The Washington times., 1916-02-06
MASKED Model"
A New Operetta,
At National and
AWinter Garden
Production at the
BelaSco Promise
No Tax on the
Mind.

1.-TWO musical comedies, one
brand new, desirous of being
4 called an operetta, and the
other content with merely being
known as one Of those nice old Win
ter Garden things, will literally hold
out their arms to theatergoers this
week.
No one will have TO think.
Who would care to, when several
hundred Counting both companies)
beautiful young women and hand
some young men are doing their
utmost to prevent just such catas-
trophe?
After Margaret Schiller" and
"The Greatest Nation" with all due
respect to their authors and pro-
ducers and companies, one comIRete
city full Of foolishness is if mot an
antidote, at least an alienation"
LTHOUGH from the sound Of the
~ name "The Masked Model
~ might be mistaken for one OF
Mary J. Holmes novels. or
something on the order of THE Hidden
Hand" which we believe was written
and dramatized many wears ago. 1t Is
nothing of the kind.
The name may awaken civil war
memories. but the production for which
II stands is said to be an uD-to-the-
second operetta. written by Carl Woess.
with hooks and lyrics by Harry and
Robert h. Smith.
The Smith Brothers. OF theatrical mo.
not cough-drop fame. are a valuable
asset speaking we'll for the taste and
discrimination of the producers This
IL well. since Carl Woess is described
as being a new" composer and Nath-
crime Galloway. the prima donna tsaid
to be the great discovery OF the season..
has evidently heen undiscovered up to
the present moment.
AS another proof that the new oper-
eta is thoroughly modern. despite evl-
dences to the contrary, we call atten-
ton to the fact that masks are all the
rage this year. Even wrestlers wear
them.
"A World Of Pleasure" plus Clifton
Crawford. comes to the Belasco this
week This is a successful New York
Winter Garden production of lavish
everything. Enough!
NJ RS. LILY LANGTRY. who
Nn comes to Keith'5 this week IN
w a short play. ''Ashes," was
born on the Island Of Jersey.
in the English Channel October IL.
1852. Her father was w. c. r. De Bre-
ton, dean Of Jersey. When she wes
only sixteen she was married to Ed
ward Langtry, an English merchant
Her husbands wealth and her fathers
social standing gave her the entree into
English society. while her close friend
ship with the late King Edward VII,
then Prince Of Wales. made her famous.
She decided 10 go on the professional
stage making her debut as Blanche
Haye in ours" at the Maymarket
Theater In January |, 1852. Her second
part was Kate Hardcastle In "Shc
Stoops to Conquer" About five years
later she came to America, winning
fame as the Jersey Lily"
Just to show that the faith in Wash
ington as a first night town Is not dim,
med, two new productions are planned
for the week of tine 21st.
At Keith's, Tho Wedding Gown" n
one-act sketch by Miss Mary X.
Brookes, a gifted Washington news
paper woman. will begin its tour OF the
Keith vaudeville circuit, while at Polls.
g. f.. Poll announces the presentation
OF the prize play IN Walked Jimmy
Miss Brookes' sketch Is known as
The Wedding Gown" clever comedy
the plot Of which concerns the reconcile
alton Of a Young girl and her sweet
heart through the formers attempt TO
sell her wedding gown. The benign in
f1uence in the play is Saplent saleS-
woman in a secondhand clothing estap-
Ushment, who succeeds in showing Doth
the boy and his sweetneart Lnat InGy
me piecs will be enacted by a COM
petent professional cast, which Is now
. in rehearsal with the author actlnS III
an advisory capacity; ..,. vyo,Lod
After its premiere here, In WalKeoi
Jimmy" may he seen on Broadway, "
the piece lives up to the eNpectauons
of Mr Poll and General manager
Thatcher
Putb ST. Denis. danse artistic, who
was 10 have appeared In a special mat
nee at Polls Theater tomorrow. tt'e'-
Noon, has Cancelled the cngaGemGnIip
"'''' FLORENCE E. NODEh'
National: "The Masked Model"
Premiere of Musical Comedy.
NEW operetta entitled THE
n Masked Model comes to the
~ National this week. Carl Woess
rs the composer Of this produc-
ton The books aud lyrics were writ
ton hN HAIRY b and Robert b Smith.