Evening Star Newspaper, December 26, 1921, Page 25

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1921. 25 WORLD STEPS FORWARD:; FUTURE HELD HOPEFUL Harden Declares Present Conditions of Peace Gives Promise of Betterment for Human- ity Such as Is Seldom Presented. uick Service l Printing LEWIS M. THAYER HOWARD 8. FISK 507 ]3th N V. JOR 1922 Ready to serve you bet- ter than ever with expert Painting, Upholstering and Paperhanging. Geo. Plitt Co., Inc., BY MAXIMILIAN HARDEN, Germany's Foremost Publicist. By Cable to The Star. BERLIN, December 24. earth, good will to men So ran the song of Bethlehem centuries ago. And, like the unheed- ing Romans of old, shall we say that Christmas comes again to a world distracted and torn with strife? Shall we say that peace and good will have jnot arrived, despite the efforts of three continents? Shall we say that {the lion and the lamb will not lie jdown together? | In other words, are we as deaf as |the Roman world was during the lat- |ter days of Caesar? Is it not that the |multitude of events, whirling cinema- Surplas ... {like Lefore our eyes, blunts our pow- jcis of perception so that we do not N Resolve to Save [sve the importance of the huppenings s |a During 1922 | Thousands Starving. | The most satisfaciory results Jii e that hundreds of thou- are obtained by joining the ||Isai starving in the valley of Hquitable. 4 per cent Interest. Hordes of orphans wander, seeking food like wild dogs fishting in the village streets over the flesh of |dead bodies. We read all-of this with a sigh—and turn the page. Being Received The published correspondence be- tween the ex-kaiser and Field Mar- Shares, $2.5¢ Per Month fehal 'von tindenburg revolts nine- H s of th aders, who think that et ity tenths of the readers, who think thai Y enn oF Mnirutns and calumnics are EQUITABLE BUILDING 915 F St. NW. ’m«'.lp.d;h of improvement and un- worthy of pity. Millions of Germans JOHN JOY FRANK P. iturn away almost with physical dis- gust from this wretched, cunning | repetition of lies, repudiated a thou- | sandfold. GEO. W. LINKINS 1719 K Street But are the ugly spots in the world ___ "IN BUSINESS SINCE 18 for power. Three great powers agree to & program lessening the tax bur- den as well as the danger of war. After seven centuries of bloody strife and injustice, Anglo-Irish dis- putes at last seem to be on the high road to settlement. Remem- bering the house of lords’ hard re jection of Mr. Asquith’'s “home rule” project in 1913, one can well appre- ciate England's desire today for an understanding in all things with the United States. So during these last months of 1921 more has been done for world pacifl- cation, more has been done for civill- zation than in many centuries. It is true much s lef Even the most casual look around saddens the ob- server. How much of misery is hid- den beneath the roll of the unem- ployed in the United States and in zland, in Switzerland and Hol- Germany, although she has produced twice as much coal this , and_has given em- ployment to everybody free of mill fary service, nevertheless is obliged to declare that she cannot pay the next billion dollars of reparation money. Peace on 1325 l«l St Main 4224-8 EQUITABLE Co-Operative Building Association Organized 1570 424 YEAR COMPLETED .$4,165,396. -$1,111,832.96 Asnets . Hopeful of Future. But this was expected. Despite her industry, Germany has attalned but 60 per cent of her pre-war exporta- tion. Whence, then, can she draw the strength for the continual payment of such huge sums? Our war adver- saries are competing with our metal, chemical and textile industries and no country from the Rhine to the Black sea. from Lake Constance to Siberia, can buy even bare necessities with money of international value. Only a non-political conference of world economists can solve this greatest of all problems of the day. But all of our distress and Worry must not biind our eyes to the splen- dor of the star which led the eastern kings to the manger, nor deafen our ears to the shepherd's hymn on the fleld of Bethlehem. Humanity, indeed, has taken a step forward. Again a child is born. It moves gently from its manger. Seldom has humanity been able to look at Christmastide with more hope of world botterment than is promised by the present peace on earth. (Copyrizht, 1621.) Subseriptions for the 82d