The Washington times., 1915-06-23
Attractions
Coming To
Washington

No ft.lI
strength of the Poll company. vii, ha
used In the production Of "Tbe R,na
Bird" next week. The Blue Bira,. ,s
a production of many scenes ana n,any
Illusions. and 1t has heretofore been
thought impossible of production bv a
stock company.
Its presentation here next wall h.,
| the Poll Players, therefore, is an evert
Of more than ordinary interest to the
theatrical world generally. The NAV
was written by Maurice Maeterlinck
the Belgian philosopher and Nobel prize
winner, as dramatic essay on happi-
ness. He wanted to show that happi-
ness if' some form or other is really
within reach of every one IL effort is
made to grasp IL.
The two chief characters in the play.
boy and girl. go in search Of the
blue bird-the symbol of happiness.
They are led through many lands and
many adventures and finally return to
| has been all the time! The play is a
quaint. philosophical poem that Is as
readily understood by children as IL is
, by the grown-ups
Grace La Rue, the comic opera star
and lyric comedienne. after a success
ful season In London and New York.
comes to the b. f. Keith Theater next
week as the principal attraction in a
bill designed especially for midsummer
amusement.
Another extra summer feature will be
Clifton Webb, assisted by Gloria Good
win and the Balalaika orchestra of
Muscovite musicians.
Third In the headline order win be Leo
Carrillo, who will present delineations
Of Chinese and Italian characteristics.
The remainder of the bill includes Cath
leen and Capitola The Melody Maids
| company in "Neighbors;' Mullen and
Coogan in odd Nonsense;'' Robbie
GoId6tieo Gordone in "a neT new art studies. and
Next Sunday at the vaudeville con-
certs at and S:15 p. m, at the B. f.
! Keith Theater. the program will offer
all the acts of the present week.
Marguerite Clark. who. is already
conceded to be one Of the foremost film
favorites Is said to excel all her form
er screen characteristics in the delight.
full role of The Pretty Sister of Jose"
| produced by Daniel Frohman and pre-
| scented on the PaIamoun: program at
| the COLUMBIA Theater the first four
days OF next week, starting on Sunday
| afternoon.
This play was one Of the stage sue
| cesscs of Maud Adams. 1t abounds
with life and motion, and provides Miss
| Clark with role insurpassable for the
expression of the delightful mannerisms
| for which she is so universally loved.
| John Barrymore will be seen the last
three f1,re days days of the eve week in a clever
=
! Richard Harding Davis.
! Miss Cora B. Shreve will present her
| sixteenth carnival of dancing in this
city at the New National Theater next
| Monday evening beginning at a quarter
; to o'clock, in the form of a juvenile
! operetta for which she has written the
book and arranged the greater part Of
| the music.
The title of the piece is "A Runaway
| Princess" and, as its name implies, has
to do with a fair lady of royal birth
| who becomes so weary of being a prin-
J cess that she exchanges places with
! an opera prina donna whom she so
closely resembles that no one is the
wiser. But the princess finds that the
| stage Is not so attractive and before
| the story ends she is glad to return to
her title and to her royal sweetheart.
comedy Work" will be one Of the fea-
| lures OF the new. program at the Cos
mos Theater tho last half Of this ucck.
! beginning with the Thursday matinees.
Jansen, the European fashion design
| er, creates costumes on living models
with bolts Of silk and satin and pins.
n a change Of program. will remain for
| the balance of the week.
New offerings include Thiesen's Pets.
with new features, the Three Bohem-
iians.. with piano accordion, clarinet
and harp-guitar; the Musical Dunns,
phone and brass instruments, ard
Adele, the girl surprise.
The added attraction will include the
Hearst-Selig news pictures OF events
at home and abroad and a daily change
of new photorlays. Sundays concerts
from to lO:30 p. m will present an
| orchestral program. Next week, tho
| famous Monte Carlo Girls.
Outdoor amusements of real recres-
tive quality with which Glen Echo
Park abounds came into their own this
week when large crowds are focking
to the resort.
All the devices Of fun, including Fin
lions FREELY the gyroplane. gravity
railway and the many devices in the
new Midway are being taxed to their
capacity during the afternoon and
evening hours, and the dancing pavilion
is an animated scene throughout the
evening as Charley Mills orchestra
plays syncopating airs.
The open air motion picture thea ter,
showing standard films. miAture Of
dramas and comedies, again attract
great throngs. as do the various at
tractive refreshment booths dotting
the park.