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The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
ACROSS THE NEW YORK FOOTLIGHTS
By GEORGE JEAN NATHAN
By GEORGE JEAN NATH

ber of intrinsicaIiy good scenes some
how miss fire. There are moments to
the play. to be sure, yet In Its en-
tirety the work leaves an unsatisfas-
tory Impression. Some OF Mr.. Strongs
dialogue Is pleasant; most of II is
carefully phrased. But the ado is
about nothing. Several OF my coll
leagues profess TO have been pro-
foundly moved by the what they term
charm" and '.quaintness' of the ex-
hibit. Why Is II that. to these gentle
men, any play of this sort laid in q
period previous to 1880 seems invar-
iably to be possessed of "quaintness-
and "chRrmT Give these good souls
a play laid in a village in the epoch
before Arrow collars and all II with
women dressed In hoopskirts and men
dressed up like Chauncey Olcott and
they will respond to the "quaintness"
and the Charm of the show as read
lily as a FIRE horse responds to a three
alarm FIRE. Lewis Stone, an excellent
actor, plays Bunny. Gypsy o'Brien.
recruit from the tune stage, Is a
wooden heroine. The balance of the
presenting congregation includes
Hilda Speng, Henry Stephenson, and
Eva lie Gallienne.
sThe Blue Pferrsts.r
At the Theatre de Ia Llberte one
may see a group of English trouba-
dours calling themselves The Blue
Pierrots"-L e., IL one hurries. One
fears the group OF English troubadours
calling themselves The Blue Pier
rots" will not be long in our midst.
The bravado of the clan who present
an elaborated pit-passage and charge
two dollars for It, is spectacular. In
London. aggregstions of this kind are
"a hoh hxy ~.
managers to go out on the stage and
kill time until the stalls NIL and the
play Of the evening may begin. The
notion, therefore. of presenting such
a song and dance coterie as a full
evenings bill is, to say the least, a
bit bizarre. The most recent number OF
the Dramatic Mirror. discussing the
turn, observes:
mo further proof of the hardihood
of the English race in facing unknown
risks is needed than that furnished by
the Blue Pierrots. Setting out to con-
quer distant and hostile theatrical
territory is no easy undertaking, even
when the enterprise abounds with tat
ent. However, for what this group of
pioneers lacked in virtuosity 1t more
than made up in nerve. And for that
It should be congratulated. Purpose
was there, plentifully, but IT was mis-
ulEcSlcus as bOEu NOENhSllho "Oulu say
OF Lord Kitchener's munitions cam
paign. To get back from war to what
Mr.. George Jean Nathan might nip
PANTY describe as something worse,
the Blue Pierrots represented the Coz
tunes which the male artists wore.
The setting consisted of a grand piano,
some yellow stools. and a back drop
painted blue"
1 challenge the able Mr.. Frederic
Schrader's use of the adjective Zip
pant" The Blue Pierrots are a darned
sight worse than any war I ever heard
Of!
(Copynxht lslSJ
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Shakespeare to Be
Given Out of Doors

Livingston Platt, who designs so
well Margaret Anglins Shakespeareau
productions whether they be meant for
indoors or for the open air theater
at Berkeley or elsewhere, has been
telling about the performances OF las
You Like It." which Miss Anglin is to
give in st. Louis next spring, under the
auspices of a committee of citizens.
They will in part be a commemoration
Of the Shakespeare centenary. Mr..
Platt is enthusiastic over the effect
of the out-of-door plays.
This thirty foot space between the
semi-circle OF boxes and the stage" he
pointed out, SIS our dancing green.
Here we will put on a series of dances,
games and figures representing the
Elizabethan May festival. The stake
itself is terraced. The first terrace is
about five feet higher than the dancing
green and about twice as deep as the
stage at Berkeley. This terrace is di-
vided from the next one just above II
by rows Of shrubbery and trees, with
a wide opening in the middle. Beyond
the second terrace there is another
row OF trees and opening which leads
to bridge running across the river
Des Peres. Leading away from this
a
of trees which will be used to fine ef-
feet in the wrestling scene, for we
will have our procession come down
this vista, across the bridge and down
the terraces to the lowest part of the
stage, where the action will take place.
Now the particular trouble with the
outdoor stage usually is its lack of IL
lusion- When the scene is changed II is
difficult to make the audience feel II.
fu ~ . n
of handling this problem. You will no.
tice two large trees on the lowest ter
race, about half waw down toward the
edge of the dancing green, and placed
at equal distances to the right and left
of the opening space which leads to
the next terrace. In front of these
trees we win use two Gothic benches,
with flowers banked around the
trunks. Flanking the opening to the
third terrace and the bridge will be
Gothic ornaments. In the woodland
scenes we will replace the benches with
logs, remove the flowers from the
trunks and turn into the space just
beyond the opening of the second ter
race rocks and river water to repre-
sent a waterfall The costuming will
assist In making the production a spec
tacle. We will use zoo extra people,
and during the games and dances the
tents and pavilion OF the merry-mak-
ers will be placed about the terraces
to add to the festiveness or the scene.
Musically, too. we will be well taken
care of. The st. Louis Pageant Choral
Society of about $50 voices will be at
our disposal: the male chorus will add
much to the songs in the forest. We
will give the play with only those cuts
which are necessary to keep Il within
the limits of a comfortable evenings
performance There will be but one
intermission, in the middle OF the
play"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
F1onzaIey Quartet Friday.

