The Washington times., 1917-01-14

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months in Boston. The scenic pro-
duction is both massive and magnifi-
cent, consisting of ten scenes The
presenting company comprises
eighty-twO people.
/ '.Experience" is patterned after the
style of the old-fashioned morality
dramas of 400 years ago. which were
loriginalIy fostered by the church.
| This modern morality drama has
also been praised by the clergy OF
all the cities in which 1t has been
played. 1t tells the story Of Youth
or the average young man of today,
l-who goes forth into the big world
to win fame and fortune. There are
ten episodes in the play, each scene
showing a different phase OF the
temptations confronting Youth. At
the gates OF the city he meets Pleas
ure, symboHzed as a beautiful wom-
an, and turns his back on Ambition
and Opportunity. The next scene
shows the Primrose Path. From here
the scene shifts to a gambling house,
where Youth plunges to the limit, at
first winning a fortune and then
dropping to his last odllar.
Then Youth is shown on the down.
ward path, finally eliminating In
Bowery dive, where he ffnds employ
ment as a "dlNCis A1oAc AtO
FraiIty Ga girl of the streeD, and is
on the straight road to Perdition.
when, through the memory of a
Mothers love and the influence of the
church, he is brought back TO the
straight and narrow road.
In the cast engaged by Messrs. Will
liam Elliott, F. Ray Comstock, and
Morris Gest to present Experience"
are Ernest Glendinning, William In
gersoll, Frazer Coulter, Marie Horne.
Margot Williams, and seventy-seven
others. The play is handsomely
staged. The original cast and pro-.
duction- which played such long en-
fragments in Philadelphia, Boston.
Chicago. and New York comes mere.
speciaI bargain matinee will be
given on Wednesday.
'B, f. Keith, Vaudeville s~a
And ..Patria,, Film Serial - ,-..
|. The B. F. Keith Theater this week
offers two joint healiners. the Cali
fornia Boys Band and William Gax-
ton and company.
Next come Clark and Hamilton and
Blossom Seeley and company.
Third is the added novelty, Mrs.
Vernon Castle in the dashing title role
of "Patria,' the new film serial, the
first episodes of which, in three parts.
will be given its Washington premiere
this week, running fifteen weeks in
ali, with one episode each week.
This inclusion is not to be consid-
cred as a departure from the Keith
vaudeville policy.
On the contrary, 1t gives further
evidence of the Keith purpose to add
to vaudeville anything worth while.
from grand opera to photo serials.
In adding this latest studio produc-'
tion the elimination Of the usual news
pictorial is all that is required to give
Mrs. Castle and her adventures a per-
Nmanent place in the bill for the next
fifteen weeks.
Major S. S. Peixotto, of the Cali
fornia national guard. is directing the
present world tour of the California
Boys Band, formed from the famous
Columbus Park Boys Club OF San
Francisco, founded by Major Peix-
otto.
Their program consists of thirty
minutes of bank work, solo numbers,
choral songs, folk songs, acrobatics,
dancing, and other diversions.
William Gaxton and company will
present for the first time s. Jay
Kaufman's comedy, Kisses" in which
a bet involves four fair ones in rapid
fire kissing against time.
Clark and Hamilton. English musi-
cal comedy stars will offer "A Way
ward Conceit.'' ,afs -rI-.
Blossom Seeley. with Bill Bailey
and Lynn Cowan. will Introduce
''Seeley's Syncopated Studio"
Other acts are Nina Payne, in char
acter dance studies; McCarty and
Faye, in Suicide Garden" Harris and
Manion in "Uncle Jerry at the op'ry:"
Donald Kerr and Effe Weston, in
smart songs and nifty dances, and the
pipe organ recitals.
Polls. "LIttIe
WOmen.1
Louisa NJ Alcotts famous story,
Little Women" dramatized by Mar
ion De Forest and produced by viii.
liam A Brady, will commence its sec
ond Washington engagement at
PoIrs Theater tonight.
1t is promised that this offering
comes intact from the Park Theater
New York, where Mr.. Brady recently
gave it an important revival for the
birthday season. This, the first en-.
gagement ever played at popular
prices anywhere, is by arrangement
with Mr. Brady and Jessie Bonstelle.
Miss Bonstelle will personally direct
the performances here this week. 1t
is theatrical history how she made II
her life ambition to put this story on
the stage.
The fact that Little Women was
written around their own relatives
made the Alcott's hesitate at the
thought of a stage representation
But persistency triumphed and Miss
BonsteIle engaged Miss Marion DE
Forest. a Buffalo dramatic critic,
TO make the play.
1t is in four acts and Two scenes,
the first three acts showing the sit
ting room of the Alcott home in
Concord. To quote from the book
at was a comfortable old place,
though the carpet was faded and the
furniture very plain"
II brings the happiness to ell
the lovers that should be the destiny
of plays like Little Women"
The players TO be seen here in
clude Mrs. E. A. Eberle as Aunt
March, Mr.. Z. A. Eberle .as Mr.
Lawrence, Florence Huntington as
10. Harriet Mcdonnell as Beth,
Evelyn Yorke as Meg. Constance
Robinson as Amy. Adelyn Wesley
as Mrs. March, Paul Kelly as Lau-
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