The Washington times., 1912-12-29
ROSE STAHL HERE
IN MAGGIE PEPPER
At NEW NATIONAL
Well-Known Actress Comes
Next Week in Latest
Comedy.

In her latest success, Maggie Pep
per-" Miss Rose stahl will come 70 the
New National for one week beginning
Monday Of next week.
Maggie Pepper was written by
Charles Klein and tells the story Of a
department store girl. There II no
playwright In the United States today
with keener insight for the dramatic
possibilities Of everyday life than Mr..
Klein. who has written . drama really
In keeping with American life. a. the
average person sees II, and he handles
his theme with deft comedy. pretty SEN
timent and a meiodramstic sense none
too harsh. Miss stahl and an excellent
company bring all this out In their in
depreciation OF the story. telling one big
and several minor episodes In the life
OF Maggie Pepper In her work from
cash girl to buyer for big department
store.
Miss Stahl has earned her reputation
as one OF the foremost actresses on the
American stage by sheer worth. Years
OF hard. consistent characterization. in
day life as dramatic study. considers
ton for the public which supports the
theater. and first-class. thoroughly
American. sense Of hunaor highly deveI-
oped. have gained her the place she
~
THE Chorus Lady" will always stand
| as one OF the finest creations OF an
American type. and Maggie Pepper.
while radically different by reason OF
be no less marked for its. revelation Of
the mental attitude Of the woman of
the department store.
Thomas 4. Shea will open a week 9
engagement at the Academy on Monday
next. Offering three dramas. two from
his well.knOwn repertoire. and the other
his latest great success, "a Man and
His Wife,. The play is dramatisa-
tion OF Samuel shipman'e widely read
novel The SPELL s,. 1t S,nh furnishes !. ,,tS,k MT:
to esta blish popularity even more FIRMLY
with the thcater-gOinE public,
MIR. shea viii otter two plays the public
&r' NJ: HsSe lfsses' and ID TSs :SSs sti; '"'
Charles Leonard Fletcher. the charac,
ter impersonator, will head the bill a.
PE,s for the week S Si. Sf Jasm%arS snnr.,Sn. Mr
many Of the mos, famous characters o9r
the stage. Second In Importance vii
be the Telephone Girls. presenting {
miniature musical comedy, with elab
song numbers. The Wilson Brothers
German comedians. offer an amusing
dialogue: the Young, Baldwins Will b.
heard In q musica specially; Her
sent the acrobatic end OF the entertain
ment, and Meehan's Dogs will close tn
bill with children's speciality.
THE Bowery Burlesqucrs" will follow
the Cay Masqueraders' at the Gayet,
next week. The "Bowery" company Il
a Joe Hurtig organization and It Il
staged with the usual Hurtig elaborate
ness OF costumes and scenic enects. .
The cast Is headed By two ortEtna
runmakers. Eddie F'itzgerald and Jacl
Quinn. The leading feminine role VII
bo assumed BY the statuesluc Mabe'i'
Morgan, with Minnie Lee. Edna Green
LILLIAN Vedder and Keeler and Dol
prominent In the cast.
.Thc plain Clothes Man Is the nam,
Of the amusing two-act comedy whicl
will be presented. kceler and Don VII
mako their first appearance In bur
lesaue. presenting their remarkable jug
Cling act.
The "Oriental Burlesquers." open
weeks engagement at the Lyceum mex
week. 1t Is said to be a large and ex
.. pensive organization. which number
forty people. The comedians have ncv
Jokes 10 offer. together with several o
"At the Costumers'' and "Juarez (Wa
As 49," the latter a burlcsQue on tn
recent war In Mexico, which gives tn
comedians ample chance to show thet
talent and ability at producing laughs
are included.
|, A number OF specialties are intro
duccd In the all-star olio. among ther
being, VIII II. Ward. Burton an
Dixon. comedians; Jack Dempsey
knocka bout comedian: Charles Blak.
, Gertie De 'Milt, Grace Harvard Lixett
: Howe. Patsy Conroy, the sWisard OF tn
| ! violin. and a large chorus. Frida
night the country store will be
feature. -, 81.