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The Washington herald., 1916-06-18
CrnndnII's-Fe f~fIms.

East Lynne" a photoplay version OF
the famous old English drama is the
next Sunday. What Happened at 2&."
a mystery Of high order, will be shown
on Monday and Tuesday. II is adapted
from Paul Wilstsch's story of that
name and is said to provide a highly
diverting attraction. The featured
players are Frances Nelson and Ar
thur Ashley. william Fsrnum enscts
the leading role Of The Man From
Bitter Roots" virile story OF the
mining camps, which will be shown
Wednesday and Thursday. Others IN
the cast are Betty schsde. Betty HArt,
willard Louis. William Burress and II.
A. Bsrrows. 'Sslsmander." the story
OF a gilrs lone hght against the
wolves OF 8 great city, will be shown
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Keith's-Naudevtlle.

Thomas A. Wise, the popular and
rotund comedian, will make his debut
here in vaudeville at the B. F. Keith
Theatsr this week. With a company
numbering several actors of near
stellar prominence also, Mr.. wise will
present The Christmas Letter" by the
latest playwright to attain overnight
fame. Roy Atwell. This little comedy
of stage life on the road is the
one awarded the silver loving cup by
the Lambs Club of New York City as
the best sketch of the year given at
any of the various gambols OF the
Lambs. 1t is said to give Mr.. Wise a
fine opportunity to alternate laughter
with tears, pathos with bathos. rne
supplementary leading attraction will
be Tameo Kajiyama, the Japanese
mental marvel, who writes with each
hand; backward, upside down, in al
ternation, and all the time keeps up
rapidfre of answers to questions on all
sorts of topics addressed him by the
audience. John and Mae Burke, the
latter a striking blond beauty of the
Broadway type, will offer "A Ragtime
Soldier" chock full of music and mo-
ton. Nonette, the violiniste, who
sings, is another feature. The Began
ny troupe of pantomime acrobats will
chase themselves amidst tumultuous
laughter through the mazes of Fun
in the Bakery" Kenney and Hollis,
the original college Boys" will add
their new farcical skit, "Freshy's
Initiation Cummings and Gladings
will liven things up with "A Night
in a Cabaret" P. George, The Mu-
steal Chef" will be another novelty
The pipe organ recitals and the Pathe
news pictorial are other inclusions
At and S:15 p. m. at the B. F.
Keith Theater today the bill will offer
Louise Dresser, Billy B. Van and the
Beaumont sisters in "Spooks," Searl
Allen, Ed. Howard and company in
"A Real Pal" Neil Travers, Irene
Douglas and company in Meadow
brook Lane" Moore and Haager. Har-
ry Clarke, the Norvelles, Derkins'
'Dogville on a Busy Day" and other
numbers drawn from last weeks array.
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THE CURRENT WEEK.
BeIasco-"Peace and Quiet"

The last of the summer season pro-
ductions to be seen here will be the
advent of Peace and Quiet" a three
act melodramatic farce by Edwin Mil
ton Royle, which will open at the
Belasco Theater tomorrow evening, for
a weeks engagement.
Peace and Quiet" deals with uncoIr-
prom sing sincerity with the inner
workings of politics and the war game
as being played on the two sides of
the Rio Grande. The action of the
play takes place in Washington. D. c..
and on the Mexican border. The play
abounds in thrilling situations and
genuine comedy and tells, in a whole
some and interesting way. the adven-
lures of a young American soldier
of fortune and shows vividly his
struggle for love and honor.
The play will be presented under
the management of Silvio Helm, who
has carefully selected a cast which
includes Aimee Dalmores, Maidel Tur-
ner, Henry Mortimer. Edwin Mordant,
George Backus, Gus C. Weinburg,
Walter Walker, Edward Gillespie, John
Stokes. Frank Nelson, Harry Hadfeld,
Ivan Miller, Harry Won Weiser and
Juan Villasano.
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Strand-Feature Films.

