Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1921, Page 61

HE world is filled with folks who say pert things. Shakespgare, it will be remembered, said something about all the world being a stage and all the men and women merely players. But sume| unknown saucebox went him one better recently and said: “We| Americans are not only all players, but we are also all cri " And there is a sage uncanniness in the truth of the charge. Yet withal we resent criticism while forcing our own opinions against the supposed frailties of the other fellow. We are more adept at criticism than in the artistic portrayal of Christian character. It seems easier.. And the truth femains that however good we may be as critics, we are often, all of us, bad actors, at least sometimes. Hence it is a good thing to get away from the critical habit once in a while. The world, even the world of the theater—and that means the screen world as well—is really desirous of doing better things. True, here and there we find a manager who simply won’t be good, 2 picture producer who insists upon seeing the material instead of the spiritual side of public entertainment. And we may expect always to have with us “a desperate Ambrose”—to borrow from the cartoon field, But, just the same, there are a few of us who will believe that the apostle foresaw the world theatrical when he penned to the Philippians the following: “Whatsoever things are true, whatso- ever things are honest, whatsover things are just, whatsoever things are pure, ghatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good re- port; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.” * % % X HUMANITY in its essence and its customs furnishes the legitimate themes for the drama. Not cnly the extraordinar: but even the or- life furnjsh the materials for the play. But humantity is not ail bad, nqr is the wickedness of the underworld familiar to the aver- age home. Woman and flowers and sunsets and such things are all very beautiful, but why not let the competent artist put them on the canvas, if they must be unadorned, and give the costumer a chance when woman has' to be put upon the stage. It would be at.least more comfortable to those women who seek enjoyment in the theater rather than adventure, and surely they have as much right to be entertained by the stage as the men. Why let the masculine taste preponderate all the time? And what is true of the woman herself is equally true of the things with which the dramatists associate her. The nude and the forbidden are not the only things that thrill, if thrills must be put in a play. and suspense, another ingredient of the drama, is possible in so many ways that it seems a shame to limit its employment to plots that deal alone with the inelegant side of sex. If, unhappily, there be some who lean toward that side of the theater, why not try to educate them to the better, the legitimate side, and thus with one fell swoop uplift both the stage and weak humanity as well, almost without their realizing it. Why not let our drama, screen and stage cater to the mind rather than to the eye or the weakness that is of us? dinary things of * X X Xk IS suggests another thought, if we are in the vein to mo(ahze. Somewhere stowed away in the vast storehouse of splendid litera- ture may be found an essay on “Enthusiasm.” It was written by Henry Theodore Tuckerman, an American writer, who felt, if he did not say, that humanity would be much happier if the whole soul, instead o_f the “meddling intellect,” were developed. “The fountain of action,” he wrote, “is in the feelings. Sentiment, in its broadest acceptation, is as joyment and grace of life as the mind.” Instead essential to the true enj ¢ of turning-up his nose at the poor, despised poet, he rather encouraged our every-day life takes him to exist, contending that the philosophy of ay lif k little account of the poetic principle. He adds: “The first thing in which man displays superiority over the animal is in the refining and elevating of all the wants, instincts and functions he has in .common with the animal—refinements in his modes of living, his clothing, dwelling, furni- ture; refinements of his mind and of his heatt, his sentiments, his pas- This reads glmost sions, his language, morals, customs and pleasures.” to the theater, like a miodern repetition of -the apostolic message doesn’t it? .. e 3 ; 3 * % ¥ * ES ke ALTER HAMPDEN is a very carnest, a very studious admirer. of | Shakespeare., Unlike the famous Shakespearean stars of bygone years, he has not centered all his interest in his own achievement, but has sought to carry to the world at large, through the children of the schools, the suggestion that his work has really been worth while. He is reaping results! When in' Harrisburg he asked the children ‘of the schools to ballot on the plays they wanted to see. More than 500 wrote essays to tell what and why. * % % X THE brains of the artistic world are said to have been concentrated in making the efoduction of “Mecca,” and so well did they succeed, at “words alone cannot describe the gorgeous and com- The costumes were designed by Percy plex beauty of the production.” 51§ Anderson of London, and Morris Gest, “personally,” visited Eprope to Iks and satins that have been used. rocure .the . wonderful fabrics, sil s g &on Bakst was engaged to designed additional costumes, bizarre, sen- sational. as painted by the famous Harker Brothers of London, and the production was staged by Lyalt Swete, who staged London and “Chu Chin Ch&w” in Americy. So much “The Blue Bird” in 4 0 heralded in advance will greatly lighten the burden of the local reviewers, at Jeast. * k* X Xk ALMOST in the same breath, or certainly in the same moment, comes an authority of the screen who asks: “What becomes bf the gor- s of photoplays which made history five, four, three years ago?” And he answers his question by telling us a few things good to remember. “Business sense,” he says, “tells one that materials which cost a great deal of money are not destroyed, but are used over and over again, and remade for newer presentations. It is this system that makes the prosaic ‘bin row’ at any studio true ‘hiding places of romance.’” Bin rows, he explains, are prosaic, bare sheds, entirely ugly and completely uninteresting, but once the doors are opened a whole museum of pic- turedom it is also said, th The scenéry w: geous settin ntiques” presents itself to view—battle armar, spears, Ger- man sea mines, Siamese torches, fireplaces, steamship decks, locomotive gates, pillars, and, perhaps, costly draperies, hangings, costumes and what no:—afi of which reappear from time to time in a score of guises, with. Tistle changes here and there, so thorough and economical is the motion picture system that wastes nothing. * X X X H T. PARKER of the Boston Evening Transcript has diverted his con- « structive dramatic criticism to intelligible speech by the players on the stage. He reminds the players that “speech is their distinctive and pervading attribute—the possession that sets them above and apart from mere movie mimes; the keenest tempered weapon in their armory, their fullest and finest service to the imagining and the’designing playwright.” - * ¥ X X H. SOTHERN, in a communication to the New York Herald Tues- day, appealing for higher stage standards, suggests propaganda for a children’s theater, and adds: “May I plead that the city of \%/ash- ington is the place to start such a healthful movement?” A * * ETHEL BARRYMORE is accorded the distinction of being the only star who ever opened and closed a season at the Empire Theater, the aristocratic playhouse in New York. The prenfiere of “Declasse,” in which she is the star, occurred in early October, and Miss Barrymore remained there with it until late June of the following year. For fifty consecutive performances at the Powers Theater, Chicago, there was not an unoccupied seat. * % X% X DVANCE notices have been received for “The Beggar's Opera,” writ- ten by John Gay, in 1728, revived in London and jumped with a sp:ctaculn jump to Los Angeles, Calif., whence ultimately it will