Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1922, Page 61

MUS EMENTS.™ Biography of Lila Lee. evening about eleven years ago -:David Belasco, the famous stage preducer, gave his watch, his stick- pin’apd his diamond ring te a young lady. The. gift was a bribe, but it idn’t work. She kept on crying. Now the reason for her flow of | |among_her playmates. 1 learn tears—tears that disturbed the great Belasco and gave him a dramatic aituation he couldn’t control—was just this: The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children had refused to let her perform on a stage in Roches- ter, that evening. just because she 5 only seven years old. When she was informed that she could not appear in the Temple Thea- ter she refused to eat her supper. Shortly afterward her teacher-nurse, whe accompanied her on her travels, could not find her. A general,alarm was sent out and she was discovered in_an unfrequented dressing room sobbing as though her heart would { treak. { Tt so happened that Mr. Belasco was { in Rochester that evening rehearsing a try-out for a new production. His secretary informed him. He had met the' child. He was interested in her, %0 he dropped his work and tried to | comfort her. The diamond ring didn’t stop the tears, the watch and the stickpin were equally futile, s0 he tried something else. /! “Don’t cry, little’one. he told her, “I will make you a star the day you are sixteen vears old.” The effect was magical. She was t. That was back in 1911, The stardom came even hefore Mr. | Belasco had promised. Jesse Lasky | of Famous Plavers-Lasky Corpo tion discovered her before her teenth birthday rolled around, and sent for her. From “Cuddles” Lee she became Lila Lee—the beautiful Lila | Likens Director to Chef. o E fellow who stirs in the in-| gredients and sees that fee! cream is not mixed,with pickles, or |think of the palates of a restricted [man. was married recentl oysters with sugar: the man whose | , delicate job it is to season a dish that | Lee of Paramount picture. 5 That incident of the ring and the stickpin was not the first dramatic scene in the life of. Lila Lee. The first one came when she was only five years old. On the rough cobble- stones of Union HIill, she used to play, her big eyes and her childisn benuty ~ making conspicuous She had just to play “Ring, Around the Rosie” and was absorbed In it In frent of her humble home across the river from New 'York when Gus Ed- wayds, song writer and .vaudaville manager, rode by in his automobile. He needed a new child type for his latest song revue. His songs, “School Days” and “When We Were a Couple of Kids,” were at their height. He knew he had ‘made a find when Rhe saw Lila. * B “Do you want to go on the stage?” hé asked her. STeth.” she answere man Mamma, was willing,, an was shortly after that that “Cuddies” Lee came into fame. She became more beautiful as she grew. Tall. fault- lessly ‘built, vigorous:and athletic, she became a favorite, It was in 1917 that Mr. Lasky sent ;r. ‘She was' an instantaneous »s3_in the child play, “The Crulse ke-Belicve.” Then there fol- uch a Littla Pirate.” “The “Puppy Love” and with her popularity increas- ince that time she has appgar- ed in a score of Paramount pictufs. In September she valll be seen in one of the biggest Paramount pic- tures of the year, “Blood and Sgnd. as the convent-bred wife of the bull- fighter in the Vicente Blasco Ibanez story. and In October in “The Ghost Breaker” with Wallace Reig. In De- cember she will be starred with James Kirkwood in, “Ebb Tide,” a story by Robert Louis Stevenson. her d T *‘ask mamma. is much gredter than The latter has only to his” problem that of a chef. neighborhgod. The director must sea- son and cook to please the New Eng- In the Spotlight. ALTER SCANLON will tour nex. season in a new play by E. E. Rose. Pedro de Cordo added to the cast of * will be presented in New York under the auspices of the Players' Club. Mitzi will again tour in “Lady Billy” next season, returning to New York in Februa:y to begin rehearsals in a new musical plece by Zelda Sears and §arold Levey. She sailed for Europe esterda, 5 “La Tendresse,”. by Henri Batallle, was produced in_San Francisco re- cently b‘,l{enry Miller. The cast in- cluded ‘Mr. Miller, Blanche Bates, Ruth Chatterton and Bruce McRea. _Irene Bordoni has closed her New \orl‘(. engagement - in “The French Doll” and will spend the summer in France. In September she will re- turn to renew her tour in the play. Huarry Irvine will digect “The House of Lorrimer,” Rachel Crother's new glny. which’ opens at the Threshold layhouse, New York. Florence Reed has left the cast of he Divine Crook,” which was re- cently tried out in New York. Paul Mordon has suceeeded Courte- nay Foote in the leading male role of “Tha RuRicon,” now running in New York. Estelle Winwood is to play Violet Heming's role. . Francine Larrimore, who ha her season in will spend heg vacation re- Nice in The Shuberts announce early fall Eleanor Painter operatta. ehtitled “The Ro: one of the big suc presént London se: for the in a new Lady Remy Carpen, a young French tress, who arrived in New York week. will make her first appea ag an English speaking ac Cktober. She