Evening Star Newspaper, November 26, 1922, Page 59

e Part 3—10 Pages SURVEY of the map reveals the consoling assurance that ‘Wash- ington's taste in theatricals is pretty good. “Gertie’s Garter” has stayed eight weecks in Baltimore. It remained in Washington only three weeks, during a summer season. Anyhow, we are five weeks purer than Baltimore. D * ok % ENRIETTA CROSMAN is still engaged in rediscovering herself. She was discoversd to az admiring public by the author of “Mistress " George C. Mazetton. a Washmgton man, who fitted her with a role which even today wonld e more welcome to the play-going public than any of the many she has since essayed. “Mistress Nell"'re.scued Miss Crosman (careful with the “s,” friend compositor, please, it is un- derstood that the inadvertent double “s” makes Miss Crosman cross) from the tall- timbers and enrolled hes among the electric lights. Some day there will be a biography oi George Hazelton, one of those futile post- s ing attention to attainments so fine that the genera- * mortem affairs, tion in which he lived had no time to analyze them. Hazelton had he he Yellow Jacket” would claim enduring and grateful remembrance in the thought of many nations. The pla_y has been translated, performed and applauded in many climes. “Mistress lculated to appeal to the téchnical sense of an actress, < of transmuting the temperament of an author into Its sentences clinked in melodious promise of d at a little theater just off Broad- done no more than write * Nell” was a role ¢ revealing possibilit wvital artistic cxpression. wold at the box office. It was produce Most oi the Broadway 3 one was altogether obscure. The New York crities, tl\a-t faithful and un- selfish corps of talent seekers, braving alike managerial scorn and the "w cather in the effort to find a glint of real talent, trudged adventurously They armed themselves, no doubt, in advance, with wentle sarcasms. as is the custom of their kind, hoping to clothe in the pect of ioolery the adverse opinion they would feel comp'ellcd to pro- ounce. Minos and Rhadamanthus, inexorable judges of the nethe.r world, never made the generous effort to disguise themselves as Punchi- nello and utter warnings instead of decrees. Reviewers of the .play arc idealistic of mood and inclined to dismiss a bumptious actor with a pended sentence. way. to see the show. gentle admonition and a st scurity and the prospect of a combination something akin to that of a!| Bernhardt and a Sardou seemed in prospect. bination did not materialize. 3 took themselves to the big musical shows. The theater has disappeared Whoever may have been at fault, it was a great opportunity missed. ok ok % a dreamy-eyved youngster named Valentino possible in the “Four | Horsemen of the Apocalypse.” ; y himseli only as a perfunctory poscur does not prevent him from being i Ibanez is an egg without salt. ‘The egg should not be permitted to stand too long. B Ji theaters long closed for purposes oi remodeling. | HE openings arposes of c i H. B. Warner. whose best remembered play is “Alias Jimmy \n]eu-: tine.” irom a novel by 0. Henry, is to have the honor of enlarged printer’s | ink in exploiting a “thriller of thrillers.” entitled “Bull Dog Drummond." | Poli’s also wiil reopen. aiter a reconstructive hiatus, with a creation en- titled “Hayseed: or, The Villain Still Pursued Her.” ment looks as if the Kew York bodking authorities had exerted them- | selves eagerly to give the events the gal: Dog Drummond” has had a run in New Charles Dillingham presents it might - rmed p under the impression that it is a musical production, which it is not. i< an efiort to duplicate the success of “The Bat"—dependent, however. on the exploitation oi an actor. without mention in the advertisements f the author or even of that moderaly obstreporous nuisance the “director. York, but the announcement that leave the uninformed provincial * ¥ ¥ % "HA\'SL‘ZED: OR, THE VILLAIN STILL PUKRSUED HER, that brings up a train of reminiscences. Strive as-you will to get n the palmy-day stuff, your hard-put and plodding theatrical The abundant inspiration of the present is abso- iutely ignored and the annals of the past