The Washington times., 1912-07-18
QUAINT MRS. W|GGS
AS ATTRACTION OF
COLUMBIA PLAYERS
IPathos and Comedy Mingled
in "Close to Nature"
Play.

Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbags Patch
will command the attention of patrons
of the Columbia Theater next week,
when the Columbia Players will present
in this one of the most charming home
ly plays the American stage has seen.
1t would be impossible to imagine a
more welcome theatrical attraction, as
the play Is 80 logically true to human
nature.
So genuinely good and lovable is Mrs.
Wigs, and so stirringly do pathos and
comedy succeed each other that there
is little wonder that audiences through
out the world have taken so kindly to
this dear lady who has created no end
of fun for many seasons past from one
end Of the United States to the other.
In London the welcome was as en-
thusiastic as in this country, the Tri-
bune saying: I'VE are glad to know
Mrs. Wigs of the Cabbage Patch and
all the little Wiggses. They are a fam
lily Of which America may we'll be
proud"
In fact, critics everywhere have taken
kindly to Mrs. Wiggs," treating It not
as q play but as a picture Of life, and
all are unanimous in declaring that 1T
is clean and wholesome. and presents
in most convincing manner the joys,
sorrows, and romances of 'close-to-na-
'ture' people
The Poll Players, having made a big
. success in a crime story this week, will
keep up the atmosphere of criminology
and police activity next week.
The attraction selected for presen-
tation next week at Polls, to succeed
'"The Third Degree" is "A Gentleman
of Leisure" the brilliant melodramatic
farce comedy by John Stapleton and P.
g. Wodehouse. in which Douglas Fair
banks was starred season before last.
1t Is a story of the bizarre adventures
which befell wealthy young New York
clubman who, to win bet, turns burg
lar and breaks into the home of the girl
he loves.
The story is told in a quick. snappy
manner that keeps the tension at high
pitch Is theme is sss ya similar rsIa
like "Raffies." Alias, Jimmie Valen-
tine. Arsene Lupin." and The Deep
Purple" 1t offers the combination OF
love interest, melodramatic thrills. and
sparkling comedy. The whole subject is
treated In a whimsical vein that does
not detract from the sharp climaxes and
gripping appeal of the play.
1t should be mentioned in passing that
"A Gentleman Of Leisure" Is the Sec
ond play announced by Polls Theater
this month which is an absolute novelty
an washington. Like Inc fourtn Es-
tate next weeks attraction has en-
joyed a New York run. has demonstra-
ted its value in other big cities, has
been witnessed by Washington play
goers who visited New York. but has
Wan Buren, will be seen in the role of
the amateur cracksman. Miss Jewel
will play the girl of his dreams. Mr
Creedon." deputy commissioner Of po-
lice. Mr.. Penwarden has been selected
to play the character Of Spike" the
real burglar of the story.
II there is one summer retreat In
town which apparently defies the heat
and its discomforts, it Is probably the
LOFTY Belasco roof garden, on which are
being shown the unique and instructive
kinemacolor pictures Owing to the
necessity for darkness these perform.
ances do not commence until $50, but
from that time are continuously dis,
comers are sure Of enjoying the whole
performance.
For the convenience of those desiring
to sit and enjoy the cool. unobstructed
1880. with a musical program rendered
by an orchestra. In case of rain the
pictures are shown in the theater down,
stairs.
The picture subjects this week are
Only Son., "Assouan and the Pyramids
OF ESypt, Funeral OF the King Oi
Denmark" Richmond Royal Horse
Show" and THE Coronation of Kinl
George" The subjects for next week
beginning Monday night, will be: AMI
NAL Studies" Modern Poultry Farmins
IN England" Royal Review OF the
Niagara Falls and Cooling in Eng
land
With Rose Royal and her famous
borse, Chesterfield" and The Three
Musketeers" in a three-man sketch
called "A Day at the Barracks" the
Cosmos Theater management next weel
hopes to redeem its promise of at leas
one exceptional feature weekly from the
big circuits.
Novelties that will supplement the
big acts include The Four Dolly Dim.
pie Girls" a quartet of attractive younl
women, with handsome costume
changes, in a musical offering out OF
the ordinary; the Adams brothers ir
q unique offering described as a piano
comedy, in which two men and a piano
are the important elements; Helen Gan,
non, the first whistling soloist who
has visited Washington for a long time
and also accounted a pleasing vocalist
and Bob Stanley in antics on the slack
wire, in which acrobatics and comedy
are blended. The important events OF
the world in motion pictures form, a.
shown by the Pathe weekly review, will