Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1923, Page 47

WA RAY DOOLEY and FLORENZAMES ~ Keiths In Quest ofthe TheatricThrill By Philander Johnson. Aiter a succession of unsatisfying dran earlier December from habitual theatergoer : “Dear Santa Claus—Please send a good play for Christ- mas.” Along came “We Moderns.” And this is what convinces me at last that there isn't any Santa Claus. many a In “We Moderns”—by L. Zangwill —the author asserts himself not as a story-teller or a philosopher, but as a critic. He is aweary of the world as now conducted by the new gen- eration. He assumes an air of flip- pancy, but his heart is sore. “The times are out of joint; oh, cursed spite that ever I was born to set them right The quotation impulse becomes ir- resistiblé after sitting for a time un- der this dramatist’s influence. He substitutes a_scrapbook for dialogue with patronizing interlineary com- t. During the season several mnists” have asserted them- selves in the drama. In this instance we have a writer using the dramatic form in conjunction oi the methods of the “colyum.” The mention in| course of conversation of a list of names ranging from Oscar Wilde to Shakespeare tends to create a sense of literaryr association which the original work is far from support- ing. = Mention of choanalysis arouses interest, but the subject is touched upon without evidence of sufficient study to indicate responsibility, in an effort to either explain or to ridicule, The play is the last word in a time when “research” steps iorth to claim the literary respect | traditionally due to original thought. The author asserts himself like a | ventriloguist. Good actors become artificial figures. There is no play of personality to reveal shifting viewpoints as they speak in turn. All speak as amplifiers for one self- enraptured individual. Tt is a strange thing that people who would shudder at the idea of being caught without collar and tie, or without shoes, in a politely disposed assemblage have not the slightest hesitation. about 'revealing their mental processes ungroomed. The performance . suggesting so much self-admiration was worthy of scien- tific study as a revelation of an in- tellectual phase of the Narcissus complex. * Areference to “originality” brings u# the inevitable reminder ‘that “There is nothing new under the sun.” The employment of old things in different patterns is all that can be hoped for. The fact that the silk worm is superannuated cannot pre- vent the creation of fabrics in de- signs of Tefreshing fancy. Original- ity is itself criticism—an effort to beat against a current of thought or fashion which has begun to flow Her First a VWASHINGTON during _this . New ¥V year week will see the first play written by Zona Gale since -her dramatization of her novel, “Miss Lulu Bett,” which won the Pulitzer prize in 1921. .The new, play is called “Mister Pitt.” If it seems a long Interval-between. & prize play and its successor, it should be recalled that there was a Tapse of twenty vears between Miss Gale's first play-writing ambitions and her first play. In this considera- tion, devotees of the American play on the American stage find- encour- agement. © Miss Gale's first full length the- atrical effort, “Miss Lulu Bett,” was the culmination of twenty years of wanting to write plays, and of cre- ating short stories and novels in- atey because these found a readier market. It was suggested by the fact that her novel, by the same name, would make a fine play, and then she insisted some one elsa do the dramatization. However, when she finally sat down to write her first play In twenty years, she wrote it in eight days. 5 Zona Gale hails from Portage, Wis., which has a population of some 6,000, Portage is about forty miles from the University of Wisconsin, and ‘to the latter Miss Gale accordingly went. It in those very early days that she wrote play scenarios and submitted them to chance play- ers who happened to go through Wia- consin. One of thesc was Sol Smith Russell, and gnother Kirk La Shelle, SRR RS the appeal went jorth in| | the story of a pitiful tawdry tragedy ARTHA HEDMAN, the fascinating | | and" inexcusable. | to promulgate it through the coun- i | sluggishly. It seeks to struggle up- | | stream to' find- the clear waters, and | has but small respect among the comfortable drifters. . The