Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1922, Page 53

(o] Bhe Sundiy Star, WASHINGTON, D. .C, SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 19, 1922, - TRANGE as it may appear. the stage may be taking a tilt up- ward, despite evidence to the contrary. Whether this be due to the dreadiul things that have happened recently in the realm of the movies, or to the injection of a better influence that is seeking to lighten and render more wholesome the soggy dough that has'hcen fed to the public in the past, or, fndeed, to the threat of the censor, is not yet quite clear. But some things theatrical are growing better._and, thfrefore, more enjoyable. True, no great dramas have appeared to stir thF mind and heart, no playwrights have recently dazzled the world with th‘elr gfiulgenr originality and charm, and there really has been no revelatl?n in other lines to make one marvel. Yet, just the same, there is an indication that things may improve. * ok kK IOME time ago, so far back, indeed, that its memory gives a pain to the | reflective, an ambitious and audacious aggregation in the metropolis, jollowing the trend of all effort to specialize, undertook to fnake a spe- cialty of that form of theatrical entertainment known as musical comedy, which indulgent Mother Nature permitted as a concession to that form of 'mediocrity which had lost its taste for light opera and craved a some- thing that finally evolved jazz. The efforts of this aggregation reached out like an octopus in all directions and nothing was overlooked in the daring and the bizarre to produce that great joy of the small-bore show: man, the sensational. It paid. And also it ultimately converted as its devotees many who would have palled at its advent if they had only bfcn permitted to realize all that was to follow. The play was thrust aside, the art of acting ignored. and in their stead came first the musical ro- mance with a comedian of predominant importance. Gradually the beauty | chorus became an outstanding feature. It offered such wide possibilities— and most of those possibilities have been realized—and then the descent to Avernus began. Now comes Charles Dillingham with a musical com- edy, “Good Morning. Dearie.” Those who witnessed it found a peculiar delight in it. It was so clean, so refreshing. It wasn't at all sensational— but, my, what a success it was! Now follows George M. Cohan, whose epitaph eventually may justly and truthfully record that he never dealt in unclean entertainment. Ii ke ever aimed for sensation, he found it, but not in the employment of the forbidden. “The O'Brien Girl” is still musi- cal comedy, although as presented here the beauty of the music found expression rather modestly than in the voices of prima donnas rampant. The comedian is there, but he isn't obtrusively eccentric or vulgar at any :ime, and the chorus abounds in a veritable wealth of beauty, charm, grace and all of those nice things that people should admire, but, strange to note, its time-honored antics have given way to an activity entirely different, while its garb, glways beautiful to look upon, has not as its distinguishing characteristic what modest reviewers have described as “scantiness.” These striking changes in these two delightful musical and dancing cnter- tainments are significant, strongly significant, that the camp of the enemy of good morals and clean entertainment has been successfully invaded— and, what is more significant. that the general public, which we have been told is always clamoring for wickedness, appreciates them and gives them the patronage accorded to record-breakers. * k k ¥ HAT ears to be a great theatrical trust is now in process of forma- tion, if. indeed, it has not already been formed. whereby the output of theatrical entertainment, drama, vaudeville and, probably, burlesque, wil be controlled by one directing mind, with the purpose of limiting legiti- mate drama to one theater in many of the cities and providing for a theater presenting Shubert vaudeville, largely drawn from the burlesque field, either in addition, or as an alternative, where the legitimate house is deemed unnecessary. The Shuberts, who have recently united with A. L. Etlanger, are now hoping, it is reported, to include Charles Dilling- ham, Florenz Ziegfeld. A. H. Woods, the Selwyns, and even George M. Cohan, in the combination. Memories