Friday afternoon will mark the appear
ance at the New National Theater of
the famous Flonzaley Quartet, which
with the added attraction of the eminent
pianist, Ernest Hutcheson, gives promise
Of being OF the most delightful of the
concert series, for which T. Arthur Smith
Is sponsor.
One reason most commonly given for
the phenomenal success OF the organiza-
ton Is the pledge given and lived up to
by the individual members not to accept
any outside engagements but to confine
all their efforts to the quartet. BY retain
ing their lofty ideals they have become
one Of the best known and best liked
musical bodies of this country and their
annual visits to Washington are eagerly
looked forward to.
OF scarcely secondary interest is the
coming OF Mr.. Hutcheson, whose delight
full playing here on former visits has
made him a host of friends.
The program will be as follows:
Quartet in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2,
Allegro" "Andante piu toste allegret-
to- "Menuetto," Finale" CHaydn),
Flonzaley Quartet; prelude in B minor,
nocturne in G., Scherzo in B minor,
Chopin Mr.. Hutcheson; Prelude and
Fugue," for violin alone; from the suite
in G minor, (Bach) Mr.. Pochon; Jardins
sous Ia pluie" minstrels, Oebussy) f;
"Nachfalter,' (Strauss- Tausing) Mr.
Hutcheson, (a) "Andante, cantibile,"
(Tschaikowsky) Cb) "Intermezzo," (suk)
Flanzaley Quaret.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
FAMOUS RUSSIANS
ARRIVE IN AMERICA

Following is a telegram received last
week by T. Arthur Smith, who will man.
age the Washington engagement of the
Daighileff troupe:
New York, January IL
T. Arthur Smith. Washington, D. c.:
Notify local papers Serge de Diaghileff
and his Russian ballet troupe arrived La
fayette. French hne. this morning after
great Partisan benefit Red Cross clearing
15O, 900 francs. In party Xenia Msklezowa,
leading danseuse of Imperial Moscow
Theater. with Leonide Massin, Adolf
Bolm, leading male dancers; Luboy
Tchernichowa. Flora Ravel from Imperial
Russian Theaters. also Valentine Kach-
owba, prize Moscow beauty. and fifty
others. Immediately began rehearsals.
Century Theater, n. Y.
EDWARD L. BERNAYS
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16

The Hon. Cecil Douglas-scott Mon
tagu, who win be seen with the Win
ter Garden revue. Maid in America"
at the Belasco Theater this week, Is
the daughter of Lord and Lady Mon
tagu, of Beaulieu, and she began her
theatrical career under the guidance
of Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree at His
Majesty's Theater, London. four years
ago. Her father. John Walter Edward
Douglas Montagu. was among the 800
passengers on board the British liner.
Persia, which was recently torpedoed
and sunk in the Mediterranean Sea.
For a time IT was thought that he
was lost, but after q few days he
turned up as a survivor. having been
rescued and taken to Malta on an Eng
lish sailing vessel.
Through her mother. the Hon. Miss
Montagu is a grand daughter OF the
ninth marquis of Lothian, while her
fathers grandfather was the fifth
duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.
Miss Montagu came to America as
member of the ''Tonight's the Night"
company. an English organization
which was a success on Broadway last
season.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
No Night Performance.

