Evening Star Newspaper, April 10, 1921, Page 53

AMUSEMENTS. ey v r THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. UT. Amusements The Photoplay RE will always be plenty of bad films, but the movies will be saved—comparatively speaking—and by themselves. They have in the past demonstrated their ability to grow, and the_\: will continue. to do so in the future. And not the least of the signs that this progress is to continue lies in the obvious interest of men such as Maeterlinck himself in the problems concerning the movies today. Such interest is bound to be stimulating and frui(iul:" i i These are the thoughts emanating from the editorial offices of Goldwyn pictures, New York city. They suggest forcefully James Rus- selb Lowell's poetic lines: From lower to the higher next, Not to the top. is nature's text: And embryo good. to reach full stature, Absorbs the evil in its nature. * % * X HE same document from the Goldwyn offices suggests that “Perhaps one of the reasons for the great depression which pervades the earth today lies in the numberless Pollyannas, who made themselves audible during the past vears with prophecies of a ‘new world" when the old war was over.” “Today, everything, we are assured, needs sav- the league of nations, prohibition, good liquor e are any number of persons who are 4 ing—the world, humanity, | and the movies, and happily ther: * willing to tell us just where salvation lies” There is an apparent hit- terness in this paragraph which, in all probability. is but a suriace in- dication of vexation at the modern trend, but the subsequent paragraphs, which cannot be quoted here because oi their length. point out that there is a good deal of sound sense in what Maeterlinck has said of the photoplay of today. and add that Mr. Maeterlinck’s suggestions have already been anticipated in the motion picture world. as, for instance. the result of the promise ipate .in the film- nslations the success of the Emiment-Authors Pictures, ‘ of that organization that writers should actively parti ing of their stories, thus putting an end to the irequent mistra to the screen of fictional and dramatic works. * x k% 1 full HIS is unquestionably true. The photoplay has received one of its greatest impulses toward higher ang better art in the enlistment of the great authors of the world and in removing from the photoplay direc- tor the unlimited power of twisting and changing a notable story, in its translation to the screen, into something it was never intended to be. No one will question that the great photoplay producers of the country have constantly been aiming at the higher and better art, nor that they have not spared expense in their effort to reach it, nor, indeed, that | they will ultimately attain the goal for which they are striving. It is also true that they have been greatly hampered. first, perhaps, in the fact that the public has expected perfection while the art was in its in- fancy; also by the fact that their splendid achievements have all been grouped under the generic term photoplays, into which unworthy pro- ducers have insinuated their efforts whose only aim was commercial gain and the mistaken notion that they know what the public wants. But by the same token the legitimate producers have also been too sen- sitive to criticism, constructive criticism intended for a good result. The photoplay, like the stage play, has met and, perhaps, always will meet, with a form of criticism which is regarded as destructive, annoying and vexatious. The world at large suffers in the same way, and the best answer is that the world has not retrogressed, it has not been ruined, but has gone steadily onward and upward, plodding its way over rough roads and through thorny hedges into the open, scratched and torn and bleeding, it may be, but the better for having won its victory through hardship and bitter struggle. The criticism of Maeterlinck has dis- leased many producers, no doubt, but the public will feel that Maeter- C]ANE..NO\_IAK_:» Rialto ~ TLORENCE VIDOR-> Columbia APRIL 10, 1921—PART 3. CONSTANCE ‘IALMADGE, Metropolitan> AMUSEMENTS and JORN WALKER> Shubert-Garricko MaseL, NORMAND- Knickerbocker~ LILLIANHALL-Strand g7 oo \;}Lgy Gt Photoplays This Week inck’s purpose was not sinister, because