Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-10-22
Columbia.

1t is refreshing to find a star display
ing the good taste to surround herself
with an able. gOod-lOOking and well
dressed company as Henrietta Crosman
does at the Columbia Theater in THE
Real Thing" by Catherine Chisholm
Cushing which she brought to Wash
ington last night for the second time. And
it is worth while noting that in selecting
an ingenue to play the part of Olive
Wycoff, the 'Understudy,' for the first
time in Washington, Miss Crosman fol-
lowed the precedent set in selecting the
other members of her company and chose
Welba Lestina.
1t is important to say this. because it
would have been SO easy for Miss Cros-
man to make a mistake. stars less
able than Miss Crosman sometimes do
in this respect. Miss Lestina, however.
does not by any means Overshadow any
! member of Miss Crosman's company, for
the presentation of the brilliant comedy
was thoroughly enjoyable one in every
respect 1t was quite evident Miss CroS
man herself enjoyed the part of Jessie
Lorraine. the widow, much that her
audience also necessarily did so. Cath
crime Gushing, the author, has made
delightful use of fiction to point a moral.
1t is fair to presume that most of the
married people, or those thinking of
entering the matrimonial state who saw
the play last night left the theater with
the definite idea that misunderstanding
| is much finer art than husband-get-
ting, and the sober second thought that
impelled the realization of this after the
laughter at the flashing epigrams and
amusing situations subsidized also COM
PEELED serious attention to the fact that
the wholesome moral was written and
principally presented by women who. to
say the least, ought to know their sub
ject.
Fred Tiden. as Richard Grayson, the
husband; Josephine Lovett, as Kate
Ia Wi hort
Bradley, the old beau: Welba Lestina,
as Olive Wycof. the understudy with
whom the husband nearly has firta-
ton because his wife is neglectfuI of him
solely on account of her interest i'm her
children and home to say nothing of the
children, Joyce Fair and Joe Wallace
seemed in their way all as good as Miss
Crosman in the part of the widow who
knows so much about husband keeping
Casino.
Whether or not Sgnor Amadeo Pas
seri, who claims to be the youngest con-
cert band director in the world, has gath
cred around him twenty solo artists, a s
billed. the fact remains that Pas.seri's
Concert Band, which is the Offering ex-
traordinary of the Casino Theater bill
this week. is an organization of great
musical ability. Its brilliant program
is artistically rendered throughout, and
at all the performances yesterday and
last evening il deservedly received an
ovation. The band is well balanced and
responds spendidly to the wand of it's
director, who proved himself an artist |
In the Interpretation Of his numbers,
which. 1t is announced, will be changed
every day.
supplemental bill of musical and /
laugh-making features includes Billy |
Barlow. the veteran minstrel. in an
amusing blackface act: Iibbey and Tray |
er. in THE New Buffalo BILL which |
blends song with comical chatter: Marie |
King Scott, in isis Hopkins mono
logue that is very funny; Faust and |
Faust, eccentric musicians. whose selec- |
tons are pleasing and their violin duet |
unique, and Vincent and Carr, in a |
"curbstone comedietta" that had it's ad- |
mrers and received it's share of applause. |
New motion pictures complete bill that
is thoroughly enjoyable.