= In Paris the managers have at last
determined to give only matinees and
cut out all the night performances. The
afternoon performances will commence
at 4:30 p. m, so that the audience can
get home for dinner at $40 p. m. Par
isian theatergoers at present seem to
want farces. The change of bills, says
the New York Review, is said to be
due to the advice of those in author
ity, who. seeing that a large proper
ton of the patrons at present are con-
valesctng soldiers, felt their choice
would be to forget conditions and en-
joy themselves with comedy.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Calendar of the Week

NationaIElse Ferguson opens weeks Engagement to-
evening the practical premiere of Morgare Schiller
play from the pen of Hall Game dealing ush the emotional
effects of 1pon noscomboton Miss Frgasons role
said afford her the greatest emotional OPPORTUNITIES Of her
career.
Beaseo-"Moid In Ameriea"-NesU Winter GoYden
of fvol and froe that speeds s Anrommeed by
of clothing featuring Forenee Moore Mile Das and group
of clever entertainers.
asaon of Grace Miller Whites dyiie nove of the
Presented night by the Poll Players for the first e
q Washington stoge.
KeiRs-An interesting 0uadesiHe bill headed by Grace
La Rae.
Goyey-BwIesqne
Cosmos-Va.de1sHe.
Casino-HaH Stock Company.
Loeuis Colanbo-Parasroanf Pictures d..
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
To Star MacFarlane.

Joseph Brooks will place in re-
hearsal in a few days a new play of
Scottish life in the early part of the
nineteenth century. written by Glen Mac
Donough, entitled Heart o. tn Heath
en-" George MacFarlane will be starred
In the play, which will be produced
early in February under the stage d.
rection of B. Iden Payne Mr., Brooks
also will begin rehearsals soon of a
new play for Phyllis Neilson-Terry, In
which other well-known players will
appear.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
CONCERTS AND LECTURES
Newman Traveioxue Tonight.

Brazil" in all its tropical beauty
will be portrayed in e. NJ. Newman's
first South American travel talk at
the Belasco Theater tonight and to-
morrow afternoon. In exquisitely color
ed views and motion pictures-all of
which he took last summer-he will
show the grand succession of for
ests, rivers, cascades, rolling plains
and majestic mountains that make |.
mstchless panorama, from Guiana to
the southeruost boundary of Americas s
largest republic.
The feature Of the journey will be
the capital, Rio de JaneIro, the worlds
most beautiful city, which Mr.. New
man photographed by day and by
night. Bolivia, Santos and other cities
will also be included in the itinerary.
The other subjects in the series all
have to do with South America and
will be presented in the following or
der: Argentina" Chile" Peru" and
Bolivia"
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
"rhe Midnight FroIicker,.-

Harry Slatko's vaudeville musical re-
yue, The Midnight Frolickers," not a
burlesque offering, bun a concoction of
musical novelties and terpsichorean feat
ures, will be the headline feature at the
Cosmos rhester next week. other acts
for the first half Of the week will include
Evelyn May and company in a comedy
plRylet entitled Live Wires" Rio and
Norman in ring features. Lewis and
White in a song offering, Marie West and
Jim Manning, the pianist and the come
dienne, and Holmes and Hollister in
Two Ways The added attractions
will be headed by the Selig-Tribune top
ical weekly. and the photoplay feature
will be The Price of Folly picturing
Edith Storey and Antonio Moreno in the
leading roles
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Cosmo-YaudeyiIIe.

\ group Of singing and dancing girls.
some of them excellent condolences,
known as The Fascinating Widows"
will top the bill at the Cosmos Theater
this week in a vaudeville offering OF mel
odies. handsome gowns and scenery, with
numerous and exceptional comedy sirus-
tions. The Emily Smiley Players will
present a new comedy-dramatic playlet
entitled MANS Law" Pierce and MsIzie
will appear IN an offering of songs and
dances; Fred RonaIl and Sister will offer
a Nymph and a Satyr on Wheels
Smith and Adams, the chappie and the
chorus girl. viii intersperse comedy talk
and situations with their songs, and
Freddy Weber will come with a new
brand Of funny yentriloquisms." The
added attractions will be headed by the
Sslig-Tribuns topical weekly, a new pic
turs newspaper, and Ethel Clayton and
House Peters will be featured In the
photoplay attraction. The Great Di-
vide"
New offerings for the last half of the
week win include Lewis Girard and COM
pany in The Real Mr.. O." spiegel and
Dean, with negro songs and stories;
Edith Rogers and Mae Wood, Joe Lam
igan. and Lasere and Lssere In dificult
rope teats, with the Paths news pictorial
heading the added attractions. and
George AIDES The College widow"
featuring George soule Spencer and Ethel
CLAYTON. viii be the photoplay feature.
Friedeman's "Slavonic Rhajsodie," Tfp-
toms ferdinand and Isabella" march.
Scenes Pittoresoues" (A march, Cbl
Air de Ballet" Of Massenet; Popy's
valse lente. Sphinx" the overture of
Aendelssohn's "FfngaIs Cave" Tschai-
kowsky's Songs Without words,"
Celfo's Roses and Butterflies" and Gil
bert's "Shadowlsnd" wiz be features of
the orchestral program at the concerts
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Mande in Canada

