Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1921, Page 50

- AMUSEMENTS iom || Thurs., g-m—ugfiugl N, Y. PHONY ORCHESTRA RACHMANINOFF golatnt Hickets, 1.50, $1.00. oy BRI R Friday, 4: 30-Ten-Star Concert Josef Stopak Violinist Katherine Bacon || Pianist H Tickets, $2.00. §1.52. $1.0a. ! ice T. Arthur Smith. 1366 G st. H e - i = ” ! History in the Making| Interpretive Talk on Public Questions &y | Miss Jenet Richards. { Church of Our Father Adw 1 BAUER. Piaaist KINDLER, Cellist THIBAUD. Violinist cday, Mo -39, t¥s Gree acert | | | 1 § Tue 2 Free Lecturel Y, . CHRISTIAN SCIENCE | {prima donna jos Tae {lesaue; Belle Co By Bicknell Young, C. 8. B. of Chicago, Il Member of Ti d of Lecture- ship of Tho Church. The ¢ First Church . Scientist. in Boston. Mass. AT FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST, Columbia Read and Euclid St. N.W. Sunday, Feb. 20, at 3:30 P.M. and } Monday, Feb. 21, at 8 P.M. Au Tnder the First Churc of W LD« No Coilection All Welcome MONDAY AND ,Hn' Current Attractions (Centinued from First e.) elgbarate :filinga and nove! effects, e company, Bare ark, “master of character ~"and Ethel Shuita, dancin nne. It is in two acis an s. reflecting_the Atlantic City Hoardwalk. Ngw Yark's Chin town, the Yukon region in winter. the inferng, “Melody Lang” and aboard 2 ship in midoce: ast includes Helen Hudson. Miller, Billy . Ola Hurson. Bessie Marghall e e Faca “fih a chorus of nd Charles Fazan fwenty Singing and daucing begutic daintily sowned. The ‘musical pr gram is a long one, NEW CAPITOL—Burlesque. Sonm i v at 3 and $:15 ¥ 111 marl n:l;“qa'enlng of the New Capitol Bur- 1asqué Theater. erected on the the Lyceum. destroved a fire. Five hundred thousa v it is sald, have bpen spent to make ane of the most beautiful and .l" soyth of ing smok comedr, comedie! eight scen will be per bighest siandard, o American burlesane presented. Pre-war maintained at all times i The manamement anounees for aoening Henry 1 one of distinctive orsan om the American cf Tevan is 1o Qthears who sare conspie cle Hughes. th be [ wifl will e are feian: Ralph Rogers K o comediat {rom his cotempor Pretty and v ! Jimmv Lake. w the larges! telfo. o v Boll: Jaz Waon il cat Banuelly o boasts ing b day: chorus of twent nnl} ‘beautiful girls Th duction tling Wwith hits. surprises, tra laughs. séreams. Wit adornment and all other Argade. anpounces a _gre: ttraction on Wash- e dance afternoon in the eveuing. ington's birthy from 3 to 6 ?c];\«" 2 souvenit dan ‘\‘Im!’hamau,\‘ patriotic features. - The National lLeague of Masonic Clubs Wwill occupy the Auditorium Thursday. but in deference to regular patrons the management of the Arcade will zive a number of “Paul Jones” dances the upper balltoaw on that evening. Friday will be dies' night” with a iavish distribution of favor: ALL COSMOS TWIN HEADLINERS \ NOW THEN A Daint}"Musical Comedy, With pll ht People, Noted hz'm Contests. LEW HAWKINS “The' Famous Biackface Fuaster. Time Here. MONTAMBO & NAP The Bounding Comiques. & CO. in a Beautiful Dancing Diversion. Matinee Film Feature— CONSTANCE THE KID KABARET A Clean Combinatien of Ten Tal- ented KNQWLES & WHITE - Comedy, Songs and Reparte nother Funny “Jos Martin" Picture. o Shown n’AIl Py rhrwun:u‘.‘ re TALMADGE IN “DANGERQUS BUSINESS” Shawn enly at 1:15 and 4:45 [WHY PLA | !VBVERY play must be written for the stage. hecause it doesn't live until it is acted before an audience.” says George Middieton, the wright. |, “There is really no sych thing as ‘olaset drama .’ The printed page, ROW. ever. is sumetimes an alternative: it is never u substitute for production it is frequently the pnly alternative i the dramatist may have for & hearing, 1 use the subject or trestment of this play is controiled by the ground !rent of the theater. The day of ¢ cpss is gone | five figures or die. who deesu't down a es no mones they ary ersonal plays which, . wanted to produce for profit— larg: sense—T'd tell him he | crazy. “Same hay lafter nrodyctian. {w ight knows what will 'go. dowm deliberately sets out to write for mopey w + know won't. And then, of cour: jand L on rouzh road ah who happens to see au o - such v do. have they value over our cofiee, ht confe. our most prolific Tie knew people he made them in play just’ wo 11 do what T know nt’ One of Henry plays Theep produced i !whcu he gave me “hey say it wouldn't make had been a labor of love with him. ¢ this T don't mean 10 decry pon- indeed not—I wonldn't I probiem of art and dollars is a trite !and etgrnal one. Qften art and doi- s do get together. The point is that v author frequently has to decide hich he will go after, and one often the other. 