Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1924, Page 22

‘ E)\nre the rod'ana’spol g parentic O.h revéfte of the old adage. . That| ma; or.may not, he. the meantig | Sougnt ta ve vwln‘yed by the outhofl Bf “Mrs. Partridge ' Preesnts—" Blanché Wites' new comudy. which opened &t | Phe Natignal Theater last night, but Miat is 168 1 dePEAe reptstored.” There are times during the three #cts when one would, gladly apply a ¥érbal rod—if noffé qfher were handy «-1o the mother WHo" ¥olght to fash- fon the lives of Ber §wo children as Ehe desired, W ‘regard to the| Wishes of her son and daughter. All o€ which jndie¥tes that' Miss [ Mas to struggle agaipst the handic 6f an uneympathefic..part, It is strange to see ‘Miss Bates in such a part, for shg,.bag been an _ido s Washingten thea{ergbers since the days of “The’ GifY" uf the Golden iss Batas herpelf fs charming_ in the new p Her ‘todeh s sure: She Makes the mother stand out &s: the teally strong character of the play. She is a personalit With her usual ylin she throws her “into the part Fhe is an’ attractiyg matron. Men wikh tosmarry her. *With all her ! Hoposaible for Yrs. Partridge a pathetic mother. she is interesting.* dominating, ever toving, but as iritating as & spoiled &hild who insists. ppoen. smearing hite paint on the furnllure Just be- lgre the gue: its” down. ¥The authd Mary Buth Hawthorne, have ‘sought -to supply Mrs. 'artridge with an ex- duse for determination to make hter an actress and of artist. But it is scarcely | It seems that her in-la tried to stifle all her natural desi in the early years of her married e determines that -her daughter shall have a professfon and @ career that will make her independent, and Ber determination” splile aver onto her | 0, however, it Is | Bates to make | (or him is painting, just pecausé she Berself had a leaning toward: the $tage and the studlo before she was married. AS a matter..of fact, when bed oft. with-her two bables 4 left the home of her husband's|s parents, she herself entered upon a|a much more practitdland prosaic busi- dressma[,ing, @ business which built up.unt{] she hecame nation- | aily famous [ And so ‘Mrs. Partridge Presents’— or would present if she could—her @aughter Delight as an actress and ber son Philip as a knight of the rush and palette. Herdaughter falls i love and would become a mere wife, while her son wishes to adopt {ivil engineering. For three acts tha struggle between mother and children #ontinues, with the mother fighting a rs. Partridge - Presents” fur- fiishes clean comedy, clever lines and & lesson to parents to give their ¢hildren a chance to think and act themselves, after the infant stage gy men and women. suppose up, the sens n have-séie enough not ake their children stalk want to paddle—a sense Partridge latked. > comedy furnishes a capi- tal character sketch-~Katherine Ev- erett, played by Miss Ruth Gordon, Rutherine is romantic. If the top of her head were lifted, feathers would fly out, she says. Miss Gordon makes. the most of the part and wop the hesrty approval-of thé avdience, . Guthrie McClingio, the produeer, has rounded Miss Bafes with an ex- @ellent compai Sylvia Fleld as De- light, the dauglter, is charming, and | of the cast, does’#6t 'ald In giving the E Kennedy ‘and | errs occasionally on the side of giv- an Cabot 3s ‘the’voung lover. acts sureriess and ability Belasco— Hxflh Tide."” A rugged bif of rellsm from the rock-bound coast of Maine is the of- tering at the Shubert-Belasco The- ater this week in “High Tide," the three-act melodrama, by Eleanor Holmes Hinkley. “High Tide" is the product of that kind of dramatic thinking done by Bugene O'Neil and Zopa Gale, but lacking ir the delicate touch of those exponants:.