Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1923, Page 59

PRRTR——————— s e | The Sunthuy WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY 'MORNING, JULY -15, 1923, i ¥ ITH all the good drama, such as it is, which.America has re- cently produced. now on foreign soil, and none of the foreign product which men call worthwhile within our own reach, the gentle reader may find interest in what the London critics are saying of John Drinkwater’s play, “Robert E. Lee,” which recently has been produced in the English metropolis. Through the special cable to the New York Times we are informed that Drinkwater himself has ex- plained that his play is concerned rather with the question that faced Lee when the civil war began and his answer to it; with the personal gallantry and affection that Lee inspired in his followers, and, finally, o with his reading of the effect of the struggle upon the future history of America. The critic Concedes that the task has been carried out faith- fully and satisfactorily, but that it has produced a well knit and gripping drama may not be so readily conceded, Covering, as it does, a period of four years, the action is necessarily of a somewhat episodical nature, and rather takes the shape of a series of individual scenes illustrative of prominent events in Lee’s career fram the time he made the great re- nunciation of the proferred leadership of the northern army to the sur- render of Richmond, which brought hostilities to a close. Part II serves to establish the character of the man who relinquished power and posi- tion rather than draw sword against his beloved Virginia or turn his back upon family, friends and relations. It ends in his home at Arlington, whence he dispatches his decision to Gen. Scott. Then follows a stirring episode during the battle of Malvern Hill, with Stonewall Jackson stag- gering in, haggard and blood-stained, and only the stern commands of his chief prevent him from rushing again into the fight, while in the center of the scene stands Lee, impassive, unflinching, giving his orders as calm- 1y and collectedly as if he were in his own drawing-room bidding his servants carry out his wishes. The playwright is said to show his won- derful mastery of stage craftsmanship, his extraordinary faculty of piling up situation on situation umtil the final big climax is reached—and this with little more than.half the play finished, which is considered a draw- back, because “subsequent scenes show a distinct lessening of the dra- matic interest, however weightily charged they may be with a sense of pathos and emotional stress. They leave Lee a beaten man, with the consciousness, notwithstanding,”that he has done his duty and that fail- ure can bring at least no loss of self-respect. Of his later life we are given no hint, but it may not be amiss to recall that in his retirement he was never known to reveal the slightest trace of bitterness or“to speak an unkind word to those against whom he was called upon to measure his strength.” This is substantially the language of the special cable, employing almost entirely its very words. It may serve to give an idea of what the play is like. EILEEN PERAY-Columbia * %k k X HATEVER may be the individual opinion of the merits of Drink- water's two great historic plays—“Abraham Lincoln” and "Roberl‘ E. Lee,” there must be a general verdict that their appearance is not untimely and that they will have a tendency to induce an indulgence in historic retrospect, to turn the American mind away from the perils of the present for an examifiation of those of the past, with helpful results, The very soul of the Americanization movement of today is that historic past of this great Republic, as to which too many, alas, are wofully ignor- ant. It is her past which has glorified America, and by the ideas and ideals of that past that her present 'eminence in the world must be measured. A Columbia Innovation pLANS are being matured at Loew's Columbia for “revival week” at that theater, beginning next Sunday, July 22, in the presentation of seven big photoplay hits of past seasons all in one week. Manager Lawrence Beatus, Loew representative in Washington, indi- cated that the idea might be put into effect in other cities If it proves suc- cessful here. The program provides for the following showings: Next Sunday, Rodolph Valentino's greatest picture. “The Shelk;" Monday, Cecil B. DeMill's “Why Change Your Wife;” Mae Murray in “On With the Danc: * k ok X TO temper the heaviness of the atmosphere, it may be well to invite at- tention to the latest movie news of today, which relates that William S. Hart, the favorite rough-riding, good badman, “Bill” Hart, one of the heroes of the silver sheet, has written a novel also, and is going to “pic- turize it,” on another great historic character, Patrick Henry. Perhaps if Bill can get, his associates to emulate his effort, it may help the movies at a time when they are really struggling to uplift themselves. At any this afternoon and evening. 