Evening Star Newspaper, December 20, 1925, Page 75

SUNDAY MORN 7 AT oty RKelbbZ BROOKE. JOHNL Keiths [ ) ‘ Larle '|. Coming Attractions BLACKSTONE — Washington Auditoriune in “In a and NATIONAL—Duncan Sisters. After a long tritmph in the West. and many months in New York, the | U Duncan Sisters, Vivian and Rosetta, | DU ) will come to the Natlonal Theater 1 SO, week beginning Monday night, Decem- | |11} B¢ ber 2 to test their popularity with Topsy and Eva in Harriet Bec le Tom's Cabin.” « ve there from Simon Poor Eliza is just running in to jazz steps, nd Eva” was Duncan Cush a per tars, and i 1ds will includ black-and “and Rub; ONA MuNsoN . . DONALD BRIAN : £ o lem e JUL[A SANDQRS’ON | - | ‘v‘f';-r'::' o i dnd FRANK CRUMIT National : Dancing, Scenery--and a By Philander Johnson. No, an GAYETY—"Fashion Parade.” \shion Par nt enough {a few high kicl Gisapp But ade and patter sters by Catherine Chishe c. so that it 1s somewhat somally conducted tour of the who have contributed the music { lyries. The production is unique in with ts pickaninny chorus and crino- | lines, and is gracefuly staged Yon may miss the bloodhounds and the ice scene of “Uncle Tom's Cabin,” or t whipping post. and there are lots o things in the show that were not atu s some featured heads t No, Nan-|be a benefit both to theaters and to Bec the publ HE musics with ette” miet “Yes. yes,” from Washington's ater patronage. It “Thurston, the magician, the distinc-| tion of calling attention to this city | band. Others i Murphy He % The stage hand who asserts hin self ever and anon with the majestic | demeanor of an ancient tzar must o i . . have laughed deep within his soul| Michigan University Show 'AMBOURINE,” the University of [E ook stand for theatrical | 35 he beheld the mammoth equip- a two-week stand for theatrical! pient protided to carry the very BATEOBIONG, (ihe Datyers : attractions. “Nanette” has the sub- | slight story of “Song of the Flame™| 1 qecal show, which is hoth collogis tle touch which makes a musical| The costumer, the shoemaker, asjgate and metropolitan. Tt repr ts play something different from the | well as the scene painter and elec- | an evolution based on 20 vears' ex- s . ""®ltrician, must have shared the warm|perience in producing operas, the rest. It is no extraordinary achieve-| Gtisiaction of seeing so much | music and book of which are written anent in wit or romance, and vet it| mechanism at hand that the man | DY students, all roles, both in cast and provides a vehicle which runs \\\u'p‘hchipz; l]lle scencs becomes more es- | Ghory Leing taken by men stu- e et = B Y Y ch, €S} acts with a prologue. The scene is ofipopuiacappreciation with Russian atmosphere as its dis-|jaid in an imaginary Balkan kingdom * tinguishing quality, this production | during the present century. The plot is abundantly, not to say super-|centers about a princess, who on the abundantly, financed. It hints in itsyday of her schéduled marriage to the { deviating ~story at revolution and|King of a neighboring country runs | this evening romance, and by mention of Keren- “u':"wlf«v;::‘_“ 2 x‘i‘.‘.l-m. ‘;‘:.» m.‘.\f‘ GAYETY-—"Golden Crook,” burles. sky stirs curiosity as to whether | the ‘King's guard, who promiscs MUTUAL—Band Box Revue, burlesque there is to be an intimate reference | yrotection. While the king is sear somewhere to political happenings.| ing for the princess an American But it wavers amid | venturess appears and ensuing com- | masses of glittering display and | plications are ludicrous. crowds of disciplined performers.| The production is dominated It is like a magniticently caparisoned | PTilliant and colorful gypsy band, and clephant of expression, solemnly| 237CE8 THes mumbers feature the carrying alongfa doll baby of an | i ‘eme . ) dance with tambourines carrying T y in one of the principal settings of -he idea. 1t came under the same spon- | sh sorship that “Rose-Marie” enjoyed. and has been compared to that op- cretta. Tn tice to “Rose-Marie” it should be noted that the compari- son relates only to the style 2 Magic and the People. TA“: w Curre nt Attractlons At the Theaters This Week. NATIONAL-—No, No, Nanette,” n Per morrow evening POLI'S*="Rose Marie,” musical p BELASCO--Thurston, the magician. Performance this evening KEITH'S-—Brooke Johns, vaudeville. Opens this afternoon EARLE—Elizabeth M. Murray, vaudeville. Opens this afternoo STRAND—Léew" WASHINGTON ord, magie, is losing its mean- | ing in the minds of people, vet it