Evening Star Newspaper, January 9, 1921, Page 47

D. C., SUNDAY MORNIN <h HE week has been one of pretty music and merry pleasantry in the theaters. \We are a clean. wholesome people here in Wash- ington, so much so that we are even willing to make a sacrifice | to continue that way. Some of us, doubtless, missed the thrill of the drama, the tense strain of story. the suspense and the surprise; Hut, pshaw. you can't catch big fish all the time. and it was good to have an interlude of snusicai comedy distraction. It helped to purify tffe atmosphere and open up the new year with a clean score. Pat Rooney na are household words with vaudeville patrons, made their leap into “stardom.” w hatever that may be, and with all the gorgeous trappings of far east royalty znd some of the scenery hrought with them a dazzling array of pretty girls, glorious color com- ; binations and melodies that charm. There was a little too much of it, Jerhaps. but an orderly process of pruning may be expected.to develop of the worth-while attractions of the day. “Pitter Marion Bent, whose “Love Birds” into on i i Patter” deserves much,»ncouragement from those who care for the_really delightful things of I~ lts pretty title song will linger long in the oi those who heard it. It was a fitting companion piece for mory he H Moon.” which won sincere admiration but a short while ago “Hitchy-Koo,” famous for its lavish wealth of beauty and its original » pléasantries. was the most daring item of popular indulgence. but it held 1S ow h two presperous weel and everybody wanted to see it, which is i box office sign. The Garrick, scene of some of the most delightiul cgmedies of the season. sunk into the temporary repose of the shado ma. but stirred up as much in the way of thrill and shiver with st of the Mohicans” as the history of our free and | enlightened republic in its e t days made possible. All in all, the ‘ week was a pleasant one, at least it leit no very unpleasant memories. ok ok X TOXI(;H'I" will open another seven-day period which is likely to prove meore turbulent. “The Storm.” Langdon McCormick’s now famous melodram. will comie to stir the depths with its unpleasant story and the development in the art i stazecrait evclved by the first woman general stage director in theatrical history. Melodramas may always be counted . upon for “the ph of virtue.” and it is a curious fact that even the gentleman with the high brow and the lady with the broad accent have been known to express a vearning for something akin to_them, although it is eminently polite and cultured to fzel a contempt for such trashy things. The fact is that down deep in the human heart which is not on dress parade she melodrama fills a long-felt want, even in its most absurd type. for then it is a certain incentive tq laughter and mirth. Bartley Caripbell's “The White Slave” and its famous sentiment, “Rags are royal raiment when worn for virtue’s sake.” may not be perpetuated on a pedestal in the dramatic hall of fame, but its wraith will be found lingering in the vicinity. Another revuz is scheduled for Poli’s, and a musical.comedy for the Shub Belasco. The Garrick will picture remi- niscences of the world war, which nearly everybody is endeavoring very hard to iorget. * ok % E of the actors’ associations has declared its intention to fight “to tie last ditch™ a bill in the New York legislature providing for the ‘open:ng of certain stores en Sunday. It belie the bill is an “opening wedge” for Sur theatrical performances, which it bitterly opposes, s, not from a religious spirits but because “the daily repetition of any labor aor business activity without a breazk leads to staleness, nervous depres- sion and eventual breakdown.” 