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The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
FIo-Floo Comfna,.

One OF the most musical and spec
tacular Of the musical shows which
captivated New York last season will
make its debut on the stage Of the
National Theater on Monday, Sep
tember 30. when John Cort presents
MS sensatlonally effective war
bride" production "Flo-Flo."
'Flo-Flo," 1t is claimed, has all the
graces of the musical comedy of the
past and any number of new ones
which are essentially her own. in
cluding a chorus of matchless beauty
and grace, a scenic background which
has rarely been equalled in loveliness
and cast which was noteworthy
even in New York, where "Flo-Flo"
rang the bell of popularity for MANY
months at the Cort Theater to capac-
ity audiences. The chorus, inciden-
tally. numbers nothing but perfect
thirty-sixss" and has the rare modi-
cum. a sense of humor exhibited at
each performance in a series of &C.
centric dances.
Also "Flo-Flo." the charming COR
set model, giving occasion for spec
tacular fashion array. The members
of the company, which are the same
as appeared on Broadway all last
season are Rena Parker. Andrew
Tombes, James r. Carson. Peon Leon
ard, Edna Morn, Louise Beaudet,
Thomas Handlers, Arthur Mills. w.
n Mack. Harriet Keim. Charlotte
De Long. Esther Ingham. Kate Stout,
sna The perfect a. choraa
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Cosm mos-"LittIe Hip" and
SNapoIeOn.-

Next week. Little Hip" and
Napoleon" a midget elephant com
edian and his monkey friend. will
be the unique feature OF the Cosmos
Theater bill, with "The Golden
Bird" a marvellous canary, and
Hattie Kitchener. a golden haired
vioHnist, in one Of the daintiest
offerings in vaudeville, as the CO.
stellar attraction. The special bill
Of seven acts and three exceptional
film features will include also Glenn,
and Jenkins, the funniest ebony
comedians in popular vaudeville:
Marva Rehn, singing comedienne
and a great Cosmos favorite. as
sisted by BERTHE Fitch at the piano:
Albert Carde and Rae Noel, formerly
OF the Bostonians and Aborn Opera
Company, in Lights and Shades of
Musical Mirth"; the Bartelle aero
batic comiques in an amusing
bump" act; Howard Langford,
from ''Katinka," in a new and mel
odious monologue; Nazimova in
Toys Of Fate" a seven reel screen
classic; the Sunshine comedy. The
Drivers Last kiss" and Hearst
Pathe News.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Actor Was Engineer.

Cyril Harcourt, who plays the Earl
Of Caversham in the Oscar Wilde
play. AN Ideal Husband" which
comes to Polls Theater on September
9Th. is nothing II not versatile. Mr..
Harcourt, who is English. first started
on a career as engineer. In fact his
first trip to America was made to
take charge Of the machinery exhibit
at the Chicago Worlds Fair. Then he
studied music He had much success
on the concert stage, and feeling like
changing again next went into musf-
cal comedy. From this field he soon
drifted into the so-called legitimate
drama. 1t is said of Mr.. Harcourt
that he was so determined to attract
attention from London managers and
playgoers that he would play one part
only a few weeks, and then seek
another.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Six stars for Frohman-

