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The Washington times., 1914-10-25

and friends of the Drama League and
the Washington Society of Fine Arts
has been changed. Instead of appearing
at the Woodward & Lothrop auditorium
on the afternoon of November 12.
Mr. Eaton will deliver his talk on
1.-The American Drama-An Infant In
dustry, ETC." November 9. the hour.
As p. m, and the place not having
been changed.
When we selected Oliver Morosco as
the subject of a slight dissertation in
another column last Sunday we over
looked rather curious coincidence
connected with last weeks playbills
that might have been mentioned in fur
ther eXtenuation of the Los Angeles
gentleman's activities. Both Richard
Walton TulIy, the author of omar"
so much responsibility for 1.-The Mis-
Leading Lady rested, were not only
made theatrically possible. but prac-
tically plausible through the ministra-
tions of Mr.. Morosco. Tully is one Of
the Morosco playwrighting discoveries,
of the Morosco methods of letting actors
act. stone was leading man of the
famous Burbank Theater Stock COM
pany for a number OF seasons.
Some kind friend. who has the mis-
fortune to be in London during these
warliko days, has sent Us some glow
ing accounts of the manner in which
Laurette Taylor and Peg o. My
Heart have captured the British
public. In these days of deleted dis
patches from that center OF wal
news, the uncensored description OF
Miss Taylor's reception reads like the
extrayagant dream Of an intoxicated
press agent. Some idea of this must
have been felt by our friendly cor
respondent, who backs up his OWL
glowing words with this, from the
staid old London Times:
1T is a rare piece of luck when the
theater gets hold OF something really
said about novelty would. we are
sure. have been left unSaid il ne
could have seen Miss Laurette Taylor
who is genuinely and audaciously
and overwhelmingly new. Miss Tay-
lor has a marked Individuality, a way
of her own. a bundle of those per
sonal qualities that are only to be
felt in the presence of the person
and can by no means be rendered II
print"
Not to mention the following from
the equally esteemed though rather
more acstattc London Daily Express
Nv elcome, thousand welcomes, t.
Peg of all our hearts! Peg has coms
to stay America has not sent US {
more charming character or more
delightful player since Minnie Palmer
took the town ir MY Sweetheart
Miss Taylor's reception was some
thing to be remembered. There were
a dozen curtain calls after every act
At the end the aIl-conquering come
dienne responded with a speech
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
BELASCO.

Who goes in first to dinner? Around
mis- important question revolves The
new fouT-aCt comedy written by Sir
fenry Arthur Jones, which Marie Tenn
lest will present for its first hearing in
Washington tomorrow night at the Be-
asco Theatar, supported by her Lon
on company headed by w. Graham
Browne. Mary Goes First" the four
cts of the play. show a battle waged
ny two determined women with this
,.0veted honor as the goal. Lady Bos-
worth. whose husband rs wealthy
manufacturer, has asserted her claims
IS the sclf-constituted social leader of
Narkinstall. a small English provincial
..ity, over Mrs. Richard Whicheils, the
sclnowIedged leader. and the part
layed by Miss Tempest 1t is impos-
-ihle for Lady Bodsworth, vulgar
woman Of the dowdiest variety. to un-
..rrstand how empty her title is when
rortified by neither good breeding Tor
social antecedents The comedy viii be
epeated Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday
lights, and Wednesday and Saturday
natinees. the remaining two nights OF
he week. Wednesday and Thursday, be-
ng reserved for Miss Tempest's famous
-uccess. The Marriage of Kitty Kate
~erieantson. Herbert Ross. Kenyon Mus
rave. Franklin Dyall, John Alexander,
,iuv Newall, Norman LoTing, Horton
Cooper. Lillian Cavanagh, and Barbara
Fenn are included in the supporting
..pmpany.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
MOORE'S STRAND.

Worthy in every respect are the
Photographic attractions announced
for this week al Moore,s strand The
ater. the main feature, Monday, fues .,
day and Wednesday, being Sealed
Orders" Unlike most photograp ohio
features, no well-known stage star is
exploited in this film masterpiece,
but every role is in the hands of A
trained and expert pantomimIc play
er. The story concerns the love of a
soldier for a beautiful Young girl and
the disappearance OF certain docu-
ments and orders OF war. This at
traction comes from the Strand The
ater New York. Thursday and Fri
day Daniel V. Arthur presents Wal
lace Fddinger in The Great Diamond
Robbery" by Edward II. Alfriend and
A G. Wheeler. This drama boasted Z
two years rur on Broadway. The
cast includes Charles j. Ross, II. f,
Graham, Eiita Proctor Otis. Martin
J. Alsop. Gail Kane. Stapleton Kent.
Percy standing. and Purnell b. Pratt.
The production has been staged by
Mr.. Arthur and Herbert Hall Wins
low. Saturday the chief attraction
will be Marie Ccrelli's story "Thel-
ma" with Cecilia LOTUS in the lead
ing role.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
POLI'S.

