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Evening star., 1917-03-18
NEW NATIONAL

At the New National Theater tomor-
row evening the tenth anniversary
production of the "Ziegfeld Follies"
viii be shown. The engagement will
mark the tenth consecutive Offering in
the series of "Follies" inaugurated by
Ziegfeld in June, 1907.
The current edition is in two acts
and eighteen elaborate scenes. all of
whicn were designed and painted by
Josef Urban, the noted stage decorator.
The revue was staged under the per
soual supervision of Mr.. Ziegfield.
George v Hobart and Gene Buck sup
piled the lines and lyrics and the mu-
sic is by Jerome Kern and others.
The company this season is even
more numerous and distinguished than
in preceding years. One hundred and
fifty entertainers, employed in the
presentation of the piece. include Ina
Claire, Fanny Brice. Anna Pennington,
Allyn King, Emma Mabel Haig, Tot
Qualters, Gladys Feldman. Mae Car
man. Alma Braham. Gladys LOTUS.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
80 Long Lefty"

At the Beiasco Theater next week,
beginning Monday with the usual
matinees. Oliver Morosco will present
his new musical farce, $50 Long Lefty
after long run in New York city,
which followed a successful engage
ment in Boston.
The book of so Long Lefty" was
written by Mr.. Morosco and Elmer
Harris. the latter the author of many
prominent successes, and is based on
Mr.. Harris former farce, Your Neigh
bors Wife" Connecting the story there
are eighteen musical numbers written
by Earl Carroll. several of which have
already become popular.
Like all Morosco's pieces. so Long
Lefty" was given its preliminary hear
ing In Los Angeles. 1t scored a hit, mas
since had a run of twenty-five weeks
in Chicago, followed by twenty weeks
in New York. In every detail the pro
duction is bright and new. The cast IS
headed by Charlotte Greenwood, VINO
is assisted by Walter Catlett. May
Boley. Sydney Grant, Percy Bronson
Winnie Baldwin and the Cameron Sis
ters. two clever dancers.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Barney Gerard's Show.

Barney Gerard's show. an entertain
ment diversified and original, will be
the attraction at the Gayety Theater
next week, with Edmond Hayes. noted
for his creation of the character of
the wise guy" as its featured player.
Some show" is the newest offering by
Gerard whose "Follies of the Day" ap-
peared at the Gayety several weeks
ago. Hayes is supported by a cast
which includes Thomas Snyder, eccen-
trio comedian; Marie Jensen. from mu-
steal comedy: Martha Edmond. singer
and dancer: Mildren Cecil, fngenue. and
Harry Hills. Billy Waldron and a
chorus of thirty girls of ability as
singers and dancers. The book sets
forth the tribulations of piano mover.
and is filled with ludicrous situations
The music is original and was written
by Albert Won Tilzer. Lew Brown and
Barney Gerard. Novel dances will be
interpolated with the vaudeville spe-
cialtieS.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
GAYETY

Sam Howe's Big Show with "a
potpourri of tuneful melodies. mirthfuI
situations. colorful costumes and daz-
zling scenic and electrical effects"
opens the week with performances at
3 and s pm. today at the Gayety
Theater. 1t is headed by Sam Howe.
and the cast includes Eva Null. Dee
Loretta. Harry Bowen. Tony Cortelli.
Salvatore Zito, Ethel Hail. Stefi An
derson and May lie Noir.
The Offering is a musical comedy.
"A Wife in Every Port" in two acts
and ten scenes. revolving around Com
modore Flimsky. millionaire owner of
"A palatial yacht, who, once away from
the eyes of his watchful spouse. Is con-
stant1y falling in love with every
pretty face. The scenes take in Venice.
Barcelona, Paris. Persia and Japan.
terminating in England at the famous
EPSON Downs race course. An aug
mented beauty" chorus constitutes an
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Elsie Ferguson-"S Shirley Kaye"

Unusual interest attaches to the en-
gagement of Elsie Ferguson at the
New National Theater next week in
Shirley Kaye" a sparkling, up-to date
comedy by Hubert Footner. in which
she has been appearing for the greater
part of the season in New York. Miss
Ferguson has been identified with plays
of rather a somber sort for some sea-
sons, notably "Outcast" and Margaret
Schiller" In Shirley Kaye" she is
seen in comedy. The scenes are laid
in fashionable section of Long Island
and most Of the characters are of the
socially elect. story of love and
high finance is told in the course
the four acts. klaw & Erlanger
present Miss Ferguson with the same
company that supported her IL New
York, including Lee Baker. William
Holden. Mrs. Jacques Martin. Kitty
Brown, Ronald Byran. Violette Kimbal
Dunn, George Backus. Frances Nelson,
Victor Benoit, Minnie Radcliffe, Doug
las Paterson. William Lennox and
Lawrence Wood.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
BELASCO