'The besi of iany artist is his own vision, and often that may be an uncommercial one in the thoater. Yet 1 haven't a bit of eympathy with him if. knowing what i conditions are, he deliberately chooses |to do what moves him, irrespective of reward, and then laments his fate. His own integrity is its own reward. The output may be very unimportant to anybody but himself; and it may also i be easier for him than putting over a Jong run, for almost every successtul {play fills a need on the part of the | public. and the public has a right to | gt what it wants. “By publication. however, the au- | thor méy gratity himself and not cost | the manager a penny. Of course, the | books arg. at best, only a record of | the author’s intentions. a pale verbal | skeleton awaiting the actor's flesh and blood. Yet from an imaginative reader they win a response. and we writers are all egoists at heart; we do want a little response. ome managers have a foolish su perstition that publication kills all chances of production. This is not so. On the contrary, it often leads to pro- duction. All of Bernard Shaw's early plays arrived on the American stage that way. G. B. §. also paid for the ates of his plays—'Pleasant’ and npleasant.” In them Richard Mans- field found ‘Arms and the Man,’ Win- Evening Concert, Chamber Music Auspices, Washington Society of the Fine Arts FLONZALEY-QUARTET Auditeriwm, Central High Schqol, February 23, 8:30 P.M. Beserved meats. 73 cents 3nd 50 centd T. Arthur Smith's Ageucy, 1306 (i Street o Pen: Capitol Theater I R SMOKING PERW LOPENS TODAY AT 3 pixows BIG Harry (Hickey) Levan— GIRLS A.mfl?:{-' i th The Great Burlesque Sensation Greatest of All Versatile Comedians Detrot Free Press “Town Scandals” is clean, trim and unique in its departure from given lines. The adjective “Splendid” belongs to it. Hartford Daily Courant. “Town Scandals” will receive general commendation for re: merit and clever comedy. Rochester Times Union The writer has many times paid a fancy price to witness an alleged musical comedy that could not touch “Town Scan- days” in comparison. Montreal Daily Star The show is one of the finest lesque productions ever staged here. No expense has been spared to make it a suce cess, play- | p And |’ chell Smith and Arnold Daly produced | ‘Candida,’ which had been accessibl for ten years. Jesse Lynch William: brilliant satire, ‘Why Marry s vipt thees years befags production and was rejgcted by everybody. We | all know how Richard Bennectt hap- | pened on ‘Damaged Goods.' and peo- i ple calied him cragy because it. was a literary play . “St. John Eryine's ‘John Ferguson' vere on the baok | she Guild happened on them. And pearly | ail foreizn plays are obtainable in print th ced here. nublishes with pro- eral public dog a play. There" who dra his name. In the Spotlight. Charles Dilling - H a single author s more than an opening on has assigned t Cable adyvices ry are that Harry er_has just re ie of knizhthood at Buckinaham Pul as_rejoiped “The ¢ in New York after nter Madame” will cclebrate its performane w York to- n Very suc ar Santa Bar- t on at the Green- Theater. New York. was taken off last in & {to London. whepe “The Bat” is to he produced. et cast_of princi of “The iphigen ziven at the Aanh New York, Aprii 4. is selecting jhe or the praduction which will be tan Opera House a new comedy written by George 'S. Kaufman in collaboration with 'Marc Connelly, had its prelim- inary opéning in Indianapolis last | week and goés into Chicago tomorrow night. Lynn Fontain has the leading role. The for the first time brings (ieorge C. Tyler and H. H. Fra- zee together as producers. A. L. Jones k to “The Be n tire preducfion which Arthur Hopkins -rought fo this country, and will take it on a tour of Canada and through the Dominicn to the Pacific coast. s purchased the rights more