The Washington times., 1914-12-09
PLAYS COMING NEXT WEEK

| An important theatrical event of the
season will be the appearance of Harry
Lauder, the great Scotch comedian, at
the Belasco Theater for one matinee
FriGav afternoon at o'clock. Mr. Lau-
der is engaged in his seventh American
tour under the direction of William Nor
ris. and is incidentally en- route IN trip
a-ound-the-w world taking in a nine weeks'
dash across the continent from the Pa
cific to the Atlantic coast Appearing
| in Mr.. LADDERS company are a number
OF noted artists secured by William Nor
ris for the forthcoming tour, including
| Alfred Latell and Elsa Vokes in A Dog
OF Fantasy" Irene Bereseny, a Hun
gcrian Gypsy cimbalistH; Albert Dom
I nelIey, the silent humorist: Emo Rapee,
| a noted Hungarian pianist Martinetti
and sylvester and Jed and Ethel DOoley.
! Among Mr.. LADDERS repertoire he will
/ feature all Of his new song successes.
! Klaw e. Erlanger are cndeavorinE to
add new laurels to their fame as pro-
ducinr managers this year by the Pana-
ma-Pacific Exposition production Of
| "Ben-Hur.' The production was made
primarily for the Worlds Fair at San
| Francisco. and there the play will be
seen for several months. But as the
! fair viii not open until next year, other
cities and other citizens are having
| the first opportunity to look upon the
| splendors Of the. new "E3en-Hur' before
| those for whom il was originally intend
| ed This big creation of Gen. Lew Wal
| lace, which includes 900 players and
singers twenty horses, and an army
| of supernumeraries.c carpenters, and cleo
| triciaus and musicians. will be seen at
| the National Theater next week. and
! Is of particular interest here by rea-
son Of the fact that Richard BUTLER.
| a native of the city, as well as great
favorite as an actor. will have the part
of Ben-Hur.
Thirty Leagues Under the Sea- the
wonderful submarine motion picture
that has been given pages Of pub
icIv by the scientific journals and
me gazines of fiction all over the
world, comes TO the Columbia Thea
| ter next week. with performances
each evening at 81" and matineeS
daily, except Monday, at $50. PhOtJ-
-rlphinE under water ana through
water has always been considered ar
impossihilIty by scientific men as well
as bv photOgra But. thanks to
| the recently completed WILLIAMSON
| submarine tube, the result OF thlrtJ
wears Of experiment aGi labor. the
motion Dicture photographer. sitting
| at ease in a submarine chamber OF
steel and glass. fathomS under the
| ocean. turned the crank and photo
| -sraphed a panorama OF wonders ana
nea:Itirs OF the deep never before
seen by man. Among the thousands
Of feet Of film obtained are pictures
| showing the thrilling adventures %
divers among CentCrN Oh wrecks. ana
a battle to the death between dar-
! ing swimmer armed only with knlie'
and a nUge blue shark.
The Poll Players will be seen r"Nt
week IN enc of THO bigc EST FAR. c-cnrr",y
successes ever scored on the English
Sueak king stage. a play which enjoys
the world record Of l.i6p continuous
performances at the G!ob" Theater.
London. two years run in New York,
and a solil years run al the Mar Sny
Thcater Paris. Though ii has been re
yiVrd a number Of times in each ~
these cities. il has been a long time
since "CHarley's Aunt" has been seen
in Washington. The story concerns the
effort Of Charley To supply proper
cha rcrorISe Cor hiS sweetheart and the
80. a.;hr3rt ~ his chum. When CHARLEY
aunt IA IS Ia Jrr'V" on time. tho T"-
~oUrCaful Young man decides 10 mas
cue! adc a- that GiGniad female rclI-
live and thcr" follows series of COM
pl,cltions which arc unsurpassed In
comedy value.
What has proven to be an unusual
combination OF the art OF Photographic
skill is th, dramatic Spectacle Of ''Da-
mon aud Fythias." which viii b"
shown in six parts ia this city next
week At the Briasco The3tcr. In
dorsed bv the supreme Lod%a OF the
KNIGHTS Of Pyth:uS for its fIitkfuluess
in representation and is Influences for
education and upl.ft. u has attracted
NOR, and Widespread attention than
any oth"r film ever made in This roun-
try The story of the friendship Of
these t;recian uohlvIrCu $ on" o. the
rrcptcst examples of mans hu'h"uity
Toward his brother man c-Cr written
N Tia. history Of the world. Occurring
in tho u'riud when Greece AS ut IT,"
height Of her pOmp and Tory. II has
bccn produced Nv tho Universal Finn
Company with surprising spectacular