Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1923, Page 57

'ER the wondrous pageantry of the week, never surpassed in Washington in point of colorful splendor and historic retrospect, although in no wise comparable in point of dramatic significance to the grand review at the close of the civil war, or to the one of lesser magnitude after the signing of the armistice in the world war, there is little disposition to burden the thought with the theater, espe- cially as the warm breath of summer has already asserted itself. And vet, thanks to the management of Wakenhals and Kemper and to the playwriting distinction of Mary Roberts Rinehart, the call to return to our mutton may not be denied. We are to hive another Washington “premicr " At least, one long telegram”and an apparently confirmatory short reading notice are justification for the faith within us. “Rehearsals of 'The Breaking Point.’ the new play by Mrs. Rinehart, which will be secn at Poii's Theater the week of June 25, have started in New Yor! We are informed that “one of the most imposing casts seen here in many months will play the importapt roles,” including McKay Morris, Regina Wallace, Jane Houston, Frederick Burton, Zefiie Tilbury and Stephen | Maley, and. “scenically, ‘The Breaking Point’ is every bit as imposing production as has ever been presented in this city.” The added an- nouncement, that it is “a thrilling document,” whose action will carry the audiences to “a series of stirring climaxes,” leaves us breathless with ’ “Our hopes, like towering falcons, aim At objects in an airy height; The little pleasure of the game Is from afar to view the flight. * K ok ok IME once was when Washington was honored with real premiers. They were not only great dramatic, but imposing social events, as wcll, in the National Capital's season. David Belasco, one of the sur- vivors of the real theater, was wont to delight in Washington as the opening city for his really fine productions, and Washington was highly | delighted to have them. He used to say there was a magic charm in a | Washington verdict, for success always shone brightly ahead when it was favorable. Perhaps it was one of those fantastic notions in which the great master of stagecraft and of dramatic production was said to indulge himself. Pérhaps the men of his day realized that political abuse of the city by thoughtless politicians did not affect the literary taste and refinement of its people, who, after all, seemed to him friends worth cultivating. Whatever the reason, Washington does hold delightful mem- ory of some of Mr. Belasco’s premiers. Since the Messrs. Modern, how ever, have taken over the theater in America, or at least that part of it which holds allegiance to Washington as its Capital city, we have not been so fortunate. So that when a premier is really promised us, like children, oft the victims of the fickle word, we scarce know how to act. kK ok FACETIOUS writer from a city afar, not one of the recally profound chaps who know it all. nor yet one of the blase class, whose joy in the theater is limited to convivial parties that focus the spotlight upon his narrative while he tells of the joys that once he knew, has made a wonderful discovery, or, if not, in_ exercising a merry, care-free habit of vernacularization, he has sounded a seeming truth. ~He says it is the chewing-gum chewers who have popularized the Hopwood farce. And a local sage, impressed with the verity of the remark, declares that the chewing-gum ecaters have “blocied” the theater for Washington. This scems harsh language, and we wonder if we deserve it. “You just wait,” savs the sage, “and when another of Avery’s half-caste, sartorial extrava- gances blows in; you will find the chewing-gum eater in the choicest seats and in the greatest profusion.” Naturally, New York needs the money. But have we done it an injustice? * Kk ok ok UR whole effort, thus far, has been in the support and enforcement of PP prohibition, no matter how dry it may be. But if chewing gum is wreaking upon us this malicious malediction, then we shall promptly shift to the suppression of the fruit-flavored, jaw-tiring curse of the American theater. We shall not say “Down with chewing gum,” because the medi- cal profession informs us that chewing gum is not intended to go down, and if it does go down, the consequences will be dire. But if it is chew- ing gum that is responsible for those dreadful delights of youthful and senile depravity that shamed Washington not so lohg ago, then it is “down with chewing gum” in the interest of a cleaner and a better class of paying theater