Evening Star Newspaper, March 14, 1926, Page 74

s AMUSEMENTS. i Page.) Alidenta: et . John, mr anding po: | Donald, Paul Cassass Robert! Yea home and | bower. ‘John Sorrel The Gondolférs". il be. mrmnlad | with a chorus~of 80 volces and ‘the Tech Orchestra_.af. 0. nieces, under the divection of. Mr. Dore Walton, who has trained ‘and- divected the o chextra for years with great succes “The costuming has been worked out by the domestic department and the manual department has been working ke the properties which opera | a venetian atmosphere, MASK AND WIG CLUB. The Mask and Wig Club of the niversity of Pennsylv will ap~ pear here on Frigay. night, March 26, at the Washington its thirty-elghth Sale and a Nailor, Prices,” written by . with a musical » Ipin, Clay Roland Zowh: Pauls s, | rememibiered for. bt views of the wor h week, stressing particularly. litieal events hoth abroad. o review this week will include the result of the meetings of the league of Nations in. Geneva. the making of a_ new cabinet in France, and will teuch upon other high'lixhts in Furope and America at ining or months to m to the “BLUE BIRD, The final performance of linek s play ““The Blue Bird,” by the Central High School Dramatic Associ atien. will be given in the school's | sunditortum tomorrow night as a bene- | 7itfor the Central Alumni Association. The play which is the annual | awoduction of the school in tition for the Brown 1 |l|\e|~1l|\ Alumni cup offered to local high | “chools for the best dramatie work | will serve as a reunion for Central | alunini resident in the citv. The pro. | ceeds of the performance will be used | in furtherance of the projects of the Tumni, association of *which ' the | prineipil one is the completion of & e I war memortal that is being placed in.|in “Somebody’s: 150 the school by the alumni in honor of | 6f the singing. r‘gi‘» oW far N ' hoV'Ss 0 ed or wer ( ormer s A , A Sre e b nsiereee killed | Corus 1a nm\u\nnefi uxn big feature he memorial is taking the form of wf the produc a Frieze reproduction of the famn\ul The pro Abbev paintings in the Boston Public | Sal Library entitled, “The Pursuit of the | &roup of farmer Mask and Wigger: | inluding Clayton Mcitichael, chair- man: Bryce Blynn, Charles’ Gilpin, ul Hartenstein, Joseph M. Hewlett, Charles =. Morgan, Francis omorrow. Mater- and David R, Hurtenstein, who will be Mecess as rmmittee for "A made up of Ma > R. Covell, assistant engi- ‘ neer commissioner of the District and | I president the alumpni association, |} 1< in eharge of the arrangements for | C. W. Paton, James H. Prothero, ir.: lumni performance and has an- | . Nedwell Ramsey and Kdmund H. may be procured | Rogers, husiness cfices of the school. | The sale of Central dramatic productions { d: under the divection of Miss Sybil Raker have been highly praised five captured the Brown cup durhy veurs. The stu dents in exponsible for cvery detndl of the praduction includ- g costy scenery, music, ete, (s will open Mon- at Mrs. Wilson- pene’s Concert Bureau in Droop's. PAT The Vision,” Lenten drawia depleting the life story’ of thel penitent thiet who died on ol B | diy, in a prologue and seven scenes, | Gondoliers” by Tech Migh, Written by Iev. John Burns, nova College, Villinovi, 1a., “The Gondoliers,” litde known in | H60 My e America, bt vers poputar in Enland roll Hall, 994 G | which the Tech Opera Co. will présent P . begipning tomor- | n the Cent High School audito- | L 88 e ™ Cith ! ,':"..