The Washington times., 1913-06-26
IN M|zzOURA" HAS
ITS OPPORTUNITIES
A. H. Van Buren, Has Great
Role in Which to Display
Real Talent.

Admirers OF the Columbia Players
leading man, A. H. Van Buren, will
be delighted the coming week when
they will see him at the Columbia
Theater In the best role in which he
has appeared this season.
1t is that of Jim Radpurn, the
stanch and ragged sheriff of Pike
county, in Nat. c. Goodwin's most
successful drama, In Mizzoura." Tine
play is one of the series of geographical
most of American dramatists. Angus.
tus Thomas, and by many Is regarded
as equal to. If not better than, its COM
panfon, Alabama"
Mr.. Goodwin found it The vehicle
that raised him to the more pretentious
drama in which he subsequently shone,
its four acts being laden with dramatic
situations and closely drawn charactert-
cations that have added to the fame
of many actors and actresses. That
these opportunities will be made the
most of by the Columbia Players is
foregone conclusion, and series of de-
lightful character studies may be an
ticipated.
A play of today, by Marion Fairfax,
originally produced by Henry B. Harris,
at the Harris Theater, New York, where
il ran for six months, and with Tully
Marshall on tour. with overwneiming sd NM,
week-''The Talker. The story is vi
tai and gripping. and contains a world
of bright Hnes and evidence of a wom-
ans intuition in the cleverly conceived
by-play.
The heroine of THE Talker'' is a
woman filled with ideas of platonic
friendship with man, and the right to
1--we ones life as one sees fit. Although
she works no real harm to herself, her
husbands young sister listens, and
taking her theory to heart, elopes
with a wealthy man, who in the end, ii
develops. is married.
The working out of this situation. the
regeneration of The Talker" and the
rehabilitation of the hcme, occupies the
last act, and provides a strong SYM
pathy Tor the husband, whose life is
devoted to the maintenance of his
house, the care, of his wife and the
strict observance of the tthics that
1t holds the mirror Of nature up to
such women as look upon marriage as
only means to provide ease and COM
fort, without giving to their husbands
panionship that marriage ought to
bring.
'sThe Seven Diving Girls" who made
such a sensation earlier in the season
at the Cosmos Theater in THE Water
Nymphs' Carnival" will return next
week In their aquatic novelty, as the
headline offering. Supplementing them
will be five acts of vaudeville. Thurs
day night, the management announces.
there will be a diving contest for boys.
and Friday night one for girls, both
under careful supervision A hand
some silver, loving cup will be offered
as prize in each contest. which will be
held in the mammoth diving tank used
by the Water Nymphs, and expert
judges will pass upon the merits of the
contestants. AS usual there will be 8
series of motion picture comedies and
the Pathe Weekly Review of the world S
big events.
The Washington engagement of the
Justly famous pictures of Captain
Seott's hazardous march inquest of the
South Pole is. rapidly drawing to a
close, but two performances each day
during the current week remain of the
highly successful five weeks here. No
entertainment of its kind. or of any
class, has ever before been known to
play for stay of such length of time,
which proves the popularity of this
thrilling story of adventure.
Hundreds have been in attendance
from two to four times, always return
ing with friends, of whom their en-
thusiasm has taken possession. This
record-breaking engagement might be
prolonged indefinitely did not bookings
elsewhere make IL necessary to termi-
nate the exhibition Saturday night. A
decade may pass ere such scenes are
SHOWN again.