Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1922, Page 21

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Leather Collar Bags Flannel Night Shirts Clocked Wool Hose Kum-a-Part Links Wool Shirt and Drawers Umbrellas Caps $2f00 3 for $5.75 Eagle Famous Shirts W hite and Tan Shirts Angora Scarfs Silver Emblem Buckles Accordion Silk Hose Camel’s Hair Clocked W ool Hose Kum-a-Part Links Hatch One-Button Union Suits Iy " 3 for $7.15 Imported Silk Handmade Ties Knitted and Wool Mufflers Flannelette Pajamas Fine Felt Hats Warm Leather Gloves Cotton Ribbed Sweaters MONEY’S WORTH OR MONEY BACK A i i | | AMUSEMENTS POLI'S—“The Passing Show of 1922.” “The Passinz Show of 1922, direct from the New York Winter Garden, opened at Poli's last night and the initial performance was greeted by a capacity audience. Many times simi- lar productions have come to Wash- ington after touring the west, with the scenery and costumes much the worse for wear, but this time every- thing is new and beautiful and, the show iuself moves Illke well-oiled machinery. Besides the scenery and costumes, the jokes, songs, dialogue and situations are new and on a cor- responding level. and the revue holds the interest from start to finish.. “The S8how” Is in two ac* and twenty-five scenes, although one was purposely omitted last night. This scenc, “The Hairy Ape.” taken from a short-Hved play in New York, which proved something of a sensation, was deemed too raw for the palates of the Washington patrons. Willle and Eugene Howard head the present outfit, and their work demon- strated that they are still anfong the best in their line of work and lend “The Show” the necessary original |nnm'dy to make it a big success. Keepling close tab on the brothers, it was discerned that there was not a stale joke in their elaborate reper- toire of laugh producers. Stunts, quips, i all came over he footlights with pleas- {urable speed and unusual distinctive- ness. The rupporting company also is good. Fred Allen, who gives a short monologue while the stage is being reset, is an entertainer of exceptional ability. Then there are Sam Ash and Gertrude Lang. with unusually good voices; Janet Adair, in songs, with handsome costumes; Ethel Shutta, in jasz songs and dances; Danny Dare, a nimble dancer of original steps: George Anderson, George Hassell and many others. The specfalties intro- duced by the Lockfords, Mlle. Alcorn and the Mackweys add 1iaterially to the show. The book and lyrics of Harold At- teridge deserve praise for their origi- j nality, and the music of Alfred Good- man is of the sort necessary to such a production. Art Director Watson Barrett has put on many beautiful scenes, all of which are handled by J. C. Huffman and an efficient corps iof assistants without a hitch. -The augmented orchestra also came in for praise. Its almost perfect unison dem- onstrated the value of good music { when rightfully wafted to the per- formers and audience. An added fact of note is everything was over and the curtain dropped at 11:30. I { BELASCO—“Troubles of 1922 ! For weeks the Shubert un!t produc- tions here have been pretentlously | staged and gorgeously costumed. The production now under way at the i Shubert-Belasco. however, fails to measure up to its predecessors in i these respects. “Troubles of 1922 is j neither brilliant scenically nor !m&r(‘ sartorlally. and its book leaves much to be desired. | There are times, however. when the | show becomes diverting. The Courte- ! nay sisters, Fay and Florence, sing- | iers, appear frequently and never fall ,m please. They are easily the head- | liners of the production. In their first | {number they sing several charming {songs in the dialect of the southern negro, and each selection Is well iabove the ordinary. They are assistad by the Ultra String Quartet, which { would make an excellent act by it- ‘selr. The Courtenays do much to keep the final portion of the program from { becoming tiresome. Loule Le Blank, who. strangely, is not mentioned | prominently in the program, has a brand of humor all his own and de- serves a better chance to entertain. Audrey Evans Is in the cast, too, al- though she has an extremely minor part. Many here have seen Audrey i before. She is just as good to gaze i upon as ever. i George Jessel strives desperately to {be funny. but he never forgets he is 1 George Jessel. His comedy might be {better if his lines were in English. : There 1is little to be sald of the re- i mainder of the performance. PRESIDENT—'Abie’s Irish Rose.’ When a lttle comedy like “Abie's {Irish Rose.” despite the fact that it travelw over dangerous ground. can hold Washington interest for three weeks, folks will care little what the reviewer may say of it that isn't pleasant. Against commanding rivals, the President Theater last night tempted fate and presented the Presi- dent Players for the third week in { “Able’s Irish Rose"—this time with a inew Abie. but without the slightest {trace of abatement in interest. for the ! audience was large. full of laughter jand evidently -thoroughly delighted {with the human little play. Henry} {Duffy, who has been playing Abie | had to skip over to New York to se {about plavs and things. and Graham ( j Velsey caugint up the part where he | jleft off. He did it very well, and the | !announcement that he would alter-! {pate swith ‘Mr. Dufty in the partf throughout the remainder of the run | {of the play was not surprising. It 115 an excellent evening's entertain- | ment. STRAND—“Little Lord Roberts.” “Little_Lord Roberts.” the widely. known Lilliputian entertainer, and with the Joe De Koe troupe of acro- Date, late a feature at the New York { Hippodrome, divide first honors in the vandeville bill at the Strand Theater {this week. {_ The little actor-singer, who appears iin a character song scene, entitled i “Toyland,” delighted the large au- dlence. As he Is aided in his num. ber by “Santa Claus.” the act should prove popular with the young folks RO ; e N N WASHINGTON, D. C during the week. The De Koe tum- blers present a whirlwind exhibition of unusual acrobatic feats. They rvs'erl'e loudly applauded for their ef- orts. The