-,m_\_' the proud noble and of the humble |fiurney. It will be staged by Victor | Kerney, former Rroadway director €ondolier . ) |and founder of Washington Theater Like all of Gilbert and Sullivan's {(inilg Theater. work, 1t fs brilliant, witty. ful of |\ "pe cast wil hy songs and of smiles tinged with |y, e a pathos. Although some of Gilhert's | yjo. — most serious lines appear in this [ Tinhel foseph opera, some of hix daintiest and most | 12\ 0at Murnh whimsical verses find their place Ault."Hielene there. : John, Clara Soon after its first production Dorothy Heil ndon. the Prince of Wales dec FiEN, BTy 1o he the hest of Gilbert and Marian Cain, van operas. The London public ac- | Agnes Leon, Clara Priddy quiesced in this opinion, for 11 wagon | Giunoly, Genevieve Moreland loads of the score were bought within |, rine Dorothy - Miller. week of its publication. In spite of | (ugdy., < v cladm which attended the 534 Marion Mel Uve perfomances of this oper. | Alex:nder, ans are unfami Wil b Dowd, I 1 witty words The seven scenes were built in the | Central igh T i g St Pateick studio by John Morrissey School by (he »as e John Many and William Kelly, and « | pmametitive Spring play of Teeh High inique lghting scheue e School, w ive ashingtonians an AMr. Kernev, will be used rol spportunity to hear: “When a Merry | Arthur M eht, A.\'sl.\’(‘::;l ”\"’h\‘lnll:;v Maiden Marries,” “When Everybo 7 (s} . directress of the Somebodee.” “Of That There Is ived choir arranged the wcore ”(L"’”m of “Doubt” the fam Mary Laoretta Lynch “l"i “Cachucha.” ssist Mr. MeCreij “the The cast will have in leading char e L s, include Kstelle Mur- Den Connell, .uke Fegan, Orm Bly, John McInerney, Royal Foster, Helen Terneak Mary St. rhle, Julia Owens, in liam Stanton. Ruth Helen Cath Helen Dowd originated by | and is - | of the music on the organ. Cl’lurch andflTheater. HE church and. the theater are to | of such vital concern to so many peo- | cooperate for the betterment of | Ple cannot be forelgn to the church. the stage. Decision to work together | Spcoht: line up on some legal censar- | ship blll and work for effective legisla- along constructive lines. it is reported. | tion. Personally I belleve that the was reached at a dinner given by the | least legislating we do In regard 1o committee on drama of the Federal | art. education and religion the. better Council of Churches of Christ in|for civilization when viewed in true America at the Waldorf Hotel in New | Derspective. Such a course is not con- York City. | structive and brings its own nemess. A committee including Rev. George | FInally, we can throw the welght of Reld Andrews, chairman of the coun- | our influence on the. side of those per- cil's drama committee; Winthrop | sons and groups, especially Ames. Chancellor Elmer Ellsworth | the ater, working for Brown, Rev. 8. Parkes Cadman, Rev. | thing samuel McCrea Cavert. Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, Frank Gillmore, John Golden, Will H. Hays, Otto i1, Kahn nd others was authorized to work to- | these in | | better | WARDMAN THEATER ' Wardman Park Motid “NOTHING BUT LIES" Farce Comedy Week of March 18 8:30. Sat Mat, 2:30, Prices, $1 and $1.50. Mat., 7Re. Box Office Phone Columbia 2000. of action | said Dr here are three lines open to us, it seems to me," rews, speaking for the church. do nothing-—the hands off This is unthinkable: a subject Chmese lee Movies. i *(CHINA and the Chinese want merican pictures. They love | them This is the report brought back fo this country hy James Yard, a_mis- | ¢ for 10 years in West China. | hwan distriet, in which Mr. ved, ix about the size of the and has 80,000,000 in- ere are not more than r theaters in the distriet. The Chinese are crazy ahout pic tures, however,” he said, “and they throng to see even slides. American pictures please them very much The Chinese government recently | <ent a representative to this country 10 eneourage the building of more mo- | tion picture theaters in China. Special Engagement— FLONZALEY QUARTET © and the eminent pianist- Ernest Schelling NATIONAL THURS., 4:30 THEATER Tickets, $2.50, $2.00, $1.50, $1.00 T. Arthur Smith, 1330 G St., in Kitt's Music House Monday shusert_gn Mat. Wed. emecs, |At8:20 BELASCO At2:30 B0c to $3 Mgt. Messr Shubert 50c to §2 EARL CARRG Presents Countess Cathcart In Her Own Dramatic Version NEW YORK SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Otto Klemperer, Guest Conductor POLIS— March 16, 4 LOIST LAWRENCE TIBBETTS Baritone, Met. Opera. _Seats Mrs. G s, Burewu. Droop MASK & WIG University of Pennsylvania 38th Annual Production TWICE DAILY Li TODAY Is Your First Chance featured: at the Mayfiower ¢ dally tea Mnnn and also in‘dinner and | tween lhlmmcrln' dance rhythms and | Surprise” Tuesday evening. ling role in THE SUNDAY STAR, ‘WASHINGTON, ROMAINE CALL R Will veturn to the National Theater Players this year. | Syncopators and an out-of-town or- is |ganization: the “Juvenile Revue,” Thursday evening. with clever child performers and with dance numhers stressed, and simply dancing on Sun. day evening. Le Paradis. Le Paradis will celebrate “A Night in Spain” Tuesday evening, with the Le Paradis Band, under Harry Albert. |providing tangos, fandangos and tarantelles, with Felix Solari with the castanets and Walter Kolk with the tambourine. Spanish decorations and souvenirs will be a feature of the eve- ning. Tea dances will be feature ednesday_and Mayflower Garilens, The Spencer Tupman Orchestra ardens in suppér-da its. music varying be- syncepation in ykling ainute dance mumbers. up-to-the- minute Swanee. Dance music. nigh the Swanep by the tors under Al Kaman. Speciaities dur. ing the week will include “Vaudeville | with com- edy stunts and song numbers by £roup of young out-of-town pe ers; the “Battle ) diy evening, between Mae Busch. Heredity seemingly paved the way fur Mue Hugch, who is playing a lead- “Time, the Comedian.” to le wn artst, | A Busch's father was conductor | of the Australlan Symphony Orchestra at Melbourne, where she was born. Her mother was a grand opera singer. Miss Busch studied volce at St, Bz abeth's convent, Madison, N. J. She | has an extraerdinary contralto voice, | and is an expert pianist, i the Swanee (Our Retuius NATIONAL 7] Washingto: 1o give Mins I hu- slastie recention ‘weeurded her elvewhere. .. 