than probable Dillingham will take that Good 8 its present season at the Hippodrome in New York. The Prince of Wales wit- nessed this sp le when visiting New York and it is on his recom- mendation that the piece will be taken to the English metropalis. “The Song Bird,” the comedy, with music, by Frederick and Fanny Hat- ton. which H. H. Frazee is uponsoring. will shortly be shown in New York. Marguerite Sylva, operatic prima don- na, will have the leading role. Irons & Clamage's big, new bur- lesque, “Town Scandals,” is said to be a gorgeous, scintillant’ and_amusing entertainment. George A. Clark. the versatile comedian, and Ethel (“Snap- py") Shutta, dancing comedienne, are its bright particular features. The supporting cast includes maeny bur- lesque and musical comedy favorites. Kyra, the oriental dancer in the “Passing Show of 1919." is “oriental” only by profession. She was bors in Memphis, Tenn., and first studied dancing in Chicago. In private life, if orientsl dancers have such u thing, her name is Lois McKenzie. Although they were both born in Twin Falls, Idaho, the Rath Brothers, dre not twins. They are not even brothers. The smaller of the pair is George Rath. The other member is Richard Cameron. Frapkie Heath, who impersonates John Barrymore in “The Passing Show of 1919,” has made a sperigl study of the mannerisms of that noted young actor. She has, it is claimed, twelve notebooks filled with his idiocynocrosies. Famous Dancing Comedienne What the Newspaper Critics Throughout the Country Think of “TOWN SCANDALS” Buffalo Evening Times “Town Scandals” made such a hit at the Gayety that the usual time for the final curtain was extended a half hour in or- der to satisfy the encores. Utica Observer “Best Burlesque Yet.” That's the verdict accorded “Town is pla; it the Gayety. PRaving e Albany Knickerbocker Press “Town Scandals” scored a smashing success on the Eme pire Theater stage. In short, the show has everything that goes to make up the ideal bure lesque show. gars’ Opera” and the en- | THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., FERBRUARY YS ARE PUBLISHED. A BLAYWRIGHT'S DISCOURSE | | | FASHION Oropge megrgette with gold riblon pirdle and edging of monkey fur. FOOTLIGHT FASHIONS. BY ELENORE D. EBY. IT may be truly said that the stage is Dame Fashion’s own mirror, for hehind the footlights some of her loveliest creations. we see reflected At the Belasco during the wrek some stuoning gowrs wero worn by Alice John arid Barbara Allen. in “The Mas- querader.” Miss John, as Eve Chilcote. entered scene in a yoythful suit of dark wine red velour worn with a small artist “tam” of the same ma- le‘;ml trimmed with a single red wing wdich slanted gdown obliguely at one side. The wrap had a scarflike collar tied over one shoulder, while the sleeves were long and bell-shaped. The irt was wide and short, with a, ouch added in the double pockets | which appeared on each side of it. Miss | John later wore a_charming matinee of | coffee colored chiffon draped over a | foungation of gold cloth with appliqued strips of gold Jace. A narrow gold rib- | bon, tassel finished, gathered the chi fon'into a few folds at the waist. Miss Allen, as Lady Lillian Astrupp, | made a celorful picture in a striking afternoon gown of orange georgette trimmed with black monkey fur, and | which was worn with a toque of black sequins ostrich-feather trimmed. | “Don's ask me to describe the drapery,” she said, in her dressing-room between acts as she held up the gown for closer inspection. It was, in truth, Photoplays This Wee _(Continued from Third Page.) new Toonerville comedy, "The Bkip- per's Narrow Escape,” will be shown alzo, with minor films end orchestral music. Tuesday and Wednesday,' Mack Sennett's comedy, “Love, Honor and Behave,” featuring all the Sennett comedians and beau- ties. A special holiday matinee will be given Tuesday, and Tue dey evening Berry Bulkley will pay a tribute to ‘the memory of the first President of the Unit: States. “The Reyenge of Tarzan, by Edgar Rice Burroughs, wi shown Thursday and %‘rldav. wnd Wesley Barry, the freckled boy star, in “The County Fair,” Saturday. Avenue Grand. Today and tomorro and David Powell, § Tuesday and Wednesday, Constance Talmadge, in