of the theatrical trust of years ago do not make the prospect n:w*invu:xg. * "‘THE HOTEL MOUSE,” featuring Frances White and Taylor Holmes, one of those will-o-the-wisp attractions which were tentatively announced for Washington presentation, has found its way to the Shu- bert Theater, New York. Like “The White Peacock,” featuring Olga Petrova, also announced for Washington, it missed its mark because of the vacillating effort of the Shubert booking office to ascertain what it ought to do in the proper performance of its duties. A pocr but honest producing firm would never dare to jeopardize its hope of success by such a policy. It now appears that the return engagement of j‘The.Skm Game” has also been canceled and that the Garrick and Poli's will be “dark” for some time to come. v * % ¥ X ITH Poli’s and the Garrick “dark,” as they say in theatrical parlance, and as “Mr. Pim Passes By,” at the National, may not satisfy every- hody, perhaps it will be of interest to tell how pleased Baltimore was last week with Clemence Dane’s “A Bill of Divorcement.” Mr. Robert Gar- land, reviewer for the Baltimore American, found it fine, appealing and very, very moving, and the play and its performance “pretty near to being the art of the modern theater at its finest.” * * * NEW YORK found that another new play, “The First Fifty Years,” with Claire Eames and Tom Powers in the leading roles, has “authentic interest and humanity as a dramatic story that sustains it and you through a crowded evening” It carries a_happily ‘married couple through a half century. Alexander Wolcott of the New York Times says: “One notes with some regret and a deal of surprise how completely Mr. Myers (the author) has foregoite the opportunities to make his little play a study of the shifting thought and fashion and taste and background which a passage of fifty years can mean.” Instead “The end of their honeymoon brings them:gay and blushing and happy into their shiny new country home in Harlem. Thereafter you meet them on the anniversaries * * * watching them sour on each other, hearing them saying the cruel indelible words that isolate them and see;::g them wither and decay and dry up.” * k * A BERT DE COURVILLE, London producer, it is said, did not think he Rose of Stamboul,” the latest Shubert musical production, which already has opened the way to stardom for Mabel Withee, one of its principals, suitable for English tagte during the rehearsals, but after wit- nessing the performance at the Century Theater, New York, he opened negotiations to transport it in its entirety to London as soon as possible. * % * k VERY HOPWOOD, who journeyed to far-off Morocco and to Spain, is on his way home again with completed plays for A. H. Woods and Colin Kemper.” He will go to Paris in the fall to supervise the production of three of his plays there. * % * ' EORGE BERNARD SHAW'’S exhausting “Back’ to Methuselah,” as they are now calling it in New York, has for its final episode “As Far as Thought Can Reach,” with its period laid in the year 31920. One of-the reviewers wrote: “In this characteristic Shaw has outwitted all his rivals. No filaywnght will ever dare to place the period of his drama any further in the future.” It may be so, but there was a day when the wogld did not even think in billions. Now everybody’s doing it. P * * %k 5 * ILLIAM A. BRADY, champion of the morals of the stage, has pro- duced and presented “a new play by Owen Davis, entitled ‘Up the Ladder,” ” which is said to resurrect the general element of situations on which the drama was bottle-fed. And yet it has two flappers who go through all the standardized stages of tipsiness when left alone in a room with a defenseless punch bowl. A:lc}{lrg’nism, take it as you will! * 3 UT of the chaotic condition of Russia will come a great musical renais- sance, according to the reported opinion of Joseph Schwarz, the Rus- sian baritone of the Metropolitan Opera. “Letters. from close Russian friends,” he says, “tell me there is a greater love for music than ever be- fore among the natives.” They haven’t anything else to cling to, accord- ing to the news of the day; why shouldn’t they cling desgentely to music? But how does that foreshadow ‘:musxul renaissance? * % ¥ RTHUR HAMMERSTEIN, son of the late Qscar, undaunted by the ex- perience of his forbears, is said to contemplate embarking in grand