3t v i i Tuesday; DeMille's “Mal d Fe- rate, it will at least serve to keep them out of mischief. male,” Wednesday, “Dé’:"mcsh'i,"fi LOULS WOLHEIM |BELASCO—“Why Men Leave our usband,’ ursday; “Beho! ! ink of it! 'C: 3 3 ing. v My Wife” Friday, d “Man- - Home”—*The Return.” ND think of it! Catherine Chisholm Cushing. now, when the authors [ My el e ‘Man Ccnh‘al e Avery Hopwood, who returned from abroad last week, has arrived in ‘Washington to personally supervise the production of his two contribu- tions to the American stage next fall. Mr. Hopwood will see the final per- formance at the Belasco tonight of “Why Men Leave Home,” which has had & successful week's engagement. Tomorrow night he will be on hand for the premiere of “The Return,” and he will remain in Washington all week to take an active part in the final rehearsal of “The Alarm Clock,” the next succeeding attraction at the Belasco. Mr. Hopwood regards “The Return™ as one of his most important works. ‘This comedy, which ran for two years In Paris under the title “Le Retour,” is declared not only the outstanding sensational hit on the French stage, but its plot, Mr. Hopwood believes, will cause it to me an equally sensational American success. “The Return” is being given its erican premiere in Washington to- and the photoplay directors are at each others’ throats on the ques- tion of manipulating and distorting the brain children of the former, has turned “Uncle Tom's Cabin” into a musical comedy, even though she had to annihilate some of its chardcters, introduce new ones and turn things topsy-turvy in general to make ’em fit. - * K Kk X THOSE who giggled and wondered and giggled again over “After the Rain” may feel mortified to know that George M. Cohan is hastening back from the shouts of success in London, and is preparing a new play for Lynn Overman. Lynn Overman, it will be recalled, was one of the fathérs, or mothers, of “After the Rain.” George knows a good thing when he sees it, or at least he has that reputation, and if the thing isn’t altogether good, George has the reputation also of being able to make it so. * % % X THE present generation may think it knows who and what De Wolf Hopper is. There may be many whose hair is silver-turned. or whose eyes are growing dimmer and whose merriness in the twilight of life lives on _memories who could answer the question, because De Wolf Hopper is getting into that class himself, almost ragidly, one might say. But the real point of this paragraph is that De Wolf Hopper is going to revive “Wang.” If you don’t know what that means, ask some of those old fellows, or some of the girls who knew Hopper and Della Fox and the Cambodian royal representatives in other days. It will be pleasant to hear them talk. A Rare Criticism. pRES!DENT HARDING in hisspeech July 3 ‘at Meacham, Ore., gave high praise to the Paramount picture, “The Covered Wagon.” The tribute ‘was especlally remarkable, as it was delivered on the old Oregon trall to children of the men and women who made the trip to Oregon in covered wagons. The Prasident is quoted as saying: “Not very long ago I saw ““The Covered ‘Wagon® in the moving picture. I sat en- tranced. There was more than the pioc- turesque, more than sorrow and discour- ement, more than appealing characters and enthralling heroism. There was more than the revelation of the ir- resolute who failed in fitness to sur- vive, more than tragedy and comedy in their inseparable blend. There was more than the scouts, who surpassed able purpose and the commanding sturdiness of elemental greatness. *“Much the same spirit was revealed n the -making of the central west, ‘where the determined pioneers builded in the confidence which they had in themselves. They battled with na- ture and every obstacle which they encountered, heroes perished without fame's acclaim, and they conquered and wrote their big part in the mak- Ing of the greater, republic. Their victory proclaimed ‘the strength of resolute purpose and the human genlus, confident in itself and eager to achieve on its own,account. “The lesson cannot ‘fail to impress itself. In the test'of self-reliant citi- zenship there came the rugged. mili- tant and wholesome west. Greater things were wrought, larger accom- | , = plishments were recorded, greater | merioan Bremiers dn TTASMREIon o- victory was won in this wholesome, inspiring individualism than will ever |if; Association with A. M. Waods and attend paternalism or governmental our fancles; more than mature’s re-|assumption of the tasks Which an:e}he O o o o lntless barriers revealed. Every.