ubtful if it ever will be robbed the book. its intriguing interest. This is| Besides the Duncan there nly because the practicers of the |are the London Palace Theater Girls, as rt, as it is commonly known, have in | expertly drilled as a foot ball eleven their demonstrations implanted the | who dance with precise gyration and| mpression that it is but the pleasing | Tiller speed. There is. too, the charm ibition of skill in illusion. ing prima donna. Helen Reed. and he 1 more adept in creating this | Edmund Fitzpatrick, as Uncle Tom. to impression than Blackstone. All who | offer bass solos. Other fmportant him in his performance realize | Dla are Isabelle Mohr. Antoir |that “it is all in fun,” even though | Boots, Vernon R Myrtle Ferzu they are mystitied at his scemingly | son, Bert Keves, Al Sands, Dan Brer mpossible feats. | nen, William C. Gordon. M: Yet the time was when Bell, Jessie Bell «n beaut of the so-called “black art of real singing veices known, we ooked upon o ¢ Satin, and were able to practice DA Opens this afternoor their arts only by being allies of the Earle Theater announces {old boy himself. The very word, | week a trained hear augic, was born with this significance, | & d:n‘xcfi;_ :\m;l) l:tblu‘ld' drama the origin heing mag or magus, being | bers and for the scres pplied those priests cailed magl | “The Live Wire.” in wh who were credited with being able to | role is played by Johr heal the sick, raise the dead, and were | e = = adept in mir: s, and to whom all the TRAND—"Key*Hole Kameos. secrets of nature and the occult were Jack Mundy in “Key Hole Kameos™ will headline the bill at the Strand Theat next week. It is said to be Know an elaborately staged number in 10 These ancient Persian magi were ¢ this wonder-workers and members of a sep- scenes and with a large cast, includ ing Leda Brroll. Phylis Fair. Wen | work o rate caste. In fact, it was made a religion in itself through the develop. « Joyee MUTUAL—"“Whi The iz Bang Girls.” Sisters, ormance t sical comedy. an U. Daniel ing f Michigan December 1 Opens this evening and securely over the level road e . Circus, vaudeville, AUDITORIUM- 5 Opens this afternoon Tulia Sanderson is one of the m.-q} ¥ remarkab® of our entertainers. As- | Sociated always with the merriest of | moods, she preserves a gentleness and poise, which, amid the sea hurly-burly of rough comediennes, gi distinction. The | who does the Charlestoning an gthletic ardor calculated to a dancing dervish go wild with stead of dominating the pic- ire. as so extraordinary a Charles or might be expected to do, be- mes and conten plated approval. vet Blackstone, the magician. Operis practicer as it was s ugents Opens tais aiternoosn i —Trained Bears. son's n num Montugu Love Marjorie Bonner. he Earle Orchestra under Floyd C. Wheeler arons’ pipe organ music the program TRAND—Loew’s Circus. the Strand The: sent Loew’s Wild Ani : Top Arena Att introdt t sre suwdust performers National—*“No, No, Nanette." Lic o, No, Nanette,” 1. H. Frazee's sparkling musical comedy, will remain at the National another week, start ing tomorrow night Tn the minds of (tergoers who flocked to sec Nanett durin; the past outstanding successes of “Florodora” and forced thelr ) ollection. * has everything in musical con weaves and Whitcock and es her s secure to selections and Mr. will round - the vith the Opera is supported men’s i ren’s chorus ¢ feminine parts ady witl : sophisticated the- “No. No, week two dear, deud “The Merr past th composed < weing, both in creation of numbers | direction of oy with Ired Stone tumes Two instruction and is under personal Hoyer, leading man in “Stepy re by Lester of te dents, personne past, Nanct N re ment s ulin the masgi in eapturing and | minds of the uneducated B on rinz the lavish wish and has th established Alr. Donald hap who danced hearts of the The Merry Widow” ha through many scason way along wi es. Yet an s th is way into the goers Prince Danilo. Like Sanderson, Brian h 1gs mental comfort rver. He makes no ravagant monstration. and as he sees etig dancer after another frolic .cross the’stage he is apparently un- conscious of the question arising in the minds of friends as to whether h well oned calculated meet th gorous competition which Te 107 ibes for all who Yet when he -onsummate ease i ot apparently which the ob- to her benediction to dance with nimble grace, efincment, he | wonstrations | takes the impression ame as that Tty dora hord hop. ignifi- seck 1 proceec T o