are ransacked with pathetic : Vi . ‘When the nations needed an American war song, the best ';:-e;s:;:{;“gcie\'e them was a hiccoughing recrudescence of the dear old hymn, “Over There, Over There, Over Thgrg, Oh, Think of a Home Over Ihere!” “The Villain Still Pursued Her!” is a line that was dear to the wallery gods in the days when the gallery was a sphere of influence and not a mere overflow from the orchestra. Milton Nobles, a _forgotten | actor of the romantic school, had a play called “The Phoenix. He played the role of a writer of fiction as well as the hero of incendiary episodes. e wrote for the fiction magazines and read his manuscript aloud as he penned it. He would bring the heroine to a moment of death-impending | peril, hang her over a cliff or lash her to the track before a rushing loco- iotive. Then, imagination exhausted, he would introduce the exclama- tion, “And the villain still pursued her!” The line became a catch phrase. Sam Devere, a blackface variety artist with the banjo, plunked out a Jitty about “Miss Magruder—she dropped on her knees with a pocketful of cheese, and the villain still pursued her.” It had a tune to it, too; one | which would hardly measure up to the requirements of current syncopa- | tion. | s a title away from producer will have it. theaters arc just off Broadway, but this | UT “Mistress Nell” was. in the phrase of tlie ivotlights, a “knockout!" | Wellsprings of crystalline praise were released, flowing frec and sparkling. “Mistress Nell” rescued an actress and a theater from ob- For some reason the com- | The critics folded their umbrellas and be- from the map, and Crosman and Hazelton went their separate ways., L i HE obligations. oi actor to author are queerly negligible. Ibanez made] The fact that Valentino has since r(:\'ealed{ silmed incessantly in catch-penny scemarios. A Valentino without his | Neither announce- § : WASHINGTON, HBWARNER National 0 (44 PENNINCTON ~Kerths High Praise for Dancer A DOLPH BOLM, the famous Russian dancer and ballet master, savs that. Sonia Gluck is unquestionably a significance they deserve. “Bull|the highest type of classical male | | dancer in the United. States today. “He Is young, only twenty-one, and It | with about two years more of study land experience, 1 helieve he will be uperior_to Mordken." i When Fokine was ill and_unable to (appear at the Hippodrome, New York. {Gluck was called upon to fill i place, and so pronounced was his suc cess that Fokine immediately took @ personal interest in him and pushed him to the front. He remained for eight months at the Hippodrome and was selected by Michlo Itow, the Japanese producer to stage and to appear in the classical dances in the Pin Wheel Review. To- gether with Felicia Sorel, Mr. Gluck produced the sensational ballet, “The Nymph_and the Faun,” being the story of ‘Satyr and the Nymph.” In this ballet Sorel and Gluck are as- i sisted by Roger Dodge. Mr. Gluck is also the ‘original pro- ducer of a satirical ballet, “To a Daisy.” one of the funniest of dance specialties. It is performed by six male hoboes: Ada Rekan’s Nephew. ARTHL'R BYRON, the leading play- er with Fay Bainter, in “The Painted Lady.” has been a star of the first magnitude himself for a decade. He is still a star, of course, though technically his position with Miss * k k Kk nTHE PAINTED LADY,” a new play for Fay. Bainter, has been seen in Baltimore, without unanimous enthusiasm. Miss Bainter is iatic i sonations, but has never found a Hazelton L‘.":\‘-’r“i:cf:rp}‘;; ifi?‘i‘.’fi ‘TIE:;tBIsaWcst" was the best she could get. * X k X RISCILLA DEAN has refused to play the part of a role whose morals p <he does not approve. This is censorship from a truly authoritative source. * %k X X DINNER given in honor of the so-called “overlords” of the theater in New York, calling forth a distinguished but upsophisticated at- illustrated the pranksome disposition which the playhouse can- not conquer. Willie Collier was fired by Augustin Daly for. certain ribald nimicries and A. M. Palmer reproved Wilton Lackaye for “cheap jests,” only to meet with the retort, “You'd better get plenty of them| while they are cheap.” It has been the cherished