When We Were Twenty-Dne.' one
o. the most delightful comedies ever
y ritten and the one which has been
produced more frequently in stock
ali over the United States than any
other play in the last ten years, Will
ir- the Offering of the Poll Players
TINS week. 1t has been considerably
more than a decade since Maxine
Elliot first won fame i'm this charm
ing romance, as Co-star with Nat g.
Goodwin. and was acclaimed as the
greatest beauty on the American
flage. The story of when We Were
twenty One" centeTs around low
able youth familiarly known az THE
Imp" who has been reared by a
group Of bachelors who assumed the
responsibility for his education when
his father died. The bachelors have
chosen the ideal girl for him and are
= bout to advise him of the fact when
they learn 70 their amazement that
me boy is already desperately in love
with a notorious heart-breaker. a
suubrette in London musical
comedy
When We Were Twenty-One' will
give Carl Hrickert and Jane Morgan
Their first straight leading roles in a
number OF weeks
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
CRANDALLS.

Perhaps the most important an
nouncement in the motion picture world
this year was the fact that Ethel Barry
more was to appear in a series of spe-
cial film plays by Augustus Thomas,
and one of the most important features
of the present season is the forthcoming
appearance of Miss Barrymore in the
first of these plays, THE Nightingale, -
at Crandalrs Theater Wednesday.
Thursday, and Friday Of this week.
The play was written by Mr.. Thomas
with special reference to the great Ver-
satility of Miss Barrymore and is said
to give her opportunities that even her
stage productions have failed to give
her The entire weeks program at
CrandalIs is of special interest. Today
the main attra action vii! be Klaw IL Er-
langer's production OF The Road to
Yesterday" Tomorrow Alice Joyce, in
The Lynbrook Tragedy and Blanche
Sweet, in Men and Women divide
the interest Tuesdays program in
ciudes The Weight of Crown. Satur-
day "Garrison's Finish from the
novel by w. b. NJ. Ferguson. will be
shown.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
NATIONAL.

1t is predicted that the Seven Keys
TO Baldpate" will unlock the doors of
the New National Theater tomorrow
might to one of the briskest and-since
this is a George NJ. Cohan play-bulli-
rst banE-up stage entertainments That
has come this way in a long time. 1t
will be presented by the same company
which appeared i'm the play in New
York all last season. Earl DerT Big
gers. novelist, who wrote Seven Keys
10 BaIdpate'' i'm its original form. is
said TO have shown himself a wise
sounE man when he tempered his own
stagecrafting inclinations and said, Let
George do it, For, with all due re-
spect to Mr. Biggers' gift for delin-
eating character and inventing situa-
uons, George has done it. and, it is
told. he has done il supremely well.
The idea has been 10 introduce a novel
lst-the hero-Who is TO write book
in twenty-four hours, act the scenes
IN the book and close with the audi
rnce rejoicing at his success. The plan
f. said to be accomplished with such
a sure sense OF situation and effect is
10 entertain and delight the audience,
while il is mYstified and puzzled.
George M Cohan has done this in the
new play and has Also departed alto
Eether from anything he has ever done
before.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
CASINO.

The big water spectacle, The Sep
tember Morn Diving Girls in plain,
fancy. and acrobatic diving, will be the
leading attraction of the Casino Theater
bill this week. Dave Ferguson. with
laughable monologue, will be a big fun
maker: Williams and Held. one OF the
cleVerest of blackface comedians. and
his partncr furnish comedy songs and
repartee knight brothers and Sawte!le
will appear in The Green Umbrella" a
dancing skit with interpOlated song and
chatter. and Cliff Bailey will make
laughter with his acrobatiCs. The add
ed attractions include the furniture
store tomorrow evening. the country
store Tuesday, Thursday, and saturday
evenings: the surprise party Wednes-
day and the amateur carnival Friday
evening.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
COLUMBIA.