popular | | ldve of originality makes it the more | dangerous to establish complacen- | | cies. The popular fancy must be { humored and the effort now is to! | entertain with physical extrava-! | gances and cultivate (to wquote! again) “the loud laugh that bespeaks| ¢ the empty mind.” * % 3k X No fault need be found with the dance and the dumb show which seck to make an hour agreeable; | nor with the fun which flows from-a [ shallow and_even _slightly tainted | “spriug provided it gurgles into! | harmless forgetfulness. | ® E ok | But in “We Moderns” the idea of | | a good joke on a‘young woman is | —er—that is to.say—well—it simply can’t be discussed in print with suf- ficient precision to render it intelli- gible. The types refuse to tell what the footlights display without hesi- | tation. There is no more flamboy- ant hypocrisy extant than the threat to link censorship of the press with any effort.to enforce decent re- straint in public exhibition. 2 ok Aok Only an attitude of *superb con- tempt for humanity could have told TEORA SPELLMEYER Cosnos \Martha_Hedman. in such terms of such coarse flip-] pancy. The sceile referred to may be modified or even eliminated—in which event Washington will have had the experience, not. unprece- dented, of having been used as the subject of an experiment, transient Scandinavian blond. who comes ! to the National Theater this week, is noted for a charm which come | across the footlights and remains with her off stage, as well for beauty and repose. . Misy Hedman, girlish and womanly, knows distinctly what she is doin She uses her odd moments for think- ing, and when her thoughts come out they are aptly expressed. Her balance and repose ha come through a variety of ecircumstances, but mest of all from her race and the trainipg she received at home. | She sa, hat she will never gol back to Sweden to live~—but she very loyal to her native land. She { proudly declares that Sweden is the most beautiful country in all the world, though she chooses America ns‘lhe place where she will live and act. In reality, most of Miss Hedman's acting has been done since she left Sweden. There she was under the influence of the’ Strindberg family, and it was Mrs. Strindberg who put her on the stage. But when she started her career proper, she went to London. She studied English thers, and acted .in. England and Scotland several years before she got her start in- this country. Her first American appearance was in the Henr{ Bernstein drama, “The At- tack” anq for_ three years her por- trayal of the trained nurse in David Bslasco's presentation of “The Boom- erang” was one of the delights of the comed: ‘The Scandinavians serious people,” said Miss Hedman recently. “They think that anything light and flippant 1s wrong. All my childhood my family held me in, and then, when I stepped out 1 didn't know what to- do; it seemed like coming into” a_sunny place all at once where I could laugh and run and play, but I didn't know how. I just sat there staring off into space and dreaming great dream: Eva Puck-and Sam White. YOU don't have to go back very many years to remember the Pucks, Harry and Eva, brother and slater, danting and singing their way into fame before most young folks are old enough to know the dif- ference between an upper and lower berth on a train. . They started out as a team of uvenile performers and they were a ig hit. Soon they grew up and wen‘ ;reeko!nedh mor':lx'“tl';e'fl—:l;‘u ‘promising of the you: i :rs. Today, Eva Puck stands ace high in the theatrical world, having achieved nwc: in vaudeville, musi- ‘cal -comedy and revue. It was some |flm“e7 l‘;’ ‘!thol‘.‘t-|nl!v= Puck appeared in Washin Vehicle by EBdgar Allen Woolf called, “The Song Hit” Her brother Harry was with her then. Now, as for sev- erd] yoars past, she has as her part- ner, Sam White, with an -equally higi, reputation. After geveral appearances with Mr. ‘White in *Irene” “Mary,” the ‘‘Pass- ing_Show," the “Greenwich Village Follies,” 'and. ‘Under the. Bamboo Tree,” they have ceme back to vaude- ville'in-a. singing, dancing travesty|: wkich they eall, “Opera. va Jaaz Tom Patricola Scores. TO!