The Washington times., 1911-01-08
."The Spendthrift" Will Be
1, Offering at the
Columbia.
"GETTING A POLISH"
BELASCO OFFERING
Montgomery and Stone Come to
NationaI-Anniversary Week
at Chase'S.

Comedy, music. and drama all are
represented in the offerings at the the
aters this week. giving pleasing va
riety.
The representative of the drama will
be seen at the Columbia, where The
Spendthrift' will be presented. May
Irwin, in Getting a Polish" will pro-
vide part of the comedy, while Mont
gomery and Stone will appear at the
National in the musical comedy, THE
Old Town"
Chase's will celebrate its twelfth an
niversary with a special program, and
the Academy will offer AT Cripple
Creek"
< "The Spendthrift."
In The Spendthrift,' which Fred
eric Thompson will present at the CO.
lumbia this week. Robert T. Haines and
That's Magrane are the leading figures
The company is said to be the same
which was seen in the original produc-
tom
The theme OF this latest of Porter
Emerson Brownies plays is domestic eX-
traVagance in a certain stratum of So
fciety, and to point its moral II pictures
a wife with luxurious tastes and the
struggles Of her husband to provide the
money to crafty these expensive whimS.
When the crisis is reached, instead OF
cooperating with him in an effort to
.retrench, she borrows money from an
other man and gives II to him, foollshlY
thinking she is helping him. She lies
about the source of the loan and the
lie is detected. Eventually it is all
worked out, but a number of strong
situations are evolved.
Getting a Polish"
Getting a Polish" the farce comedy
in which May Irwin comes to the Be
lasco, is said to be as attractive as the
name indicates. Booth Harrington and
Leon Wilson are responsible for the
comedy's existence and how well they
succeeded in fitting the star with sue
cessfuI role the Capital will have an op-
portunity to decide.
Miss Irwin plays the part of Mrs. JON
Griggs, woman of very complicated
nature. Her first appearance Is IN Hei-
low Dog. Mont, but after striking II
rich she goes to Paris TO get polish
and meet the nabObS.
An excellent opportunity to play upon
the foibIes of the newly rich is given
and the authors are said TO have sue,
ceeded in getting rich comedy out oil
the complications.
The star, who has an excellent sup
porting cast, in addition to at least one
bran new song, has revived her famous
"Teaching McFadden to Waltz.
Montgomery apd Stone.
At the National, two old Washington
favorites will bid for favor when the
curtain goes up for the first act of "The
Old Town." in which Montgomery and
.F,,t ont
here once before. There are many who
insist that this musical comedy offers
the best vehicle for the exploitation Of
the talents of this versatile pair, they
have ever had not even excepting
THE Red MILL
Among the numerous other things
Fred Stone is called upon TO do are
tight wire performance, eccentri'
dances a bit of neat tumbling, and hE
winds up in the guise of a cowboy anc
does stunts with a lariat and revOl'
yer.
The cast in support of Montgomery
and Stone is practically the same al
that which has been seen in New
York for so long with few additions
including Melville Stewart, the baritone
Anniversary Week.
In honor of the passing of the Twelfth
milestone in the history Of Chase
Theater, "the home of polite vaude
Vile" the management has arranged 70
the current week a program which i
claims will compare with any till eve
seen in this house.
According TO TIE statement of Mr
Chase himself no effort has been spare'
10 make She nil this week so far aheat
Of the average programs given at TIN
PLAYHOUSE that it will be remembers,
for long time, and he promises that
will he fully up to the standard whicl
he thinks such an important event a
the celebra ton OF the twelfth anniver
sarv of the operation of the theate
under the present regime would war
rant.
At the very outset the management o