The Washington times., 1915-05-23
ED1TB BRADFORD
IN5L1o/25/-
COMING ATTRACTIONS

| "Erminic" will be next weeks offering
of the Aborn Comic Opera Company 8
spring season at the New National The
! ater. Like The Mikado," "Erminie"
| Is another splendid specimen of real
| comic opera of the better sort This
| opera Possesses original fluent tuneful-
| ness in its music by EGouard Jako-
| bow SKI. and sparkling humor. and Il
| wells uSthil,Cd romantic story in its
book and lyrics. by Harry Paulton.
| The Aborn management has scheduled
an appropriate cast for the presentation
| OF Erminie,' the principal members of
| which have all won success in their re-
spectl,e roles before. The list includes
kstelIe Wentworth. Forrest Hun, Frank
srIhs,,r sIeISh2n, fPlt7i pn1 Won BusiRS, william
! sol Solomon. Tillie sallirger. Lenore
! Beck. George Rogers and others, with
| Carl Burton as the musical director, and
'harles n. Jones as stage director.
Victor Herbert and Henry Blossom
are credited with having performed a
distinct service OF theatergoers when
they evolved the music, book and lyrics
| OF Mile. Modlste, the musical and hu-
| morous play IN two acts which the Co.
| iun.bia Musical Stock Company VIII pro-
duCE next week.
| 1t is promised that next weeks per-
formanCes of Mile Modlste" will lack
| nothing Of the elements that made the
| or 6lHal production distinct Success
| either In personnel or scenic and cos
| tune tnVeEtiture.
| The Parsian millinery shcp has been
The motif for striking stage pictures
tut none moro SO than that in which
NJ llc Nodiste, alias Fin, radiates with
charm all her own. Tho two acts and
three scenes are abundant in coIorful
pictures, ludicrous episodes, and music
that has a lifting charm that Is Her
! bcrtesQue.
The Divorce Question" William An
! thony AlcGulre's startling drama deal
ing WIN vita problem of American
I domestic life. will be the offering Of the
Foil Players next week,
The Divorce Question was written
as an answer to Mednl Patterson's
problem play, Rebellion" in which
Gertrude Elliott starred. Rebellion
vas not success, but the play which
answered II won it's way to the hearts
! of the people for it presented its side
! or the case with dramatic and at times
! almost sensational intensity. The story
. concerns a young married couple who
got n divorce
The wife rcmarries under circun-
stances which would seem to be en-
urely tust!fable. but the sins of the
father and the mother are visited upon
their neglected children. in whom cen
ters the tragic interest of the closing
scenes of the play.
BE Bernard Granville, STYLED The Twen-
teth Century Comedian." late Of Zieg-
fields Midnight Follies,' already en-.
gagged for the next "Folies of 1913" and
in the meantime. slated TO star in He
Gomes Zones. Up 6I1, smilhnE will head an ex-
next week. The occasion will be Mr.
Granvilles first appearance here since
he achieved vaudeville fame.
Other notable features will be Claire
Rochester, the dual l-voiced comedenne
Johnny Hyams and Leila Mcintyre in
The Quakeress;" Bert Enroll. with the
Tettrazini voice and his own peculiar
IDEAS Of humor and harmony; Van and
Schenck. the piano and song entertain.
ers; Kerr and Weston. introducing new
| dances and additional features films
the usual ten-act bill.
Next weeks program OF photoplavs at
Crandalls Theater will include Blue
! Blood and Yellow" the seventh of the
Who Pays" series. as Sundays attrac-
ton. Monday and Tuesday the Metro
Picture Corporation will present A. E.
Howard Esterbrook in the leading role
Wednesday and Thursday the Uni
versal Film Company presents the VII
Hanson submarine pictures. The VII
hanson tube makes possible the only
under-t -the-sea scenes ever shown by the
camera. Friday the feature will be
Incompatible Mistress Bellairs." based
on the book. 'Incomparable Bellairs.
William S. Hart will be stellar attrac,
ton at Moore's Garden Theatcr Sunday
and Monday of next week in The Dark
ening Trail"
Tuesday and Wednesday a film yer,
! sion of James E. Hearne's comedy
drama Hearts OF Oak" will be shown
Thursday Edwin August will be seen ir
Mans Conscience, supported by the
United Film Company players.
For the remainder of the week Mar,