_ “PATRICOLA, ' snother -vaude- _ville. regruit, who. has_ scored in murical comedy and until recently a signed George Whi & mer hr.".ppqmr',m in - “Scandals.” On- the. 0] night in the Globe Theater, New York, young Patricola * % ok % The impression appears to be strong that American education needs a course.in horrors. The Grand Guigtol was imported to New York with every evidence of intent The Guignol is-an institution, sian, intensely local. It needs its environment—the proximity of the Montmartre, the recklessness of the cabaret where they drink from skulls, the imitations of heaven and hell, the sidewalk cafe, and even the sacrilegious reminder- in its own architecture that the: building hous- ing the play-was-once-a little church. The plays were not all terrible. The acting was good and material wa; sought from all sources. “‘How Became the ' Editor ‘a = Country Newspaper,” by Mark Twain,” ‘was the billboard ~amnouncement -that brought _a- delightful experience’ in studying _the -~-American- as- seen through Parisian eyes.- It-was boi terous, innocent and not very artis- tic. The thrillers were morbid, and to a mood affected by the environ- ‘ment fascinating. ~But to transplant the mood to New York:or ariy other. large American city -should, at the outset, have been recognized as im- possible. are a very 5 * K ko The people of-the country-are def- erential to imported art to a_degree that is perhaps.creating thesimpres- sion too strongly that we like to be “treated rough.” - Passibly this as- sumption is' what misled the ‘spon- sors of “We Moderns.” put the:three of ‘them together“into a play. This ‘mmy- account: for the severe -simplicity’ of “her first play, “Miss Lulu Bett,” written-many years later. 2R e ¢-After her ‘graduation - from the University of Wisconsin, Miss Gale went —to- Milwaukee;-where she worked for a time, on—though says It was “for” rather than “on"— the local newspapers before essay- ing New . York. She made:her first trip to New York In 1902, wrote ape- clal stories for a few months for several of .the papers there and then gave .it up and went back to Mil- and ' “Christ- mas” A long and ambitious noyel, “Birth,” was published in 1917, after which ' came *Miss' Lulu~ Bett,” - in 1820, and since that time, the novel, Bl FIR e lay, 3 “Mister " r. new play, Miss Gale's dramatization of her novel,-“Birth.” ot A dson_.of thie Hhglish actor in Los . Angeles, Eyril Maude in “the-real hit of the cast. cer under a five- Aot 59 he will e 4 - dals” for some time to come. : um",‘,','!'iufi:fl | “Patricols, who s twenty-gix years, : debut - thres | Cailf. is s - brother of Miss flfifi‘*; : . also & vaudeville head- tmihediately placed _the rbert - Stand! yesT ‘con Standi: i¥ ‘o1 g ke et lam wedk ‘portant ‘ot ‘the cast of r., | old, is a native of - San e ~“He SHINGTON, D. C, Belaseo’ Current A At the Theate NATIONAL—“Thank You,” come: BELASCO—“Outward Bound.” comedy. BASIL SYDNEY- Phlis ttractions rs This Week. dy. Opens this evening Opens tomorrow evening POLI'S—Basil Sydney, in three great-plays. Opens tomorrow eve- ning. GARRICK—Zona Gale's ning. KEITH'S—Ray Dooley-Florenz Ames, vaudevi tomorrow with a matinee. Mr. Pitt,” comedy. Opens tomarrow eve- lle. New show opens COSMOS—Billy Batchelor's “Beauty Parlor,” vaudeville. New show opens tomorrow with a matinee. STRAND—"“The Pick of the Family,” vaudeville. Opens this after- noon. GAYETY—"Hollywood Folli National—"Thank You." theatergoers who sponsored John are promised an gem in ank You,” the at- traction at the National Theater this week, beginning tonight. ‘John Golden presents,” and “staged under the direction of Win- chell Smith,” are phrases of the thea- ter that have carried a special signifi- cance for eight years, for it Is clalm- ©d Messrs. Golden and Smith have, in this short time, produced a greater number of sensational stage hits than any other combination of man- ager-author-director the theater has known. These magic phrases come attached to “Thank You.” “Thank You" was one of the out- standing comedy hits for an enti season at the Longacre Theater, New York, and last year had a similar run at th bears the mark, for every play produced by John Golden must meet two re- quirements: it must be funny, and it must be clean—hence, “Comic- Clean” plays. “Thank You,” in three acts, with its scenes laid'm a little Connecticut town, is the work of Winchell Smith and Tom Cushing. It gets its title from the attitude which hundreds of underpaid pastors and rectors of churches are compelled to take— that of continually saying “Thank fou” for things glven in charity which should be theirs by right of the dignity of their position and the needs ‘of .their work. While the au- thors have given the play a small- town setting, the shoe is sald to fit many cities as well as villages. The cast of players, most of whom have been identified with ‘“Thank You” since the mnight of its New York premiere, will include Harry Davenport, Martha Hedman, Frank Monroe, Richard ~Sterling, ~Phyllis Rankin, George Schiller, Herbert Saunders, Phil Bishop, Frederick Mal- colm, Albert Hyde, Helen Judson and Elinor Post. Bclnsoo‘—"O\nward Bound" One of the unusual bookings of the current season is scheduled for the Shubert - Belasco ~tomorrow night, when Wililam Harrls,'jr., will offer Sutton Vdne's new comedy, “Outward Bound." > v This play. is said to have created a furore in London because of -the Bold character of its theme and the novel treatment of a daring subject. In brief, it portends to show the reactions on a group of diversified people when they learn for the first| time that they are on a ship that is bound for the “Hereafter.” Arnold Bennett and A. Conan Doyle have called it the most unusual play of a generation. - ‘William _Harris, Jr., “secured the American rights while the production ‘was still running in London and ar- ranged for an .American production worthy of the play, Livingston Platt designed the settings and the stage directfon will be by Robert Milton. An exceptional cast of players in- cludes Leslie Howard, Margalo Gil- more, Alfred Lunt, Dudley Digges, J. . igan, Eugeéne Powers, Lionell Walts, Beryl Mercer and Charlotte Granville. Beryl Hemehre"n\\fllho the role of Queen Yictorla, 13 the- u 2y o name, _an :&ufiu to - join “Outward - Bound' and Dudley Digges relinquished a feature role with the Theater Guild productions to the same end. Poli's—Basil Sydney in_ e flreedaerZ:Phyl ‘Washington theatergoers doubtless will find much pleasure in the coming of Basil Sydney at the head of the New Yo Theater Gulld production to. Poll’'s Theater this week, starting tonight, when “He Who Gets Slapped” will be presented. Tomorrow.- night, New Year's day (matinee and' night) and Friday evening, Bernard Shaw's IThe Devile Disciple” -"I{ll be, pre sented, and Wednesday night an matinee .and night, “Peter 7 burlesque. Opens this afternoon. Thursday afternoon and evehing “He The unusual drama, “He Who G | Slapped.” by Leonid Andrevev, trans- lated from the Russian by Gregory Zilborg, is so unlike the ordinary run of plays that the novelty should be decidedly diverting. Andreyev wrote it in 1916, and it is his last dramatic work. The scene takes place among the realistic surroundings of a cir- cus, with all the varied characters vividly portrayed by a particulagly fine company. with ‘Basil Sydney ‘at its head. On’ his last visit here Mr. Sydney was only “featured. ow he is “starred” by Jos. M. Gaites, at the head of the New York Theater Gulld productions. “The Devil's Disciple.” which had a phenomenal run in New York. is_one of the most sparkling plays by Ber- nard Shaw in which his wit deals with some of the {mportant English officars in the American revolutionary war and shows up the narrowness of the puritanical conscience. - Dick Dudgeon, the hero, rebelling against the religious-hypocrisy around him, takes the side of the devil and flaunts his heresy in the-face of his God- fearing relatives, -s0 becoming an outeast. Yet, when it comes to the final test, he ‘gives up his life for his friend. Basil-Sydney plays the part of the beloved Tebel, Dick Dudgeon. “Pesr Gynt.” Ibmen’s spectacular mastérpiece, originally ~ played by Richard "Mansfleld, tells- a_ thrilling story, as fresh in 'satire as if it had been ' written yesterday. and teems with adventurous incidents. These productions are promised in as complete a manner &s when pre. sented in New York. -The organiza- tion _numbers nearly fifty players, in cluding Basil Sydney, C. H. Croker- King, Stanley G. 'Wood, Arthur Hughes. Zita Johann, Florence Auer, Erin O'Brien-Moore and Nannie Grif- fen. The ornate productions also are the same as, given for two_seasons at the Garrick Theater, New York. : A s Garrick—Zona Gale's “Mr. < ilvg Pitt. Zona Gale’s new play, “Mr. Pitt” will be the attraction at the Shu- bert Garrick Theater this week, be- ginning tomortow _evening. It is & comedy, with characters.and episodes from Miss Gale's movel “Birth.” And it is presented by Brock Pémberton, with a cast that is said to be de- lightfully adapted to its needs, in- cluding -Aalton Huston, Minna Gom.