The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1916-10-22
National: THE House of
Glass" Mary Ryan.

<- HE House OF Glass drarno
in four acts. by Max MARGIN.
which ran an entire season Mt
at Gambler Theater in New
York, comes to the National Theater
this week with the complete New York
cast. headed by Miss Mary Ryan.
The story of THE House Of Glass"
concerns a girl who is sent to the peni-
tertiary for a crime which she did not
commit. After her release, she Is pur-
sued relentlessly by the police. and mar
rowly escapes reincarceration after
many years OF happy married life.
The heroine Is a young stenoBrapher
who leaves her boarding house hoping
TO marry a young chauffeur. James
Burke. who has convinced her that he
has inherited 100000. But Burke In ar
rested as a burglar and circumstantiaL
evidence sends Margaret Case to prison
with him for three years. At the end
OF a yea" she is let out on parole and
makes the mistake of breaking her
plighted word.
She becomes the respected wife OF a
rising railroad man In the West. Burke
reappears and warns her against ever
going TO New York again. lest the police
ferret her out. But when her husband
becomes general manager OF railroad
with headquarters In New York, she
finds herself forced back into danger, A
police detective recognizes her In her
the last act the governor of the State
solves her difficulties.
The author of the play is an ex-news-
pe per man. and author of what Is her
aided az an excellent exc crook rnnr Pla n
New York. Another play by the same
author Are You My Wife" is now In
rehearsal prior TO production by A. II.
Maiy Ryan will be remembered as
tie leading woman In the Cohan and
Harris productions of THE Fortune
Hunter" ''stop Thief" and ION Trial"
Belasco: "The Boomerang"
New York Comedy Success.
,l@HE BOOMERANG" the lat
est WlnchelI Smith and Vic
tor Mapes comedy triumph,
comes to the Belasco Thea
ter. for a, weeks engagement beginning
tomorrow MONDAY night, October %.
The cast is the same which played
for fifteC. months In New York, and
is headed by Martha Hedman, Wallace
Eddinger, and Ruth Shepley.
THE Boomerang, is in three acts,
and deals with the foolish jealousy OF
a lovesick youth.
cure. Hhe patient. Bud Woodbridge, Is
the victim OF heartless coquette.
Grace Tyler. Bud has been wooing
her in the old eloquent self-sacrlficing
manner and loses weight In doing It.
In fact, he Is on the verge of a COM
plete nervous breakdown when the
physician takes I'm the situation and
gets his mind off the adored one and
her careless cruelty by telling the
young man that he is the victim OF
germs. mex
In a months time the physician
agrees to show results. and he accom-
Dlishes his purpose by placing a beau
tifuI nurse in charge of Bud, and play
ing Grace Tyler's jealousy against the
nurse as an antidote to bring her tC
time. for she really cares for Bud.
Polls: "The Woman
Who Paid" Stock.
ny ANCY BOYER in Geore NJ. Ros
nj ener's romance of today, THE
" Woman Who Paid" will be thu
offering at Polls Thester this
week. -
This comedy drama tells the story
Of an innocent young girl who, in tn,
very first flusn OF life and romance
fiuds herself trapped by a mock mar
rage. Happiness and romance fal
away from her. 4 prince charming
In tho person OF United States Sen
atnr comes along aud rarri"H her