NaZinova this year is appearing in
"'Ception Shoals" by Austin Adams.
She will be seen in the new play at the
Belasco Theaters this week. beginning
tomorrow evening. Washington will
be one of the few cities visited by
Nazimova this season.
"Ception Shoals is accredited with
being pure tragedy. suggesting the
gloom and fatalism of 1bsen-
'Ception shoals are those shifting
eandbarS. 120 miles from San Diego,
which the old Spanish navigators
called "The Sands of La Conception.
The launch Driftwood tfrom the south
seas) has run onto one of these. car
rying Philip Blake. as master; Smoot.
a beachcomber. and Maude, VINO is
about to become mother, although
she is no wife. While these are wait
ing for the tide to lift the launch, out
of the dark sea comes a dripping child
Of the waves. 1t is Eve. daughter of
the religious-crazed keeper of the
lighthouse. She has been ringing the
belIbuoy in memory Of her drowned
mother. These five unusual characters
constitute the entire cast.
Nazimova is. of course, the Eve. and
as she energies from the ocean there
is small wonder Blake calls her Venus
arising from the sea. She is anything
but Venus in mental makeup. how
ever for she is more innocent than
the average modern child. The only
man she has ever known is her father
and she has never seen woman.
Maude and her child are taken to the
lighthouse, and il is a month after
when the Driftwoods complement
leave. Blake promises Eve TO return
and make her his wife. He does return
later, but il is after five years have
gone by. Eve is kept in ignorance o1
his return by her father, and plunge:
from the lighthouse into the sea. a:
her mother had done.
Charles bryant viii be seen as Blake
the winning rover of the sea, Henry
Harmon as the cTazed lighthouse keep
er: Dodson Mitchell. as the repellan
Smoot. and Edith Luckett. as the un
fortunate Maude.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Elmendorf Thursday.

'"The Garden of Allah" the Arab name
for the desert of Sahara, is the theme
of the fourth travel talk in Dwight
Elmendorf's course of illustrated lee
lures at the New National Theater, to
be presented Thursday afternoon at
4:30 o'clock. The wonderful atmo-
sphere of the desert is vividly repro
duced in Mr.. Elmendorf's pictures of
oases. sunsets. sandstorms. Bedouins
and caravans. Starting at Tunis, a
curious example of dreamy oriental
city. peopled by characters as strange
ly garbed as those in The Arabian
Nights" the picture journey will lead
through Susa, Ell Diem, Kairouan, Te-
bessa, Timgad. Ell Kantara. Sidi Okba
and finally to the beautiful oasis of
Biskra.
The following Thursday afternoon
Mr.. Elmendorf closes his Washington
season with his new lecture on Mexico
and the Mexicans."
Evening star., 1917-03-18
"The Lure of Alaska. {"

Next Sunday night at the Belasco
Theater DR.. Leonard S. Sugden will
present his motion picture lecture.
'"The Lure of Alaska" DIR. Sugden was
formerly surgeon of the Canadian
northwest mounted police, and has
lived seventeen years in Alaska. In
this time he taught himself how to
take motion pictures, and on his ad-
Tenturous trips through the frozen
north he made pictures of scenes that
have never before come out of the
north. For weeks he waited to catch
a falling glacier as it crashed into the
sea, breaking into icebergs: for days
he waited in ketchikan creek to snap
the salmon as they returned from none
know where to their spawning places
he took pictures Of gold rushes into
new klondikes. big game pictures. and
now, for the first time in seventeen
years. he returns to the United States
TO show what he knows Of Alaska. His
pictures. however, merely illustrate the
story which he tells.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
In the Spotlight.

