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The Washington times., 1915-01-24
NATIONAL.

The keenest interest has been aroused
among the playgoing public as to the
treatment flames M. Barrie has given
the two new women characters which
Maude Adams will present here this
week at the National Theater in The
Legend of Leonora" and The Ladies'
Shakespeare" There is interest. too
In the revival Of Quality Street"
which forms the third of the Barrie
trinity of plays in Miss Adams reper-
toire this year. The Barrie women as
ways been not only Of great literary
and dramatic value. but wide popular
interest.
''The Legend Of Leonora' Is in three
acts and Is subtle study of woman.
Leonora. the heroine. is a murderess
Tor she pushed man from a railway
car because he refused to shut the win
dow that endangered the health Of her
sick child. She felt she did no wrong
Her trial Is fantastic. satirical. witty
travesty: Leonora Is capricious, way
ward. the. eternal feminine who can
twist men around her finger with little
effort. The Ladies' Shakespeare" is in
one act and three scenes. Each scene
takes the audience into her confidence
and tells what Is to follow. The text
OF the original play. Tanning Of the.
Shrew,' Is scarcely altered and yet it
80 HOt NdtHeTlHe WnO IS
tanned. The double bill will be given
Monday, Wednesday. Thursday, ant
Friday night. Miss Adams will again be
seen as Phoebe Throssell in Quality
street Tuesday and Saturday nights
and Wednesday and Saturday matinees
In the company surrounding Miss Ad-
ans are Charles Hammond, Arthur
Lewis. Morton Se.ten. r. Peyton Carte
Fred Tyler. Lionel Hogarth. Wallace
Jackson. Elsie Clarens and Leonore
Chippendale.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
GARDEN.

At Moore's Garden Theater this week
from Sunday until Wednesday. Florence
Reed will make her debut in The field
of films In 1.-The Dancing Girl" adapted
from the drama by Henry Arthur Jenes
and used on the stage by II. II.
Sothern. The plot deals with n
little dancer in the smart Bohemian
cafes of London. who seeks death
to forget her ruined life and finds
love and a new happiness instead. Ap-
pearing with Miss Reed are Fuller Mel
iish, Malcolm Williams, Eugene Or
mond Nina Gale, and others. Thurs
day the third installment OF RUNAWAY
June" featuring Norma Phillips. Will
be the main attraction. The supple
mentarv feature will be the "Whirr OF
the Spinning Wheel" an European pro
duction. The remainder of the week
will he devoted to after the Ball v
adapted from Charles X. Harris song
and featuring Herbert Kelley and Life
shannon. The Garden symphony Or
chestra will play special musical set
tings appropriate to each feature.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
COLUMBIA,

klaw X Erlanger's successful musical
comedy, The Little Cafe" is an
nounced for this week at the Columbia
The charm and attractiveness Of this
last word in musical comedy have
been provided equally by Messrs. Nc
Clellan and Caryll, the librettst and
composer of "Oh, Oh! Delphine." and
an especially well selected cast Messrs.
klaw & Erlanger are said to have eX-
Celled even tn Fir own prior elaborate
productions. The story OF the play
deals with the adventures of Albert, a
happy GO lucky waiter ir a little cafe
which is freQuented chiefly by the light
lie unexpectedly falls heir to a fortune.
Bigreden, a promoter. and Philibert. the
proprietor of the cafe, hit upon q
scheme by which they hope to compel
him to hand over a third OF his fortune
to them. He spenus his nights In the
Grand Gala Restaurant, where he Is
pursued by katziolinka and ner Hun
Earian bellies, and there too pretty de-
mure fvonne, the daughter of Phili-
bert, follows him. In the end all the
c"nplications are happily solved and
Albert and ivonne are betrothed.
The yast includes John T.. Young, Jo-
seph Monahan, Tom Graves. Maurice
Case, Harry Depp, Albert Stuart. Will
lh,m Doyle, Edna Munsey, Marjorie
Gateson. Gabrielle Grey. Fred Graham,
Colin Campbell. F. Stanton Heck, and
others Of metropolitan fame. During
the enlargement of The Little Cafe"
the curtain vii, rise at s D m and .
i. m. \ special matinee wfll be given
on Thursday, With prices at 2lc. soc, 75c
and Sl.00
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Newman Travel Talk.

