The Washington times., 1915-12-08

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music lovers will have an opportunity
to hear and see the combined com
panies December 16. II. and Is at the
Beiasco Theater.
The repertoire win he December 16,
1.-THE Love OF Three Eings,'' with vii
lani and Ferrari- Fontana in the cast,
and "snowflakes." from Tschaikow-
sky's Nut Cracker" ballet: December
IL, Madame Butterfly" with Tamakt
Miuri and Riccardo Martin and Egypt
ian ballet: Saturday matinee, 'Caval-
leria Rustlcana' and mimo- -choreo.
FieldsS' Saturday night, 'I' Pagliacci,
followed by "Coppelis."
The interest that is always taken in
the visits OF Maude Adams is accentu-
ated just now by the fact that during
her stay at the National Tbeater next
week she is to be Eeen In two OF J. NJ.
Barrie's best known comedies, The
Little Minister" and What Every
Minister5 S that Miss Adams made her
debut as a star, the event taking place
in this city, In which the first perform-
ance Of the play on any stage was
There has been an insistent demand
that the actress again give the play,
and many OF the requests have come
from hosts Of admirers who never had
the opportunity OF Seeing the actress In
the comedy. In the play Miss Adams
will, of course, essay her old role OF
the Elusive Lady Babbie, who caused
the little minister of the church in
Thrums to fall In love with her. Dallas
Anderson viii be the little minister. r.
Peytou Carter, Fred Tyler, David Tor
! renee, j. NJ. MeFarlane Morton Selteni
Ada Boshell. Ida Barclay, and Angela
Ogden Will be seen In the supporting
The Little Minister" will be the bill
| Monday and Wednesday afternoon and
nigh, niisht h and SATURDAY l;Sl aftsrno2n Saa
will be readily recalled, for II Is one
of the most successful plays from Mr.,
Batrte's pen. 1t treats OF the marriage
shand, and her efforts to make a great
man OF the young Scot who was Of 90
sober a mind that he had never laugh
ed In his life. Maggie Wylie is prob
ably the "realest" OF all of Mr.. Barrie s
heroines. This comedy will be the
offering Tuesday Thursday and Friday
nights.
Adjt II. S. de Malaussene. OF the
French army. and DR.. Joshua r. Will
Jams. OF Philadelphia and Paris. both oi
whom are on leave of absence from the
French army and hospital forces. re-
spectlvely. will tell the story Of the re-
| yealinR Of the real France by the wal
at the Belasco Theater Sunday. Monday
| Tuesday, and Wednesday. Their lee
| lures will be illustrated BY series Oi
remarkable motion pictures made undei
the direction Of the general stan of th'
French army and given their first show
| ing outside the military establishment
OF France in this city.
| Adjutant de Malaussene has just beer
decorated with the grand cross of th'
1 NG HnNAFa RnnGniRlnuI
bravery. He has been severely wounded
four times. and iS. 1t .preaent on leave
| OF absence to recuperate from wounds
DR.. Williams has been IN charge O.
performed on French soldiers In thu
base hospital at Paris during the pas
sixteen months
Four motion picture camera OPERATOR
were wounded while making. them
which gives some Idea of the closenes
OF the camera to the firing line. AmonI
the pictures to be shown Will be scenei
in and about Champagne. september
Of this year. while the heavy; hEhtinI
was in progress
Frank .Craven's clever comedy. TOO
Many Cooks" will be the refreshing
light entertainment offered by the Pol
Players next week, in contrast 10 thi
weeks Julius Caesar"
TOO Many Cooks tells an interestinI
story in a unique way. The hero is |
young broker who IL engaged to be mar
| ried, and, who sets about building hi
cottage before the wedding ceremony
He and his young fiancee. Alice Cook
are happy in~planning for their home
and all would have begun we'll had no
the Cook family interposed with nu
metous suggestions as to Just how tn
cottage should be built.
The first act shows the Foundation
for the cottage: the second act show
the framework of the house completed
} and the last act shows the finished cot
tage with big For Sale" sign tacke
ON the door. | ' -s ~ 't.'
The denouement tells how the youn
broker eventually banishes the entir
Cook tribe and saves the eiTi OF hi
A. II Van Buren, win be seen as III
J young broker. ana Florence Ritteh
;, house will,be the charminEr Alice, Cool
There are about twenty amuRing char
acter roles In this breezy. entertain
ment.
Heraldcd as the biggest, brightest an
: best production on the entire co1umbI
circuit. the maids of America" con
,, pany comes to the Gayety Theater ne'
week after a Nsuccessful tour Of II
East. This organization claims to hay
| radically departed from the usual lin
! followed by most companies, and pa
takes more of the character OF a -Broat
I way musical revue than OF the cut-an,
dried burlesque. Not only the book. ,bI
= the music as WELL was especially wri
ten for the piece.
J The book Is entitled THE Girls Fro
| Starland," Is staged in two acts Al
= I four scenes, and Is written around tho
well-known' comedians Don Barclay al
Al X. Hall. It deals with the adve
: lures Of mysterious girl, who appea
through the medium of a fallen sta
Others in the cast are Elsi Bistol. Ba
ney Norton, Ruth Noble, Arthur BROOK
Mae Mack, Carrie Cooper, Harry Ian
. | Joe Ward, Ed Weldon. and the TS1au
Quartet. A real grille chorus MI 1
featured in eighteen big musiOAi
l. bers. -,.--.-.
PcEjnning Thursday and cOntinuln
through the remsinder OF this wee
Mark Twain's beloved romantic stor
= ''I'he Prince and the PauDer," will |
/ presented on the screen OF LoewS c,
iunShia TheateT, with Marguerite CiaI
70 In the dual title role,
7. The screen version OF this story is sa
" to faithfully preserve the deiicIol
:. satirieal spirit and the beautiful sent
! ments OF Mark Twain's delightful stor
/ Wealth Of color and action. OF pictlI
e esdue scenery and costumes, that q
hance to an enormous degree the
IL witchlnR story OF the weary little prin
- who longed to be a begRAr for q dI
. ~ the hARRaF who Ionped ~ hA