come. via week, half-week and one-night stands, to cities of the east before returning to England. We are told it was George Washington’s favorite lay, and William Hogarth made a famous painting which he called by jts title. It has “a brawling tavern and a ‘debtor’s prison for a back- ground.” It was an attraction of the stage for well over a hundred and seventy years. ¢ * % % X i LLIAM HODGE is said to be succéeding splendidly with the new - comedy, “Beware of Dogs,” which was written by himself. Its locale is a small farmhouse in Connecticut, where a young bank clerk has taken his invalid sister, and, in order to help support them, he takes in several dogs as boarders. The dogs get the young mar into all sorts of trouble until he gets rid of them and of their owners. 'W. H. LANDVOIGHT. 3 so desired, yet gave her an altitude A Goddess on Stilts. Dm you ever see a goddess on stilts? If not, that rare pleasure is await- ing you in the spectacular production of “Mecca.” “Why does the Goddess Isis stand on . stilts?" In @he frst place, al- though Miss Rita Hall, who imperson- ates, the Goddess of Love, in the Baachanale, s a very tall woman, it seems that Michel Fokine, the cre- ator of the Bacchanale, decided that he nted exeeptional height, so that the ‘goddess would tower above the eads of the dancers. h invented sandals mounted on Blocks of “waod, which, though makiag it extremely difficult “Tor the goddegs to dance even if she| that to many people creates the im- pression of a statue standing on pedestal. When she appears on the stage in “Mecca” among the ninety ballet girls she stands out promi- nently, and there is an air of unreal- ity that distinguishes her from thé mad dancers circling around 3 Fokine says he often used sandals of this kind In some of-the oriental ballets in Petrograd. He got the idea from the high shoes or sandals worn by Chinese women. Morris Gest de- clares that Ida Rubenstein, the fa- mous Parisian dancer, used these stilted sandals in Paris in 1905, when she appeared in ‘“Cleopatria.” Her sandals were elevated on blocks of ‘wood six inches above the stage—an adaptation of the same idea now used in America for. the first time, it 18 said, by Michel Fokine. » HANSON Polws R} AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK NATIONAL—“Little Old’ New York,” comedy.l Opens - tomorrow evening. . GARRICK—Walter Hampden, in morrow evening: POLI'S—“Mecca,” spectacular extravaganza. Opens this evening: | B. F. KEITH'S—Florence Walton, vaudeville. New show opens to- morrow afternoon. BELASCO—Jimmy Hussey Revue, vaudeville. Opens this after- noon. COSMOS—Kitty Francis & Co., vaudeville. morrow afternoon. STRAND—Vaudeville dnd pictures. GAYETY—“Golden Crook” Comp;ny, burlesque. Opens this noon. CAPITOL—'Monte Carlo Girls,” burlesque. Hudse: Belasg; \ LLISABETE Sopreno ~ R % Festv Shakespearean plays. Opens to- 4| New -show opens to- Opens this afternoon. after- Opens this afternoo GARRICK—Walter Hampden. Walter Hampden, Shakespearean actor, is returning to Washington this week, to the Shubert Garrick Theater, ‘beginning .tomorrow . night. During his stay he will present no less: than six plays, comprising five Shakespear- ean roles in addition to "The Servant in the House,” which is said to be im- mensely popular since its revival in Washington a year ago this fall. Since his last. engagement here Mr. Hampden has had onme of the, most successful seasons of Shakespeare so far on record in New York. Not only aid he draw large audiences during his six weeks' stay at the Broadhurst Theater, last spring, but he also won from the critics aulogles such as are seldom accorded any actor. classic or otherwise. . - He will open his engagement* in “Macbeth,” repeating this on Thurs- day afternoon.. “The Servant in the House” will be the bill Tuesday and Thursday nights; “The Taming of the Shrew,” Wednesday night; “Romeo and Juliet,” Friday night; “Merchant of Venice,” Saturday afterneon, and “Hamlet, Saturday night. = He wiil be supported by Mary Hall, Mabel Mdore, Elsie Herndon’ Kearns, Signe Larsen, Margaret