ctic nd of | i cal a By « his rompin t is that of the delineated nia O'Brien in al manner w! 1 nong the comparatively entiinely | inn ge women, | most seedless to mention in t ments that the play Otto_Harbach. Nearly 5. A touch oi novelty was tributed in a negative sort of way | >y the fact that the music was not! by George Gershwin P racter | Ihe industry required of a stage contributor who scores a success is | such that he cannot reasonably be expected to deliver work of unvary-! ing merit. The cxploitation is so| barefaced and the n ployment of the arts of news public- | ity so obvious that a genuinely promising artist runs the risk of be- ! ing picked before he is really 3y overcelebration at the start the fate of the infant prodigy is invited. Jeing an infant prodigy is something that tcessarily passes in a_ few sears, so far as public impression is ‘concerned, but it is a condition of morbid seli-contemplation from shich the victim of precocity sel- dom, if ever, recovers. A little more expert supervision of the theater’s artistry with a view to normal de- velopment of native. material would mechanical em- | | production Washingt periment of its ultra-modernistic Wardman Park T treat jor the in the nature modern costume the Shrew,” a pl to such a ¢ 1+ does “F vein of will be welcome incl It is impossible the efforts to mod om is Tov actors of great theate Bowery. 2 loved dramatic a nest expression. to take speare or Tolstoy was a own surroundings and people it with familiar figures indicate the sour ized the specch phy be orms East riches by thankl left to perish, he so true tha oi despair to solilog is even as that o English play.” A method of erto demanding in stage settings ¢ announce- | cast to a simpler and more intimate | was written by | method of presentation might be a everything | relief to the minds of many people | con- | both behind and before the curtain line. Original ANN WH in “No, No, Chicago run, it, is nc W 2 3-year-old bo¥. She is one of the interesting artists ripe. | of the American stage, combining a happy and conge a career ihat is year Miss Wheaton starred in tha| ‘ew York production of “Oh Boy,”! and was accorded from the hard-boiled critics of Goth- am town. Miss Wheaton with her mother, will stay fol a sister, Mrs. Gabie South, of tion to laugh that may arise obscurely located mecc story ounded some idea of philos " permanent, regardless of ATON, the original star and T. Collins, the wife of a 1l Street broker and the mother of {the Ziegfeld Follies. With it all, Brooke has the right “Cott W décide will 1 to have a - own in the Shakespeare. The heater proclaims a ers of Shakespeare production in of “The Taming of ay which may lend | Jurpose rather bet- {amlet,” since it is omedy and people | to indulige in any ex line of seen i | Whi HE | ington to understand why | York lernize Shakespearc | le 31ria: power, made their | \join on the | yion for those who | Ayrt) in its most ear-|1u Gordin's method from Shak . transfer it to his a rt “ntert He was carciul to | THE ce as he colloquial- | and told some tale | made liner, it its appeal must | f 2 of his! "The ess daughters, and | ing h pauses i the midst | Unive loquize: “My fate | that i King Lear in the | (tor) B ..o |hisiwd dapting piays hith- | "y heavy outlay both | nhut it and assemblage of | dier. the nd £5.,000 . Afty “Nanette.” | Nanette,” offe; has Keith! Theat; before Broadway ow, in' privite life, j idea. & | “to amous of hu adapt! alway: nial home life with enviable. Only last flattering treatment | o V0 is now in Florida, Mrs. G. Wheaton. | r a short time with eaman of Coral in the . mm!Mdss, Ring. last v including New sented the week commencing Jan This big revue i six months in the ind Lyles. Gordon Dool should not profit by the plays of | Morton, Arthur Ball, He the late Jacob Gordin, who, with the | Norman assistance of Jacob Adler aud other Miller, Sally Starr, | 9 NeW | it \when he used to In telling the story of an | by the fires; Side patriarch bereft literary light then went out to put pep into the party, “The Radio Widow," ears ago the Michigan opera m Stockings.” played to a capac shington audience and made hit Tambourine” this yvear 1 13 cities of the country York. where it will e 1t the Metropolitan Opera House te's “Scandals” Ahead. newes Vhite's in caition “Scandals” thé New Natic of will George be pre Theuter coming to Wa @ run of more t Apollo Theater, Tom Patricola, Harr: n followin: Martha n Huds Helen Morg