Evening Star Newspaper, February 25, 1923, Page 51

A NATIONAL—Music Box Revue, evening. POLI'S—"The Bat,” mystery play. GARRICK—Garry McGarry Piayers, comedy. evening. PRESIDENT—"Buddies, evening. KEITH'S—Irene Franklin, vaudeville. afternoon. BELASCO—"Spice of 1922,” Shube: COSMOS—Washington Style Show, vaudeville. tomorow afternoon. STRAND—Virginia Pearson, vaud GAYETY faids of America,” b RAM'S HEAD PLAYERS~“L’Enfant ‘Wednesday evening. NATIONAL—“Music Box Revue.” “The Muslc Box Revue” coming to the National Theater tomorrow even- ing differs from other revues. It Is | declared not only beautiful in a su- perlative egree, but it is genuinely funny; also it has won international tame 'and become the outstanding novelty sensatfon of the day, with {ts faeclnating intimacy, Spontaneous fun and entranclng music. For sheer loveliness, for clever satire and for haunting melodies it is said to stund 1 2 class by itself, the last word in revies—a veritable revué of revues. | Although over a hundred people are | employed in its interpretation, the ! ‘ntimacy of the “Muslc Box Revue” is always malitalned. A few of the star players are Willlam Colller, Flor ence Moore, Joseph Santley, Ivy Sawyer, Ethelind Terry, Solly Ward, Hugh Cameron, Paul Frawley, Mlle Marguerite, Rose Rolanda, Renle ' Riano, the Brox Sisters, Chester Hale, Carlos and Inez. Dorothy Ruggles. | Frank Gill. Ada Boshell, Mary Mllford and the Muslc Box girls, It would take colul | the rich draperies, wondrous settings | and beautiful costumes. It be | shown here just as it was sliown at the Music Box Theater in New York. In “The Legend of ths Pearls” scene | a dozen young women are shown on | a darken atage bedecke: A strings | of luminous pearls filled v s to describe | th a spe- | cial chemical compound fnvented by AL Ford of Paris, Suddenly the house and stage lights are turned com- pletely off, and these pearls cast a soft, luminous radlation. The effect against the blackness is especially effective. POLI'S—"“The Bat.” ““The Bat' begins a return engagement this evening at Poli's Theater, showing the continued interest created all over the world in this mystery thriller. It vun of more than two years in New York city was the first tiing to attract attention. Since then even more telling tokens of the play's value have been given the public. The company Which is to appear here recently completed a tour of the famous “Subway Circuit” in New York ecity, composed ' of popular-priced theaters within a radlus of a few miles of the downtown section. At one of these theaters, it s said, so great was the crush at the box office that a second box office had to be opened to relleve the pressure. At another the manager was wise enough to open’ his “advimce sales three days ahead of scheduled ! time. His theater was sold out solid | for the entire two weeks of the cngage- | ment before the opening performance, ! Wagenhals & Kemper, producers of “The Bat,' were dumfounded at_this local response. Mary Roberts Rine- hart and Avery Hopwood, the authors, both Inquired at first if several ciphers had not been added accldentally to the figures. It was tho most satisfactory evidence that “The Bat” had lasting aqualities. The company to appear here includes Norma Phillips, “Robert Gleckler, Julia Stuart, Herman Lieb, Ursula Ells- comedy with music. T THE THEATERS THIS WEEK. musical show. Opens tdmorrow Opens this evening. =~ Opens tomorrow Periormance this New show opens tomorrow rt vaudeville. Opens this evening. New show opens eville. Opens this afternoon. urlesque. Opens this afternoon. Prodigue.” = Performance self with a temporary “husband” lead the actior In a mase of hilarious com- | him. The girl's efforts to provide her- | plications. | | KEITH'S—Irene Franklin, At Keith's this week headliners sim- | pIy overload the*program which opens | at_tomorrow's matinee. Irene Franklin, Inimitable creator of character songs, ill head the list. She | needs no explanatory remarks. As a singer of typically American songs she as a writer of | cs she occuples a -’ she has been doing it so successfully for the past twelve years that her abli- ity to continue 1s.no longer doubted. Paul Specht and his “Masters of Syn- | ymphonles” arc new to the | two-a-day, but after the tremendous | hit they made at the Palace in New | York, it was decided to route them out f town so that the rest of America might really come to know what *jazz"* is n its true sense. Specht has been | acclaimed as even greater than White- man. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Barry will come | with a new act. “The Scandals of Hensfoot Corner’’; the Four Camerons will present. t latest skit, “Like | Father—Ltke Son"; the Choy Ling Heo troupe of Chinese magiclans will offer ! am fzing feats of oriental chicanery and widardy; Travers und Douglas, clever | and cunning, huve their own especial | brand of entertainment to dispense: | B. C. Hilliam, composer of “Buddles,” | returns with all his old songs and a few | new ones, and Begee and Qupee prom- ise an act as enhancing as their names are curlous. BELASCO—"Spice of 1922.” “Spice of 1922 ‘the Independently produced extravaganza which was a t |sensation of the New York Winter | Garden last summer, Has been taken over for Shubert vaudeville and will! be the attraction at the Belasco The-| ater this week., beginning with the matinee this afternoon. i “Spice of 1922" i a Parisian type! of revue, in two parts and thirty scenes. It has been described as the speediest show ever produced fin' America. It was staged by Allen K. Foster, associated for many years: with the Winter Garden, and its book, | by Jack Lait, is declared witty and satirical and “up to the minute.” One of its high lights is a satire on “Lilies of the Field.” It was originally pre- sented by Arman Kallz, who will be seen again In the production. The! lttie..sketches with which “Splce” abounds are full of laughs and the specialties e diversified. Tn additio , the company recruited for vaudevilic includes Bren- del and Bert, Hastoura, Sam Hearn, Alice Ridnor. Johnny Berkes, Flor- ence Brown, Lvelyn Downing, Beity! Jones, Dolly Suarez, Martha Thropp| and a chorus of forty Broadway| beauties. The original admission scale was $3.50 and at the Shubert vaudeville prices the show is now rated a sensa- tlonal amusement bargain. The show will_conclude its Washington engage- ment_with two performances Sunday, worth,” Charles _Gotthold, _Courtney White, Arthur J. O'Keefe, Robert Stev- ens and Robert Barrat. GARRICK—Garry McGarry Play- ers. “My Lady Friends,” which will be| presented all this week, beginning to- | morrow night, by the Garry McGarry Players at the Shubert-Garrick, 1s said to be a helpful little play deal- ing with lite’s lighter side. ~The chief character, played by Jack Norworth as guest’ star for the week, is the head of a Bible publishing firm, who has had the good fortune to be sfic- cesstul in business and in the con- duct of his home, presided over by a loving wife. Bubbling with benevo- lence, this biblical Babbit aspires to be the working girl's tri¢nd, the Sa- maritan with ointment for the poor flapper struggling through the win- ter without silk underwear or the en- couraging warmth of a jeweled neck- lace. So it comes to pass that on one of these missions of love a sweet Little Eva comes into his lite and his Zood nature is pillaged to the extent of furnishing her an outing she has always longed for. And then—the complications. As_ James ‘Smith, who calls_the whole feminine world his neighbor, Norworth has a role which s said to fit him to a nicety. The play is an- nounced as racy without being risque, Jessie Arnold, Frances Laughton, Eltsabeth Ross, Mitchell Harrls and Clifford Gowing will be seen in the supporting roles. An added house feature will the mezzanine orchestra at all performances. PRESIDENT—"Buddies.” The President Players, under the direction of Arthur Leslie Smith Henry Duffy, will open a second week at” the President -tonight at $:20 o'clock In George V. Hobart's dell, ful comedy with music, “Buddle which has scored one of the outstand- ing successes of the year during the past week. For this week's engagement the ochief feminine role played last week by Miss Eileen Wilson will be enact- ed by Miss Wanda Lyon, well known to stock in this city, who