The Washington herald., 1917-02-18
THEATRICAL BRIEFS.

In The Masqusrader." at the BeiAsco
Thsater this week. Guy Bates Post win
appear In q difficult dual role, his per-
formanoe being In an entirely different
vein from that demanded In Omar. the
Tentmaker." Post Appears frst as q
member Of Parliament. who II addicted
to druss. later assuming the par Of q
gifted journalist, who '.masquerades' a.
the Header OF the party"
Richard Walton Tully 10 noted for his
novel stage effects. as witness the hurri-
cane In THE Flame" or the volcanic
eruption In The Bird Of Paradise" Al
the Belasco TheAter this week Tully Will
again disclose an unusual stage conceit
in q representation of . London fog that
is said to be unique In It's ultra realism.
and one Of the most effective features IN
The Masouerader."
The Eagles winss" the big Unfver-
sal flm production. which Ia described
as q message Of thunder to wake up
America, Is purely American In sentiment
and Inspiration. II was made with the
assistance of several departments OF the
United States government and IN said to
have high officisl sanction
Holiday prices. or the evening scale.
February q and March 4 T. 6 and G. In
q note 70 the patrons Manager Robbins
points out the large additional cost for
salaries. wages, etc. on these days as
| the reason. He asks the regular reser-
vstionists to notify him II they DO or do
not wish to retain their regular seats for
those performances
Evelyn Nesbit has been taking a course
Of singing lessons since last here and also
course in ssrtorisl selections She Is
1 said to take the top notes with certainty
now and her gowns are extremely pretty
and nifty.
After a postponed date at Keith's. EN-
met De Voy is announced, and Il IL guar
sateed this time that he will positively
appear. His new fantasy is his own pro
duct and there are several fetching
scenes, It Is asserted.
Florence Rittenhouse, leading woman OF
the Popular Poll Players. is q thorough
believer in the reliability and style OF
wsshington-made and purveyed apparel
When not busy with rehearssls of 1T
Pays TO Advertise" she has been tnvao-
ing local fashion emporiums-
Howard Lang without whom the Popu-
lar Poll Players would be incomplete. has
been very busy of evenings, renewing old
acquaintance, OF whom he has a legion
in Washington.
The prediction is made that Frances
williams, the second woman OF the Popu-
lar Poll Players. Will make as big hit
here as she did at the Hyperion Thester,
New Haven. Conn, where she has been
an established fsvorite for a long while.
Douglas Fairbanks has gone to sarsnsc
Lake for q brief vacation, after which he
will begin work on his first Aircraft nlm
play.
Inhabitants Of ChIricothe. Ohio. have
stood the acid test Of the dyed-in-ths-
wool star worshipper. When Mary Pick
ford passed through the Ohio city last
| week en- route from New York TO Los
Angeles, q gathering OF almost 1000 peo-
i pie waited more than two hours in a
temperature of eight degrees below zero
TO receive an actual smile from the flesh
and blood celebrity whose pictured smiles
they had seen so many times on the
screen.
| George NJ Cohan has encountered ono
Il peril in the film business that he did not
foresee. When he visited the Mary Pick
ford studio at Fort Lee. N Y. TO pose
an important interior scene for his first
film play, Broadway Jones" he under
estimated the effect on his eyes OF the
powerful studio lights As a result. he
was temporarily blinded and had to be
led from the studio. His physician sent
him TO Atlantic City for a brief rest.
He will resume work in a day or two.
but has been cautioned TO remain within
the glare of the big lamps only for a few
minutes at a time. until his optic nerves
grow accustomed to the unfamiliar
! strain.