Issue of Stock picture the most important? Great nnnp are happening. The center of the world's history has moved west. setween the Atlantic and the Pacific today stands the world pe held for centuries by the Mediterranean lands. S America Holds Power. Its order cancels treaties and makes lmw for the people in the depths ot Asia and the northernmost parts of Furope—] which are no longer based on national greed and a thirst SAYS FRANCE RESENTS LENIENCY TO GERMAN Tardieu Expresses Disappointment at Result of Briand’s London Parleys on Reparations Payments there's a omb— One little reaso 1 Majestic L.,f:u = ,“:n’,: BY ANDRE TARDIEU. as counseled to evacuate the left bank back again and again. Former Fremch High Commissioner |Of the Rhine. or in ary case to reduce : S ABCLICn: the number of men stationed there. This Sey “Majestic” to the tazi woulid be destruction, pure and simple, mnu i F:l able to The Star. to the treaties of 191 1c days of the ed—and nothing thing is to ersations” was decided. It is sald ev be redlscus One cannot predict at this time the fate of any of the astonishing proj- ects brought forward at London. 1 can say, however, and it is necessary for America to know it, that if suc plane materialize, French opinion, which has supported for two years so many mutilations of French rights, will balk. It is only too clear that London once more has tried to consider only Germany's capacity to pay. The French people would consider their will to pay. Everything points to- day to the fact that any bankruptcy this time on the part of Germany ould be fradulent. Owing in gold, Germany for two vears has tried to cheapen her paper money by government waste and prodigious subsidies, all the while keeping the gold earned through exportation. Thus Germany is forced to artificial bankruptcy. Will she be permitted to stay in bankruptoy? This is not a question of ability. It is a question of desire. It seems there will be no attempt to_ make Germany change her mind. Vainly the reparations commission declares that Germany can pay. Vainly May- nard Keynes himself expresses the same opinfon. But no coercion is en- visaged: nothing is discussed but postponements. Instead we are told to retire our troops from the Rhine =0 as to re- duce Germany's charges. We are told further to sit at the table with Stinnes and Krumn. representatives, respectively, of German imperialism and Russian bolshevism. In the face of all this we must keep our hope that common sense will return. Patience Will Be Exhsausted. If the present way is kept up it will release an exasperation in France equfl to the patience of the last two PARIS, December 24.—The “conversa- tween Lloyd George and Pre- at London this week, it positive results. The press comments on , the meeting and the announcement of uccessive conferences in January have <turbed every thinking Frencamen. \Du know the origin of the interviews. ll‘-ermar wrote that she could not make | her January and February payments. The reparations comm!ssion unanimous- y responded that it could not even ex- | amine the communication. Thereupon | M. Briand went to London. The French blic concluded with a good deal of du\fu("‘rm that he had gone to define 2 be employed in forcing _________.—__. BERMUDA—CUBA | MEDITERRANEAN CRUISES WEST INDIES CRUISES CARIBBEAN CRUISES NIA_ AND HONOLULU NAMA CANAL Europe, Orient, South America Steamship Tickets—All Lines OBER’S Steamship nad Tourlst Agency, No. 1 Woodward Buildin, soviets of Russia and Germany. o Ph::u ;—nh 1089 = ‘We heard from England that France iémummmnmmlumnnnmmumnmummmmnnmmmnmmmmmnnnllnmummmmumunuumg If You Are Looking for A NEW HOME INSPECT 1215 to 1223 KENYON ST. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS N.W. Open and Lighted Until 9 0’Clock Large Lots, 20 by 150, to 15-Foot Alley 8 ROOMS—ATTIC pay. But almost the first < from England dissipated this hope. It was caid the two premiers had dis- Cussed conditions of delay for Germany and_were ready further to modify the conditions of pryment. A grand con- ference was planned, including the Nemnperl. inspired by the gov. ernment, do not say this, but it is the duty of an lfld.flandant man to say it because it is true. i The more one seeks to maintain and consolidate peace and under- i standing between France and Great Britain the more one should raise lhe cl of alarm against such ad- ur We are beginning to tire of dis- e “Jameson-Built Homes” 8 SOLD IN LAST 10 DAYS Take 14th Street Car to Kenyon Street and Walk East 11/, Squares Only 2 Left H. R. HOWENSTEIN CO. somrme S S Eally bty troubles. There is now among the parliament elements a majority which OO | S0t b e s et of e dangerous. [ (Copyright, 1921.) { Sergt. Percy C. 