Julian Eltinge, interpreter of charm
ug women and one of the most popular
layers on the stage. returns TO the
Columbia Theater tomorrow in The
, rinoline Girl" which enjoyed a long
an at the knickerbocker Theater, New
\ ork. II was written by Otto, Hauer-
ZACH, the author Of THE Fascinating
Widow" Mr. Eltinge's first starring
, ehicle The Crinoline Girl affords
Mr.. Eltinge the opportunity of appear
ing both as a likable young man and as
fascinating young woman. just as
Ind THE Fascinating Widow" The
story concerns the exploits Of a wealthy
Young American spending the summer
lr Switzerland. In order to convince
his prospective father-in-law that he
Possesses the ability to make his own
living he undertakes to become priv
ate detective and to attempt the cap
tUre OF a gang of diamond thieves. AS
detective he is compelled to pose as
woman part of the time. Mr.. Eltinge
wears a succession of biZZare and beau
tiful gowns during the action of the
niece and sings three new songs. Ac-
Cording TO the press agent, who GER
lainly should know, they were included
in the last shipment which left France
before the embargo was placed on ex-
ports by the war.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
JEROME'S LECTURE

Though many confessions have been
made publicly in Washington al one
time or another it is probable that Tine
Confessions of a Playwright which
Jerome X. Jerome promises for next
Tuesday afternoon at the BelascO, will
he unique among them all As the
author of Three Men In a Boat Idle
Thoughts of An Idle Fellow" and The
Passing cf the Third Floor Back" TO
say nothing Of other contributions to
general literature as we'll as the drama,
Mr.. Jerome has wide range of sub
iects upon which he might enlarge. He
has had an especially interesting ex-
perience in the theater. and II is ex-
pected that his exposition Of these ex-
periences in his lecture will bring 10
light many things that have heretofore
been mysteries to the general public.
The lecture begins at 4:30, and the lee
turer is said to be one of the most en-
tertaining personalities the Pond bureau
has ever presented.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
GARDEN.

After much difficulty ending in send
ing all the way 10 London for second
copy Manager Tom Moore has been
able TO book a return engagement Of
Lima CaValieri in Able PreVoSts re-
marka ble story Of "ManOn LasCaut' at
the Garden Theater for Wednesday and
THURSDAY of this week. The return of
the great Cavalieri production to this
city Is due entirely to the public de-
mand for second showing of this film.
The entire weeks program at the Car
den will he notable. however. Monday
and Tuesday the Shuberts offer their
latest film production, When Broad
way VAS a TraH," romance of early
New A amsterdam Gays full of incidents
and charm. written ana produced by
c. A. c. Lund. showing intimate views
Of New York cit: in the olden time and
in the present day. Barbara Tenant
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
COSMOS.

Four features of this weeks Cosmos
Theater bill have been presented in
Washington before. First among them
are the .'Banio Phiends." six clever ar
lists. who interpolate singing and COM
edy in a musical program notable for
its harmonic effects. William Bence and
company will present "HO kce' S
Dream concoction of Chinese mirth.
The charming Japanese woman, Lady
Sen Mel, brings her own Interpretation
of American ragtime, novelty az
quaint as it is charming. Two other
acts to be announced in the program.
with the photoplays, will complete the
bill A change of bill is announced for
Thursday as usual.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
'Pygnalion and My
Lddy's Dress Score
By BEAU RIALTO.


NEW YORK. Oct. 3.-New York got
is first real treat theatrical of the pres
ent season recently when Mrs Patrick
Campbell opened at the Park Theater
with her English company in Bernard
Shaw's five-act romance "Pygmalion."
WI, satire, nyper-intelectual romance
and good acting make up "Pygmalion."
Shaw, Ia this play. Is declared for the
hi st time to have bowed to the ira
dttions of the theater by injecting some
romance into his work. Well. IL he has,
his bowling was very abbreviated Bob
bng would be better term. We would
say.
Shaw has taken as his chief satirist
an intellectual master Of words whose
chief business in life Is to teach people
TO speak superior English so that they
can soar to a higher social status. This
phonetic master conceives the idea of
taking a cockney flower girl and edu-
eating her speech until she can be
paimed off as a duchess. The plan sue
ceeds well. But In the course Of the
teaching the girl falls In love with the
teacher. That is Shaw's bow to romance
IL doesn't develop enough for the audi
ence TO grasp 1T until the final act is
about over
My Lady's Dress"-the original
dream play-has come TO the United
States after almost a years run In
London. II opened at the Playhouse
few nights ago and was unusually
well received Edward Knobiaueh Is
responsible for the drama. which made
such successful bid for popularity
In England and which Is already on the
road to high favor here. The drama
is the original dream play for the
reason that it's entire action all hinges
on dreams. The play is made up OF
series OF detached episodes all arising
from one womanS dreams
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
GAYETY.