Motion pictures OF actual incidents on
the battlehelds along tho Belgian and
Russian boundaries will be the feature
OF Z. NJ Newman's second traveltalk
at the Columbia Theater this evening
and tomorrow at 4:S. The subject Is
to be. "Berlin-the War Center" and
will include a comprehensive presenta-
ton OF the Kaiser's capital in Its latest
aspects. For taking pictures after hos
tilities had begun Mr.. Newman came
into conflict with the German military
authorities and was detained tor four
days In a military prison. Many inter-
est.ng phases OF the war will be. shown
In pictures OF the latest events received
from MIR. Newman's assistant. who is
still in Europe. Mr.. Newman con-
siders his war subjects in spirit OF
strict neutrality. beins concerned ONLY
In giving to his hearers accurate pic
tures and dependable facts about what
Is transpiring in the war zone. Next
Sunday and the following Monday the
lecture will be devoted to The War
Capitals"
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Creatore's Programs to
Present Great Variety

Creatore and his band will be the
attraction at tho New National Thea
ter next Sunday afternoon and evening.
The announcement of these two con-
certs has attracted widespread interest.
In arranging his program for Washing
ton the volatile conductor has made
selections that have an appeal to all
The programs for both concerts IN
Clude'
Matinee program-March. american
Navy" Creatore:, overture. "Mignon.
Thomas; barcarolie from the Tales OF
Iioffman." Offenbach; selection from
"Ernani." Verdi. with solos by Signori
Catena. Rossi and De Luca; waltz
chopin; Spring song, Mendelssehn.
and finale. act 3rd. 'Gioconda, Pom
chielli, with solos by SignoH Cateha'
Rossi and De Luca.
Evening program - March. lam,
hauser," Wagner: overture, "William
Tell" Rcssini; gavotte, "Pomponette,."
Durand; Hungarian Rhapsody NO. =
List: prelogo. 'Pagliacci." Leoncavaiio:
solo BY Signor Le Luca; The rosary,
Nevin; sextette from Lucia, Donl-
zetti, with solos by Signori Catena, Ma,
limo, Rossi, Malvasi. De Iuca ana
Flerio; selection from Faust: Gemnod;
with solos by Slgnori De NIFTY f"ssi
and Do Luca-
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Irwin Cobb War Talk.

At the New National next Friday
afternoon at $50 Irwin Cobb. Jour-
nslist and war correspondent. will give
an illustrated talk on his experiences
in the zone Of the present European
war. Mr. Cobbs advent in the field of
public oratory will be made under the
direction Of Selwyn & Co. In connec-
ton with the correspondents talk there
will be an exhibition of series Of war
pictures which have never yet been
shown. depicting scenes M,s From from many Of
Cobb. The program is divided into
three parts: the first being s;, Mr.; cobb's
the pictures. and during the third the
war correspondent will answer aues.
audience. providing. Of course. that
there shall be nothing asked that will
provoke i'll feeling or be controversial.
irwin Cobb is one Of the best known
newspaper writers of today. and, al
though a Southerner by birth, has
principally worked on the big New
York dailies. but recently has devoted
most Of his time to writing for the
Saturday Evening Post.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
GAYETY.

The offering at the Gayety Theater
this week is Dave Marion's Own Big
Show" The performance is purely a
Marion show. Mr.. Marion is respons-
ible for the book. lyrics. and music
which Thomas Bryan arranged and
Will conduct. Presenting this year
his latest two-act musical play, en-
titled 'Stageland." Marion Ia sup
ported by William Mossey. Tom Odell.
Chick Hunter. Burdette Hunter, Louis
Scrbner. Max Gordon, William Mack.
RAY MaSruder, Agnes Behler, Anna
Armstrong. Maud Clifton. Marion Gray
and Well trained chorus of thirty
pretty girls that work with dash and
vim. The special features to be offered
during the performance are Marion 8
Octet OF Singers" the premier dane
er. Emilia Bartholetti "Sculptor's
Models" and Marion's original reclta-
tions. including his celebrated mono-
logue with scenic and musical en-
vironment. based on the sinking Of the
Titanic. The country store will be
held Friday evening.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
ChriStabel Pankhurst.

While the men OF the family have a
monopoly on the militant business In
England the women who did the plain
and fancy militanting before warfare
became SO general and go masculine
are distributing themselves over the
peaceful quarters OF the earth telling
what their cause has accomplished.
Miss Christabel Pankhurst. who nitted
between England and France at odd
and uncomfortable moments for the
London police year ago, is to appear
at the Belasco Theater this afternoon
where she will explain to Washington
women exactly what international m H.
fancy means. Miss Pankhurst intends
to talk about other things than sur-
trage, as she expects to devote herself
to the war and It's reration to the peo-
PIE Of England and the world. There
will be considerable In her lecture ie-
garding the condition of women in all
the countries of Europe-particularly in
England-and she will tell something Of
what the women propose to do to pre-
vent wars in the future. Miss Pank-
hurst is regarded as one Of the most
accomplished orators among the women
of England and she Is one Of the most
courageous and aggressive Of the suf-
fraeist forces.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
WolL1E KING -BeAsco
CRANDALL'S.