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FOR SALE BY THOS. A. JAMESON OWNER AND BUILDER 906 N. Y. Ave. N.W. Y : in “Golden Days.” Miss Helen Hayes, Washington's very own ‘youngest star of the stage,” under the sponsorship of George C. Tyler and A. E. Erlanger, experfenced and exacting makers of stars, gave an exquisite performance at the National Theater last evening in “Golden Days,” a charming little comedy, whose chief actors were drawn from youth before it became sophisticated and “up-to-date.” It was a performance that won its audience from the outset and kept it buslly occupled with smiles, laughter and applause, with an occasional gulp and the mist of tears, until the little heroine finally found her heart's de- sire in the love of a fine, robust, all- American boy, who had begun by try- ing to help her out In a love affair with another boy, and wound up by losing his own heart to her. Washington playgoers are quite fa- millar with the exceptional personal charm of Miss Hayes and with the realistic Impersonation she gives to the girl In her teens, the girl of other days, rather than the composite of to- day. They have followed her in joy- ous moods when the pathway of her mimicry led through paths of sun- shine, and they have felt the spell of her girlish emotional power as she played upon their sympathy and won from them the mist of tears. Her forte is not the tragic herolcs of ma- turer and sophisticated womanhood, but rather the ever-changing moods of the innocence of girlhood not over- common now. “Golden Days,” her stellar debut, her stellar debut, isjust such a light and pleasant creation as is nceded for its purpose. It is jovous comedy, in H the play that Messrs. I the main, with just enough of shadow in the life of its little heroine to af- ford a contrast and to give its little tar the opportunity to display her ecper, emotional powers as an ac- lary Anne Simmonds has loved and ome engaged to William Barclay in the days when wealth had not yet come to his family. When it did come, is just such a light William neglected and almost forgot her for another girl. Mary Anne. however, also had a wealthy and adoring aunt, whose pride would not permit her only ntece to be jilted, so she enlisted the services of Richard tanhope to win William back, and Richard liked the task so well that he eventually claimed Mary Anne for h own, and she was glad to have im after a little tempest in a teapot, ue to a misplaced letter, which, how- ever, was a real tragedy In her young 1fe. There is nothing profound or prob- lematical in the simple story. noth ing of the unpleasant and disag: It is all the unfolding of a lit- tle romance, with sidelights. in the lives of two charming young people. Hayes and Donald Gallaher, as chard, were not the make-belleve, but really seemed to llve the lives of the young hero and heroine in the h a charm that their per- able. outhful drama es description. Indeed, formance Is such as to convey a de- lightful memory to the older specta- tors and an object lesson to those of the younger set who have been swept the modern trend into ways and ustoms out of the normal course of healthy adolescence. An outstanding character in the little play, which gave much amuse- ment and exacted attention for fits excellence in realism, was that of Betsy, the maid of all work, so ad mirably played by Jo Wallace. Betey took the world at what it sald, and so when her mistress sarcastically suggested it, she wiped and placed the boots of the hired man on the plano, and later, in response to fur ther suggestion, she doused the head of the same hired man into the rain barrel until he had asked her to marry him. ell Medcraft also ng bit of char- acter portrayal, and Blanche Chap- man, as Mary Anne’s mother, a clever bit of emotional work during the un- folding of the story. But a very large cast also is quite adequate in varjous lines and con- tributed materially to the success of the play. POLI'S—“Honeydew.” Pleasing