patrons. expcctation | * k% ok x NOTHER angle to a perplexing problem is suggested by still another metropolitan writer of humbler station, who suggests that people are not really honest in their playgoing. *“Most people;” he says, “don’t dare admit that certain types of plays appeal to them.” They are influenced completely by others, he declares, and they go to see the plays others recommend—"T mean the high-brow plays.” And then he proceeds to flay the high-brow plays, many of which, he says, have gone down in his- tory as great hecause some high-brow critic has pronounced them S0, “for there is a special class of critics which pronounces a play great simply hecause it is weird, or erratic, or queer.” Praising a play that is a failure he thinks absurd, because “a _play that fails is like an airship that cannot sc_above the ground.” This sounds mightily like a shaft shot at the critics of other days, the sages of the drama, as it were. Something more than mere thought seems necessary to meet this charge. Is it irreverent to suggest prayer and thought?*A crack at the critic seems a sacrilege. A * k¥ BLT cheer up. AlLis not lost. Al Woods has subsidized Otto Harbach 7. to rewrite as a farce the unsuccessful. sorrowful comedy “Lonely Wiyes.” once presented as a musical show under the title “Diana Comes to Town.” Al is willing ‘to take a chance any day for the sake of the chewing-gum patronage. And, too, Ethel Clayton, Clara Kimball Young and even Theda Bara are to be looking for a play co]g;.hngl hacdk élXJ theK“lugi(imale." Theda is said 1 2 el an ara Kimball already h. d their goods. ~And “the Messrs.” are to star Maclyn Arbucykle.avdce:r“o?d Po_\.—, in “Poor Richard,” a drama based on the life of Benjamin Franklin. ‘While the light holds out to burn the vilest sinner may return!” LANDVOIGT. e e T SOOI s iy s ko A One Advantage of Stock “There’s one advantage of stock ®raining that I dom't think T have ever seen mentioned,” savs Lowell 8herman. “It's this. into his eas: preciate it. Audiences rea)ly don't like Debu- raus. They prefer me. I don't ooze art at every pore. Neither do I weigh them down with.a sense of the dig- nity, the gravity, and the goshawful- ness of the actor's calling. I merely try to entertain them for the even- ing. T don't even want them to go home and read the story of my life. Stock helped me to achleve this. And yow next season I shall play Casa- nova exactly as I have described i 'y confidence and they ap- Before an actor has been in stock a week. he learns to “kid’ stock, the play. the company, the audience, the role and himself.” This doesn't seem like a very great advantage offhand. does it? Well, it s - Before the actor has taken the plunge into stock, he is inclined to take himself and everything apper- taining to himself with great solemn- ity. That makes him a bad actor. He lacks variety, ease, assurance, light- xess. humor, proportion—everything, in short, that makes a man or a woman .an interesting_or_delightful £e| onality behind the footlight: Screen Requirements. IF Yyou contemplate writing a screen play for sale to the studios, what is the basic, most necessary quality it must have? And what subsidy or allied ones? . Once there was a very specific an- swer ‘to that question, but aocording to the Palmer Photoplay Corporation, the problem is now so complex that the mere answer, “A good plot idea,” is no longer suffcient. Here and there undeveloped ideas of sufficient merit are purchased, but the steady, consistent market is for | finished screen plays of good tech- nique. % However, there are certain out- |xlndln‘ .requirements in' the studio demands of today. Most noticeable is the fact that charaoterization domi- nates mere plot value. The best plots now written hinge upon characteriza- tion. It forms the basls of motiva- tion. and. often decideé whether, or L::v. a plot may be considered logical, e s what péople call ‘a serious actor.” hat's no way to be a serious actor. A %ood serious actor is one who takes serlous aeting with the most charming inscuciance. If acting is an art, It ie, like all arts, the play of she soul and the mind and the tem- perament. One should not work at it'or sweat at it If one does worl at It, it becomes too hard, and all that is hard work is vile art. I think it was Michael Angelo who said that; but T'm not sure. “Well, after a little while in stock, with its many performances a week, rehearsing. in the morning and study- ing at night, the heavy seriousness drops from the actor like dignity from an Egyptian king when they open up his tomb. He begins to smile and improve. He hegins to take things easily and _grows charming. orgets an inané line and su Tutes Goctive gesture, The stage coasea .to a torture chamber an ‘::ue-n-. drawing-room, in which he | for different characters at act dif- me. He. takes -the sudience |Lerently, %o-) .