Charles Purcell has been engaged for
the leading role in The Beautiful Tn
known"
Every Good Eddie" comes to the
Belasco Theater in April with a dozen
song hits.
A play by Owen Davis called. Her
Dearest Friend" will be produced soon
at Atlantic City.
The Shuberts are TO build small mu-
sfcal comedy theater in New York, to
be called the Intimate Theater.
The tour of Nazimova is under the di-
rection of two new managers, Charles
Bryant and Walter F. Wagner.
Margaret Romaine, who is prima
donna of the Have Heart" company,
is to star in a new comic opera next
season.
Lew Fields. John Mason and Irene
FenWick will appear in Bosom
Friends" by Frank Mandel, early next
month in New York.
Frances Demarest has been engaged
for a leading role in Nina" a new
musical comedy by Cosmo Hamilton and
Leslie Stuart. now in rehearsal.
Belle Baker disappointed this week
her engagenent at b. f. Keiths hav-
ing been postponed. Both she and
Tanguay are due at later dates"
The Selwyns have obtained the dra-
matte rights to story by George
Weston called. 20. Mary Be Careful"
and viii produce it early next season.
Maude Adams will give her one hun
dredth performance of Barrie's "A Kiss
for Cinderella" at the Empire Theater
New York. tomorrow night.
THE Small Town Girl" a comedy in
three acts by Eugene Walter and
Cronin Wilson. was produced last Mon
day night in Baltimore by A. H. Woods.
Charlotte Walker has the leading role.
The Willow Tree" produced by
George cohan and sam Harris, is a
wierd and fascinating Japanese drama
by Harrison Rhodes and Benrimo, the
latter Jap specialist.
Nance O'Neil. who sprained her ankle
several weeks ago. Will return to the
cast of The Wanderer'' tomorrow
night. During her absence Harda
Daube has been playing her role.
Lois Meredith and Mabel Frenyear
have been added to the cast of The
Man Who Lost" the new play by Theo-
dore Liebler and Adeline Leitzbach,
scheduled for production at Pittsburgls
tomorrow night.
Common Clay" brought its tour to
an end in Cincinnati last night a week
ago. the company returning TO New
York. John Mason, who had the lead
ing role, has joined Lew Fields COM
pany.
Fred Niblo. in Hit -the-Trail HolIi-
day brought his tour to "A close at
Newark last night. The piece has
served him for two seasons and a
second organization has been present.
ing it in the west.
The farce, The Arrival of Kitty"
that was presented for several seasons
on tour. has been revised by. Norman
Evening star., 1917-03-18

The Cosmos Theater has secured from
the big vaudeville circuit for its head
line attraction next week "A Dream OF
the Orient" one of the handsomest
spectacles and musical offerings that
have ever appeared in its program. 1t
will be presented by the original COM
pany of ten people and feature prtma
donna from grand opera and two re-
markable dancers.
Another feature of the bill, which
will be extraordinary in character. will
be the first showing of the second pic
ture drama. Pride" with Holbrook
Blinn as the picture star, in the re-
markable Mcclure picture series. The
Seven Deadly Sins" In the cast of the
picture are Shirley Mason. the new
movie star: George lie Guere, Helen
Strickland and Guido Colucci. 1t is an
exciting story. whose point is turned
with forceful effect against those who
take themselves too seriously. There
are some striking steamship scepes.
made aboard the noted liner Carpathia,
which was chartered for the purpose
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Mile. Jean.

Mile. Jean of Belgium. in this coun-
try to raise funds for her war-stricken
country, will headline the B. F. keith
Theater bill next week in display OIL
her versatility as a musician Other
attractions will be Frank Hale and
Signe Patterson and the Versatile sex
tet in Dances of the Day: the Stam-
pede Riders, with Flores Ladue'
worlds champion lady roper Dan
Dix and the comedy mule "Vlrgl, re-
inforced bv COWBOYS and girls. ropers,
outlaws, broncos and other wild west
impedimenta; Charles Howard and
company in "a Happy Combination
Joe Towle. the nut cracker; the
Rempel sisters. Boudini brothers. the
two Cartons. James j. Morton, the
pipe organ recitals and Sunset Falls,
the eleventh episode of "Patria. with
Mrs. Vernon Castle.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Nine. Samaroff- -Kneisel Quartet.

Nine. Olga Samaroff. famous as an
American pianist. and the Kneisel
Quartet will appear in joint recital at
the New National Theater Tuesday,
March 27, at 4:30 pm.
Nine. Samaroff is well known to
washington music lovers. having ap-
psared as soloist here with the Boston
symphony and the Philadelphia orches-
traS.
The Kneisel Quartet, distinguished
exponents of chamber music in Amer
lea for twenty-five years, will be heard
for the last time. The quartet will dis
band after April on account of Mr..
knefsel being unable to assume longer
the burden of responsibility connected
with its work.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
"In Old Kentucky"

THE only pickaninny band eXtant'
is announced as one of the features OF
the Poll Players production OF the
melodrama classic, I'm Old Kentucky,
next week. 1t is a Washington band,
of course, with fifteen instrumentalists
and "the best drum major ever. VINO
is naturally proud of the fact that he
toured the country for two seasons as
the drum major in a road company
presenting I'm Old Kentucky.
There will be also a street parade,
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Arcade,

Nightly dances are given at the Ar
cade auditorium, with excellent music,
fine dancing floor. beautiful surround
ings and rigid censorship exercised by
the dancing director.
Monday ladies will be admitted free ::
Wednesday a confetti carnival is sched-
uled: Friday. "Kiddies' night" and Sat
urday week end dance.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Jean Barnett, Carol Young, Bessie Nell
ligan, Bert Williams. Bernard Gran
Vile. Will Rogers. Sam B. Hardy, w.
c. Fields. Carl Randall, Don Barclay.
Norman Blume, Clay Hill and many
others, with the original New Amster-
dam Theater, New York. beauty Choir
u.s." which Is claimed to be the hand
soonest ensemble Of young women that
ever appeared on any stage.
Matinees will be given Wednesday
and Saturday.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Mount Pleasant Players.

