The Washington herald., 1917-07-20
PROMISED NEXT WEEK.
Polrs-AThs Man who stayed At
Hone.S

sent the most timely and important
attraction that has been offered this
season in "The Man Who Stayed at
Home" q military play which has
been heretofore called the White
Feather"
''The Man Who Stayed at Home"
("The White Feather'o Is now In its
eighth week at the Copley Square
Theater, Boston, where it Is playing to
capacity houses. while in London 1t Is
enjoying a celebrated success.
. The time OF the play is early in the
present war, and the action takes
place in the private sitting room Of
seaside boarding house. The room
is occupied by widow, a Mrs. San
derson, and her son. Carl, who is en-
ployed in a responsible position In the
British war ONCE. Despite their name
they are really Germans and spies Of
the Fatherland. Living there also Is
Fraulein Schroeder. an artist. who
poses as a governess on a vacation.
and an Individual called Fritz, who
acts as Mrs. Sanderson's butler. There
Is also staying at this resort, John
Preston. NJ. p, and his daughter.
Molly, and Christopher Brent. Brent
spends his time playing tennis and
refuses to enlist in England's army.
Molly, who loves him, cannot under
stand his refusal TO fSht, and she is
heartbroken when q girl hands him a
white feather, which means cowar-
dice.
In vain Molly and her father ask
him why he does not enlist. He re-
plies that he has personal reasons why
he cannot. These reasons are soon
understood by the audience. He Is
posing as q SILLY ass" SO as not to
arouse the suspicious of the Germans
in the resort, for he is a secret service
agent Of the British government sent
down to defeat the plans Of the enemy
which he does by accidentally" shoot
ing carrier pigeons carrying messages,
and destroying the wireless instrument
which the Sandersons have installed
in the fireplace, and also by hiding
dictagraph In a large jardiniere. By
doing these things he prevented the
German submarines from blowing up
the British men-'o-war in the harbor.
II. F. Keith's-NaudeviIle
The summer is dance and song time
at B. F. Keith's Theater, where this
week the extraordinary attraction
will be the vaudeville farewell of Nile.
Albertine Rasch, the celebrated bal
lerina, formerly of the Metropolitan
Opera Company. who September next
returns to the operate stage. 1t will
be the last opportunity to see this
wonderful artistic at Keith prices. She
will be assisted by Constantin Kobe
leff, also of the big New York ballet,
and an octet of coryphees Of unusual
ly attractive appearance. The presen-
tation comprises a suite of seven bal
let advertisements classique. drawn
from the compositions of Liszt, Wsld-
teufel. Mercier, Suppe, Drigo and 9TH
er masters.
The extra added attraction, an ap-
propriate one for summer days, will
be Doris Wilson and her sisters. Alma
and Dot. in Making Them Over" a
fantasy full of laughter and fun. Then
there will be Gene Green, the laugh
able character delineator OF popular
songs. Joseph z. Bernard and COM
pany will PROFOUND the query comedy.
Who Is She?" and Herbert Clifton
will simulate in costume and manner
a number of familiar feminine types
who are subjects of universal Jest,
notably the scrub-woman. Others will
be THE Edge Of the World" futurist
puLZlc VI Ttdlly
feet; the Kanazawa Boys. "ecuilib-
rists with a laugh" the pipe organ
recitals, and the Hearst-Pathe News
Pictorial with war section.
Loew's Columbia-"At First Sight.
'At First Sight" which will be seen
next Sunday, Monday. Tuesday and
Wednesday at Loew's Columbia Thea
ter Is from the facile pen of George
Middleton. who has already won a
place for himself by his photoplay
adaptation of The House of a Thou
sand Candles" The story deals with
a young and astonishingly modern
girl who resolves that she will wed a
young author. Her part was posed
before the camera by Mae Murray.
In fulfllment of her design the young
woman pretends that she Is helping
him to work out the plot of a story.
As the story proceeds. however. the
author finds that he is the ina aginary
hero and the girl the heroine. This
suggestion has been skillfully worked
out by the girl Nevertheless when
the young author proposes to her she
affects an extreme coyness and
modesty-a fear OF strong masculinity
that would gladden. the heart of Ber-
nard Shaw.
The cast which supported Miss Muir
ray before the camea included Sam
T. Hardy. Jules Rancourt. Julia Bruins,
w. T. Carleton, Nellie Lindreth, VIII
liam Butler and Edward Sturgis.
What Money Can't Buy Is the
photoplay featured for the latter half
of the work. This is an adaptation
OF the play by George Broadhurst.
The principal roles are played by
Jack Pickford and Louise HUFF. Lou
Telegen directed the performance. The
story deals with the love of an Amer
ican for a princess and a struggle
for the control of railroad conces-
sion. Among those who supported
the stars In this impressive produc-
ton are Theodore Roberts. Hobart
Bosworth. Raymond Hatton. James
Cruze, James Neill and Bliss Chevalier.
HOROSCOPE.