impression that Will Hays and Judge Landis were established as solemn and respected expo- \ents of authority in realms of pictures and athletic sport. They were uests of honor at a banquet in New York, whose proceedings were chiefly *made known through a sporting journal whose pages devote space to in- idental but intimate and intelligent comment on the theater. Two ac- torial veterans were depicted in the radiance of youth at the top of the column, while Hays and Landis were left to trail pictorially as aged and cccentric types in secondary position, though the guests of honor. You can censor the scenario, but you cannot censor the spotlight. The trick \was characteristic of the camera as employed with ulterior motive.. The photograph was recently used in picture houses to belittle a very emi- nent United States official by the very simple expedient of speeding up a film representing him in the act of delivering a speech.. The effect, of course, was ludicrous. ‘I once saw a representation of “The Passion Play” which made me shudder because the operator ‘w3s rushing the film in order to get one crowd out and another in. The_deliberate use of the motion picture camera as a means of insidious political propaganda calls jor censorship far more loudly than its efforts to- express. subtle senti- mentalities in crude terms of the sidewalk. * k& X BILLIE BURKE, charming enough actress, is again presenting Florenz Ziegfeld as a legitimate manager. She has a new play by Booth Tarkington, who is almost as fertile in plot as Harry B. Smith used to be in poetry. tendance, 3 * %k ¥ * 3 5% E M}PdE{:flSC(O*1q torpresent David Warfield as' “Shylock.” Prob- ably Belasco promised Warfield years ago that he would do some is 4 promise. such thing. Asd with Belasco- a promise . PHILANDERgJOHNSON. { ment, Bainter is that of the player. Mr. Byron is a son of the late Oliver | 5eason received- a-greeting- often equaled in Doud Byron and a nephew of the Hence his footlight prominence is a matter of inheritance as well as of personal talent. Hisfirst professional appearance was made as a mere boy in his father's company, but he has been leading man for a host of distin- guished _actresses, such as Maude Adams, Ethel Barrymore, Maxine El- liott and Amelia Bingham. Mr. Byron's portrayal 'of Burkett Ryder, in “The Lion and the Mouse” put_him at once in the stellar category. Within the past few years, however, his work in such plays as “The Boomerang.” “Tea for Three,” «Transplanting_ Jean” and “Blue- beard’s Eighth Wife,” in which he has just finished a two-season engage- has marked him as one of the finest of our actors. x Mr. Byron's role in “The Painted Lady” is that of.an old-line circus owner with amaszing conceptions of the “traditions” of his craft—a char- acterization that is said to be wholly new and of rare charm and interest. Safqty Week Film. "ARRY M. CRANDALL'S contribu- tion to the “Safety week,” which will be shown, beginning today, is a film depicting the many hazards taken by pedestrians and motorists in the District. Commion infractions of ‘the traffic regulations are shown and the.proper procedures pictured. The picture was fiimed by Nat Glasser, manager of Crandall's York Theater and head of the Crandall technical staff, and prints have been presented for permanent record to the - police department. The public service and educational department of the Cran- dall Theater, Mrs. Harriet Hawley Locher, director, will devote one hour at each of the Crandall residential houses to an iIntensive drive on safety first, beginning tomorrow,| showing the Crapdall film in each instance.. The Bchedule of appear-. ances will-be as followsy Savoy, Mon- day,.November:27, 11 am. to 12 noon; Avenue Grand, Tuesday, November 28, 11 am. to 12 noon; York, Tuesdiy, November 28, 3 to 4 p.m., and Apolla, ‘Wednesday, November 29, 2 to 3'p.m. ! his | | “‘Sonata” in D John| dignity, Kochanski ‘There will, as' evening and. a course, but,-owing.to- completion’of the National, be only three photo stories. of- travel :‘n each - course’ instead of ‘the’usual{o'®! ve. pathi = Holmes the G D C, WINNEERED - Cos Paul Kochanski Friday.: ~ The first musical attraction:to ap- pear in the rebuilt National Theater, it is announced, wil. be the distin- guished Polish violinjst; ; Pau) ski, who will appear Friday afternoon at, local Smith, Inc. " H o i« ., Second attraction .in .the. st featured’ ) Serien, 4 management Mr. Kochanski's has feeling- in The . program (Cesar Tickets are on mle b Smith, Inc., I)DG'G?