The Washington times., 1911-12-03
HENRIETTA CROSMAN
AND NAT GOODWIN
COMING next: WEEK
Nine. Sumiko, japanese
Prima Donna, Will Also
Be Attraction.

When wife attends too strictly to
her household duties, and in her leisure
time devotes herself to her children. she
is apt to neglect her husband and
cause him to feel slighted. This, in q
nutshell, is story of "The Real
Thing" the comedy that Henrietta
Crosman will bring to the Belasco The
ater next week. 49,
The play Is by a Washington society
woman, Mrs. Catherine Chisholm Cush-
ing, author of several well known books
and plays. Miss Crosman portrays a
widow, who comes to visit a divided
appearance, and paying more attention
to the matter of fact things of life than
to holding the love OF her husband. By
womanly ingenuity she. manages to
doing she gets her own love AFFAIRS SO
badly mixed up that to readtust them
seems almost a hopeless case. This Is
finally accomplished, however, and the
uIay ends in q manner satisfactory to
A new opportunity is opened to Nat
Goodwin In 1.-The Captain" this sea-
son. This play has widow. the
daughter of a rich Philadelphia man,
played by Miss Margaret Moreland,
an more fais in love- II is ppasnibity
different from any Of the characters
in the previous plays Of Mr.. Goodwin:
Miss Moreland is tall and graceful. Of
the blonde type Nth h.r winning st smile n
to advantage. She has ability, and
the part affords her opportunities to
display It. Her voice seems to have
q strong Southern accent. Miss More
lead for Mr.. Goodwin. "The Captain"
will be at the Columbia Theater next
week.
The Japanese Nightingale" Nine.
Sumiko. prima donna soprano of the
Imperial Opera House, Tokyo, Japan.
will be the foreign attraction at Chase 8
next week. She is accompanied by her
own musical director. B. s. Takaori.
former conductor of the Tokyo Opera
House. The supplementary feature will
trio. Lovers of occultisn and eseteric
lore will have Lolo. the mystic North
American Sioux Indian girl for their
special delectation. The pantomimist.
Joe Jackson, ia Bud ana Nellie Helm Helm
Van. the Flying. Wards in midair ex-
ploits. and the photoplane daylight mo-
tion pictures complete the bill.
Ten Nights In a Barroom," that old
drama which had its first production In
the old National Theater In New York
In 1855 will be played at the Academy
Theater next week. with Uncle Toms
Cabin" this play with mission grows
stronger EACH year by the Introduction
Of the kind 0f comedy needed to produce
this result. Sample Swichel and Me-
hitable Cartwright and their love af-
fairs do for this play what Topsy and
Marks do for the Uncle Tom production.
~The girls from Reno" will be the at
traction at the Lyceum next week. when
the production will be enhanced by
electrical devices. which are to be in
troduced In the ensemble numbers. The
offering Includes two burlettas, "Busi-
ness Is Business and High Life in
Reno" An added attraction will be
Mile Ducet In the dance that made IA
nous Madame Polaire, in Paris.
Following the engagement Of the Ma
jestics. the attraction at the Gayety
will be a company of its own namc,
1.-THE Big Gayety Company" burles-
que organization, which has a large
cast including Gus Fay. Claire Douglass
Racket, Alice Maude Pool and Beulsh
Benton. The company presents a num-
Der of vaudeville specialties.