-of _sealism. . Occasional overhandling of the dificult parts, a handicap that probably can be erased by further overtime gwork, on the part piece the vital touch of sincerity. The first two acts age rpther convention- es a much higher igh Tide" télls the story of love in the life of Marielle Thatcher, a del- icate flowed,-grewing among the in- initely hardferyplants of the sait eezes that whip $he Maine seaboard. | e I8 left ajone Wwith Amos Pike, a Qifficult combingtion of passionate brutality and simpligity. The wlid- ower Pike forces the girl to marry | him despite her awnounced betrothal to Roger Fielding of the United States Navy. .To:earry : the -delicate flower figure further, its assoclation with an element-defythg .Greature lke Pike causes it to wither and virtually die in the first two acts. In the third Q\ln‘s change. ing comes back, and his straight talk | to Pike convimces:the latter of his sin, There .on the beach, with the waves dashing ‘in- on the moonlit | sands, Pike decides that suicide is the one way to atone. He takes that Field- vay Miriam Hopkins js the girl Marielle. | no simplé part. She handled | ably and wiH handle it better. Louis hern, the erotic clamdigger, | ing too much to a part that demands a great deal. ald McDonald, late juvenile of arrick Stock Company here, han- part of the marrying parson ty, and Muriel Kirkland, as | rrie, iend of Marielle, acted and looked splendigly. = | Gayety— ‘Let's Go." A more nppmvflae title for the | show at the Gayety Theater this week would be “Let's Go Again,” for it is one of the most entertaining offerings that have come to this playhouse this It could be seen and heard vrond time without much loss course the star.is Manny King. ome of the gobd comedians that the musi- cal révues ‘have not claimed as yet. Nutsize, $11.00ton Eggsize,$11.50ton - Curb Delivery FRANKUN 4840 King ls a clever performer with much impromptu wit, which is injected be- tween the regular lines. Ho algo is ' violinist of ability. howev ‘e,r he is his “Addle which, gretted. . § Fay '!‘onld t the - curtain ,This season, er’ stingy with s much to be re- es your ‘eve when ses _and holds it whenéver she vs thereafter. Her singing was enjoyed. Helen Fivnn is a gravefuls dancey who deserves a higher ratiirg thid the burlesque stage can_ever giye her. Her num- bers:are difficult and well executed. One of the big hits of the performance was made by a juvenile, Master Jo- seph, a Wasbingtenion. His youth- ful yoice ha$ remarkable sweetnese And he was repailed many times. Avnette Crelghton, and Nan Palon are ood in vocal numbers, and Walter “Pep” Smith itas a song specialty certain to please. Harry Poterson and Andy. Price round .out the cast. An animal act 4s added by “Little Jim,” the wrestlimg bear, who is billed to ‘meet all comers. = Many were called, . but few’. responded. The chorus contributes Mmuch to the suc- cess of the* entartainment and the scenic settings unfold a wide range of views from the tropics to the snowy ‘regions. /9% Gayety This week's #iow at the Mutual, Gus Fay and H¥ “London Gayety Girlsj*" “suffers By contrast’ with pre- vious ‘offeripgs; The, inimitable Gus Fay and his partner In comedy, Joe Moss, come near being: the mwxc show in them- FI 'mefmx. D, ¢, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1024 selves. W(th !llll duv oft stage, the show drags and becomes uninterest- ing. But this stellar pair, fortunate- ly, shares a generous portlon of the spot- light, and, by injecting 60 minutes’ worth of hilarity lntu every bo\lr, “put over” the show,- Fannie Vedder, female role, dances.and ing a nicety of accomplis former. Evelyn Buttler donna, who steps out of her role oc- casionally to “feed” the comedians, while Madaline Rice, & demure miss, is here, there and everywhere, which leaves the audlence in doubt ds to her calling. The chorus lacks uniformity of ac- tion, but, with the éxception of white cotton gocks, is Well wardrobed. 5 his the leading 1Bgs, show- t in the prima - o POLICE TRIAL'RESUMED. e Lieut. J. H Plgrlnn and Five Oth- ers Praunt Defense. The trial 'of Liogt. J. H. Plefson, No. 7 poltcé precinet, and five ot pollcemen of that x?unn on charges growing out of thé alleged vindic- tive beating of Arthur A. Davis while incarcerated in thé station house in Georgetown W -v‘-umea before the Police Trial eitting at the sixth precinct police station, at 1 o'clock this afternoon. After two full days of hearing the prosecution rested its case last Sat- urday and this afternoon Attorney William E.”Leahy began the presenta- tion of evidence.on behalf of the de- fendants. ExouNE MOTOR OIL Winter driving puts motor oil to the most severe tests. Low motor tempera- tires when starting, high temperatures when running, higher than. nomdl if the radiator is protected too much. 