Charles Frohman, Inc, with six OF
the most prominent and oest-liked
stars on the American 'stage-Mtss
Maude Adams. Miss Ethel Barrymore,
William Gillette. Otis Skinner, Miss
Ann Murdock and Cyril Maude-under
their mana cement, have laid out a
program for the coming season that
will interest every theatergoer in the
United States
Miss Adams will again appear IN "A
Kiss for Cinderella" taking the oeau-
tiful Barrie fancy to those cities
which she has not yet been able TO
visit
Miss Barrymore will appear II Ed
ward Sheldon's version of The Lazy
of the Camellias," r. c. Carton
THE Off Chance" and A. A. Milne 5
belinda" in all of which she scored
emphatic hits at the Empire.
Mr.. Skinner. after an absence OF TWO
years on tour in Booth Harrington
picturesque comedy, Mister An
tonic" will be the first OF the Charles
Frohman stars TO appear in New
York this autumn. His new vehicle
will be 'Humpty-Dumpty." a comedy
especially written for him by Horace
Annesley Vachell, in which he will
open his New York season Septem-
Der Is.
Mr.. Maude will be the second Of the
Charles Frohrnan stars to appear In
New York this autumn. He will open
the season at the Empire Theater on
Monday evening. September %. pre-
senting C. Haddon Chambers comedy,
''The Saving Grace" --.-.--
Mr. Gillette is to apear in Sir James
NJ. Barrie's comedy, Dear Brutus,
now in its second year in London and
said to be one Of the Scotch play
wright's very biggest successes. Mr..
Gillette will pay the leading role in
this piece at the personal solicitation
of Sir James.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Belaseo-ssThe Walk-Ofs,s

At the Belasco Theater tonight,
Oliver Morosco will present a new
comedy entitled The walk-Offs." ."
The Walk-Offs" is the work of
Frederic and Fanny Hatton, authors
Of Years OF Discretion" Like these
successful plays it is a smart COM
edy of metropolitan life. =
The central figures are rich
young Kentuckian with good, old
fashioned ideas as to the women
and matrimony and a beautiful New
York girl with thoroughly worldly
point of view.
Oliver Morosco has gathered to-
gether for The Walk-O Offs" a com
pany of all-star caliber including
Edward Lowe, Carroll McComas,
Fanis Marinoff. Francis Slosson.
Charles Stevenson, Fred Tiden. Rob-
erta Arnold, William RoseIle, En-
met Shackelford, Charles Ballard
and others of equal prominence.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Farewell to q. 9. A.

Stella Mayhem in frivolous style
but with serious purpose comes TO
B. F. Keith's Theater this week
farewelling before going ''over
there" to the trenches, hospitals
and huts of our Hun-cha sing heroes.
She goes for s2-a-day and found, ''
that is food and lodging in the SER
vice of the United States under the
direction of the Over There Theatri-
cal League operating through the
Y. NJ. c. A. Miss Mayhem is de-
scribed as "the cheeriest coined
ienne" and success has Invariably
accompanied her various stage ven
lures. Interest is added to the an
nouncement by the fact that the
songs she sings, the stories she
tells, and the jokes she bombs with,
are the same she will give to buck
up" the boys who are carrying the
American flag to undying glory on
the battlehelds OF Flanders and
Ptcardy.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
In skinner's support.

The cast of ''Humpty-Dumpty," !"
Horace Annesley VachelPs new
comedy in which Otis Skinner comes
10 the National Theater the coming
week includes two actresses most
happily recalled here for their de-
lightfuI performances IN Sir James
Barrie's whimsical war play, The
Old Lady Shows Her Medals" last
season.
They are Beryl Mercer, who por-
trayed Mrs. Dewey, the old English
charwoman. who invented 8 soldier
son with such astonishing results,
and Clara Bracey, who played the
envious neighbor. envious because
Mrs. Dowey's imaginary son always
began his letters to Mrs. Dewey.
Dearest Mother" while her Tommy
merely confined himself to Dear
Mother" Both are seen to most
pleasing advantage in Mr.. Skinner s
new comedy.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
", $50 Opens Season.

David Belssco opened the regular
Belasco Theater season in New York
on Tuesday evening with his latest
production. "Daddies." a comedy IN
four acts by John L. Hobbie. a new
American playwright In keeping vita
his usual policy Mr.. Belasco had
avoided in his announcement even a
hint as to the plot and story Of the
play.
To interpret the various roles
"Daddies" Mr.. BelssCo has Assem-
cast which includes Bruce Ar q.
John W. Cope. Edward Davis, z orge
Giddons, George Abbott. S. X vaik-
er.a Jeanne Eagels. winifred Fraser.
Edith King. Paulette NoizeU i, Lorna
! Nolare and Aida Armand.
The story Is that OF a grou0 % bach
elors who de1ide TO adopt s5me o.
phans. or course, a love Sdsir fel-
lows
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
NatiouaI-aGIorianna.-