~ WASHINGTON, D. C, SHERMANand pd MARGALO 4 Griumore . Belageo Getting Back to The Religious interview with Eugene O'Neill, cured by “Young Boswell” thé New York Tribune. has special interest because two O'Neill plays, “The Fountain” and “Welded,” are to be produced by Arthur Hopkins next season Eugene O'Neill—'T a play that is truly realistic. That term is used loosely on the stage, where most of the so-called realistic | plays deal only with the appearance of things, while a truly realistic play deals with what might be called the , soul of the character. It-deals with a thing which makes the character | that person and no other. Strind- | perg's “Dance of Death” is an ex- | ample of that real realism | “‘In the last two plays, “The | Fountain™ and the one I am working on now, I feel that I'm getting back, as far as it is possible in modern | times to get back, to the religious in the theater. The only way we can got back to the religious is through an exultance over the truth, through an exultant acceptance of life. “‘If there is anything significant about modernity it is that we are facing life as it truly is. That fact differentiates this age from any other.’ " l i want to write is Current Attractions AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK. . melodramatic Opens this evening. BELASCO—"Lawful Larcen , Lowell Sherman PRESIDENT—"Abie’s evening. KEITH’S—“Creole Fashion Plate,” morrow afternoon. Irish Ros STRAND—“Queen of Syncopation,” vaudeville. Opens this after= noon. HOWARD (Colored)—"“Hot Chops, row afternoon. . B BELASCO—“Lawful Larceny. At the Shubert Belasco tonight and all this week George Marshall will present Broadway’s pepular star, Lowell Sherman® in Samuel Shipman's latest play, “Lawful Larceny,” which has re- | cently finished an all-year run at the | Republic Theater, New York. Sl “Lawful Larceny” is described as a | melodramatic comedy. It concerns a young married man who, during the ab- sence of his wife in California, becomes | ensnared by a goli digger to whom he | glves not only all the money he has, but a note for $25,000 of the firm's money. His excuse was ‘loneliness,” but the wife decides that the excuse is inadequate, takes her maiden name and obtains a position as secretary to “the vampire,” her dutics being to assist at the gambling table which Vivian Hepburn runs as a subsidiary attraction. Then she begins to demon- rate to Vivian that ‘“‘women of her sort do not hold ‘a monopoly on the| affections of men.” Guy Tarlow, whose profession is stealing money from wom- en who have stolen it from what he terms “‘suckers,” proposes and Marion agrees to marry him, but induces him 10 open the safe and take Vivian's se- curities with them. “A girl after .my own heart,” says Guy. The contents of the safe are soon in 4 bag and he runs up the stairs for her coat. But while he is gone ,Marion flees with the bag. She is soon traced to her hoime by Vivian, and her friends point out that stealing property is‘ grand larceny, while stealing a husband is petty lar- ceny and not punishable by law. At the last moment. however, she pro- duces proof which s Vivian to the -case. SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE KEITH'S—“Creole Fashion Plate. American female impersonatbrs are few and far between. Seldom does one encounter a man who can suc- cessfully and accurately present a feminine characterization without marring §t with an overtouch of masculinity. Most of them are gro- tesque and without the finish. the suavity, that is required to establish and maintain the fllusion. Such a fellow {s Karyl Norman, “The Creole Fashion Plate.” sald to be. He will " Ihead the Keith bill in “Something | Different” with by Mme | Kiviat, music by Irving Bibo Leo Woods. His wardrobe is de- lclared the most startling in vaude- !ville since the early days of Eltinge. Victor Moore, the famous Kid | Burns of “Forty-Five Minutes from { Broadway" fame, and Emma Lit field return as the extra attraction, | which bears the alluring title. “Change Your Act, Woods."” Completing this opening summer bill are Maude Powers and Vernon ‘allace in a satire, “Georgia on | Broadway:” Helen Stover, presented by May Tully as.a noted American | coloratura soprano; Marjorie Thomas and Lillian Ackers, assisted by Phil Sheppard, in a melange of mirth, melody and dancing diversions Fenton and Sammy Fields, in jpearing in Person;” Leo