The Mount Pleasant players will
present "The Devil" Molnars three
act drama, at the new Central High
School auditorium. Saturday evening.
March "a. and Monday evening, March
&c. George De Franceaux will play
the title role. supported by George w.
Strictly and Constance Gsantner. Nor
gan A. Sherwood of the New National
Theater is staging the production.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

a legend of the country. A unique
work by modern composer is Gliere's
symphonic poem. 1.-The Sirens" which
is conceived in delicate and poetic
vein. The melodious intermezzo from
Tschaikowsky's suite opus AZ forms
delightful contrast with the older
masters The capriccio espagnole of
Rimsky-K orsakow. with it's lifting and
piauant rhythm, its dash and brilliant
coIoring, will bring the concert to
stirring conclusion.
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Miss Springtime. "

Klaw and Erlanger's musical comedy
success of the present season-"Miss
Springtime'-will be the attraction al
the New National Theater the week be-
ginning Easter Monday. April 8. The
original cast. which will appear here.
includes George MacFarlane. Else Alder
Evening star., 1917-03-18
Last "Ten STAR Concert.

Theo karle. the American tenor. and
Lucy Gates, coloratura soprano. will
be the artists at the final concert OF
the "Ten-Star Series" at the New Ma
tional Theater Friday afternoon,
March 80.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

John E. Hazard, Georgia ORamey. Jed
Prouty. Ada May Weeks. Charles
Meakin, Freddy Nice, Nick Burnham,
Wayne Num-, Josie Intropodi and others
who have been appearing in the delight
full musical play for more than $50 per-
formances at the New Amsterdam The
ater, New York. Washington will be
the first city visited after the metro
politan season
Evening star., 1917-03-18

They have not recognized how potent a
factor is the playhouse in shaping the
minds Of the people. and above all how
greatly influential to young men and
women are the things seen when sit
ting at the play. 1t is their social edu-
cation. In the theater they learn how
to behave and sometimes how not to
behave
-Ranciman.-Horace Annesley
Vachell. author of THE Case of Lady
Gambler" is perhaps more Intimately
acquainted with America than any
other British writer For years he was
a ranchman In California, traversing
the state from end to end, hunting in
its most secret canyons, working shoul-
der to shoulder with the American
ranchers.
Il divide people into two classes
those who care for things and those
who care for persons" says a char
acter in Mr.. Vachell's comedy. "Quin-
neys'," which was seen in this country
last season.
1t is to this second class that Mr.
Vachell himself belongs, and as a con-
sequence his books and his plays have
been attractive, realistic and widely
greeted with a quick and sincere in
tereSt.
actor" says Sir Herbert Tree, should
be taught elocution. dancing, deport-
ment, pantomime and gesture. As
to elocution, the proper use of the
voice, the pronunciation and enuncia-
ton of the English language above all,
the right delivery of blank verse
these are points which must be taught
and should be taught before an actor
hEaD Nay lnr~t nv h rfe-.' ~
sidered as prepared for his stage Ca
reer.
Il know that many of the modern
school are inclined to jeer at the grand
old manner but L submit that while
the grand old manner was overdone,
yet 1t was an error on the right side.
and at all events it was better than the
little modern mannerisms being a
standing protest against slovenliness.
indistinctness and effeminacy OF
speech"
On opening school of acting in
London. of which Sir Herbert is the
president. he received the following let
ter from Ellen Terry:
Dear Herbert Tree: / send you the
best of good wishes for the success of
your school l read the other day YOU
had said that acting cannot be taught
and the next thing l hear is that you
have started school of acting! Well, !
agree with what you said, and equally
do L agree with what you have done,
And 1 don't think we are at all incon-
sistent, for If acting cannot be taught,
those who are gifted with the power
to act can and must be taught.
I'VE claim for acting that it is an
art-'all imagination, all spiritual, all
| fine fun as you have said-and our
art, like any other, cannot be practiced
without a training.
Il hope your training ground will
attract many fine personalities. with
fine imaSinations and fine industry for
this is the stuff that good actors and
actresses are made Of"
Evening star., 1917-03-18

important feature of the production
and is much in evidence at every per-
formance.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