opera in English at the Century Theater, New York, next Christmas. He has bought the rights to “The Light of the World,” by Guy Bolton and George Middleton, and hopes to have Puccini write the score, or Victor Herbert, if Puccini declines the task. * ¥ % % HILE wholeheartedly welcoming the return of George M. Cohan and giving his daughter Georgette the send-off of her life on her New York steilar debut, all the reviewers were not rhapsodical over “Marjo- laine of the Movies,” Mr. Cohan’s newest venture. W. H. LANDVOIGT, Hore CREWS National Lectures Janet Richards Tomorrow. Miss Janet Richards will give her usual wsekly review of “History in_the Making™ in the Auditorium of the N asonic Temple, 13th street and New ork avenue, tomorrow morning 10:45 o'clock. This review will clude the interesting developments Congress and affairs political and dip- lomatic, both at home and abroad, such as the crisis in India, the allied payments and the treaties before the Senate. Rubinstein Club Concert. Miss Devora Nadworney, contralto, of New Jersey; Enrique Ros, pianist, of New York; Herman Rosen, violin- ist, of Cleveland, and George G. Smith. baritone, of Illinois, four young and gifted artists, who won first prizes in the last competition of the National Federation of Music Clubs, will be the soloists for the second concert of the Rubinstein Club’s series. to be give at the new Masonic Al day evening at A program of (Beethoven); “Chanson (Duparc); “Chevalier Bleel- Etoile” (Holmes), Mr. Smitl “Grand Concerto, No. 1V, D Mino: (Leroux); (Paisiello), (R; (Rychlik); “Scherzo Wieniawski), Mr. Rosen. “I Attempt From Love's Sickness to Fly” (Purcell); “Retreat” (La Forge); Mi: j Tarantell ! Concerts and " andante, | = .|of the Theater Guild succe: chlik); | I MARION HARRIS i Keiths 1 Author of Mr; Pim. NCE in a while nowadays a man of real literary sttainments writes for the stage. Such a_man is A. A..Milne, author s, “Mr. Pim Passes By.” which A. L. Erlanger vill present here with the New York cast headed by Laura Hope Crews. Mr. Milne was a Cambridge Uni- versity man, and his parents intended to send him out to India in the civil iservice, but he rebelled- and started life on his own account. He made a few hundred dollars the first year. not enough to support himself, but gradually his income increased until “The Pirate Song” (Gilbert); “Leetle | Bateese” (O'Hara i Major” Smith. (Rach- La Jongleuse” (Mosz- ‘Campanella” (Lisat), Dream” (Farley. jupplication” (La Forge), Miss Nadworney. Tickets may be had at the offices of ‘T. Arthur Smith, Inc., 1306 G street. C‘hristopher Morley, Thursday. s Christopher Morley, author of the ‘Bolling Green” column in the New York Evening Post, will give a lec- tw'e on “The Sunny Side of Grub Street,” at the Playhouse, Thursday afternoon at 5 o'clock. Tickets are now on sale at the office of T. Arthur Smith, Inc., 1306 G street northwest. Mr. Morley, in addition to his work as a columnist, is an author of note in the younger school of American writers, and is accounted clever and entertaining. : Edith Kelly Gould. INOWADAYS the footlight performer ®ho acquires overnight fame with name in the glittering theater bulbg, 'n’everything, in the exception. It is still being done, but more often in_the movies. Theatergoers of not so long ago may. recall the “Havana Girl.” Hers was _an overnight sensation on Broadiray. The song she sang was “Way Down in Pensacola.”” The girl was Edith Kelly and, while her beauty had attracted attention dur- ing a brief season in .the London revues, she was practically unknown to the American theater world. On the opening night of “Havana,” which was one of the great musical comedy Successes of the period—the critics divided the praise for the production with the little “Pensa- cola Girl.” Romance came with this sudden success. Then came her marriage, the Pensacola Girl's emi- gration to London and Parls, fol- lowed by brilliant social successes linked to the old life of the foot- lights by a devoted interest in ama- teur theatricals. Then, again a turn of the page and Edith Kelly Gould—the climax of her married life need not be re- counted here—is once more in the profession. And America need not be on pins and needles regarding her, Edith Kelly Gould is still the “Pensacola Girl” She's really a , remazkable dancer. Make no mistake about it— she’s personality plus. —— “The