he has himself cast his for- tunes with photoplay production, and must, therefore, be conceded to be well intentioned in his effort to make it what it should be. * *x % % LARA KIMBALL YOUNG, who is accounted one of the gifted stars of the screen, in her next picture, “Straight From Paris,” volunteers an artistic lesson in_salesmanship to the girls of the big department stores, as Lucette, a French milliner. * ¥ k % 'HE Chamber of Commerce at San Antonio, Tex, it is said, purposes to appropriate funds for the propagation of the film possibilities of the city, the natural advantages having been pointed out by a noted film star. It is said there is more sunshine and less rain in San Antonio than any other city on the continent. 1 * k k % GLADYS LESLIE réturned to the screen after a year's vacation, in Lionel Barrymore’s picture, “Jim. the Penman.” * % % % FORREST STANLEY, who was the Prince Charming in the Cinderella 7 epgode intergol}a‘tedBimo _‘Forl;i(fiden Fi\!:il," is s) play a similar role or a Beauty and the Beast interlude in Marios avies’ i "M:nhandlin’é Fiel” n es’ next picture, AR * * % % : A 18 NILSSON'S new picture, “The Lotus Eaters,” in which she is seen opposite John Barrim:re. has been filmed. * % ‘rlRGl.\’l\ VALLI who was pictured with Bert Lytell in “The Man _Who,” is now Mrs. Demarest Lamson, having yl:een made so_ by Justice of the Peace Mead, who performed a similar ceremony for Con- stance Talmadge and Dorothy etsl; so the news gossips report. 2 * * ALICE DUER MILLER has joined the great authors’ staff of the Goldwyn Pictures. * % * % LL ROGERS is taking lessons in fencing to play the duel scene in Elmer L. Rice’s original photoplay, “Doubling for Romeo.” Filmograms L E Fairy Kingdom of Cambodia,” the Goldwyn-Bray pictograph, re- calls pleasant recollections of De Wolf Hopper's “Wang" of years ago, with its Cambodian envoys. Now it is said that many well known players who left the stage for the screen Marsh, s to _be the leading woman ‘for Lionel Barrymore in 'h‘l new picture. “The Boomerang.” She has the role.of an Irish girl. Now they are starti; a contro- Yyersy as to w elhern‘mn fo is ‘see-nar-i-o” or “shay-nma-ri-o,” with the Italian sound of a and the ac- are affected with nervousness when their screen work is observed by spec- tators—not afer, but before the picture is ready for showing. Jerome Patrick, who has recently be'n appearing in Realart pictures. has zone back to the stage and to David Belasco. Leading men of the stage are screen- ing,in their spare moments—T. Roy RBarnes of “So Long, Letty” and “Scratch My Back.” is with Wanda Hawley in *“Jt Can’t Be Done’; Harry Myers of “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court,” is with Bebe Daniels in *“The March Hare” and Monte Blue is with Mary Miles Minter in “Moonlight and Honeysuckle.” larry Semon’s new comedy, *“The Bakery,” is said to be one that elicits smiles rather than guffaws. It has a new and subtle vein of comedy in ft. Several scenes in Alice Joyce's new picture, “The Stain.” are laid in New York's famous prison, the Tombs, but the majority of them reflect the ultra fashionable circles of New York city. Rex Ingram, director of “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, is to produce another super-special produc- tion at the Metro-Hollywood studios. The decision was reached after consul- tation between Marcus Loew, Richard A Rowland, president, and other offi- clals of the company Ingram is but iwenty-nine years old and is one of the Youngest directors for the screen. Buster Keaton's recipe for sereen com- #dv is ¥Be as grotesque as you please, meet with experience as unique or ab- surd as possible, but always be natural.” Although thousands of them are out of employment. it is said. Eng- lish actors haughtily refuse to pose for film productions. Every dramatist who has written for a number of years, says Edward Knoblock, 1 believe, will find fresh inspiration for his work in the story motion pictures. It will teach to achieve a new and greater ovement in his scencs and should add materfally to his technique as a dramatist. Henry Arthur Jones' play. “The Lifted Veil" is to he adapted to the screen for Ethel Clayton Penrhyn Stanlaws is directing the Production of “At the End of the World," from a European play by nest Klein. with Betty Compson = star, as a girl with three per- lities son In “The Home Stretch.” an exeiting turf story. Douglas MacLean ic pic- tured as a jockey. Screen gossip has it that Theda and will marry director, New York .