2 * * % ILLIAN POLIL who made famous the song. “My Hero,” in “The Choco- late Soldier,” years ago. has just been relieved from a matrimonial combination with F. Percy Weadon, who is now Chauncey Olcott’s manager. g * %k ¥ * 'OHN DRINKWATER is to come to America this month to assist Wil- liam Harris, jr.. with the production of his play, “Mary, Queen of Scots.” * K ¥ % } AM H. HARRIS' announcement of a reduction in the price of seats in theaters controlied by bim from $3 as a maximum to $2.50 is not figding a ready reciprocation irom other managers in New York, it is said. Reductions are announced. beginning Januarv 10, in the Colonial and Alhambra theaters of the Keith circuit. In the Selwyn Theater price reduction was announced three months ago. While prices did not go up in all theaters because of the war, in many theaters they did, more or less, and the managers seem indisposed to scale them, at least at the | | present time. * % % % {E one-thousandth performance of “Lightnin’” the Gaiety Theater, New York. * k * % MACLY N ARBUCKLE. who was seen here recently in “Daddy Dump- lins” and is to onen Januvary 25 in the new prodnction, “In the Night Watch,"-at the Century Thea‘er, New York, is to be starred in a new play next season by the Shuberts. * % ¥ % i A NEW play by Porter Emerson Browne, contrasting present condi- tions in central Europe with methods of relief emnloved in America. # is said, is being completed, and will be produced by William Harris, jr. * k k X % FRO.\[ the offices of Wagenhals and Kemper comes the startling ‘in- .. telligence that of the fifty new plays which started the present theatrical season late last summer only four now survive—“Spanish Love” and “The Bat.” both of which were seen here, being two of the survivors, and both of them eminently successful. 2 B * k k * E premiere of “The Passing Show of 1921” witnessed the passing of the musical director as a public exhibit, because, it is thought, he detracts ton much from the stage and really appears as a dominant fac- tor. which he is. but he isn't from the show’s standpoint—that is to say. the show part of the show. It is wise to remove all distractions from the audience for some shows. hecause onlv perfect concentration could pos- sibly enlist interest otherwise. The director will be retained, but buried out of sight. / i * % X %k EORGE LEMAIR “Broadwav Brevities,” for its extended road tour, which means its visit to other cities outside the great metropo- 3 ;‘usnenr‘»d activities for a brief period for the cast MRS. TRIMBLE BRADLEY— WOMAN STAGE DIRECTOR RHAPS the miost difficult branch, and she aksisted Mr. Broadhurst in of play producing is the actual Several of his subsequent productions. aq Mr. Broadhurst allowed Mrs. Brad- staging of a play. ley full swa = y ev full sway when he produced “The o those who sit in the audience ' Crimson Alibi" with its four acts and and watch the various scenes trans-. Nine scenes, and so great was her pire before their eves, but littl Jircess in staging this play, that on realized of the vast amount of t DotEted Mrs pis: e Brosdhurst ap- nical knowledge, patience and p occurred recently ati is pointed Mrs. Bradley his general stage director. This is the Arat time,ace verance necossary to make those COTdINgE to theatrical diary Keep- nes run smoothly and perfectly, | “T€. that a woman has been honored Aor cach bit of “stage business” must With the title. be dou pon and with a given cuc. Following her first success, Mrs. For instance, & player must not come | Bradley stazed her own plays, “The into or go out of a scene without | Wonderful Thing,” “Come Seven™ Soms vesson. e must not cross the! “THG'Storn ™ In ‘the tlay Taat sas stage at random, but each crossing She is credited with having achleved must be thought out and worked out. | S{riking success. In fact. the player must not.even sit | _Mrs. Bradley declgres the most diffi- down until his reason—a play reason, | cult thing she has found in her work and not a physical reason—for so|iS not the technical detalls necessary doing has been determined by the |0 a perfect presentation of a play stage director. but the overcoming of the prejudice—" Until the advent of Mrs. Trimble | especially on the part of the male Bradley, stage directing was exclu- | actor—that a woman should nof be sively within the special prov allowed to assume command of this men—men with years of expe branch of the work. That objection, | however. has been eliminated and it back of them in directing plays. ; | is said that now the actors who have Mrs. Bradley's entry into t ness was not the result of ch been directed bv this cl When quite young. in Milfora, Trim- | are her most enthusiastio bepstern ™™ ble county, Kv.. n to put on prers; plays for the children round her 7 home. Her aspirations . Flew to Rehearsals tion, however, were c 54 5 s when, through illnes . J.