A new play by Robert Lawrence
called Mother Love-" to be produced
by A. G. Delamater. will have August
Perry in the leading role.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

A. II. Woods has secured for pro-
duction a play by an English author,
Eden f. Creviile. called The Realist"
1t will be given next season.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Lee Swartout. the author. and will
begin a spring tour early next month.
Charles Judels has been engaged for
a character role in The Beautiful Un-
known" the Oscar Strauss operetta
now being rehearsed in New York by
the Shuberts.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

In recent theatrical suit it was de-
veloped in court by the testimony that
the managerial profits on Daddy Ions
Legs" amounted to 100000.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

A new theater to be built in New
York is to be known as the Norworth.
The playhouse will he ready early In
the fall. Its first Offering will be Jack
Norworth'S revue. odds and Ends
Evening star., 1917-03-18
"a Dream Of the Orient"

with a cavalcade of race horses. all
of which will be used in the production.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

"A House of Glass" one of the pro-
nounced successes last season has
reached Australia with Florence Rock
well in the leading role. 1t is ore of
the dramatic successes OF the season
there.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

AS result of his success in Johnny
Get Your Gun" Louis Bennison has
obtained long term contract with
John Cort. and hereafter will be the
featured member of the cast of that
farce.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Minna Gale Haynes has Cancelled her
tour of dramatic recitals to join the
cast of Cohan & Harris production OF
"a Tailor Made Man"
Evening star., 1917-03-18

THE Lioness," Rupert Hughes play. IN
which Margaret Anglin has been appear
ing. has closed its season. The author
will revise the piece for presentation in
New York next fall.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Margaret Romaine who is prima
donna of the Have i Heart company.
is to star in new comic opera next
season.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Lew Fields. John Mason and Irene
Fenwick Will appear in Bosom
Friends by Frank Mandel, early next
month in New York
Evening star., 1917-03-18

The tour of Nazimova is under the di-
rection of two new managers Charles
Bryant and Walter F. Wagner
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Oliver Morosco launched a new piece
with the title we Are Seven" and it
is destined for New York prescnta-
ton early next season Sue McManamy
played the leading role.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Laurette Taylor. who appeared IN
"rhe Harp of Life" viii have new
play by J. Hartley Manners, called "out
There" the latter part of this month.
Her role will be that of cockney girl
who has a great inspiration from the
war.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Charles Purcell has been engaged for
the leading role in The Beautiful I'm
known
Evening star., 1917-03-18

The Shuberts are TO build small mu-
sfcal comedy theater in New York, to
be called the Intimate Theater.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

The Friars' Club in New York is pre-
pairing a demonstration 10 celebrate
the debut of George Nj. Cohan as "A
screen star. ARRANGEMENTS have been
made to release broadway Jones'" the
first Cohan film play. on the afternoon
of Sunday. March -, IN New York
city Members OF the Friars Club as
a tribute to Abbot Cohan, Will assemble
at the Monastery, the name of their
new clubhouse, and march in body
be shown.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Our Betters." by w. Somerset Maug-
ham, produced in New York last week.
Is pronounced a bitter satire on expa-
triated Americans. The critics do not
speak in high terms of it's moral tone.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Fred Niblo. in ''Hit-the-Trail HolIi-
day brought his tour to a close at
Newark last night. The piece has
served him for two seasons, and a
second organization has been present.
ing il in the west
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Belle Baker disappointed this week,
her engagement ut b. f. Keith's hav-
ing been postponed. Both she and
Tanguay are due at later dates"
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Joseph Urban and Richard Ordynski
have engaged Ann Andrews TO plsy
the name part in the Russian play
'Nju," which is to be their first Joint
producing venture at the Bandbox
Theatcr, New York.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

common Clay" brought it's tour to
an end in Cincinnati last night a week
ago, the company returning to New
York. John Mason. who had the lead
ing role, has Joined Lew Fields COM
pany.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

James Lackaye. who calls Washing
ton his home, is to star in a new play
called Uncle Bob" by Mark Price. The
piece is said to fit into Lackaye's ca
pabilities very nicely.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

Nance O'Neil. who sprained her ankle
several weeks ago. Will return to the
cast of The Wanderer' tomorrow
night. during her absence Harda
Daube has been playing her role.
Evening star., 1917-03-18

The Selwyns have obtained the dra-
matte rights to a story by George
Weston called. 20. Mary. Be Careful" :"
and VIII produce it early next season.