The Washington times., 1912-03-17
ANNA HELD HERE
NEXT WEEK WITH
mile. INNOCENCE"
One Hundred and Fifty
Players Employed in
. Production.
Anna Held, the celebrated comedlenno,

Anna Held, the celebrated comedienne,
will be seen at the New National next
week in Mile. Innocence" which en-
joyed run OF one year at the New
York Theater, New York. Harry B.
Smith wrote the book and lyrics of
Mile. Innocence" while Bernard Hub
bell composed the music. 1t is staged
by Julian Mitchell
The plot is not divulged, but in the
play, according to all announcements,
there iB an endless number of up TO-
date novelties and features. The work
is in two acts and eight scenes, the
first of which is a girls seminary, To-
Gated on the Isle of Innocence; the Sec
ond is a railway train running between
Marseilles and Paris; the third is an
exact reproduction of the famous Alb
haye restaurant I'm Paris, showing the
Moulin Rouge by night in the distance.
The other pictures include ballet
school In Vienna, an aeroplane, a we'll
known Partisan hotel. a famous art
studio in Paris, and the land of peach
blossoms in the south of France. Miss
Held devoted several months in Paris
during the last year selecting and de-
signing new costumes for Mile. limo
CenCe."
One hundred and fifty players are en-
ployed in the production, the most i'm
portant of whom are Harry, Watson, jr.,
formerly principal comedian for the
Ethel Kelley, Richard Ridgeley, Grace
Leigh, Sarah NJ. Edwards, Isadore Mar
Gil. Donald Hall, Lillian Rice. Marjorie
Bonner, Angie Weimer, Evelyn West
Ford, Ray Morris, Flo Thompson, Diana
Roberts, and the largest chorus in the
world.
There is probably no play on tho
American stage at the present time
that makes such strong appeal TO
the lover of the highest form of dra-
matte art as does "Pomander Walk. "
1t is an accurate portrayal OF the man.
of an interesting group of characters
of the latter days of tho Georgian era,
who are living in quaint, sequester-
ed little nook in suburban London
which the author has named Poman-
der Walk. The play is really the sim.
pie annals of this quiet neighborhood
1t Is very Dickensy in its flavor, and
| number of the characters look and
act as II they might have just stepped
| out OF the Pickwick Club.
Louis n. Parker. tho English drama
| lisa, who wrote "Rosemary' and Dis
| raeli," IS the author. The Same com.
this delightful comedy for ono year al
WallaCk's Theater, New York. viii
present 1t at the Belasco next week.
Mrs. Danes Defense" will be the
! second offering of the Columbia Play
ers. following Tho Rose Of the
Rancho" upon the stage of the Colum'
bia Theater. The play is in four acts
and was pronounced by critics one of tn,
best written by Henry Arthur Jones. II
was originally produced in New York
Nv rRfrna N "
The opportunities OF handson1e stage
settings and costumes are unusual, and
will display the personnel of the Play
eTs IN Characters differing in every
essential from the ones in which they
appear this week.
| Chase's next week will present anoth
er bill OF foreign and American novel
ties, the foremost attraction being tn,
French wordess dramatic play. Will
music and interpretauve dancing. call
| ed The Apple OF Paris" 1t is in TIVE
scenes laid in the Quarter Latin, tn
Bohemia of the student-life of Paris
and the dramatic incident upon whicl
the plot is based Is said TO be takel
from real life there. \ company o
native Partisan pantomimistS will ap
year.
Next in order will be Mime. Adelaid
Norwood, tho creator in America of tn
itle roles in Puccinrs La Tosca." ~
Boheme," and Mime. Butterfly" Sh
will sing grand opera ariaS and IA
miliar ballads. Another offering will b
the Western production, "Cheyenn
Days" with Louise Mulhall and sevel
cowboys in broncho- busting. ropinG
rough riding, high school saddle riding
lassoing, and other typical ranch sports
Maud Edna Macy and company viii
include their one-act comedy, "a Time
lily Awakening" Weston, Fields an
Carrolls and their dance songs will b
a comedy feature. Mr.. Quick, tn
amusing cartoonist; the Weavers, Il
The Butterfly" and the Archers, an
new photoplane daylight motion pic
lures of recent international events, ar
the remaining numbers.
A newspaper man, through his con
slant contact with people, learns tn
peculiarities of human nature muc
faster than any other person. Campbell
B. Casad, q newspaper man, found hu