\.\H—,.\ C. MORTON is the first actor Misted. She wis t0 on record to attend rehearsals via 'E\-'m.m":. aeroplane. Morton plays one of the “Later, at ater directed b :pmu-mal comedy roles in “Peggy.” the famous master, Antoin During rehearsals at the Apollo who became sted in the 1t e in New Y D MRS L ) Theater in New York. it is said, Mr. 0 dy his method of directing his (Morton commuted daily from his plays m Fr: :’y 2 -l:u;.‘.; :;.‘u’\k home, at Freeport, Long Island, flying g America and o D Pfamiy, 10 @ Curtiss machine to Bryant Park, s nd most of her | which is near the Times Square thea- Moscow. Where | ter district. Morton took up flying at; ting under the | yineola six years ago, amd as a hobby o ‘:_"“nh dav 1d diversion from acting, has pri- mobe e Woman on tne | Yately coached many wealthy young EL bl Sh b et would-be aviators. Last October he L A T refused a substantlal offer to go to = o ,_{Pekins as aviator tutor for the Chi- with that playwrig nese government. {2 polished Englishman. “several necessary changes | KupeLIR- Nstional EASTMAN Shubert ~Belasco Cosmos PoB CLIFFORD National MATZENATER TosdANIN1 -Polis SR, S ot “ DaserTE” Gayety GABRILOWTISCT Natwonal Current Attractions o’clock. BELASCO—"Peggy, o’clock. POLI'S— o’clock. today. noon. GAYETY—Hurtig’s Wonder Sho 3 p.m. At the Theaters ‘This Week NATIONAL—“The Storm,” melodrama. musical comedy. —“Love Birds,” musical comedy. ’[}:nighl. at 8:20 o'clock. William Rock’s Revue, musical. Opens tomorrow night, at 8:20 GARRICK—Government War Films. (Motion Pictures). Shown KEITH'S—EIlla Shields and vaudeville. COSMOS—“Song of Songs” and vaude STRAND—Sherlock Sisters and vaudeville. Opens tonight, at 8:20 Opens tonight, at . Opens tomorrow, 2:15 p.m. lle. Opens tomorrow, 1 p.m. Opens tomorrow, at w, burlesque. Opens today, at “The Storm.” At the National Theater this week, starting tonight, George Broadhurst wlil present “The Storm.” by Lang- don McCormick, one of .the most suc- cessful melodramas in recent years. It achieved a record run of one year at the Forty-eighth Street Theater, New York, last season. The story concerns three people: Manette Fachard, a French Canadian girl, left marooned by the death of her father and a blizzard. in a cabin in the north woods, with two men, one a rugged westerner and the other Both fall in love with the girl. She knows if she admits love for one. the other will kill him. That is her problem, and | the dilemma in which the playwright leaves her. The play is strong in_ tense and emotional melodrama, relieved with humor. There are two scenic features never before equaled on the stage, it is claimed. One, the blizzard at the end of act 1 and the other a realistic and thrilling forest fire at the end of act 3. The company includes Katharine Hayden, Ben Taggart, Eric Maxon, Charles Henderson and Joseph Dris- coll. P 4 “Peggy.” Prior to opening in New York later in the month, “Peggy,” a new musical comedy in two acts, will play a week's engagement at the Shubert-Belasco, commencing tonight. It is presented under the direction of Mack Hilliard of the Selwyns. Book and lyrics are by Fred Caryll and the music by Lou Dymond. Allan K. Foster, producer of “Maytime” and “Love O'Mike,” ar-| ranged the dances and ensembles. Neil Twomey staged the book. “Peggy” comes here after a three-day sojourn at Atlantic City. The cast includes James C. Morton, Virginia O'Brien, late co-star of «Buddies”; Russell Mack, Lenora No- vasio, the original “Rainbow Girl” Skeet Gallagher, Virginia Eastman, Joan Elton, Wayne Nunn, Edward See, Ellen Godsey, Adele Boulais, Jane King and a dancing beauty chorus. “peggy” i8 a shopgirl who wins out in Wall street and in smart society. The scenes are laid in a stock brok- er's office at the Ritz-Carlton and at a fashonable millinery shop on 5th avenue. All the settings were design- ed by Joseph Physioc, art director for e Selwyns. u‘A special feature will be a fashion display of the latest spring frocks and hats, copled from exclusive designs imported from the recent Paris open- ings. In the course of a musical fan- tasy entitled “Style” individual hat models are shown. “Love Birds” Tonight. Pat Rooney and Marion Bent have registered so decided a popular suc- cess at Poli’s Theater, in “Love Birds,” their first starring vehicle, that they |of Edgar Allan Woolf, and the lyrics | | of Ballard Macdonald, as well as the | costumes and scttings of the piece, combine to make it one of the most unusual and delightful of entertain- ments. Its fine cast of favorites includes popular Elizabeth Murray and Eva Davenport; talented and nimble Emi- lie Lea, Elizabeth Hines, Evelyn Cav- anaugh, the eccentric, elongated Tim Dingle, Harry Mayo and Richard Bold, with voices suited to Romberg's best music; Josephine Harmon, James E. Sullivan, Barrett Greenwood, Sylvia Ford, and the always active chorus, which sets a_regular Georgie Cohan pace when Vincent Lopez and his kings of harmony unleash a brand of jazz which is seldom heard away from Broadway. William Rock’s Revue. . Magnificent stage settings, elabo- rate costumes and attractive dance numbers are said to play an impor- tant part in the William Rock Revue of 1920, which comes to Poll's this week, beginning tomorrow night. The revue is claimed to be the most gor- Zeous production of the season. The .cast is headed by Billy B. Van, for- merly with the musical comedy, “My Rainbow Girl"; James J. Corbett, for- mer heavyweight champion of the world, “and William Rock, long a talented dancer and comedian, per- haps best known for his work with Rock and White. While great atten tion has been given to the stage set- tings and costumes, Mr. Rock has not neglected the comedy element, nor has he forgotten to provide a most important attribute—pretty girls ga. lore. There are thirty Broadway girls in Mr. Rock's Rolls Royce chorus. There is also a long list of principals, each a leader in his or her own par- ticular . among them Ernestine Myers, who contributes a new dance, Orientale, and a_ Chinese creation: Jue Quon Tai, a Chinese prima donna contralto, with a pleasing voice, who sings songs both in English and in her native tongue; West Avey and Dennis O'Neil, blackface comedians and dancers; Irene and Bernice Hart, “golden finds of the musical comedy season”; Jay M. Regan, a gifted tenor; Hazel Webb, noted both as dancer and singer, with a sense of the comic, and Helen Eby, also a dancer. & The score is by Leon Rosenbrook and the lyrics by Louis Weslyn. Ella Shields. Ella_ Shields, a famous English musc hall comedienne, imported for a 3imited tour of the Keith-Albee circuit, will_be the sole topliner at the B. F. Keith Theater this week, commencing at the matinee tomorrow. Miss Shields’ forte is male impersona- tions, in which the English players are said to excel all others. Miss shields introduces three types of Londoners, costumed and conducting themselves according to the habits of each. Her work includes song and humor. Charles Withers and Com pany will be seen in “For Pity's Sake,” a travesty on the old-time “meller: drammer,” seen here before: Harry and Anna Sharrock will give imper- will be held over for an extra per- formance tonight, the William Rock Revue not opening until Monday even- ing. “Love Birds” has not only youth and beauty in its cast, and one of the [ Company in songs and_ dances: most refreshing of choruses, but the music of Sigmund Romberg, the book sonations of race track fakirs in “Be- hind the Grand.Stand,” will add tele- pathic readings of articles and notes gathered in the audiences. Other at- tractions will be Betty Donn and lda e Chadwick and her dad in “Wig: Post Office,” a lauch-winner; gins' Charles F. Semon, “The Narrer Fel- ler”; Ollie Young and April in “Bub- bleland”; the Magleys in equilibris- tics; “Topics of the Day,” the kino- grams. Today at 3 and 8.15 p.m., William and Gordon Dooley, Laddie Cliff and the rest of last week’s attractions will appear. Government War Films. The official United States govern- ment war films will be shown at the Shubert-Garrick Theater this week, beginning today. Showings will be made each day at 2:15, 4, 7:15 and 9 p.m. It is declared they have never been shown in this city before. They embrace 7,000 feet of film, of Which the greater part was censored during war time. The films are under the direction of Charles 8. Hart, former director general of the division of films, United States government committee on pub- lic information, during the war, and comprise the cream of footage “shot"” by the United