The photoplay program at Crandall s
Theater this week will feature as the
particular star Lillian Russell in
"Wildfre." The play is the work OF
George V. Hobart and there are a
number Of scenes shown that were I'm
possible to produce on the stage.
"Wildfre" will be the main attraction
Monday. Tuesday. and Wednesday. The
headliner today is When Fate Leads
Trump" from the book by Alice NJ.
Roberts. with Octavia Handworth. Cor
don De Maine, and William A. Will
liams in the leading roles. Thursday
and Friday William Fox presents Will
liam Farnum in Samson" by Henri
Bernstein, modern drama dealing
with the romance of a dock laborer
who becomes King Of the Copper
Market" The play was presented ny
William Gillette and Constance Collier
on the stage. Saturdays bill features
Little Angel" from the play Little
Angel OF Canyon Creek"
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
B. F. KEITH'S.

The extremes of amusement will come
together in the extensive.aEaudeville bill
this week at the b. F. Keith Theater,
where the principal attractions will be
Blanche Walsh and company. Toby
Claude and company. and b. A. Rolfe' 3
The Lonesome Lassies.'' Miss Walsh
will appear in a tabloid OF her dramatic
success. The Woman in the Case by
Clyde Fitch. the excerpt embracing the
thrilling scene in the third act. where
the wife wrings confession from the
other woman Toby Claude, with her
own London company, presents La
Petite Revuette.' the first American
revue to catch the fancy OF English
playgoers. Imphesarho Roife is said to
have surpassed his past successes with
The Lonesome Lassies,' by viii
Hough. The company includes Mar
xuerite Haney. Harry b. Watson. Mar
torie Bonner. and others. Stuart Barnes,
the monologist. will add another to his
list Of interesting narratives. THE Love
Bug or the hopeless passion of an ar
dent youth. Reinie Davies. with three
lively girls. brings a little "musicalette"
IN one scene. Other features will be the
Arnaut Brothers, European tumbiing
clowns: Coakley. Hanvey. and Dunlevy
as The Town Hall Miustrels," and
Martin and Babrin. the Palace de
Danse features.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
ARTHUR X. PECK

This evening in the Belasco Thea
ter, Arthur X. Peck delivers the third
Of his lectures on the European coun-
tries in the war zone. his subject being
Historic and Rural England ana Old
London" A beautiful series OF illus
trations In color will show the finest
rural scenery in the realm. The
thatched cottages. the flower gardens,
the castles and abbeys. ancient fortified
towns. all lend a special interest to a
trip through old England In addition
10 the literary and historic shrines--
Chester, Warwick, kenlworth, and
Shakcspeare's country. the lecturer in
cludes in his itinerary the Isle of Wight
Winchester, salisbury, Shrewsbury
and Bath. the rendezvous of fashion
and the site of famous Roman bath.
Familat works and corners Of London
are to be visited. snd the masterpieces
of the famous art galleries will be
viewed Next Sunday night the lee
turer will take his audience to Italy
the Azores, Madeira, Gibraltar, Algeria
and Naples.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Percy MacKaye to Read
From Plays and Poems

Percy MacK Kaye. who is announced to
give readings from his plays. essays,
and poems at the Belasco Theater on
the afternoon Of Thursday. February 4.
comes naturally by his literary and
dramatic talents. His father was the
late Steele MacKaye. dramatist. theater
director and inventor. and the son
work, wrote his first play while in Har-
ward College in 1897. The first of his
plays to be produced professionally was
'Jeanne dare in which f. Fl. Sothern
and Miss Julia NARROW acted with
notable success in America and England
in 1906. Since then some ten other plays
Of his have been acted by well-known
artists of the theater, among them
Henry Miller, Bertha Kalich, Henrietta
Crosman, Isabel Irving. Frank Relcher,
Henry f. Dixey. the Coburn Players,
and Little Theater companies of Bos-
ton. Philadelphia. and elsewhere.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
CASINO.

