The Washington times., 1912-11-14
BIG WOODS SHOW
ON At NATIONAL
STARTING MONDAY
The Woman Haters' Club"
Scored Heavily in
New York.

A. H. Woods production OF "The
woman Haters' Club" an operetta
which has scored heavily at the Astor
Iheater. New York, and at the Burgen
Theater, In Vienna. comes to the Ma
tlanal next Monday night George V.
Hobart adapted the play from the Ger
man of Die Frauenfresser."
Leon. Stein and Karl Lindeau wrote
the original book. Edmund Eysler is
The Woman Haters' Club victor Her;
bert. without solicitation, pronounced
the play one of the best of It's kind he
haS ever seen. The plot OF the piece is
consistent. and the musical comedy Is I'm
nowise hodge-podge.
Each member OF the cast Is on inti-
mate speaking terms with the arts OF
acting and singing. Heading the array
Castles. Walter Lawrence. Joseph
Santley, Louis Anger. Snitz Edwards.
and Mrs. Stuart Robson. There are
eighty persons in the company. and
John Lund will wave the baton over the
orchestra OF thirty musicians.
The whirl of Society,"" the big New
York Winter Garden attraction which
will be seen at the Belasco Theater. on
November IS, 10 and 20, is one Of the
most elaborate entertainments ever
seen in this city. 1t Is offered by a
company of 100 people. among whom are
some of the best known entertainers OH
the stage. In addition to the two acts
of the piece. "A Night With the Pier
rots," fantastic interlude is offered
between the two acts. which makes the
entertainment practically continuous:
There Is a plot in the main part OF the
offering, but 1t is not one that VIII
public. II is simply a thread uron which
The CAV beads OF song, dance, quip. and
wheeze are strung. Mrs. J. Hemingway
Deane, played by Ada Lewis. is en-
aspiring pervenu. She has lots OF money
and Is trying to climb into society. She
gives many functions. to which many
are invited, and she attempts to win her
way by inviting members OF the British
nobility to her soirees.
All Jolson heads the cast, and some OF
the other prominent players are Ada
Lewis, Lawrence D'Orsay. and Lee
Hanison.
"The Trail OF the Lonesome Pine"
which comes to the Columbia Theater
next Monday night for weeks en-
gagement, is the story OF big humans,
big hearts and big purposes. Beyond
ali the futile spirit OF feudalism there
is the blue in the skies, canopying the
lonely rugged tree, the sweet spirit OF
June. and the iron-willed. masterful
Judd.
Klaw & Erlanger have given a most
elaborate production to Eugene Wal
ters dramatization Of John Fox, jr.'s
widely read book. and those who love
June in the romance will be more than
charmed with Miss Charlotte Walker
delightful presentation of the mountain
heroine, who has already become en-
shrined in the hearts of a million book
lovers.
Washington is to have it's first and
,only opportunity to see the most talked
of woman in the world. Gaby Deslys
at the Belasco Theater for FIVE perform
evenings and Friday and Saturday
matinees. The management has taken
pains in surrounding her with first
class company, as will be seen from the
Bernard. Melville Ellis. Clarence Har.
Clara Palmer, Pata Nicholson, Ernest
Hare. Miss Norton. Dorothy Parker
and the eight madcaps.
Besides there will be a startling ar
ray of fifty stunning Gaby Deslys Strl
selected from the theaters on the Bou
levards and the Great White Way. I
Is said that Gaby herself Is not onl!
an extremely pretty woman, but ais
very clever. and her dancing and he
singing have been applauded to tn
echo In New York, London. Paris, Ber
lin, and Vienna. Vera Violetta," tn
vehicle In which Gaby will be seen, &
the brim with catchy tunes and set II
u frame of rich scenic magnificance.
.
David Belasco will present at Chase'i
next week for the first time in thi,
CITY his recent vaudeville production
of 1.-THE Drums OF Dude" Belasco'i
formal entry into the field Of vaude
Vile production Is an epoch making
event. The playlet ran two consecu
tive years at the Duke Of York's Thea
ter. London, and Belasco selected 4
for his first venture in the new field
as It offered him unlimited opportunity
for the development of atmosphere ant
psychological effect.
The plot is based upon an actual in
cident occurring during the Sepoy mu
tiny in India, and Belasco has en-
veloped 1t in all the exotic fatal and
terror of the Orient noteworthy
company appears. among them f. ]
Ratcliff. Jack Standing: Harry Rose
John Thomson, w. S. Phillips. II. II
McCollum and Eleanor Scott L'Estelle
The added attraction will be th'
Broadway musical comedy comedian
Stuart Barnes. describing the trials o
would-be Benedict. ]. c. Nugent will