Owl Players” was presented b{ the new drama unit of the District of Columbia League of American Pen Women, under the direction of Mrs. Marialyse Ross Manly, Monday even- ing, and also a comedy, “The Will.” written by Miss Mark Meek Atkeson, 2 member_of the league, The cast included Miss Gene Stanley, Miss Ellen Quigg and Mortimer More- house, ‘whose performance Was S0 satisfactory that it may result.in the formation of a new “stock company” in Washington, for the presentation of the initial performance of plays of -members of the organization. - ~ he was made associate editor of London Punch. After that his success was as- sured and soon he had a number of books and successful plays to his credit. Then came the war and, of course, he went to the front, where he served with distinction. “Mr. Pim Passes By” ran a year at the Garrick Theater in London and was played over 200 times at the Garrick_and Henry Miller's Theater in New York. Laura HOPB CICWS. ) ROBABLY no actress on the Amer- jcan stage has appeared in more notable productions than Laura Hope Crews. Miss Crews made her stage debut at the age of four, in San Francisco, in “Editha’s Burglar,” a play that has probably started more actresses on the road to fame than any other vehicle in American theater history. s Some of Miss Crews’ performance: were in “Ransom’s Folly,” “Zira, “The Great Divide,” “The Faith Heal er,” “Fyranny of Tears,” *‘The Hir- ing’'Line,” “The Saying Grace,” “Tea for Three” and “Peter Ibbetson.” In “Mr. Pim Passes By" her role is Olivia, the wife of George Marden, a staid English country gentleman, who lh\lr‘;ks he is the head of his house- hold. Appreciation. T> the Editor of The Star: I have read with much interest the editorial in The Star on the late Bert Willlams. This is -a_well deserved tribute to one who will long be miss- ed. Black of hue, but white of soul, he performed his life mission in a modest manner that made the forid & brighter place in which to ve. Good-night, thou mute minstrel,"and sleep serene be thine. 2 STODDARD TAYLOR. Beautiful Night Lights. NE of the features of “The Bride's Play,” a new Cosmopolitan crea- tion for Paramount, in which Marion Davies Is the star, is the unusual lighting effect in the many night scenes taken before a medieval Irish castle. ., . These dark night scenes were light-. ed with powerful searchlights to give the delicate lighting which emanates from the arches of the castle en- trances. The moat and drawbridge before this superb medieval castle are delicately illuminated by these arc lights. No picture in recent years, it is claimed, has contained such magnifi- cent exterior scenes—winding roads, towering hills and rocky ooasts with the sea spra@ bursting over them. The_quaint thatch-roofed houses of the Irish peasants give a reproduction of an_Irish agricultural community. ‘“The Bride’s Play” will be the fea- tured attraction at Moore's" Rialto Theater all wegk, beginning ‘todey. BESSIE MACRAY Belasco 1 | 1 | GUssIE WHIT: Gayety = Vaudeville Jubilee Week. THE climax of vaudeville’s historic, jubilee season is announced for | the week of April 24, which has been designated in all the theaters of the Keith circuit as “third of a century” anniversary week. During that period there will be simultaneous celebrations commemo- rative of and illustrating the achieve- ments of vaudeville as an American institution under the modern regime, and in every Kelth house programs of special excellence, with headliner and artists of the most representa- tive standing, will appear, and the musical, dramatic and dancing fea- tures will present their best exem- plars. Local conimittees of professional and business men already organized will participate in special programs and will address the public in short speeches appropriate to the occasion. Speclal bookings for “Third of a Century” anniversary week now are being arranged by-all Keith houses. In the Spotlight ey ADY BUG,” a farce by Frances Nordstrom, will be produced soon by Philip Klein, with John Cum- | y berland in the leading role. Marjorie Rambeau’'s new comedy, which goes into New York shortly for a run, will be known as “Jenny Jones” instead of “Up.” “Up in the Clonds” failed to find recognition, in New York, and closed last night. ' “Lillom” takes its place for two weeks. The Players’ Assembly, which is presenting . *Mon e’ in New York, plans