"Glorianna," in which John Cort
will present Miss Eleanor Painter
as his second offering of the season,
will come to the National Theater
for the week beginning September
Is. "Glorianna" is a musical play
by Catherine Chisholm Cushing and
Rudolph Friml. Joseph Lertora will
play the leading male role, and
prominent in the cast will be Jo-
sephine Whittell, Dorothy South,
Jessica Brown, Ralph Whitehead,
James Dunn. Alexander Clark, Ur-
sula Ellsworth, Helen Marqua, Mar
guerite st. Clair and Polly Bow
man, and Lloyd and Wells. The
production was staged by Clifford
Brooke, who is also responsible for
the staging of "Fiddlers Three" AR.
Corts first attraction OF the season,
and to Bert French goes the cred t
for the dances.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Gayety-"The smuggIerS.-

An entirely new version Of Max
SpiegeIs Merry Rounders, ," with Abe
Reynolds and Florence Mills in the
featured roles, IS the Gayety's offering
for next week. These stars have been
provided with a vehicle OF unusual
merit, which aboUnds in witty lines
and Hitting lyrics. II is entitled THE
Smugglers' and calls for a lavish
scenic investiture that is matched only
in beauty by the beautiful costumes
provided for the feminine contingent.
Something OF an innovation has been
made by Spiegel in selecting his cast,
for with the exception of the two prin-
cipals named, every member is new
to burlesque. having been recruited
from the fields of musical comedy and
vaudeville.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
b. F. Keith's-yaudeyilIe,

Stella Mayhem. the cheeriest
comedienne," says good-by this
week at B. F. Keith's theater as the
buxom and bonnie laughmaker is
ready to sail for "over there" as
the head of the Stella Mayhew unit.
The extra added stellar feature will
be a 50-minute condensed version
of THE Only Girr with much of
the Victor Herbert music and Henry
Blossom book retained. There will
be twelve Broadway players cast,
three scenes, costumes galore, and
life and color dazzling. Jack Wyatt
and his Scotch lads and lasses will
be another special. Jimmie Lucas.
the nut" comedian, will this time
indulge in his wild RAWLINGS of
1918" Edwin George will travesty
in "a Comedy Of Errors" Parsons
and Irwin will offer "A Messenger
from the Front" Others will be
the Leo Farrell trio, the pipe organ
recitals. and the news pictorial
with actual war films.
Next Sunday at and s:J5 D. m,
this weeks bill in its entirety will
be repeated.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Morosco'. New Offering.

Oliver Moroscoe will OFFER his
second new production of the cur
rent season tonight at the Belasco
Theater when he presents a new
comedy entitled ''The Walk-Offs, "
This new play is the work OF Fred
erick and Fanny Hatton, authors of
'Lombradli. Ltd" Upstairs and
Down." The Great Lover" and
Years of Discretion" all Of which
have found favor with Washington
audiences. Like these successful
plays. The Walk-Offs" is a smart
comedy of metropolitan life.
The central figures are a rich
young Kentuckian with good, old
fashioned ideas as to women and
matrimony and beautiful New
York gyl with a thoroughly worldly
point Of view. She Is member
Of a family which has kept its
place by every trick known to fash
ionable paupers and goes in a set
Of which the southerly thoroughly
disapproyes. She overhears him tell
what he thinks of her and her
friends and later is introduced to
him as a stenographer. When she
feels that she has landed him she
ASNcdlS ueE lQenIlly. Inc heuIuCh-
ian, however, is not SO easily de-
feated and the story is worked out
to an amusing conclusion. Through
out the play there is an interesting
conflict of smart set and whole
some American ideas. The play is
written in the Hattons' best COM
edly vein and is full of brilliant
lines and highly amusing situations.
As usual Mr.. Morosco has gath
cred together for "Thes walk-Offs"
company of all star caliber in
cluding such well known players as
Carroll McComas, Fania Marinofr
Frances Underwood, Roberta Ar
mold, Janet Travers, Charles A, Ste
venson, Edmund Love, Frederick
| Tiden, Emmett Schakelford, Will
liam Roselle, PercIvaI T. Moore,
Elmer Ballard, Alison Bradshaw
and Mae McGinn.
The action of the play takes in
New York City just before the war
and Mr.. Morosco has provided a
production that Is not only uncom-
monty elaborate but unique as well
the last act showing the roof gar
den Of a fashionable hotel with a
costume ball in full swing. After
one week at the Belasco Theater
THE Walk-OTs" will go direct to
the Morosco Theater, New York.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
PoIi's-"An IdeaI Husband /,