\,zl..,;_ sisier of Mae cent both concentrated - ond syllable. onithe’ses It is sald that Dr. Frank Crane also has gone into the movies, but not as an actor. He is to write titles for the Hearst film interests. Constance Talmadge .is_soon to appear in “Wedding_Bells.” adapted for the ecreen from Salisbury Field's play. : A new film dealing with the science and mechanics of optics was shown at the March meeting of the District Medical Society. It illustrates the more common diseases of the eye and just how defects are corrected by proper lenses. It was produced un- der the direction of Frank H. Ed- monds, by Crawford and Carter of the National Pictorial News, a local con- cern, and is to be shown here in churches, clubs, schools and colleges, and throughout the country before. scientific and lay societies interested in public health work. In the Spotlight. CARSON GOODMAN, nov- elist, is collaborating on a light opera with Sascha Jacobson, violln virtuoso. Dorothy Mortimer has been engaged for the cast of “First Night Out,” in which Vivian Martin will return to the stage. Mr. and Mrs. John Drinkwater sail- ed for England Wednesday. The au- ncoln.” after a short visit to Scotland, will go to his cottage in Gloucestershire and com- plete his work on a play about Gen. Robert E. Lee. William B. Friedlander has com- missioned George Scarborough to write a romantic drama of Mexican life. in which Nan Halperin Is to ap- pear as the star late in September. Miss Halperin was one of the bright lights of the “Rounders” at Poli's last week. “The Tenth Man.” which Frederick Stanhope is producing. will open in Atlantic City tomorrow night. The icast includes Montagu Love, Helen Freeman, Edward Emery, Sydney Herbert and Sylvia Field. The newest Winchell Smith play, “The Wheel,” will be presented in At- lantic City May 2, by John Golden, with a notable cast. The Selwyns have engaged Leon Gordon to direct the rehearsals of i AT PHOTOPLAY HOUSES ALL THIS WEEK | METROPOLITAN—"“Mamma’s Affair.” Opens this afternoon at 3 i o'clock. PALACE—“The Love Special.” RIALTO—"Kazan.” o'clock. 3 o’clock | Opens this afternoon at 3 o'clock. Opens this afternoon at 3 o’clock. i i COLUMBIA—“Lying Lips.” Opens this afternoon at 3 o'clock. | GARDEN—“The Outside- Woman.” CRITERION—“What Women Will Do.” Opens this afternoon at 3 Opens this afternoon at “Mamma’s Affair.” many thousands of dollars. Costumes designed by Penrhyn Stanlaws, the Constance Talmadge reveals @ new | celebrated artist, are seen in the pic- facet of her art at Crandall's Metro- politan Theater, in John Emerson and Anmita Loos’ screen adaptation of Rachael Barton Butler's success- ful comedy, “Mamma's Affair," pre- sented as a First National attraction. It is the story of a daughter of a mother with “nerves.” who takes a tip from Eve, solves Wer mother's se- cret and applies it so successfully that while Eve got only an apple for her trouble, her more modern counter- part acquired much that young girl's cherish—including a handsome hus- Band. The supporting company in- cludes Effie Shannon, Katherine Kael- red, George Le Guere and Kenneth Harlan. Larry Semon’s latest two-reel farce, *The Hick”; the Pathe News, “Topics of the Day.” and specially arranged musical program are other attrac- tions. “The Love Special.” Wallace Reid appearing in “The Love Special,” supported by Agnes Ayres and Theodore Roberts, will be the attraction at Loew's Palace Thea- ter this week. It was adapted from “The Daughter of a Magnate,” and concerns a young engineer in the western mountains, who meets and falls in love with the daughter of the president of a railroad. The girl discovers that one of the road's di- rectors is plotting to ruin plans for an improvement worth millions of dollars, tells the young engineer, and in a thrilling ride at midnight in an engine cab through a blizzard, they not only circumvent the designs of the director, but find happiness for themselves. A Sunshine comedy and other screen and musical attractions, in- ouding an