The Washington times., 1916-01-16
Elsie Ferguson Comes the National in New Play By Hall
Attractions
Coni1lgHere
Next Week

a pay by Marion Creighton and Will
lam Elliott depicting the eternal conflict
between love and war and called THE
| Greatest Nation" will open January q
at the Belasco Thester.
The story Is that of the romance be-
tween Crown Prince Alan of the King
dom of Thor and Crown Princess Adris
OF the Kingdom Of Adlon. neighborinR
! countries that have been at war peri
odically for centuries.
The action of tho play takes plac"
during the period Immediately before
and following o declaration of war by
! the King of Adlon. and the story depict
the adventures. trials and heroisms
which follow.
The part of Prince Alan Is taken by
Mr. Elliott himself: that of the Crown
| Princess of Adlon by Miss Olive Wynd-
ham.
Mime Yorska of the Theatre Sarah
Bernhardt. Paris, IL prominent in a cast
which included many names we'll known
| to the iheatergoers.
| At the New National for he rveek Of
! January ~ ColIar & Harlis will present
| their latest laughing SUCCESS. 1T Paws
! to Advertise" The play is as true az
| its title, though tho name gives little
idea of the wealth OF raIid .tire I'm
and the iiIScnionsly contrii ed comrli-
! cations that comprise the story OF
! publicity. Tho cast includes Edna
Baker, Richerd Sterling. John Ivtler,
Williarn Holden. Dorothy Foster. Mar.
| jory Poir. Carol Warren. George Still
well, Bernard Thornton. Spencer char
! tters. Harry Maitland. and Edward
McQuaic.
For tn" week of January "a the Poll
Players will present the striking drama
| The Law of the Land" in which JuIta
| Dean scored a phenomenal success dur-
| ing years run OF the play OH BroaG-
way.
| The Law of the Land" is by Georsc
| Broa dhurst. author OF The Man OF tn.
! Hour and II OF absorbing human IN
| tercst. Its story concerns a successful
, lawyer. a man IF ability and repute,
who suspects his wife OF being m,er-
| estcd in an old lover
The refreshing production. The BIZ
| Burlesque Carnival" will be seen at the
| Gayety Theater next week with Slid
! inS BUY Watson and Ed Lee Wroth"
! In their famous and all new comedy
| combination program. embracing mus
cal comedy and vaudeville. Ever, p
one Will remember Watson. Ed Lee
! W rothe is the famous "Janitor HiC-
gins, a character that stands out q
, one OF the most clever in burlosnur
The combination OF these two CONE
dams is certain to prove an attraction
Of extraordinary merit
| keith's announces Langdon McC,l-
NICK scnsa tional spectacle. The Tor
est flre. IN the conspicuous Dosi:irn
on next weeks bill. There are thre.,
scenes. two tableaux. and thirty people
IN this production Of a drama Of a."
two Thorntons. James and Bonnie. ~
! The founsstest of the Oldtimers." VIII
bring their songs and dances to hold
the extra honors Of the bill. Third viii
Revue" with a large and jolly comparl
Ruth Roye, The Princess OF Ragtime
/ Savoy and Brennan. in On the Rial
to- Joseph Bernard and company. IN
! Who Is She" Gates Brothers. the hu-
! morous dancers Bradley and Morris.
in "Loveland." The pipe organ recitsls
and the Pathe news pictorial will h
the concluding features.
At Moore's Garden Theater the week
Of January .3. the principal attraction
tor Sunday. Monday, Tuesday and
Wednesday win oe william $. Hart in
Conltlin, Mack swain and Mabel NJ!
nand. The remainder Of the week viii
ring TO the screen IIel"N Ware in
, OF domestic life, aid Weber and Field
| m the keystone farce, The Worst Of
friends.
NJ ti,n Strand H"hcatCr Dn Sunda
, Monday Tuesday ard Wednesday. week
Of January 23, the double program will
include Orrin Johnson in The Pen =
tents" ana Ford Sterlins in "Ti,"
; Hunt" On Thursday, Friday and Sat
urdcy. SID. Chaplin and other ksI-
stone players will be seen in The Sub
marine Pirate a remarkable funn!
and exciting KcystCne film
blanche Sweet will be seen on III"
screen of I.oew's Columbia 1heatcr for
the first three Gays OF next week In
tho Jesse l.. Lasky production of "Thc
Ragamuffin." a photoplay written Tor
Miss Sweet by William c. De Mil"
| The last four days of the same week,
| Dustin Farnum viii be seen in thr
pallaS Pictures production of rh >
Call of the Cumbcrlands, which T.
taken rom the book OF the same maine
by Charles Neville Buck.
ON the afternoon OF January -, At
the New National Theater. Burton
Holmes will give the most beautiful
| and colorful of his new travelogues.
! The Pana ma Pacific Exposition" This,
the second Of his series OF three lee
lures in the Capital. promises to be the
most Interesting. The exposition in its
wealth OF floral and architecture
beauty gave Mr.. Holmes every oppor-
tunity for display of his photogra phiC
art in his wonderfully colored photo
lgraphs.
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