At Moore's Strand Theater on SUM-
day, Monday and Tuesday the double
feature program will be headed by
Dorothy Gish and Owen Moore in D.
w. Griffth's sociological drama, The
Path of Regrets" a story that fairly
breathes the atmosphere Of the under
world. A millionaire's daughter tires
of her social environment and yearns to
do something in the world-to make
things better than they are. The COM
edy portion of the program will. in
clude Mack Sennett's latest farce,
'Bathtub Perils," posed by the fore
most players Of the famous Keystone
studio. On Wednesday and Thursday
William Collier, one of our most YER
satile and amusing actors, will hold
the screen in "In the Grip of the Law,
another d. w. Griffith production
Mr.. Collier gives a fine, manly per-
formance of a politician who becomes
a detective and finally gets the man
higher up who has done him griev-
Gus wrong. The supplementary attrac-
tion will be "A Dash of Courage" a
Sennett farce comedy in which Ford
Sterling creates most of the laughter
as a henpecked husband who unex-
pectedly secures a night off. Viols
Dana will lead the bill on Friday and
Saturday in a clever film play. 'The
Flower Of No Mans Land" which tells
the story of the tribulations and fnal
triumph of little girl from the far.
of West who comes to. New York ir
search of fame and fortune. Mary
Pickford will be seen on the same bill
in novel comedy drama, "Examina.
tion Day at School" The Strand Sym.
phony Orchestra will render specia
musical accompantmenth
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Garden-Fenture Films.

Three distinct Photographic features
will comprise the program at Moore's
Garden Theater from Sunday to We'd
nesday inclusive. the headline attrac-
ton being Charles Chaplin in his new
est laugh creation. THE Fireman"
The Fireman" shows Mr.. Chaplin at
his best, and as the agile but clumsy
fire-fighter he keeps the laughter 60
ing steadily from his first entrance
down the engine house sliding pole to
the finish when he rescues the beauti-
full heroine from the flames. The Sec
ondary attraction will bring to the
screen three stars, Gertrude Robinson,
Alexander Gaden and Iva Shepard in
The Flames of Vengeance" The third
attraction on these days WI: be the
latest novelty. Reel -Ire." being an
original perturbation of an illustrated
periodical. On Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday the beautiful little srar.
Billie Burke, will be the headline at
traction in The Harvest of SIM a
thrilling episode of GIorias romance
by the gifted author, Rupert Hughes.
On Thursday, Friday and Saturday one
of the bravest and most intrepid
women in filmdom, Helen Holmes, who
achieved remarkable success and pop
ularity in The Girl and the Game" "
will be seen In her first Mutual Star
Master Picture, whispering Smith" "
The extra attraction. The Sealed
Room" will be interpreted by many
I of the foremost stars of filmdom, the
| cast including Mary Pickford, Henry
walthall, Blanche Sweet, Mack Sem
nett, Marion Leonard, and others. Spe-
cial music will be rendered by the
Garden Symphony Orchestra.
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Strnnd-Fenture Films.

william Gillette. one OF Americas
most distinguished actors. has at last
succumbed TO the lure OF the motion
picture camera and will be featured al
Moore's Strand Theater from Sunday
to Thursday inclusive, week Of June
%, in a perturbation OF his grestesI
stage success. Sherlock Holmes" Many
Of Mr.. Gillette's original company ap-
pear with him before the camera and
the filmization is said to be quite as
realistic and entertaining as the stage
version. On Friday and Saturday Mae
Marsh and Robert Harron Will be seen
in d. W. Griffth's latest photographic
success, The Child Of the Paris
Street" a vivid and colorfUl drama OF
the Partisan underworld.
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Garden-Feature FILMS.

