The Washington times., 1915-12-29
Attractions Coming to
Capital TheaterS

Kick In" the successful comedy
drama of life among reformed crooks
returns to Washington next week for
an engagement at the New National
Theater. 1t will be remembered that
this play by Willard Mack was given
its initial production in Wa"hinst"I
last winter under the name of Birds
OF Prey" and subsequently had
years run in New York.
The story tells of the efforts of ''hicf
Hewes and his wife. both ex-convicts,
to lead straight lives without shaking
off their former associates. Two OF
these are suspected of stealing a dla-
mond necklace, 50 Chick is arrested
and held at police headquarters on ire
suspicion that he knows the th1et.
When a detective comes to search thelr
home, Chicks wife stabs him with
hypodermic needle and -he Is over
powered The couple finally give thern-
selves up to the law. prove their lhho-
cence in the matter Of the necklace and
are allowed to 90 unmolested TO i've as
they had wished.
! A feast is in store for the vast army OF
| the atergoerS woo r-vcl in romantic
| drama for Guy Bates PNs will return
| to the BclaSco ThCat"r the Week COM
! mencing Monday. in RiGhard Walton
Tully's spectacular Persian love play
| Omar. the Tentmakcr.'
| The plot deals with the enErosSinS
! lovc-lif. Of Omar khayVam. the merry
| hearted Persian poet and mYStc ot lhe
| eleventh century. whose beautiful qua
| trains Glorifying earthly eXistenc" are
| world treasures. Like a page from the
"Arn bian Nights" the picturesque char
| actors "nact their dcstinies. During al
| moat the entire action of the play the
! sta9e is thicklv peopled. and it is doubt
| fml II so faithful a representation or the
| faSc;nationS and bewildGrinG charms
| Of Oriental life has been set forth upon
! the stare. as has been designed ny Mr..
, Tally. in associa ton with NiiIred Bu"h-
| land. OF particular interest Is the vast
! aSsemblaGe of valuable Persian proper
ti"s. including rugs. marvellous silks.
, potteries and wonderful garments. dis
played throughout. The action is brisk
and enGrossng. vet during its course
nearly all Of the most familiar and
popular quatrains are spoken by Omar,
being introduced naturally and with
much deftoess IN the course Of the dia-
logue.
Pablo Casals. the Spa niSh Master
| 'cellist. Is the assisting artist tor the
initial concert Of The New YORK Phil
harmonic Orchestra AT the New Ma
| tional Thet.ter tomorrow at 80. Josef
Stransky conducting. Casa's Will play
| the famous Saint-Saens concerto. with
| OltnPStGal ACC(I1IbdnllIlenb. II" fIlll-
harmonic program includes Huss,an
| symphonic suite. composed by Il Ba-
| varian. a French concerto and a Ger
! man orchestral selection.
Four stellar attractions and six other
| features are announced for the b. +.
! Keith 'Theater next week. the foremost
| being Alexander Carr and company in
TAn April ShoWer" BY esa:ss, Edgar Allan n
; human interest" comedy. like The
Music Master" and Mr.. Carr. who was
the creator of the role OF Perlmutter in
| Potash and Perlmutter." is heralded as
the Warfeld of vaudeville" Mr..
mender. Second in importance is an
! augmented production Of B. F. Rolfe's :
THE Bride Shop" featuring Andrew
Tombes with Lola Wentworth and Basil
shopgirl beauties. The music is by FRED
De GressaC. author of The EnChant-
ress." Others on the bill are James G,
Morton and Frank F. Moore. the fam
''Tik Tok Man of OF" fame. in their
new hit: Charles Olcott, offering A
Comic Opera in Ten Minutes" MiGnon
the dainty mimic: Everests Monkey
Hippodrome; Fred Porter and Alice Sui
livan. in a musical nirtation: La Corio
and Max Dinus. in Paris Apache reveIs
the pipe organ reCitals. and the Pathe
news pictorial.
@NtNl CuHhdN at anu o.lb u. III. III
Keith's the bill will disclose Ernest
Evans and company. in The Society
Circus" Morris Cronin and His Merry
Men: Wyatt's Scotch Lads and Lassies
Clarence Oliver and George dip; Milt
Collins, and all the other offerings In
the current week S program.
"A Bachelors Honeymoon" will be
presented by the Hall Players at the
Casino Theater next week. This is a
II Hoyt comedy that has won interna-
tional success. The play is in three
acts and tells of bachelors double
romance The sister with whom he
lives goes away on a visit and the
bachelor decides to marry a chorus girl
who had hCen courted by two of his
friends. lie has a grown daughter, bn
negieCls to mention the fact. Ills tW,
friends visit him insisting upon renew