Phillips, Helen siste: James sey. Joe Sullivan, Flo. Brooks, e Hammersted and the Alberti Phillips, jr nd Mrs. Norma le. the McCarth. ch girls are among its numerous ainers patience and perseverance that | will carry a snail a long w y have vaudeville head- Oklahoma Collegians. Brooke Johns with _hi Of course, Brooke has a lot of natural | . but his family never discovered v thought. naturally. after giv- im a good zhot at Georgetown rsity in his native Washington, Brovke might develop into a v hreak loose with suc n politics. But Brooke has had leissitudes. war really gave him his chance, didn’t make him a gallant sol- He joined the Navy, produced Navy Show” at Hampton Roads, and sold about ,000 worth of liberty bonds, and d gave him the gold medal he It isn't a D. §. M. or a D. Brooke never was a fighting er the war he organized a Naval “lub of 32 voices. They traveled over the Keith Circuit, Brooke getting 8 a salary of $35 a week. during its| jroducers heard him and made him | Broadw: of engagement. Since then he appeared “In Tangerine,” in 's Palace and in the Riverside er, in *“Jack and Jill" and with attribute my success,” he says,| a colossal nerve, with a small nt of ability, an understanding man nature. and my facllity in ing myself to any situation. I s try to carry a happ; mile and Besides the le can make mighty loving music. if you treat it right.” by Barbara a newcomer, was given a tr week by the Somerville Pl |at_their stock theater in Somerville, twang his ukelele | Two of its songs alo enough to carry it to Be Happy” and “Tea < Iyrics, delightfully crisp and snappy: but, wonder of wonders W plot that is humorous and consist- ent. In addition, it has fire and steam | and o and zip. thanks to its cast and direction. Julia Sanderson, Donald Brian. Irank Crumit and Ona Munsen, who 1ead the cast. are something to grow enthusiastic about, to say nothing of ! the happy Introduction of joyous youth the company in general supplies. In | terest begins with the rise of the cur- tain and holds until its final fall with spontaneous humor, song, dance and ilting melodics. music. i be viz, “I Wal for Two™: it wou i KEITH'S—Brooke Johns. “A bill of ariet; every act of headline quality,” is the Christmas | gift promised to the public by man- ager Roland Robbins at B. I Keith's Theater this week. Heading the Hst, after a successful seasou in ! London, is Brooke Johns, assisted by | Goodee Montgomery homa Coliegians, in an offering of jaz: and fun called “Pep and Personality Will Mahoney will make merry in his own way in “Why be Serious,” and each word of his patter is said to be a_stepping-stone to a laugh. Mile. Marguerite and Frank Gill, formerly of the Music Box Revue, will bring an exquisite dance combination from the Paris boulevards which they call “Smart Songs, Steps and Styles.” Others will be the Wilton Sisters, in an offering of splendid music; Bert Bake median in a one-act farce called, “Pre- varication” and built for laughing purposes; Con Colleano, Spanish wizard of the wire, assisted by Zeneto. a beautiful Spanish girl: Kluting’ entertainers, remarkable animals in all kinds of tricks, featuring famous leaping cats. and Cuby and Smith a surprise, with the screen features, Aesop's Fables, Topics of the Day and the Pathe News Pictoral. ARLE—Elizabeth M. Murray. Elizabeth M. Murray, formerly a B. |17 Keith headliner and star come- dienne of the George M. Cohan revues, will head the Earle Theater program | this Christmas week, offering a series | of dialect songs, stories and anecdotes. The added attraction will be the Earle and Rial Revue, a combination of jest, song and dance, with Bob | Barle, ‘Gertrude; Rial, Esther Hill, | Maude Hill, Geftrude Elliott, Rose i Marie Stevens and Marion Carr. Others include Fred and Hazel Gard- | ner’s maniacs, an offering interesting | to_both adults and juveniles, which | enlists the talents of a trained group of bulldogs and American terriers; Joe Quinn. Louise Binder and Fred Roy in “Meet the Lady”; Tommy Reilly in “The Wife Hunter,” a love episode in_song and dance; and Clf- }ford and Marion, singing comedians, | in, “Broadeasting Joy and Laughter. The screen attraction is Para- mount's version of James Oliver Cur- Wood's, “The Ancient Highway,” in which are seen Jack Holt, Billie Dove, | | Sawdust and the Okla-, | i | the internationally famous co- | world, Marceline, mons cl New Y podrome s, acroba Dlers and sideshow frea Londy. the Dutch 4 inches tall; Lionette, the