entire show messures up well In quality of entertainment. Harry Edwards and Carrie Allen, in a “Tune and Dance Capsule,” were forced to sing, dance and continue their comedy chaiter until they were tired. Olive May and Jack Hill in a “musical fiir- tation,” “Stolen Kisses,” were popular, and both have excellent voices, and James McCormick and Eleanor Irv- ing, in Ben Ryan's comedy, “Telling the Truth,” offer a unique sKit, full of surprises. “The Half Breed,” Ollver Morosco's firat picture production, with Wheeler Oakman in the stellar role, is the screen feature. The story is a thrill throughout. short fiim features and orchestral music completed the blll Burton Holmes. At the Nallonal Theater yesterday afternoon, Burton Holmas, garbed in & “sartorial illustration of- celestial costume down to date,” gave the sec- ond of his travelogues—a beautifully described and pictured account of his adventure “Into China, Up the Yang- tze-Kiang.” Shanghai, with its Astor House, French Club and English tea and tennls served as starting point, with preliminary glimpses of the great river over which his audience was to accompany the lecturer “on the pow- ertul Merien, of the American West hina Navigation Company, through the rapids In the depths of the Yangtzc gorges” which he declared to be one of the supreme travel sen- sations of a lifetime. 2 To watch a junk fleet fighting its way up the raging waters—from the afterdeck of the Merien—the speaker #ald, was to give a breathiessly keen sense of the semi-tragedies of Sam- tion. For contrast, there ruising among the moun- which gave a moving “pano- rama of the upper Yangtze towns of another world.” until the city of Chungking broke through the mist. a Chinese Constantinople! There is « motion survey of this piled up eity where “going up town” means a trip | by a four-cooley-power chair into the | teeming corridors of a congested city of Cathay, where the population is a8 “close up as advisable,” and from which the only way out of is down by hand-power chair. A last and thrilling film reveals & jumble of drifting junks that carry Chungking's traffic “down the gorges—with a whirlpool finish. Betwecn these spectacular succes- sions of scenic splendors the route is enltvened with wonder lakes and lagoons, an oriental Venice, a falry | island. ~ palaces of yesterday, a | wonastery hidden in the forest and | an uncanny castle of precious stones, wherc halt is made for the lesson it teaches. Interspersed at every step ! are the unexpectedness of types. cus- ' toms. glories and what coaventlonal civilization would call the ignorances ' of a world so different from our own. The lecture was repeated last night instead of this afternoon Mr. Holmes will close his coursc ® xt Sunday with Japan.” Photoplays. Doone.” “Lorna Doone” as picturized by | Maurice Tourneur ard acted by an| excellent cast, was shown at Cran- | dall's Metropolitan Theater yesterday | | METROPOLITAN—“Lorna | | SNeonamwe nf “Lafcadia Hearn's Cnfamiliar | : ., MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1922, ot ¢ VL ENSEWBLE WIS OVATIN AT CONGERT Josef Kaspar Group Features Pro- gram at Central High Com- maunity Center. Another record-breaking crowd that filled every available seat in the audi- torlum heprd the program given by the Washington Community Music Assocla- tion, under the direction of Robert Lawrence, at Central High Community Center last night. The entertainment was the sixth Sun- day nlgnt sing to be conducted under | the auspices of the assoclation. Sev- | eral unique features were included, the principal one of which was the selec- tion at random of a_ huge chorus by Director Lawrence. The singers, once upon the stage, rendered several well known numbers In a manner that sug- gested continuous training. Solos by Paul Bleydon and duet numbers by Helen Harper, soprano, and Thelma Smith, ~contralto, were loudly applauded, the singers respond- Ing to meveral encores. The distinctive fcature of the even- ing. however, was the work of the Josef Kaspar violin ensemble in its initial bow to the public. The playing of the boys and girls evoked much fa- vorable comment from music critics present. and the juvenile performers were given an ovation. As usual, the community singing by | the entire audience. under the direction of Mr. Lawrence, came In for its full share of enjoyment, and as each con- cert is presented this feature shows marked improvement. The seventh of the Sunday night sings will be held next Sunday night, when a special program will be pre- sented. —_— One Worry Postponed. From the Boston Transcript. “Wonder why it is customary have weddings in June?” “So that the young couple won't have the coal problem to start off with, I suppose.” CASTORIA For Infants and Children inUse ForOver30 Years (LT P e et Join Our 1923 to] BOYCOTT VERA CRUZ. Stevedores’ Strike Forces Liners to Put In at Tampico. VERA CRUZ, December 11.—The strike situation in Vera Cruz, due to the excessive demands of the nteve- dores, has caused the various steam- ship_companies, including the Ward and Munson lines, to cut off Vera Cruz as a port of call and make Tampico their l‘:’rmlnll. Il;cur:l:l to mnews- puper advices receive ‘Tha national railways are sald to have equalized rates, 5o as to permit of shipments from Tampico to Mexico glty on the same basis as from Verw rus. Vera Cruz is reported as having been commercially dead during the past week, owing to strikes, which are said to be spreading. —_—— Mrs. C. E. Fritts of Kansas City is the pastor of four rural churches. GLASS TOPS CUT TO YOUR ORDER FOR GIFT TABLES AND DESKS AT LOW PRICES “The CLEANED etc. ALSO GLASS Enamels for Radiators, I Paints and ail other paint supplies of reiiable Christmas Preparations —for brightening-up everything about the house call for just such a convenience as Handy Rub” . 1 Made of high-grade oil-tanned chamois— fits the hand (also protects it)—conforms to the surface of the article to be DUSTED, or POLISHED. Ideal for Furniture, Woodwork, Autos, Brass, Nickel, “HANDY RUBS” only 25c Wall Tints, Rooi quality at Specially Low Prices. 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