The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1925-06-13
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At ZEE Theaters


Monday night. To the INITIATED
or, rather, to those IMMERSED in
the days parlance, q. butter and
egg mani is not necessarily q
dealer in provisions; but rather
prodigal person given to spend
ing lavisl1ly and, Of course, I'M
wisely on such individuals or pro- ;
jects as meet his approval.
Gregory Kelly, original Billy
Baxter In Booth Tarkington's
Seventeen" and also husband
Of Ruth Gordon, the talented
miss who has been seen here
this last season In two striking
performances, carries the fea-
. fured role. Helping him along
is an excellent cast, including
Mildred Macleod, Denman Ma
ley, Harry Middlemas, Lucille
Webster and half q dozen others.
The play is concerned with thea
trica1. life In the big city and OF
the efforts of one Peter Jones, a
snnaII-toWn hotel clerk who In.
herits q fortune and determines
TO spend 1t in the roaring for
ties. That ambition, Of course.
Is not difficult of achievement.
He becomes "a butter and egg
man" Kaufman will be remem-
bered as the joint author OF such
successes as ''Beggar on Horse
back, . 'sTo the Ladies, Deep
Tangled WIldwood'' and others.
Crosby Gaige is producing.
J: NATTONAL-The National
Theater Players. for their fifth
offering Of the season, beginning
:. Monday night, viii present the
satiricak comedy, The Best Feo-
pie. which Avery Hopwood has
adapted from the Saturday Eve
ming Post story by David Gray
son.. This piece enjoyed extern
sive runs In Chicago and New
York, totalling forty weeks and
was seen here late last season,
when sponsored by the Charles
Frohman interests. Immediately
the road tour ended, the play
was released for stock and the
National Players are one OF the
first organizations to lease It for
showings here.
.@The Best People deals with
the problem of what is TO be-
come Of the younger folks and
asks what is to be done 70 COM
bat their present jazzy tendency
and to keep them inside respect
able traces.
1t is deity concerned with
characterization and, as would
be supposed, with smart, so.
phisticated wit from the Hop
wood pen The play is poouIous
with types one encounters in
this golden age. There's
the harrassed business man Of
means, chained to e snobbish
wife whose one performance in
life Is to preen and prinip and
look decorative. There are tyres
Of the younger Get and III con-
trast to them enc Or two con-
fributions from commoner walks
OF life, such as q slangy, world
wise chorus girl and 4 kindred
male type.
Miss Lenata Lane win be
mated as the patrician Mrs. Bron.
son. Minor Watson will carry
the role Of the imposed-upon rus
band. and Miss Kataryn. Givney Z
win do the chorus girl.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. it's spring,
summer, fall or winter, a GER
tain person named BOBBY Clark
can make all of US laugh. Mrs.
Clark viii be at Keith's for the
week beginning tomorrow, with
his partner, Mccullough. Be-
tween the two there are mo-
ments that none win regret en-
Toying. They appear in two brief
ekits, 1.-The Senator's and The
Bath Between" Featured for the
week viii be Bob and Gale Sher-
wood and their entertainers, one
of the peppiest orchestras in~,
vaudeville. They viii be fol-
lowed by Leo Beers, vaudeville's
distinctive entertainer, Wanzer
and Palmer, presenting "One Sat
urday Night; Baby Henderson,
the child wonder. whose dancing
captivated Washington last spring;
Lauretta Rhodes and Ruth Wat
son in "a Musical Menu; LIE
Roy Brothers, athletes de luxe,
and Mack and Brantley, "In a
whirI OF grace The usual
house features win complete the
bill.
EARLE-George Choos, a pro-
Queer of tabloid novelties for
vaudeville and more pretentious
efforts for the legitimate stage,
Is sponsoring 1.-The Little Cot
tage," a shortened musical COM
edy which headlines the Earle's
new bill for the week beginning
tomorrow. Frank Sinclair and
Mildred Keats are the principal
players and are supported by a
competent cast and many tunes
- IT,
clude a clever comedy sketch by
Otto G. Johnson, entitled 1.-THE
Mosquito Trust" written expressly
George Di Gaetano, in Dance
Creations; Donahue and Nor
gan, the Long and Short Of IT,;
Lillian Herlein. late of musical
comedy, and the photoplay feat.
ure, the youthful star, Charles
Ray, in his latest production.
. "Percy."
RIALTO-what has every as.
pect of a corking good bill,
debuts at the Rialto Sunday after.
noon with twin features; one a
film called "A Broadway Butter
fly, with Dorothy Devore, Louise
Fazenda, Cullen Lands and
others; the other, Brooke Johns.
the Washington boy, in person
with his famous banjo and with
his newest discovery in the land
of harmony, the Oklahoma Col
iegians, with Miss Goode Mont
gomery featured. A season at
Palm Beach and a second con-
tract with Flo Ziegfeld, has done
considerable to the Johns tech
nfque and r1lmors are abroad that
he has about the best offering
of his sensational career. The