has been vith Gemier in_ Paris years. appearing for severa Alfred Lunt, well remembered heie for his good acting in “Clarence,” and later as Billie Burke Jeading ew York to Lynn Fontaine, the English actress, who was seen last season in “Dulcy. The honevmoon was *will be equally acceptable to the en-|lander. with his appetite for solid[spPent in Atlantic Cit tertainment palates of New York, Kal- | amazoo or Medicine Bend. such.” says | Fred Niblo, “is a motion picture di-| rector.” | “I.am not one with those who in-, sist “that the director is the whole | thing in making a motion picture. His | success would be impossible unless he were first given a story of real human interest and capable. intelligent actors | !for its interpretatio “Just like a chef making a delicious pudding, the ingredients must be of | the finest quality. But the mixing the care as to seasoning. the tempera- ture of the ovens—it is'in these lit- *tie details that a great chef differs from. the lowly kitchen mechanic in some obscure hash house. “And so it-is with a director. Only boiled dinners; the -denizens of ghili con carne southwest; thosg virile per- sons along the'northern border, wWho like thelr victuals to be rich, rdre meat; and a last class of critical dilettantes with supersensitive palates. “Should you ever be led to think of a director as beipg a man witn nothing to do but give orders through a megaphone, just compare his prob- lems with that of the high-priced cook who prepares the meal you may cat in a luxurious hotel. Knowledge of dramatic essentials, especially in photoplays, must be linked with an instinct for what all the different na- »ral sections like in the way of entertainment. “IUs not a terrifically easy vou figure all the different angles = 3 7 2 e . i % OOLNESS ODILY comfort is the first essemn- tial of genuine enjoyment. During the season unmindful of that fact theaters. treme inconvenience of that our patrons might heat. PERFECT PICTURES MUSIC will add to the able. ahead the prime requisite for com- fort is COOLNESS. ‘Without regard to excessive cost and the ex- mammoth ventilating systems- in all of the SIX CRANDALL THEATERS IN WASHING- TON have just been completely overhauled and, minutely adjusted. The GIANT TYPHOON FANS, as the hot weather sets in, are perfectly performing their function of keeping a steady current of FRESH WASHED AIR flowing into each of our various amusement centers. This, as the Capital has learned in past sea- sons, means that our METROPOLITAN, YORK, AVENUE GRAND and other theaters—includ- ing the SAVOY and APOLLO, with their de- lightfully spacious gardens—will be the COOL- EST SPOTS in the city when other amusement places become unbearable welters of stifling. It is worth trying. - HARRY M. CRANDALL that lies immediately ‘We are not in the conduct of our night work, in order not be distyrbed, the and SPLENDID fun of being comforte o) jleading role in A. H. Wond' After watching the work of Ma Servoss for over a year, David Bels co has pldced her under contract for & number of vears. She will appear in a new play in the near future. Having closed ‘“Tangerine,” Sanderson will make a short the Keith circuit as a songs and dances. Julia ur of ‘single,” doing Sessue Hayvakawa, the Japane motion picture star, who is to appea: next season-in a new play under the management of the Shuberts, and WV ter Jordan left last week for California to resume film work e r Helen MacKellar will appea five weeks in Keith vaudeville tabloid version of Langdon mick's “The Storm.” In which_she ated the lcading role. The fire s is retained as originally played The Awful Truth.” by Arthur Richman, in which Ruth Chatterton ls now ‘appearing at the Columl Theater, San Francisco, is said to have scored a great success there The play was obtained by Gilbert Miller_for production next season by the Charles Frohman Company, and Henry Miller undertook to give it a preliminary production on the coast. > Lionel Atwell will appear in vaude- $iile under the Keith management this summer in a dramatic sketch by Edgar Allan Woolf. Ha will be supported by his ife, Katherine Mackey While rumors have thick and fast recentl renaming of the present George M Cohan Theater, in New York, the new name will not be attached to it until after the vlose of the engage- ment ‘of Bd Wynn in “The Perfect Fool.” It may be called the Commo- bean fying regarding m«i J. Hartley Manners' “The Anthem” will be produced at the Theater Antoine, in Paris, in the near future. with Mile. Marthe Regnier in the leading role. onal Henry Miller was elected president, George M. Cohan vice president, How- ard Kyle secretary and Ruth Chatter- ton treasurer at the annual meeting of the Actors’ Fidelity League last Ed Wynn is reported to have writ- ten a musical comedy based on the radiophone, entitled “Listening I which is to be presented next season. Charles Ruggles is to have | tion of an adaptati Leon from the G Leen called Flapper in the Family After Marylin Miller had m | announcement of her enga Jack Pickford Mr. Ziegfeld held a lengthy conference with her, and as a result the marriage has becn put off a vear, and perhaps forever, as her manager is opposed to the