The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-10-09

PRESIDENT-Out OF all the
plays that spun their webs on
Broadway's play horizon in 1924.
one was picked by jury of
seven as the Pulitzer medalist
play for that season. The play
was They Knew What They
Wanted; it was produced by the
Theater Guild, their first success
by an American author and in it
starred Pauline Lord and Richard
Bennett.
This idyllic treatise OF love and
sin in the California grape val
ley never reached Washington,
but it will uncover itself for the
new week beginning Monday at
the President Theater. It Is
enough to remember that 1t is a
prize play, that 1t was lauded to
the skies by Gotham's critics
and that it was acknowledged the
best of four notable offerings by
Mr.. Howard; namely, Swords"
"Bewitched" and professional"
The shirt-sleeved version Of
Tristan and Isolde. sailed to
modern American taste, one re-
viewer called it. It's three cen
trail figures are triumphant oppo-
nents Of the grande manner in
writing, a witness in spaghetti
Joint, an old grower Of grapes
and his adopted son, an 1. w. w.
Vagabond in whose loins the Cali
fornia sun revives the hot blood
OF his ancestral cline.
POLI'S-Commencing Monday
night, Polls Theater will offer
Anne Nichols latest production.
''Howdy. King" a romantic COM
edy-drama staged under the Ill
rection Of Clifford Brooke and
featuring the return to Wash
Iington of two popular favorites.
minor Watson and Leneta Lane.
Filled with adventure and with
the threads of a love story run
ming throughout. the three acts
present an unusual opportunity
for one TO see these two stars
at their very best.
AS the story goes, Minor Wat.
son. who plays the part Of john
North. a wealthy American cow
puncher. reared on the plains
and used to two-fisted daily ex-
ploits, falls heir to the kingdom
of his at-granduncle in Ell
Dorado, in Southwestern Europe.
In his ascension to the throne
OF King and the many trials and
tribulations that follow in his
attempt to rule his good subic It's.
much good comedy and excite
ment result.
Others in the cast are Frank
Otto. Moran Elliott. Baron Beas-
ley and jeanette Fox-Lee.
BELASCO-"Laff That Off"
the Earl Carroll comedy which
opens at the Belasco Sunday.
tells of the deep-rooted friend
ship between three young men
who think well enough Of each
other to pledge eternal helpful
ness and sharing of worldly
goods with each other. They
take into their bachelor quarters
a stranded young actress on the
basis of no love-making. and
the trio succumb to her charms.
Pressure of fate compels the
girl to apparently betray the
trust placed in her. and the
world war scatters the quartet
The restoration of cordial rela-
tons and the solution Of their
love problems has been worked
out with uniqueness.
KEITHS-Anna Fitziu, Amer
lean prima donna from the Met
ropoltan and Chicago Opera com.
panies, Will make her vaudeville de-
but at Keith's beginning tomorrow
Ida May Chadwick, tap dancer. Will
be featured with her Dizzy
Blondes" six reasons for a gen
tleman's preference. Jams and
Whalen will follow with their nut
act. Others are the three Kemmys
in an artistic display Of strength;
Lew Reed and Paul Levere. Two
gentlemen from nowhere" with
music and dancing; Harry Hol-
man, with his latest version OF
Hard Boiled Hampton" assisted
by Miss Edith Manson; America 8
clever Juvenile mimic. Jerome
Mann, in "Impersonations": an
original novelty by Sylvia Loyal
and company.
EARLE-Next weeks bill be-
ginning with Sunday matinee at
the Earle Theater will present
as its headline attraction, sunny
SPAIN" a musical revue. with a
large cast Of principals and
clever ensemble. The settings
are reflective OF the colorful
sunny tropicalsm of the land
from which the tabloid musical
derives it's name.
Others in the vaudeville ,ortion
embrace Kody and Wilson. Kay
and Olive. in Moments Of Song
and Music; Emma Earle Harvey.
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