Cyril Msude has just completed a tour
of the Canadian Northwest with
Grumpy" and from Winnipeg to Ed
monton back to Regina was greeted by
big and enthusiastic audiences. II was
Mr.. Maude's first tour in that section of
Canada, and in all of the cities that he
visited he was royalty entertained The
largest affair in his honor was given In
Calgary. where the Canadian and Rotary
clubs Of that city united In tend erinx him
a luncheon party. which was attended by
100 guests
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Locw'. CoIumsis-Paranount Picture.

LOcw's COIumbis-Psramoun Pictures.
Beginning tomorrow morning and
continuing the first three days of the
week. Cleo Ridgley and Wallace Reid
will appear as co-stars on the screen
OF Loew's Columbia Thester in the
photo-play entitled The Golden
Chance" by Jeanie MACPHERSON.
Cleo Ridgley's recent work on the
screen under the management OF
Jesse L. Lasky has won for her many
friends, especially her portrayal OF
the title role in The Chorus Lady"
while Wallace Reid, who was engaged
by the Lasky company to appear as
leading man with Geraldine Farrsr in
a favorable impression in that produc-
tion that he has been retained by the
Lasky company for a long term.
The story of The Golden Chance"
has to do with the adventures of a
young girl OF the sIums as a society
favorite. While working as a seam
stress in the home of a wealthy
woman, she is suddenly pressed into
service TO take the place of an absent
dinner guest. How a wealthy young
bachelor falls in love with her and
how her drunken, thieving husband is
caught robbing the house where she
is the guest and the final returning TO
the man she loves, goes to make a
story unusual in its theme.
Marguerite Clark, the young star OF
the Famous Players, will be seen the
last four days of the week in a pic
turiEation of the highly successful
production of Mice and Men" which
was originally produced in England
with Sir Johnston and Lady Gertrude
Forbes-Robertson.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
CsIve January IT,

On Thursday afternoon, January q, at
the New National Theater, Mime. Emma
Calve will be heard in recital. assisted
by her husband, Calico Csspari, the gift
ed tenor. 1t was originally planned to
have the Calve recital last week but
owing to conflict in dates following
the extension of her tour 1t was necessary
TO postpone the Washington engage
ment. -. -
Nine. Calve comes to Washington to
sing for charity. All of the great singer S
time Is now devoted to help the F1otllla
committee raise funds for the wounded
on the French front to supply ambu-
lances and other necessities and an i'm
posing list Of patronesses is sponsor for
its success.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Burton Holmes.

All of the beauty of the Panama
Pacific Exposition will be visualized
for those who attend the second Of
Burton Holmes series of three new
travelogues which will be given at
the New National Theater on the aft
ernoon of Tuesday, January Is.
This will give those who had an op-
portunity to visit the exposition a
chance to see again the beauties of
the vanished fairy city while those
who did not go can see It all through
the eyes of Mr.. Holmes educated and
keen-sighted cameras.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Gayety-BurIesque

At the Gayety next week, The Big
Burlesque Carnival" with Sliding Billy
Watson and Ed Lee Wrothe. will be the
program. embracing musical comedy and
vaudeville attractions. Everyone will re-
member Watson in the farce laid in the
Patent Once at Washington. Besides
these two fun-makers, an aggregation OF
talented performers has been assembled.
The scenery Is said to be OF high order
and the electrical effects unusual
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Julia CuIp Concert,

AS the eighth attraction in his series
Of ten concerts T. Arthur Smith will pre-
sent at the New National Theater on
Friday afternoon, January 2s, Julia Culp,
the matchless Lieder singer. Possibly
no other artist who comes to the Capital
has larger or more loyal following than
Mime. Culp and there Is every indication
that this concert will prove one of the
most popular of the series.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
PROMISED NEXT WEEK

Loew's Columbia Theater for the first
three days of the week in the Jesse l.
Lasky production of ''The Rsgamuffn," "
a photoplay which was especially writ
ten for Miss Sweet by william C. De
Mile. The story is that of q girl who.
though raised In the environment of
crime and filth, decides to "go
straight''' BECAUSE Of the kindly act of
the man who befrIends her when she
is caught endeavoring to assist in rob-
bing his house. The last four days of
next week Dustin Farnum will be seen
in the Pallas Pictures production of
The Call OF the Cumberlands," which
Is taken from the book by the same
name by Charles Neville Buck
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
The Jones Renaissance,

Henry Arthur Jones is fortunate enough
this season to have three of his plays
presented in America while several of
his older works are being shown in the
films. Margaret Ellington is presenting
The Lie" on tour; Otis Skinner is ap-
pearing In THE Cock o. the Walk" in
New York City. and Grace George made
a revival of THE Liars" for her New
York Stock Company.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Rare Assortment.