The principal feature at Noore's
Garden Theater Sunday. Monday and
Tuesday. week of June 25. will be the
screen favorite William S. Hart in
The Primal Lure" a virile story OF
the great primordial northern woods.
It is one OF the strongest pictures in
which Mr.. Hart has appeared and
staged by Thomas Ince. The support
ing cast includes Margery Wilson.
Robert McKim, Jerome Storm, and
others On Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday Billie Burke will be featured
in The Mesh Of Mystery" being
chapter eight of "Gloria's Romance"
The added attraction on these days
will be Gertrude Robinson and Alex
snder Gaden in an interesting drama
Of heart interest The Gates Of
Divorce" On Saturday Winnifred
Greenwood and Franklin Ritchie will
head the bill in The Inner Struggle"
a master dramatization OF the gripping
emotional drama by Julian Louis
Lamothe.
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Loew's ColumDin-victor Moore.

A big double bill will be the offer
ing at Loew's Columbia the first four
days of this week, beginning with to-
day THE Clown" in which Victor
Moore is starred in the titular role
will be the feature photoplay. Mr..
Moore as THE Clown" is seen both
as the harlequin of the circus. and
the noble, human, husband and father.
The story is appealing as it tells how
the clown, the children's idol, risks his
life to save one of his little admirers,
and how he later sacrifices his career
to protect the honor of another.
Filmed is true atmosphere of realism,
enacted by a splendid cast and pro-
duced by a company noted for its ex-
cellent photography this photoplay
should be very pleasing.
The added feature will De Cnarfre
Chaplin as. 'sThe Fireman" a picture
that is said to equal, II not surpass,
any of his previous efforts. Drawing
hot coffee and milk from the boiler of
the engine. sliding down the creased
pole, and rescuing the heroine from
the flames are some of the laugh
provoking antics employed by Chaplin
in this picture.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Ann
Pennington. one of the cutest, small
est and most clever little stars on
Broadway, will be presented for the
first time in pictures in a photoplay
entitled Susie Snowflake" The We
hicle selected for the film debut of
this charming and talented little girl
should prove a happy selection as II
tells Of life In a musical comedy and
in its last scenes pictures the story
Of life In "ths old town back homo"
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Bird Millman, Allyn King, Emma
Haig, Justine Johnstone, Marion
Davies, Helen Barnes, Hazel Lewis,
Evelyn Conway, Gladys Feldman,
Bert Williams, Bernard Granville,
Sam B. Hardy, w. c. Fields, Will
liam Rock, the Arnaut brothers, Carl
Randall, Don Barclay, Peter Swift,
and many others. AS is his GUS
tom, Mr.. Ziegfeld for his latest offer
ing will present carefully selected
ensemble Of Americas most beau
tiful young women.
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Theatrical Baedeker.

BeIasco-"Peace and Quiet"
the premiere Of a three-act melo-
dramatic farce by Edwin Milton
RoyIe, author of ''The Squsw
Man"
Poli's-"The Belle Of Rich
mond," a four-act eomedy-drsma
by Sidney Toler, with A. H. Van
Buren and Maude Gilbert, in tbs
leading roles.
Keith's - Vaudeville with
Thomas A. Wise headlining in
Roy AtwelPs one-aet comedy,
"The Christmas Letter"
Loew's Columbia - Victor
Moore and Charlie Chaplin in
pictures.
Cosmos-Vaudeville.
Lyceum-Buriesque.
Garden, Strand, CrandaIl's,
Hippodrome and Cirele-Fea-
ture films.
Glen Echo Pak-Speeial
amu.ements. Band concerts to-
day.
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Lyceum-B urlekQue.