will make her debut-tonight as the new leading woman of the President Players, Mis Wilson having closed her engagement 1ast night to take a rest. “The ‘cast grouped about Miss-Lyon Includes George Bweet, one of the preminent juvenile players in-musical comedy; Henry Duffy, light comedian; Miss Lee Patrick, Robert Lowe, Anna Sutherland, Guy D'Ennery, Harry Shu- tan snd Mardfe Meakin. An augmented orchestra under the direction of Meyer Goldman wiil fn- terpret B. C. Hilllam's splendid acore, while the “Buddies” double-quartet will be a featur The story concerns the efforts of & 171 to circumvent the plans of a “r—uhmn to oast discagdit upon the mow of her brother—a dead war Rero—In.order to force her to marry March 4. COSMO0S—“Washington Style Revue.” A rare and extraordinary attraction il “distinguish the Cosmos Theater bill this week. Monty Brooks' latest and speclally constructed “Washing- ton Style Revue” a surprise act, teaturing John Dyer, Alice Lorraine. a_ charming prima donna, and Jack Collins, comedian, with a bevy of; Broadway beautles selected for their | unusual charm, will not only be a verltable style show, but a spectacu- lar singing entertainment, with many other attractive features, including an | array of the latest Parisfan and Amer- | lcan costumes, millinery creations and Iingerle effects such as might delight any heart feminine. But. independ- ently and as @ distinctive feature, will_come with it a rare innovation n that each of the six matinee and six_evening performances during the week some maid or matron will be the reciplent free of cost and with no em- barrassing _conditions attached, of & handsome gown worth from $50 to $75, or a millinery hat creation of the latest mode worth from $15 to $25, or & set of costly lingerle fit to adofn a bride. These gifts all will be provided by S. Kann Sons Company. The usual standard Cosmos- vaude- ville and picture bill will be present- 4, Including Kubelick and Carlo, & musical oddity: Leo Greenwood and company, presented by Hugh Herbet. in & farce comedy entitled “Business 1s Business”: King and Irwin, burnt- cark entertainers, In “Darktown Fol- Tles.” and Rellly, Feeney and Reflly. Irish lads. in songs, comedy, dances and merry chatter, together with an act not yet ready for announcement. The photoplay attraction. will be d | the first Washington showing of “The the screen version of a alr Lewls, author of It concerns a weird figure that keeps a nightly vigil and responds to all onlls for assistance. - In_ this way it fur- thers and helps a singular romance. The Movie Chats and the International News plstu"l are shown also, . STRAND—Virginia' Pearson, Both vaudeville and photoplay pro- this week at the Strand Thea- for. beglnning with & matines today, Wil be liluminated by Virginia Pear- son, popular star of the stage and - Three years ago Miss Pearson de- serted the silent drama to launch upon & vaudeville career.. She returned to plctures far.a.short time, however, to complete “Wildness of. Youth,” which is. .the photoplay attraction’ of the current bill. - Miss Pearson also-comes ae_the vaudeville headliner, and.her offering is one of real entertainment. BShe has a fine singing.voice and wral vocal selections will-be included in_her act Nancey - Boyer, ‘assisted by Henry of 3 Ghost Patrol. ory. by B8l ain Street. and ‘hol“( a WASHING ADELE. MCHATTON PEGGY REEVES a1d CLEMENTINE > JENNINGS -~ National WANDA: LYON ~ Pres Something About Hassard HASSARD SHORT has been favor- ably known as a stage director for some years, but he has gained interna- tional fame for his art, imagination and inventiveness in staging the Music Box Revue, which has been pronounced the most famous show in America. Mr. Short was born in Lincolnshire, England, not so long ago. He was edu- cated at Charter House, Surrey, and made his stage debut in London, where he appeared In the companies of Beer- | bohm Tree and Weedon Grossmith. and at_the Drury Lano Theater. He next joined the forces of Charles Frohman, for whom he played in Lon- don for two years, and was brought to Ameriea by Mr. Frohman to appear With John Drew in “Smith.” ‘Among the plays in which he has