We have a rare assortment of PLAYS
for the children this year. with 'Pe-
ter Pan" at the New Theater, alice
In Wonderland" at the Duke of York's :
Theater. Where the Rainbow Ends /"
four pantomimes. "Puss in Boots at
the Drury Lane. Robinson Crusoe" at
the Lyceum. The Babes in the Wood
at the Aldwych, and "CindereIla" a,
the London Palladium. Then there Is
The Pedler OF Dreams" at the vaude-
yllle.-London letter in New York
Clipper.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
aThe Law of the Land.-

For the fourth time since the first
of the year, the Poll Players will Of
fer a New York success which has not
been seen hitherto in Washington at
the high price theaters. 1t is The
Law of the Land" q drama by George
Broadhurst, author of THE Man of the
Hour" The central figure OF the play
is a young married woman whose hus-
band suspects that she still loves an
old suitor, who has recently returned
to the city. after 8 long sojourn in
the West. In brutslly attempting to
force a confession from the wife. the
husband cruelty abuses the woman's
young son. and there is a tragic cIi-
max to the act.
For the remainder of the play. the
woman Is fighting for her liberty.
while a band of detectives attempts to
prove that it was she who killed her
husband, and that he did not commit
suicide as she claims.
The Law of the Land" Is not all
serious, however. There are two ex-
ceptional character roles, one a young
secretary who is very much in love
with the wife, and the other. a butler,
both of whom become terribly involved
in their attempts to protect the mother
and wife.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
THE CURRENT WEEK.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE ONE.

Sisters and Doris Thayer are the fe-
male principals. They are assisted by
the Stantons and Howard and Lloyd.
The chorus is a typical Spiegel organ
iEation. The costumes are new ans
promise a new standard Of dressing in
burlesque. The musical numbers are Of
the topical tunes that are said to be
sung and whistled by the audience
after the show. The scenic equipment
is in keeping with the plot; and many
novelties are introduced.
Today's program will consist Of two
acts of entirely different plots. In the
first act Solly Ward will be seen in his
usual German character and in the
second act he will be featured as Levi
Pincus, the clothier. In addition to
sixteen big musical numbers by the
''Roseland Girls" chorus many special
features will be introduced.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Good Resolutions.

Arthur sHammerstein has made the
announcement that hereafter he in
tends TO pay half salaries to chorus
girls while rehearsing, following the
custom in vogue in London
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
Vaudeville.

Keith's announces for next week
Langdon McCormick's sensational
spectacle THE Forest Fire" as the
leading feature of the bill. There are
three scenes. two tableaus, and thirty
people in the production of this drama
of the timberlands of the far North
west. After several postponements the
Thorntons. James and Bonnie, as The
Youngest of the Old Timers" will
bring their songs and stories to hold
the extra added honors of the bill.
Third will be Frederick V. Bowers, the
musical comedy star and song writer
in his own new Scenic Song Revue"
with a supporting company. Ruth
Roye, The Princess OF Ragtime," Sa-
voy and Brennan in ''On the Rialto;" :"
Joseph Bernard and company in
who Is She?" Gates brothers, the
humorous dancers; Bradley and Nor
ris in TN Lovelsnd:' the organ recitals
and the Pathe pictorial, are other in
clusions
USft,x p~.a-,ftan say-T, NJ "a
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16

today. There will be also q number of
new specialties and other attractions
presented.
The Washington herald., 1916-01-16
at Pays TO Advertise

The New National will offer next
week 1T Pays to Advertise" the
Cohan and Harris success. This farce
is in fact the very essence of Ameri-
can spirit. American humor, and
American character. The piece Is by
Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hack
EFT. Like all the plays of it's kind, 1T
Pays to Advertise" is founded upon
genuine idea. The idea is implied in
the title. II you don't laugh long and
loudly from the rise of the curtain till
the fall then Cohan and Harris have
missed their guess. A fine cast is pro-
vided as every player was personally
selected by George NJ. Cohan himself.