(‘rect;o_ The Washington " Holmes travelogues-wil National Theater next Sundiy. right. eretofore, be-a Suy “Mongdy’ ¢ ctanahiz. it usicianal ne. qua ever-to-be-remembered Ada Rehan.| and. tachnique. Gommandon. atfoneion, an .extraordf beautiful tone and .brilliant téchnis mastery of the problems of \ther bow arm ga well as the left hand, And hi musical i makes them of absorbing ; Friday wiil. inclide Franck), * n D Minor” (Wieniawski the Sun” spondin compares. to d-canyon’ of-Arizons. SUNDAY MORNIN EILEEN WiLsowy President. ” TAY BAINTER. Garricks GILRAIN mos .of.- T, recital. here. ‘last not. very is on. /his:pe intetest.. ). H. the dels s last summer Mr. Holmes spent in the orient,: away. from -the . into new and comparatively un- ied parts of Japin-and.China. - His first_travelogu be’ ent-day Peking, clent city: now ¥ date influences, casting of dead traditions and preparing it-|on self for. the' progressive d modern achievement.” The ‘second travelogue waterway of the the ver® heart of pictures are the ' the uppefr regions angtie-Kisng, into| - | gfihfi:‘l'. “ His.motion . first -ever--taken * of | bordering’ thik won-. derful Tiver, the gorges of which Mr. | gram Droj the marvels ‘of | tomorrew night AT day. & free. « recital. next 0, uinder the Arthur His concert’ wHl be the r. goncert arily ical rformances icerto ynin' to (Rimsky-Korsakoff), “Sla- vonic Dance” (Dvorak), “Rosamunda’ T, Artbur est. “of>Burton: gin at the ay-in the there “will! “to"up-to- | two weeks; and-also in a limited num- “(£s. ahroud | ber| of lect uties -of Star : NOVEMBER 26, 1922. y MORETTE G'au]eh, | Actors for Generations. ipLATEns are apt to boast if they are lucky enough to have two | generations of theatrical ancestry. | There is one star, however, who may iwell lay claim to real aristocracy in {the theater. He is H. B. Warner. {For four generations the family of Warner have been stars of the 1egiti- mate stage, H. B. Warner is the son of Charles Warner, whose greatest successes in | this country were scored in “Drink,” jby, Emilic Zola, and in the one-act [French’ play. “Au.Telephone.” The | grandfather of tiie present star. whose name was James Warner, was known throughout all England as the lead- | ing male dramatic star of his day, as { was Charles Warner, his great-grand- father. Charles. Warner, father of H. B. i made his debut in Engiand when a teen-yemr-old loy. He ran away {from home, following in the foot- steps of his own father, to study and prepare himself for a career in the | theater. The present star was, in fact. the only one of five zeneratios who did not run away to g0 upon the stage. His father saw that a stage career was inevitable, after fruitless efforts to get him to study medicine. Speaking of his own debut upon the stage, H. B. Warner says: “I started as a member of my father's com- pany, studving two or three of the smalier parts at the same time, and T would never know what part I was to play until I reached the theater for the performance. 1 was then twenty-one years of age. My father had previously sent me to Bedford Polis Rocrawska ‘National ‘cations, and was taken up seriously School, in Bedfcrdshire, England, an <. ilfl d.tchool founded in 1552, and to 3 on ersi — ectures { ““My training began during my va- S5 immediately upon my graduation. My father directed most of my career up to the_time 1 came to this country from England for George Tyler in 1905, to play a nine-month engage- ment as the leading man for Elinor Robson, ‘now Mrs. August Belmont, and T have been here ever since, “After appearing as the leading Songs rich:in; romance appeal strong- | man for Miss Robson for three vear: ly-to.her ‘imagination, and, being 11 was elevated to stardom by Mr. modern of the nipderns. she has deep | Tyler in a piece called “These Are sympathy _for _the _interesting songs| My