At Polls Theater tomorrow even
ing John d. Williams will produce
Oscar Wilde's comedy in four acts.
An Ideal Husband" The cast will
contain the names of Norman Tre-
vor, seen here last as leading man
for Maude Adams, Constance Cot
lier. Cyril Harcourt. Julian LES
trange, Beautrice Beckley ana
twenty others.
An Ideal Husband is one OF the
four great plays written by Wilde.
The text that will be used in tba
forthcoming production Is the one
used by Sir George Alexander. wbsn
ne revived the play with great sue
cess in London a season or two ago.
oscar Wilde tried all forms Of liter
ary WORK put In none did he achieve
the eclst and success that came 20
him late in his life through the
drama
'An Ideal Husband" posssspss au
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
BeIasco-ssThe Copperhead.-

Washington will be the first city
outside of New York to see Augustus
Thomas latest play, THE Copper
head" It will come to the Belasco
Theater on Monday, September l6,
Lionel Barrymore will be seen in the
role of Milt Shanks, the Illinois farm
er-patriot, which won him so sensa-
tional a success last winter. Mr.. Bar
ignores playing was easily the most
distinctive feature of the past season
n New York. His performance in
The Copperhead" at once put him in
the foremost ranks of English-speak-
ing actors.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Rertbs KsIfeh Coming.

Albert Bruning. Miss Frances Car
son and Miss Beatrice Miller have
been added to the cast that will sup
port Mime. Bertha Kalich in The Rid
die Woman" the Charlotte E. Wells
Dorothy Donnelly play which Mr..
George Mooser now has in rehearsal.
This attraction is scheduled for New
York presentation following a week s
enga cement at the Belasco Theater,
the -3rd of this month.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Newman Mt Front,

z. NJ. Newman, traveller and lee
turer. has seen the war from be
hind the scenes" and has Just re-
turned to tell of what is done.
Wartime Europe" is the title of
this seasons series of Traveltalks.
Under authorization of the U. s.
government and with the approval
OF the British war department, the
French republic and the Italian
government, Newman, master trav-
eler, has walked and talked with
those who are our brothers in the
fight.
The FIVE Traveltalks will be CIV
en- here in the following order:
Paris 1918" Wartime Europe, {"
Wartime Italy London 1873
Wartime England"
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08

opera stars of international fame.
The La Scala Grand Opera Com
pany has played for a number of
seasons on the Pacific Coast and
has this year been reorganized for
d transcontinental tour which will
include the principal cities in the
United States and Canada.
The repertoire of the company
will include the Puccini operas, a
timely revival Of The Daughter of
the Regiment" and the most popu-
lar of the standard operas. such as
Faust" 'Rigoletto," and Lucia"
1t will carry an orchestra OF thirty
six, and a chorus OF forty under the
artistic direction of Fulgenzlo
Guierreri.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
b. r. Keith's-VaudeviIle.

Next week at B. F. Keith's theater
Blanche Ring will offer Topics and
Tunes of the Times" Joe jackson,
the original hobo patomimic bikist
will appear. Others will be Herbert
Clifton in his travesty on the fair sex,
Felix Rush and company In "Crosby's
Corners" Clarence Oliver and Geor-
gle Olp in Hugh Herbert's Dis
count" the Asahi troupe Of oriental
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Loew's CoIumbia-.9The Source.