overture, “The Village Orchestra,” complete the bill. “Kazan.” The attraction at Moore's Rialtn this week, beginning today, will be “Kazan,” a photoplay with story by James Oliver Curwood., author of “Back to God's Country” and “The Rivers End.” The story Involves a tragedy and a love affair of the northern wilder- ness. A wonderful lesson in grati- tude is taught by a dog, Kazan. His master murdered, Kazan turns against all mankind until he feels the frienc 1y touch of the hand of Joan Rad son. He never forgets the act of th girl in setting him free, though he becomes a savage and joins a wolf pack. Later when the pack sets upon the girl and a man “mushing” acros the snows to reach her dying father, Kazan fights off the wolves and saves the couple. Once he comes to her rescue when a wolf in human form presses his unwelcome attentions upon her, and he finally “gets” his prey, the man who killed his master. Jane Novak and Ben Dooley are pictured in the leading roles. A Christie comedy, “Short and Snappy.” featuring Bobby Vernon, and the latest Fox News reel, with orchestral music, complete the bill, the overture being Suppe’s “Mornin, Noon and Night.” “Lying Lips.” Beginning today at 3 o'clock at Loew's Columbia Theater, “Lying Lips,” Thomas H. Ince's production of May Edington's drama of life and love, featuring House Peters and Florence Vidor, will be shown, The story concerns an English girl, betrothed to a man of wealth twice her age, who, in Canada, meets a rugged young colonial, and love at first_sight follows. Supplemental screen and musical at- tractions complete the bill. “The Ontside Woman.” Wanda Hawley, Realart's star in ‘The Outside Woman.” an adaptation of the play “All Night Long by Philip Bartholo traction at will be the at- Moore's Garden Theater {all this week, beginning today. The story concerns a giddy wife of a few months, whose love of selling things to the junk man gets her into a peck of trouble involving the dwell- ers in the apartment above, a jealous wife of Spanish, extraction, and an “The Poppy God." a new play which he wrote in collaboration with Le Roy { Clemens and Thomas Grant Springer. | dand w hich will be one of the Belwyn's | Oerings BeXt sonic artist with a penchant for Uving models. An unattractive Asteo idol causes all the trouble, because, after ®eing exchanged for a cwounle of shawls, the thing proves o be worth 1 i ! ture. Minor films and a special or- chestral score are other attractions. “What Women Will Do.” “What Women Will Do,” the Ed- ward Jose production shown at the Criterion Theater this week, is a melodrama of New York life. It deals with a_young woman who becomes involved in a malicious scheme de- signed to mulct a wealthy oid lady. whose grief over the suicide of her son while he was under the stigma of a charge of murder, has made her casy prey. Knickerbocker. ‘“Mamma’s Affair,” Rachel Barton Butler's delightful comedy, featuring Constance Talmadge, will be shown also at Crandallis Knickerbocker Theater today and tomorrow, with “Rush Orders,” a new Hal Roach comedy. Tuesday and Wednesday, Alice Brady, in her latest production for Realart, “Out of the Chorus.” a romance of the stage, and Mack Sen- nett's ‘Bungalow Troubles”; Thursday and Friday, Wanda Hawley, in ai other Realart production, “The Snob," and a Toonerville comedy, “The Skip- per's Scheme,” and Saturday. Mabel Normand, in *“What Happened to Rosa.” Crandall’s. Crandall's Theater anounces for the st three days of this week Gold- wyn's production, “What Happened to Rosa,” starring Mabel Normand. It is the whimsical story of a shop girl who took a flyer in romance. It siz- zles with exciting situations and is threaded with a golden vein of hu- mor. Wednesday and through Friday will be offered Realart's production, “Out of the Chorus,” featuring Alice Brady, and Mack Sennett's “Bungalow Troubles.” ~“The Movie Fan being shown today and through Tuesday. and Saturday, Charlie Chaplin, in “The Kid.” Apollo. Today and tomorrow. Charles Ray, in “Nineteen and Phyllis,” and Too erville comedy, “The Skipper's Scheme Tuesday and Wednesday, Mae Murray, in “The Gilded Lily Thurs Enid Bennett. in “Silk Hosiery,” and Vanity Fair Girls, in “Running Wild"; Friday, Mildred Harris Chaplin, in “Old Dad,” and Vanity Fair