People,” which was intended as of the modern: Frenchmen. She “"in sequel to “The Squaw Man.” /The both theelegance of style called for | play proved an immediate failure, and by modern French song’ we;ltem_ v;‘fllg hurry call was sent to Paul Arm- ;)lx‘tl flery . passion demand: by the | irong to write a suitable vehicle for B e on.sale at Mrs, Wilson: |Me. He did. The play was 'Alias m 3 Jimmy Valentine.” and it took ten Greeis s7conomusburean; ath and G3oye to write, rehearse and produce . x; It was played three yvears. That's Sl S e the way of a hit.” Opsip:Gabrilowitsch December 7. “Foll?winfi “Alias Jimmny Valentine.” < e B Mr. Warner starred in “Sleeping { Obsfp */ Gabrllowitach, -the “famous|pl o X0, GO0 o and “The Russjan . pianist, composér and con- ductér, will be presented by T. Arthur Smith, _Inc., at the Masonic Audi- Ghost Breaker.” He was lately in the movies, and now returns to the torium Thursday evening, December 7, as the second artist in the master in every role she-creates for the oper- atic. stage, while the natural versa- 4Hity: ‘of her -talent has made her ‘equally, brilliant in concert. She is at home «in the suave, fluent melodies of the classical masters of the seven- teenth- and - eighteenth centuries. speaking stage in “Bull Dog Drum- i mond.” “Liliom” Announced. ; (Schubert), .“Gitana® (Kreisler), 3 iChanson Sans Paroles” (l'll‘:le(hn.‘lknw- BICISGA S cOlirns sky), and -* Campanella” -(Paga- o = mint). Walter Golde will be:the ac- | - . Damrosch’s-Last Concert. e roR s Soara suniiun Broaty) Walter - Damrosch will make his rcwell ‘appearance here for this eason- as’ conductor at-the third con- bert: of the New York Symphony Or- | chestrd, in’ the National Theater Tues- a-ru:omoon. December 12, when he ‘will diréct a.Tschaikowsky program, and-- Alexander. Siloti, the Russian pianist, Wil be heard as the soloist. Tite’ program will comprise the “Fifth Symphony:in E.Minor” and.the “Con- cétto, in’B Flat Minor” for piano, with chestra, - in. which Mr. Sfloti will # * 8010." 3 - The-fourth and fifth concerts in the iw. York Symphoay Orchestra series Tl be directed by Albert Coates. #uest conduétor, while Mr. Damrosch appears--as . guest tonductor of the Minnéapolis Symphony Orchestra. for the Theater Guild’s production of Franz Molnar's comedy of life, “Li- liom.” is announced for Poli’s Theater the week beginning December 11. It is interestjng to note that Joseph Schildkraut, who created the title role, and Eva Le Gallienne, the orig- inal Julle, wYl head the company which will appear here. “Lillom” in Budapest, Where the play is laid, is a slang éxpression, signifying “roughneck” or_tough, and in the Molnar play Liliom is the bark- er and bouncer of a merry-go-round. Around this carnival character hi been written a play that originate: in the merry-go-round of a traveling Hunggrian fair, and takes fts charac- ters through an amazing series of episodes ‘that - abound with comedy and pathos, and are as novel in their construction and preserntation as they are real.and human. Tectiire -recitals- at the piano he ‘Wagneér: music dramas. : He Palm . Beach. for his plans..to. g0 to Tacation: ; S T “ 7 Avosde. | “The Monster." “The Monster,” which has been de- K eed by tne Arcade, with |scribed as “the thrillingest of all Paul Jones.” Tue]s-[thrfllers." will be presented at the Y. market exhibit on the main [gnypert-Garrick Theater: the week rom 7. D d oo o T s and & big band; | starting Sunday, December 10, by .| Wednesday a series of “lucky spot”|Joseph M: Gaites. Crane Wilbur, the dane Ith. = huge turkey, -many | well known actor of stage and screen, Fcandy and other worth- i wrote “The Monster” and also will be D otirds to. the-lucky. bnes, and |seen In the leading role. Gustav von ¥n.n giving -a_‘“'double-header”—a g:ynerms, ‘who wis zhe'm_mnn{ & Tadinge. dance from 3 to 6 and a,the screen version of “Sher A ammoth-Thanksgiving dance:in the ' Holmes,” will appear as the mad phy- ming:with an sugmented orchestra. siclan. 