Today and for the first half of the
week Wallace Reid will be seen at
Loew's Columbia in a new photoplay,
The Source" Mr.. Reid portrays the
role of Van Twiller Yard. a well-born
young man. who has sunk low through
indulgence in liquor and who is shane-
haied to a Vermont lumber camp. A
Swedish girl, Svea Nord. becomes in
terested in him, but a lumber boss
who wants to make hit with the girl
beats him up cruelty.
She is at first astOnished. then scorn-
full, when Yard proves too much of a
coward to defend himself. But she
does not realize that Yards cowardice
springs from physical weakness and
too much liquor. Two months later he
has redeemed himself and again comes
to blows with the lumber boss, while
the girl looks on. But this time he
does up the boss in great shape.
Ann Little appears as the girl and
the other players in the cast are Theo-
dOre Roberts. James Cruze. Raymond
Hatton and other notable screen play
ers. Thursday and for the last half of
the week George FawCett and Dorothy
Gish will be seen as co-stars in The
Hun Within"
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Lyceum-"Beauty Revue.

What is billed as the blue ribbon
attraction of the American Burlesque
Circuit comes to the Lyceum Theater
this afternoon for a weeks engage
ment in Rube Bernstein's Beauty
Revue" the show of unparalleled
wonders.
The production is billed as Bern
STEMS best burlesque effort and is In
two acts and eight scenes. A COM
pany OF prominent burlesque enter
tainers will present the offering,
headed by Eddie Dale, comedian, and
Ada Ium, prirnA donna. Others in
the cast include Harry Peterson.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Promised Next Week

mystihers, the Wilton girls. the Olga
and Mishka trio of sensational dan
GERS, the pipe organ recitals and the
news pictorial and actual war films,
Manager Robbins will start his fourth
Liberty Loan drive the week follow
ing
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Grand Opera En- Route.

week of grand opera is booked
for Washington. opening at the Be
lasco Oct. 2s. The company. which
is the most pretentIous which has
ever gone on the road at anythin,;
under IS prices, will play at popu-
lar prices. and nun s in its ros-
ter long list Of distinguishes d
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Leew's CoIumbia-"out of Clear
SEy.-

Next Sunday, and for the first halt
Of the week, Marguerite Clark will
be seen at Loew's Columbia in her
ew photoplay, "Out Of a Clear
Sky" Thursday, and for the last hall
Of the week, Ethel Clayton will be
seen in The Girl Who Came Back"
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
To Be Seen This Week

the qualities OF wit and brilliance
that mark all the work of this
author and contains, lin addition.
dramatic possibilities that none of
his other works possess.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08

Helen Gibson. George Bartlett and
Henry Curtin.
A chorus of twenty-four girls will
appear on the elevated runway. pro-
jected over the audience. Venus on
Broadway" THE Domino Girl" and
Childhood" are some of the song
hits to be introduced by the Bern
stein beauty chorus.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Moore's strand-AHi. Birth Right

The distinguished offering
Moore's Strand Theater in the week
Of September 18th, will be the new
special de luxe photoplay production
in which the stellar roe is portrayed
by that sterling Japanese actor Sessue
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
Moore's strand-'sTo Hell with tn,
kafser.@

ITO He'll With The Kaiser" the
current weeks booking at Moore's
Strand Theater presents a clever
combination of fact and fancy. This
CONTINUED ON pAGE TWO
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08