an early production of Brandon Hurst's “The Chinaman. Hazzard Short will stage it. Augustin Duncan has accepted for immediate production Mary Hoyt Wi- borg's play called “Taboo.” It will be presented at a special matinee Tuesday, March 28, according to pres- ent plans, and then will become a regular nightly attraction. Ellen Van Volkenburg Wwill appear as Thekla in Strindberg's ‘Creditors.” which will open at the Greenwich Vil- lage Theater tomorrow night. She appeared in New York last in the ti- tle-Tole of Euripides’ ‘Medea.” The Mark Klaw Company Will pro- duce Dunsany’s “If,” the play which ‘was successfully presented in London, at the Klaw Theater, New York. Bohemians, Inc., producer, of the Greenwich Village Follies series, has engaged June Korie for & new pro- duction. She has just returned from where she appeared in “The League of Notions.” Her last ap- pearance in this country was in “What's in a Name.” e musical comedy, “Juist Because, with book and lyrics by Anna Wynne O'Ryan and Helen S. Woodruff,” and music by Madelyn Sheppard, opens in |of E. H. Sothern. Tech's production Summer Plays Promised ROUGH Arthur Leslie Smith, its treasurer and general manager, comes the information that Mutual ’ Current Attractions Productions, Inc., will provide sum- mer dramatic entertainment for Washington play lovers at the Gar- rick Theater, commencing a sixteen- week course April 24, with a com- pany which tentatively. will include Doris Kenyon and Crelghton Hale as leading players, Walter Miller, a well known stage and screen actor for years past, with others which it is not yet expedient to name. Already arrangements have been made for the presentation of “The evening. l BELASCO—"Pins and Needles,” afternoon. COSMOS—“Last Night"-“Carnival opens tomorrow afternoon. AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK NATIONAL—“Mr. Pim Passes By,” comedy. B. F. KEITH'S—Marion Harris-Grant Mitchell, vaudeville. show opens tomorrow afternoon. - Opens tomorrow New Shubert vaudeville. Opens this of Venice,” vaudeville. New show GAYETY—Gerard’s new show, burlesque and pictures. Opens this Purple Mask." Leo Ditrichstein's suc- afternoon. cess of last year; “Three ve AP1] —*“Ting-a-Ling,” 1 . is af ate s which, 1ok been & eurtent CAPITOL—"Ting-a-Ling,” burlesque. Opens this afternoon. season success in the metropolis; “The Detour,” which has been called ‘ ; s one of the best plays in a decade, NATIONAL—Mr. Pim Passes By. and “Shavings,” which was a comedy | At the National Theater tomorrow success last season. Efforts are|evening, A. L. Erlanger will prese being made to add to this list a)the comedy, “Mr. Pim Passes By, number of high-class plays which which was played throughout la: have never been seen in Washington. | season at the Garrick Theater and Plays also will be presented which|Henry Miller Theater in New York. have never been seen on the stage |It is regarded as one of the real treats before. of the local theatrical year. A. A. Mutual Productions, has for | Milne is the author. It was produced Inc., ut | Lady Marden and Madeleine Barr as Anne. Miss Crews has long since estab- lished her position as one of the lead- WIL be presented in New York ab Easter time by the Selwyns in - ciation with A. H. Woods. It is “The Schenchem_Six,” by Montague Glass He is also the author of “The Dover Road,” “The Broxopp Case” and “The Truth About Blaydes.” Primarily. “Mr. Pim Passes By” is one of those camedies that keep the audience in a rare good humor, The action takes place in the cbuntry home of George Marden, whose wife Olivia, when a mere girl, had married in Australia one Tolworthy, a com- pany promoter. who had gone to jail for irregular business methods and he upsets the Mardens by announcing that Tolworthy is alive. This would naturally put the delightful Olivia startling and the fun unbounded. B. F. KEITH'S Marion Harris— Grant Mitchell. Three co-headline stars head the bill at B. F. Keith's theater this record maker, the piano, will p Breaking Musicale.” This week marks her first appearance in Washington. Grant Mitchell, who was prominent in “The Tailor Made Man.” “It Pays to Advertise” and other plays, with a company of metropolitan players, will ipresent “The Future,” an unusual comedy-drama by Vipcent Lawrence. Herbert Williams and Hilda Wolfus will offer a_funny {ravesty, “From Soup to Nuts.” Florence Tempest, once of “Tempest and Sunshine,” is an ad- ditional * feature: “The American iBoy,” with Bobby Watson, in songs, . < dances and cross-firc comedy. Tech's SP""E Play | s i fretoae SBrSE 12" fear _ turing curiosity as to the mystery PERHAPS the most pretentious un-!surrounding the name: the Stanleys, dertaking ever attempted by al“two Danish phlegmatics,” a sur- local high school is the spring play | Bliss offering; Leon Varvara, in (The offered by Tech on Thursday. Friday | adolphus, assisted by Mile. Andre and Saturday of this week. This play, | Vivianna, French premiere danseuse. “It T Were King.” by Justin H. Me.