States Signal Corps camera men. Most of the scenes are of the battles of Chateau Thierry, | Argonne and St. Mihiel. ) “Song of Songs.” “The Song of Songs” a beautiful and_pretentious singing production by Henry Bellet, featuring a cast of eleven selected voices headed by Sig- urd Van Plant and Amelie Rivera, will be the stellar feature at the Cos. mos Theater this week. The produc- tion, which was especially construct- ed for high-class vaudeville, is excel- lent in-its entertainment and of spe- cial appeal to lovers of music. The Jack George Duo will bring a negro Classic; Edna Bennett, famous as the | magazine cover girl, with her com- pany, will be seen in a novel and beautiful number; Calvert and Shayne will sing the latest song hits; Al White and Company will offer a playlet of worth, entitled “Appear- ances”: Lyle and Emerson, an amus- ing diversion, “It Happens Every Day,” and Piquo and Fellows, a.com- bination of comedy, song and acro- batics. The exceptional matinee added at- traction will be George Melford's finished Paramount pigture, “Behold My Wife,” the story of the evolution of an Indian Squaw_into a grande dame of Society. Maok Sennett's ‘“My Goodness,” will lead the minor features. An_excellent bill is announced for today, starting at 3 p.m. Sherlock Sisters and Clinton. | “Melody” and “mirth” will hold sway iat the Strand Theater this week be- ginning tomorrow. The Sherjock Sis- ters and Clinton, in a sparkling con- ception of music, style, dance and syncopation, lavishly staged and gor- geously costumed, leading the bill, which will include also, Morey, Senna and Dean in a combination of music, har- mony and smiles, entitled “Home, Sweet Home"; Jussi and Ossi, in gro- tesque and unique novelties; Melville and Stetson, jrs;, a versatile musical duo, and _Dorothy Burton and com- pany, in Waltér de Leon's funny one- act comedy, “The Basket Baby.” Goldwyn's _ photoplay of Clyde Fitch's comedy, “The Truth,” featur- ing Madge Kennedy, will be the film feature. It is the story of a young wife, who inherited the gift of telling artistic lies from a rakish father. It is sald to be logical, smooth, tense and glinting with genuine humor. A multiple-reel comedy, scenic sup- ject and the latest world events, will round out the bill. Hurtig’s Wonder Show. “The Big Wonder Show,” one of Joe Hurtig’s latest burlesque productions, will be the current attraction at the Gayety Theater, in a joyful produc- tion that is said to keep pace with this fertile producer's best work. It is in ten ecenes. George P. Murphy is in charge of the bulk of the comedy. Mile. Babette, Bertha Stoller, Clare Evans, Frank Williamson, ~Frank Martin, Chick and Burt Hunter, the Morok Sisters and the Perry Sisters dre others who make up the roster of the organization, in a new two-act burlesque, “A Hot Tamale Hero.” In- cidentally, a burlesque of David Belasco's notable success, “The Gold entitled ‘The Dough Dig- lgers,” is a feature, i i Coming Attractions! I At Theaters Next Week NATIONAL—Ed Wynn’s Car- nival, musical revue. BELASCO—*Jimmie,” musical comedy: POLI'S—“Blue Eyes,” musical | | “The Ed Wynn Carnival.” With many lilting, whistleable, mu- sical gems, an ensemble of “Wynn- some” girls, a Scenic environment of { unusual attractiveness and ap extra- comedy:. | ordinary array of the cleverest artists | I ; STRAND—“Let’s Go,” vaude- ville. 5 GAYETY — “Twinkle Toes, burlesque. COSMOS—“George Washing- ton Surrenders,” vaudeville. obtainable, “The Ed Wynn Carnival” (New York production), with Ed Wynn, who bills himself as “the per- fect fool,” comes to the National The- ater next Sunday night. “The Carnival” in two acts and twelve scenes, is styled a musical de- light. Ed Wynn is solely responsible for the book, lyrics and music. Ned Wayburn (of Ziegfeld “Follies” fame) staged the production. The large company includes Lillian IFuzgerald‘ Murjel = Harrison, Beth i Stone, Earl Benham, Harry Cowley, Lillian Wagner, Henry Regal and jSimeon Moore, Ray Miller's Black and White Melody Boys, the Meyakos Trio. Ted Roberts, Ethel Graseck, Jane Bowen, Marguerite and Bessie Hoban and many others. “Jimmie.” An _Arthur Hammerstein’s “musi- comedy,” called “Jimmie,” starring the diminutive comedienne, Frances White, next Sunday night will strive to