8 “Oue,Big.Week” is the dancing pro- ;C urrent A AT THE THEATE RS THIS WEEK NATIONAL—“Bulldog Drummond,” melodrama. Opens tomorrow evening. POLI'S—“Hayseed; or, The Villain -Still Pursued Her.” comedy. Opens tomorrow, evening. * GARRICK—Fay Bainter, in “The tomorrow evening. . Musical Painted Lady,” comedy. Opens PRESIDENT—*"Abic’s Irish-Rose.” comedy. Opens this evening. B. F. KEITH'S—Ann Pen morrow afternoon. BELASCO—"Gimme a Thrill," COSMOS—“Just Married,” vaudev: afternoon. STRAND—Whiteman's “Romance ville. Opens this afternoon. ington, noon. ATIONAL—“Bull Dog Drum-| mond.” ! Hearty, flamboyant, swift and sweep- ing melodrama fs what they call “Bull Dog Drummond,” the attraction select- ed by Manager W. H. Rapley to open the National Theater tomorrow night. The play, which is under the direction of Charles Dillingham, brings H. . ‘Warner back to the stage after a ca- reer in the movies. *“Bull Dog Drummond.” ‘with a story of the flavor of “Sherlock Holmes. boasts as its hero plausible human Ibeln‘, however strange and unusual lhei adventures he may encounter and the deeds he may perform. He is kept on the qui vive by a rapid succession ‘of | dangers and_the necessity of escape therefrom. The play moves swiftly through many excitements. Capt. Drummond. home from the dan- gers of war and restless in idleness, insérts an advertisement in 2 news- paper, stating he is in quest of ex- citement. A young girl answers the ad, announcing that adjolning her home is a hospital in need of investi- | gation. “Drummond is intrigued. as the literary critics say. He finds the | sanatorium a nest of blackmailers and icutthroats, and one of the tasks. he finds to do is to free from the toils of this nest of villains an American millionaire. ¥ ! Capt. Drummond takes to danger as ia duck takes to water and defeats with many an effective device the ingenious | expedients employed by the villains who would frustrate him. It going back to the early days of Conan Doyle’s great deductive sleuth, though { Drummond is not so deep a reasoner !as the detective who worked under the stimulation of the needle. But he is; | more of fighting for beauty in dis-| i tress. suggestive of the days of Lem B. Parker, Reid. Theodore Kramer. i Lincoln J. Carter, Owen Davis, Charles | ,A. Taylor et al. | _A fine supporting cast includes C. H. { Croker-King, Geoffrey Miller, Henry Green, Harry Plimmer, George Syden- ham, Willlam McNeil. J. H. Huat, H. i Ashton Tonge, William Read. Wallace | Hickman, James A. Boshell. Tracy Bar- | row, James A. Leahy, Jg:‘ln F. Dough- ry erty, Sheila Hayes, Robson, | Gladys Burgess, etc. Fred G. Latham, general stage direc- tor for Mr. Dillingham, is responsible for the staging of the production. The English author. known under the pen name of ‘“Sapper,” wrote “Bull Dog! Drummond.” POLI'S—“Hayseed, or The Villain | Still Pursued Her. or The Villain a musical “mellowdrayma. with book and Iyries by A. E. Thoma: and Brian Hooker and a musical set- | ting by George Gershwin and William Daly, Wwill bE,presented by the Hay- Productionis, Inc.. at Poli's Thea- this week, opening tomorrow | evening. The play is a burlesque of the melo- jdrama days gone by, and. typical of ’plays of this sort, it concerns the tri- umph of rustic virtue over the wicked schemes of the slick city fellows. Everything you expect will be found in its proper place—the wicked dea- con, the mortgage on the dear old | farm, the innocent heroine pursued by the polished villain, who is finally brought to bay by the farmhand | | with the heart of gold, and it natu- | rally must follow that the locket with | dear old mother’s face should find an important place in “Hayseed.” In- jdeed. it is the finding of the locket and its return to its proper owner {that brings the play to the usual happy ending, with all concerned but the villain glorifying in the hero's| triumph. The piece is said to abound with rollicking tunes and vivacious dance numbers, arranged by Julian Mitchell. | The book was staged by W. H. Gil- more. The cast will include Emma Haig, Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Barry, | Olin Howland, Eva Clark, John Mer- kyl, Tom Conkey, Lora Sonderson,! Frank Mayne and Guy Nichols mdl a chorus. GARRICK—“The Painted Lady.” Fay Bainter of “East Is West” fame, will be the notable attraction this week at the Garrick, offering her new play, “The Painted Lady.” This week will mark the final lap of Miss Bainter's three-week tour prelimi- nary to opening at the Ritz Theater. { New York. A new fact in Mies Bainter's dia- mond-like artistry is £aid to be show in this new work. something as bril- { liant. though wholly different, as] have been her portrayals of Ming Toy. the Japanese princess in the fanfastic “The Willo - charging heroine of Girl.