girl; Madame Beatrice charmer; Vietoria, th t and 1a not least who pounds e powder < iches, the fattest woman includin n from aerial e fa Hipr tum amon, giantess, 1 Lion- the d Jolly with 5 feet in the them Taced snake lady Ireie, her 11 June Richard Havermann's Wild Animals, lions, tigers and leopards, are with the troupe, and for the first time in theatrical history so daring an act ill be presented on the vaudeville stage, with Rajah, the fiercest ti in captivity: Prof. Drakes' le: hounds and Mademoiselle mi Pomeranians two spectacular features. Lillian St. Leon. “The Queen of the Ring” and “Bostock’s Rid shool” are the two equestrian to please the lovers of horse Love Hour modern Cinderella’s romance spiced with moments of fun and ecta: and a cast headed h Huntly Gordon, Louise Fazenda, Wil- lard Lewis and Buth Clifford. WASHINGTON UDITORIUM— Blackstone. At the Washington Auditorium, to- night Blackstone, the magician, and hi& big company will begin a week's engagement with Wednesday and Sat- urday matinee well as a special matinee Christmas day. Prominent among the new 1 Blackstone's program are “The Man Who Walks Away From His Shadow,” “The Vanishing Horse,” “Orfental Nights,” “The Bride’s Cham- * ““Alice In Wonderland,” “Jack in the Box,” “The Hindoo,” “Spooks in the Light” “The Elastic Lady, “The Hindoo Rope Mystery,” “The Enchanted Camel” and Chinese, Egyptian and Hindoo effects. At the Wedriesday, Christmas and Saturday matinees Blackstone will give away hundreds of live bunnies to the children. GAYETY—"Golden Crook.” Billy Arlington. who is one of the greatest delineator, of character com- edy in burlesque, comes to the Gt Theater this week as star of the en Crook” show, with which he was associated before he left for five sea- sons in Keith-Albee vaudeville. “The Beloved Vagabond” of the Columbia “wheel,” as he is called, impersonator of the American tramp, i the most personable comedian in burlesque, with the talents of a musician and dancer and as a master of pantomime. A superior company has been re- tained as his support, including Bob Startzman, as first ald in comedy scenes, with Walter La Foye and Carl Taylor assisting; Arthur Youns, Hew- itt_and_Dubois. Ede Mae, ‘Arlington’s leading wom- an and a singer of superior talent and reputed to be the best dressed prima donna in burlesque, and a large and efficient -chorus, featuring Jean Spooner, a tango dancer of grace and féatures | eccentric_comedian. people. Thus when the early | the arts of legergermain illusion sought eminence as ent rs they gave themselves the nam magicians. The minds of the pe credulous as they were in their mce, gy these of occult power trangely enough, even in the s of enlight- ment, there is o surprising large pro- portion of people who coutinue to be- lieve the same titioners of nd tain 15 leader of the ballet in “The of the Moth and the Flume” ind “Ballet of the Butterfly.” two sectacular scenes of promised gor- -ousness in scenery and costumes. Jean Bodine is the sprightly soubrett nd will assist in leading the chorus through the musical numbers. charm, Sto; MUTUAL—Band Box Revue. led us one of the sprightliest and rriest of the attractions playing the Mutual burlesque circuit, the Band Box Revue opens today for the holi- day week at the Mutual Theater. The fraction has been entirely rewritten, is said, and brought up to the min: ute in timeliness. The cast is headed by Joe Penner, nd includes Al llison, Rae Keith, and the St thea Conley, Matt Joe Van. Ray Sears, Fred Wilson Peaches(” known as “Sheba of Shimmie Many extra features are bheing an- nounced by the management, all lending themselves to the Christmas splrit HOLMES—“The Mystery of Angkor. In the final travelogue of the Bur- ton Holmes series at the National Theater this afternoon at 3:30 and again in the evening at 8:30 Mr. Holmes is to expose one of the secret places of the world. Not only s it a secret place, but a place full of se- crets, Under the more or less mysterious title “Revealing Angkor the Great,” he will show for the first time to an American audience a gre the anclent Khmer civilization in Cam- hodia, a civilization which dled in the twelfth century and was not brought to life until 1907. The royal city of Angkor-Thom—"Angkor the Great,” within the wall of which over a mil- lion people were sald to have lived, and where were built great temples and palaces all carved in a tapestry of low rellef which rivals the sculptured pylons before the temples of Egypt. Then