|natural Inheritance of the bullders|\'O0%s has made arrangemente with where aflame was the soul of unalter- who may better serve for themselves.” | ip "o Broadway cast. As a matter _— 2 & : of fact, Fred Raymond, jr, and Jo- Jltney Player’s On Tour: seph Creghan-are the only members of the present company who will have L B JITNEY PLAYERS” who, un- { “The Errors of Love and Death,” by ‘The Word, The La: * X % % THE Selwyns are going to bring over an amusing play of boarding- house life, with Jean Cadell, who is guaranteed to give a magnificent performance. The play is called “At Mrs. Beam's.” * X X * DAV!D BELASCO is going to take Mrs. Fiske and “Mary, Mary, Quite — Contrary,” to the seashore to prepare them as a fall attraction in New York, and Jane Cowl is going to make a road tour with “Romeo and roles in the production. The others are all New York players. The play 13 being staged by r MacGregor, in_collaboration E Edga regol with Mr. Hopwood. A group_of theatrical celebrities w | from New York is expected tomorrow | Juliet,” even though she is going to act in four new plays next season in Qeriths -directs of Hushue by Alice B. Keat- | night to witness the first performance ew York. W“gi" n has a chance—o: 3 Cheney, are touring New England ‘on by Constance C.|of “The' Return” the American | both. B s @ chance—only a chance—of seeing them ) ("arie autostage ever bullt on-a “Creatures of Impulse™ by |stage. c ool el " x; Gllbert and Sullivan; “The Tragical Historie of Dr. Faustus” by Chris- topher Morley and “The Raggle- 'rlfitlp Gypsies,” by Alice Keating. r.Cheney (Yale, 1921) originated ‘the idea. He was in “Peer Gynt” last Ford truck, appeared recently at Madison, Conn., onithe -grounds of “The Red House,” their “home port.”” Here, at Mr. Cheney’s summer home, the caravan was constructed and the remarkable truck with its New Lubitsch Picture. ERNST. LUBITSCH, who won fame through his motiqn pieture, “Pas- slon,” and whose work since that time * ¥ Xk %k THE big photoplay of last week, and indeed for a long while, was the Goldwyn reproduction of Rex Beach's “The Spoilers” It was a fine model by which to measure the worth of & photoplay that does honor to the screen. W. X. LANDVOIGT. season and all his associates have had professional experience. i | | 1 . g complete ‘stage and lighting. equip-| The company. includes: Patricla e - ment buflt under Mr. Cheney’s super- | Barcley, Iise Bloede, Bushnell Cheney, [ Includes such pictures as “Deception,” Routine of the Dancer. | Jack Thinke Them Clever. Anita Day, George B. George, Alicé | “One. Arablan Night” and “The Love viglon. The truck literaliy-collapses = into a practicable stage, has pros- |B. Keating, Hardwicke Nevin, Wil- Jof Pharaoh,” is about to start hls ] D SHAWN flies across the Sshars | NJOT only doss Willlam Le Baron's I um Snd scemery. switehboard and |llam Fost, Frances Simpson, Arthur|second Américan ‘production. Since desert and Ruth St. Denis re- |1V creative atory-telling genius come|lighting effects. On_either- side are | Sircum, Richard Skinner. he came to this country last year he tents for the dressing rooms. The company's repertoire includes Sixteen Sunshine G ‘The tour is being managed by Wells | has directed Mary Pickford in “Ro- Hawks and John Wilber Jenkins. sita,” a Spanish tale of the Napoleonic period, which is not only the first spectacular costume play Miss Pick- ford ever did, but also shows her in a highly emotional part. For his second American production he has signed a contract with War- ner Brothers to make a modern con- models a magnificent house In New York Into & huge studio of the dance arts; and all for the purpose of preparing a two - and - a - half - hour entertainment for their evening’s pro- &am. 3 ‘Hardly has the season’s tour of the to the screen in the Paramount plc- ture version of “Nobody's Money,” but Jack Holt, after reading the screen adaptation, written by Beulsh Marie Dix, declared: “In addition