The Washington times., 1913-12-07
COLLIER COMING TO
NATIONAL THEATER
"A Little Water on the Side"
Is Vehicle for Popular Come
dian This Season.

st the National Theater for the week
beginning December Is william Collier
will be seen in his newest comedy "a
Little Water on the Side" Mr.. Collier
is a comedian whose visits to Washing
ton are always welcome. and since his
newest vehicle is the work of himself
and Grant Stewart, and since these col
laborators> were also responsible for the
comedians greatest success, 'Caught In
the Rain" much may be expected OF
their newest effort.
William Collier is funmaker OF de-
lightful methods, and his humor has
always been clean and free from coarse
ness. In "a Little Water on the Side,
the comedian is said to have one of the
best roles he has had in recent seasons.
Mr. Golfers supporting company has
been chosen by Charles Frohman, and
includes Paula Mari, William Collier,
jr.. Jessie Glendenning, Dorothy Unger,
Goodspeed, Grant Stewart. Charles Dow
Clark. Henry Weaver, Nicholas Judels,
John Adam, Edward Moore, William
Ward and James Sheeran. "A Little
Water on the Side is in three acts.
One of the treats of the local theatre
cal season is foreshadowed in the an
nouncement that Within the Law"
with Helen Ware in the leading role Of
Bayard VeiIlers absorbing new play Of
medern American life. is to be pre-
sented at the Belascoi next week.
This drama, which has been critically
commended as possessing the most en-
crossing human interest story given the
stage in a decade. has for its central
character a pretty and quick-wftted
young woman who is wrongly convicted
of stealing. She serves three years in
prison, comes out determined to "go
straight" is betrayed time and time
again by the police, and finally is forced
to abandon the effort to honestly earn a
livelihood and live by her wits
At last she revenges herself upon the
man who sent her unjustly to prison by
Turing his son into marriage And then
she falls in love with him.
George Kleine's photodrama produc-
ton OF Bulwer Lytton's idyllic love
story, THE Last Days of Pompeii,
which comes to the Columbia Theater
next week. is said to be one of the most
beautiful achievements of photography.
Made in Italy, 1t bears the perceptiblt
| impress of the true artistic spirit.
The spectator is introduced again to
| Nydia, the blind flower girl: Glaucus
the handsome Greek: lone. the beauti-
| full Athenian: ApeCides, her brother;
Arbaces, the wicked Egyptian priest OF
| Isis, and nemesis of the lovers; Straton-
| lea and Burbo, the keepers of the
tavern; the sorceress of Vesuvius, and
| in fact, to all the characters who served
| the brilliant Bulwer Lytton to revive
the memories of one of the gayest
| ancient cities OF the world.
Polls Theater announces for next
band" the comedy written by Clara
Lipman and Samuel Shipman, in which
Louis Mann achieved one of the big
successes of his career.
The play tells the story of a crude
and unlearned man OF business whose
| classical education is limited to a mas
| terry OF the box score and the batting
| league ball players. The man in the
| casa has made huge success as the
proprietor of a string of scent stores.
But his wife is deeply panied because
! he never even heard of Schopenhauer,
and is otherwise uncultured, not to say
the uplift art and the ''high-brow''
| road. She becomes infatuated with an
artistic soul whose hair is long and
black, but who Is four weeks behind on
his board bill. The development of the
story tells of the wife's efforts to ele-
Ndle the S0e mas
| ried, and its disastrous result
Comedy. music, and novelty will hold
undisputed sway at B. f. Keith S
| theater next week. Belle Story, a
| coincidence, who delightful voice en-
have Won success will be the chief at
| traction. Next in Importance Will be
| Edward Abeles and Company in his
latest farce. \ third. Harry Gilfoil. one
of Washington's talented native sons.
| will offer as THE Baron" a new line
numbers will be Prince Lai Mon Kim.
| Chinese entertainer; Lola. Merrill and
| Frank Otto in the comedietta. Her
Daddy's Friend His Secretary" the
| Congressional comedy by Mrs. \. 5.
Burleson, the wife of the present post
| master general; the Four Bards. LO
Lotte. the roller skating Russian bear;
| the Pathe motion pictures of current in
| tcrnational events. and the pipe organ
| reCitals.
| The Academy announces as its attrac-
| tiCu for the week Of December 10 the
delightful and tuneful musical comedy.
| The Newlyw eds and Their Baby y
| The plot has to do with the famous
| George NcManuS triO-LOvey. Dovey,
anG Snookums-and the comedy. while
| uproariously funny. is wholesome. The
| book is by Aaron Hoffman and Seymour
| West. and the music and lyrics by
| Mcssrs. Brown and John w. Bratt6n.
The piece Is one of the greatest musical
| comedies of the present season, while
the cast and chorus are far above the
| average.
| The Rosalind Girls Company, with
| Solic Ward and Eddie Swartz in the
leading roles, of the twO-act musical
comedy burlesque entitled Society a
Ia Carte will. be the attraction at the
| Gaycty Theatcr for next week. Many
! scenes and Il series of novel vaudeville
| features, with a long list of songs and
| dialogue, 20 20 make up this new en-
| tertainment bv Butch Cooper and Tom
McRae. with songs and lyrics by Billy
II - lAVIlIEYY