-' (bel, Adelaide - Fits-Allen, Marion ilen, - Antoinette ~ Perry, . Ethel Wright, Parker - Fennelly, - Helen Sheridan, Florence Barrie. Catherine Sayre, Mildred Miller, Emily Lor- raine, Marle Haynes, Minnle Milne, C. Henry Gordon, Borden Harriman’ and Florence Peterson. The heroine of “Mr. .Pitt” wants what she has not, sophistication and luxury. The play’is a realistic study of American manners, and in it ‘Waltoh Huston, who s well known to the world of vaudeville, is said to have created -a -wonderful bit of amusing character as:the ‘hick,” for whose sophistication there is ab- eolutely no hope. Brock Pemberton:-has staged - the production ‘with close: attention . to every - detail. ‘enz‘Ames. x The new year will be ushered:in:at B.F. Keith’s with a bill of variety, teeming - with laughs, - muaic, - dencin Rod.npveities. pecial stunte are. be- ing or | the midnigte = formarice tomorrow, with all the u‘fi:- Jjoining in giving the new year af Tousing welcome. . : Ray of " the famous Dooley family and Florens Ames of musical comedy and vaudeville fame will head- line. the bill in & new vehicle written by J awthorn, and, entitled “A Terpsichorean - Dilemma,” Eben - 8. Litchleld will assist. leater “who “The 8, and Who Cets Slapped” will be repeated. ! 'SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 30, - 1923. i i ESTELLE NACR> i Gayety Winnie Lightner a Star. INNIE LIGHTNER, the comedi- enne with George White's “Scan- {dals” who has only recently passed Ler teens, and who made her stage debut a few seasons ago in vaude- ville with an act billed as the Light- ner Girls and Alexander, is to be starred by the youthful producer next Season, in a musical comedy which is now being written by Willlam K. Wells. George Gershwin will provide the music. Thea Lightner and New- ton Alexander, her former vaudeville associates, are to have’ prominent roles in the new musical comedy. make mel in a new act entitled, “Opera vs. Jazz." The newest. in instrumental and vo- cal syncopation will’be offered by Leo Singer, sponsor for the ‘famous Sing- er's -Midfets, who presents Ina Hay. ward and Dora Maughn with Misha's Five, in “Models and Music.” ~Miss Hayward and Miss Maughn are char- acter singers and Misha's Five con- stitute a icopated quintet.” Pert, bright cdialogue with new and ingenious situations are promised in the clever act of Thomas Dugan and Babette Raymond, called, “An Ace in the Hole,” and airy comedy of lies and aviation. ’ Flo Lewis returns in a new act, “From Burnheart to Heartburn'”; four cinnamon and two grizzly bears, stars of Breker’s Bear Comedians, pear with remarkable fea is termed, *vaudeville's mo: spec ular attraction,” ‘“Weldanos Sensation, a trio of two men and a woman who combine unusual and me ical de- vices and thrills in_ gymnastic darin Aesop's Fables, Topics of the Day and the Pathe News Weexly will com- plete the bill. Cosmos — B:ll; Batchelor's *The Beauty Parlor.” The revue, with its pretty gtrls, its dazzling scenery, {ts' bjzarre cos- tumes and its dash of comedy and Broadway pep, will come into its own at the Cosmos Theater this week in the form of Billy “Batchelor's” “The Beauty Parlor.” True it will be a replica in miniature, but Billy Batch- elor .belleves he has caught all the high lights of the big show and that it will be & fine entertainment with Which to open the Néw Year. He i, assisted by Hazel ‘Vert, Sylvia and Vane and a quartet of breesy and talented girls who lack nothipg in Dpersonal loveliness. 7 "It will have & ‘mpanion in “Lone- some Land,” -presenting Charles B. Middleton and Leorp Spellmyer, as- sisted. ‘by Fred Eckert in a little melo --drama, full of. laughter and BbhE, of the western country before came to Texss. N ‘An- instrumental feature, coupled ‘with_a surprise, is promised by Bob- by =“Uke'” “Henshaw, &~ virtuoso of the ukulele, who also imitates things and yodels like a Swiss mountaineer. “ Others-in the happy New Year bill will “include Mlldzed Parker, an ac- complisfied violinist, who. has won fame as. “the whiriwind ~ violinist.” Hodge and Lowell, a clever girl with a hick Partner “From Punkinville" who sigs and dances and helps to ‘make laughter, and the Krayone Company, in electrical drawing and explosive art that will picture the Brooklyn bridge, the Statute of Lib- erty_ and finally the U. 8. S Mary- land’ M. sction—quite & -novelty in its way. . 