Matt kennedy. EverybOdy's Favor
i'e." and the Liberty Girls Company
comes to the Gayety Theater as this
weeks attraction The two musical
lurIettas offered are entitled The Ali
Inouy club and The Trouble Of
Adolph, which are full of laughable
situations The principal comedy role
lS taken by Matt kennedy. He is as
slsued bv Lillian Smalley, Bell Corina,
l'Ous claire. Carl George. Oliver De
Grant. Gene Gomez, and others. Among
the novelties offered by tine company
Uiil DE a burlesque introduced in the
hrst act Of the famous Gilbert and
sullivan opera. The MikadO. The
oIiO includes Frank $. sharp and Waiter
Il Baker. singers and fancy dancers
Gene Gomez. an impeTsOnatOr. and THE
Flying SherWOods. presenting theil
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
B. F. KETTH'S.

Three stars will divide honors in the
B. F. Keith Theater bill this week,
Adelaide and Hughes, Americas repre-
sentative dancers; Nat NJ. Wills, Wash
ington's happy tramp" and Adele
Ritchie. the dresden china prima
DONNA The bill also includes Dainty
Marie, the perfect woman" Allan
Brooks and company, in Strengthened
Out" James c. Moore and Ralph Aus
tin, in Surprise Edward Marshall
the cartoonist; Ksiser's terriers, the
pipe organ recitals, and the Hearst
Selig news pictorial.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25

has the principal part. Friday and
Saturday the chief attraction will be
The Prince of India" adapted from
the story by Gen. Lew Wallace, author
of Ben Hur,' and acted by an eX
cellent company headed by Thurlcw
Burgen. Tuesday and Friday, Mary
Picliford will be seen in single reel pro-
ductions of her earlier successes.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
SOME LEFT-OVERS FOR THE
THEATER OILERS
By GARDNER MACK.

find the tiny grain of ordinary decency
in his makeup. or the rafting of the
Shackies of the white slave, has fairly
taken our breath away. Anybody with
dream that will stand for at least
three changes OF scene or a memory
that can go back over all the incidents
of an episode happening thirteen or
fourteen years before, which a district
attorney thinks is a crime and judge
and jury can decide in the last act isn't
anybody so fortified can draw huge
royalties these days.
Dreams and memories are the very
newest things in the mart of the drama.
And they are making so very good that
we hope there will be more and more of
them. Provided always the more and
more can measure up to the standard
of those We have with us at present.
| The three most successful plays of the
season deal with such things. 'On
Trial' is the draInatization of the mem
DRY of a great wrong. the incidents
being carried backward in regular Or
der instead Of forward as is usual in
dramatic construction. My Lady's 5
Dress" just produced on Broadway
after a full sea son in London, and The
Phantom Rival" Leo Ditrichsteins s lat
| est adaptation, are both dreams. And
we might even put Wanted $4,000,
| which Boston seems to think Is the
best drama of the year in the same
| class The play deals with young man
| who has wrat would commonly be
| called 'dream'-an idea for
which he proceeds to try out in the
| action of the piece that is being pre-
| scented to the audience.
| Which reminds us of another Thing
that seems to be a little more pro,
nounced this season than ever before
| the production of plays by entire com
| panies Of clever actors and actresses
Guy Bates Post suggested something
like this during an idle moment" ol
! two when some one happened to refer
to the good old days Post laugh
The Washington times., 1914-10-25

Don't let the spirits of your dreams
trouble you. Dramatize them.
Everybody's doing it!
We don't have the character woman n
and the first old man meet in the center
of the stage just after the rise OF the
curtain on the first act and throatily
announce that ''mahster hasn't been
himself since that drefle night two
yeabs ago when me lady failed to re-
tuhr-r-rn ahfter the ball" Not a bit
of it. The leading lady walks in fully
undreSsed for a faShionab BILE function,
discovers that she has fifteen minutes
to wait for Alphonse TO pick the carbon
from the carborettor and prostrates
herself on couch for a nap. The re-
mainder of the four acts is what she
dreams. Or mayhap husband and wife
came hurtlng into a reception room set
in dinner garb or breakfast things, hus-
band with a handful of bills which he
shakes as he walks and wife with del
sartiar words ard gestures declaring
"a woman must look decent, which
husband doesn't seem to think explains
any of the figures in the fashionable
dressmaker's itemiZed statement. Hus-
band stalks off with a fine stimulation
of the classic outlines of Missouri on
his own map and wife buries her face
in her handkerchief, does an Annette
Kellerman on the couch. Where she 1alls
asleep and you get five or six excellent
playlets bearing on the high cost of silk
WORMS and the immoralities Of the
pomponieres-alI of which, the program
tells YOU, is what the lady is dreaming
The curious things about these dream
pays is that thev are so much better
and so soul satisfying ana entertaining
and instructive and amusing and all Of
III hot = on
to witness-except on those rare bar
gain Monday nights, when We literally
pack the house at a dollar-that the
change from the dissection of a crook tC
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
GeoRGs PaRSorVS
ssD olEANEIIE HORTON
D6Ho1e/-