Thursday. Viola Dana, in * ' Twin"; Priday, Tom Moore. in “Duds"; Saturday, Ralph Ince and Zena Keefe, in "Out of the Snow! Apollo. Today and tomorrow, Roscoe A buekle, in “The Life of the Party.” and Buster Keatop. in “Conviet 13"; Tuesday, Bryamt Washburn, in Amateur Devil’; Wednesday, Palace of Darkened Windows" day, Ralph Ince and Zena Keefe, in “Oyt of the Snow: Friday, “Deep DANCING. omnpazy DUPONT APvime o ¢ Dot Gaaae DoTR e, a8, DAVISON'SEF1329 M n.w Bhit e e W.Wmm Wik, Aray Hary Tapa SEEhT rivater "any hen.” Nociaat Soorse for f o g e CATHERINE BALLE 8t N. Pranklis 6608 whe waste youy 4 lce ‘results. Heginners' to 10, Hours, 1 to 10 p.m. PRIVATE LESSONS’ e ail latest Gances. Phone Frank l ss Miller 431 11th 8t. N.W. Phone F. Private Lessas 1n’ Dancing at Al Howr, THE_SUNSET STUDIO. BAUMER & STER SCHOOL OF EXPRESSION, DANCING AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION G. Harry Boumas. _ Marjorie ¥. Wobster. Mass. Ave. N.W., on Thomas Cirele fostrucgions in all forms Bl d dancing. of BT : jtoff Berova and Chalif methods used. and Night Classes. Franklin 3288. t Ballroom and Banawet Hall for reat. Vow! [ Buee ROF. AND MBS. ACHER, STUDI0, 1127 otk st. ‘hwi—Clams Mooday and ¥ridsy, 8 i il p.m. Private lesseus by appointment. Phone Nerth 6786, _Established 1900. 240 ” speci 260 danee in oo be taught, at RIGHTWAY course, it the to 5 'most academy. 1 Ame ey and inspect our school. 24 riea’ are invited to_call ‘Termas reascasble. 1SS CHAPPELEAR e TR - | folds, but the result could not have heen 81 the Circus” 1921—PART 3. sequinn with Tone CREATIONS OF THE Evening gown of shimmering green trimming, worn with purple tulle. it of wine red velours with tam | to mateh, trimmed with red wing. { 1 | a mystery in its intricacies of crossing improved upon. A crushed girdle of golg cloth separated bodice and skirt, and on it was placed a cluster of large red roses. The sleeves were short and Waters”; Saturdsy, Viola Dana, in “Cinderella’s Twin.” Criterion. The Criterion Theater announces that it will show the William Fox special picture, “Blind Wives,” this week. Those Who follow the stage remember “My Lady's Dress” and the great success of this play. written by bordered by monkey fur. as was aleo the straight panel which hung loose from the shoulders at the back. The rounded neck was cut low in the front and ex- posed a small gilet of georgette. In the garden sceno Miss Allen was truly regal in a gown made entirely of emerald green seuins. & bodice was banded at the upper edge by iridescent sequins. and the same trimming was used for half of each shoulder strap, while the remaining halves were of green. A spray of bright crimson roses extended from slightly above the waist- line to below the hip on one side of the gawn. At the back there was a straight train of green sequins lined with gold cloth which fell from the bodice top, while a spray of purple tulle of the same length hung in a cascade from one shoulder. More red roses made a bright spot on the tulle veiling. The head- dress consisted of a green sequin “Juliet” cap with a large purple feather drooping from it. Miss Allen carried a feather fan to match. e Arnold Lucy, who was last seen in Washington in_support of Willias Collier in “Nothing But the Truth and now has one of the principal roles of “Adam and Eva,” is one of England's foremos: actors. He came to this country with the original Eng- lish company of George Bernard Bhaw': “Fanny's First Play,” anpd since that time has appeared in & number of American Successes. 'Concerts and Lectures (Continued from First Page.) Edward Knoblock, in New York, Lon. don and Paris. On this play th X picture is based. “Blind Wives” is Gescribed ns not only of singular ower, dramatically, but exceedingly favih 1n production. Empire. Today and tomorro: "The Stealers”; Tuesday (special matinee, 3 p.m.) and ‘Wednesday, William Farnum, in “The Thursday, “The Lure of ¥Friday, Gail Kane in “Em| Arms,"” Leuise Lovely, Laughs” and second episode of “Son Lyric. Today and tomerrow, Elaine Ham- merstein in “Pleasure Seekers”; Sun- day matinee, Bddie Polo in “King ef Tuesday, Wedneaday and Thursday, Douglas Fairbanks in “The Mark of Zorr Friday, Buck Jones in “The Big Punch’ and Saturday, “Cirgumstantial