The Casino Theater this week will
offer Audran's famous comic opera.
1.-THE Mascot In tabloid form, with
ten big musical numbers and ensembles
and special scenery. 1t will be pre-
sented by company headed by Billy
also including Ralph Walton, John
Fowler. Alice Foster Ruth Hill and
Vivian Lee. assisted in chorus work by
Eva Murray. Belle Smythe, Ruth MUIR
ray and lrma Dupont. The music Is
very pretty and the comedy genuinely
amusing. The supporting bill will in
clude Revolving Collins. skating
novelty. "Beano." the flexible clown,
and others to be announced. with the
country store every night but Sunday
night.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Baezed Shakespeare and Adas-esque Barrie Versus Musical
Maude Adams Heads Varied Playbills of Week With
Sam Bernard, "The Little Cafe" 1.-THE Road to
Yesterday" Blanche Walsh, and Dave Marion
Filling Out the Several Programs

bandnew Barrie plays and the revival Of third are the chief
aside the fact that Maud
appears National Bernard makes his
Belle Bond Street. which
Beasco with the original production intact The
Columbia with the prestige OF pleasing
Erlanger production which makes
evening promptly at o'clock and the
o'clock Blanche Walsh brings
condensed version Keit along
Dave Marion at the Gayey
the Majestic and pictures and
vaudeville smaller houses promise
full item the
there
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
COSMOS.

a new thing In diving girls is prom
ised at the Cosmos Theater this week
by the county fair divers ten fun
makers and aquatic artists, in an air
and water farce. 1t is said to be an
Offering of clean and laughable fun
from start to finish. The company car
ries several comedians. as well as grace
full aCrohats. who perform the latest
diving feats. James Francis sullivan
and company Will be seen N victor
kCnnedys farce, "One on Father.
Conrad and Marino, in THE Wop and
the Dude" Lamont and Girlie, banjo
specialists. and Jacobs dogs in a ca
nine show which disCloses rare intelli-
cencc aud even q sense of humor in
dogs A change OF bill will be made
AuTsdsy. ---
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Helen Ware to Present
New Vaudeville Sketch

Helen Ware will present new sketch
in vaudeville during the week Of Janu-
arv 1s. Miss Ware has given up her
latest nlay. ~The Revolt in which she
toured the early part of the season.
There was hopes that it might be given
a New York opening. but inasmuch as
the House of Bondage episode around
which the action centers represents
stvie Of drama now out Of date along
Broadway, the Locke piece was def
nltely abandoned. Miss Ware will be
heartily welcomed to vaudeville.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Tzvinkling Stars and a
Satellite or Two
BY GARDNER MACK.

And John Il. Young is now convinced
that he is no walter. Young Is an ar.
tistic actor--as artistic as a person can
be with musical comedy reputation.
In The Little Cafe he has some plain
and fancy waiting to do. And in order
10 lend realism to the cafe scene and
especially to help out Young in his
Cavier' song, three professional wait.
ers are employed In the piece A pro-
iessional waiter Is a special type Of the
human family that can never d sguisc
itself, as everybody knows. And the
professional walters employed in the
musical comedy were exactly that-and
then some. At least one of them was,
Young realized that ile was associated
with the genuine article and he studied
their every move and action in order
nat tfs he, ne might s, be perfect in his part.
fine. In fact. he thought he was doing
70 fine that he was calculating to strike
Tor raise in salary-just like a regr,.
lar waiter. which proves just how much
Then came the time when the nam.
Ing of subordinate members of tha
company to understudy the principal
rarts was in order-as 1t usually is o
few weeks after big piece of this sort
has demonstrated its power to bring In
the cash. Stage Manager Herbert Gres-
ham was selecting his second line of
defense In person when one of the pro.
! fessional walters approached him defer.
entially and requested that he be Dor.
mitted to understudy Young's part
Young's part is the big part in the
piece of course. as Young is the fcatur.
ed member Of the cast. Gresham was
| astonished at the sign Of ambition in
one who had taken the apron and
towel, as It were. ana subscribed to all
the vows. Young was interested. too
and drew near Gresham asked the
| aspirant why he thought he could &c
H1n n~t >I,@ ,n;N 4.
didn't know-he thought he ought to be
| able to make a better actor than Young
did a waiter-but he could wait. He's
still waiting, metaphorically and actu-
ally.
for Washington during the next six
weeks. The first of these will be
Charles Frohman's production Of "A
Girl of Today" in which Ann Muir
dock will make her debut as real
| star at the Columbia Theater. Febru-
ary s. The play Is by Porter Emerson
Browne and it is said that Miss Muir
dock will have type that is distinct
" new and thoroughly American The
O Brien. Frank Mills, Edwin Ncander,
, Eleanor Gordon. pauline Duffield, Hen.
+, ~ Hatfield, William Holden. and Will.
lam Eville.
The second production will be a Be-
lascp affair and will introduce Janet
Beecher as a star 1t is to be called
The Love Thought" and all that can
be learned of 1t is that Miss Beecher
will play the part Of woman doctor.
Our good friend Louise Kent. who ha,
| 30 many other friends in Washington
| informs us that she has fallen for the
! lure OF the motion picture and ha.
| signed a contract to appear in 4 serie,
or film dramas She will have big com.
edy parts. It Is underst ood and will bs
the featured member of the cast
Irwin s. Cobb declares that of Kine
Georges two favorite pastimes. stamr
stamp collecting is filled with the most
thrills and dangerous excitement
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Lecture on Yellowstone.