match. Dorothy Dickson, who has scored a big hit in the title role of “Sally,” in London, is to be seen in this country next season in the same part, in only the larger cities. More than seventy_five convalescent soldiers from Walter Reed: Hospital | will be the ‘guests of the management STARTLING STATEMENT MADE BY % ANNA MAUD: HALLAM Seem Almost Incredible lights at Poli's, convincing personality, praves Standing back of the foot- a charming,. she .bread-sweeping her statements, one at.a time. She will make you think .One, Two, Three Times, and your. life will seem new and every- thing possible. The dynamie way in which she will convince you that you can’ be some-, body will start you out to make a genius_of yourself. TODAY and TOMORROW ~ Your Last Opportunity i ATER ' > -“A SYMPHONY I ~ s FREE—COME 4: $ N DANCELAND” ‘With Mile. Juva Marconi and the Ballet Girls of Sylphland. A FEAST FOR THE EYE AND EAR. s & SEAMON 'Those eceentric fellows in BUNDLES OF NONSENSE In a farce comedy “THE MASTER MOVE" -CONNORS & ®)n a dainty comedy offering “A YARD OF LACE” Vaudeville’'s Funniest Clowns in Acrobatic Comiealities in “KISSED” FIRST TIME SHOWN t Glen Echo Park Tuesday for an “open house” at all the attractions, so far as these boys are concerned. After they have made the tour of the park they aill be taken in charge by members of the Sisterhood of Eighth Street Temple. headed by M Harry ‘W. Hahn, and treated to “eats and goodies.” Fannie Brice ig giving round the World” in Keith vaudeville. The songs were written by Blanche Mer- rill. ¢ The first emplove of Keith's to reap | for his heirs the: benefit of the em- ployes' insurance plan adopted by the Keith management is William Clemons, the ‘aged caretaker of the promenade lounge of the theater, who died last week at his home in Dean- wood Heights. His two daughters will recelve the proceeds. - Clamons was for years with the: Metropolitan Club, and then became one of the Keith force. his services covering about four years to the day of his death. Billy Miller and Steve Champlin, \who _wrote “Hard-Boiled Hampton’ for Harry Holman, are working on another comedy for the popular come- an. Francis X. Rushman and Beverly Bayne are ‘doing a satirical comedy. “Poor Rich Man,” by Edmund Burke. Keith it is ‘now announced. will kee; open all summer, from May 29 I.unt 28, the beginning of the son. Otis Skinner, .accompanied by Mrs, Skinner, sailed for Europe yesterday from New York. He will be seen on tour next sedason in a revival of Booth Tarkington's “Mister Antonio.” “A Gentleman’s Mother,” by Martin Brown, will be placed in rehearsal this week by Sam H. Harris. = The cast will include Jeanne Eagles, Elizabéth Risdon and others. “Enjoy . the Week-End at COLONIAL . BEACH «Washington's Atlantic City” _Steamer .St. Johns . Leaves 7th Street Whart milga, June 4, 9A. M. Good Sundsy Omly), $1.50 ((gou e 0-Mile Moonlight Trig: , FREE DANCING RAIN OR SHI! Bvery Evening’ axoept Sunday at 7:15 p. m. ! T e e Wo. Mixs Peggy Wood's frock of white ince trimmed with ribbon. BY ELEANORE DE WITT EBY. MISS WANDA LYON transformed = herself into a brunette last week ¥ the role of Mme. Lisa Della “Enter, Madame." As th® that of a grand opera to pl Kobbla, in character is singer who has the tastes of an em- | press, her gowns were appropriately nd elegant, more so, in fact, those of . Miss Varesi in the tion. Miss Lyon has eturned to tllis coun- »ifurn of several years vari than original v recent try after a s prod abroad, and quite a few pf her gowns | TR, (RS FIEAUIE | gown was of | trimmed with | are creations of the leading “Parisian houses. L0 The exquisite neglige which is sketched comes frem Paquin, and the design is o unusua most be worn for Geranium pink velvet is foundation. fashioned with n evening frock. for the tight bandeau hodice and.a draped skirts caught in a large bouffant bow at one side. A cascade of velvet falls from this modified bustle to vary the line of the skirt, and also to gonceal a slit which facilitates walfing in the tight garment. Bl#ck chantll lace is folded over the shoulders and arms a coatee le at the back to a long. graceful train fhe velyet ce fasfen the ~ center frong. and FILMO HEN Gloria Swanson ar- rived in London recently Punch published.a rather neat jest abdut her. pointed out that she acrived last Mon- day after a rather rough voyage across the Atlantic, but it is under- stood that there was no report that she cabled home to the follow- {ing .message: Monday." George Fawcett, veteran ehargeter actor, who recently signcd a vear's contract to appear in Paramount pic- tures, has been added 1o the cast of “The Old Homestead™" as the old skin- flint in the picture. Egward Brady will play the role of the constable. The cast_so far includes Theodore Roberts,, T. Roy Barnes, Fritzie Ridge- way, Harrigon Ford and Ethel’Wales. James Cruze will handle the mega- bhone for this production. : Did Lawrence Barrett ever’play in comedy? Perhaps 99 peopla out o 100 would sa: that Mr. Barrett at no time dropped below the serious dramatic plane ‘of his Shakespearean triumphs.’ But here comes Ruby La- fayette with evidence to the contrary, for the seventy-eight-year-old char acter actress, now in “Borderland, declares she played with Mr. Barrer in a play in which he had quite light and vivacious role. The art of dving gracefully, with- out: meaning to be flippant about what has been called “the great ad- venture,” Is being practiced daily by Bebe Daniels and Jaqueline Logan t the Lasky_studio, for both of these {voung ladies“suffer the first."dehths” of their motion picture career in their current - productions. Finding out that they had the task in common, they are “working it up” together. Bebe is featured in “Pink Gods, a Penrh¥n_Stanlaws production, while that it might al- | It velvet and black Iace. a shower of long jet bead strings fglls from ghe walst to the skirt hem to, add the final touch. A _second neglige worn by Miss Lyon was,of jade green chiffon over a foundation of Ilight | Beorgette. The latter material forméd a simple slip, ornamented with piping |of a slightly deeper pink appliqued green chiffon was cut in the form of |a long, loose coat. with wide man- darin sleeves edged with curled os- | trichy i® the same shade. Panels of |siivét lacé were used for further decoration, .and the hem was bor- dered with ostrich to correspond with | that on the slecves. black Canton crepe, tiny self.material rosebuds. The bodice ,had a bateau neck, and short sleeves finished with long angel cuffs. while the skirt was trimmed with a single side panel, one point of which aimost touched the floor. Her chapeau was of black maline, with a fluffy feather pompom at the front, and her wrap was of black satin, accor- dion pleated. Miss Dorothy McGrew, in the same ccmpany, became a blond to enact the part of the cleger widow. Her | first frock was a semi-tailored mode of beige crepe. and her dinner gown, | worn in the second act, was of hemna- olcred crepe. with large tulle pan- | niers at the sides and trailing tulle ! panels £ Mis: star Peggy Wood, the deinty littie of “Buddies” and “Marjolaine." GRAMS “Jdckie” has an important role with George Melford in “Burning Sands.” May McAvoy has a brand-new oar. Five minutes after it was delivered she had it in front of Lois Wilson's | house w take *her for a drive. They | started toward the beach and the sky | became overcast. - Rain threatened. | May fidgeted and looked worrfed. It began May turned to Lois.* “Lo sprinkle. “What {s it. dear?" Long silence, while May look= rtian and slowed-down. “Lois—let's go back and iihish our drive in your c . | Even-a dog wil] recognize and hate a villain! So Clarence Burton found to his difcomfiture when scenes were being filmed for “The Man Uncon- querable.” Burtop's make-up as the bad man in the story was so realistic that after a fight scene with Jack Holt one ofethe dogs, taken down for atmosphere in the scenes, made a dive at the heavy man's leg-and left the marks of his teeth thereon. “It's bad: enough to always be in Temarked ‘but when even the dogs get mad and attack e, then I maintain that a”screen villain leads a hard ife! Evén “the stars” have changed their points of view. Wanda Hawley, Paramount star, goes on record as saying that a good role in a strong story, no matter i€ other equally well known people dre*in the cast, offers greater opportunities than stardom. Miss Hawley has an important role in George Melford's “The. Womah Who Walked Alon€,” which features Dor- othy Dalton and Milton Sills. After four vears in comedy, in which she was a target for custard pies, Dale Fuller has turned to drama. She was the maid in “Foolish Wives," and now she plays the role of an 1850 maid in “Borderland,” Agnes Ayres’ latest picture. Bolsheviks Retdrn Jewels. HEODORE KOSLOFF, Russian dancer and cinema actor, it is claimed, has Henefited to the extent of over_ $30,000 in the recent return by the Russian bolshevik government of jewels and property confiscated five yeirs ago. Kosloft's married sister, Mrs. Tonya Otradinsky,” writes from Moscow that among_the things returned are val- hable_gifts geceived by the dancer from European rovalty. These include a gold watch with the Russian eagles, presented by the last Czar Nicholas: 4 pair of rare moonstone cuff links also the gift of the czar; silver plat for 24 persons. the present of Grand Duke Vliadimir: a large ruby stickpin from the Grand Duke Sergius, and emerald cuft links from' Lady Evelyn Guiness A Mr. Kosloff, who is now working at the Lasky studio with Betty Comp- 590 Jn & new picture entitied “To ave and To Hold,” has hopes; it is said, that the return of the jewels may be followed by a release of his other properties in and around Mos- cow to-a total of over $1,000,000. ‘When s the bolsheviks took _control they . confiscated a twenty-four-flat apastment house he owned in Moscow d a forested country place valued n_itself at $200,000. & It is not Rnown whether it will be o0ssible for .the recavered jewels:to e brought to America. Permission to ‘travel has been granted his two sisters, Tonya Otradinsky and Nadya Krutikoff, and his .niece, Aleshi’(a Kratikoff, but it is uncertain whether they will be permitted to bring the jewels with them. - - Famouis Plea Fruitless. SONT sive up the ship.” This time this was not the ap- of the famous Perry, but Clar- ence Burton's instructions, and he found them _difficult to carry . out, especially when the ship gave him up—by sinking. Burton, together with a gang of men ‘Who took the parts of pearl dw- ers, was in command ef a pearling tug in the new Paramount picture, “The Man Unconquerabl, As tsual, Burton was the villain. Jack Holt, the star of the picture, in an armed the star Of the P MOUNT VERNQN AND Alexandria, round trip “Adlingtcn, Side Tetp. 10c additional. Electrie cars leave 12th and Pennsylvanls morthwest the hou: haf- peal |1aunch gave him battle. Presently the tug commenced to sink, faster than lhegflh;d intended. “Stick to it!" yelled, Joseph Hena- bery, the director, hurrying to get the close-ups. But béfore he could arrive on the scene the tug had gone under. ‘The only glose-ups he secured were of Burton and his pearl divers splash- ing about on the surface trying to remove their clothes 3o that they could reniain afloat. One of the deck hands .on the photographer's boat stood by with a bodt hook to pull them put when they ehowed signs of going'down for ‘the.third: time. ° * In order to get & good “shot” of the sinking boat it was necessary to drag it by chains to shallow water at high tide' and .repair It at low tide. For four days a crew of laborers.worked at the job; then they eat di edly on' the: _while ‘ti the Mine Wanda Lyon's neglige of pink | flesh-colored | in a conventional Grecian design. The | 1 un-| . Miss Mary Dunean’ taffeta, worn at Kelth's. characterizations. Evidently she ob- impersonation of a “flapper” the fringe of the tweed hem dangled over the tops of her galoshes. The frock illusirated was a_picturesque affair of white lace and ribbons, with an old-fashioned sash tying at the baek. The bodice was made with shawl- like folds of lace draped over a rib- bon-trimmed vestee of sheer white material, €0 that short sieeves were simulyted and a square neck line given the frock. The skirt consisted of three successive flounces of lace, each one circled with two foids of ribbon, one wide, the other narrow, and the lowest flounce hung to the ankles. Miss Wood also appéared in a quaint | Normandy costume. worn in “Bud- dies,” as a “vamp" and finally as a crinoline girl with a huge pink taf- feta hoop skirt and dainty lace panta- lettes. Miss Mary Duncan, another Kaeith star, wore the gown sketched at the right of the illustration. It was of light vellow taffeta, worn with a long sash and plcture hat of French blue. The “bodice was cut to -include shoulder straps, and trimmed with ne self-material frilling, while the skirt, which was wired out at the hips. also showed rows of tiny taffeta ruffies. Miss Gertrude Mood other ‘member of the team, wore a Zown of the same pattern, developed n gray and rose. with a large hat bordered with rose ostrich fronds, - NEXT WEEK'S PHOTOPLAYS. gton pres of “Foolich Tives." the million-donas production, by Eric von Stroheim. Palace. “Across the Continent,” Rialto. f_;“0‘.‘-.-" the Border, Gilbert Parker's short story. “She of jthe Triple Chevron,” and featuring Betty Compson and Tom Moore. { Metropolitan. R‘ichaflrd Barthelmess. in his First National release, “Sonny." Crandall's. Kenneth Harlan, Gaston Glass, Al | Lake, Rosemary Theby, Noah Beery and Wallace Beery, in the screen ver- sion of James Oliver Curwood's I Am e Law,” and “The Man Who Married His- Own Wife featuring Frank Mayo. A Bee Story; ESLEY RUGGLES, the director of “Wild Hondy,” was called upon to direct Priscilla Dean in a scene | which would show the girl's fright Iwhen a wild bee crawled across her upper lip. The scene was to be pho- tographed at close range and there was every necessity for Miss Dean to register dismay of the most authen- tic sort. Mr. Ruggles had rehearsed his star meveral times without the Bae. and then he announced himself ready for the real thing. The property man led in the bee—a real, pedigreed apidae-— with the assurance that he had -mno stinger at all. Just as the camera started to grind on the real “take.” Ruggles shouted: “Quick, everybody; we've goj the wrong_ bee!. He'll sting her. Take him off!" The star went.into a pamic, then collapsed, and the bee was uncere- montously brushed from her face and sailed off into the California air. When Miss Dean recovered enoigh to hunt for her director she found him doubled up with mirth, for the bee had been quite harmless, but Ryggles had obtained the expression he was seeking. " business of relieving for a few hours the troubles and worries of a busy wprld,” say W. J. Ferguson, “it is a matter of extreme gratification that the cinema has made it possible for us to amuse, felax and educate millions where before our scope was limited to but a few thousands.” Mr. Ferguson, who was on the stage of Ford's Theater when Lincoln was shot, has. appeared before some 2 000,000 playgoers in the course of over half @ century as a player. To- day he is working In “To Have and to Hold," a George Fitsmaurice pro- duction for Paramount. When it 1s released to thousands of theaters simultaneously all over the world 1t |tlo is estimated more people will see his work in two or three days than dur- ing fifty-séven years of personal stage appearance Figures of this sort expréss vividly the tremendous difference