ap- peared were “The Man From Home.” TON, D. C. HASOUTRA- Belasco 1dent Short and “Peg o' My Heart.” He made his 1ast stage appearance in “East is West.” He had been in several plays by Clyde Fitch, and when Mr. Fitch was unable to be present at all of the rehearsals of “The Toast of the Town” he intrusted the directing and staging of the last two acts to Mr. Short, predicting at the time that Mr. Short would eventually forsake the fleld of acting for directing. This prophecy was fulfilled when Has- sard Short was selected to stage the Zimbalist operatta, ‘Honeydew," which contained several “revue’ features. Mr. Short has staged every pageaant presonted by the Actors’ Equity Asso- clation and &ll the big “girl" acts for the various Lambs' GImbols. His chef d'ouvre Is the Musical Box Revue. To- gether with Irving Berlin, he planned every scene in the production, installed and put into operation a new lighting scheme which he had invented, cast the productionf staged it and directed it. | | M’GarryPlayers’Leading Woman ROM 'Frisco to Fall River and from Spokane to Terre Haute, Miss Jes- sie Arnold, leading lady with the Garry McGarry Players, has played in stock and in road attractions, and she 1s avowedly with the.speaking stage for the remainder of her life. Even & lengthy adjournment to the films, dur- ing’ which Miss Arnold played with Dorothy Dalton, Willlam Farnum, Fanny Ward, Mary MacLaren ' and Richard Barthelmess, did mot avall to wean her from the art first in her affections. e “This is my first- quasi-permanent visit to Washington,” ~she 'says.. -“} have played hers; for-the usual week| stand, but up'to now, though I have done repertoire in Chicago, Brooklyr, Spokane, San-Franciseoand a half- dozen other icities, Washington s ons of the cities in which I have not been favored with long engagements. I am emphatically happy to' be here.” - - Miss Arngld's experience -has not been confined to stock- engagements. The New York runs of such plays as “Never. Say -Die,”- with Willlam Col- ller, and “What Happened to Mary" with Olive Wyndham, found her han- dling prominent. rolés, as did “The House 6f Bondage” and “Rosary,” the latter in Chicago and Boston afte the plece lett New York. £ One of Miss Arnold’s prised posses- sions is a specislly censtrwoted clip- ping book, the gift from an admirer, which records hundreds of fine me tions made of her work during & year's tour in Australla and New Zealand, % A “Most Perfect” Lady HEN Virginla Pearson, the stage and screen star, recently won the perfect back ~ontest It ‘was necessary for her to undergo the ordeal of & physi- cal examination by the National League for the Preventlon of Spinal Curvature. She was adjudged’ a perfect specimen of feminine loveliness. Miss™ Pearson boasts of belng a “perfect 36." * Dr. Millarde, president of the National League, in referring to the contest, sald: I concerely regret that I cannot use- 4Jie: entire figure of Virginia Pearson as an example of health and beauty and = fandard -of gentine bodily perfection. Nowhere either in America or Europe Tave I encountered-guch a-rare combi~ Dation of physical. attributes. If thers i.to be a contest. for the ‘most perfeot’ body in America, I am quite certain Wirginia - Pearson will win—that is, if ‘ahe remains in her present condition ot _fitnes: AR Miss Pearson has been away from the ‘!:r’:en for three years and during !;:r urn.in vaudeville, it is said, has Ccome slight and girlish enough to meet the present day demand for youth, Dbeanty and versatilitys i ALPA#E.m SYMONDS Gayety “The Open Door.” AN Interesting feature of the nesro musical pageant, “The Open Door,” whigh will bo presented here in Washington early next month, will be the singing of negro spirituals as they are sung only by the colored race. The chorus comprises 150 voices. Clarence Cameron White will direct the orchestra and Mrs. Gertrude Allston of Boston will take the part of tho high priestess. Tho spiritusls on the program in- clude the following: “Great Camp Meeting in the Promised Land,” “Swing Low, Swest Charlot” “Go Down, Moses,” and “Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray.” Among those who