The Washington times., 1911-11-02
NATIONAL THEATERS
NEXT ATTRACTIONS
THE SPRING MAID
The Seven, Sisters" AT. The
Columbia, And Deep
Purple At Belasco.

Tor many months music lovers OF
washington have been looking forward
70 the engagement of Christie Mac.
Donald and her delightful starring vs-
hicle, THE Spring Maid" From those
VINO have seen this bubbiing operetta
IN New York city during Its run OF $40
nights At tho Liberty Theater glowing
reports have been spread whetting the
local appetite for 1t, and now Washing
ton will have an opportunity OF Judging
for itself the merits ana demerits OF
the opera. Next Monday night "The
Bpfing Maid" and Miss Macdonald be-
sin an engagement Of one week at the
National Tlleater.
In the cast supporting Miss MacDon-
aid are Tom McNaughton, Elgie Bowen.
Ben Hendricks. Thomas Conkey. Charles
w. Meyers. otto Hoffmann, Edward
Mstcalfe,s Jessie Bradbury. arthur
Thalasso, and Beth Stone. The famous
Spring Maid chorus and ballet will
be seen without single change.
love affair Of the saucy Princess Bozsna
and the dashing Prince Aladar. The
princess, IN order to mete out q we'll
deserved punishment to Aladar for dis
women of her class, masquerades as Y
heart Then when she has him head
s sS . = .r Sys sa KIN she her sns sDSrps y %
love Nth the gallant tiirt. OF course,
she finally consents to become his wife.
and ail ends happily. Tom McNaughton
and his assisting comedians, furnish q
wealth Of pleasing su"0r.
Daniel Frohman's New York Lyceum
Theater success "1he seven Sisters
will be the attraction at the Columbia
Thenter next week with Charles Cherry
as the star and the New YORK Lyceum
Theater Company. Both tho play and
company scored one Of the biggest hits
Of last season in Washington theatre
calls.
The clay IL q rolMcking domestic
farce. full OF amusing snd dramatic In
cidents and was adapted from tho iiun-
earian Of Ferencs Hercxeg by Edith
Ellis.
The action takes place at Hungarian
military garrison town, ,,nd the plot
Goals with the efforts Of rhe widow OF
Hungarian OFFICER In moderate circuu,-
stances tc marry III her daughters IN
rotation. beginning with the eldest in
country. She ID unknowinsly aided by q
dsehing lIentenant. Count Hortpy, and
her fourth daughter. NH. mischiev-
Sosns :hs sdy Tss s0ssnt' ns .hs Ssng I re-
ture nRe ct fourteen in order not 10 EN-
earrsss the eligibility OF her elder Sis
tiers. Their tthemes result in n va:ioty
OF conpDcations that excite riot Of
IN Mr. ckeIry's support are w,ltred
Dtaycott. Reginald Mason. Gastnn Doll,
yohn 3, Hollis. Joseph Attention, Jean
Wheatcrcft. Louise Arnold, csriosta
Doty. Barbara remnant, Edith page.
Elizabeth McNiff, Blanca Robinson.
with the prestige Of q seasons run in
New York and Chicago. and tremend-
eusly successful month's engagement
at the Adelphi Theater in Philadelphia.
: 'srhe Deep Purple q play by Paul
Armstrong and Wilson Mizner, will be
seen for the first time In this city at
the Bslasco Theater next week. The
plav hinges on the attempt Of group
of New York thieves to play the badger
game on young mining engineer, using
- their decoy e conhdlns and trusting
How the plot is baked BY the courage
and resourcefulness OF the engineer and
the wit OF Kate Fallon, . former thief.
ana eae o
tions In the hands OF an unusually
capable company. The play Is q bit Of
real lie transplanted to the stage that
should interest the average auditor who
q unfamiliar with the underworld.
De weich. former star Of ''The Ped
dlsr.'' will be the potent feature at
Chass's next week. Mr.. Welch win give
"A Study from Lifs.' q comic compos-
its OF types and topics uppermost In
the wonderfully complex life OF the
East Side OF New York. where the Oc-
cident ana the Orient rub elbows and
where strange humans from every cor
nsa CT the world are forever passing in
their endless effort to sustain life. The
added attraction will be the noted COM
edian. Edsar Additionally. who made
q great hit in Kenneth Lees farcical
comedy billy" at Daly's. In New York
city. An abbreviated version has been
prepared for vaudeville under the same
name. The Temple quartet, Boston's no.
dety sinRers. will give "Sensations in
Song" A German hippodrome novelty
viii be offered bv the Five Auroras.
Two musical comedy stars. Joe Keno,
late of Lew Fields "The Hen Pecks,''
end Rosie Green. rec entity OF the Cohan
beauty brigade. will tcin In Hands