all at once the whole thing was blotted out. The jungle, creeping up like a tide, completely swallowed this labor of the centurfes. It left no history—simply passed, and so it re- mained until it was discovered in 1907 by a French naturalist. Mr. Holmes has just returned from Indo-China and his revelation of that unfamiliar country, the picturesque port of Saigon, the journey up the Mekong River, the strange street life of the jungle city of Pnom-Penh, the (Continued on Second Page.) at forgotten and almost buried city, metropolis of STHE Shangk | Colton, was presented in last Monday night with Leslie Carter as its star. c New Mrs “Money Business,” by M. Carter, was placed in rehearsal last week by the Carter-Arkatoy Company with a cast headed by Lew Fields Osear “Cherry Blossoms,” a musical con edy by Edward A. Paulton and Ber nard Hamblen, will be placed in re hearsal this week by Dowling and Anhalt | | | | Jack Hurlbut's “By the Wg pany arrived on the Maureta London last week. The revu open in New Yor soon | ¥ com from to it i i | | ve a sketch, his_uncle, author of “Woman the late “Alias Fro. Pay Jimmy audeville poses,” by Armstrong, Valentine Gilbert Miller last week renewed his contract as managing dirctor of Charles Frohman Corporation the next three y Ludwlg Satz, Yiddish comedian and character actor, has been engazed by A. H. Woods to play the part of Abe Potash in “Potash’ and Perlmutter, Detectives,” a new comedy by gue Glass and Jules Eckert Coodman of Edith Ellis. author lar: returned from Europe last week with her several manuscripts of new plays to be produced this sei. son. “White Col The American Laboratory Theater announces that Miriam Stockton has made the new dramatization of. Haw thorne'’s “‘Scarlet Letter,” which is to be added to the theater's repertoire lafe this month. Ralph Macbane has been made gen- eral stage manager for Robert Milton and 1s assisting in the production ¢ Lee Wilson Dodd’s “The Unseen.” Mn . Ila Drzeniecks, Polish trage dienne, has purchased the rights to “The Vortex,” Noel Coward’s drama Under an arrangement ji the four principal players in Blood"—Norman Trevor, Helen Hay: Florence Eldridge and Eric Dressler— will continue in their present rol throughout the present run t made, Jack Donohue, Mary Hay and CIlif- ton Webb have signed contracts with Charles Dillingham for ‘‘Sunn; in which Marllyn Miller is starring. “Sweetheart Time,’ a musical ver- | sion of “Never Say Die,” will open in New York on January 18. Eddie Buzzell and Mary Milburn will head the cast. Hugh__ Wakefield, recently with . “Louis XIV,” has returned to London 2obert Armstrong will present in | Young | of the | play in New York and later in Chicago. | 1o} the Duke i e is ¢ York produced rected back in New ot in Ly A. L. Erlanger | ville to appear in a play o | entitled “What Do We Know? | A wusical Clifford Grey ced ar by vaude er ow piece called 8 i Paul Gerard Smit} in rehearsal the firs Ned Waybur Anha en The Kid Himself vehearsal short tured in the play will he W 2d, Marjorie Daw, the film William Quinn Dowling and will go “in Ti Letress Patsy,” 1 Claiborne h has since ¢ New “The Barry Foster in the lead been playing in Chi last September, York showing immed cago to have a The Walter | more, will "when ““The apens Decemn 1 be Y ary 8 ction o mpden ar not_be pu York presented Ne iatine 1 evening ar day ice on Owing tc ween David Helasco h ind requi closed in Achme d in 1s 10 changes last night The Lond of the “Topsy are no longer un: of John T School s rom this management gagement with “Tip-Top” on their own. They have :n the name they now bear, they have been attached to th don Palace Theater for sever | sons under the manugement Alfred Butt Qancs: a” Compa managemen The fre and beer fo on Palace Theate and - th llex are Statuettes for Kiddies. ARCELINE, hest known of clowr who is now heading Loew’s Circus, that comes to Washington today, ha had 200 statueties made of himself little figures of mirth and jovousness How come? Well, last year with the | Loew Cireus, the famous clown visited |a home for ‘crippled children in Chi lcago, where he entertained and { romped with the afflicted little hoys | and girls for two or three hours. The | children were delighted, and fell i | love with the funny. funny man. | Christina yming, and one little girl wrote him on't you ask to send nm something that looks like | you?” So, Marceline had 200 statuettes made of himself to give to good kiddies who ask for them. is 4