The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1917-06-10
FROLIC OF FRIARS
REAL RIOT OF FUN
Reserve Officers Corps AT
Fort Myer See Stars.
AUTO HEADLIGHTS UTILIZED
Illumination Fails But That Doesn't
Mar Happy Occasion.

A collection OF stage celeOIi'4e
such as has rarely been seen on
Broadway. comprising the Friars Ano
tbe members Of the Stage women
war Relief. came to Washington last
night and frolicked with the stuoeht
OFFICERS of the training camp al For'
Nyer. I'll.
II wasn't the regular Friars' frohc
NJ Ali Won see, because the ROCKIES
did iust as much frolicking as the
PLAYERS. and it's still q question TO-DAY
as 10 whether the stage folk OF ene
embryo officers had the most run.
A few little Inconvenience attenu
ant upon the show-the lights ven
out during the evening, ana autoillO
bile headlights were eonnrns ., 49,
body had to wade through tanoaIk
mud TO the ankIes-Only served 10
add zest TO the occasion, for whoever
heard Of a real frolic being pulled on
in accepted pink tea style!
FrIars' Biggest Success
7, -. the most brilliant success
,ho Friars have ever had, FIRST, be-
cause IL really was, and second' De
cause the rockies enjoyed 1t so mueh
and 5oined so heartily in the spirit OF
the occasion that every one OF the
players felt fully repaid ana went
away ready TO come back whenever
aaked
OF course. all the players have had
their full Of applause, but they resly
got new sensations last night Inc
audience didn't content itself win
elappinE. but Jumped. up and shout'a
and cheered until the old riding acao-
envy fairly rang. And when asked 70
sing with the player folk ths auol
ence Numbered out the chorus JUST e
II II had been a regular part OF the
show.
Dorothv Jardon was the hit Of hits.
She was In divine voice. and the peO-
Die IN the audience yelled themselves
hoarse, applauding her three selec-
tions-Tostfs ''Go>d-by," The star
epanRled Banner" and the aria from
~Ame. Butterfly" Mabel Garrison. OF
the Metropolitan Opera Company,
might have rivaled Miss Jardon IL
she had consented to give encores
after her spirited rendition OF Dixie"
Cohan Trfumphs DOubly.
George N. Conan was the masculine
star Of the evening. with double tri-
umph- Gus Edwards FIRST scored for
him by singing Cohan's new war song.
cover There" In which the entire au-
dience Joined, and then Mr.. Cohan
himself appeared and sang his pa
triotic composition, Its A Grand Old
Rag"
The rest Of the bill was so uniform
ly popular that no attempt need be
made to list the features in the order
of their success
James ]. Corbett- had q new act, al
pearing with Frank Tinney and won
even more applause than usual.
Irving Berlin sang some OF his own
songs, and Sophye Bernard, the girl
who made Poor Butterfly" famous,
added new luster to its fame As an
encore she gave "A Perfect Day."
which won even more than the usual
applause accorded the old favorite.
Louise Saw q Man.
Louise Dresser, by admitting that
she had come down to the camp be-
cause, in q movie" of its members,
she had seen "just the handsomest
thing she ever saw provoked q rush
70 assure her that all the Barkises
were ready, and then she won all the
soldiers hearts anew with her songs
Doyle and Dixon, the comic police
men from the Century in New York,
were cheered to the echo after their
eccentric dance.
rnarksble exhibition of their thought
Transmission powers, when the better
half of the firm played anything that
was desired by any member Of the
audience, without being told the name
of the tune.
Others who contributed magnih-
Gently TO the evenings entertainment
were Gene Green, Dore PIowden, Harry
Kelly. Harry Give, the Leightons,
Bernard Granville, William Gould,
Charles Gebest, Louis SilVers, Mau-
rice Abrahams, and Cliff Hess
After the performance everyone
went to the post administration build
ing, where there was an informal re-
ception and the audience got a chance
TO meet the players-and the players
the audience.
Sam Harris and Jack Gleason were
IN charge OF the performance for the
FriArs. working with Abbott Conan,
and Miss Rachel Crothers and Miss
Mary Kirkpatrick were the moving
spirits In the Stage Woman's War
Relief