have already ex- pressed their interest as patrons for the pageant are: Vice President and Mrs, Calvin Coolidge, Mrs. Herbert Hoover, Col. and Mrs, Theodore Roosevelt, Senator and Mre. Seldon P. Spencer, Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Long- worth, Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Fish, Dr. and Mrs. Wallace Radcliffe, Col. and Mrs, Archibald Hopkins, Miss Edith J. Goods, Clark Howsll, editor of the Atlanta’ Constitution, and Mr. and Mrs. Edward P, Costigan. From Doctor to- Actor. ¥ Horatlo Alger, the famous writer of books for boys, had ever met Robert Frazer, Mae Murray's new leading man .in “Jazzmanis,” a book probably might “have been written. bearing the title “From Scalpel to Bcreen.” 4 Movieland draws-its minions from many strange and -ourious osilings, but It is not oftén that a budding young doctor turns his back on:medi- cine and-embraces Thespis, Prazer—had already graduated, re- cefved his degrea and’ was practicing ‘medicine-when the notien hit him that he was a better actor.than: docter. He made the grade by the usual-hard work and. his first recognition Wwas won - with-Mary Nash in “Thy Name Ts. Woman.” iR iy Then an -appearance -in “Ben-Hur” paved way. to_the pictures and a first appeardnce: with Mes Murray in . i Hin_latest appear- ‘wnoe here with Miss M 1s timed to ocouy at.the- Columbia this aftern ‘where ke will be seea (n ‘Jasemania,” SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 25, 1923. VIRGINIX PEARSON EpiTe Strand LORRAINE. Cositios ~ JACK NORWORTE Garrick. { | . | The Capital Players. | | THE Capital Players, from the ranks ! of the Kappa Tau Phi Players, |have recrganized and exvect to pro- | duce their new musical comedy, “The | Drcam City,” early in April. “The | Dream City.” a Broadway hit a few | years ago, is in two acty and three | scenes, the book by Arthur Penn and | the musio by Victor Herbert. John J. Campbell. who managed the Kappa. Tau Phi Players for the past two years, will be in charge of this or- ganization. He has socured the serv- Ices of Miss Louise Little, well known in this city for both ballet and stage dancing, and Miss Pauline Loria, remembered for her work in “A Reg- ular GIrl” Tho entire musical ar- rangement will be in charge of Philip Lorla. The cast will be made up of the best amateur talent avail- able, including Miss Barbara Clem- ents of the Cathollc Fraternity Players, Charles Shaver, Home Club Players; Miss Louise Little, Miss Anna M. Higdon, Miss Fiorence Dugan, Miss Paulino Loria, Willlam Fletcher, Robert Waters and George Weems MacPherson. The chorus will include_Misses Tacie Luckett, Cath- erine Wyncoop, Helen McClennan, Loretta McClennan, Rose Bradley, Claudia_McCrone, Florence McCrone, Anna Shubert, 'Mary Lyons, Rac Dannehower. Elizabeth Dugan, Jose- phine Sullivan, Edna Meler, Frances Walters, Abble Egan and Bertha Watts. ~ Others will include Miss Louiss Colton and Annio Loria, ballet dancers; Montroso Quartet, Jr.; Paul- ine Loria and he: Wwith Baby Losa. " jazz orchestra, Realism Vs. Comfort. THERE is a vast difference in the actual execution of a portrayal or a scene before the camera and be- hind the footlights. The stage has slways, perforce, relled upon the pow- er of suggestion and verbally implied action. The screen, on the contrary, calls upon the player to perform be- fore the camera those feats concern- ing which the articulate player mere- ly recites lines. No one has been more insistent for realism than Richard Barthelmess. In “Tol'able David” he went into the country described by Joseph Herge- |shetmer for the locale of his picturs, 1In “The Seventh Day” he went to {New England for New Engl soedes—and got them. In his ‘ll.enfl!. productjon, “Fury,” & drama. of the #ea gso ‘mighty in its sweep as the 00ean -{tself, Harthelmess might have. Irigged-up a‘studio_ship: that would have -served his xuruou fairly well. ‘What he ‘really did. was'to take his company aboard a.real square-rigged fourmaster and spend three weeks at Sea on a boat manned .by men who had shipped before the mast becauss they loved it. They knew every rope, every beldying pin, every davit on the sailer and "Fury,” as & result, {s not & lesson in stagécraft, but a lesson in life itself, as it is lived under the cir- umstancs which Mr. Goulding set forth In script. However, Mr. Barthelme: ‘ment, - fodowing . the. -completio, “Firy,” to be seen today at the Metropolitan, co-starred with Dorothy Giali, thet tarra firma suits him splen- disiy. might syswest that hé oo ;‘dl." studio ghips not so bad after S — Coming Attractions ‘NATIONAL—“Good Morning, Dearie!” “Good Morning, Dearle,” after its con- quest of Broadway, will return to the city of its birth to reappear at the Na- tional Theater next week, beginning Sunday night, March 4. Charles Dillingham's big musical ehow begins In the workroom of a fashion- able modiste on upper 5th avenue. It jumps downtown to a street in China- town and then features a hall there known as *‘Hells Bel xt is shown the showroom of the 'Toddle Shop,” where beautiful models exhibit some of Tappe's latest creations. Fi- nally it arrives at the country estate of Mrs. Greyson-Park, where a Fragonard fete is in progress. To avold interruption of the story Mr. Dillingham imported the Sixteen Sun- shine Girls from England, who do spec- taw”ar dances in front of the elaborate drop curtains during the change of scenes. ‘These dancers appear four times during the performance, each ap- pearance being of about three minutes’ duration. During thelr dances the stage Is transformed from one scene to another, and owing to the fascination of the whirlwind dances performed by the English girls the shifting of the set- tings seems almost instantaneous. | __Precisely the same cast as seen in ‘Washington on the occasion of its first presentation here will return in “Good Morning, Dearfe.” It includes Loulse Groody, Oscar Shaw, Harland Dixon, Willlam_Kent, Ada Lewis, John Price Jones, John Scaunell, Marle Callahan, Madeline Van, Primro: Caryll, ete., and, of course, the famous Globe Thea- ter beauty chorus, POLI'S—“Blossom Time." “Blossom Time” will return to ;Poli's Theater next week, commenc- | ing Sunday, March 4. ' The udes Hollis ' Davenny, Roy Cropper, Teddy Webb, Edwin Taylor, Otis Sheridan, Gert- ,rude Lang, Helena Bruzovna, Sonya ,Leyton, Marfon Abel, Julia Hurley and Dorothy Segar. There will be a new dancer—Lucrecia Cralg—who is ,8aid to be a wonder. *PRESIDENT— The Meanest Man in the World.” Next week the President will offer, under the direction of Ar- thur Leclie Smith and Henry Duffy, |the sirst Washington prescntation of “The Meanest Man in the World," | George M. C {ed by Harry Mannel ' Lyon, George Barn | Henry Duffy, Miss others in the cast. BELASCO—“Midnite Revels.” “Spice of 1922 will conclude its 1 i !W-sh!n‘ton engagement with two extra \ performances Sunday, March 4. Monda: with' Wanda corge Sweet Patrick and Players | han's comedy hit, direct- | 2 March 6, the farcwell week of the regus lar season at the Belasco, the attraction will be Whipple and Huston in_the “Midnite Revels,” a show that has been entirely rewritten since its first appear- ance here. In the course of two acts and twenty-six scenes it enlists a come pany of sixty entertainers. COSMOS—“A Quiet Evening at Home.” From the excitement of fashions to “A Quiet Evening at Home” will bo the jump of the headliner at the Cos~ mos Theater next week. Next week's offering will be presented by the Catts Family, a happy group of en- tertainers, in an offering of unusual charm. A companion act will presenl “Rolling On,” in a musical comedy sketch, entitled “On the Boardwalk: It is also of the unusual type of e tortainment. Other acts will include Colton and Albert, artistic athletes; Rossand Ede wardy, who imitate stars of today; Judson Cole, a conjuring comedian, and Morgan and Binder, “Two Ex- tremes of Fun.” The photoplay feature will present in Washington for the first time, “The Cub Reperter,” with Richard Tals madge, the young athletic star, STRAND—Felix Patty and “Tar- zan.” A novelly feature act away from the usual run of vaudevilie head- lfners will be presented next week at the Strand by Felix Patty, the French trainer, and Tarzan, a trained chimpanzee. Tarzan s eaid to be cne of the most noted of trained apes. whose