Evening star., 1911-08-22
Columbia.

One becomes almost thankful for liars,
after enjoying the Columbia Players pre-
sentation of Henry Arthur Jones clever
society comedy. THE Liars Much OF
the keen satire and real humor of the de-
lightful piece depends on trifling with
the truth by friends" of a fiirtatious
wife, and the tangled web they weave
in their attempts to deceive is a pretty
thing to be laughed at until truth shows
how filmy are the threads.
The play has to do with a wrong road
and a right road. When the fiirtatious
wife. deliberately, took the wrong road
leading to some innocent diversion with
her lover, she took the wrong" road
that led to falsehood in explaining to her
husband the clandestine meeting.
Miss Francis Nelson made Lady JeSSica
Neapean just as vivacious, as worldly
and as delightful as pretty woman must
have been to bring to her feet an erst-
while woman-hater and a present-day
hero. Rare is the emotional ability she
his seriousness as Edward Falkner.
Everett Butterfield contrasted strongly
with the light-hearted Lady Jessdca, but
his acting of the romantic role was OF
equal merit.
A. H. Van Buren, considered the "possi-
bilities' of his part just as Sir Christie
pher Deering considered the possible
ties when the road of falsehood was
chosen by Lady Jessica and her well
meaning friends, and Mr.. Van Burer
last night, just as Sir Christopher die
| among those who f1ocked to Freddy Tat
tons house party in the Thames valley
His easy manner added much to the eff
fectiveness of his portrayal. yet his dra
matte speech in the last act would bt
more effective il sentences were not tum-
bled over one another.
Arthur Ritchie's Freddie TattOn was de-
r:~-lx n
made a French water at the Star and
Garter one OF the stars of the piece. /,
was the usual well balanced production
expected at the F street playhouse. The
stunning gowns worn by Miss Nelson
Miss Jessie Glendinning Miss Carrie
Thatcher, Miss Emelie Melville and Miss
Nina Melville and the elaborate scenery
of the four acts provided the delight for
the eye that the acting did for the mind.
Belasco.
The military atmosphere of the Belasco
Theater last night was not exclusively
British. In the audience that witnessed
the kinemacolor review OF the procession
and other ceremonies incident to the
coronation Of George v were officers
and enlisted men of the United States
Army, representing the artillery. cavalry
and infantry service from Fort Myer,
Fort Washington and Fort Hunt. Each
detail marched to the theater in a body
and all were uniformed according to
rank.
The audiences both yesterday afternoon
and evening testified to the continued
popularity of this new process of motion
picture art In which nature is reproduced
in colors without the aid of brush, and
which will be exhibited, day and night,
throughout the present week.
THE Crown Jewes Of Great Britain
were shown for the first time last night
the splendid robes of the officials who
carried the regal.a and the feudal-like
picturesqueness of their uniformed escort
adding historic interest to the genera
pageant. Other new reels were displayed
In the naval review of the worlds bat.
tleships at Spithead.
The realism Of color and motion was
accented throughout by Arthur A. Lotto
who prefaced each film with brief ant
distinctly enunciated description of it.
historic meaning. In pointing out the
fact that the honor of the discovery OF
the kinemacolor process belong alike tt
this country and England, the lecturer
stated that King George is SO impressed
with the value of the invention that hi
has had the films depicting the corona.
ton placed in the Tower Of London among
| the historic archives of the kingdom
| and is so personally pleased with the mo-
| ton picture OF the pageant that he ha:
| just witnessed it for the third time, IL
public.