duplicate, at the Shubert-Belasco, its success achieved at the Apollo Theater, New York. It is advertised as Mr. Hammerstein’s “supreme bid,” the best he has thus far produced. Herbert Stothart composed the music, and Otto Harbach, Oscar Hammer- stein and Frank Mandel evolved the book and lyrics “Jimmie” gives Frances White new opportunities for interpolating nu- merous characterizations in a musical show_with a sympathetic story of a New York walf, who struggles to fame through the cabarets of the large city. Ben Welch, Hebrew delineator; Harry Delf, Dee Loretta, Rita Owin, Don Borroughs, Charles P. Morrison, Genevieve Davis, Paul Porcasi, Irwin Rossa and Tom O'Hare also are with the show, as well as an ultra-smart chorus. tory and presented with a fine cast, historically costumed and accurately staged, will be featured at th mos Theater next week, with Days,” a bright and bril I thorn minstrels, and “Catland,” the great animal imitation feature from the Follies. Others will be Russell and De Witt, acrobatic dancing comedians: Green and Le Fell, in a musical number with breezy chatter; Cameron and West. musical comedians; Peters Buff, in a bounding a Gift Suprem feature and “April Fool Christie comedy. which will be shown at all performances. “Let's Go.” Next week the Strand Theater w offer “Let’s Go,” a musical farce, pre- sented by Cantor and Yates, with Batchelor, Vert and Brown in the stellar roles; the Braminos, eccentric musical clowns; Play and Castleton in “Clever Capers of a High Caliber." Van and Vernon, “The Peach and the Stew.” and, as the headline feature, Al Shayne, late star of the New York ‘Winter Garden. Eugene O'Brien’s latest Select P! tures Production, “Broadw: and Home,” with short subjects, will com plete the bill. = “Twinkle Toes.” Jean Bedini's “Twinkle Toes” com- pany, newest addition to the Colum- bian burlesque circuit. will make its first Washington appearance at the Gayety Theater next —week. Dave Reed and Ralph Austin, comedians, are jointly starred, with a support- ckerson, Arthur “The Gertrude Edwards, Edna Xola_Madcap, Berrt Weber, Connelly, Ducas Brothers and Five Cry Babbies’ Jazz Band.” In the Spotlight HE Australian production of Aaron Hoffman's comedy, “Welcome, Stranger,” now running in New York, has opened successfully in Sydney. Robert Warwick has been engaged | by the Shuberts for the role of cap-i tain in the spectacular production of “In the Night Watch,” which opens in New York soon. 1 “The League of Notions~” which! John Murray Anderson staged for Charles B. Cochran, the English pro- “Blue Eyes.” The attraction at the Poli Theater next week, beginning Monday, Jan- uary 17, will be Lew Fields and Mor- ris Rose’s production of a new and rollicking musical farce, in three acts, “Blue Eyes” by Leon Gordon and Leroy Clemens. The music is by L B. Kornblum, and _the lyrics by Z. Myers. Bert French staged the dances. The entire production has been staged by Lew Fields. The story deals with the adventures of three musketeers of Greenwich village. One of the trio is smitten by a young maiden, known as Blue Eyes. Complications ensue when the young man makes the mistake of presenting a prominent duke's car as his own. This leads the trio into a net of embarrassments which find a climax at fashionable Great Neck, L. L Dorothy Mackaye, who plays the title role, made her debut in Los An- geles six years ago, as the lead in “Peg o’ My Heart” in the Nos. ‘11 company. Since then she has been seen _in ‘The Very Idea,” “Head over Heels,” “See Saw,” and last sea- son_in “Seeing Things.” Olin How land, Ray Raymond and Donald Mac donald comprise the trio of Green- wich village. “George Wushingt?m Surrenders.” One of the most pretentious dr: matic offerings of the vaudeville s son, “George Washington Surrenders,” based on an incident of American his- moter, opened in London last Friday night with the Dolly Sisteérs and twelve American showgirls. Frederick Raymond, jr., has suc- ceeded Julius Tannen in the cast of “Her Family Tree,” now showing at the Lyric Theater, New York. Morris Gest last week arranged for the most expensive theatrical move- ment in the history of the theater when he contracted with the New York Central railroad to transport the production of “Mecca,” with the com- pany, to Chicago at