to the eve and with taste: ful music, “Honeydew,” musical com- position of Efrem Zirbalist, the vio- | Iinist, and book by Joseph W. Herbert, | opened a week's engagement at Po}ls] Theater last evening. ‘What the show may lack otherwise is more than compensated for by Zim- balist's pleasing music and the intro- duction of Miss Ethelind Terry, whose vivacious personality and voice won many expressions of appreciation. Although handicapped by rather a dull start, the songs by Vincent Sulli- van and Dorothy Neill put the audience in good humor for the appearane of s Terry, one of the most vouthful of musical comedy stars. Outstanding in the performance are the good voices of the leading members of the cast. Flores. in two Spanish numbers. is e tertaining, and not the least noticed in the cast are four little Chinese girls. ‘The story concerns the domestic troubles of a composer of lizht opera, the object of scorn of a dominating and sarcastic mother-in-law. The divorce law rescues him for Muriel, Miss Terry. Thereafter the fates in- tervene and marry Lenore, former wife of Henry Honeydew, the composer, to his new father-in-law. Howard Tay- lor, first and true love of the much- ‘wed Lenore, appears, and in the com- plications which ensue Honeydew and Murtel are estranged. The much mud- dled plot is saved by ‘“Morning Giories,” sung to bring about the reconciliaion of Honeydew and Muriel. But withal, there is much for hearty laughter. The stage settings are particularly attractive. Alma Gluck, wife of Mr. Zimbalist, it is said, takes especial pride in hav- ing discovered Miss Terry as star for the road company of “Honeydew.” BELASCO—Nat Nazarro Company. There is little in the way of mov- olty in this week's program at the Shubert-Belasco, the laugh provokers being old friends and the others stop- gaps, with the exception of Nat Nazarro, who has become the star of a little jazz revue, which is assigned the topline position on the program. Nazarro has a pleasing personality and is really one:of the best of ec- centric dancers. His feats last night earned him many recalls. He is alzo a clever musician and a fair singer. Helene, a nifty toe dancer, helps the act, as does the band of six jazz musiclans. Nazarro billed another assistant in “Buddy,” an artistic singer, but “Buddy” failed to appear. The last number on the program also failed to materlalize and the final eurtllll descended rather abruptly. ula{ Howard, & veteran come- dian of burlesque, assisted by James Graham and Alberta Fowler, regis- tered the laughing hit of the even. ing in “How ings Have Changed,’ an act with prohibition for its theme. Howard haes a 1 stoock of original remarks and 28 a supposed water fountain flend keeps his audience highly amused. His support is good. Clccolin, the Italian tenor, in good volce, sang several clagsic and popu- lar songs and made & big hit, but he seemed to have a battje on with the orchestra that did its best to drown his really beautiful high notes, Ford and Truly, the latter an educated dog, opens the program; Nip and Fletcher have a fairly good acrobatic dsmm' unt and Mr. and Mrs, Mel- n_their time worn “On the sxmln' Porch,” won applause with the antics of an lnobrlnnd hubl.nd who un ectedly finds his wife home instead of at her mother's, Moran and Wis traw hats tossed to them b; and Ed Brendsl an iped In a Swedish skit with the ulhunc. of a vietrola, ‘The Shubert News Pictorial and Cur- rent Toplcs completed the bill, STRAND—“Cutting 8 Woman in Two.” Kermiss, the magician, with his mystery c!‘ Wi by the attractive holidsy bill ad lota of fun having|stars ‘cutting & woman in |tures AMUSEMENTS What Every Husband Knows. NATIONAL—Helen Hayes, CHANGE — GLap 7o ! at the Strand Theater this week. Pre- ceding the mystifying novelty the prestidigitator w. roundly applaud- ed for his dexterity with a pack of cards. The humorg character co- medians, Ha: axton and com- pany, in isines Business,” and the Riverside Trio, a triple ailiance of harmony and humor, press the fea- ture number for first honors. Hurley and Hurley, in a few “m ments of versatality,” open the vaude- ville portion of the entertainment, followed by Ned Rose and Opal Adams, fn “Song sayings plus per- sonality.” Both numbers were well received. The picture feature, “For Those We Love,” a Goldwyn human interest production, with Betty