The Washington times., 1921-10-23
BILLIE BURKE Is
COMING HERE
NEXT WEEK
Washington's Greatest Actress
To Be Seen In Booth Tark-
ington's Latest Comedy.
Sir Harry Lauder at Polls.
By LOUIS ASHLEY.

ington girl, to the National; Sir
Harry Lauder, the famed Scot
tish singer and raconteur, to
Polls, and Conway Tearle, for
three years a motion picture
star, to the Shubert-G -Garrick.
Miss Burke will be seen in
Booth Tarkington's Intimate
Stranger" supported by Alfred
Lunt and Glenn Hunter, both
members Of the original COM
pany showing that other Tark-
ington success, Clarence" 9th
ers In the cast will be Charles
Able, Frances Howard, Eliza
beth Patterson, Clare Weldon
and Frank Kirk. Just what Miss
Burke's new play may be is
being kept a profound secret.
Sir Harry Lauder has come from
London for a tour of the United
States and. II the past means a sin
gle little thing. he will be received
right cordially. He promises many
new songs and some of the old
ones. especially ''Roamin' in tho
Gloamin'," 81 Love a Lassie" and
"The Wee House Among the
Heather"
Conway Tearle is to be seen in
'The Mad Dog" a title thrilling
enough. The action takes place at
San Pablo Mission, near the Mexl-
can border in Arizona. 1t is writ
ten by George Scarborough. who
turned out THE on.Daughter."
AT Bay" and '"The Lure" among
others, Before enteriAg the pic
lures, Conway Tearle was leading
man for Ellen Terry, Billie Burke.
Ethel Barrymore and Grace George,
to mention a few.
Helen Menken, lats of "The Trl-
umph of X" at the Comedy Theater,
New York. has the leading female
rOie IN Inc MAO LOG.
SoPAIE TUCKER, of whom
everybody must have heard at
least something, is headlining the
Keith's program next week, which is
evidence enough Of the evil effect of
prohibition upon New York's night
life.
sT AIDES NIGHT" at Polls. is
the lone opening tonight. This
is a screaming farce filled with
beautiful girls in Turkish bath
costumes. Most Of the action takes
place in a Turkish bath, for that
matter, and an iron dog would laugh
at most of the situations.
Tomorrow night there will be two
openings. Mrs. Fiske, in Wake Up,
at the National and THE
Mans Name" by Eugene Walter
and Marjorie Chase. at the Shu-
bert-Garrick. Mrs. Fiske's play is
said to be a gentle satire on Amer
lean life, while the F. street offer
ing is a drama in three acts, the
action laid in a cabin in the Rockies.
The vaudeville bills this week are
with the Brendel and Bert
Revue at the Shubert- Belasco and
Harry Fox at Keith's. These pro-
grams get under way with tomor-
rows matinees.
THE Home Club Players of the
Interior Department opened
their 1922 season at the home OF
Mr.. John McMechan, S07 Taylor
street northwest, Wednesday even
ng. Plans were made for new
)lay which will be presented shortly
o the members Of the Interior De
,artment and also for the different
'raternal organizations in the city
Turing the coming season.
A FTER an absence of two sea.
sons. Sothern and Marlowe will
,ppear in New York, October 81.
They will appear at the Century
offering Twelfth Night"
Hamlet" Tanning OF the Shrew"
Ind "The Merchant OF Venice" Fol
owing their New York appearance
hey will come to Polls.
Suggested perhaps, by the above,
We noted In a theater program last
week the announcement that
Southern and NARROW" were headed
his way. This is either railroad
n a coal company advertisement.
TT is worth mentioning that the
rising Of the Garrick's curtain is
by the soft sounds Of
hidden gong. Its heavy tones are
most soothing to the, ear and
lready Manager L. Stoddard Taylor
5 receiving congratulations on his
s .py trVught. Just another inti-
nate touch OF Washington's comfy
heater"