Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1924, Page 41

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. €., MONDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1924 CORPSEWANDERS " deie Facer FARSEEKING REST| ~ Diretor s SRS __|Old Variety House Is Made Station Agents Cannot Find| Film Theater to Meet Real Destination, So Body ‘ Change. Goes Everywhere- % LONDOX, December15.—The variet (Cosrespondence o Star and New York | theater. once almost a national in __Would) jtution in Great Britain and patron PRAGUE. November 2 —An aMdZ | ;0 py aq classes of society, is be- story of the crring wanderings of | 0 o 1ycneg by the vogue of the a corpse is veported from Prague. A |mgvies and elaborate revues and by irthly remains that could | the lure of larger salarles for per- liecause of the | formers in America, according to Sir of bureaucratic | Alfred Butt, managing director of the 4 source of con- [Empire Theater, in Leicester Square. | /A e [ ] o rail- | The public for high-class vaudeville [ L ] S |exists, but artists are not to be . ’ v says Sir Alfred, who is turn- ing his house into & movie house after ! - | disastrous five months’ experimental ) ed attempt to restore it to the status ative village of W - I {it once had as a West End music hall, wody was sent to t choslovania ing to the best interests of the ] kS - 2 Z b s P . 3 i ate railway and a bill of luding sh theater-going public. | Scene: The boudoir of any lucky woman on Christmas morning. The action consists in a rustle gned it to Weckelsdorf. Hi s, Si Alfred lained, 3 s 10 £ H 3 S esaness i lesimanlte: nave combed, Great Britatn, the con-| of tissue paper, followed by exclamations of delight as she opens, one by one, the gifts from her ; . AR . {tinent and the United States for per- \ . . ' !‘x‘a‘\‘v‘!‘ e ton 1R | tormers, but have been unable to find | || | deares.t f”m:‘db- b 3 P L s 3 e E ng “for one « wenkelpaore: llanviholcoulajeom ts Hisieaterion X Dainty bits of lingerie, silk and lace and exquisite embroidery—personal things, frivolous things QL AnEo e L Y eine | "We don't breed music hall artists that only a woman couid have chosen. ) in this country as we used to,” Sir 31 i Alfred declared. “The vogue of the revue has brought young artists un- der the producer and so killed indi- vidual initiative. Many of our best ar- | tists, men and women who could s i in musi hall turn if they @ have been lured away by the ntic salaries offered in the Unite One English comedian was 00 a week in New York, and | with the s whole a Maier 3 £3.500 a probably | € compete with that sort “ll he was ¥ of his coun- coftin with its |~ eplice, but to ania Trip Uneventful. uneventful trip of two arrived in Tren- Here, however, no con- to be 0/7'1/ fa/ rislmas Talesamani | | Qe | The Piece de Resistance— 84 Hooper & Klesner | WALL PAPERERS - b : Is the negligee that she has already donned. It is of rose colored crepe de chine with rose colored 929 H St. N.W. ostrich about the sleeves, the neck and down the front. An ornament of vari-colored cire ribbon. Main 4763 : i flowers fastens it slightly at the side. $25. Her DBandeau. a delightful confection of lace, ribbon ; and rosebuds, $1.50. (Street Floor.) She is fascinated by the mules of metal cloth in a design of silver and black—French, of course— and the price was but $5.50. : Sheer silk hose, with lace clocks, were also among her gifts—silver. to match the mules—8$3.00. 0 ci:% Baby 2-Piece Sanitary Bib Sets with nursery designs con: ing of Bib and Tray Cover. Hand embroidered Madeira Bibs Hand embroidered Pillowcases Peggy Jewelry in large variety White Handmade Dresses from mtanq to 2 )eal White Dr with lace and embroidery from in- 2-piece Fnar Feeding Sets with Nu signs; assorted colors Enamel Cups with nursery designs .. 3-Piece Enamel Feeding Sets with nursery esxgm. assorted colors -$1.35 Snap Shot Books with nursery designs ... 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