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A......Jt The Play =Houses. ~6··:l·~:Q·9+ 9999+ '~*:* *+* * ~.-~·:**M*+*:->:-:4A.*..: . m,:-,, + -* *;:: i -:- ~,,,,*- - '*:-.-.:.:. -:*.,, :-:-- -:...: /*.91*****'*9++**:*^* -_--- . . ETHE FROLICS OF 1912." What is said tuo h one of the biggest asd most arti-til laughing successes is the entire thcatrical field this sea son is a musi:al re ne 'The Frolics of 1912," which ",ili bie the attraction at the Crescent week starting next Sun sy, Decembt'r 1 th. Featured with he "-Frolics" ;ar bthe big co-stars, Rube Welch and Kitty Francis. remembered for their spi ntid .work in the big Lew Field's productliton of "The Midnight Souns. T+, "l'rolib s" abound in catchy musicu and real comedy. From the moment ti, tcurtain rises until it falls upon the last act, there is not a dull moment. The pilay. in three acts, opens at the home of Harry Jellyman who has plenty of money but won't spend it. Hloweer, he is induced to take a trip aita the boys to a recep ton at Miss ()OMa!ey's. Mrs. O'Mal by (Kitty Francis) also invites the ashionable society ladies to the func to. Mrs. O'Malley is seated on ai throne and theret introduced to all her guests. This scene is the biggest laugh provoker in the whole play; in fact, it is the greatest comedy scene oa the stage to-day. Miss Francis. from the minute she I eaters upon the stage until the last t certain preents further laughter, is a scream with her rich Irish brogue I and humor. Rube Welch is just as funny though he does not rely on a character make-up to get his audience. gapporting the co-stars is a cast and odmes of thirty-five. The production c has been staged on as an elaborate a sale as any of the big shows now on t the road. Prominent among the prin- a cpals are Madeline Rowe, Katherine Byron and May Coyle. Though boast-. lag of an exceptional cast the chorus I with this show is not the kind that can be easily overlooked. It is composed t of a bevy of beauties who know how 1 to sing and dance, and their costumes s are exquisite. Sixteen song numbers c maging all the way from the ragglest rag number to a sympathetic ballad, give a splend'd range for the various vdiees, while the lines all bright and breezy give Rube Welch and Kitty Flracis bonudless opportunity for good clan comedy. "THE FORTUNE HUNTER." "The Fortune Hunter," which comes to the Crescent for Christmas week, is a comedy of American types in city ad country. The first act is laid in New York, while the following three Sacts tansfer the action to a little town alled Radville, Pa. The play tells the story of a likeable city scapegoat, who is backed by a friend to go into a coun try town, and play the godly but ele pat youth, until he wins the heart mal hand of a local heiress, whose Ither has a million. He Is given a t of rules to live up to, in order to Ive the impression of his being a lsdel young man, one of them being Ba necessity of working hard. While be rules work out and the banker's -Baghter falls in love with him, he un d0rgoes a genuine change of heart, and be realises that hard work alone and nt living can make life worth "bible. His good companions and hon 6t surroundings do for him what his iy friends had failed to do, and the I of his schooling in the little coun ti town is his discovery that the love :af simple honest girl, with no money is better than money or anything else. his is the first time that this play fA been produced at popular prices, wit the original production, scenic Geta, etc., and a capacity audience I b looked for -" Deceiving the Evil Spirit. The blacks in Australia have a very us way of burying their dead. grave is so constructed that the spirit" coming to claim a body, find it without a tenant It is dug very wide and deep, and die is excavated so as to form a am which the corpse reposes in a poster with bands clasped kugee A boomerang is always within easy reach of the dead - -aud, and a sheet of bark is al- le arranged most carefully between pC shelt and the grave. After the hi has been filled In a mound of Ls raised over it to protect the fom wild animals.-Phbiladelphbli American. v An Everyday Tragedy. He dropped her eyes on the floor th "Iry burst into the room. Her fa Isgthened rapidly, and she final- al ggad him with a glance. As hi th m_ e and fell she dropped - sc eat $der voice broke.