Compson and Lon Chaney in the principal roles, is a story of love, sacrifice and supreme heroism, in which Miss Compson and her co-star have ample latitude to demonstrate their histrionic ability. KEITH’S CHRISTMAS CELEBRA- TION. B. F. Keith’s Theater, from Tuesday to and including Saturday’s matinee last week. gave a special Christmas celebration for the children of Was ngton, including a oharming novelty, ‘Bernice's Christmas,” written and staged by Angela Keir. with Bernice Hopkins as Bernice. Charles B. Han- ford as Grand Daddy and Frederic J Haskin as Chronicler. There were beautiful carols by the students of the King-Smith studio, a galaxy of bewitching human doils, with An- tolnette Ure as Plerrotte, Hallie Ure as Plerrot, Roee Miller as Gretchel, Madeline McMahon as Bo Peep and Gertrude Lubbermann as Hanschel, with a dance arrznged by Antoinette Ure and music directed by August King-Smith, following which Santa Claus distributed countless presents from the beautifully illuminated Christmas tree. It was Keith's annual and generous recognition of Washing- ton's youngsters in the amusement world,”and_was presented under the personal direction of Manager Roland 8 Robbins. CAPITOL—“Follies of New York.” Snappy musical and dancing num- bers, pretty girls, elaborate costumes and stage settings and an abundance of clean comedy mark the perform- ance of the “Follies of New York™ company which vesterday opened a week’s “engagement at the Capitol Theater. “Mysterious Mr. Raffle: d is an added attraction. which helped to ba e the audiences at yes- terday’s performances. and music of the follies ‘were written especially for Fred Bin- der and Miss B‘l:kl mf both are ex- rrymak- ers. Others include Clrol Ol.rey Wal- lace Jackson, Mae Kelley, Al Turpie and Murray Welsh, with a chorus of twenty. The show is in two acts and six scenes. Thursday night Joe Turner will mest Cyclone Peters in a wrestling match, and Friday night will be ama- teurs' night. A special New Year eve frolic will be staged Saturday night, beginning at 11 o'clock. Photoplays. COLUMBIA—Mary Pickford, “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” A Merry Christmas welcome greet- ed “Little Lord Fauntleroy” at in afternoon end evening. For two reasons: honors to the screen star, except for the embarrassing circumstanoce that both reason® are of the feminine; gender. And as the same law rlllol that age comes before beauty, right of geoedence must be Yleldud to Mrs, ances Hodgson Burnett, who wrote the story in her Washing- ton home, and whose little son, who is its hero, was a pupil in our public schools. Moreover, had the story not been written, it would have deprived Mary Pickford of one of the most interecting productions of her screen career. In her early photoplays “America’s sweetheart” was a piquant little figure In the new world of fllm-art, whose aoting was mainly a variation of personal charm. Having mellowed into womanhood, she i ept step with screen progress, u. mere prettiness is dominated by talent born of hard and continuous study— a talent that manifests itself certalnly in this latest play. It is granted, of ocourse, that in the visualization of a single personality in dual work one character must serve as background for the other, and in this case it is the boy who, pulsing with joyous youth, makes of his ‘dearest” a sweetly remote little mother, until, fi‘la from the handicap of duality, in her woenes with tha lawyer and the earl, she reveals a facllity of emotional tenderness and womanly dignity that strikes a new note in the 's acting that is beautiful, 1t is Cedric, how: 'll', who luppllu Flo |the sunshine of the play—as a tom. boyish youngster, who fights xo de- fend his sissy-curls; as the largely promising friend of the grocer, the sapplewoman and the bootblack, and with every frolicsime prank that changes his “grandfather earl” from a lonely, crusty old man to & chummy comrade the jtself with a sweot and innocent hilarity that cap- I‘II;I:M applause. BuT.SAM, \'T WAS ONWY “TeN CENTS A SHARE —THE MAN ON THE PHONE ASSURED ME P0S=-\-TAV-LY 17T wony BE PUT UP To MFTY CENTS INSIDE Of A WEEK — Boo - oo ,YOURE A BANKER, 1 WiSH You' LoOK OVER THIS LIST OF MY INVESTMENTS AND .SEE IF You'D SUGGESTANY SURE, SAMMY! .| celly opearted toy village, Loew’s Columbia Theater yesterday | Chivalry's law that ladies! coma first would obviously award first | A woman's um'///” A Copyricht. 