The Washington times., 1914-08-12

The program for the Six Walker bene-
At at the Poll Theater Sunday night
/ next, has been about completed and 1t
embraces practically the entire STATS
of the Columbia and Poll Players. The
sale of seats which opened Monday
promises a packed house. The distinc-
tive feature Of the program decided
| upon is its variety and the opportunity
that will be given to see the favorite
players Of the two stock companies
at their very best. Miss Jewel, Mr.. Van
Buren, and Miss Bernard will have a
| sketch Of a sort entirely new. Gretchen
Hood will sing some of the great arias
| that have made her prima donna Of
| the Century Opera Company in New
York. Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Holt, with
| their own orchestra, will give a demon
| stration Of the newest drawing dances
feature they were holding out for
the beginning of their season in vaude-
| vile under the Keith-Orpheum auspices,
,, but which they have consented to show
here for the first time. Miss Whalen,
whose voice is well known in Washing
ton, will sing also. Like Miss Hood,
Miss Whalen is a pupil of Mrs. A. l.
Goodhue. who is training both young
women for this particular performance
walter Hollis Nordica Mandolin and
Guitar Club will probably open the show
and In addition to these extras there
VIII be the sketches, dances and must
cal numbers by the members OF the
Two stock companies and from the Cos
mos Theater.
One Of the most entertaining hills NJ
the season is promised for next week
At the Columbia Theater where the
SoIumola Players will be seen in Marie
Iempests farcical triumph, 1.-THE Mar
rage OF Kitty" 1t is described as a
comedy in three acts. adapted from the
French of Nine. F. de Gresac and M.
+. de Croisett by Cosmo Gordon Lem
nox. Dorothy Bernard is to pIay the
role OF Miss Katherine Silverton, other
wise known as Kitty, the part in which
Miss Tempest dazzled the London pub
lie when the piece was originally pro-
duced. A. H Van Buren, will be Sir
REGINALD Belsize. The play will be
beautifully mounted and the costumes
The dramatic version of George
Barr McCutcheon's novel. "Graus-
tark," with Washington man for
its hero. has been selected for pre-
sentation next week by the Poll
: Players. The play breathes the spir-
IT Of adventure, and tells a modern
story that sets the nerves tingling
and the pulses leaping. 1t is a realis-
tic narrative Of a young Americans
the daughter of a King. The central
figures of the romance are Grenfall
Lorry. a young Washingtonian, and
the Princess Yetive of Graustark The
romance begins on board a train east
bound from Denver to New York, and
continues in the quaint little king
dom of Graustark. Miss Jewel will
be seen as the Princess Yetive Of
Graustark. and Mr.. Brickert will have
the role of Grenfal Lorry.
The forthcoming engagement OF the
Kleinschmidt Carnegie Museum Alaska
Siberia Arctic Hunt pictures at the Be
lasco theater. beginning next Sunday
afternoon. has aroused the interest Of
all local playgoers. Capt F. E. Klein
schmidt, the noted big game hunter and
explorer decided to obtain scientific
specimens and moving pictures that
would outclass anything previously at
tempted by anyone. Having spent If
teen years in the Arctic regions. know
ing just where TO go and having the
whole expedition under his command,
the venture proved to be a great sue
cess.
The Honeymoon Girls" burIesquers
open the season OF the Gayety Theater
next Monday matinee. The organiza-
ton is one well known in this field
of entertainment and has the reputa-
! ton of being one OF the very best on
| the road. The title of the new two-act
musical burlesque to be presented is
The Girl. the Man, and the Widow"
/ in which Fhil OFT is the principal come
dian, assisted by Alice Lazar and James
| Rowland.
| For one week starting August a. pa
! irons of Glen Echo Park will have an
! opportunity TO see one OF the best
vaudeville thrillers of recent years. The
management of the resort has arranged
! to bring to the park Marie Thelin. bill
ed as the worlds greatest high fire
| diver, and twice a day during the week
| she will dive from the top OF a fifty
! foot tower. a mass of flames, into five
| feet OF water. There will be no charge
| for admission.
In addition to Al Whites group of
| ''Songbirds" and Van and Carrie Avery
! in the amusing farce, Making the
| Movies" held over from the first half
Of the week. the Cosmos program be-
ginning tomorrow will contain two dis
| tinct novelties, a beautiful art pro-
| duction and a newcomer In the realm
| OF song, dance, and repartee Will be
presented. headed by Leon's Models.
De Varo and Zemater. IN a triple bar
| GCrObat'c comedy. viii be Big novelty
| and Ed Winchester. XyloDh0n'st and
| WhistleT. Sullivan and Reynolds arc
| aid TO have new songs and dance steps
| interlarded with sparkling wit. Friday
the Cosmos country store will be an