The Washington times., 1911-10-15
edison APPEARS
At THE NATIONAL
IN COMEDY ROLE
THE Cave Man" Comes to
the National for First
Time. VI

Anent Robert Blossoms Forthcoming
engagement at the National Theater
in ''The Cave Man." beginning tomor-
row. 1t is of interest to note that this
will be his first appearance behind the
footlights without a 'smooched'' face,
as 1t Is termed in his profession, since
his famous impersonation in "The Lit
tie Minister" In 1.-THE Cave Man."
after the first act, Mr.. Edeson appears
in natural makeup. but even in this
play where the scenes are all in modern,
aristocratic surroundings, he has not
escaped entirely from "smooching' his
face. for in the first act, where he
comes direct from the toll Of heaving
coal. he Is forced to smear his counten-
ance somewhat with grimy coal dust.
In Classmates" Mr.. Edeson had to
give his skin the sunbrowned appear
+ance Of the West Point cadet; and in
"Soldiers of Fortune he had to add
coat of tan to his complexion, getting
a color that represented long marches
in the tropics. In his famous Strong
heart" he had to assume the color of
the American Indian, a bronzed red.
and the swarthy skin Of the tropical
Spain had to be donned in THE Noble
'Spaniard." In 1.-The Call of The North"
Mr.. Edeson, to give his part realism.
had to add a tinge Of sallowness which
beyond the Arctic circle. Even in his
play. "a Mans A Man, he had to
besmear his face with color and last
year In his own play. Where The Trail
pioneered Of the Indian race, which
fa,i1ssss he has successfully pictured behind the
When informed that his new play was
N nNIA nj, r. T..
clothes in modern surroundings, the
first expression made by Mr.. Edeson
was, We'll. here is where I get away
from Smoothing my face" Then he
that he was Goa coal heaver, FL, fresh anu from Som
his tasks. and he realized that he would
have to resort to the use Of coal dust
Well. I thought the news was too
good to be true" said Mr.. Edeson, but
still the contrast between my appear
ance In the first act and the other acts
should be enough reward for blacking
up. However, the plays the thing,
and not the face"
Miss Louise Cunning, we'll known for
her charming voice and personality,
comes to the Belasco Theater this week,
beginning Tuesday night. in "The
Balkan Princess one Of the most bril-
liant and successful musical plays of
the past season.. The piece is an Eng
lish Importation. having been brought
to this country by william A. Brady
who heard 1t played in London and i'm
secured the American rights.
Paul Rubens is the composer of the
score and two. brilliant English writer's,
Frederick Lonsdale and Frank Curzon,
are responsible for the book. The story
Of "The Balkan Princess" Is founded
upon pretty. romance and this story
Is set to music of the Hitting. lasting
sort sort which made NntSl all London whistle and
Princess Stephanie of Balaria is about
to ascend the throne. but her subjects
do not care to have a woman rule and
within q week one Of six eligible grand
dukes. The princess, autocratic by ma
ture. does not wish to marry through
compulsion and she decides upon having
Of state. Accompanied only by her
maid she fees incognita, determined to
see something of the world. Later.
upon entering Bohemian cafe. she
failed to appear as a suitor for her
hand. At sight of her startling beauty
and queenly appearance Sergius falls
In love with Stephanie
has written seditious articles against
the government In the radical papers
and he now proposes toast to the
doWnIail OF the pr1ncesS-a toast which
he mas frequently offered among his
companions. Stephanie,
rinred and angered at his act, pro-
claims her identity and orders his ar
rest. subsequently her attitude softens
and she Is about to sign her abdication
when Sergius appears, destroys the
paper. declaring that one so noble is
fully worthy to rule and they decide
to rule together.
This week at Chase's will be memoir
able, as 1t will mark the first presenta-
tion here Of the most spectacular pro-
duction ever attempted in polite vaude-
VILE, Taylor Granv;lle's scenic melo-
dramatic comedy, THE Man Hunters"
q tale of the Canadian north woods A
great acting company has been en-
gaged-Charles Rartling as Wade, Her.
bert Bostwick as the brave Royal Cana
dian Northwest mounted. police. Ben S.
Higgins as the half-breed guide, Tod