Donnelly, with Marjorie Faiton, in “Tis and i Tisn't,” by S. Jay Kaufman, the para- | grapher, ‘and Yong Wang Brothers, as_well as the regular Keith fea- jtures, Aesop's Fables. Topics of the {Day and the Pathe News Pictorial Last times today, Louise Lovelys the picture star; Jullus Tannen, Bailey and Cowan. Rene Robart and the others of last week's bill, at 3 and 8:15 p.m, STRAND—“Mammy and Gold- | Dust Twins. If you like old-fashioned planta- tion melodies and the latest popular Jazz hits sung in typical negro style, the Strand Theater this week, begin- ning today. promises them. fammy,” ‘known in vaudeviile as the queen of ncopation,” and the Gold-Dust Twins will hold forth. Others on thi portion of the pro- gram are Holden and Graham. in “Versatile Originalities”; Charles Mar- | tin. “the sentimental cowboy bari- tone.” said to po s a voice that {charms, in ballad numbers: the Fav Rash Trio, in_an original laugh skit, t the Race Track.” and Wilson and Jerome, in “Odds and Ends.” The photoplay will be Universal's production, hat Wives Want.” It concerns a husband who is too busy making money to give his wife the attention she thinks she deserves and in consequence looks elsewhere. A younger sister, who strangel: nough acts as a mother to the lder, steps in at a critical moment and saves her. but is herself cruci- fied by suspicion. Ethel Grey Terry plays the wife, Margaret Landis the sister. and Niles Welch and Vernon Steele appear as the husbands of the sisters. while Ramsey Wallace is “the other man. / A comedy, news pictures and scenic will be shown also. NATIONAL—“My Lady of the Evening."” Tomorrow night over 200 of Wash- ington's talented children will grace the stage of the National Theater. in Miss Cora B. Shreve's production, “My Lady of the Evening,” a juvenile musical comedy with Miss Clara Roerhle in the title role. Miss Shreve's spring carnivals are always a feature with the capital's vounger generation of stage enthusi- asts. Many of Miss Shreve's former pupils have returned to'assist in making th vears performance a gala event, notably Margaret and Elizabeth Gor- man, Margaret “Baby Levy and Cecelia Cochran. Others ¢in the cast will include Catherine Smith, Wanda Cora Shreve, Catherine McCord, Florence Embrey, Vivienne Marinelli, Minor Ellis, Mary Elizabeth Spinks, Catherine Edwards, Harriette Poole, Lorraine Yawhler, Evelyn Longhart, Ruth Kreiter, Thelma Bates, Virginia Zepp, Isabei Hamilton, Evelyn Mann, Genevieve "Hallman and Evelyn Holt. The production, built by Morgan A. Sherwood. with electrical effects by Walter Burke, promises to compare with those of the most pretentious of traveling organizations, and NeTTIE RKNISE: Gayety 1 Pulls High Insurance. T}IO.\'F. who Kkeep in touch with the motor-car question will probably say that the highest price asked for a popular type of low-priced automobile is €omewhere around $600. Joseph Henabery. the Paramount director. will tell however, that scme “flivvers” are really worth many times this sum. He will cite the case of the “lizzie” that vla a prominent part in Walter Hiers' new picture, “Sixty Cents an Hour,” which was in- sured for the full amount of $10,000. The ‘sole reason for its high insur- ance value is that it appears exactly the same in scene after scene of the story and in one or two of the close- | ups. ‘The present value of the machine, no longer new, is probably around 3250, but If it had been destroyed « stolen. it amight easily have cost sum in overhead. picture-film and actor-salary many times that, and so the Paramount officials declded to cover themselves with an insurance policy. This is why this partlcular car is probably the most heavily Insured machine of its class in_the world. a comedy, featuring c,” comedy Performance this vaudeville. New show opens to- ," musical comedy. Opens tomor- | galo Gillmore, Fred Raymond, ji Luella Gear, Anne Sutherland., Waili~ Clark. John Daly Murphy and Mil- dred Le Gue to BunDDrl.Mr. Sherman. PRESIDENT—‘Abie’s Irish Rose. The President reports during the past week for “Abie's Irish Rose” a record-breaking success, and so Anne Nichols' mirth-provoking comedy will continue for another big week, be- ginning tonight at 8:20 o'clock. The chief roles of Able and his Irish bride, which were enacted last week by George Barnes and Miss Kay. Hammond, the west coast star, will be assumed this week by Davi Herb recently seen at the Presi- dent in “The Gold Diggers.” and by Miss Evelyn Nichols, a-sister of the famous author of the play and an actress who has already enacted the same role gn Broadwa: Harry Manners staged the produc- tion under the personal direction of. Arthur Leslie Smith and Henry Duffy. and the cast that will appear in- cludes Léw Welch as Abie's scandal- ized father: Robert Lowe as the girl's father, Guy D'Ennery; George Henry, Harry Shutan and Miss Henrietta Vaders. Of these players, Mr. D’En- nery, Mr. Lowe and Mr. Shutan are assuming roles they created here during the first engagement of “Able's Irish Rose” Iast winter. The story of “Able's Irish Rose” gontérs ‘around the secret marriage f Abie Cohen, the son of an ortho- dox Hebrow, and Rosemary Murphy, [3T¢ fhown in this sequence. The the daughter of an Irish contractor.