to being able to evolve very unusual and entertaining plots, 1jrls prificipal cities of this country 8nd[Le Baron has the facult TR ranks have never changed| “He specialized in little tots, for he| tinental comedy-drama with a small y o witty, | THE foe cast. This,picture will be somewhat Caiada been /completed. when Mr. |sparkiing dislogue. This was shown| in ten years! They are today|ls wise in the waye of the dance. Ile}i,"iyo "order of “Montmarte” Lu- t at once sail for Euro| not only in this stage success, but Shawn must e |also in’ *Apple Blossoms' and “The to search for next season's noveltles Ve Idea,’ and bring back from Spain and Africa |1 have ::'oln::’ S¥iec X Hcon s e | shawls, costumes, oriental jewelry am g to note that much of |and musical instruments—all to aad|the playwright's orighal conversa- ‘g | tion is imbued in the tities. Not onl; ;é‘!fl‘;:.‘” to the coming seaSON'S| ey this help to preserve the origl. In the meantime Miss St. Denis is :flltvt fl‘: !:I,: -tolry. lbu! :‘ also serves %kept busy, sometimes seventeen and |10 Teta e pleasing flavor of the efflneen"hcun a2 day, at the New |Stage lines.™ - ) York Denishawn headquarters in working out with scenic experts her jdeas for new settings, in designing and supervising the executlon of cos-/ tumes and properties and in training the members of her company in the new dances. The home of the Denishawn dancers olous old Knickerbocker mansions in yestricted residential sertion of New M from the famous Green- with {ts emanticasesistivan. ‘what they were in 1913, when they were declared finished dancers dby-old John Tiller, the London master of the dance. And Tiller thinks this is some 'record! Which it most certainly.is! The Sixteen - Sunshins Girls -were nt to this country by their instruc- tor, John Tiller, at the request -of Charles Dillingham, who desired them as a feature for ‘“‘Good Morning, Dearie,” the. Kern-Caldwell ;musical play. S Harldnd Dixon, himself one -of the most accomplished eccentric dancers started on & terpisochorean tour when | Pitsch’s last European production of mighty young and by the time they|the 1860 period, with Pola Negri, reach their early teens should be well | Which will be released next January. R 1] Tike the latter it presents an. Intic gotablished elther as sololats or mem- | ;..\ Jove story and plays in the “Tiller has other tropes touring in|mMilieu of continental soclety. Pt Eagiand. but he Sixteer Bun - inces of ngland, but e Sixteen Sun- Wanted toSee a Woman be the first woman seen by the shine Girls are famous.” 7 What Show Has America?| 1 wite ot a rancher for the past two years was the unusual experi- THE Selwyns announce they have |ence of Lois ‘Wilson during her recent completed arrangements with the | trip into the Tonto bdstn, 270 whine *: “To the‘Las n" was imed. Radio Corporation ‘of America bY| ‘Mrs, James Benson, the rancher's which passengers on incoming ships | wife, rode twenty-five miles on horse- 'may_order: seats for “The Fool” by |back to meet Lois on hearing that a = mnleu‘"“vl!thnnt ox‘ln charge. This :r‘mlh;n E«:n}rr:n:zmn‘l‘!g ;:.l't;n ll“)u- be put into effect first on | tion in . nson lives T T 3 arr with-her family in the heart of the isona hills, one of the least alyll-| tha h turn E"" “"‘m“ (on. .'.'u:‘“ henoa UK LA Among some of the titles taken from the dialogue created by Baron are the following: “I'm the guy that always gets the back door—and the dogs. And I love dogs like the damned love brimstone. T know what you're up against.|G: I had a great-aunt who thought was a tea kettle. She used to sit on_the stove and make & noise like a e ALFRED"LUNT ~ Rislto Current Attractions AT THE THEATERS THIS WEEK. BELASCO—“Why Men Leave Home,” farce comedy, tonight only; “The Return,” a French adaptation by Avery Hopwood, will have its American premier tomorrow night. KEITH'S—“The Sixteen Sunshine Girls,” vaudeville. opens tomorrow at a matinee; last week’s bill will be shown MARIE CALLAHAN Rerthss New show KEITH'S—“Sixteen Sunshine Girls.” Kelth's announces for this week, beginning with tomorrow's matinee, one of its most delightful bills of the summer, headed by a team of suc- cessful dancers, Harland Dixon and Marie Callahan, assisted by the Si: teen Sunshine Girls, who were a f ture of “Good Morning, Dearie,’ season or so ago. Irving Fisher, from “Sally,” 18 now on a Keith -tour which begi: 1 Washington this week. Fisher American singer, who, despite a of foreign training, has risen to the top and comes from a run of over 200 