7 Ay Rt Bureeu BACl:inu\u MQIR TUENDAY Edward Johnson Of Metropolitan Opera Co. Assisted by JOAN RUTH In Costume Tomorrow Night at 8:15 || Scenes from “Remeo and Juliet,” “Boheme” and “Rigoletto™ Washington Auditorium speaking stage was in t | Success.”” She then hq.lme a leading {woman epposite. Willie Collier, am | Bernard and Fddie Foy and later with | the Weber & Fields company. Mjss Busch entered pictures with ! the old' Kevstone company and was | with Mack Sennett hefore graduating | from comedy to film drama. GALI.I CURCI naw. NINTH NEAR ¥ MAIN 4300 215 - TWICE DAILY - 8:15 LADIES' MATINEE DAILY, 25¢ Fred Clark’s All New Edition of “LET’S GO” " MANNY KING (Sobll) 40 BRIGHT LlGHTS OF BOHEMIA 40 The Chorus is a Revelation of Beauty and Contour SEE The Living Curtaln—The Tey Mannikins EE Tee Mirver Dance—The Artist's Dream 18 CHARLESTON STEPPERS 18 DEFYING COMPE TITION NIVAL" F. RAY COMSTOCK and MORRIS GEST Meve the Great Hemer te Auneunce For the First and Only Time in Washington Direct From 18 Twiumphant Weeks in New York . THE MOSCOW ART THEATRE MUSIC $TUDIO (The Syuthetle Theater) of Vladimir Nemirovitch-Dantchenko Engagement, Limited to One Week Only BEGINNING MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 2eND AT POLI'S THEATER Two Matinees—Thursday and Saturday Greateat Artistie Triumph in the History of America “CARMENCITA n W SOLDIER’ THE hew desply | was imprassed by the performance of "'ll-.lfl'. = "" o th ring ot ot T wus il u-m-u-a Cx LT nu Thurs. Mat. and Eve., March 18 Evenings st 8; Matinee st 2 i Ry Lerpretat ‘porformor b m."fi of the llltflll l|‘\- rillll\'ll Bergel Lfi- e, Bevion Erashens Orehemira. ‘flllfif N of the A lfiVlMllllflI of drams. musie end I‘Ml UTUA To See the Real “ASHES OF LOVE™ f Startlh 3 e AT Eln Lumsden Har mre ineth Gordow " Munro Burbura Allen skipworth Falrmun Jeswop nrden Sbert Farton Gibba And Others FIRST UNCENSORED PRESENTATION ats author u orchestra. evening aitz. Dapzon. Wm, Anthony. “P ll" Foxtrot. ‘Tanko. ™™ Ting i v ! 13 Miles, Dt Eie., Ete) JJOE LAURIE, JR. In the New Ameriean Comedy [ A LITTLE G Main Chariestan. AVE " Jkax Tuesday B and_combinations in Trot. (RS, Y A AC) HER iTUDIfi n.w.—Ciasses Mon. Wed.. Fri.. 1R orrhestra lessons . Es * o Mae Marray « of Danci Phone Col: 2008, & Priv 00 meons n All Sivie <tudio T8RO Mikmore e Anarecuiond In somience, enler end aimosphere. .~ Editerial 1n' New Yort Tim Sundey, Januery I8, Fri. “LYSISTRATA" ik Marel at. 8¢ 9:30 ogtie end tndividu ot of the Mogeow, Art ulb iy thoir_Tesling for ‘the new nd ihe o in Hontiy_sbows 1n loyist “I hoye besn desnls impresse Thester Musiea! Sidle. nd e out 40" o the tmm L Wlmv o “Jusk s derned goud show!'—Qinelair Lewl, suther of Strogt.” WASHINGTON colnll'r'rn OF PATRONS . Bk Adelph C. ne fi:. g “"'IIII MY P et Mrs. Edwin B. Parker Mre. Riehsrd H. Townsen - - Waiter B Tusharmun apoes He growth. arry Ne o uuu. c. o 097 9. U2 D. MARCH 14, PART “'.llm‘fl'l'fl\' AUDITORIUM— Lohengrin.” A week from tomorrow, the Wash- ington Opera Co. under the direction of Jacques Samassoud will present its drst German opera, Wagner's “Lohen- grin,” at the Washington Auditorinm. General Director Eduard Albion has | Bayrat, Kenneth I b selected a cast noted for ability as | PhH Ryley ind Forton Spurr. LR K:n‘.:";'.