The Washington herald., 1914-03-08
Washington Iheaters Offer Wide Variety For This Week
Brilliant and Variegated Are Threads
OF Theatrical Fabric Here This Week

ere MS week
ised, in a wonderful array Of new CO.'S
TUNES.
'-rhe Pleasure Seekers is described as
] a gay round Of pleasure, joy tour
through the show places Of the world.
The book is by Edgar Smith. and the
music and lyrics are by E. Ray Goetx.
There are seventeen different musical
numbers In the piece.
There are said to be many remarkable
features In this attraction. Eight bsauti-
ful girls appear as models wearing 5000
! worth of costumes In which they are
seen for about Eve minutes scene
is also introduced showing the boule-
wards Of Paris with novel effects. and
besides there are new dances, including
remarkable one called the serpentine
tango. The play is enlivened at every
moment with new and catchy songs.
| which New York has been whistiinG since
the first performance of THE Pleasure
Seekers" Among them is Levi Is q
Grand Old Name" my Arverns Rose"
"A Uniform of Blue" 'I Have a Little
Chalet In the Valley "Sit Down You're
Rocking the Boat" Get Out and Get
Under" and Faust" sung to rastime.
'sPoli's-"KfndIinE.
Charles Kenyon's drama, "Kindling," a
play based upon the all-sacrincing i'm
pulse Of q mother to protect her unborn
babe. will be revived tomorrow night by
the Poll Players 'Kindling' was pro-
duced three years ago as starring vehi-
Gle for Margaret Ellington. The story
OF the play Is plain-spoken, gripping
story Of a mother who steals to provide
clothes for an expected child. At first.
she stole only triies; then infamed by an
overpowering impulse she steals valuable
jewelry which she plans to pawn for
enough money to take her husband and
herself to the West, where her baby will
have "a chance in life" The detectives
detailed to the case trace the crime to
her. The woman from whom she stole
touched by the young wife's mute agony.
tries to shield her. But the detectives
cannot be thrown on the trail The de-
nouement comes and the young wom-
an Is exposed as a thief. At the end Of
the three acts OF powerful drama the
pathetic little culprit In spared. and she
and her husband are sent to the Pacific
Coast, where her child may be born
amid the roses for which her soul yearns.
Miss Nelson will have the role Of the
young mother. which was created oriei-
nally by Miss Ellington. Mr.. Buhler wfll
be seen as the young stevedore. the hus-
band In the story.
d. F. Keith'-HiEh-cla.s vaude-
VILE.
Gertrude Hoffman, In her new vaude-
vile revue, Is the headliner at B. F.
Keith's this week. She will be seen in
an ensemble of forty Broadway players.
There will be twelve scenes dividing the
action and interpretations by the COM
pany. Fully sixty-six minutes will be the
running time OF the spectacle. which. as a
matter of fact, will be quite as elaborate
and diversified as Miss Hoffman's feature |
In Polaire- e-Honmann Richardson combi- |
nation. She will introduce new interpre- |
tative dances, mimicry of the latest stars. |
and other sensational effects The extra |
added attraction will be Dane Claudius |
and Lillian Scarlet in THE Call OF the |
Sixties" q musical reminiscence of the |
war times Another special stellar fea- |
ture will be Mr.. and Mrs. Vernon Castle, |
Americas foremost exponents of society |
dances. who will be seen in motion pic |
lures Of the Castle Walk" and others of |
their famous conceptions. These films |
are the first successful ones of the kind |
sver taken. Other supporting features \
will be the Hayward-Stafford company |
IN the little bal-masque comedy. THE |
Devil outwitted:" John and Winnie Hen
nines, as the XIII Kare Kouple:" the /
Dare brothers in athletic surprises; the |
Pathe weekly review; the pipe organ re-
citals. and the two 6aily dansantes week
lays.