Another funmaker of note has been
added to the Lyceum's cast of princi-
pies this week in the person of Frank
Murphy, who appears in Dolly and
Her Dollies" as Patsy Branigan, a
tough Irish schoolboy.
Murphy is an eccentric comedian
who has achieved considerable sue
cess in the art of funmaking and his
addition to the Lyceum Company
strengthens the cast.
The show, which is in two acts and
three scenes, deals with the endeavors
of Harry Rogers as the schoolmaster
to hammer into the heads of his pu-
pills, Patsy Branigan and 1sidore
O'Brien Harry Levan), the simpler
rules of speaking correct English. The
trend of the funmaking is somewhat
different from that usually found in
burlesque shows and Manager Turber-
willie promises in the "Dollies" ban
ner show.
Bert Leggett will take the part of
Berdi Sunflower. while the feminine
roles will be in the hands Of Miss
Hazel Grant, Edith Kohnle and Bessie
Palmer. aided by the popular Lyceun
Beauty Chours, now larger than al
any previous time this season.
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Coming Attractions
Poif's-"Rebecca of supnybrcck

The Poll Players next week viii present
that delightful child play, ''Rebeccs Of
Sunnybrook Farm" the drsmstizstion OF
Kate Douglas Virgins book OF the same
name.
The conflict Of child nature with New
England restrictions forms the theme of
the play. Rebecca- its central hsure, iE
the daughter Of 4 family in which there
are more children than dollars. for strive
as they will. the Rsndals have been un-
able TO keep pace In a financial way with
the Increases in their family.
''Rebecca Of sunnybrook Farm" is a
relief from the ordinary New England
play, because II has no wronged heroine.
There are no stolen papers or heavy
mortgages to be lifted. nor EraSpins sis
ters Of giggling old maids.
The play will be given a splendid
mounting and a worthy complement OF
players for its production at Polls.
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New Nltionn1-"Hcr Highness'
Folly
Miss shreve's Entertninmen

Miss Shreves Entertninmen
An entertainment that will prove
attractive to the general public as
well Is to those who have a more per-
sonal interest is the operetta. Her
Highness' Folly" to be given We'd
nesday evening of this week at the
National Theater by the pupils of Miss
Cora B. Shreve's dancing class. 1t
is the custom of these children to end
the school year with a dancing car
nival, and judging by the accomplish
ments of previous years they Will
again succeed in entertaining all those
who enjoy watching the rhythmic ex-
preston of proud and happy childhood.
Six weeks have been devoted to pains
taking preparations ard Miss Shreve is
bending every effort to make the oc
casion another triumph.
Miss Eleanor Griffith, in the role of
MAZDA. Crown Princess Of Zilania, will
sing FRITZ Scheffs famous song, IF
I Were on the Stage" Another song
that has an important bearing on the
plot of the play is Some Day When
Dreams Come True" supposed to be
from the opera composed by the prin-
cess musician lover, played by Thomas
Suter. Other songs will be rem
dered by Everette Shreve, Raymond
Boxwell and Earl Sangston. and Miss
Mae LeeSnllZeT Will ledu a group sing
ing America, I Love You" Other
parts in the operetta are taken by
Miss Vivian Marinelli, as premiere
danseuse: Vincent Brennan. as Prince
Maschera; and Lawrence Fitzgerald, as
Dal Wayne. tho dancing master.
Dancing specialties viii be a pony
ballet by six small children; the Dance
of the Dawn by thirty girls; Crixie
Snead, Dolly Gardner and Alma Rock.
the three babies of the class. in a
double number led by Miss Bernics
Kertly; charcter dances by Miss Grace
Cotton; special dance by Mis- Marian
Frisbee; dramatic dances by Athos
Darlington; a minuet by Thomas and
Mary Daily; speciality by Miss Kath-
leen Lyons with Everette Shreve; Miss
Alva Ainslee in a soubrette role;
Spanish dances by Lawrence Fitz-
gerald and Eunice Wilson; dance with
song by little KATHLEEN and Eileen
Lyons.
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Notes of the Players