1921, by Herbert Joknson. literalness of course of that _contrib; of the youtk environed in itself, should be repetition would reflect on th ary loyalty of the author's own hom town-—just as a ce play might m ure which, no young Lionel or the mother-writer swho into a hero. can afford to atmosphe effect real ried out in costumes, © scene-settings and the or E -by charm with popu- melodies of that da: i+ NANNIE LANCASTER. cuggestive one E Santa Claus was bountiful in | gifts to the Rialto Theater forg, Christmas week, for he brought an excellent program of films, supple- mented by the singing of Miss Gladys and piacea 1n the lobby a looked as though it might have come from the Cana- dlan forest wilds shown in the fea- ture photoplay “The €all of the North.” Around the “base of the sparkling everzreen is an electri which i an attraction to both grown-ups and children, judging from the crowd which continually inded 1t There is a country club, with a gold- fish pond and fountain alternately bathed In red blue church menr some station, and, of course. th way tr h circles guided by signal lights is a mill, with water splashing over its wheel and trickling down into a winding creek and nearby is a large dark tunnel through which the train passes. Altogether it is a fascinating picture which makes the spectators they could all be kiddies again watch it a long, long time “The Beggar Mald” a film s precedes the feature. Many of scenes were taken through a diffusion lens, and the softly biurred views, of Mary Asu gave it charm seldom realized by The story, founded on poem, “King Cophetua and the Beg- gar Mai is told in a simple, straightforward fashion, and is as sweet and winning as its heroine. Told by the pen, unless it were that of a Tennyson, its magic would be lost, so let the reader see for him- self. “The Call of the North,” which stars Jack Holt, is a tale of human emo- tions, with nature, first rugged and cold, and then unbending under sum- mer's breath, as a background. In like manner, hate and the desire for revenge, severity and injustice give way before the softening influence of love. A Christie comedy, which features Bobby Vernon, and N the Fox E. D. METROPOLITAN—Jackie Coogan. The Metropolitan has an alluring program for holiday week in Jackle Coogan, in My Boy” and Larry Seamon, in “The Sawmill." Little Jackie has become a gronl favorite with the movie fans since his eplendid work with Charlie Chap- Iin in “The Kid” and as the star of “Peck’'s Bad Boy. In this latest offering Jackle seems cven better than In the other pictures, “My Boy" giving the little fellow a chance to do some real acting, and he comes through wita flying colors. In the story Jackle's father had been Killed in France during the war and his mother starts for America to find a home for her boy. On the vovage she dies and the litile fellow is carded for o return trip, because an orphan without visible means of suppoTt can- not land in thie country. Fate comes to his aid in the person of a mother with eight children, who 1s coming to America to meet her husband. In the count of the family Jackie is in- cluded and slips by the inspectors, only to be sidetracked when a street car Is about to be boarded and the husband discovers the mistake. This portion 1s a delightful bit of com- edy. Jackie then follows an old sea captain home and makes himself use- ful, with the result that he finds lokfordian charm ex-| a home, Jackl grandmother is wealthy and has been looking for him, but all traces were lost when he escaped from Ellig Island. Jackie is finally located by agents, the re- sult of community work by the grand- mother, and finds & true home. Claude Gillingwater is pictured as the old sea captain and it is one of the best character bits ever shown on the soreen. The parting between him and Jackie is very pathetic and the audience forgets for the minute it is looking at & picture and hand- kerchiefs come very much in evi- dence, Grandmother finally compro- mises with Jackie by taking the old sea captain along home and all ends happily. The scenes are realistic and are anmncad by lplendld photograph- ic_work. In “The Sawmill" Lnrry Seamon has another one of those trick photo- plays that shows him doing wonder- ful stunts that no human being could rform and live. There is a laugh [ every mave he makes. The Metropolitan 1s tastefully dec- ‘orated with holly and two large dec- orlul‘l trees adorn the stage. Pathe t(uod musical program- com- phlfl e bill —By HERBERT JOHNSON. WoULD Nt You THINK SHE'D ASK SOME ONE “THAT KNEw BEFORE SHE BouGHT ! GEE! ve to his role an qm\w| PALACE—Betty Compson, in “The | chestra of | KNICKERBOCKER—Jackie IDEA OF AN INVESTMENT! GREAT SCOTT, SAM. WHERE DD You GET THIS LINE OF OF JUNK! FAYCO OIL BUSTED uP SIX Monfus AGO — SOUR LAND CO.S BROK® - WHY DIDN'T You ASK ME ABOUT Twis STup§ BEFORE You BouGHT 172 182 N. Y. Ave._ Little Minister.” 