2 ‘William - 8. Hart, -in- “Wild Bill Hickok,” will.'be the photoplay fea- as written and directed-and role played by the famous A% - CORSEXAN l I'York to present the play thefe. | first play |and Cleopatra” and one which would MARTHA HEDMAN oming’ A Jane Cowl as “Cleopatra.” The surprise of the season comes the announcement that the Sel- wyns, in assoclation iith Adolph | Klauber, will present Jane Cowl as Cleopatra at the Shubert-Belasco Theater the week of January Miss Cowl is in the midst of an all- season engagement at the Times Square Theater in New York, which she is interrupting for a brief period only in order to appear here in what is ‘her latest role— Cleopatra—in Shakespeare’s “Antony and Cleo- patra.” Following the Washington engagement she iwill return to New It was originally intended that ‘Antony and Cleopatra” should be the produced in Miss Cowl's New York repertory seasom. Prepa- rations were begun for It last sum- mer, but after the fatiguing tour she | ade to and from the coast in Romeo snd Juliet” it was decided to open with a play demanding a less elaborate production than ‘“Antony provide a less strenuous role for Miss Cowl. Miss Cowl has always been a great favorite in Washington, and there can be no doubt that in the highly color- ful role of Cicopatra, with its won- derful acting opportunities, she will Dbe accorded a warm welcome. “Antony and Cleopatra,” though one of the most stirring of plays, has not Leen seen in this country often in late vears, chiefly because its produc- | tion requires a lavish expenditure for scenery and costumes. The acting | | of the famous characters of the old west who will always live in Lictory. 1t has all the moving power of & big feature and will be supplemented with a Mack Sennett comedy and the Urban Movie Chate. Strand—"Thé Pick. of . the Family.” The Strand Theater for_the week | beginning today—its New Year bill— will present Walter Miller, the screen actor, in_a clever one-act comedy by James Horan entitled “The Hck.nf the Famil. Estelle Mardo and Wil- liam H. Power will appear in support. Mr. Miller for the past five years has been a featured player ith such stars as Lionel Barrymore, Henry B. ‘Walthall, Mary Pickférd, Dorothy Gish, Mae Marsh and others. Only two weeks ago he was seen on the Strand screen in “The Rapids.” The Jewel Box Revue will feature Eileen Schofield and Bob Gore with bevy of dancing beauties in a pre. tentiously staged and costumed en- tertainment as an extra added attrac- tion. Others will inciude Bruce Morgan and Tommy Moran, -“Legitimate Legits,” as marvels of manipulation; Kara, the sensational European jug- gler, and Billy Frisch and Verna ler in a delightful skit entitled “The Song Writer's Wedding Belle.” Romance and the -alluring loveli- ness of the tropics are promised in Frederic and Fanny Hatton's original picture, “South Sea Love,” which fea- tures Shirley Mason, and ‘will be the photoplay offering for-the week, to- gether with lfl?n L Gayety— Hollywood Follies' Joe Hurtig’s “Hollywood Follies’ will be this week's attraction at the Gayety, beginning with today's mat- inee. . Marty Collins gnd Jack Pillard, star comedians of ‘the show, will of- unique entertaining _odditfes which have proved a hit elsewher hey work not only from the stage, but from the audience and even to the front door of the theater. Marty Collins, -who plays all instruments. is a “dumbbell” character, and Jack Pillard, straight man, is noted for graceful and nimble dancing. Jullette Belmont, the prima donna, is paid to be extellent in violln work: Al Belasco plays the saxophone, and Marie Ward and Miles Oliver are ex- 'pert accordion players.