Barnstead, Ernest Rowan. Allen' Thomas, Wil \iam Sauter, Hannan- Clark,. Le Rol Operti, Edwin Cushman,, P. J. Kelly, Reynolds Evans, Paul Girard, Richard Highley and others. NATIONAL—“Little 0ld New York.” . “Little Old. New York,” with Genex vieve Tobin, will be the offering at the National Thesdter this week. bes ginning tomorrow evening. This new comedy, in three acts, is the work of Rida Johnson Young, produced by Sam H. Harris and staged by Sam Forrest. £ Mrs. Young has peopled her_story. with such illustrious personages as John Jacob Astor, Washington Irving, Fitz Greene Halleck, Henry Brevoort, Cornelius_Vanderbijt .and Peter Del: monico. It is-the Manhattan of 1810- Although using, as a background, Manhattan Island, of .a century ago, Mrs. Young has’ written a madern story, the principal character of which is Patricia O'Day, a little lass who has come to America disguised. as' her dead brother, to claim a fortune left to the deceased. The young miss, mas: querading ‘as a Ve a difficult time and is the center of-mapy hu- morous situation: Genevieve Tobin, as Patricia O'Dayy, ‘has scored/the biggest hit in her ca- reer. The cast includes also Harry! Berham, Albert Andrus, Josepl Greene, Arthur Linden. Paul Porter, Rollo Lloyd, Margaret Nugent, Paul- ine Whitson, Alice Southern and oth- ‘ 1 Current Attraqfio_ns ‘ POLI'S—“Mecca.” Opulent splendor on a scale never heretofore known in the theatrical wo:ld is the claim held out for “Mec- ca,” a gorgeous romance of the orient, which F. Ray Comstock and- Morris Gest will send to Poli's this week, be- ginning tonight. Oscar It was written by Asche, creator of “Chu Chin Chow,” with music by FPercy E. Fletcher, and~was planned by Mr. Asche for His Majesty’s Theater, Lon- don. The English presentation had to be postponed, however, because of the success of “Chu Chin Chow,” and 8o the world's premiere fook place last season at, the Century Theater, New York. “Mecca” was produced in London, however, several weeks ago, and according to report its success is sensational. Washington will see the production before -its massiveness is cut down to fit smaller stages or be- fore its big cast undergoes a change. “Mecca” is-a musical extravaganza of the far east; the orient of a thou: sand years ago. Its coloring, staj Ling, costuming and musical settings have come in for fio end of ‘praise, but the sensational ballet and Bac- chap#le devised and staged by Michel Fokine, creator of the Russian bal- lat. is said to stand out as the cul- minating triumph of stage genius. The scene of the ballet represents an old Egyptian palace, with a se- ries of stairs rising to distant heights. The dancers, a_hundred or more, ap- pear in old Egyptian costumes, and in the moonlight dance a ballet which Fokine has termed *“ Memories of the Past”, - More than 300 people are in th cast, among them Gladys Hanson, Uionel Braham Doran, Ide Mulle, Or- ville Caldwell, Tanno Toback, Harold Skinner, Thomas C. Leaery, Rita Hall, Dorothy Durland, Billi Wilcox, Olga Borowski, Basil Smith, Genevieve Dolaro, Audrey . Anderson, Dorothy Johnson, Elizsgbéth Talma and Mar- tha Lorber and Sergei Pernikoff, prin- cipal dancers in the Fokine ballet. B, F. KEITH'S—Florence Walton. The bill at B.' F. Keith’s Theater this week, beginning -with tomor- row’s matinee, will present two re- | markable - headline attractions and’ thrée exceptional feature acts. Flar- ence Walton, the famous-dancer, lon associated with Maurice;-and haile by - many critics as America’s fore- most ballroom dancer, will appear with' ATexander Vlad, the Parisian ex- ponent of the tango, and other danc- ipg partners in an act which gives her ‘the opportunity to wear some stunning costumes and jewels worth a fortune. - The co-headliner will be Karyl Norman, the “Creole Fashion Plate,” one ‘o fthe most sensational hesdline acts in vaudeville. Norman ¢xhibits some of the most_beautiful 'gowns ever shown on the Keith cir- cuit. . Another event of importance will bé the premier appearance .of Mrs. Sidney Drew jin ‘Predestination,” & comedy by