|in “Bohemian Life” featuring Anna Carthy, will be remembered by play- Velde, whirlwind dancer, and Miss goers as one of the marked successes EARL CAVANAUGE- Cosmos B T Weere King.” Prosser, violiniste. Aesop's Fables, | the Pathe News Pictorial. Topics of the Day and the $100 essay contest are other attractions. Today at 3 and $:1 bill, with Florence Reed, given. BELASCO—*“Pins and Needles.” Washington will have an oppor- tunity to study England's idea of a modern revue when Alfred De Cour- ville_presents “Pins and Needles” ai the Belasco. this afternoon. This pro- duction is a condensed version of the | Galety Theater success which ran for | which have sprung to immediate suc- | over a year in London. In its con- cess this anniversary season will par-ydensed form the production is in two ticipate in “Third of a Century Week"‘ncu and eighteen scenes, which fea- by giving special forenoon and noon- | ture mirth, melody xnd dancec. day performances in Keith theaters,| Besides Edith Kelly Gould, “Pins which have all been put at their dis-|and Needles" boasts of two clever posal. English_comedians in Jimmy Nervo This announcement of a general|and Teddy Knox, with Maisie Gay, celebration is Mr. E. F. Albee’s an-| Who has long been a headliner in.the swer to the national committee ofcontinental music halls. _Another business men and—others of New | novelty will be the first: Amerigan ap- York, who wished to focus the “Third | pearance of the famous Galely. girls. of a Century” anniversary celebra-|Like all European members, of ‘the tion in a great banquet in New York, | chorus, they are not vxpected to &jng. with Mr. Albee as the honor guest.| In addition to the revue, entertajn- Mr. Albee, however, preferred to do|ing vaudeville specfalties will be in- honor to his associates, the managers | jected at appropriate moments. A and artists everywhere, who have | film feature will complete the program. made the “Third of a Century” cele-| “Pins and Needles” was shown in bration significant, and likewise to|New York at §3 prices, but the regu- pay iubllee Tespects to all the cities |lar Belasco scale will prevail during and Yowns of the circuit which are | this engagement. in a-greater or less degree responsi- ble for the brilliant achievements or | COSMOS—“Last Night”—“Carni- the organization. 2 val of Venice.” ‘Earl Cavanaugh. the well known musi- cal comedy comedian, with his company, will bring to the Cosmos Theater this promises to be of great interest to every one who enjoys seeing a good play well given. p.m. last week's will be - In all the larger cities, it is said. local professional and amateur orchestras, choral societies and ballet classes l ew York tomorrow night. Frank oulan, Jane Richardson, Charles Trowbridge, Queenie Smith and Olin WHEN John E. Hazzara first Iy — sented to Winchell Smith and | The . Shuberts —presented Frances| yohn Golden the scenario of his play, White and TPaylor Holmes in “The|pased upon the regemeration of two | Hotel Mouse” last week in New York. | voung: erooks through the efforts of | Although the stars were praised for §o0d work, the play is reported “an- | @ saintly old woman who was famous | alike for her piety and her peach| other filvver.” i 3 “Like Mother Made,” | Eleanor Gordon, who is playing in |am, he called it " “Six-Cylinder Love,” in New Yyorl%. is| By the time Mr. Smith, author of gollaborating on 'a new play With|“The Boomerang.” . “The Fortune er husband, Howard Morton. who is ~ and in',” had rewrit- credited with heing the author of (Fanter’ 208 HLAENIRIN qeq il Jithe Dream Maker.” in which Wil- | other title would be better. "but {lam Gillette is now appearing on|neither authors nor Mr. Golden, Mr. our Smith's partner, could decide upon “Voltaire” written by two New |Just what was wanted. lowland are in the cast. ing week a breezy little offering of quai- ity entitled “Last Night,” which has attained a high record as a musical biughmaker. The other headline at- traction of the bill will be Mile. Don- atella’s production, “The Carnival of Venlce,” featuring ten operatic sing- ers and instrumentalists in @ beau- tifully staged and costumed treat for the eye and the ear. Both acts are exceptional in character. its president L. Monte Bell, who suc-|in New York under the auspices of | Others will include Roger Gray and cessfully managed the Garrick Play-|the Thesfer Guild and is presented [company, in “The Traffic Cop.” a ers, of happy memory, and for its|here Mr. Erlanger with the orig- | mirthful satire of the present da vice president E. C. Joiliffe, who has|inal flayers in the leading roles, in- | the four Hickey girls, whose person- had wide experience in matters the- | cluging Miss Laura Hope Crews ality, combined with their songs and atrical. Oliyia, Dudley Digges as George Mar- | comedy, made them a Broadway hit; —_— den, Erskine Sanford as Mr. Pim,{the Hollman brothers, paraliel bar | A new Potash and Perimutter play, | ieonard Mudie as Brian. Allson Brad- {comedians, und the Abbotts, in “Her | dealing with the automobile industry, | 5haw as Dinah, Augusta Haviland as Birthd: 'n novel and entertaining i ew Hoot Gibson picture, “Head- ing W shown for the first time here and presenting a novelty in_the and Jules Eckert (Goodman, and will | ing comediennes on the American|way of thrillers. will be the added have Barney Bernard and Alexander | 5tage. Mr. Milne, as a playwright, | matinee attraction. The Hallroom Carr in their original characters. will be recalled by “Belinda,” in which | Bovs, in “Soup to Nuts” the Interna- L : Fthel Barrymore toured the country ! ews pictures and a laughabl ¢ shown at all per- formances. Last week's attractive bill will be presented for the last times today. starting at 3 p.m. STRAND—Royal Pekin Troupe. At the Strand Theater this week. beginning today, the first half of the bill will feature the Royal Pekin Troupe, said to be one of the fines: troupes of oriental 3 usine 1s ai wonder work. Qe The Rome lite of the Murdens | i opular vaudevilie, the act Tntr over the propused marriage of their | gyrih¥ TS, mystery, acrobatic and niece, until one day in pops Mr. Pim. | EVITASHe feats with unusual and an aged and somewhat forgetfull “poce and Dell in “Vim and Versatil professor recently returned from s’ poccon, oot VT SO0 VORI Australia. Through a chance remark | 41ty Neling. feats and. Lo’ Tiford loquist and comedian; McGree: and Doyle. in an amusing skit, : o Difficultics,” and Ward and in the position of a bigamist, but of { }inne; oL course the isn't for Mr. Pim clears REgidn Ny Cin willibeiothee it up entanglements in the end. O ; The complications, however, Arc| poie amiane g ers, Dictured as « y abused and very wistful good little girl in “Nancy From Nowhere." tho photoplay for the week. The story concerns Nancy. a raggedy ma whom Jack Halliday loved when he first met her, and to whom he clings in_spite of paternal protests. The photoplay feature this weelk x e el B 11 be “ldle Hands,” depicting life in Jweek, commercing at the matiec to- | X YoriCs Chiness quarter and = ring Gai ane. It 1s id to be re- Marion Har the phonograph plete with thrills “The Diamond with Tom Carrigan as k. “Paul's Temptation” and “Luke Mec- Glook™ will be shown also. e Hawley and Sax- ton, conceded to be funny exponents of the stage Hebrew. will be seen i two laugh-making characters—"Slit- kin_and Slotkin"—in a rollicking mix- ture ahd quick ‘modife farce. Barn@y Gerard" wrote the book and the musical seore is by Bert Grant who has written 4 ndmber of success- i rden shows and the bur- of the Day.” The show tomed elaborately and gowns, it is said, were dels originated by Pau Poiret, the celebrated Parisian dress- maker. The cast includes Gussie White, a soubrette with unusual dancing abii- ity: Mabel McCloud, ingenue; Monica Redmond. prima donna with a_good voice: Ray Lynch, Eddie “Simp” Green and a chorus a bit different lo the girls usually seen in burlesque shows. In addition there will be a first run feature picture entitled, “Idle Hands, " starring Gail Kane, a thrilling e, sode which® represents a Chimeses scene in which Ted