trainer has taught him to eat, drink dress and act like a well-bred huma Tarzan has been trained in comedy, also, for his mannerisms on the stage make for continuous laughter. Others will include Harriso! in “The Public Must Be Served”; n and Burton Sisters, in Magic Man and His Magical Maids Eert and Lotta Walton, in Revue of Songs and Steps Zara Carmen Duo, in . Differen The photoplay will picture Milton s in “The Forgotten Law." GAYETY—Mollie Williams’ Show. Twelve laugh-laden and melody~ filled scenes are promised {n Mollle I »wn Show.” which comes Theater next week; orus of bewltching beauties tpersonally selected by Miss Willlams [for their vivaclousn and vouth. | Miss Williams will lead an assem- lage of comedians, eingers, dancers | and show girls In bright costumes of startling design, with Emil Casper, | Wil H. Ward, Mildred Campbell, | Irene Cassini, Mae Woods, Lew i Leonder, Jack Honeywell and Billy Welp. A Pleasant History !RL}\H.\I»LL‘. NG with Julia Stu- art of “The Bat" company is ltke rummaging through ‘“lavendar and old lace” of the theater. Those Who Wit- | ness Miss Stuart's {mpersonation of the fearless, aristocratic elderly *“lady" are impressed by the natural sweetness of | the character. It s not offensively sac- chrine, as eome of the elderly stage | 1adies have been. | And off stage Miss Stuart co same impression. Her recol pleasant_and edifying. With all the family skeletons that rattle among film and stage folks it is difficult at times to get personal for fear of ecrapipg the top of an old wound. When you talk with Miss Stuart you know that you are safe to discuss almost any one of the theater without reviving wicked memories. Miss Stuart s distinctly of the old school and was distinguished in _this same school. At the same time she is as progressive as any short-haired flap- per of the Follies, only in a gentle wa Miss Stuart is of a theatrical family. Both her parents were players of the old English school. her mother having been a premier dancer at the historic Royal Convent Garden in London. Miss Stuart was bor inborough, land, where b engagement at remained heath, for several year: and principally on her At the age of thre her predestined deir the stage as an infant in the of “Norma.” And at various times she played juvenile roles throughout Scot- land. At the age of fifteen she had de- veys the ctions are t. uart made . { d: | veloped so rapidly that she was & | ber of the famous Haymarket Th | London, company. As Miss Stuart goes over her reco you feel that she was awarded her pa: on merit. There is no reference { questionable romances behind scencs. and her rise was so natural and steady that the interviewer feels instinctiveis that there was no sordld back stus politics in it. It is a refreshing atnic | phere to discover in these days of p and intrigue in matters theatrical. I | quently we hear players complain: | 15 not what you know about acting gets the top—it is w Know.” | with Miss Stuart She came to this country, when | auite young, with E. A. Sothern, fatl |o Sothern, and has remaine! here constantly ever since, claiming ¢ be as much Yankee as anything |now. Then came a season w [ elder Salvinl (Thomasso). | Who has not heard of the woes o “The White Slave”? In the good old of the drama—there was melo- drama at its best. Miss Stuart created | the original “white slave" role for Bart- |ley Campbell. She also played with | Dion Bousicault. Those names make you close ok bact: | pleasantly theater 1 : your ey to the day t toured the middle wes read of her own company, being the first person country to play “The Doll's Housc' | side of New York ci 8he helped mak | “The Christian” famous and each of | her assoclations with the stage has left ia pleasant recollection for lovers of the theater. A Gift Perhaps for You HAT could be more delightful to the wife or the sweetheart whom you take to the theater than to have her told during the enjoyment of the play or the performance that she had been awarded a handsome gown, of the latest style and of the finest texture; or a hat, a very dream in the way of the latest millinery cre- ation, or even a get of exquisite lin- gerle