Edwin Burke. Beatrice ‘Herford, with her famous character sketches, and 'Jack Wilson, the popu- lar blackface comedian, also have acts much out of the ordinary., The ] ScruMmANN \chard Streuss val . Suniay § WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 27, 1921. pon CON / // GENEVIEVEN S TopiN % bill includes, among ‘other numbers, and Johnson, iIn . with Fritzi Scheff, the Lightner Sisters and Alexander and ‘the Doris Humphrey Dancers will have its final showings. BELASCO—Jimmy Hussey Revue. Jimmy - Hussey and company of twenty-five in a tabloid version of “The Century Revue,” from the Prom- enade Theater, New York, will head- line the Shubert vaudeville program, which opents for this week at the Be- illlco, at the matinee at 3 o'clock to- ay. This revue comprises the cholcest bits of the “Mimic World of 1921,” including the satirical boxing match, the Broadway crooks number, the birth of syncopation and other mo- ments rich in comedy. Assisting Hus- sey are Gladys James and Beth Stan- ley, two comely maids; Lou Edwards, €ccentric dancer; Eddie Hickey, Gene Delmont, Vivian West, Buddy Doyle and Genevieve Hearn. An attractive chorus displays rich costumes in the ensemble numbers. The surrounding bill includes Vinie Daly of thé famous stage family, long a featured member of the Hammer- stein Grand Opera Company, in a cycle of songs and dances that tra- verse the period from the old-time school of amusement down to the present era of jazz; Joe Jackson, called the “beloved vagabond” and known internationally for his pantomiming as a cycling comedfan; George and Dick Rath, said to be the greatest athletes of vaudeville, in a routine the Ziegler sisters in a melodious di version, assisted by some skillful mu- siclans: Dave Vine and Luella Temple, in original comedy; Buddy Doylé in impressions of some of Broadway's singing comedians; swift stepping and grotesque postures by Rome and Cul len; Jolly Johnny Jones on. the boun: end ‘the. Shubert news events. COSMOS—Kitty Francis & Co. An_exceptionally attractive bill at the Cosmos Theater this week will be headed by Kitty Francis and Lew Welch, assisted by fitteen unusual ntertainers, including man; tt girls, handsomely’ gowned, y'rlr; { dafcer. The act -has just returned from England &nd is heralded as de- lighttul and unusual entertsinment. Comedy predominates, as may be ifi- ferred from the title of the entertain- ment, which is “Mrs.’ Q'Reilly’s Re- ception.” * Another feature; unique dn character, will be “Ye Olde Tyme 'Movie Show,” .the laughing hit of the season, which featyres Mary Pick- ford, Owen Moore ‘and a number of screen celebrfies -as they were fifteen years ago, whem the nickleodeon charge for admis: Other attractions will include Du ham and O'Malley, always known ai “The Musketeers,” in a laughmaker; Jess and Milt Feiber, two kids and a_harpsichord, with something: else new; Charles and Helen Polly, va- riety entertainers out of the ordi-. nary, and Statesman,” a comedy playlet. -The added matinee attraction will be a new, ‘first-run, Hott Gibson pic- ture, “Red Courage,” based on Peter B. Kyne's story, “The Sheriff of Cin- nebar," wherein love and thrills are blended in action fast and furious. Mack Sennett's ‘“‘Sweetheart Days,” the International News -and Cartoon Comics will' be shown at all per- formances. : % STRAND—Vaudeville. The Strand‘Theater, beginning to- day,” will .present for the first tfme Harry Carey, in, “The Fox,” dedcribed as a “super western” subject. The story was written by Mr. Carey him- self and gives. a view of the old 11th United States Cavalry in acion. A tablold musical comedy, “Money |at the ral { hearsal is Money,” in two acts and sev scenes lavishly staged and costumed, is announced to head the vaudeville. It is described as a “futuristic musi- cal farce, starring Joseph Greenwald "is different from the ordinary acrobats;’ real prima donna and an imported RrrTy MeCORMICR-Capitol ibble and Payne, in “The [ M&h! WALTER HAMRDEN ~ Garricks d ‘ FL omx%lfiémow’ ME; Parsibhte Viudsville Service. THE most gratifying phase