The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1920-11-14
s"Young Visiters" Tuesda-
Might at Garrick for Firs,
American Performance.
Nora Bayes at Belaseo :
and Robert Warwick
at Polls.
By LOUIS ASHLEY.


a Washington premiere when he
brings "Honors are Even to tn
Shubert- Garrick on November 2.
"Tea for Three" was success here.
1t was a success everywhere. 1t L.
70 be hoped that "Honors are Even"
will be quite as much Of hit.
Though much the same phase OF
life Is promised for this new comedy
as was seen In Tea for Three" the
two plays are not alike. The plot Is
said to be filled with such surprises
that not even an inkling Is Offered
would-be audiences lest their en-
joyment suffer. Oh we'll
William Courtenay and Lola Fish
or are leading the company to the
Shubert-Garrick. but they have strong
support in Gordon Johnston, last here
in "Foot .Loose;" Horace Sinclair.
Boots Wooster, Ethel Strickland and
Paul Kelly, to name few. After
Washington and Baltimore have seen
"Honors are Even" IL will go direct
20 New York where the Selwyns be-
lieve II will remain a long, long time.
AND HERE'S ANOTHER.
And there will be another society
comedy in town next week, THE
Ruined Lady" starring Grace George,
being booked for the Shubsrt- Belasco.
!, The scenes of this comedy are laid
in Long Island, N. Y, where the he
roine, dreading the tortures OF a sim
gle life, succeeds In finding a hus-
band. II Is written by Frances Nord-
strom, an actress, and has been sue
! cessful already where it has been
! shown,
Grace Georges reputation is too
swell known to require Lengthy de-
scription. She ranks with the best
on the American stage, and has done
+. so. too, for 10, these many years.
She will be supported by John Mil
tern, Jane Corcoran. Grace Heyer,
Francesca Rotoli. Violet de Bicary,
4 Alice Endres, Ralph Glover. Neil
Hamilton and John Gray.
Insistent that Washington will
laugh for at least one week, to the
National comes another comedy,
l.'Shavinss." taken from Joseph c.
lI.incoln's book of the same name.
: ''Shavings" is an old toy-maker up
| on Cape Cod and Harry Beresford is
said to be an old Cape Colder to the
life.
.Shavings" had a long, successful
run in New York and then dared the
New Englanders them.> Ives by going
to Boston, the front door to Cape Cod
itself. 1t was warmly welcomed in
the Massachusetts capital and it comes
to Washington with the original com
pany intact.
AND HERE'S SINGING.
But Washington will have some
music to mingle with all this comedy,
for to Polls is coming "Adrienne," a
: musical play. featuring Arthur Dea-
gon and Ferne Rogers.
young Visitors" is distinctly orig
Snal in chnnsipp Tnaedav night for
its American debut at the Shubert-
Z Garrick this week. This assures the
Performance of excellent publicity
for later use. 1t has been q success
in London, so William A. Brady can
imagine nothing less on this side Of
the water. He has picked Harold An
struther, who originated the chcarac-
ter of Bernard Clark in the London
production. for the same role here,
surrounding him with an excellent
company, including Herbert Yost,
Marie Golf and Lionel Pape.
Undoubtedly Washington will chat
ter for a large part of the week over
'.Young Visiters." 1t will long be a
moot question as to the authorship
of this book. Many believe Daisy
Ashford to be none other than. Sir
James NJ. Barrie, though the latter
has never admitted the charge. How
ever, for a young girl of nine to show
so much age-old sophistication is
startling, to say the least. 1t may
startle folks at the Shubert- Garrick,
beginning Tuesday night.
FOLLIEs AT NATIONAL.
Tomorrow night Ziegfeld's Follies,
the fourteenth edition of the same,
open a weeks revelry at the Ma
tional Theater. This explains the
crowds sure to be found vending
their way into Mr.. Rapleys play
house for a week. More than 10000
600 persons have sven Ziegfelds Fol-
lies during the past thirteen years,
and that will be equaled in the next
thirteen, for II Is doubtful IL the Fol
lies will ever pass away.
This years Follies boast OF possess
ing Fannie Brice, who has not been
here i'm several years. though she
scored her first hit with song.
.Lovey joe" in the 1908 series right
here in Washington: Doris and Mary
Eaton, Washington girls; w. G.
Fields, John steel. Ray Dooley.
Moran and Mack, the Two Black
Crows" of vaudeville: Jerome and
Herbert, Addison Young and q host
of others.
Tonight there will be two openings
here, Nora Bayes coming to the Shu-
bert-BelascO In her own musical play,
'rHer Family Tree" and Robert War
wick's performance of 1.-THE Daunt-
less Three" at Polls. Miss Bayes has
been SCATTERING house records every
where since opening her tour. and, as
she displays many gorgeous costumes.
washington's fair sex may be expect
cd to continue this record-breaking
stunt
Ziegfeld's Follies comes to Wash
ington from Boston where IL had a
long run at the Colonial Theater. A
special train OF nine cars was re-
quired to bring the company and its
effects to the National.
''The Mandarin" the psychoanalytic OK
hibitlon whose failure to arrive here kept
one house dark, had it's New York debut
at the Princess Theater on Tuesday night.
The critics did not treat II gently.
Don Barclay, at the Gayety this week,
was with Ziegfeld's Foliies for a couple OF
seasons.