the end of the run in New York, January 22. It will cost over $11,000 to move “Mecca” to Chi- cago, and two special trains will be required with fifteen baggage cars. An_entire new third act has been provided for “Miss Lulu Bett” the artistic_ending which left Lulu free to decide her own future giving way to_the more popular dramatic_form calling for her marriage. The change was prompted by many letters from those who had read the book and then had seen the play. Maurice Browne, the western pro- ducer, who presented the “Medea” in jminstrelsy by five stars of the Haw-{ as the added matinee ' ing cast. which includes Nat Morten, | y chestra |Concerts an Lectures Philadelphia Orchestra Tuesda, ' ncert of the Ihiladelphia Orchestra shington series ut the New Nation. | Theater Tue afternoon at $:3: o'cion under the local management o wr Smith. Ossip Gabrilowitsch pianist-composer and_conductor, will be the guest conduetor for the occasion. of the “Ober- Other interesting numbers wiil be W ! pocm, “Don Juan Tickets may be obtained the of- s of T. Arthur Smith, 1306 G street. Jan Kubelik Thursaay. an_Kubelik, the eminent violinist, be heard in concert Thifeday | afternoon at 4:30 p.m. at the National ! Theate in the tnird concert in the artists’ course of Mrs. Wilson- Kubelik has returned to America for . a concert tour after an absence of six years. During the war Kubelik composed thres _ violin concertos, which he played in public in Prague and Vienna. All three are considered masterpieces and are hailed as wel- additions to the rather limited violin literature. Seats are now on sale at Mrs. Wil- son-Greene’s concert bureau, 13th and G streets. 1 . = = Marion Harris—Saxophone Sextet. Coming to Warhington next Su day _afternoon. J. 6, at Poli's, {is has built as singer of £ type of songs. Her e has sweetness and charm nd she has a personality that stands out. She is probably best known for { her work on the Ziegfeld roof in New | York and also in “Stop, Look and 1 ten.” She will bring with her the | Columbia Saxophone Sextet, each be- |ing an expert performer upon one or I more other musical instruments. They are known as the Yerkes Novelty Or- while playing other than saxophones. In the concert to be giv- en here the members of the sextet double up on a number of instruments, giving a novel musical entertainment H. G. Wells’ Lecture. Word has been received from Mrs. Wells of the iliness of her husband, H. G. Wells, the distinguished author previously announced for a lecture at Poli's The: January 14, the first of a series of lectures to be given here under the local munagement of T. Ar- thur Smith, and stating that his eu- gagement would necessari have to be postponed. Mr. Smith announces that other lectures of the series, including one by Gilbert K. Chesterton, essayi dramatist and poet, at the New Na tional Theater, February 10, and an- other by Sir Philip Gibbs, journalist. novelist and playwright, at Poli's The- ater, February 8, will be given as pre- viously announced. Second Philharmonic Course. The second series of the Philhar- monic course, to be given at Poli's Theater, under the management of Mrs. Wilson-G . will include the following recitals: Tuesday, January 5. Mme. Alma Gluck, soprano, and Efrem Zimbalist, violinist; Wednes- day, February 2, Mme. Louise Homer, coniralto, and Miss Homer, Soprano: Wednesday, March 2, Mme. Paviowa and her Ballet Russe, with symphony orchestra; Monday, March 14, Titta Ruffo, the great baritone: Friday April 8, Rosa Ponselle, dramatic so-" prano from Metropolitan Opera. Toscanini and La Scala Orchestra. Toscanini, the famous italian con- ductor, and his wonderful organiza- tion of 102 players, the La Scala Or- chestra of Miian, whose reputation is world wide and which is touring New York last season, will be asso- ciated with Margaret Angiin in the production of “The Iphigenia” and other Greek plays this season. Max Marcin has obtained a theater in London, at which he will present his New = York succesy, “Three Live Ghosts.” | the United States. under the personal direction and leadership of Toscanini, will be heard Monday and Wednesday afternoons, January 17 and 19, at 4:30 p.m., at Poli'S Theater. Seats are now on sale at Mra. Wil- son-Greene's concert bureau, 13th and G streets.