Through the presentation % their
special comedy release. NY Lady
Nicotine" the Mutual Film Corpora-
ton continues 70 assist the work %
Our Boys in France Tobacco Fund 3"
The one-heel film, starring BnUe
Rhodes. deals with the crying neces-
sity which exists among our American
boys In France for American tobacco.
The various exchanges Of the Mutual
Film Corporation have co-operated
with the fund by urging all exhibitors
to establish a Smoke Drive" on the
day they present "Nv Lady Nicotine
at their theaters. They have respond
ed enthusiastically to the plan. with
the result that "Our Boys in France
Tobacco Fund" has bsen enriched to
the extent or many hundreds OF dol
lars contributed by film patrons.
The latest patriotic exhibitor 70 atd
In shipping Smokes across is c 4
WorthinCtOn, manager Of the Operz
House Picture Show. Jack5boro. Tex.
In town containing Loo population
Mr.. Worthington obtained So In one
day from his patrons and has sent
check for that amount to the local
headquarters.
The Washington herald., 1918-09-08
WHO'S WHO IN THE PICTURE.

I and 4-Otis skinner and BeryI Mercer, In
"Humpty-Dumpty" at the National. 2-Wal-
lace Reid. in "The Source at Loew's Colum-
bia. 3-MabeI LIE Monaier ut the Casino s.
Cyril Harcourt, in "An Ideal Husband, at
Polrs- ada Lum, with "Besuty Revue
Co.." at the Lyceum. 7-CarroII McComns, In
"The WaIk-Ofs," at the BeIasco. SScene
from "To He'll with the Kaiser" at Moore's
Strand. a-Constance Collier, in AN Ideal
Husband Mt Polls 10-Ruth Clifford, in
"Fire of Youth" at Moore's Garden. 1I-Lew
Hilton, with "The Girls of the U. 5. A. at the
Gayety. 12-SteIIa Mayhem at b. F. Keith's-
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-09
Hancock's Four-Minute Men.

DR.. l. B. Gage, branch chairman i n
Swans Island, has secured as speakers
Rev. f. b. Elliott, Howard Staples. Walter
Joyce, Alfred Bridges, Harry Johnson,
Fred Wilbur, Nelson Morse, and Capt.
William Herrick.
Hancock county now has four minute
men organizations in nine out of eleven of
it's theatre towns, making it rank high
among the counties of the states.
DR.. G. A. Phillips is chairman in Bar
harbor, Judge F. B. Snow in Bluehin, W.
c. Conary in Bucksport, w. A. Walker in
Castine, o. W. Tapley in Ellsworth, F. l..
Phillips in Northeast Harbor, Rev. W. I.
Forsythe in Southwest Hsrbor and DR.. B.
l.. Noyes in Stonington.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-09
Masonic Elections .

The several masonic bodies in Ellsworth
have elected officers for the year as fol-
lows:
Lygonia lodge-Orrin NJ. Clement, w.
NJ; Carroll F. Shea, S. W; Asbury 5.
Clement, J. W.; Charles E. Alexander,
treasurer; Charles w. JOY, secretary;
Percival L. Wescott, S. D.; Arthur E.
Moore, j. d.
Acadia chapter-W. A. Alexander, E. Il.
P; Carroll F. Shea, K; Harry c. Austin,
s.: Edward F. Robinson, treasurer;
Charles w. Joy, secretary; Bartlett Cottle,
c. of H.; Carl r. Wiberg, P. s.; Arthur e.
Moore, K. A. C.
Blsnquetort commsndery - Harry c,
Austin, E. c.; Ralph L. Hodgkins, g.;
Forrest B. Snow, c. G.. Carroll F. Shea, s.
W.; Omar w. Tapley, ]. W; Thomas E
Hale, preiate; Edward F. Robinson,
treasurer; Charles W. Joy, recorder.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1918-01-09
Fire at North Castiue.

About two O'Clock Monday morning of
last week K c. Ingalls, lost his valuab Bile
milk farm at North Castine oy FIRE. The
Thermometer registered thirty degrees be-
low zero at the time. Mr.. Ingalls, was
awakened by the kicking of his horse.
When he reached the barn he was una Bile
to enter because of smoke and flames and,
returning to the house was barely able to
get his wife and three chill rem through a
window before the house was in flames.
He lost everything, including twenty-one
head OF cattle, automobile, farming I'M
plements, milk supplies. household goods
and clothing. The property was partially
insured