of the “third of a century” anniversary. which the Keith vaudeville circuit is! celobraging throughout the nation | this season, is said to be the atten- | tion anjl spontaneous approval which its annopuncement elicited from the foremoat Statesmen of this country, who recognize the great patriotic | work of the American theater, and its | artists in every branch of entertain- : ment, as well as vaudeville, during the recent great war. 4&he impressive manner in which the unknown dead of the recent war were honored in all of the Keith’ vaudeville cirouit and affiliated the- aters gained new meaning and dig. nity when “honor our living heroes: was made the motto in all of the houses of the organization on Thanksgiving day. To carry out this timely feature of the anniversary cel- ebration, Mr. Albee caused all of the managers of Keith theaters through- out the country to provide a program of headliners who were sent in relays to the various hospitdls, convalescent and-a-notable cast of nine clever ar- tists.” Only two other vaudeville numbers will_be presented. The Apsel-Smith offering, “Pastimes in Jungle-land” and Harry Gilbert In “Character Snap- shots,” ‘because of the length of time required for the headliner. Short film subjects also will be shown and the orchestra will play 'a fox-trot by Fisher, “Glow, Little Lanterns of Love,”. and Frey's “Can You Forget.” . GAYETY—“Golden Crook” Co. Jacobs und Jermon will present the Golden Crook Company at the Gayety this week, beginning with this after- noon. Heading its array of talentare the “three aces of comedy,” Jack Cal- lahan, Eddie Shubert_.and Sid_Gold. Kitty Warren, soubrette; Ann Myers, prima donna, and Julia Gifford, in- genue, are the leading fd&ninine per- formers. The play is constructed from an' entirely new book, and .all the lines mre new, fresh and enter- taining, without suggestion or vul- garity. Elaborate scenic electri- cal effects assist materfally in a worthy _presentation. A chor of twenty-four girls lends the necessary finishing touches to the songs and scenes. i it CAPITOL—“Nonte Carlo Girls.” “The Mofite Carlo Girls” comes to the Capitol. Theater: thil week, ‘be- ginning teday. Several of the Monte Carlo- principals .that. were with the show last year will be augmented by ny mew: ¥ The -whole make- | Concerts— Lectures Burton Holmes—*“Japan,” Tonight Lurton Holme Japa topie 1. md phots s pr travel sorics. o has seleeted er tonigl Lines has b he has neve until the pre to his and com tant 1 The Mr. Ho r that he o quate Classic Japan” night at 5:30 and togwrrow af at 4:30. “Richard Strauss Festival.’ “The Richard Strauss Festival® concert extraordin. . Pres ¥ | master“composer himself, with th artists of worid-wide repute—, z. beth Schumann, soprano; bromisiu Huberman, violinist, and William Wi like, violoncellist—will be given u the National Theiter Thursday after noon at 4:30 o'clock, under the loc i management of T. Arthur Smith, Iu A man of prodigious talents, striking personality, Richard Strauss iaccording to great critics, stands : | one of the most imposing figures o Witl | the musical horizon today | vision of the future such great-predecessor, Wagne gun a new epoch in m ment To insure the proper int of his works. dered exclusive cert, Dr. Strau choosing only thos: whom i ered of the greatest skill The program folio “Jung Hexenlied,” Dammerung” (Strauss), Miss Schuman: Strauss; “Violoneello Willike and Dir tra Huber Inch Tramge ) He Minn cundli rauss; hlagende and Jessie Masters, Friday. s Jessie Masters. A 0, will be heard Fridas jeert ricital at the National The Miss i whose training ha America. She bega the concert s {is said, has |imagery of tt cital work I her voice is it! tenderness. in ¢ e in r- simplicity and vibra a view of that is a favorit The concert wi pices of the Disalli inc lief Society, and tic at Droop’s, 15th and Ernest KutclTesEn. Saturday. Ernest Hutcheson, the i pianist, who has appeured with the gre ony orchest with that of the great pianists of th day, will be hcard in recital at 1t asonid Auditorium, 13th