|scene is one of tifose events which The marriage, secret at first, leaks | the idle rich think up in 0dd moments out and complications - ensue- early | and stage for.the amusement of thelr and often, whemr the families of the|friends who spend - 'the wifiter—in I reviews of the past and present sea- sons GAYETY—The Talk of the Town’ The Gayety will close its rather brief supplemental Shrine season with two performances today, at 3 and at $:156 p.m., when for the last time “The Talk of the Town,” a glittering array of burlesque specialties will be presented. Domestic Scene in 1902 A LAWN fete showing the domestic relations in America 500 years after Columbus discovered this con- tinent will be one of the colorful scenes in “The Heart Raider,” Paramount picture which Wesley Ruggles has just finished directing at the Long Island studio. Agnes Ayres plays the part in:this scene of the wife of 1992 being vaccinated against the divorce germ, The hu band, wearing anti-vamp armour, and four deadly vamps in queer costumes and | or Back to the | for | will | embrace many features of the musical | 10, 1923. In the Spotlight. RTHUR HAMMERSTEIN safled for London last week to produce sev- eral American musical plays abroad. candals” had fits ity lust week. George White's opening in Atlantic C Carl Randall has salled for Burope study new dances for next year's cenwich Village Follles.” . “Helen of Troy, N. Y.” which opens in New York June 18, had its “pre- { mier” at Fairmont, W. Va, last Tues- ! day night. Glen Echo. An important question these sum- mer days I8 “where to go.' The management of Glen ¥cho Park sug- gosts: A ride along the beautiful Po- tomac to the park to enjoy its many amusement devices. The ‘“skooter” seems to be the big hit of the park this year. The coaster dip offers 4,- 000 feet of aviation-like thrills. The dip, the old mill and the midway, with its “rocking pigs," slides and other fun makers, offer more fun From one end of the park to the other shady nooks abound, where fenickers may find tables wnd other conveniences for luncheons. In the ballroom on week nights dancing is continuous from 8:30 until 11:30 to music of the Glen Echo orchestra. | Car service to the park is excellent. Kate Terry, sister of Ellen Terrs, | will_sail from Liverpool this week for America, making her first visit to this country at the age of seventy-nine. to see her daughter. Mabel Terry-Lewls, appear with Cyril Maude In “Aren't We AlL” “Two Fellows and a Girl,” a com- edy now running in Chicago, is_an nounced for production in New York August 13 by George M. Cohan. Helen McKeller will begin her rep- ertoire season in California tomorrow, night at the Curran The in San Francisco. She will Storm,” “Back Pay,” Woman,” “Lawful Larceny” and a new play owned by A. H. Woods. Colonial Beach. The delightful week-end trip on the Steamer St. John to Colonial Beach is gaining in popularity, as this down- [ river resort affords thie adyv: ges of the seashore, fishing, crabbing. sail- ing, canoeing and salt water bathing, with a sandy beach. The dancing pavillon is situated directly over the water's edge, where dancers and on- lookers may enjoy the cool breczes. The steamer Si. Johns leaves the 7th street wharf Saturday at 2:30 p.m. and Sunday at 9 wm. returning to the city Sunday night at 11 p.m. The popular forty-mile moonlight trips to Indian Head and return will be made every evening of this week The Shuberts announce _a “Passing Show™ to open in New York a week hence. Harold Atteridge, Sig- mund Romberg and Jean Schwartz will furnish the book and lyri new | Jane Cowl closed lher record-break: ing_engagement in “Romeo and Juliet in New York lust night and was given fan ovation after the final curtain. Irving Berlin is back in New York after a ghort visit to Europe. Hassard Short, who accompanied him and staged o Music Box" in London, remain- = ed behind to look over the European ’/ o fleld before coming to America for a | oll j\/el/e’ new revue. g “Whispering Wires” closed in New York