performances as leading man for Marilyn Miller. The supporting acts and players will include Charles Olcott and Mary Ann Ip a series known as “Charlie’s ‘A Potpourri f Unique Speclalties” by Emmett Gilfoyle and Elsle Lange a most unusual act; Herman and Shirley in a delectable thriller, “The Mysterious Masquer- ader” “Dance Stores,” featuring Guy and_ Pearl Magley, syncopation experts; Fritz and Lucy Bruch, cellist violinist, late of the New York Phil- harmonic Orchestra, and Homer Ro- !Armlna I; ;‘erll'lr e('x:entrll:l!le!, with 80D’ '‘ables, Toplcs hy lh;‘Pl(hfl N;wa of the Day and st week’'s bill will be repea today at 3 and 8:15 p.m. nessed TWO NCW playu. After a prolonged stay on the con- tinent and in England, Avery Hop- wood has returned to America bring- ing with him the finished scripts of two comedies that are to be produced during the coming weeks. One, “Little Miss Bluebeard,” is an original play in which Irene Bordoni will be starred by the Frohman Com- pany, with a.background of melodies that are to be interpolated by Victor Herbert and other prominent com- posers. The other s an adaptation of “La Bonette d'Alarme,” a Parisian comedy in three acts that i{s declared to be quite the best plece of the sort Paris has turned out in several seasons It will be seen at the Belasco theater next Sunday night, with an excep- tional cast that is to be headed by Bruce McRae, Blanche Ring and Marion Coakley, under the intriguing title, “The Alarm Clock.” Mr. Hopwood is at present in Wash- ington supervising final rehearsals of his comedy, “The Return,” which will be seen for the first time on any s at the Belasco theater. tomorrow night under the auspices of George Marshall and A. H. Woods. The Real Pola Negri. ASIDE from being a regally béautl- iy et studant SF her art exceedingly deep student of her Every scene, every trivial or impor- tant incident. shé studies carefully, deep furrows appear in & brow that naturally is untouched by a single line. Her expressive eyes and even more expressive hands denote that the action of the scene ing visuallzed thoroughly. It takes her but a sec- ond to make up her mind and then a radiant smile announces that she is ready. “'Even in the taking of still plctures the same evidence is seen of a desire to get the very most out of a pose. Every little detail—a ruffie of her gown, a stray hair which chances to escape Its fastenings to sweep her cheek, the exact pose of one tiny foot, all are taken into account. Negri exemplifies the Euro- fi traifing which is. admittedly AMUSEMENTS IN THE OPEN Glen Echo Park. The music lovers of Washington are promised a rare treat this after- noon when Minster's Military Band, under the personal direction of Sol Minster will present a series of un- usual programs at Glen Echo Park. Mr. Minster and his band need no in- troduction to the Washington pub- lic. Beginning promptly at 3:30 o'clock this afternoon, Mr. Minster will present four separate programs of seven numbers each, allowing an intermission of one hour between each concert. ‘The amusement devices, which num- ber a score or more, will all be run- ning today. Throughout the week dancing in the open air ballroom starts at 8:30 and continues until 11:30. Wednesday the Elks will give their seventeenth annual outing to the orphans of Washington at Glen Echo. Chevy Chase Lake. THE svivan charms of Chevy Chase Lake are sald to be attracting an increasing number of patrons for fetes and celebrations. Tuesday evening the Photographic Association of America will_enjoy the syncopation and wood- land breezes of the Lake and Friday evening the Kenneth Nash Post of the American Legion will glve a dance. The ex-doughboys decided that the Lake's twin pavilions offered a prime prospect boti in the way of coolness and amuse- ment. The Photographic Association has not met in Washington for twenty-three years, but some of the older members Il recall the delights of the Lake, which was even then the premier danc- ing place of the capital in the days of the waltz and two-step. It is an- nounced that,if possible, the two Meyer Davis jazz bands will play some of the ragtime of that early era, such as “Coon, Coon, and ‘“Those Goo Goo Eyes.” A “‘spiffy” speclal program will be prepared for the legionnaires. Great l‘:;l-s Park. ‘Those seeking a delightful trip will find in Great Falls Park many satis- fying features for rest, recreation. Located fourteen miles from the city and situated in a beauti- ful grove of forest trees, the park offers every form of