Eyidenc matinee only, “The Sen of Tarzan, N 2. New. Today, Otis Skinner, in “Kisme! , George Walsh, in _"The Wednesday, Kileen Percy, in “The Land of Jazz"; Thursd William Russell, in “The iron Rider”; Friday, ‘The Lure of Crooning Waters,” and Saturday, comedy night. Olympic. ‘ Today and tomorrow, Dorothy Phil- lips in “Once to Every Woman,” and Johnny Hines in ‘“Torchy 'Turns Cupid”; ‘Tuesday, speeial holiday matines, all Nellan's “Go and Get 1¢’; Wednesday, Viola Dana i “Blackmail,” Thursday, May Allisen in “Are All'Men Alike?”; Friday, Will- iam Farnum in “The Scuttlers”; Satur- day, Constance Talmadge in "Good Reference. Raphael. Today, Canstance Dangerous Business”; tomorrow, Col- leen Moore and Grace Darling, in “So Long Letty" y, “Mother, I Need You': Wednesday, "Out of the Storm”: Thursday, Bert Lytell. in The Misleading Lady's Priday, Jack Piekford, in e Little Shepherd of d Saturday, Doug- “The Mark of Today, Buck Jones, in “Just Pal: tomorrow, “Held by the Enemy"”; Tues. . William 8. Hart, in “Wolves of ‘Wednesday, ‘The. Roundup”; Dayvies, in “The Restless ‘Mr. Wu,” and episode Sex”; Friday, 9 of and Saturday, of Fatomas,’ jpecial feature night. /Taday and tomorrow, Wallace Reid, in’ “The Charm 8chool,” and Mack Sennett's “A Fireside Brewer”; Tues- day and Wednesday, Roscoe Arbuckle, in “The Life of he Party,” and Har- old Lioyd, in “Number, Please’; Thurs- day, “The Palace of Darkened Win- dows”; Friday, Enid Bennett, in “Her Husband's Friend"”; turday, Bryant ‘Washburn, in “An Amateur Devil. Truxton, Today and_tomorrow, Rex Beach's “Phe North Wind's Malice”; Tuesday and Wednesday. special holiday mati- nee, Maurice Tourneur's “The Last of the Mohicans”; Thursday, June Caprice in “Oh, Boy"; Friday, Bern- ard:Durning in' “Seeds of Vengence”; Saturday, “The Lure of Crooning Water,” and “Son of Tarzan,” episode No. 8. York. Today, Dorothy Phillips, in “Once to Every Woman,” and Buster Keaton, in “Qonvict 13”; tomorrow, Madge Ken- nedy, in ‘“The Truth” and comedy, ‘1% 3 P.M. T}:“d"' House Peters and Jane Novak, in James Oliver Cur- ‘wood's sobel’ ‘Wednesday and Thursday, Pola Negri, in “Passion”; ¥riday, Wesley Barry, in_“Dinty” Saturd Mae Marsh, in “The Littl ‘Fraid Lady,” and Harold Lloyd, in iber, Please.” Toscanini—La Scala Orchestrs. ‘Toscanini and La Scala Orchestra of Milan, 162 musiclans, will play a re- turn engagement at the National The- ater Thursday afternoon, March 3, at 4:30 o'clock. Toscanini conducts from memory, having many operas and symphonic writings at his finger end. Seats now on sale at Mrs. Greene's concert bureau, 13th and G streets. Mme. Galli-Curci will give a recital at Poli's Theater Sunday afternoon, March 6, at 3:30 o'clock. Mme. Galli-Curci has been engaged to sing in the Metropolitan Opera next season. Seats are on sale at Mrs. Greene’s concert bureau, 13th and G streets. Cincinnati Orchestra March 11. The Cineinnati Symphony Orchestra, Eugene Ysaye, conductor, will appe: in concert at the New National TK ter Friday afternoon, March 11, al 4:80 o'clock, under the local manage- ment of T. Arthur Smith. This is the concert scheduled for the eity for Monday afternaon of this week, but which was postponed because of the illness of Mr. Ysaye. Dancing With the Armes. S JF you share the conception most popular in the oceident, htat dane- ing means grace, poise and beauty— nothing else,” 8 Lois Kera of the “Passing Show,” “you need to know not only how I dance with my hands, but why. “Dancing, which justifies {tself as an art, must be more than mere rhythm. It must be poetry; yet poetry is merely rhythm unless there be expression in its music. The ori- entals know this, and from them we are beginning to realise how impos- sible it is for us to develop classical dancing that reaches into the realms of art, alongside music, poetry and painting, without the use of hands. ‘There is sensuousness in the legs, grace and beauty of line, poise and music in the body, but the dancer who seeks to convey expression can do 80 only with her arms. The legs talk; the arms modulate and give the meaning. / “And it should not be hard to un- derstand why this is so. The arm is pliable. It has freer move: t than the leg. The angle of the elbow, the slightest