Girls, in “The Love Les- son,"” and Saturday, Dorothy Gish, in “The Ghost in the Garret,” and com- edy, “Man Versus Woman.' Avenue Grand. Today and tomorrow, “Forbidden Fruit”; Tuesday and ~Wednesday. Charles Ray, in “Nineteen and Phyl- lis,” and Mack Sennett's “Bungalo Troubles”; Thursday, “Milestonei and Harry Pollard, in “His Best Girl Friday, “The Scoffer,” and Saturda: Viola Dana, in “The Offshore Pirate. and Vanity Fair Girls, in “The Love Lesson.” Empire. Today and tomorrow, Vera Gordon, in “The Greatest Love'; Tuesday and Wednesday, Earl Metcalf and stell cast, in “The Face at the Window Thursday, Jack Pickford, in *The Man Who Had i Friday, Eva Novak, in “Socicty Secrets,” and L-Ko comedy, and Saturday, Buck Jones, in “The Big Punch.,” and epi- sode 8 of “Son of Tarzan." Lyric. Today and tomorrow, “The Re- venge of Tarzan' Sunday matinee Eddie Polo, in “King of the Circus, No. Tuesday, Eva Novak, in rets”; Wednesda Charles Ra *Honorable Thursday, Walton, in Girl, Poor Friday, Fairbanks, in and Saturday, Unknown Wife. arts of the West," dith Roberts, in “The Savoy. Today and tomorrow, Charles Ray, in “Nineteen and Phyllis,” and Mack Sennett's “Bungalow Troubles”; Tues- day, Alice Lake, in ‘The Greater Claim,” and comedy, *“Naughty Mary Brown”; Wednesday, Hobart Bos- worth, in “A Thousand to One,” and Vanity Fair Girls, in “The Love Le: son”; Thursday, “It's a Great Life and comedy. k Fwom the Front FEriday, Madge Kennedy, in “The Girl | WILL CARLETON, POET OF HUMANITY T seems strange that after so many vears the homely, human poems of Will Carleton have found their way into a pictured representation. None of the modern poets has written more wonderfully close to the soil than did this gentle man. Born and reared on a farm, he never lost his love for nature. As a boy he wrote bits of crude verse, and, stand- ing on a fence or some hilloek near the pasture. where he was watching the cows, he would declaim his own maiden efforts to imaginary au- diences. His fame came with his first long poem, “Betsy and I Are Out.” whieh was copied all over the English- speaking world. But nothing gained him more affection than his twin poems, “Over the Hill to the Peor House,” and “Over the Hill From the Poor House,” in which he jewels the golden crown of mother love. It is on these two poems that Wil- liam Fox has based the story told in his picture, “Over the Hill.” which has been shown to crowded houses in New York for many month: The Shakespeare Society. THE Shakespeare Society of Washin- ton will close its third season of study with the presentation of ‘Muth Ado About Nothing’* early in May. Composed of those who make Shakespeare a serious study, those whose talents are dramatic, and those who wish tolearn and be entertained. this society appeals to many, sorts of people. During the season now closing the program_has censisted of the analyt- ical study of plays, dramatic recitals and lectures, such as “Shakespeare. the Man,” by Justice W. P. Stafford; Recent Shakespearen Literature.” by H. H. B. Meyers, chief biblic rapher of the Library of Congress; “The Su- pernatural in Shakespeare,” by Dr. E. V. Wilcox. president of the society; ‘“The Sonnets,” by Judge S. S. Ash. baugh: “Shakespeare and His Town," with stereopticon views, by C. C. Wil liams, and “The Clowns and Fools of Shakespeare,” by Dr. Wilcox, illus- trated by acted scenes from several plays. \ Two dramatic recitals were given, one by Charles B. Hanford and Dr. Earle Wilfley, and the other by mem- bers of the society and players. Five of these entertainments were given in the auditorium of the Corcoran Gal- lery of Art for members and invited friends. Three plays were studied from the standpoint of history and literary accuracy with dramatic il- lustrations. Dean W. A. Wilbur of George Wash- tngton University gave an analysis of “Much Ado About Nothing" which. with character study, prepared the foundation for dramatic study and presentation. For ‘“Richard II1" the subjects were the historical accuracy of ihe central figure, the Psychology of Lady Anne, how much of the play was written by Shakespeare, and i stage history. For “Macbeth,” the history and au- thorship, the psychology, the moral lesson and analyses of the characters of Macheth and Lady Macbeth. The