The Washington herald., 1917-06-24
b. F. KeIth,s-YaudevIIIe.

Nora Bayes is to be at B. F. Keith's
Theater all this week and the popular
singing comedienne Is prepared to ad-
minister the consolation OF songs that
delight and thrill to the legion of
admirers who confirm the press
agents claim that she is the world 5
greatest singing single comedienne." :"
Vile since last season adventuring on
her own hook in leased theaters in
New York and Chicago.
Nora Is credited with having started
a near-riot Of enthusiasm in the
metropolis when she sang "over
There" which is included in her
Washington program. Harry Akst
will accompany her at the piano.
The extra added attraction, Leona
La Mar, THE Girl with a Thousand
Eyes, Is Of sufficient novelty to head
line the bill by herself. She Is the
latest sensation in the Keith list, and
she has been drawing turn-away BUSH
ness from the beginning of her limited
tour. 1t Is claimed that she has COM
pletely mystihed American and Euro
pean psychologists and savants, to
the extent attained by Houdini and
Mercedes at least.
Avelino and Lloyd, The Two South
ern Gentlemen" with q characteris-
tic patter by Aaron Hoffman, are
next in order and will be the chief
MaiRiaE a9ffsEmS Music store C9n' win .xhibit
wonderful versatility IN playing musi-
cal Instruments
The Misses Kouns. noted for their
art as concert soloists, should be an
emphatic hit Bonnie Gaylord and
are specially announced. Other fea-
lures are Sterling and Marguerite,
presenting an athletic surprise; Gus
tave. the pipe organ recitals and the
kearst-Pathe news pictorial
PoIPs-GPotaSh and PerImutter."
Potash and Perlmutter" will hold
the boards at Polls Theater nexi
week and offers an excellent opportu.
nifty for the Poll Players to don this
perfectly up-to-date garment in thret
pieces that has been developed from
the material in the Saturday Evening
Post stories by Montague Glass
Charles Klein is well remembered al
Potash and Perlmutter" have beer
tmpersonated by 4 number Of distin-
guished actors, and IL goes without
saying never more happily for tht
Washington public than by the pre-
senta:ions that Robert Frazer, the
J. Hammond Daley, the Comedian
Of the Poll Ployers, viii make a
Mawruss Perlmutter and Abe Potash
respectively.
Frances Williams will be Ruth Gold.
man, the designer. others in the cast
are Howard Lang as Marks Pasinskly
Russell Fillmore as Boris Andrieff
George Carleton as Henry d. Field.
man, Ralph Remley as Mozart Rabi-
nier, Louise Farnum as Mrs. Potash
and Ollie Cooper as Miss Potash
and Craig Ward as the book agent.
The numerous stage characters are
types we'll enough defined to make
their portrayal fairly simple problem
for the actor. The cheerful young
buyer with an eye for the charms OF
models as well as stylish cloaks and
suits; the shifty young man fond OF
travelling upon 4 large expense ac.
count, but Unable to sell goods: the
s3yster lawyer; the pretty and re-
fined daughter Of the uncouth bui
hkeable Mr.. Potash; Mrs. Potash
poorly educated and socially ambitious
and Miss Goldman. q resourcefu
business woman, are characters sur
rounding the principals who make "
picture OF Q phase Of life with a
numerous aspects lending themselves
readily to exaggeration productive oi
. great deal Of very democratic COM
The Jewish character has long beer
exploited upon the buriesque stage
The treatment Of Potash and Perl.
mutter strikes middle course be-
tween burlesque and higher comedy
The exaggeration OF buriesque Is em-
ployed freely. but the kindly light
that Is shed upon the two leading fig.
ures is that Of comedy. one Of the
eanons Of which Is that truth musi
na conveyed