The Keith trophy to be given by Man
ager Robbins in behalf OF Messrs. Keith
and Albee. the joint owners OF the Keith
theaters. will be a great loving cup TO be
competed for each year at the public eX-
erCises on the Fourth of July.
Marie Nordstrom MRS Henry E.
Dixey) and daughter of Mrs. NJ. Nord-
strom, of Washington, is a native OF
Texas and did not see a white face
save those of her parents and soldiers
at Fort Davis until she had grown to
young womanhood. says a Pittsburgh
exchange, commenting on her appear
ance in Bits of Acting" a vaudeville
sketch by her sister, Frances Nord-
strom. The Nordstrom girls, both
widely known here, are daughters OF
the late Capt Charles E. Nordstrom,
Tenth Cavalry, U. S. A. The Pitts
burgh exchange continues:
It was on the death of her father
that Miss Nordstrom, with her mother
and sister. Frances. came East and To-
Gated in Washington. where the girls
attended a convent school and were
graduated. Last season she made her
first round of the circuit as a single
star. at which time her versatility and
artistry were a revelation xto those
critics who had known her only within
the limitations of a single part.
Keith's complimentary buffet luncs
to its patrons on Flag Day was an i'm
mense success judging from the over
flowing theater and the qualification
of the delighted theater-goers who
said il was the finest feast of the kind
they had ever enjoyed. AS a fact, II
was the first time a Washington thea
ter has ever gone to such a limit ot
expense and hospitality.
In the Keith contingent in the pre-
paredness parade were Louise Dresser
Irene Douglas, the Beaumont sisters
Cordelia Haager, and every other &C
tor and actress in the bill last week
Assistant Manager Bob" Long faith
cred the bunch and kept them hep
ping In tune to the bands. Billy E
Van led the male contingent Of mum
merh
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following among the dancers OF the
Capital All of the new dance music
is played.
The wave of popularity over the
newest ride, the Derby Racer, shows
no sign of abatement, patrons of the
park seeming never to tire of the
thrills they get as the two trains of
cars race over the eight speedy dips
in a mad race clear back to the
starting point.
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and the plot moves swiftly and defuy to
climaxes of sustained interest
The story OF The Belle of Richmond"
particularly concerns Jerry Gordon and
Nellie Mason the belle Two friends are
suitors for her hand Through a mis-
take in the delivery of bouquets by the
family servant and the connivance OF
thieving strangers in Richmond there de-
velops a unique dramatic situation that
has been skillfully handed by the author.
The Belle of Richmond" is a play
that capitally fits the personalities of the
Poll Players A. H. Van Buren will, of
course. be the Jerry Gordon and Maude
Gilbert will have the engaging role Of
Nell Mason. Ben Taggart and the other
players have the capital parts in the cast
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Polp-"The Belle of Ric hmond. ~

Not only the Southern contingent in
Washington, but lovers of romantic
comedy-drama generally will be inter
ested in next weeks production of the
Poll Players, The Belle of Richmond"
1t is one Of those very delightful South.
ern romances that has an appeal all its
own. The play is in four acts, and will
be produced for the first time in Wash.
ington by the Poll Players. Sidney
Toler, a well-known actor-author, was
the creator of THE Belle of Richmond. >
The locale of the play is Richmond, Va.
and while the period is modern, the set.
tings are illustrative of the homes OF
the hrst families of Virginia. The treat.
ment OF the theme capitally represents
that courtesy and hospitality for which
the South is famous There is a com.
pelling heart interest throughout the pla,
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A Busy Official.

. In a recent examination paper for a
boy clerks post, says Tit-Bits, was this
question:
III the premier and all the members
Of the cabinet should die who would Of
ficiate?"
Robert, a boy OF Il thought for a time,
trying In vain TO recall who came next IN
succession. At last a happy inspiratie
came to him and he answered:
The undertaken"
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OF widely varied selections. In sd-
diton a special bill of unusual merit
has been arranged for the photoplay
theatorium out in the open which is
one of the other free features.
Week nights the dancing contingent
has its innings. Never before has
Glen Echo had so large and loyal a
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Glen Echo Park.