ingly called attention to the fact that
| in the good old days" people like to
boast of, the plays usually contained
one actor who Travelled about the
| country by himself and produced plays
, with company of stock people, many
of whom hadn't the slightest idea what
they were talking about. and few Of
whom knew exactly how the great one
was to play his part. Now-and espe-
cially this season-plays are being pro-
duced by Well-balanced companies, as
rule. We do get some tenth-Fate ma
| But in the new plays the casts are
fairly well selected. This season the
even balance of the companies fairly
takes ones breath away Two new
productions here, The Moneymakers"
ahe she alias Of Brdl heh Of Prey sere
ceptionally we'll cast The Misleading
Lady" was another such production. A
glance at the casts of the new broad
way productions, such as The Beautl.
f1l Adye3tgre'" The Miracle Fbs pbantnm Mao;
| RIVAL and others, gives the impression
that all of the capable actors and act
resses must be supplied with JOBS, de-
spite the cry of hard times and the
tales of long professions of unemployed
| that float this way from New YORK.
The mention of The Moneymakers
recalls the fact that our old friend,
A. Fl. Van Buren,. of Columbia and
| Poll stock fame. has been engaged Tor
| the cast of that piece TO play the part
of Ronald Hartridge, the early lover
| of the wife in the play. Eugene o Brien
| played the part in the production here
| Van Buren has been placed under con-
! tract with the Selwyns for term of
, years, and this is the first part that
| has been given him. The part Is very
good one. though one of the shortest in
| the piece, and Van ought to do well
with it. There have been several well
! defined rumors to the effect that he
was to join forces with Izetta Jewel and
| Hazel May i'm a vaudeville sketch that
| would be produced on the big time cir
cult Just what effect his new engage
ment will have on the vaudeville plans
| none of his Washington friends can
! hazard a guess.
Miss Jewel, of course. will go ahead
| with her vaudeville scheme, probably
with another leading man. The little
! bit we have heard about the sketch
| she intends to produce would suggest
| that she has very clever vehicle and
| as she is an unusually clever actress
| she ought to do we'll with it.
The date for the lecture of Walter
| Pritchard Eaton before the members
The Washington times., 1914-10-25

famous trapeze act. The country store
will be given Friday night. The matt
nees this week will maintain the bargain
admission price of 10 cents for ladies
only.
The Washington times., 1914-10-25
AMUSEM ENTS

NAT I0NAL ,:..s. T.: :;.,';.'. q
Only thsstrs IN washinston essring sxeissivslS
American and foreign stars Of ths frst razks
MAT. WED, 16e, ~, 7Se. ed.Da
COHAN Z HARRIy OWN NEW
YORK AOTOR THEATRE CO. In
The Washington times., 1914-10-25

The date for the lecture of Walter
Pritchard Eaton before the members
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1914-03-04
FOUR MEN ARE
IN HARD TRAINING
GETTING READY FOR THE DE
clSlVE FIGHT ON MARCH
TWELFTH

The Tonopah Athletic Club. con
sisting of thirty business men of To
nopah. organized for the purpose of
affording amusement for the public
and themselves, has staged two good
boxing bouts to take place at the
Nevada theater, Thursday, March H.
main event between Kid George OF
Sacramento and Bob Graham of Gold
field; preliminary between Fred Ly
don of Tonopah and Kid Harrison OF
Reno.
The boys are all hard at work con
dltioning themselves for. the comine
bouts.
Two hundred fans visited the gym
yesterday to see George and Lydor
at work and left much pleased ovei
the work of both boys.
The four principals met fev
days ago and unanimously decided OF
Emery Arnold as referee.
Tickets for the entertainment arr
on sale at Tonopah drug store, Cob
web, Bank and Regan's also a
Goldfield hotel and Bank saloon a
Goldfleld.