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For something entirely sensible as well as serviceable, we have a wide range of choice bert, and Rudolph H. Yeatman, Loftus pleaded in answer to the contempt SALOONIST EXONERATED.. ~]charge that he stfictly obeyed the Justise Hoehling; However, Pined | orie" and had not removed 11 bot- s 3 by the ralding DaFty which secured the. Rartender $500. the Injunction: ot )u{ 10, 1923. This JFustics - Hoehling -of the DI alleged liquor was discovered when Supreme Court yesterdas cxoneentes | the place was again raided November Peter Loftus, proprietor of a nesr|13 Isst. If Winston mads any sales beer saloon st Thirteen-and a-Haif| of Whisky Loftus declared he did not and D street, of a charge of con-|knOW it. tempt of court for an alleged vio- e lation “of a “padlock” Injunction ;v.‘-m:: n.glnLe of whisky, John Motoring Im]mve: inaton, his bartender, was found D gullty by Justice Hoelling of 'dls: o i R ing the court injunction and Wil be fined $500, or to. serve 30 days in ja w quartermaster, other, a silver tralning station, tice make: WIN BRAVERY AWARDS. tles. of intoxieants which were lett| Two SBailors Get Medals for Saving Lives. Two life-saving medals for enlisted men of the Nevy have been awarded by the Secretary of the Treasury, one a gold madal, to Lloyd Walker, first class, and the medal, Benjamin Alexander, coxswain. Walker, now attached to the Naval Hampton FRoads, Waulker puéceded In rescuing one of the men;and bringing him to safety. Ogden Hecamo. exhausted while try-- ing to aid in the rescue,and Walker immediately vaaa in" and saved him. He 4s from Birmingham, Ala. Joseph Benjamin Alexander, now on the recelving ship Ban Francisco, jumped overboard and rescued a shipma‘e who had fallen from a ship &t Tutuila, Samoa. C e A Double Job. From the Boxton Transcript. Hub-—-Well, Roberta, to - Joseph is it church Va., rescued two shipmates from the | this 8 ? Atior & motas coiilaton &t BRepper. | underiow —ate urt Bemty Lomte |y moralug or motoHag leu will have! ton the driver crawied out from be-| Port, Rice, December 29, 1823. He meath his car entirely unhurt, Prac-|and Roy N. Ogden, a shipfittes fect. to the assistance of four sailo and e (from boudoir)—I haven't de- cided yet, dear. , while you're making up please mike up your ming. went INQUIRE ABOUT OUR DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN W, YJ. 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Windsor Chairs, $9.50 genuine Reindeer—6.00, or_the Fownes’ = cerz Mosha—4/50, - Also, the- Sidocy., Wt cspar. special Mocha in gray For sports and driving, of Buckskin—300 and . lover—400 or_beaver—4 00. he'll need a pair 400, wool-lined , Fownes. fur-lined—7. “or. thé pecial Aulomobfl: gloves (lifigd; —QW lo 1000 Hars LOOK inside the leather band of his hatto find out what size he wears: Has he a Derby bat? s really necessary & ‘this season to break up the monotonous satméress of the felt Tt mppearance. ‘l'hn AWellington “is S.00 4nd.the famons " Dunlap is 7.00. 1f h " Wallington for 500 i PBorsatin may please needs anether ~conomical & im more—7.00. hat, the special m Dudlan o to sée the new V. A:fim.. 250 and 300." 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' be popular in the popul this season if you get him one of the new black silk in single- beeasted, or white pique, double- breasted Tuxedo Vests with smoked pearl butions to contrast =750 to 1200. 4 . Historical Cravats HE can’t help likiog your chaice, if n get him a His vat. True art wotks:: silk, gwd from the de- signs of famous tadfers. The colors. are:bright, as he likes them, .but are welcomed by men of -the gl&))st conservative taste— up. Radio Cabinets, $18.00 up. Radio Tables, $15.00 up. Pedestals, $7.00 up. Mirrors (plain), $7.00 up. : Coffee Tables, $32.00 up. Gate Leg Tables, $25.00 up. Venetian Tahles, Small Tables, $12.00 up. - Nest of Tables, $32.00 up. ! : Easy Chairs, 33300 up. Humidors — Sizes vary from 6-inch square at $10 to 13x10 inches at $35. 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