in scope | between the speaking stige and the screen. On the stage Mr. Ferguson could appear before .only ane audi- ence at a time, varying between few hundred to two or three thou- sand. On the screen his visage will be flllh_e},beloro millions on the same day. nd he was placed on Miss Dean's lip frock of yellow | ence of Chin appeared at Keith’s in -a series ofd ament jects to short skirts, for even in her |y y | 100ks heavy MUSEMENTS [Reviews of New Books THE GREAT ADVENTURE AT + WABHINGTON; The Story of the Conference. By Mark Sullivan. Ti- lgstrations by, Joseph Cummings hase. New * York: Doubleda: Page & Co. telling the story of the Wash- ington conference,- Mark Sulli- prime purpose wi ously, to catch this historic event alive, #0 to speak, and te hold it in #o far as ingenulty.could devise, to ts original intensity of form gnd color, of action and deep significance. A'greatly worth-while purpose, this, since that ‘conferencey marked one of the big moments of history, and pointed an epoch-making change in international ways of doing business The problem of this author was how to keep the “big adventure” vital in its own peculiar personality, so that the -reader, far removed from it in either time or space, might, never- theless, find_himself thrilling ‘to the tremendous drama of the event, might find himself eagerly supporting its measures and tonclusions. as eac American must do to the limit of his power. Just how to achieve this? And then Mr. Suilivan accomplished it by taking each notable day's work of the conference while it was still hot with action, and setting it down, literally, before it had had time to cool. Under whis admirable plan readers get the full impact of the ‘grea fe-creates the settin conference bulldin, e - tables set for delegates, the gallery, crowd. the phalanx of press men. This is the stage for one man—Charles Hughes. Graphically, % little solemmly, Mr. Sullivan re-enacts that memorable scene, where, in no time at all, the ry of State demolished tra- dition, sunk battleships and opened the doors to an intermational business that conforms to the clvilization of which we are so proud. From this opening scene Mr. Sulliyan moves for- ward in the transcription of notable events—this crisis, that agreement. another c another readjustment —all of them marked by patience and comprehension, by fair dealing and some splendid co-operation, tii}. final- 1 the conference ended in triumph Comprehendingly. Mr. Sullivan deals with every phase of the event—the sensitiveness of France, the hesi tions of Japan; the nefvous the fine, the magnifi- cently fine, support of England. Tt is all here, a living transcript of the conference for the limitation of arm- Mr. Sullivan has a lot of y and conscience, too. These 8. but, happily, he does not al- low these estimable qualities to stop the story. Some time—a hundred vears from now. or fifty. or twentv—a philosophic historian will write gbout the conference. But no one of these remote dates- can produce the vivid. picturesque. thrilling story that this journalist, this eye-witness, has been able to construct. - ¢ SAINT TERESA. By Harrison, author of “Queed Boston: Hbughton Miffiin Compan The new novel feels Heavy and Just another bit of evidence going to prove that ap- pearances aré likely to be decei # As a matter of falt, the story coff- tains not a single gull half page nor it is on a theme "that can, by any stretch of the imagination be classed with the heavy-weights. On the con- trary It Is vital, realistic, dramatic modern—striking in appeal and eur- prising in treatment. Saint Teresa— a name of'mockery instead of praise —is a young woman of today with positive characteristics and ideals The story itself ir set in war %ime— just about at the sinking of the Lusitania—when emotions wens at the highest, pitch. Saint Teresa is a pacifist—sné has worked out her be- lief exhausti and. <6 she save sclentifically. TInmcidentally, she is the owner and master, =6 to speak. of a steel plant that had been turning out munitions. In accord with her prin- cipl#§ fhe girk fhuots off the munition making. You can imagine what this act, at this time, did to the standing mod adapted from Sir | climax? third | down Screen and Stage Audiences|s a player with real pride in his|many | Corbier also. of Staint Teresa, most modern of all our modern ‘women Pitted agalnst this “pro-German™ it a man—who is just as much man as she is a woman. the million-dollar | 3" splendid pair_ for an author to creats. He must be enormously proud of them. He should be. Through this medium of personal power and war-time stress the two move t the latest t starring. production for Wallace Reld. | mog thr women. 