study of this play closes April 22 with a lecture-recital by Dr. Earle Wilfly. The soclety gives a full play at the end of each season. This year the play will be given at the Central High School early in May, with the complete scenery of Charles B. Hanford, the well known Shakes- perean actor, who has coached_the players and will_himself play Ben- edick. John M. Kline and Walter W. Reck are featured and the supporting cast is composed of Washington semi-, professionals. The work of this society, broad and varied, includes literary researc psychological. analysis and dramat interpretation, and is said to be win ning wide support from scholars, ac- tors and the general public. The Soft Pedal. \WHILE Edgar Lewls was superin- tending the filming of his latest Pathoe special, “Sherry,” he startled two of his stage carpenters, who were taking life easy, by Kis sudden appearance. “How is it,” he demanded, “that T scarcely ever find you fellows at work when I come in>" “Well, sir, I'll tell you? volunteered one. “it's on account of the rubber heeis you wear.” ‘With the Jazz Heart,” and comedy, “12 P.M.” and Saturday, Dorothy Gish, in “The Ghost in the Garret" and Toonerville comedy, “The Skip- per's Scheme.” York. Today, “Forbidden Fruit”; tomor- row, Jack Pickford, in “The Man Who Had Everything,” and comedy, “The Restless Tuesday, ' Louise Glaum, in and Vanity Fair Girls, in “The Love Lesson”; Wed- nesday, Hobart Bosworth, in “A Thou- sand to One,” and comedy, “Naughty Mary Brown”; Thursday, Ina Claire, in “Polly With a Past”; Friday, Enid Bennett, in “Silk Hostery.” anq Sat- wrdav. Mildred Harris Chaplin, in “0ld Dad.” Metropolitan. Marshal Neilan's special production sBob Hampton of Placer.” with Wes- oy Barr. w. Ni James Kirkwood, Marjoric Beery and Pat liey in Knickerbocker. “Bob Hampton ‘of Place: “The Truth About Husbands,” Ma Miles Minter, in “The Little Clown, and Tom Moore, in “Officer 666.” Crandall’s. E. K. Lincoln and Agnes Ayres, in “The Inner Voice”; “Down Home.” and Bessie Barriscale, in “The Breaking Point.” Palace. vazimova, in her latest production. “Billions. Pantomime and Screen Art. A FINE knowledge of pantomime is a detriment rather than an aid to the soreen actor of today, accord- ing to Snitz Edwards. who is pictured in “The Love Special.” Mr. Edwards. by the way, has spent more than forty vears in pantomime both on the stage, with'scircuses and on the screen. When I first started to work in mo- tion pictures,” he says, “I thought my knowledge of pantomime would be useful to- me. But I found 1 was wrong. I had to unlearn all the pan tomime I ever knew. The motion pic- ture is a new art, entirely different from all other branches of acting, and naturalness is the supreme de: tum. Pantomime, of course, antithesis of natural acting. Real Indian Chorus Girl. AT 1ast Hiawatha has come into her own. Ralph Dunbar, the western producer, is bringing with his “Robin Hood" opera company to Washington a real Indian maiden in his chorus. Her name is Startled ' Fawn.. al- though she prefers to be known as Gertrude Harrison. She is a graduate of the Carlisle Indian School and later of the Chicago Conservatory of Mu- sic. tartled Fawn is a full-blooded Her home is near Gordon. the Sioux reservation, and Chief Iron Bull, uses a hearse for the family carriage. Fawn's father is Eddie Redwing, and for uncles she has Frank Spotted Tail and_John Plenty Wounds. “Everybody laughs when they hear the names of my relatives and learn that grandfather drives about in a hearse instead of a carriage,” says Miss Harrison. “And all this needs a bit of explanation. “You_see, the peculiar names come naturally. When a child is born in the Sioux reservation he or she is named after the first unusual thing the father sees. The day I came into the world father looked out of the door and saw a fawn. The little thing was startled and bounded away with its mother. Forthwith I became Startled Fawn. “When Uncle John Plenty Wounds was born. his father noticed an In- dian who had been in an encounter with an enraged mother bear and had gotten rather the worst of the argu- ment, The Indian was covered with cuts and scratches, -and Uncle John was called Plenty Wounds. ‘My grandfather, Chief ‘Iron Bull, drives his family and other relatives about in an old hearse. instead of a carriage. This hearse was once the property of a Gordon, Neb., liveryman and undertaker named Sweigart. It stood, unused in his barn for several years and grandfather was peculiarly attracted by it. Finally he pur- chased the hearse, and for vears has used it as the family carriage. “xttired in_his blankets. moccasins and_with a battered silk hat on his head, that grandpere of mine mounts the seat and does the driving, while the relatives pit flat on the floor on the inside of She vehicle. 