¥ In this instance Miss Bainter is to portray a little circus girl with a great spirit—with sacrifice as th impelling motif “Show _peopl those who have to do with making the world of the circus—are the chief figures, and the story is said to pre- sent their lives, loves and aspirations traly and with fine dramatic power. The author is Monckton Hoffe, the distinguished English dramatist. whe | vrote that charming character’com- | edy, “The Little Damosel,” a few | U pay. a: ago, and whose sentimental play. “The Faithful Heart,” has been | highly praised this season in New York. ‘The story involves also a widely divergent group of persons of 2 more conventional world, and the| deus ex machina of the action is a painting, for which the heroine hap- | pened to be both the model and the inspiration, a painting with a high spiritual quality, which in the end comes to sy ize to the heroine her love and her Sacrifice. Arthur Byron, a star of prime bril- liance, is the featured member of the company, totaling over fifty, and in- cluding °Ferdinand Gottschalk, St. Clair Bayfield, Gilbert Emery, Courte- nay Foote, Henry Danlell, Elizabeth Patterson, Gavin Muir, Orlando Daly, J. Malcom Dunn. Eugene Powers, P. Kaye, Thomas Louden, Roy Coch- rane, Frank Arundel; Haviland Chap- pell and Charles Cheltenham. Four:im- pressive stage pictures of unusual beauty are features of the produc- tion. % 4 > 1 s== Irm-:smm-“nx Irish Rose.” The President Players, the Pesi- dent Theater, Pennsylvania avenue at 11th street northwest, beginning to- night at 8:30 o'clock, will present the first current Broadway production ever produced in Washington by other than a touring company, in Anne i bie's Irish is_now in its eighth month in New York and which has had engagements of twenty-two weeks in San Francisco and more than 400 performances in Ios An- geles. It is now running in all three clties.— “Abie’s Irish Rose” has been staged by Henry Mannmers, who tonight GAYETY—Watson’s “Beei Trust,” burlesque. vaudeville. New show opens to- Shubert unit. Open’s this afternoon. ifle. New show opens tomorrow of Rhythm Orchestra,” vaude: Opens this after- will present a cast of specially selected for this engage ment, including Eileen Wilson, Hent Dufty, Harry Shautang, Anne Morri- son, Leo Hovt, Guy D'Ennery, Robert Lowe, Irving Kennedy and many others. A magnificent mountiig IS tory abounds in comedy of the richest description bound together on a thread of romance, and concerus Abie Cohen's marriage to an Irish girl and the resultant tangle when both parties attempt to conceal from their families the racial identities of their respective partners. B. F. KEITH’S—Ann Pennington. Ann Pennington, principal feature in recent “Follies” and productions, makes her Was i vaudeville debut this week at Keith's, topping a bill remarkable for promi- nent names and novel features. Chieftain Caupolican, the Indian baritone, returns after sensational success as “Mathias” in “The Polish Jew”. at the Metropolitan OUpera House, with a program of numbers 10 please all ears. Billy Chase and Charlotte La Tour are on the bill with “Around the Corner.” the most- talked-of novelty in vaudeville. Also those famous comics, Al and Fanny Stedman, in “Planocapers.” The Briants will offer a fantagtic pantomime with acrobatics of a kind in which they excel. Paul Murray and Gladys Gerrish, in “Studying Stars.” will contribute amusing im- personations of Broadway favorites and pleasing “bits” from musical comedy. In the screen featurea Will be the Pathe Weekly, Aesop's Fables and Topics of the Da Today, at 3 and £:15 p.m.. will be shown the last performances of last k's bill, headed by the French dancers Mitiy and Tillio. BELASCO—“Gimme a Thrill.” Joseph M. Gaites' Shubert unit. “Gimme