The Washington times., 1914-08-30
COMING PLAYS.

| Labor Day will mark the opening Oi
the New National Theatcr for the sea
son of 19li-15. nnd as the first atrac-
ton the management announces one of
the important premieres of the season.
| Klaw e ErlanGer will present. under
the personal direction of Henry Miller.
the new play by Austin Strong. The
| Dragons Claw" The play will be very
| pretentious in scenery and effects. and
the cast will number more than a hun
dred people. The scenes are laid in
China during the Boxer uprising, in
which the American troops and the al
lies played so important n part. Mr.
Strong is probably best known through
his earlier work, The Toymaker of
Nuremberg" and THE Little Father of
the Wilderness" IN which Francis Will
son starred, and in which Mr.. Strong
and LLOYD OSbOurne cOllaborated. Prom
inent in the large cast will be found
among others. Frank Mills. Frederic de
Belleville, Paul Everton. Lowell .Sher-
man. Robert Peyton Gibbs, Gladys Han
son. Ida Waterman, Mabel Mortimer.
Emmy Oswald, and Grace Lyon. The
advance sale of seats will begin on
Thursday next.
"A Fool There Was" based upon the
Rudyard kipling poem. is announced as
next weeks attraction at PoIi's. The
story begins with a remarkable scene
big ocean liner Is about to sail for
Europe. crowd Of tourists and their
friends hustle about the deck A hag-
gard young man wildly seeks the
woman who has ruined him, to kill
her. She saunters on. crimson garbed.
The boy threatens her. She surveys him
with amusement. shot rings out. The
lad Is a suicide. A moment later, she
Is looking into the eyes of well-poised
man OF the world. That is the begin
ming OF the play built around the crea-
tion. whom Kipling strips to a Rag
a Bone and Hank Of Hair
The week beginning with Labor Day
will be observed a: the B. F. Keith
Theater with a bill offering for its
premiere here, Sergeant Bagby." play
ed by a noteworthy cast. Another star
offering will be Ray Samuels, who re-
toices in the title OF "Ragtime's Blue
Streak" Third among the conspicuous
attractions will be the Great Leon
and his company. giving fifteen mystify-
ing Illusions The bill will also include
Ben Ryan and Hariette Lee. Edwin
George. the comedian and burlesque
magician, The Two Cartons, The
Phlegmatic Acrobats:" Fritz and Lucie
Bruch. the concert stars: the Flying
Martins. the news pictorial, and the
pipe organ recitals.
With an array of novelties and fea-
ture films that will outdo any program
ever seen in this city. the Lyman Fl
Howe travel festival will begin its third
and last week at the Columbia Theater
week from tomorrow night. To prop
erly present II, Mr.. Howe will send TO |
Washington A special corps OF experts |
to operate the intricate sound effects |
that prove so distinctive and import |
ant feature OF the Howe offerings.
Zen Welch will be seen at the Gayety |
Tht2ter next week with a brand new !
show. There Is n wealth of music color. ,
beauty. and everything goes with 4 |
dash and sparkle. The electrical novel !
ties form one Of the biggest sensations
seen In burlesrue. The cast includes |
Florence Rother. Minnie Bud Harri- !
son. Fred Florence, Mabel Howard Pat |
Kearney. Frank P. Murphy and twenty /
American Zouaves.
The week Of September will bring
Garden Theater. the main attraction on
Monday. Tuesday and Wednesday will
be filmization of Gerhart HauDt- |
mann's Atlantis" Thursday and Fri |
day the principal feature will he The +.
BOUNDARY Riders" and Saturday the !
feature attraction will be charming !
portrayal in films of Nell Gwynne." !