-Judge. Hardly. two women were asted on the i at the seashore one Jne day. of MA. r one said: ha a my daughter with the red b suit Jst going Into the ws- tr ye Ibeed!" said the other one. ahe's Just eightee. Fm going lof har out next falL" hi I You don't mean to say of aig to allow her to stay la be that longr"--Tokers kate~. Herm Attm dm. Same pretty r a' se dlb? :she's pretty da "THE SPRING MAID" A LIGHT OPERA CLASSIC. It is now over a quarter of a century since the famous Gilbert and Sullivan lighter opera dawned upon a delighted music loving world and took their places as classics. Since then no mu sical plays have dared to aspire to a place in their class until "The Spring Maid" modestly slipped into :Metropol itan New York two seasons ago and took that blase city by storm. Now it looks as if this capitvating little oper atic lady is going to perch herself right up in the exclusive niche of the hall of fame and stay there right beside "Pinafore," "The Mikado" and other Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. Different from most modern musical plays, "The Spring Maid" is filled with fascinating romance. It does not de pend upon local "gags," salacious plot. questionable situations and scantily clothed chorus women to make it ap pealing. Daintiness and charming ro mance is the keynote of its book. It is safe to say that there never has been in musical comedy such a be witching and dainty little lady as the mischievous Princess Bozena. She is filled with innocent fun and harmless mischief. Her flirtation and final con quering of the dashing but flirtatious Prince Aladar, is one of the prettiest tales ever told on the light opera stage. The musicianly score of "The Spring Maid" contributes much to its suc cess. Everywhere its music has be come a favorite. It is doubtful if even the smallest hamlet has not heard at some time such gems of meloday as "Day Dreams." "Two Little Love Bees," "Fountain Pay" and "How I Love a Pretty Face. The cast that will appear here when this bubbling operetta appears at the Tulane Sunday for a week, will be the same as it was last season during its coast-to-coast tour. THE TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE. "The Trail of the Lonesome Pine," which comes to the Tulane Christmas MI week, with Charlotte Walker in the RUSSIAN WHIRLWIND DANCERS WITH "THE FROLICS OF 1912" AT THE CRESCENT. leading role, shows the brilliant and popular dramatist, Eugene Walter, at his best. He has faithfully mirrored the delightful scenes of the book, and the scenic frame and stage setting pro vided by Klaw & Erlanger is gorgeous indeed. June's great love for Jack Hale; the jealousy of her cousin Dave; the rough, yet sincere affection of her father, Judd Tolliver; the humorous simplicity of Uncle Billy and Ole Hun; the quiet strength of Hale; the feudal scenes; the guiding motif of the op posed side; the picture of the moun taineer's household, are all strikingly impressive by the mobility and breadth of their portrayal. Klaw & Erlanger have spared neither pains nor artistic ability to give Mr. Walter's play a truly fine production. You see what you imagined in the book, the story of romantic love developed in the heart of a primitive girl in the fastnesses of high encircling mountains, the touch of the lofty skies, with the lone pine 1 bowing in homage to the royal wind, and the moantain brook's silver gleam -June's mirror. Miss Charlotte Walk. or will be euspprt e by a notable east. ADAMS' HATS a --o. i.< IIJU ioi IIZZI HAJOS AND CECIL RYAN, IN "THE SPRING MAID" COMPANY TULANE THEATRE, WEEK DEC. 15. 'r"t C. D. PERUCHI AS SAMPLE SWITC HEL, IN "TEN NIGHTS IN A BAR ROOM"-AT THE LYRIC THEATRE. ý4I -rool - .ý "TEN NIGHTS IN A BARROOM" Next Attractin at the Lyric Theatre. Maybe there will be many theatre goers tempted to criticise the Peruchli Gypseae Stock Company for selecting "Ter Nights In a Barroom" as the play for met week, eommemelag 8.nda. but that may be aerate for by r . son of the fact that many versions, hashed up and othgrwise marred, have been given, and they have become dis gusted., Mr. Peruchi has a reputation in the city of putting on every show to the best advantage and this one will be no exception. The old temperance play will be played with the original h~frglas version whle has no re semblance to the other kind. Thec drama has pointed and will 'ontllitue to do so, to the great moral lesson that drink will bring discracte and desecra tion Ott home and family. M:any men who have not b)een momledl by other means have felt the terrible, truth asi they saw Joe Morl~an and his pl:ght. W\omen, too, have s.mpathiz·td wit h M rs. Morgan and her ( hild. from the first days of the grea, show. Realizing that the best that tan1u h Ihas in him will be apupealed to in a ma:inner that will grip him and force hiim to see the wisdom in the play, Mr. Pe ruchi decided to gi\e it for one week. The advance sale has been extremely heavy. Laura Hudson has proven herself to be equal to the most trying emotion role and as the drunkard's broken hearted wife she will do gilt-edge act ing. Robert A. Mansfield may be de wpended upon to do the strongest kind of acting as Joe Morgan. The entire company