}'fl. LETCL o . EARLE—Juliet Dika. Paul Althouse, "“‘“' Juliet Dika will headline the bill Ina flfllll‘letl\H.lnnuul o, 8 ut the KEarle Theater next week Tvan Ivanztoff, bariton . Others will include “Minstrel Men camund, and Signard Nilssen, as | OTies rticipated in by’ seven per King Henry. With the exception of pOel diits Nilssen all are well known for thelr weork in l)pPl Issen made his debut here in tomeo and Juliet” and so | impressive was his performance M Alblon secured him foi Both orchestr been augmented and thoroughly ed In work, amd Mr. Albion predicts Jiverglade Golf Club. Minw- Katon Plays the’ part of Polly ~Pendleton, fQaughter of a wealthy New York man. he big company _inciudes, also, Jobyna - Hewland, - Fthelind _Terry, Beth Beri, Marie Callahan, Harlan | Dixon, Douglas tesintance, in songs Unique Feats of stutz and Bingham chatte The photoplay will be Metro-Gold and ip. Yip Yaphankers.” - Next” week the s bill wili he wpped by “Yip Yip Yaphankers,” said to'he an unusual number with songx, dnces, soldler drilling and comed, KF‘ITH'S-—( hatlotte Greénwaood.. » | John Rothang ahd Frank Melino head The bill at B. . Keith's rmmmmn- company. next week will be topped by the “So | Joe Young and Ethel G Long Letty Girl,” Charlotte Green- | sent 'UHI!'II.\ sk.ll Fo wood in “Her Morning Bath,” by |by Willlam K. Wells. Elizabeth Fried- Norma Mitchell, with songs by Map-|man's ‘Elida Ballet, with Adele tin_Broones. Jeanne as premier danseyse, will fol Featured will be the comedian Jim: |low, and-others will be Sammy Dun- my Savo with Joan Franza in “Slow [can, the Scotch comedian, in “The Motion." Pride u!TRnnnt\,' S;-n(luml. crml Bee T Tenz b 1T, e Shootin Star of Span- NATIONAL—"Kid Boots.” S & v !gled Land.” At the National Theater next week, | The photoplay will be “The Other beginning Monday, March the Woman's Story,” a romance of thrills traction will be the spectacular musi- | and mystery (nmnlr‘g Alice Cal- cal comedy I\: ‘r:-m Yvh|h Kddie | houn and: Robert I 4 Cantor as its t particular stav = a:«'l‘ with Mary :’A!nn, the popular | GAYETY—"Burlesque Carnival.” danseuse, co-featured. A new attraction on the Columbin “Kid Boats,” declared one of Cireuit is announced for the Gayety Dbiggest successes ever scoved Theater next week whe /wgmm ix the Jolut product of William FRIEDA S HEMPEL . and Joxeph "t and 6 awi. JANET RlCHARDS Public Questions Evers Monday Morning at 10:40 Masor Temp 13th St & N, Admission, 65c t the Joydan Co,, and at the Vigtrola l)epurlmvn( of Woodward & Loth- ¢ will pre- et-Me-Not.” the by M | ually in Aeu and had long engagements in Philadgiphia and Chicago, is some times referved to as a play of Palm Beach and golf, lhr scenes being laid in the Florida res nd much of its action having to .h. with the tired businesk man's most popular recrea tion. The title is derived from the name of the character.plaved hy M Cantor—master of the caddies at the NAL TONIGHT ATIO Al“LI.ITlI.V CTHE PERFECT FLOL) IN S SPECTACULAIL MITSIC A “YTHE GRAB BA( Direction of Staged by ERLANGER JULIAN MITCHELL New York lmi Chicago (‘nl Beauty (‘lmru-‘ Orchestra and Production NOTE—BOX OFFI NS TODAY AT ONE WEEK ONLY-—-NEXT SUNDAY, MARCH 21 MATINEES WEDNESDAY & SATURDAY GREATEST MUSICAL COMEDY SUCCESS EDDIE CANTOR n “KID BOOTS"” with MARY EATON [RICEA-Nights, Orch. nd Bal. gt.to. Orch., Sat._ Mat., Enclose Self- Posltlvely One Week Only "“"mg/ STARTING MON. See them dance/ MARCH 29 THE woatfl'wggT MUSICAL COM i vue Julia Sanderson Donald Brian Frank Crumit L nr.rly \mvmu cmn. e MAIL ORDERS Rl $ Wed. NOW Bal., $1.10 (including tax). envelope for return of tickets. Eaclose “!l-mdr;u d stamped BEGINNING EASTER MONDAY, APRIL 5th NATIONAL THEATER PLAYERS Direction, Clifford Broeke Will inaugurate their Second Annual Spring and Summer season offering POPULAR PLAYS AT POPULAR PRICES Make Season reservations NOW insuring good seats for each week Please reserve. .. .seats in the. , . .row of the.