The Washington times., 1913-10-12
NATIONAL T0OEFER
STRANGE WOMAN"
Unique Character. Conceived
by. HurIbut, to Be Played by
Elsie, Ferguson.

| runs through 1.-The Strange Woman
the new comedy in which Klaw & Err
! LANCER announce Elsie Ferguson Thi.
dainty and talented star will be the at
traction at the New National Theatel
for a week beginning Monday. October
70. with matinees Wednesday and Satur-
| day. g.. .:-, r..
The seat sale for Miss Ferguson in her
| new Offering will begin Thursday next.
| Mr.. Hurlburt is best known as the au-
| thor of The Fighting Hope drama
in which Blanche Bates starred, and
also "The Writing on the waIL",a seri-
Gus play treating with the Trinity tene-
ments, in New York. which was in the
repertoire of Miss Nethersole for two
| seasons. II ..-4-. -
/ The scenes in .The Strange Woman
are laid In a small town of Central Iowa
where the heroine. Inez@ de Pterrefond,
or the community. John Hemingway
Her advanced Views, the result of a
| long residence in Continental Europe,
quite upset the community, and Mr..
Hurlburt. from all accounts is to be
credited with having evolved in Inez a
most interesting and unusual character.
klaw & ErIauger have staged THE
strange Woman" with their customary
good taste. and a carefully chosen and
Wen balanced coterie Of actors, includ-
ing Charles d. ~Wa1dron, who. as lead
ing man, will appear in the stars sup
port.
Excuse Me-" a farce with one laugh
IN II, a laugh tnat begins with the play,
iGsts until the audience is out on the
he at the Columbia Theater following
b The Red Canary. S. T. King is send
ing this Rupert Hughes farce hit here
aiter 1t had STAYED long enough in New
York to prove that the great Broadway
public considered il good thing to
up and get a laugh. Excuse Me" has
all the best features of a play of its
class, novelty, wft, humor. satire. 1t Is
brlsk, lively, and genuinely American.
The farce Is located on railroad train.
The stage settings are the Pullman cars
of an overland limited express and the
characters are the passengers and train
crew. F..
Episodes of trip from Chicago to
Reno are the basis of the comedy. 1t
happening every mile and every MINI
ute. and all of it is delightfully."- anus
ing. There is real adventure in this
play. feature not common to farce.
In fact. Excuse Me" is a play. for
while naturally the prevailing note Is
comedy, there is modern romance, with
several love stories of the kind people
like to hear about and read about and
see. -..
Nothing is impossible. to u.s. say
The Five Frankforters" "if we stand
together" The great five-four broth
ers and nephew--are the bankers of
worldwide repute, each the head Of
branch in one of the various European
capitals. Their old mother still lives
in Frankfort, but in spite of her age
she holds her place as head of the fam
lily, and her advice Is still sought and
respected.
1t was generally known before '"The
New York that the play was basel on
an episode in the early historysef the
famous house of Rothschild. 1t Is Ger
man, of course. and was first presented
in Berlin: then later in Paris.
New York saw the comedy last spring,
and II remained for a very1l long period.
Messrs. Shubert were the producers, and
II is this firm which Is sending the de-
lightful play to the Belasco Theater
next week.
Clyde Fitch's most successful comedy,
Barbara Frietchie.",. will be revived at
Polls Theater next week. This famous
love story of civil war days in Mary
land has never been presented by stock
in Washington. Its settings depict
eric and Hagerstown fifty years ago,
and its appealing story is peculiarly in
teresting to Washington theatergoers.
Miss Jewel will play the role created
by Miss Julia Marloxe, and Mr.. Nc
Allister will be seen as the officer of
the Union Army. for love of whom Bar
bara defied an army, and was protected
from the consequences of her act by |
Gen. Stonewall Jackson.
attraction, Clifton Crawford, the pop !
ular comedian. successfully starred in
Three Twins" The Quaker Girl" and |
My Best Girl for next week. COM |
mencing at the Monday matinee. Octo- |
ing Sunday night Mr.. Crawford will |
offer, il is stated, his cleverest and |
funniest collation. of songs and stories.
The added stellar feature of the pro-
gram will be Bessie wynn 1ncsan
Lulu Mcconnell, Grant Simkson and
company, in The Right Girl" by Her
bert Hall Winslow, Mr.. and Mrs. Jimmy
Barry, Bert Melrose. the famous inter
trio including Arthur Stone. the Clock
ers, the Azard Brothers. and kinema-
color production, are included in the
bill.
The Common Law" is announced as
the attraction for the week of October
% at the Academy Theater. In the pro-
IUctiOn of this drama A. ii. W oods mas
employed the story of the same name
by Robert W. Chambers. whose society
novel. The Common Law. which ap-
peared in a leading periodical, aroused
much comment in the press.
Billy f. Watson. TIE funny little
DutC hman with the funny little glide,
With the Girls from Happy land. Will
De- next weeks attraction a the Gage
IL. The entertainment carries the
.uarantee of Gus IIurtig's name. and
he Crescntation here will he the first
in Washington. The story
. told in the form of a two-act musical
comedy depicting scenes in Paris which