0 matter how familiar that mul-| . Barrie's| story of sure cnough to be certain, s dmag’ on never conjured a sprightlier | that pictured by | sterday at Loew's| red by pre-! . & picturiza- -r among the stars, likely that Miss out of a rougher ithe innocence and without sh 2 ge. But she did stively that the | 5 =00 oung noblewoman a gypsy < ther of her nm«‘ the ranges from b ties and back agi and anx shine is ~u1munmd by of Scotch dia- battle of stubborn \ the whimsies of people who of Thru savin minister of the old will surely delight he be hero as George Webster. - the poor- those. de five in Disha the town the new t kirk, who heart of Ba enongh o realistically t had come chief elder of the t weaver, red-coat, with which the on her; Tamm and every 1 sy and noble-folk flrmlucl!on abound: As an extra traction Manager Beattus presented an exclusive show ing of scenes of the Rotarvy Club's Christm: entertainment _for children of the city at the New lard Wednesday in add th 3lm features and an or-: NCASTER usual Coo- gen and Larry Semon. ! The foremost features of the bill at the Knickerbocker are Jackie Coo-| gan's new starring vehicle, i and Larry Semon’s V lmgrdph comed. “The Sawmill,” both of which a reviewed in connection with lhe' Metropolitan Theater. ney Freeman. new concert mas- ter of the orchestra, vesterday made his debut as a solo artist and won the applause of capacity audiences for his merit as a concert violinist. | he Meditation” from JMassensts was his opening number, fol- | d'Ambrosio’s_“Canzonetta,” both plaved with exquisite feeling. The supplementary features in- ciuded the Pathe News and “Topics of the Day. CRANDALL'S—Priscilla Dean, “Conflict.” “Conflict,” which opened at Cran- dall's for a three-day run, vesterda: with Priscilla Dean pictured in the| leading role, is a story of struggles[ in a lumber camp. It lives up to ltsv title. Conflict is on all sides. There is conilict hbetween rival lumber camps, conflict between individuals in them and a conflict of interests \\'llh-' in one of the camps itself. ‘The play was written around a mag- | azine story of the same name by ' Clarence Buddington Keljand. It centers about Dorcas Rematie. an or- | phan, plaved by Miss Dean; her uncle, | John' Remalie, a New England lum berman, who was made her guardian at the death of her father, and Jevons, i son of Remalie and his housekeeper, whom the father thinks dead. The manner in which the hatred of Rem- alie for his son Jevons, and tor his mother is cleared up, together with the struggle to get away his spring run of iogs in advance of a nearb: in Wash most dise s0ld over last they were a year ago. business generally day apathetic tinued firm and higher und raw for 1922 is incre | predictions are of u more optimisty c camp, forms an interesting story that. must be seen to be appreciated. During Wednesday and Thursday Harry Carey will be scen in “The Fox,” and Charles Ray, in “Two Min- utes to Go,” is the bill for Friday and Saturday. —_— RETAIL HOLIDAY SALES BETTER THAN EXPECTED NEW YORK, December 26.—The encouraging feature of last week's business developments was the remarkable Christmas business done by the retail shops. hollday shopping showed an inc Locally, the in the number of units of merc! vear und sone« stores reported an | in the moncy volume of sales, although prices are considerably lower than Outside of the retall trade. appearance. Raw - ton and primary ecotton goo silk was slighti Wwool continu Finished goods showed no price changes and on the whole were quiet Speculation concerning the outlook ing. and genera nature than they were a yvear ago Fundamentally conditions are meas- urably improved. 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