last night. It opened August 7, and it is declared has been a big success from the start It will be seen in the large cities next season. The production of “Antony and Cleopatra.” in which the Selwyns and Adolph Klauber will present Jane Cowl next season, will be designed hy jRollo Peters, who designed “Romeo and Juliet.” THE art of advertising in America has immortalized many a face without elevating the owner even from the depths of obscurity. The famillar, lather-covered coun- tenance of the man who advertises a safety razor, the scholarly visage of a famous doctor With up-pointed finger and many Itke them are of the advertising hall of fame, widely known and yet unknown. The saucy young Adonis whose face TS in _the advertisement of a noted brand of collars for men, how- r. has gone them one better and new is about to emerge from the shades and spring into the limelight | John Cromwell has called re- heareals for “Tarnis by Gilbert Emery. on June 25. Tt w's” e his first production for the coming season The Selwyns have engaged Ken- |7 neth Douglas for an important role in “The Camel's Back.” Somerset {Maugham's play, to be presented earl {1n the fall “The Earthquake,” by Theodore A. Liebler, jr., will be produced in Stam- ford. Conn.. this month by William A Brady. Ann Andrews will be fea- | | tured Mary Miles Minter. playing in a one-act comedy drafna, will soon be HOEVER heard tell of a ma; : 1 geen on the Keith vaudeville circutt, | W/ niyeho could tell the women »ut clothes? But, still, there is said to be one | man who knows just as much about feminine pparel ause, in his art, “The Creole F: Plate,” he wears 'em! Let Karyl Norman. the vaudev star, tell you something about clothes—ladies’ clothes if you please: | “If it's new it's knitte < mills must be working | “Knitting overtime to dress Miss Springtime, 1923 Lionel Barrymore and Trene Fen- | ‘.\\‘ k sailed for Europe last Wednes- day. and the former corroberated th | report that they ar. be married fin Ttaly next month o as women Like the flag of England the sun will never set on “The Cat and the Canary” next season, according to the plans now. bei completed by Kilbourn Gordon. Inc. for that famous mystery pl There will be four companies playing in this coun- try and at least five in other parts of the world. In England two com- i panies will tour the provinces: the AT > ; Australian “engagement will begin |, Siweaters have been so long In use | early in the fall. while Paris and|g i aard uniform for women of all| other continental capitals will enjoy | Standard <ol John \\'lllar:).} exciting pla® in the ”‘"f‘{ut this sees the knitted ARSI aongaE > rt, the k & the Kknitted slip-on_dress, knifted top coat or_sport cap “These garments vivid coloring weave. Sweaters have wandered far from the businessiike conventional sports garment of a few seasons ago. Most of them no longer are made to The Thief DOC“L\-" FAIRBANKS | have set for himself again the task of producing the photoplay sen- sation of the year in “The Thicf of Bagdad.” “Where ‘Robin Hood' left off, ‘The Thief of Bagdad' will begin.” That | is the slogan of those who are to be associated closely with this forth- coming feature. On_the ten acres recently added to the Pickford-Fairbanks studio prop- erty, sets of gigantic proportions lready are under way. The usual processes for the erection of picture structures of this kind has been re- | versed in preparing for the work. As a rule drawings are made from Which models are bullt, after which the sets are put up. In this instanc (‘.‘ S however, models were first made, Miss Evelvn Nichols, who will as- | then the drawings and finally the sume the title role in “Abie's Irish | sets. thus making possible greater | Rose™” at the President tonight. is & | freedom and latitude and.also a more | sister of Anne Nichols, author of the | truthful expression of the spirit of | play and its New York producer.| the artists’ designs. pEes Miss Nichols appeared in the same After several months' work Wiiliam role in the New York production of | Cameron Mexzes and Irvin J. Martin. her famous sister’s play. specially engaged by Mr. Fairbank to create something wholly new as George Barnes and Kay Hammond. | well as unique In the way of settings, | the former members of the President | have produced what is belleved to be | Players. have gone to New York to|a startling innovation in motion- | look over the ground for the coming | pioture edifices. season. Both players. of decided| " The Fairbanks offering. it is said, | western popularity, it is said, expect| wil] breathe a new vitality and a | | vear itted the | | | “Whispering Wires” terminated long run of over eleven months night at the Broadhurst Theater. ew York. The mystery play, 4dapted by Kate L. McLaurin from the story by Henry Leverage. was originally pre- sented on August 7 last. Next vear. it is sald. it will be represented on tour by three companies. lend themselves and fantastic Burton Holmes announces he has| just completed his airplane trip around the Mediterranean, landing at Morocco safe and sound after passing through two terrific storms en route. This trip will be the topic of one of his travelogues the coming season, including in the points of interest, from Constantinople to Gibraltar on the north side of the Mediterranean. and Morooco, Alglers and Tunisfa on the African’ side. The other four travelogues will be devoted to Egypt. where he will visit the tomb of Tut- ankhamen, a motor trip from Nice to Switzerland, central Burope and possibly Russia. is saig to| Anne Nichols, author of “Able's Irish Rose,” spent the best part of last week in_Washington, conferring with Henry Duffy. her husband, and Arthur Leslie Smith over detafls of the production in Washington for the second time this season. Miss Nichols fn addition to being the author of the play is also its New York pro- ducer. | | to remain in the east indefinitely beauty so startling that motion-pic- ture art as a whole will be thru upward to a new pinnacle throus the progress of these ploneers in the fleld of fantasy.” LORIA SWANSON has begun the |, All the magic which has made the “Arabian Nights® live for centuries fulfillment of the most cherished | «1)*ho incorporated in “The Thiet of desire of her’screen career at the | Bagdad.” There will be the magic Paramount Long Island studio, She |carpet transporting pefsons through v the air; the wondrous ecrystal will ey staxted worl In the.titls role ofi]|3i0 S8 ratvias nisturedan fanoy Zaza” under the direction of Allan |gince childhood; but the méthods by Dwan. which this s to be done are secrets, Ever since Miss Swanson became being carefullw guarded. @ star she has had & desire (0 DIaY | 4o the Hving. countorpRtis, of the “Zaza.” Her' interpretation of the|illustration of the ‘Arabian Nights, " role, which has been adapted from |says Douglas Fairbanks, “and it is the opera’and play by Albert Shelby LeVino, will have, it s said, all the thus we will carry conviction in our story. While we might, after a man- a ner, achieve this effect with make-up, fire and zest that the famous “Zaza" has had in the past, If enthusiasm has anything to do with it. it would be far less offective. It would satisfy the eve, but it would 'Zaza" will be the first Paramount picture Miss Swanson has made in never satisfy the soul. One of the unusual sets promised will the east, all her work heretofore hav- ing been dome at the Lasky studio in Hollywood. “The Extra Gitl." REFERRING a career to matri- mony, the extra girl in Mack Sen- nett's latest screen feature, “The Ex- tra Girl,” refuses as a husband one of the wealthlest men in the little town of River Bend, Ind., and instead of settling into. domesticity, leaves home and family, journeys to Holly- wood and seeks the casting director's office of one of the prominent flim producers. From then on the forth- cming plcture is sald to unfold ro- mance, thrilis 'and adventures. Gloria Begms “Zaza. KEITH'S—Ethel Barrymore. For next week, starting June 18, the Keith Theater announces ‘“‘the queen of American actresses,” Fthel Barrymore, in “The Twelve-Pound ($60) Look,” by Sir J. M. Barrie, sup- ported by Harry Plimmer, Ena & non and James Kearney. Miss Barry- more has just finished a Broadway run in “The Laughing Lady,” and Is in vaudeville for a limited sta. Others on the bill with Miss Barry- more are the Wilton Sisters, Tom 1t is from Mack Sennett's own story | Smith, an artist; Margaret McKee, the adapted for the mcreen by Bernard | California mocking bird. and Bernt McConville. The title role is being | and partner, together with acts to be Dlaged by Mabel Normand, ond-fasem | |10 the Chevy Chase cars at anything | 2 AMUSEMENTS IN THE OPEN p.m. except Saturday and Music and dancing are fe of this trip tures Chevy Chase Lake. Chase Lake, reached by ing from the 14th strect carg 11th and ot Chey transfer, U streets, offers dancing open-air pavilions, with a the best music. Great Falis Park. Great Falls Park offers variety in enjoyment and recreation as an open- air resort. A delightful location, above the historic Great Falls of 1hq Potomac, a pleasant ride on eleetr trains from the terminal at 36th M streets northwest through the Vir- ginla foothills, and many