2o slowly, however. So slowly, however. that almost to the last minute it looks like deadly enmity—as in reality. love iz =o likely to be. Astonishing Rather. Any lover might be excused for a moment of surprise to be knocked down and mauled the hands of the lady fair—and he is a real man, too! A fine and masterly fellow—jyst as Teresa, despite tf evide: against ‘her. is a oman toe: The st thus rough! and scantily outlined, sounds like a mere feat of strength or skill on the author's part Instead. it is based on the fundamgntal varities of man and woman, and carried out with great Insight and perfect artistry. NENE. By Ernest Perochon. New York: George H. Doran Company. A story of French peasint life, win- ning the Academy prize of 1920. A heart-breaking story. deeply and poig- nantly beautiful. Its beauty lies, large- ly, in its transparency. Each word is a tiny crystal through which one sees the workings of the human heart. Its tragic quality rests in the mother-love and man-love of Madeleine, “Nene.” This peasant girl of France went to. work in the house of Michael Corbier, 2 widower at thirty, with a farm to manage and two Babies on his hands. For the chil- dren she came.to have a frank passion, that expended itself in an amazing in- tefligence of care for them. In time she discovered—in secret shame and self-abasement—that she loved Michael Michael? Michael was never thinking of Madeleines When he came to think at ail it was of Vioiette. that flashing bewitchment of a girl. And, by the time that the plans of Vio- lette were ripe, the little children had became estranged from Madeleine and this it was, in reality, that broke the heart of the big, awkward mother-girl A story of surprising b#auty of form, of perfect fdelity to the human heart, of sound appraisal of man—qjust man, as such—of sympathy that holds itself true to a deep and bitter reality. The sin- cerity of this story is a well of jo PATCHWORK. By Beverley Nichols. ..{.‘;" York: Henry Tt & Co. A story of English university Iffe at Oxford, sinco the. war, represenis the outlook and aspiration wf young England. A group of®students ani- mate the characteristic scenes that make up this graphic story.=The new spirit of the place, a war-born spi is set oft @gainst the old Oxford in reminiscent touches of this-and that reat one Who exemplify the earlier fradition—Gladstone, Asquith and another. Following -the .uni- versity fortunes of one youth,.the story projects the tremendous enthu- slasms of the place, its honored -tra- ditlons, its _mellow atmokphere, ite Jovely physical aspect. To-:the Ox- onian, either in fact or in hope, the story will be a thing of déep inter- cst, by virtde of its_simple-amd sin- cere handling. TR CROME YELLOW. By Aldous Hux- ley, author of .“Limbo." etc. New York: George H. Dofag Company. Mr. Huxley préjects an Englsh house party here as a means of sup- plying personality to a few of the cryptic isms that possess the modern mind. . Sourced in this fashion, the bodk bears no relation to the story, tp narragjve. Rather is it a competi- n in diftussion—everybedy bent to the supreme enterprise of letting out what he thinks about the scheme or life, or of art, or of letters, or of the ucolic businiess of ralsing pigs. “At the-cénter of the group is Denis—so in self-consciousness and self- exaltation that, in few minutes, Denis becomes {nsufférable, where he might, with a slightly different turn, have .beén .a lovable- chap.’ This «is Denis: “It was two hours cut’ clean out .of his \Jife; two hours'in which he might,have done, so much, so much —writtén the perfect poem. for ex- w. or:read the one illuminating .7 and.®o on and so om. We all D —0 well that s not. in resisting _an Surgent impulse to shake him. Then there is Mary, filled up with repressed desires. about which she has just learned to be agonizingly conce.ned. And there are others—ali up to the minute in some quest of their own insides. As an in- terfor study the book is clover and acute. As a picture of the modern it is humorously illuminating. As & story—nothing at all. THE IVORY FAN. By Adrian Heard. w York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. This is the story of a young woman who, by way of making a break for liberty, runs away from an over-ex- acting mother, to take a fling at life in the south of France, with a capti- vating actar—and this, too, without benefit of clergy. Mind you, this i3 no ordinary elopement entered into by & common and conseienceless woman. Quite the opposite. The young woman IS of the upper kind—educated. thoughtful, and, of course, beautiful One's interest in the fact its:if is more or less distracted by his wonder- ment over the casual character of 1 unusual procedure. Nobody seems to be disturbed at the, certainly most unconventional, turn of the affair. Tae 8irl appears fo lose mo degres of caste, no degree of seif-respect. It is. concededly, a temporary arrangement —a simple expedient to securs the’ freedom on which her heart is set. And, by and by, the episode end The man goes his way, she goes hers. Then a perfectly nice man presents himself—knowing all about the ad venture—and the way to regular marriage opens. AJl this took place i the south of France. Maybe .hey do things differently at Nice, Maybe 5o. Still, one feels that the @utaor hax, inescusably, skimped the obloquy and disgrace that, just ndturally, zoes along with this particular kind of performance. And that is, to be sure, not plaving the game right, becaase that It a misleading attitude, likely to get innocent-minded readers into trouble, THE YEAR OF DELIGHT. By Mar- *+ garet Widdemer, author of “The Board Walk.” ete. New York: Har- court, Brace & Co, Delight js the gifl's