and time slips past with a
whrl these days. with changes as great
as they are unexpected
| If a peSsimist, you may have heard that
| originally The Old Homestead" was
| broad and unseemly, but even then all
the more credit should fall to him who
lifted ii out of the mire ard Cleansed
| and purified ii. 1t is one OF the plays
| that can bc recommended TO all sorts
and conditions OF men, and. while this
advice IS an old story. it naturally fol-
lows in the wake of this classic among
heart plays. The Old Homestead con-
tains the best comedy, the purest, hOmely
sentiment. and the sweetest breath Of
naturalness the stage knows.
To-day Marion Leonard will again ap-
pear at the Plaza Theater, in Ninth
street. in Il feature picture production in
addition to The Cowboy and the Out
law" a stirring out-in-the-open Western
picture, and The Better Way" a drama
with a moral that rings true.
Leonard Chick will sing new songs
that are beautifully illustrated. On Fri
day The Tempter and Dan Cupid" and
The Indian Rustlers," both first time
shown, and each Of special interest for
the subjects featured.
The Colonial Theater. in the Avenue,
will feature to-day and the balance of
the week Foul Play" an elaborate pic
ture production of Charles Reade's great
land and sea story. This production is
in three reels, and all the characters are
strongly acted by a most capable COM
pany. Other feature pictures are shown
daily.
The attraction at the Gayety Theater
next week is Harry Hastings show. an
aggregation of fifty comedians comedi-
ennes, and lively chorus girls. The cast
is headed by Harry Hastings, proprietor
of the company, and prima donna as
sistant. Viola Sheldon, known on the
hurlesque stage as the California
Nightingale" a pseudonym gained after
several successful seasons at the Tivoli
Gardens in San Francisco.
The Hastings company will present
two one-act burlettas, the opening skt
being An Ocean Joy Ride and the
closing feature AT the College Inn" An
elaborate vaudeville programme is an
nounced, including Seymour, Schenck
and Seymour. an eccentric trio; Bohan-
non and Corey's picturesque novelty,
called Fighting the Flames" Hill.
Cherry and Hill, in a daring bicycle
act; Barney Toye, a German comedian,
in monologue; Mona Raymond, a dash
ing soubrette; the Dancing Kleins and
the Singing Four, composed of Freidel
Ackerman, West, and Ensor. and Edna
Hyland.
The closing burIetta is a satire on
Of Nitnessad In,