outdoor recreation. The falls of the Potomac provide a scenic background always inspiring. Fres dancing on week days and free con- certs on Sundays are speclal features. Trains are operated on a frequent schedule from 36th and M streets northwest. Cfiesapea_ke Beach. Chesapeake Beach, the bayelde resort Just an hour's ride from Washington, 18 looming up as a vacation spot for clerks and their familles for the sum- mer and many are said to be commut- ing to and from office. Early morning trains make this plan feasible. The principal summer colony is at North Beach, about ten minutes from the resort. Salt water bathing is one of the principal attractions at the beach, with fishing, sailing and boating. Motor launches may be had for bay trips. The long boardwalk offers an ai- luring promenade and varied amuse- ments are situated over the water. Ralph Garren's orchestra supplies jazzy music for free dancing on the breeze- cooled pavilion. The plcnic grounds appeal especially to autolsts, Colonial Beach. The steamer St. Johns will leave the 7th street whart at 9 am. for Colonial Beach. The main attraction at the beach is the salt water bathing. A boardwalk is a promenade feature. Pishing, boating and salling may be had, and there are many amusements similar to those of the Atlantic re- eorts. A large dancing pavilion, with excellent music, is a mecca for dancers. The St. Johns makes trips to the beach on Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9 am. and on Satur- days at 2:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednes days and Fridayvs the steamer make: her forty-mile moonlight trip dian Head and return, leaving at 7:15 p.m., and returning to the city about 11 o'clock, with music and dancing on pleasure and | the deck: THE first class in visual instruction arranged for the District of Co- lumbia Americanizatiion School by the public service and/ educational de- partment of the Crandall theaters was held in the private projection room of Crandall's Metropolitan The- ater last Tuesday evening. The film utilized for the occasion was “The Spirit of Lincoln,” dis- tributed by the Lincoln Memorial Uni- versity of Harrogate, Tenn. Preliminary to the showing of the picture with its subsequent one- minute forum discussion, the Ameri- canization class was taken to the house on 10th street in which Lincoln died, where the Oldroyd collection of historical Lincoln relics was viewed by the foreigners seeking citizenship in this country. costume drama, so called, seems to have definitely come into its awn. > Not only are tperiod” pictures, dealing with a certain period in his- tory, now being made in a great many instances, but in modern dramas the tendency is to include some Interlude, cutback or a colorful fete which gives a chance for the actors to don gaudy garb or strut In sock and buskin. The public lkes brilllancy, pro- ducers claim. Also it likes to be transported, even momenta: some remote period and by compari- on with modern attire and customs gain an additional thrill. Cecll_B. DeMille’s forthcoming pic- ture, “The Ten Commandments,” it is sald, offers one of the best oppo: tunities. The gigantic biblical pro- 1ogue, a spectacle on a scale not here- tofore ttémpted, will glve much scope for showing the days of Moses and the attendant pomp, ceremony and architecture. “The Covered Wagon,” & perfod plc- ture, since it deals with the pioneer days of our own land, is already making film history wherever exhib- ited. James Cruze caught and held the spirit of those epic days. Herbert Brenon has started the new Pola Negri Paramount picture, “The Spanish Dancer,” an adaptation of “Don Caesar de n,” with all the color and beauty, drama and luxury of medieval times in Spain. S Visual Instruction Beg’un. was partici- . was opened The program, which pated in by 110 stude; by solos by Miss Esther Golden Talks were given, following the showing of the picture, by A. Kosson on “The Life of Abraham Lincoln” and by Napoleon Alcantra on' “The Kind Heart of Lincoln.” At the close the entire class rose and sang “America.” In addition to Mrs. Harrlet Halley Locher, director for the Crandail theaters, there were present Mrs Helen C. Kiernan, appointed by the school authorities to take charge of this particular branch of instruction Mrs. K. Y. Cowling and Mrs. Gertrude McClintock, teachers. Programs for. the next four weeks will embrace the Agricultural Depart- ment’s “Uncle Sam, World Champion Farmer,” “Keeping Out Bad Food.” “Sugar Cane and Cane Sugar’ and “Bullding