Within easy access of the city. the
trolley trip up along the Potomac be-
ing the most picturesque the Capital
has, with a wealth of shade and cool
breezes and the canal and river right
at hand for boating and canoeing,
Glen Echo Park is taking on an added
attractiveness as real summer weather
begins to develop.
Now that the vacation period has
begun the annual pilgrimage of pic
nickers is under way and this week
will see several Sunday school and
other organizations outings and basket
parties galore at the resort, where
Fairgrounds, picnic tables and other
Iconveniences help to make 1t the ideal
place at which to spend a day in the
open.
This afternoon and tonight for the
benefit of the Sunday crowd there will
be another series of concerts by the
Soldiers Home Band with . program
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Iyceum-BurlesQue.

A giriy-girne sort Of show with
plenty of catchy songs is promised
next week in the Midnight Strollers"
a clever musical burletta. Harry
Rogers and his staff of funmakers are
planning to give the audiences some
OF the biggest laughing situations in
this show that have ever been pre-
sented by burlesque house in wash
ington.
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Successful Theatrical
Season Dispels the
Fear of the Movies

SPECIAL to The Washington Herald.
New York, June I7.-For the first
time in a decade New Yorks the
atrical year is closing with man
ayers, actors and playwrights mutu-
ally optimistic and satisfied over its
prosperity says the Herald's the
atrical critic. Though Broadway is
generally supposed to have more
playhouses than is good for it, the
Messrs. Shubert are starting the con-
struction of two new houses in
Forty-hfth street, adjoining the As
tor on the west, and Brandon lyman
is to have his new "Theater Of the
Heart" in Forty-eighth street.
But, most important of all, the
producing managers believe the the
ater has found itself to the extent
Of overcoming the uncertainty caused
by the sudden rise of the motion
picture industry. They have found
that the spoken and the silent
drama get along quite we'll, each in
its own sphere.
"The stage and the screen are
no longer in competition, if indeed
they ever WERE" said a we'll known
manager yesterday. Every attempt
to manage a motion picture after
the manner of the regular s. play
house has failed, not only in New
York but throughout the country.
Managers have made the important
discovery that the crowds which
persistently fill the better sort Of
picture theatcrs are not the crowds
that habitually go much to the regu-
lar theaters.
And producers, instead of play
ing down to movie patrons, are
playing up to the old forms of art
and making the difference between
the stage and the screen as dis
tinctive as possible.
Even the actors and actresses who
rushed into the pictures because of
the large salaries are beginning to
realize that their easy money has
been obtained at price, and a very
great price at that. This applies, of
course, to the really worth while
player. Many personalities with
pretty little abilities have taken their
beloved temperaments to the screen,
where it is to be hoped that they
will remain.
"Just before the motion picture
craze developed the stage was in cry
ing need of new talent, and the
removal of the artistic dead wood has
been one of the reasons for the bril-
liant success of the season now end
ing"
II is believed by quite a number OF
producers that the war has helped
the theater by giving to it the first
and exclusive output of what new
plays were written in Europe and
by interesting the American public
in home amusements, since they
were unable to attend the theater in
Europe to any appreciable extent.
And, encouraged by the new interest
in good plays and good acting, man.
ayers are seeking both theaters and
plays for next season.
The American public will not lack
its Barrie, its Shaw, its Galsworthy
or its Barker. Musical comedies from
Vienna and adaptations from Berlin
also have been announced. Only in
Paris, which is almost wholly abb
sorbed in the heroic prosecution OF
war, is there a lack of amusement
material
For American dramatists the year
to come promises to be even more
golden than the one just ending, if
one may dependppon the announce
menss of approaching "tryouts" and
other preliminary arrangements.
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Loew's CoIumbfa-PauIine Fred
ericE

The attraction for next week at
Loew's Columbia will be Pauline Fred
erick in a perturbation OF z. Phillips
Oppenheim's celebrated novel The
Worlds Great Snare" The last half
OF the week Myrtle Stedmsn will be
featured as The American Beauty