that seldom finds its way into the woman's wardrobe uniess, per- chance, she is a bride in fact or in anticipation? New York has become familiar with this sort of thing, and on the nights when awards of these preclous arti- cles were to be made the theaters| have overflowed with vouth and beauty, hopeful, anxious that Dame Fortune remember this or that maid or ma- tron. The management of the Cosmos Theater this week is to introduce this unique custom to Washington. It will be done in connection with the pre-| gentation of the “Washington Style Show,” an elaborate and entertaining theatrical offering produced by Mont Brooks, and featuring John Dyer; RENE FRANKLIN, singer of her own songs of character types and human nature, has recently returned from several months spent In Eng- land. Says Miss Franklin: “The marked difference between character songs in | IEngland and in America is that the former loves character songs and character .work—real character in- ad of & song written around & sing slang phrase—while over ere we prefer the prettily dressed. Here there must be an appeal to the eye as well ag to the ear. “And there is where my work is hard for me,” continues Miss Frank- 1in, “for 1, too, love character and the planning and working over my character costumes. I recall an old sweater that 1 used for my chamber maid song. 1 wanted a certain shade of brown that you frequently see, but seemingly never can buy. 1 got just & brown sweater, bofled it in am- monia and soapsuds, hung it to dfry with tumblers in the pockets to give them that heavy-handed sag, wet” it again and dried it on a down-sloping coat hanger to discourage the shoul- ders, wet it again and tled it into hard knots to make it absolutely worn and shapeles “One of the most difficult things in wvandeville is to give the right con- Alice Lorra! donna with Jack Collins, a charming p a delightful voice, and a laughable comedian, |together with a galaxy of Broadway {beauties, upon whom, of course, the |articles dear to a woman's heart will {be seen, together with costumes espe- cially appropriate to theratrical en- tertainment. | The revue has beautiful musical {background and is filled with pretty |Fongs. There is much In it to attract |the eve and the ear. But the big {feature to womankind Wwill be the |gowns. the hats, the lingerie, which i will be distributed, one at cach of the |six afternoon and the six evening ! performances, absolutely free of cost iand equally free of embarrassment to the lucky maid or matron who re- cetves it. The Cosmos Theater, which long has heen aiming to keep abreast and @ little ahcad of the times in its enter- tainment program, has devised thie treat for its patrons this week There 18 no connection between what you pay for your admission to the theater to see the standard perform- ance and the articles that will be given away. But somewhere, some- how, the donors of the splendid gifts will receive their reward Irene Franklin Talks trasts in songs in the limited time allotted to work out an idea in full and yet sing but two or three songs. “I have a new form of comic song, using one verse and two choruses in. stead of the usual three or four verses in which to tell the entire story.-]J feel that if I have anything to s&y that I should be able to say it in the new form of song.and not take pne poor joke and drag its remaine through two verses and four choruses, As a rule, the public associates you with something they love, explaine Miss Franklin. “That is all very well for a while, then blooey! At with songs, so with plays and with acting. Never roll with the populst wave. Find, create a new one &nd lead. I am always thinking up and working out new types. “I try to do something different every season. The audlences nevel shoot you for trying to be original but they resent it sometimes. Thert is nothing they love like an old joke} in fact, it is the only respect we have for age in America.” —_— | The attraction at the National fhe week of March 18 will be the merry musical comedy, “Molly Darling,” with America’'s champion funmaker, Jack Donahue and a cast, including Mary Milburn, Clarence Nordstrom and Jay Gould,