- - Others .include Al Stern, Hebrew ‘comedian; Estelle Nack, -soubrette; Jimmie Connors and Jacques Wilson, s ‘with " eighteen’ stunning s. “Hollywood Follles” is in two big acts, with eight colorful and attrac- tive scenes. It is-a travesty on lite at America's great motion pic~ ture producing e&} r. A jazz band of twelve—the ffornia "Syncopa tors and Serenaders—will offér a pro- gram of popular hits and - classic numbers. There. will be the usual New Year's eve performance tomor- row night at 11:45 o'clock. Janet Richards Tomorrow. Miss Janet Richards at her regular Hondap talk ob public Quostiong Le- ~ National ttraction_s_ role: require power, breadth and ¢ somewhat rare There are over fifty speaking parts in “Antony and Cleopatra Rollo Peters, who was seen here as Romeo, is to play the role of Antony. He also designed the production. The play has been directed by Frank Reicher. Others in. the cast include Dennis King, Louis Hector, Vernon Kelso, Gordon Burby, Robert Ayrton, Milton Pope, Grace Hampton,” Edith Van Cleve and Marion Evensen. George White's Scandals. The latest edition of George White's “Scandals” will be the offering at the National Theater next week, commenc- ing Monday, January 7. During the local engagement of this revue popu- lar priced matinees will be given Loth on Wednesday and Saturday A cast of 130 players is employed in the presentation of Mr. White's newest “Scandals.” The long list of entertainers will include Lester Al- len, Winnie Lightner, Tom Patricola George Bickel, Richard Bold, Helen Hudson, Alice Weaver, Olive Vaughn, Newton Alexander, = Thea Light- ner, Myra Cullen, Charles Dornberg- er's orchestra, the Tip Top Four, James Miller, Mischa Vol Janin Lloyd Halicey, Harry fLang, Norma Cloos, Dorothy Fenron, Georgia Lerch, Hazel Donnelly, Vera Col- burn, Marle Nerval, the George sis- ters.” Alice White, Margaret Gol (Continued on Second Page.) morrow morning at the New Masonic Temple will devote part of the time to an account of her interesting ex- perience in Europe last summer, in- cluding her personal impressions of Mussolini and also of Miss Mildred Aldrich, whom she met in her histori. home on “the hilltop on the Marne. She will also describe the wonder ful ceremonies of July 33, when Gen. Foch transferred 200 acres of Bellean Wood from the French to the Amer~ ican flag in memory of the United States marines who fell gloriously there in Jume, 1918. The talk will begin at 10:15 o'clock. Ram's Headfif;l:yers. “paolo and FanCCSCa" Wednesday evening of this week ar 8:30. the Ram’s Head Players, dirccted by Robert Bell and Walter Beck, will inaugurate their second season in their playhouse in the residence of the ,late Alexander Graham Bell, 1328L 18th street, with a production of the great:love drama. “Paolo and Francesca,” by Stephen Phillips. James Reynolds, art director of the Ram's Head Players, has designed the settings and .costumes for this pro- duction, which will run for ten per- formances, exclusive of Sundays. Mondays and Tuesdays, but including two Saturday matinees of each play. Mr. Reynolds has made “Paolo and Francesca” according to the mood color of the- theme, using tones of dull red, henna and deep orange, sug- gestive ‘of deep moods and feeling. Whereas for the Skinner play he used brighter colors of yeilow and brilliant reds to denote its airy and fantastic theme. The play if presenteti in. four acts, all taking place in Rimini, and here again the colors used in the stage settings are indicative of the whole color.of the little Italfan town, which, because of the unusual tone of the stone found in the vicinity, gives one the impression of reds of all shades for practically all the houses and buildings in the city. Josephine Hutchinson will appear as Francesca di_ Rimini. alter Beck and Robert Bell, co-directors of the Ram's Head Players, will both take leading parts, Beck. playing Glovanni Maletesta, tyrant of Riminf, and Bell appearing as Paclo, hig brother, a captain of the mercenaries. Others will include Leona Roberts, as Lucresia; Anne Ives, as Anglea, and Arthur J. Rhodes. as Pulcl, a drug seller; with Alice Tams, Frances Leh- man and Joseph Droney completing o be had-at-the Ram ots may. - at -the ‘s Head Playhouse, telephone Franklin 88, and’ single ‘tickets at the New ‘Willard newsstand. Arcade. New Year's eve, with its crowd of well-wishing ~ dancers and their friends, will usher out the old year at a big, colorful dance at the Ar- cade, where a mammoth flashlight hotograph of \“those. present” will e snapped at 11 p.m. sharp.’ The New Year will be royally weicomed with a - twin event on Tuesday, & popular matinee dance from 3 to 6 and 2 gorgeous - 1924 ball in the :vtla'“;d :‘:&:har ";.ldies' ni‘{xl" w|fll e 5 o sevatal Sus nt old-faghioned “Paul Jones” _Will-Dg the special attzactiony