The Washington times., 1912-08-22
EUGENE WALTERS
THE WOLF" TO Be
COLUMB|A'S BILL
F Street Players Will Pre-
sent Play Of the
Northwest.

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THE Wolf" will be revived next week
at the Colr,Gabia Theater by the Colum-
bia Players, with an attention to de-
tail that promises to transplant TO the
Columbia stage the scenes, the atmos-
| phere and the simple life of the Ca
| madam woods.
THE Wolf" is a story of love that
thrills and inspires throughout its
action. though at no time falling into
| the melodramatic exaggerations that
are not appreciated by the higher class
| audiences. 1t tells the story of lone
girl. of scheming wolf in the guise
Of a man, of a hero the type of vigor
and strength. Throughout the play
there is a tenderness and natural Wis.
dom which depicts frontier life as u
nUud @steiy 0ty aeauainted al p with tie passions,
| impulses and motives which INSPIRE
men close to the heart Of nature
| With memories of a successful pro-
duction of "Three Twins" still fresh In
the public mind, an unusual amount OF
| interest is being shown in the an
nouncement that next week the Poll
Players will once again produce a
musical comedy. This time It is to be
George NJ. Cohan's musical success,
Little Johnny JONES'" which abounds
|
| and with the Cohan style Of song.
| A. H, Van Buren, is expected to re-
peat his musical success Of two months
| ago, when he appears In the role OF
THE Great Unknown" Miss JeWel
will appear in the singing and acting
role created by Truly Shattuck, MISS
Bondhill will have occasion to sing and and
dance a la Ethel Levy. Mark Kent Will
| play Jerry Cohan's role. and Miss Kent
will be seen in the Josephine Conan
part. -,u
| The regular Poll company will be
| augmented by a chorus Of thirty, ana
the costumes and electrical enects VII
| be on the elaborate scale which olstln
guished the staging Of rhree i"'"''
Zelda Sears, the unique coincidence
who appeared in many Of the Clyde
| Fitch comedies and who starred last
wear in THE Nest Egg" will next week
| make her first advent in vaudeville IN
! Washington. She is reported to nave
made a great hit in "A Wardrobe Wom-
an" This stsge-life episode is the work
Of Edgar Allen Woolf. just now con-
spicuous as vaudeville author. An
extra offering will be the Nine Bells
Mexico's latest musical sensation. The
melodies, music. and dances OF ma
tional fiesta in Mexico are presented In
picturesque. novel. and delightful man; I,,
|
be Lew Fields former comic adjutants,
Dorothy Brenner and Joseph Ratcliffe,
recruited from the Never Homes com.
pany. Their musical hit called srai A,
| the Flower Stand Is said to be hied
Tth agshHst most pSpuar 9S'Sas dy
my Mamma.
craft is promised by Jesse L; Lacky.
! who will offer VISIONS D. D'Arts," which,
in beauty and realism. It is said. marks
the summit of his achieye%ents; 1er ,I,at ~SaoS
Youngest OF all condolences. will sing a
la Dockstader. mimic a prima donna
rendering Of "Carissima," and other
wise charm her audiences. Patsy Doyle
comedian; the Josettv brothers, premier
Risley artists. and the animated weekly
will end the bill. At 1:3o 7:S0, and al
| intermissions there will be an organ
recital in the promenade lounge.
"Freckles," a dramatization of the
popular novel by Gene Stratton Porter
will be the attraction at the Academy
next week. This play scored so pro-
nounced a success that B. c. Whitney
owner of the Whitney Opera House
Chicago who was present at the open
ing performance, at once contracted foi
the play to be presented at his theatel
for a long engagement. The company
to be seen here is now en- route to the
Western metropolis for the Chicago run
A. G. Delamater, whose Beverly ano
"Graustark" scored such hits has t, iet,
cast obtainable. Perry Golden will play
the title role. and Ruth Gray. remem'
bered as the ingenue Of the David War
field skds e9%Pany 3o D1ay aas Geen especially en-
Other well-known players are Rooer,
Brook, who scored hits in many of the
Frohman productions; Bernard Johnson
James Kits. D0ugias Lawson rd 5eEhaeT HeieT
Judson. Delaney Barclay came from
London to create the role OF Duncan
the teamster.
stoned to paint the beautiful production
with which "Freckles" is mounted, has
succeeded in conveying the atmosphere
of the Limberlost, and has produced
some Of the most charming scenes .evel
staged. The play is in three acts, show
ing the dense forest, "Freckles Cathe
dral," and a room in a Chicago hos
pital.
The Lyman H. Howe Travel FestiVa
at the Columbia Theater Sunday nigh
will have but one repeat in the entir
program This has been decided upol
in Difference to the requests on the par
of those whose desires have beel
aroused by the reports of many VIII
!, sented three weeks ago. The Burial o
the Maine is the picture, so honored
Mr.. Howe having been particularly for
; tunate in obtaining an historical recor'
with which none other can compare
/ Every other subject on the extensiv
program will be entirely new. Amonl
them will be a unique tour through
Germany; a close inspection of Yer
sailles; the wonders of chemistry visu
allied by means of powerful micro
scopes, in conjunction with motion pho
tography; a mDTelous Photographic re
production of the growth of plants an
flowers. and host of other interesting
. subjects.
The Girls of the Gay White Way
will follow "The American Beauties a
the Gayety next week. THE Girls" vii
arrive in Washington fifty strong. an
Of this number forty are chorus girls
An interesting book has been provide
for the company by Don Roth, Will
Irving Berlin, famous ragtime composer
is responsible for the song hits whic
will be heard. There are twenty-seve
of these, and each one is said to be o
the same character which made Berlin
"Everybodys Doing It," THE Ragtim
Violin" and Its a Bear" instantane
Gus successes.
Miners Americans" will be the Ly
ceum Theater's offering next weel
with daily matinees'
| The Americans" comes with an en-