1 have had many an enjoyable ride in the old hearse.” While Miss Harrison was a student at the aCrlisle Indian School it was noticed that she possessed a remark- able contralto volce, and arrange- ments were made to give her training in Chicago. Mr. Dunbar heard her there and immediately made a place for her in his chorus. Next season, it is said, the producer will star the Indian song bird in a new opera, founded on a Sioux legend. which is now being written by Rex Reynolds and Lester ‘ Spring, young is the | in grandfather, her ninety-six years old, NEXT WEEK’S PHOTOPLAYS. I “Once Upon a Time.” Manager Brylawski this week at the Cosmos Theater will offer two no- table headline attractions, ign and the other from bigtime vau- deville. “Once Upon a Time.” one of the season’s successful headliners. will feature C. Leland Marsh and Billy Zeek. in a merry farce and very laughable, while the Four Ama- ranths, a noted foreign quartet. will present a beautiful offering of pan- tomime and dancing, with novelti Others will include Martinetti. in varied list of specialties: Martin and Goodwin, in “The Union Man." the vear's funniest comedy: Al and Angie Knight. in _“After Five Years” = charming littie play, and Ralland and Ray. in “Joy and Jests.” a nov- elty. The added matinee features will be Thomas Meighan's big picture, "Fron tier of the Stars” the romance of gunman and a girl. whose iliness c fined her to the house-top. ter Keaton's latest picture, Haunted House.” will be the ¢ One of the very best bills ever of- fered the Cosmos will be pre- sented for the last time today, start- ing at 3 p.m. Assails Kipling’a Charge. vamp,” thus expresses herself about Rudyard Kipling's indictment of the female. “No ome has come forward to amplify the Kipling axiom, that “the female of the species is more deadly than the male” and we of the ar- raigned sex can only speculate. “In the mew musical comedy. “A Dangerous Maid.” I havea role lightiy satirizing the sinuous feminine who capitalizes her sex. if you will, but there’s nothing ‘deadly’” about it. It is simply a study in feminine co- quetries, to be sure, but there nothing_ noxious in it. “The Kipling flagellation may have aimed at the influence that sex plays In a woman's life. And why not? If a girl's a girl, why be—anything else? What is a girl but—niceness. sweetness, coquetry—sex? Eve was a coquette, of course. Girls are only —only—what they are. “What is there in life more precious |than the friendship between a_gir] and a boy. or a man and woman? ! Swhy does Kipling say what he does? In what way can a woman be dead- 1y? “The only meaning I can take out of the stricture is that he means in what a man may suffer at the hands o fa woman. Men have died, but not for love, is an old saw. More women than men perish*for love. or want of it.. Man has the world for his play- ground, a woman's playground is her { ow nheart, what it says to her about some one man. i “Does the post mean that a girl's blandishments destroy? “Does he mean that she is less sincere in her attachments” “Does he mean that girls first en- snare and then destroy? “Does he mean that woman attacks man’s moral side? “What_does he mean, anyway? I find any one who can tell cannot me. - “I wrote’ him a note, shortly ar‘:or ut the appearance of the remark. to date he hasn't answered. ' “It's a_cruel thing to say if it isn't true. and I know he can't prove it. “Was Eve cruel to Adam. We can run through the history of attractive women down through all the ages, and I don't see any great destruction practiced by the fascinators. I find more heroines than heroes on loves casualty list. Hubby’s Malicious Remark. She—James! I must have thisehat! It makes me at least ten years ounger! ¥ HeEToo bad