The Yellowstone National Park"
illustrated by over 100 colored slides, is
the subject OF the lecture to be given by
Barry Buckley at the First reshytcrian
Church. John Marshall place, next Tues
day evening, at S:l5 O'clock Mr.. Bulk
lcE's lecture Is Il notable one and has
been given at various tines in the lead
ing cities OF the country eliciting the
Warmest praise and comnendstion.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
MAJESTIC.

The Broadway Burlesquers" will be
seen at the Majestic Theater in a new
and diverting musical entertainment in
two acts. The organization boasts of
"a company that has won u name for
itself and its vehic.e Is said to he n
notch or two higher than is usually
offered in burlesque.
y AS an added attraction "Wednesday
evening th-re will b" q return wrest-
ling match between Montana and Tony
Bernard.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
Designed by Alexander.

John W. Alexander the artist. presi-
dent of the National Academy of De-
sign, planned the settings aud costumes
for Maude Adams production of Bar
rie's The Ladies Shakespeare TO he
seen at the National this week
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

The concerts at keith's Theater TO-
day at 3 and S:l5 p. m. Will present
Arthur Prince. Lillian Shaw. and the
other offerings in last weeks bill,
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

Arthur h. Peck will devote the third
of his course of lectures at the Be-
lasco Theater this evening at $50
dOn.''
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

Tho second OF the Newman travel
talks at the Columbia Theaier this
evening at $3.50 o'clock will deal with
Berlin. the War Center"
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

Cecil Chest erton. the English lectur-
er. Is to speak on New Forces in Eng
lish Literature, at the National The
ater this evening at $50 o'clock,
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

Florence Reed will make her first
screen appea rance at Moore's Garden
| Theater today in Henry Arthur Jones
THE Dancing Girl" The program In.
clude. a keystone comedy. a review OF
the weeks news happenings. and a
brief concert by the Garden symphony
Orchestra.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

Octavia Handworth In When Fate
Leads Trump" will be the main attrac-
ton at Crandalrs today. A comedy
viii be shown in addition to recitals by
Prof Green's orchestra.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

The Casino concerts today from 3 to
1870 p. m. will present an enjoyable
orchestral program. in addition to new
spec!alties and other entertainment,
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

The hnal showing OF Uncle Sam at
Work will be at a special matinee this
afternoon at o'clock at the Colum-
bia Theater.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24
TODAY'S PROGRAMS.

Miss Christabel Pankhurst will lee
ture on International Militancy" at
the Be1asco Theater this afternoon at 3
o'clock.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

AT Moore's Strand Theater today
MarGuriete Clark will be seen in Tho
Goose Girl" film adaptation Of Har.
old McGrath's novel. The program will
include a keystone comedy and a brief
concert by the Strand symphony Or
Chestra.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

Soderman's Swedish Wedding March,"
Noellker's "A Hunt In the Black For
the Roses" selections from Donizettis
"Lucretia Borgla." Leonard's idyll. ITO
star and other classics and popular
selections will be included in the or
chestral program at the Cosmos con-
cents today from 3 to 1870 p. m..; at
which speCialties will also be permitted.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

Irwin s. Cobb declares that of Kine
Georges two favorite pastimes. stamr
collecting. and shooting pheasants. the
stamp collecting is filled with the most
thrills and dangerous excitement.
The Washington times., 1915-01-24

Our good friend Louise Kent. who ha,
30 many other friends in Washington
informs us that she has fallen for the
lure Of the motion picture and ha.
signed a contract to appear in 4 serie,
OF film dramas. She will have big com.
edy parts. It is understood. and will be
the featured member of the cast