The Washington herald., 1916-12-24
Christmas Finds Capital Amid
Successful Theatrical Season
Attractions that Have Gone Before and Those
Promised Presage Year of Excellent Plays.

Washington fooights
the halfway of the entertaining
that has been accorded
Box Office whose determines quality
rom the fully
attractions that have played local At beginning
hat nothing had been spared the people
which compared favoably with country.
few minutes retrospective thought brings
of the frivolous Upstairs quantity
told "The Cinderella Man. the discovery
Taylor, shown The Harp presenting
The Boomerang; meodramat "The
Clay" of comedy;
production Sohern farewell vehicle "If Were
King Tom Wise Fssaf pleasant combination Barrie
George Ar further insight
of "obecMatmonS Potash Society,";
the ambitious Washington Square Players;
Ballet Russo Mdge Fair
alS and Bernhardt as-Bernhadt
Music and Pictures.
Musicaly the Winter Garden productions
JosOn Cruso E then The Passing Show of
Her Soldier Boy through the medium Clifton Crawford and
Adele Rowland the
served with nkg melody dressing while ranspanted
Broadway atmospheres mil ssoutho of home base
pictures
having approval
among "e Daughter of the Gods
Juliet" Mary
embracing film subjects whose excellence has been measured only the
numb of
concluding of
holds forth nothing
which anticipated because the Gotham approval which has preceded
Hitchcock PIu, Personality.
The holds drawing Raymond
Hitchcock His personality sombined with his comedy methods
Rave made him
rued to him of admirers all probability
American comic genius has been able muster His local
laughter
1t is laughter so sincere clean hearty that no one can deny the
therefore " Htehi engagement at the New National Th should
was first produced Dai Tbeater London be it @ f ".o d
in
Mr. Dillingham; brought the play the Globe Theater
"chn CHM Lady Slipper
Dillingham; the
most producer of musical comedy in America
Film Engineering.
surroundings considered ideal for the
decided u to reclaim from ,b isse Of d m o, % re uS Jou 1T Tss 1
Caribbean
and of Nature William Fox dispatched band of
installed tange
vines underground away; Fort Augusta was re-
uvend and beautiful city erected about roads built
island perfection picture
demanded When these finished
less emerald shone brilliantly under the semtropieal
While the city erected destroyed by fire furnish tremendous
skHl labor of dollars
benefits and free gifts the people of Jamaica Aside
the original landscape Chief cascade
background "nome village engineers damned up river
made bed for three miles long, then led through
canal the edge of bluff where ecstasy
of wild happy freedom that of chiffon yards
plan which enno. fs sSI to oss a Ssus Co. sss1o a H., ,,
adopted by the shub and rapidly being
polite respect of their treasur and
box Office saemen
Many good show has been ruined by careless
evil that almost Why important
a'.she Of the ther should imagine himself little tin god when his
essentially of catering the public hard
But the evil does exist city in the
by eliminating least aleviang toward
making theaer-gong a pleasure the community
In set of rules recently issued they insist
Treasurers the
we have only tickets the balcony
Have good for tongh Then
when the ask where the explain
teous oene' balcony seats are preferable to those the orchestra
regarded public
themselves continually contempt when dposns
Of tickets
Greater sotud prevail