The Washington times., 1913-01-26
GERTRUDE HOFFMAN
COMES NEXT WEEK
IN CLASSY REVIEW
Will Give Ten Performances Of
broadway to Paris" at the
BeIasco Theater.

Directly from New York and Boston
Gertrude Hoffman, in the New Yorh
Winter Garden revue, Broadway tc
Paris" will flash upon the local thea
tergoers at the Belasco on February .
The attraction IL here for ten perform
ances, six nighIs and four matinees on
Tuesday. Wednesday, Friday, and Sat
urday.
Broadway to Paris Is properly
called q revue, because that title may
mean almost everything and anything,
and all sorts of entertainments may
come under its head A better name for
the affair might be Rapid Transit" for
the features rush along with such speed
that they overlap eacn other.
Washington will be favored for the
week beginning February 3 by the scin-
tiIlating presence of Miss May Irwin,
widely heralded as "the funniest woman
In America" The Nationals patrons
need no introduction to this comedienne,
for she has been the disseminator Of
laughter throughout the continent for
many seasons. and besides Is a landed
proprietress In the Thousand ISLANDS,
where she spends her idle weeks.
widow by Proxy" is the play selected
for this years tour, and II Is declared 70
be the very ysdis. pHs. q in wn;sn Ine I the Jolly
star has appeared. The title certainly
suggests a wide scope for wholesome
fun, and the reputation Of the author,
Catherine Chisholm Gushing. mas been
established through several noteworthy
laughing successes.
management Miss Irwin Is touring nave
surrounded the star with very supe-
rior company.
IT Ia announced that Julian Eltinge
nbo.e admirers in this city are legion.
is scheduIed for a weeks engagement
at the Columbia Theater beginning
next Monday. .., ,,-
ing Widow" the success OF which play
broke ali records at the same theater on
tbs occasion of his last visit, but II
will be a new widow from head 10
foot. one eowred in a new array OF ere
ations which are said to mark abso-
Iutely the final word In the modiste
art. Eltinge's forthcoming engagement
viii be in the nature OF fareweu IN
this play, as arrangements are now
under way for his appearance at tue
JulIan Eltinge Theater, in New YORK
next season in another production. IL
is said that Manager A. III. Woods mas
spared no expense to make tne E,sinse he rs
membered by Incorporating so many
new features that theaterEoers may De
prepared to see an entirely new enter
tainment.
Chase's next week will appeal with
equal force to fans" and fun lovers,
as among the array of stellar novelties
the compelling attraction viii be the
baseball celebrity, Hughie Jennings
manager Of the Detroit Tigers. and
the popular blackface comedian, Ben
smith. in their successful baseball sa-
tire. THE New Mascot, enaDnng MT.
Jennings to sing, to give his famiiiar
whistle. to let out some of his piercing
"Eh-yah'' battle cries, and to divulge
the meaning Of his "srass-root play
ing signals.
Avon Comedy Four in the New school
Teacher" An idyllic episode, Drift
ing" will be offered by Agnes Scott
and Henry Keane. An equestrian nov
city may be expected from the Austrai-
ian circus staIs. May Wirth and the
Wirth Family. imported for the Bar
mum g. Bailey circus.
The San Francisco Dancing Quartet
will present their Sierran and Texan
fiesta dances. Adler and airline VIII
include a unique skit. ''The Hypnotized
Adonis, and Pierre his canine come
dian. are another unusual addition.
"Fisherman's Luck" kinemacolor
comedy drama, will be shown. The
pipe organ recitals at 1:36. 7:3o, and
interrnission will continue their varied
programs On Friday afternoon, Feb
Iuary Z, there will be nc vaudeville
matinee, as the theater has been rented
to the Philadelphia Chicago Grand
Opera Company.
February 8 will be Welcome Home"
night at Polls when the popular stock
company, which filled the big Avenue