The Washington times., 1913-09-07

-Four attractive washington girls, the
Misses Richie Mclean, Josephine Mack,
make the quartet which will sing plan
tation melodies and other songs Of the
Old South in Under Southern Skies
at Polls Theater this week.
Helen Tracy, who appeared with
Grace George. Cuyler Hastings and
Ralph Stuart in the original production
Of Under Southern Skies will be seen
tomorrow night at Polls Theater in the
role of the Southern Nanny" known
in the story at Aunt Doshey."
The rehearsals of The Honeymoon
Express" the Winter Garden produc-
ton, which is to go on tour beginning
begun a few days ago in New York with
Ned Wayburn in charge. The cast
is headed by Al Jolson. Other promi-
nent players in the cast are Melville
Ellis, Juliette Dika. Ada Lewis. Ray
Samuels, Anna Wheaton. Doyle and
Dixon, Donald Macdonald, +. Owen
Baxter. Artie Mellinger, and Allan
Brooks.
A play for the use of William II.
Crane this season is being written by
Winchell smith and Victor Mapes. 1t
and is based upon Bronson Howard s
The Henrietta" which was a mile
stone in Mr.. Cranes career as a come
dian. '''
The management OF the Cort Theater.
Chicago, Is planning to revive The
Double Cross by George Bronson
Howard and Wilson Miner. The play
was first produced four wears ago under
the name OF The Only Law" and was
the first Of the underworld plays. En-
NETT Corrigan Is TO have the principal
part in the revival.
A new American farce called "A Run
Fer Your Money" by John Golding. is
dramatiZed from a story about a Mexi-
con revolution, which is postponed in
attend horse race in Juarez and bet
the treasury of the budding republic
upon an outsider among the thorough
breds.
AL H. Wilson has given up the blonde
wig that his former managers thought as
necessary as a scenic production for a
German comedian. Mr.. Wilson says that
he has been keeping list of the differ
ent kinds Of real Germans he has met
during the last wear and that brown
hair is winner over blonde bY large
majority.
Laura Lenmcrs, who is Al II. Wilson'S
leading woman in "A Rolling Stone -
which comes to the Columbia Monday
night for the week, occupied similar
position with Grace George for eigh,
years In private life she is the wife OF
the star.
Resident Manager De Witt. of the r
+. Keith Thcater. states that B. r
Keith has approved plans calling for
the expenditure Immediately of 5000
in improvements intended to make the
Theater more beautiful and hospi,able
than before Fully cne-fourth of the
amount will be spent in placing car.
pets throughout the playhouse.
"The Poor Little Rich Girl one Of tn.
surprises Of last season is the importan,
announcement for an early local presen.
tation. This charming fantasy is pre-.
sented by klaw and Erlanger. who have
spared neither time nor money to assure
production on tour superior to that
seen at the Hudson Theater. New York
last season when il ran for 1877 consecu.
tive performances.
One of the novel features of AL H.
Wilson's new play. "A Rolling Stone. 81
in which he will be seen at the Column
bia Theater next week, and one that
will be OF especial interest to the chill
dren. is a Punch and Judy show. in
troduced by couple of strolling Sypsies
who play parts in the working out OF
an intensely interesting plot.
The Fourth Estate is soon to he
put into moving pictures by the Vita
graph Liebler Feature Film Company.
No play of newspaper life ever rang so
strong play by Joseph Medill Patterson
and Harriet Ford. 1t IL admirably
adapted to pictorial representation.