you can't wear two of them at once. APITO Theater Beautiful Penn. Ave. at 11th - Smoking Permitted Ladies’ Day Every Day CUTIE Chieago musicians. NOW OPEN Under New Manageme: ROCK SPRINGS Conduit Road DANCING Light Refreshments GIRLS 30—Peppy Peaches—30 The Laughing Sensation On the Bench . Shaker White Duo Black Dismonds of ‘Buriesque / and Bus-| TULIETTE DAY, among whose stage il | is) |SMILED HER WAY UP TO STARDOM one for- | | QMILE inside as weil as out. Keep cheerful. not only because sour disposition hurts you, but be- cause it makes others uncomfortabi perhaps even unhappy Keep busy Don't get blase. Keep young and enthusiastic. Summed up, ths | philosophy of W represents the iife da Hawley, which | she smilingly passes on to others, em | phasizing the main tenet of her faith smile inside as well “I'm awfully happ: of success [ have e the little Ralarts the little Realart solutely convinced out. bout every bit that it is not so I much the result of unusual talent as {of unusual optimism “I've had my share of disappoint- ments. It really was an awful grief when T lost my voice four years ago and had to give up the singing career 1 had planned and worked so hard to achieve. But I kept the cor- ners of my mouth turned up. even on the days when I felt most des- perately unhappy.” Interest in shakespearc. achievements , was the original AL interest ir ‘Shakespeare this concept of what is meant in stage season, after a deafth of feeling and screen parlance today as “baby |for the bard during the war. is sa.l to be strikingly illustrated by the really enormous crowds that have greeted Walter Hampden. the Shakespearean actor, on his present tour, despite the general slump in business conditio Mr. Hampden has now been out the road,” as the theatrical parlance will have it, longer than virtually any attraction scen in Washington ithis season. Ninety-five per cent of jthose companies which loft New York last Septemher at the same time, it is [said, have long since succumbed to !bad business, folded up their wings iand been buried witkgut honors in the theatrical storehou Mr. Hampden's success is all the in view of the fact of.territory covered new nd had to b sometimes at a financia Iand his bookings have been back and forth, a circumstance that entails an lextra monetary burden, in view of the high cost of traveling. Despite all these handicaps, it is claimed, people have flocked to see the star at virtually all the stops along the tour. And in two large centers Philadelphia and Boston, to be ex- plieit—where business has been con- sidered “terrible” by show folk, he has overcome the disinclination of playgoers to stay away from the the ter and drawn them in with unusual success, In Boston his engagement was ex- tended a week by popular request, while in Philadelphia _his two-week stay netted more than $33.000, the fig- ures of almost $17.000 forthe second and last week eclipsing everything eise in the city—musical and non- musical, jncluding a noted revue. The advance sale here is declared heavier than ever, and indications point to figures exceeding those of last fall, when he played a fortnight's engagement here. —_———— Mrs. Leslie Carter and John Drew will be co-starred by the Selwyns in “The Circle,” the new Maugham play. in the fall’ Mrs Carter has not ap- peared on the stage for a number of years. ! more remarkabl, {that a great dea ty him George L. Stoddard. autkor of “Listen, Lester.” and Ned Wayburn, in collaboration, have finished the book and lyrics ef a two-act musical comedy at present entitled “Town Talk.” The score was composed by Harold Oriob. Manager Sparrow of the Strand Theater is elated over his success in arranging to have his shows here- after give their first performance on Sunday, thus making the Strand the only Washington theater playing vaudeville that does. so. i Join in the Frolic of Famous Folk LEAGUE OF AMERICAN PEN WOMEN ANNUAL BENEFIT il NEW WILLARD HOTEL BOOK FAIR Auathors’ Readings—Art Exhibits—Music—Drama— Pageantry April 14, 2:30 to 6—S8 to 11 April 15, 3:30 to 6 Tickets, $1.00 Authors’ Cost:lm Carnival Washington’s Only Meyer Davis’ Music Evening April 15th, 10 to 2 TICKETS, $2.50 T. Arthur Smith—Leading Hotels 1722 H Street N.W. from Van Horn of Philad taken at st | T ———————