Forest Roads.” Costume Pictures Coming. In modern story Chafles Malgne in- troduced a costume cpisode in the shape of an “empire fete” into his pleture for Paramount, “The Silent Partner.” “Bluebeard’'s Eighth Wife” a Glo ria Swanson picture produced by Sam Wood, gave a chance for a most allur ing Egyptian fete scene, with mum mies, Egyptian dancers, Nubiar slaves and the like in great numbers Jerome Storm introduced _intc “Children of Jauzz" a modern party with costumes of all sorts—breez) brilliant and eluborate. “Salomy Jane,” a George Melfor( production, with Jacgueline Logan George Fawcett and Maurice Flynn is of the costume tvpe in the sens: that it is early California—the day of stage robbers, vigilantes and gam blers; of prospectors, miners and gol« seekers. In “Children of Jazz” there ar scenes where an island home is kep up and the people dressed in the 1851 period. _Theodore Kosloff, Ricard: Cortez, Eileen Percy and Robert Cah are the featured players. Thus in virtually every plctur: there is some costume feature and th character wardrobe and the other cos tume departments are kept constantl: busy supplying fancy attire therefor It is quite evident that the period not so far past, when producers shiec at the idea of costume pictures, ha: gone and the idea is now either tc make period pictures big enough tc demand attention or Introduce some beautiful sequence in a modern pic- ture which admits of colorful treat- ment. Coming Attractions. BELASCO—“The Alarm Clock.” “The Alarm Clook,” translated by Avery- Hopwood -from “La Sonette d’Alarme,” will have its American premiere at the Belasco Theater next Sunday night. Its French authors are the popular collaborators, Mau- rice Hennquin and Romain Coolus. Hopwood is said to have taken a number of libertles with the original saript, outting down the inevitable five acts of a Parisian comedy to the speedier three that suits Amer- ican theatergoers, and transplanting the locale to New York city. “The Alarm Clock™ will be produced in Washington by George Marshall in association with A. H. Woods, with Bruce in the stellar role, sup- ported by Blanche Ring and a dis- tinguished mw‘ including Marion Coakley, Cora itherspoon, Lionel Pape, John Daly Murphy and others. Vacation With Pay. VACATION schedule has been ar- ranged by the Shuberts for the Dbenefit of the members of the chorus in_“The Passing Show of 1923." The plan, it is explained, in order not to interfere with the presentation of the revue, calls for the girls to leave in groups of ten each Saturday night until the whole ensemble of 100 has had a vacation. The first group went away last night for one week’s vacation on full salary, the departure being determined by a sys- tem of drawing lots under the super- vision of the stage manager of the production. The vacation schedule will be in operation until the end of September. is the first time that vacations have been chorus-3 KEITH'S—"“Yarmark.” The Keith bill for next week wil be topped by a miniature Chauve Souris—*Yarmark,” with a_ complete cast of Russian singers and dancers “Yarmark" {s, in literal Englis! translation, Ycarnival” and the Keitl production is said to have all th« bizarre beauty of a setting by Leon Bakst. Olga Cook, & Gus Edwards dlscov- ery, who has been winning laurel: for herself in “Blossom Time,” come: as the added feature. In addition wil be Fortunell and Cirillino, the Italla clowns; Franklyn Ardell and com pany, Demarest and_ Collette, Dave Roth, Harvard, Winifred and Bruce and Clifford and Gray. The Keith screen features, Aesop': Fables, Topics and the Pathe News will he eliminated from next week': bill to permit of the enlargement o the theater projection room. ‘These pictorial showings will be re sumed upon the completion of the alterations. New Play for Kalich. ERTHA KALICH, accompanied b: her daughter, Lilllan, salied re- cently on the Adriatic for England. She will return in September ¢t appear under the direction of Le« Shubert in a new play, the title o which has not been selected, bu which will be an adaptation by Loui Anspacher, who is now in London Miss Kalich is making London he first objective stop in order to confe with Mr. Anspacher on the variou datalls of the play, so that it, will b in readiness immediately upon he return. ‘While in England Miss Kalich als: ted to members.of the |in Ni r-Gardeny will visit George Bernard Shaw, whe is her great admirer and who adaptec the last play in which she appeare: visit Franc jew York. She will or-Carlsbad.fora rest