raising or lowering of the shoulders, the contortions of the wrist, can be made to express a meaning so distinctive that no one can fail to understand. And the hands, the fingers—how can a dancer negle. the training of these in the develop- ment of her art? The dumb are not dumb—if they have hands, “When I first began to study I did not realize how important a part the arms play in terpsichorean art and made the mistake that many do of ignoring the upper part of my body; when I went to the orient to nufy with Abolian Yon Heloyet, the Syrian dancing genius, 1 seon discovered that without a training in the graceful use of arms one's dancing becomes just a travesty on the art.” Molly McIntyre, who will be recall- ed for her charming g;:;tv Biggars, in * he has ever appeared in “Adam and Eva." The matinee of “Erminie” in New York next Wednesday will be in honor of Allce Hanlon of the eom- pany. The performance will be at- tended by three of the original six Hanlon brothers, who fol many years in “Superba,” “Fantasma’ and other productions. Miss Hanlon is the daughter of the youngest of the brothers. The title of “Daddy Dumplins” has been changed to “The Final Decision” and will shortly take the road with Louis Mann playing the role formerly held by Maclyn Arbuckle. The origi- nal cast with this one exception will be retained. —_—— world’s annual wheat produetion is almost equally divided between the southern and northern hemispheres. X | greatest victory Aod AROIND TRETY. Mere is an unpublished story of Gen @eant, sent to us, neighbors. by a menticman and poet of Virginia. And, as an unpublished story of Gen. Grant hag its money value in newspaper land. it seems 3s if we ought to give him a rising vote of thanks. Thy ayes ve it “This aneodote. which merits in history, was related to my the Greek scholar. Prof. Cameron of Princeton Colleg he was the senior, and enjoyed privilege of entertaining Gen. then President. upon the o the latter's visit to the uni when the proffered homorary was conferred upon him “After dinner, Preside kndly way the professor s who was standing beside “Well, my littie friend. what is i your ambition to be when you shall &row up to be a man?" The Camerons. descended from the Laochiel clan, which so bravely s ficed itself at Colloden for adherence to the Stuarts, always had a warlike J proclivity, by inheritance. so the young clahsman, unabashed by any reticence, answered up: “1 would be a soldier, if T could be great gencral like you.” Whereupon rant answered the boy with solem- = ‘My little man. T hope by the time you ure grown ail nations will have found a wiser plan for settling their quarrels than marching out and mur- dering each other—and that there will be no use for soldiers.” ™ It must be noted that at this t Gen. Grant was plving all his ene and persuaxion to arrange with land for the Geneva conf be given the power of arbit decision And he. - mander of modern times. fondly hope that it would be thd besinn P world court, that would do away with war. His great antagonist, same humanity. Cl the Chancellorsyille ‘It is well that war is so especting tax will And on the with wood street that the income get acquainted with Street is a little frame steps wobbling up a bit of terrace that is overrun with sappy spikes that are going to be jonquils, the first chance they get ¢ In a window there is a lithograph of Harding and Coolidge, and beneath the pictu pasttboard boxtop lettered painful disregard to spelling: ‘Washin and irinin and days work.” At first glimpse there is a laughable incongruity hetween the statesmen and the work they seem to advertise, but when you come right down to facts: Isn't a government expected to clean conditions and smooth over nation troubles? And haven't Harding and Coolidge taken a contract for a day's work for every day of the next four years? Everything in this world is linked together in some faxhion—ever notice? Geography may measure her dis- tances from pole to pole, but when it comes 10 human nature we can trace a sort of likeness, good or bad, with avery problem that comes along: hig! low “and middling—and most_times, even if we won't admit it, the kinship is as close as, say, Siamese twins. nev ith This is of vital interest to