‘. PP Matinee for every ............day “Nign: for the National Theater Players season beq‘nnlnz the week of Mon- day, April 5th. " iward C. T Marye . Johu Hervey Young =n " Drake "‘ el "fl:'-f'_" T 2 "lrfl“' T na ', mnns, T B ::ll" mlo'h'.. lu-%u;‘“u:';: sa?-._ !:-nbué“l.ua Be u--l ond, .H‘Ml l nhnl fale Opens oy - Name Address ....... s s; Nights, Orchastra, $1.10; Belown T Ghsinsar i aate, ., Baturd ', 0e. Wednes- ‘Second Bilea ¥ Becond Balcony, \Ll.t:‘. Mflnlu. Tbe; Baleny ul Everton,, Y. Ave, XMUSEMENTS. will offer his "Burlesque Carniva The list of prin ter Brown, Dutch c batie dancer: Walter 3 us, comedian: Inez de v, prima donna; Bernice Adalr, ingenue: Esther 14ng, soubrette: Rilly Ha . stratght man; George Monfred, vocalist, and the. G unflowers, who & to be dance First Appeurnnce in Washington MME. SIGRID ;ONEGIN WE PI.AY LOEW'S VAUDEVILLE A BILL SUPREME—HEADED BY FRANKLYN D'AMORE With Mickey Lopell Assisted hy Ethel Trusdale, in “A Vaudeville Surprise” BOBBY O’NEILL With Fay Tunls, May Rurke Gertrude Manchine and Kita Worden, " “4 Queens and a Joker The Versatile Young Artist MISS ZELDA SANTLEY “Little Miss Everybody” LARRY RICH & CHERIE “We Two” By Rolert Grant McDONALD TRIO “A Cycle of Beauty and Daring” PF PHOTOPLAY—FIRST PRESENTATION “99§ “TIME, THE COMEDIAN" With LEW CODY and MAE BUSCH e of the Most Thrilling Powerful Romances of the ALWAYS THE BEST FOR LESS n Sereen WASHINGTON OPERA CO. EDOUARD ALBION, LOHENGRI MONDAY EVENING, MARCH 22, AT 8:15 wITH General Director, Presents INA BORUSAKAYA IVAN IVANTZOFF NILSSEN A TZIU ALTHOUSE SIGUR! A PAUL AUDITORIUM S5 No T » 15h & to {Vietrots Depty WASHINGTON ricen—tg1. % Seats To 5 ard & Lof THE CAPITAL'S FAVORITE PLAYHOUSE MMH‘M Beginning Sunday Mntmee, March 14, 1926 SOMETHING NEW! THE KEITH ALBEE CIRCUIT UNIT ROAD SHOW An All Star Assembiy Trarelna Intact The Acts Selected to Blend Perfectly i and With Othe; Each Lve6 T“VG FOOTT (Beautiful Garden) A Jazzical Fantasy of the With His Celelrated CHINESE SYNCOPATORS EIGHT em'n ROSEBUDS lnrsnlmmfirn.l.wky Singing € omedienne Unusual “WHOA PAGLIACC[" e nu c‘llon Johnnie Sheila The Loguacious BERKES&TERRY i In “Easy Sailing” a9ME | An Episode of the FRANK JEROME | 4 shipivad of & EVELYN Davice, Melody and “A Breeze from Broadi: Orient Mirth. With Florence Clark & Virginia Sully " Acsop's Fables Topics of the Day, DAVIS & PELLE An _Equilibristic Pathe News, Marathon Pictorial e EXTRA ADDED ATTRACTION crer. 'DONNELL & BLAIR =0 In HE PLASTERE Comedy Classic ‘“‘WEEMNWHIHENIHrIiwWWMHQMmMW{W MRS [ LINCOLN THEATER | U STREET AT 12th ™ THE FIRST FIVE DAVS OF THE WEEK UND. AY TO THURSDAY -YOU HAVE SEEN ‘SALLY” —and loved it—now comes the big successor in colorful scene, humor, drama and pathos “IRENE” ith the world’s greatest fashion reviewe tn an clabo- rated film wersion of the record-smashing musical com- edy sensation, starring COLLEEN MOORE FRIDAY—SATURDAY Ben Lyon lanche Sweet Lois Wilson and Dorothy Sebastian in a Comedy Sensation “BLUEBEARD’S SEVEN WIVES” SENNETT'S “DANGEROUS CURVES BEHIND” mwmm g ‘.s' e hwlfi M;h flv !. ‘.unn‘..l,fllfllfl