street an: | New York avenue. Saturday evenin at 8:15 o'clock, under the auspices «! the Whitecrefi Piano Schoo camps and training schools where wounded, ailing or recovered vet- erans of the war are yet assembled It was the Keith jubilee tribute to {the. surviving heroes, and in many localities where there are no military | or naval hospitals, the local veterans wearing the distinguished medals or {holding mentions or brevets for gal- lantry in the service were honored guests of the Keith houses and of its affiliated theaters. In New York city the foremost ar- tists of the Keith circuit were sent in special automobiles to Fox Hills, the Polyclinic, Seton and other hospitals and institutions where our war vet- erans -are assembled, and also to Eiackwells Island, where the annual Thanksgiving day concert has become a bright perennial feature in the gray lives of the inmates. All-star pro- grams, in the performance of which the Keith headliners vied with one another to delight “the living heroes,” | marked this Thanksgiving day as a rf(_i»letter holiday throughout the na- tion. The Mus.ical Strflu_sses. HEN Richard Strauss, the famous composer and conductor, made his first American tour, in 1904, sev- eral newspapers heralded his coming in headlines reading “Waltz King Coming.” Richard Strauss was coming, but he wasn’t the waltz king. He was the composer of “Don Juan,” .“Tod und Verklarung,” “Till Eulenspiegel” and other. celebrated symphonic poems, the composer of the grand opera “Sa- lome.” It must have been a trifie perpléxing for the most digcussed musical trail blaZer of his day to find himself -eonfused with the ‘writer of popular Viennese waltzes. = With Richard Strauss’ impending yisit have come more announcements of the arrival of the “waltz king,” and, from some quarters, of the com- ng of the “son of the waltz king.” ut t! composer of “Ein Heldenle- sn't even the “son of the waltz Pe is the son of Franz . one of the greatest horn play- his day, even though, accord- ing to a_famous story, he once brought down the wrath . of Richard Wagner. Richard and Franz Strauss are not, 50 to speak, conected with any other musical family of the same name. Nor are they related to. Ludwig Strauss, once solo,violinist to Queen Victoria. The original “waltz King," was the many new: facel up of the performance has been made elder Johann Strauss, whose eldest over, 'it 1s said, into ‘one of the Best,son,.also a.Johann Strauss, composed attractions qn the wheel today. Sarah | “Thie Blue ‘Danube” “Wine, Women Hyatt, prifba donna, and ‘Arthur Lan- | an Song,” and other renowned ning -are :featured, with. Jessie Mc- | “Strauss. waltzes.” Richard Strauss Do rette, in pleasing inter-|also has written charming waltzes naMd... | pretations of the mewest song num rs and dance. steps. = cArsade Auditorinm. ‘Thelpd?fl' fal e the Week at th 1" dance: Thursday, the upper ballroom, as the will be tarned over for an ifnt by the National League auditor! entertain of Masgonig €lubs on that night. ‘the “third-of-a-century” m&luhflll;fl(ol fl!et ls(ellh vaydevi uit took form at Syra- c\l‘llgé'th]limk. when E. Albee placéd the new million-dollar B, F: Kelth' Theater at the disposal of the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra to be ‘headquarters and concert t cost, to the musicians, with the:sple motive of fosterjng the musical ‘est and ach! nts. of 2 you nization that'will thus become cally e Keith Theater will be 1 of the band for re- and for concerts at Which a small m-dmltun:i' ho| n:n'yh |I’n charged, the proceeds going wholly to pgy tll‘e' musicians, as the theater en free. Syracut ents on the cards for | giso s in this day a ut Arcade: will be a_re- | Richard Strause, writer of the “Sin- quest “Paul Jones” dance tomorrow |fonia Domestics & Bigy bright and breesy car-[fused with the other Strauses and sday, and a fascinating | Strausses, 1éast of all with Johann| for some of his operas, but they are not désigned for. ballroom use. s(stlll another -Strauss s Oscar rauss, mposer, of he Chocolate Soldier,’ cl%fll “Thé Labt Waltz,” who “waltz king.’ " should not be con- rauss, That gentleman has been ead for twenty-two years. - Sothern and Marlow .H. SOTHERN and Julia-Marlowe * will come direct to Washington lafter their engagement in New York. appearing at Poli's Theater for one week, beginning Monday, Décember 12. Two years ago Mr. Sothern and Miss Marlowe broke the world's record for Shakespeare receipts at Poli's Thea- ter .during their two weeks "there. representative of | Thek wished to play two weeks again this season, but were unable to secure the /time, owing to iength of their New York stay shortening their tour. In addition to “Hamlet,” “Twelfth Night” and “The Taming of the Shrew,” “The Merchant of Venice” has been added to their repertoire. His progrpm follows: B matic Fantasia and Fugu i ven, “Sonata Appassion: |assal, andintc con moto. | non ‘tropp inor,” “Noc etudes, G flat. i op. 10, No. 3 Hutcheson, “T izide | ner-Hutchescn. of the | ries. Tickets ma » had at the offic. of T. Arthur S Inc., 1306 G strect Mme. Gakski. December 4. i's recital on Sund i. xhouid be of int« ‘< music lovers an: opolitan artist ev. Mme. Gadski Johanna Gads evening, Decembe: est to Washing opera fans. No m had a greater following. one of the greatest interpreters of Wagner music. She has not becr heard in this country for five year and has returned not oniy to cert stage, but to the opera. with voice fresher, more powerfu in better condition than whenshe wa~ 1ast heard. She has been engaged for this season by the Chicazo Opers Company and has a limited time for concerts. She will be heard here in th. ballroom of the New Willard at 9:15 o'clock next Sunday evening. Ruth Draper, Famous Mimic. Ruth Draper, the outstanding figu:« of the stage in the ficld of mimicry, it announced as the artist for the second event of the T. Arthur Smith, Inc. Sta) Lecture Course at the Masonic Auditor- ijum, Tuesday evening, December 6, at :15 o'clock. Miss Draper will present a ‘number of aistinctly novel and original character | sketches which have won for her great {success both here and abroad. Her | original chargcter sketches are fre- Quently referred to as monologues, but I monologues they are not in the ac- eepted sense of the word. She does not merely present a one-sided conversa- tion ; she presents and enacts little cam- eos of character that one minute hold her audlence tense in pathos, the next laughing at the foibles of easily recog- nized types. - Tickets may be obtained at the offices of T. Arthur Smith, Inc., 1306 G street. Philadelphia Orchestra—Yolanda Mero. With Yolanda Mero, accredited by many as one of the foremost woman pianists of today, as the soloist, the | Philadelphia_Orchestra, Leopold Sto- kowski, conductor, will give the sec- ond concert of its Washington series at the New National Theater. Tues- day afternoon, December 6, at 4:30 o'clock. * Yolanda Mero’s popularity is attest- cd by the fact that she has been en- gaged as soloist for the season hy the symphony orchestras of Boston, Chi- cago, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, Ore. On, of the programs for which ‘the Phila- delphia Orchestra Is noted is promised for the coming concert, which is given under the local management of T. A thur Smith, Inc. Tickets may be ob- tained at 1306 G street. Song Recital, Central High School. In_compliment to the conference on the limitation of armament, the Com- munity Center department of the public schools of the District f Co- the lumbia, in co-operation with ‘Washington Society of the Fine has arranged for a song recital com- prising, Kentucky mountain ballads (American folk songs) and old French songs by Loraine Wyman and Howard Brockway, in the auditorium of the Central High School, on the evening of Saturday, December 10, at 8:30 o’'clock. —_— Geprge M. Cohah, who is due in New YorM today after a six-week journey to Europe, will return tg London in a fortnight to make his initial stage appearance in the British metropolis “The Tavern” will be Mr. Cohan's first production in London and he will play the leading role.’