The Washington herald., 1911-06-08
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

The Vagabonds will present at the
Belasco next week Rida Johnson Young's
farce comedy, The Lottery Man." which
was the laughing hit Of New York for
| over a years run, and which was seen
here at the Belasco early last fall with
Cyril Scott in the stellar role.
|. The story deals with the experiences
OF reporter, who persuades his paper
to conduct a lottery with himself as a
matrimonial prize. Falling in love while
| this lottery is running, he endeavors 10
secure the winning ticket himself. but
is defeated and an old freakish maid, Liz
zie, obtaining the coupon, claims her
prize and refuses to be bought off, until
IL is discovered that she had stolen her
coupon from the cook. and, threatened
with arrest, yields her claim 70 the re-
porter. who is thus able to marry the
girl OF his own choice.
At the close of The Lottery Man"
another one-act play will be given. en-
titled Waterloo" played for many years
by the late Sir Henry Irving.
This double bill is given so as TO give
Mr.. Fuller MellIsh an opportunity to ap-
pear before his many friends In this city,
there being no suitable part in THE Lot
terry Man" for III n. In addition to Mr..
Fuller there will De in the cast Of Wa
lcElOO MT. LlOuel E-lIllOTts EIlllllEclN -
King. and dainty little Marguerite Snow.
Follow the crowd and enjoy life at the
Columbia seems to be the motto of a
/ large portion of the citys population
these days, for whatever is presented at
the popular playhouse the capacity busi-
ness continues unabated, with few II any
seats available on the day of the per-
! formance Last week il was musical
comedy this week with "Strongheart,"
romantic comedy drama of the higher
type and next week with Before and
! After the company will be seen in one
| of the best farces ever written. 1t is in
three acts. by Leo Dietrichstein, and
possessed of plentitude of vitality and
amusing features from the start to the
finish. All the characters participate in
series of exciting events that are the
hilarious result of the administration OF
a harmless little powder possessed of the
remarkable power of reducing to con-
dition of absolute amiability the most
vicious and pugnaciOus OF characters
A weII-baIanced bill of vaudeville spe-
cialities is booked at the Cosmos for
next week, headed by Cole. Russell, and
Davis, That Jolly Trio" in a twO-act
sketch, THE Bogus Mobiles" The ac-
ton aDOunOS III many OppOA UTILITIES AOA
frolicsome fun and humor. Another trio
on the same bill is the Majestic Three"
who present a combination Of singing,
with mandolin and guitar accompani-
ments Mr. and Mrs. Fred Thomas have
a new comedy sketch, entitled The Dog
Thief" which is said to be one Of the
finest sketches in vaudeville. George c.
Norton, a character impersonatOr and
singing comedian; O'Dowd and O'Dowd.
in a novelty singing, talking and dancing
turn. with costume changes and topical
nonsensical songs and series OF mo-
ton picture plays complete the pro-
gramme.
The Fall of Troy will again be shown
at the Virginia Theater to-day, Friday,
Saturday, and Sunday, owing to popular
request This picture, which was the
greatest ever produced, cost $4,000. Over
5000 soldiers take part in battering
down the walls. It shows the gigantic
horse which was used by the Greeks to
smuggle soldiers into the city to set IL
on fire. Also presented are beautiful
women, dashing chariots, artistic stat
uary. massive palaces, regal costumes.
and the lovely Helen.
In addition to the diversion afforded by
Echo Park there will be an elaborate
display OF fireworks at that resort to-
night starting at 9 o'clock. This ex-
hibition Of pyrotechnics will be a repro
duction Of the display given last Monday
evening at the famous Steel Pier at At
lantic City as the management at Glen
Echo has just completed an arrangement
whereby the weekly fireworks displays at
the seaside resort will be repeated here
on Thursday OF each week during the
season. the spacious lawn fronting the
Ferris wheel having been set aside for
this purpose. Dancing in the new open
air pavilion continues to be one OF the
principal attractions at Glen Echo. Be-
cause of the unquestioned hit made by
the Soldiers Home Band upon the occa-
sion of their first appearance at Glen
Echo last Sunday. this organization has
been engaged for next Sundays concert.
In 1850 the State Of Minnesota had q population