The Washington times., 1912-09-08
TON LEWIS COMING
TO THE COLUMBIA
IN COHAN COMEDY
Will Present The Yankee
Prince" With Company
Of Fifty.

ioio"IhS Al llson. MI. Lewis Will be
seen in his old role in George NJ.
Cohan's musical comedy success, The
Yankee Prince" This typcallv Cohan-
esque piece is intended to lam oon the
practice of International ma riagcs. The
scenes are laid in the Hotei SAVOY, Lon
don, outside of Windsor castle. and at
a handsome home in Chicago. Frank
lyn Fielding is a rich Chicago pork
packer with social ambitions. Mrs
Fielding has no aspirations Of social
nature. They 60 to London accompanied
br their daughter, Evelyn. where the
EounS woman Is courted by the Earl
termined that there shall be a title in
the family, induces his daughter to
accept the earl, but when she meets
iH,ercX sp,lnscr. Young American mil
sight. and the earIs chances of annex
ing a considerable part of the pork
packers fortune diminish. The comic
happy conclusion
Nj. Lewis will be Supported by COM
pany of fifty, singing and dancing
comedians, including chorus of x
ceptonal merit. Among the song hits
OF the piece are Rag Babe" Tommy
Atkins" and lawfully Strong For
You, all of them in Nj. Cohan's best
vein.
Chase's next week will offer for the
first time in this city, and Immediately
following its sucCes ssful New York pre-
miere presentation, Gus Edwards Kid
kabaret with metropolitan company
of twenty klever komics headed hy
Eddie Cantor and Hattie kneitel, the
Broadway favorites. in ~ kabaret in
Kidland," produced and staged by Gus
Edwards and filled with new songs rs-
recially written by Mr.. Edwards for
this musical novelty, with book and
lyrics by Thomas J. Gray and addition
al lyrics by Will d. Cobb.
Next in Importance will be Eva Tay-
lor and company in Just Married"
newly-weds cndeavor to conceal their
identity and relationship. Another
light and melodious incluslon viii be
the New York Winter Garden hits. Lee
Perry and George White, "SmIing Sing
ers of Smiling songs
James Devlin and Mae Elwod in The
Girl from 1onkers will indulge in d
troupe, a recent importation, will give
a sensational hand-DalanrinG act.
Louis NJ. Granat. billed as the worlds
greatest sffleur.," will add his captivat-
ing Whistling, introducing the brill
liant Poet and Peasant overture.
The AnimatedWeeky and the pipe
organ recitals will fill up the bill to
overlooking measure.
French playwrights, is the author of
THE Thief" which will be the dra-
matte offering of the Poll Players next
week. The Thief is the play which
made Margaret Ellington star. and
which was presented for two seasons in
New York city with Miss IlinEtOn and
kyrle Bellew in the leading roles.
The play tells the story Of woman,s
love for feminine tnery, and Of her ef-
forts to hold the love and admiration Of
her husband at every cost. She steals
in order to buy costly materials to adorn
her person, and when she sees that she
is about to be discovered she persuades
an infatuated youth to shoulder the
blame in order to shield her. The hus-
band discovers the secret in an intense
lN emotional scene in which the wife
is forced to confess everything. But
the play has a logically happy ending.
1t is expected that in the equally i'm
portanr role Of the wife and the hus-
band a. H. Van Buren and Miss Jewel
will have unexcelled emotional oppor-
tunities.
The play has been pronounced by crit
les all over America and Europe as ah-
solutelN faultleSs in dramatic ConStruC-
ton The elements of interest and sus-
pense are both intense and Cumula tive,
while the love appeal is thoroughly
sympathetic.
The Academy will have as its attraC-
ton for the week Of September l6 Eu-
genie Blair, who will be seen for the
first time here in the title role of Alex
andre Bisson's famous drama Madame
X"
This play has the great distinction OF
having been presented in no less than
six countries at the same time. and has
created more talk than any other drama
of a decade.
Its story is one that might happen any
time. and its unfolding teaches a great
moral without sermoniZing. 'Iaza' and
The kreutzer Sonata" both of which
Miss Blair toured the country with were
fine specimens of the clever work this
actress could do. In MADAME X she
Is said to have exCelled all her previous
efforts. Miss Blair is surrounded by "a
capable company of Metropolitan play
ers, each OF whom has been sSeCted for
their individuality, and a good even per-
formanCe Is promised.
The engagement is for one week with
usual matinees. Seats are now selling.
Opening with matinee performance
Monday, September il, and continuing
ror the week, The Gay widows" will
present at the LyCeum an entirely new
production from start to finish The
opening farce presented "a Night in q
Cabaret" is an original mus, Al alb
surdity in one act, in which the enti =
company is introduced. hraucd l., Mile
Hart, me comedian and author. James
DALEY, and Joe Taylor, assistants to
Mr.. Hart. Ritter and Foster, coined ,
sketch artists, TAYLOR and Herh,rt d
singing and dancing duo. and numer-
Gus others. AS an additional featur>
the Five AIarCons hav" h'en euEaEtu
The closing farce. 9Th" Genera! S
Vic" j. said to be u moNiuL pano.
rama If Ga ,ity and fun mIrth. an
melody The scenic If IS al" eN.
"ellent, and the musical rrog'am is
said 10 be one Of th' man. features, Il,
it IS claimrd % g oliunAj N rv,'r DE-
tail. Alan, novel el""tric@l effe7ts al,
also promised
Following "7he Girls from Happy.
land" the attraction at the GaNcW neA'
week will I've Gordon a North bur
!, ,sQuc p!oGuctl0n. "Thc Merry Whnl
which has .ujoNrd two alI-summ"r run>
at the Columbia ThrHtrr New l"rf
The enIt! taInn-cnt IS entlrClN HcW thi'
season. but the comedy dcpuI tment T.
in the hands Of the same capable CONF