will be splendidly cast. Mlabel, Gypzene, Mr. Peruchi, Mr. Clark and Mr. Wilson having full scope for their usual fine work. The Price of Honor," the Imelo drama of action and scenic effects. has drawn well this week and the seat sale indicated the same business for the week. Mr. Peruchi promised a great attraction and he has kept his word. "The Deep Purple" Next Attraction. For Christmas week Mr. Peruchi has closed a contract for the first aplpear ance here of the well-known drama, "The Deep Purple." This play has been often heard of here but it remained for Mr. Peruchi to secure the rights for its initial pro duction. "Divorcons," the play that Grace George starred in, and which was presented at the Lyric Theatre Thanksgiving matinee with Mabel Gyp zene in the leading role, will be given as a special Christmas matineq attrac tion. More Lingering. "I was wending an-aw-account of a woman being gored to death by a beastly cow. doncber know." remarked young Dudleigh. "Weally, I can't im agine a more bowwible affair. can you Miss Caustique?" "No, Mr. Dudleigh." replied Miss Caustique. with a mighty yawn, "un less it is being bored to death by a calf'--Chicago Record-Herald. Curious Mammals. Some of the smaller desert mammals in lower California never drink. In the regions where they live the heat and the aridity are excessive, and these animals thrive on dry seeds and scraps of vegetation. Agriculture in Great Britain. Out of 56.799.994 acres. the total area of Great Britain. only 9.000,000 are un used for agricultural purposes. YOUNG ACTRESS SURPRISED. Miss Hilda Bertin was most agree ably surprised Sunday night at the opening performance of "The Winning Widow," at the Crescent, when a num ber of her New Orleans friends pre CRESCENT THEATRE Matinees--Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday THE FROLICS OF 1912 TULANE THEATRE Beginning December 15 Matinees Wednesday and Saturday THE SPRING MAID \\' EKli ( " i-' . ....... . . ... i. I t I l \ 1 i Orpheum Theater PIION.E IAIN :::',:. ADVANCED VAUDEVILLE AFTERNOON PERFORMAICE AT 2:15 EVENING6 PERFORMANCE AT 8:15 PRICES Nighi--Oc, 25c, 5Cc, 75c. Box Seat. .1.00. Motinee. O0c, 25c, 5Oc. Box Seat. 75c. Ticket Office Open Dally from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. PLYRIC Phone Main 1379 LYRIC - PERUCHI-GYPZENE STOCK CO. MADTINES:-Sea.. MM.. Frl. and Sat. inning 15 PRICES, 10c., 20c., 30c., SOc. Sun. Mat. Ten Nights In A Bar Room Nemo Theatre HIGH-CLASS MOTION PICTURES AND POLITE VAUDEVILLE. Every Night--Prices 5 and 10 cents SUNDAY - - - 10c for Adults. Opelousas Ave., Bet. Bouny and Powder Streets. oultry Show! Dec.19 to 22,'12 ODD FELLOWS HALL. Am 'ission 10c AT THE NEIMO TUESDAY, DECEMBER 13th. BILLY'S BURGLAR TWO REELS A daring captnre of a nt riors hli r.lir by a brave 1 h. Tis i a 11i:lii adventure in a fatt speedlng utnitllmol lile andl a flllly in r. dir llHnlllt f I a Ili lit' ioliceman. The Stars of the Vitagraph 0'omlmany ar, cast very liliilily In thlN ; letilli product loo . SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15th. THE GROTTO of TORTURE TWO REELS. The Ierniitenc·e of an Englibh lover win- him a lrll., from tile rI.-c.-c4 of a llndso temple, a women who. kniwlng the punlliment which will f-,llw her action, still listens to her lover. liar whera, tnstii are unknown fIr a long time to the Igh Irnleit, but one ,lay |he fnll e he|r tiom. and seea In its ,r:ll,, her infant eon. The IItndoo depalrt with a pli'ce ,f th.i ialy'a wral. T'hi . h un.es to give the si..nt to a vici-oul lIprid which i ii sI- t free and hungrily pl, k-i out the trail tack to the cirale and aitilm the chllI. Tile mother glv, c a·.e. ld h-r hI 11,|n " nith An II arn 'a unrd. Iardui atI elephant and folltow her trail. T h1 e ml, th ,r tra .k the hp I trd . th,, -,, ,,rt entrance to the Grotto of Tortur. , w h , ra sh , Ii i -Iz ,l and h tlurl, . . int -i ch t, "' l 'i- " r o o, m . Hl e r ills ltia n r *a ,h ,s t h e ~ ,.r a f ,w I lhl ll t'll| la tr n H rl | 1*' '1 - n!ld i mother and Infant child. MONDAY, DECEMBER 16th. Complete Set of Four Pictures of "What Happened to Mary" sented to her over the footlights an immense bunch of flowers. Miss Bertin takes one of the leading roles in the entertaining comedy, which is at this popular playhouse this week and is an Algiers girl. She mar ried Joe Freed, another member of the company, in Atlanta, Ga., several days ago. The presentation of the flowers Sunday night was in compliment of the wedding. Her friends in this city are delighted'over her success upon the stage. PearCOe' Theatres TRIANON...........814416 Canal St. BIJOU DREAM....117 St. Charlea St. GRAND THEATRE... 1063 Canal St. ELECTRIC THEATRE.-.92 Canal St. DREAMLAND ...5316 St. Charles St UP.TO-DATE Motion Pictures Daiiy