name. The doc- tors have given her one year more 1o live. Out of the sky, 80 to speak. she inherits $6.000.000. Obviously of phile- ight turns to for one r’ @t least. Gathering about ittle group of companions, she goes hither and yon, buys estates, re- gardiess of the desire of the owners 1o sell. and otherwise comports herself as a dying girl with six million dollars in her hand might be expected to o, pro- vided one's expfctations are of the ac- commodating sort. The end of the year's adventure is obvious. The doc- tors were wrong. And in the mean- time Delight has achieved a lover. a host of friends and is jovousiy headed, when the fairy story ends. upon living happy ever after, as all good Cinde- rella’s do live after passing under the efficient ministrations of the good fairy THE BoDy 4% THE BLUE ROOM. By idney Williams. Frontispiece b J_Clipton Shepherd. Philadelph The Penn Publishing Compas The same old murder—not a soul 4n | sight. vet, the younz woman was done | for—obviously ~murdered . Then the same old quest hegan Everybody in house party sooner or later fall un- der suspicion. Over each new conjec- ture the familiar activity of pursuit fol- lowed. fading away irto final disrepute, merely 10 make way for a fresh suspec and mrenewal of the old prodigious ac- tivity. At the end tremendous surprise at the real criminal. In certain re- spects, however, this story differs from many. To the author's credit, one finds here not only believable pepple, but two o thres uncqmmonly interesting ones as well. And he does develop a sincers and pleasing romance in the midst of his other, and paramount, activities. In his conception of crime, its motives and detegiion, there is courage to his account, and a wide fing-of the imagi- nation. He dares to gather mysters from wide sources—a sirange airship o secretly manned; an orlental of fakerish tendencies who makes much of a cu- riously carved golden box housing a golden serpent, deadly in sudden ma- lignancy. These he adds to the com mon run. of eversday folki about murdering people reason at all. Well—the action keeps itself busy. never s:opping for a second The reader. t00. has to be more or less on the job to keep the run of this mys- terious case of murder. THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. The following list containe the names of gome new and interesting magazines now being received at the Public Librar: Recent accessions at the library lists of recommended reading wil pear in this column each Sunday reprinting of this material monthly builetin _has been rarily discontinued. NEW PERIODICALS OF IN- & TEREST. Reference Room. Discovery. A popular journal which discuseey recent developments and discoveries in all Relds of knowledge. The {llus- trations add interest. The Family. A magazine for the social worker, treating all_phases of work for the promotion of the welfare of the fam- ily. The official organ of the Ameri- can Association for Organizing Fam- ily Soctal Work. Our World. “Where goes the world? Tt will be the purpose of this magazine to en- deavor to find the answer to that hafiing question. The aim is to make the magazine a mirror which will ade- quately and-vividly reflect the move- ment of the drama of life in this, our world” So says the editor, Arthur Bullard. The first number appeared in April. 1922 The Small Home: ning. Building. Just the magazine for the man who is looking forward to a home of his own. The official publication of the Architects’ Small House Service Bu- reau of the United &, | con- trolled by the American Institute of Architect: I: gives practical advice for house building. with pians drawn by architects of high standing which nave beecn used and found practical and satisfactory. The first issue w for March, 1922, Induétrial Division. Raglio Broadcast. A monthiy magazine of the popular type. Has good material for amateur as well as Jtems of general interest i the radio fan. First issue, May, The in a tempo- Financing. Plan- How to Sell and What A moenthly magazine of direct sell- ing. It covers the entire selling fleld —selling _ insurance, selling from house to house, selling by mail ordes the specialty salesman and adverty ing. Is running & series of articles on The Science of Selling.” First issue, September, 1921, Dogdom. A monthly devoted exclusively to dogs of all breeds dog tanciers, bench shows and fieid trials. Conducts a question box. Practical Electrics. The publishers of the two popular magazines, Radio News angd Science and-snvention, have put ouf a third magazine devoted entirely to electric- ity. This magazine is being received with enthusiasm and bids fair to rival in popularity its cotemporaries. It covers the general field of electricity and has a section for the “junior elec- trician.’ LINCOLN—“The Creole Follies Revue. The Lincoln Theater announces as ts attraction for next week the ‘Creole Follies Revue” a musical comedy organization with a cas nd chorus of :fl)' singers. comedians and dancers and two carloads of special scenic effects. - ’ —_— Grace Moore, late prima donna of “Up in the Clouds." sailed yesterdar! from New York to visit England apd the:con She will be seert in & new pre on Broadway next et S5V