a Thrill,” will be the attrac- tion at’ the Shubert-Belasco this week. beginning with the matinee toduy It is credited with being the best dancing’ show on the Shubert circuit, with a Look furnished by Will ‘B Johnstone, author of “Take It From Me” and “Up in the Clouds.” and melodies by Tom Johnstone. The pro- duction is in two acts and fifteen scenes, with the vaudeville specialties interspersed. % Those providing vaudeville special- ties are the Gardiner trio, who have danced their way Into the heart of the American public; Gene Barnes, a droll Hebrew comedian with a clever character skeich: Felicia Sorel and Sonla Gluck, reécent stars of the Michlo Itow “Pin Wheel Revue': Herbert and Baggett, comedians de luxe; the Tip Top Four. last vear with Mitsi In” "Lady Billy”": Byron and Langdon, in a comedy diversion. “The Dude Detective”; Nanine and De Fay, who prestat Apache num- bers in a new way. and Charley Chase, with an original monologue. A full-sized chorus holds its own for charm and ‘also performs with distinction in the realm of terpsi- chore. COSMOS—*“Just Married.” The Cosmos Theater is offering two headline attractions this week start- ing with the matinee tomorrow aft- ernoon—*“Just Married,” is a musical comedy matrimonfal mikup, with orig- inal songs and music by Clarence Marks. which has been attractively staged by Earl Lindsay and will be pre- sented by Fred ‘Lightner and com- pany, while Winifréed Gilrain mpany, a quintet of pretty danc- ing girls, are announced for a terpsi- chorean “act beautiful.” Both attrac- tions are heralded with flattering ad- vance notices. s Others are McLellan and Sarah, with a comedy offering of “Bits of Everything'’ Kelso Brothers and Kelly, in th ‘Krazy-Kwilt” comedy revue; Vi and Tully, attractive equi- librists and poseurs, and Eddie Sloan, a blackface entertainer. Ed “Hoot” Gibson will be the cen- ter of interest In his new picture. “The Lone Hand,” a story of romantic ad- venture shown here for the first time at all_performances except Saturday and Sunday evenings. A picture laughmaker, the Urban Movie Chats, and the Internationa! News contplete the bill. Today’s performances. 3 p.m., will present last tractio STRAND—Whiteman's ‘“Romance of Rhythm Orchestra.” The Strand Theater - announces Yor this week, beginning todsy, White- man's “Romance of Rhythm Orches- tra,” an organization of nine musi- cians under the direction of a youth- ful prodigy, Alex. Hyde, B. M. U. S, one of Broadway's newest sensations, in typical Paul White and starting . at week’s at- y gem: An added attraction will be Lillian and_Dorothy Morley, in “High Browns in High Tones.” Others will include the La Toy Brothérs, humorous pantomi ists, and Birdie Kraemer, “The Cu: Little Mocking Bird.” i The photoplay. “Youth Must Have Love,” with Shirley Mason in the stellar role, Is a story of a youth un- justly accused of the murder of old miser, and how a beautiful girl's faith and love and persistent efforts free him of the charge. Short film features and special or- chestral numbers, in-luding an over- ture, “That Samson and Delilah Mel- ody.” by Grey, and Fisher's “Send Me a Biuebird,” will complete the bill. GAYETY—“Beef Trust.” Billy “Beef Trust” Watson opens at the Gayety Theater this afternoon ’in his new version of “Krousemeyer's Alley,” & source of merriment that has for nearly two d :ades entertaineg patrons of the Columbia burlesque, “Krousemever's Alley” is the scene of neighborhood battles between rival clans of “Dutch” and “Irish” and gives opportunities for whirlwind comedy.. Clarence Wibur plays the “Grogan,” who heads the clan that disputes “Krousemeyer's supremacy. Jules Jacobs will be the policeman who' ix- kept busy pryving the belligerenta apart, and Dick Griffin helps the com- edy along as leading man of the company. In addition to the burlesque there will be vaudeville features of high class, introducing the Morette si clever instrumentalists, who play ten different instruments, including string and brase; Sweeney and Rooney, ec- centric dancers; Dot Leightos. prima donna, and a chorus of twenty girls picked to reprement ‘“Beef Trust Beauties”—the - title of this week's entertainment.