Santa Claus. And as Santa comes around the eity once a year, seems like he “belongs.” The other night a woman who knew exactly what she was talking about laid important facts before a club of men overnment of Alaska has eom- pleted 540 miles of railroad. The pe ple pay for this road 6 cents a mi while a road operated by pri dividuals costs 12 cents a mile. merly they didn't get their C presents until July; this year they r ceived them two weeks before Christ- was. Naturally, it would be asking too much of any railroad to progress to the extent ‘of bringing presents before they were sent, but, even as it is, it means good news for Santa, and for the people out in-Alaska. And that counts. She looked as if she owned the earth and all therein, but, all the same, as she revolved through a department store entrance she ripped a bit of braid on her skirt—even as you or I. Naturally, you can't go around one minute with a string of braid trailing after you, so she went to a clerk at the nearest counter, explained the dis- aster, and asked for a couple of pins. can do better than that," little clerk, so she goes counter for a needle and thread and in less than the two shakes of that ram's tail that literature so kindly allows us for comparison, the braid is sewed on as good as mew: the young Samaritan is thanked, and that would be all there was to it, except that in telling of the incident to another woman, the lady of the braid was so enthusiastically ap- preclative of “that dear girl's" resource- fulness that, honest, you might have be- lieved her to be a person 10 whom favors came few and far between unless you knew better—so, here's telling: She is a golden voiced singer. whose triumphs in opera is still a pulsing memory with the boys and girls of not so long ago. Whenever she ap- peared, Albaugh's was packed, and the crowd that couldn't get in would taelf around the stage to see her come and go. To wickedness of ¥ra Diavolo, the picturesquentss of that fighting_young blade, Boccaccio, ste added the splendid melody of grand opera. and to both such a joyously wholesome acceptance of the adulatiol showered upon her that the whole town loved her, personally, except, of course, the cynics—and there are al ways cynies, dears—and cynics love to talk. One of the things they found fault with was her deceitfulness. No singer so besicged with admiration could possibly care a hang about the people who swarmed around her, e cept for the advertisement she was getting out of them. But the cvnics were wrong. You mnotice they most in general always are—for disposi- tions are like leopard spots; they do not change. The appreciation for the little clerk’s stitch in time was of the same genuine kindliness she felt in the earlier davs, for the reason that she is now, as she was then and al- waye will be here and in heaven, eanie Winstos . NANNIE LANCASTER. FOUR-YEAR-OLD CITY PROMISES TO GROW INTO FINEST CAMP LYNCH, Ky., February 19.—This city is less than four years old and has a population of approxi- mately 7000 persons, concrete streets and roads, a department store that compares favorably with those of much larger cities, a $300,000 hotel, a $1.000.000 ban! the largest coal tipple in the world, an eighty-five-bed hospital and a church of every denomination rep- resented in eastern Kentucky. In the opinion of R. B. Clayton, sec- retary of the Harlan County Coal Operators’ Association, it will be the model mining camp of the country within two more years. Sitting at the head of the valley of the Poor Fork of the Cumber- land river, forty miles above the point where it joins the Clover Fork at Harlan to form the main stream, the town is the base of what, it is said, will be the largest coal operation in the Cumberland mountains when it is compieted. Model cottages for miners apd oMcials are being erected as raplaly as possible. These homes have every modern convenience and are rented at the rate of $2 per room for houses which are not heated from the central power house and at a figure based en the rate of §2 per room plus the cost of radiation for homes heated with steam. The $300,000 hotel has been erected on the highest accessible point in the valley. It is equipped throughout ith all modern co: veniences.