amusement at the park, including the carrous boating, fishing, snapshotting and pienicking, together with free dane- ing on week days and free concerts on Sundays, are its attractions. The falls, majestic by day, reveal ne beauties when seen by the search light at night Chesapeake Beach. Chesapeake Beach, an hour from Washington. reached by the 1 street cars connecting with tho Chesapeaka Beach railway, offers salt-water bat} ing. together with dancing and Cone: and attraction Can Tell. Fle under his real name. be Allan Simpson. Allan has gone in for,a movie ca- reer and makes his screen debut with Bebe Danfels and Antonio Moreno ir “The Exciters.” which will be shown here this afternoon. The casting director, who grabbed him without an argument when he applied for a job, told him rather brutally that the classic contour of his alone was responsible for his easy entrance .into pictures and that whatever Jatent histrionic ability he might possess had nothing to do with the matter To the surprise of all. however, Allan proved to he something more than “pretty man.” and now Director Maurice Campbell has clinched him for keeps with a contract happens o a A Man Who Know wear with blouses underneath. h re themselves blouses, after English fashion. “Hence a new back collars. he note in open roil often with a bright de sign to correspond with a border which finishes the bottom of the sweater-blouse. A little strifg tie with worsted balis or tassels finishes the neckline. Usually these sweaters are worn unbelted, as they are suffi- ciently well fitted to’ cling to the fisure. Many wearers, however. still prefer a narrow b of suede o knitted to match the sweater. “Knitted suits have jaunty little flaring coats or Russian blouse effects tied at one hip with a big sash. A very fascinating suit recently impori- ed has a slip-on blouse in heavy wool of a deep raspberry shade. The skirt knitted to form odd pleated panels at the side. is of navy blue, with a broken horizontal stripe in shades ot rose and vellow. A little straight tailored suit much favored is very pretty in white with s narrow black binding, or sage green bound in gra: “Capes as a rule are knitted to give a ribbed or pleated effect and finished with a big becoming collar of fur o1 fuffy angora.” of Bagdad.” have for its base a concrete which covers one and one-half square acres, and is estimated to cost $20.000 Around the edge of this floor, which will serve as a sort of patio or plaza will be Constructed the bazaars of Bagdad, Other sets, foundations for which are now being laid, will towar above the turrets of the king’s castin in “Douglas Fairbarks in Robir Hood,” dwarfing the castle to what will appear quite ordinary proportions. More players will be used in fllming “The Thief of Bagdad” than appearea in “Robin Hood,” according to Robart Fairbanks, production manager. Raoul A. Walsh' will direct the production and Arthur Edeson will head the staff of the camera men. Despite the announced magnitude of the bicture, it is hoped and pianned pow to have it ready for autumn re- easc. “The Birth of a Nation" T Birth of a Nation.” suggested by Thomas Dixors souther: novels. embraces a far wider scope than “The Clansman” did as a plav. D. W. Griffith’s photoplay covers 150 years of history and pictorializes the greatest events of the war between the states as well as those of recon- struction periods. Mr. Grifith’s treatment of t theme utilizes 18,000 actors and 3.000 horses instead of the tiny “armies of the stage. He shows 5,000 scenc far-flung battie lines of many milc and Ku Klux “rides” right out in tic open, which surpass in thrills Vanderbilt cup.race. Other marvels are a’ musical sco: synchronized to several thousand - tinet scenes; the wonderful reprodu tion of the theater performance wh. Lincoln was shot, and the South « olina legislature seszion of ‘1870; thi. taking of battle scenes at night by secret new process; the master Rembrandt-like management of liz and shade and his marvelous quici yet effective, playing of the entir gamut of romance from lightest co edy to deepest tragedy Coming Altractions. STRAND—“Hollywood Frolics. Spice and pep from the motion picture studios of Los Angeles and Hollywood as the world thinks It is promised for “Hollywood Frolics. ur pretty girls and a clever youns: an, which will headline the vaude- ville at the Strand Theater next el Others will include Fagg and Whit« in “Bits of Africanology"; Lou and Grace Harvey in “Harmony ani Hash." with Dixic songs as a_spe Harry White, “The Matri in a monologue with songs; and an act tg be announced. The photoplay feature also.is toube