Lewis' famous jazz band appears; two vaude acts, a sketch, “Paul's Temptation. and Look McGluck, in a specialty. Nick Carter's famous detective story, “The Diamond Trail.” with Tom Car- rigan, also will be shown on the screen. CAPITOL—"Ting-a-Ling. “Ting-a-Ling.” this week's attrac- tion at the Capitol Theater, beginning with today's matinee, is described as a light musical burletta that boasts neither rirfyme nor reason, but, never-. theless, .clalms to be one of the best bu que attrgotions that hag headed in irestlan. thls séason., The produstion ts-entirely-new. - LiB. and Bessér are theichief Zunmakers. ‘At Golden and Arthur ‘Sterns: will-assist‘them:: The feminina;cast includes Forest Hutton. Eugene La. Blano, Madlyn Worth and a beaty chorus. The show is in two acts’of seven scenes. 2 + Arcade Auditorium. Spe: attractions at the Arcade for the coming week will be an excit- “lucky spot” dance: tomorrow night and a flmny.'monke)‘ party” Thursday evening, w novel and humprous; ouven! re- | threé men, and finally for sheer lack of hréath the discussion ceased sud- denly. Then it was that Mrs. Smith, who had not spoken a word, handed to her husband a slip of papef on which were written four words. mith lcoked at the paper, first idly, then with sudden interesi. With a gasp he handed it to his part- ner, Golden. Golden's face wreathed in ‘smiles of appreciation. and he handed it to Huazzard. The latter threw up his hands in joyful surren- der, and with one accord the three men rose and bowed to the charming woman who had solved all young their difficulties. The slip of paper read, “Turn to York misses in their teens, will be given. its initial ‘showing tomorrow night, with Arnold Daly in the title role. The play is directed by Arthur Hopkins, under whose management it is produced. Robert Edmond Jones designed the scenery and costumes. George White's “Scandals” will be sent to the Pacific coast during the summer. Adolph Klauber has ted rehear- sals of ‘“The Charlata by Leonard Praskins and Ernest Pascal. Freder- ick Tiden, Fania Marinoff and Mar- garet Dale head the cast. “Pins and Needles” offers the first group of chorus girls seen in Wash- ington who are not expected to sing. It is the English custom. These Gaiety girls are chosen for their {looks. ability to walk and, of course, ance. Edith Kelly Gould, who claimed in a court of law that it takes $115,000 to clothe her annually, appears at the Belasco this week, headlining in Shubert vaudevill Two of the new “revues” seheduled for early appearance in Washington The fina} discussion on this abserb- ing subject was held at Mr. Smith's home in Connecticut, and & silent but much interested listener to the argu- ments was Mrs. Smith, the wife of the famous dramatisi At least twenty different nam ‘were _Sug- gested by one and another of the are Jean Bedini's “Spangle: -and “The Midnight Rounders. Bedini won fame in burlesque. _ Emily Ann Wellman, the’ play- wright, , who wrote - “A Question \of Time” and later produced and.acted in *““The Actor's Wife,"” will have one of the new Shubert vaudeville units next season. Manager Ira J. LaMotte of the Belasco, who is yellow-buttoned base ball fan, has been appointed chairman of the committee to provide entertainment fot the coming barn- quet to Manager Clyde Milan of the Griffmen. Paul Ker, who plays the part of Kupelwiser in “Blossom Time,” the Sehubert operetta, will give a series of plano recitals this spring in New- the Right,” an absolutely ideal title for a play that preaches one of the most powerful sermons ever deliver- ed over the footlights for those who stand at the crossroads of life waver- ing between the primrose path and the narrow way that leads to real happiness. ark and other New Jersey Ccities, under the auspices of the Franz Schu- bert Study Club of Newark. His pro- gram_will feature Schubert's music. Mr. Ker {5 as well known as a pian- ist as an actor and comedian. He studied music under the late Franz ‘Weber of Berlin, and he is the com- poser of several short pieces for the piano as well as an oriental operetta entitled “Miriam.” ~ Vaughn Comfort, the American tenor under three-year contract to appear on the Keith circuit, will soon come to Washington. Dave Lewis of the old vaudeville team of Fields and Lewis has quit the foetlights to be the American director of Alfred DeCourville's ac- R es in America.