Evening Star Newspaper, October 5, 1926, Page 23

OPENING ATTRACTIONS IN WASHINGTON THEATERS POLI'S—“Her Cardboard Lover.” “Her Cardboard Lover” reveals | Laurette Taylor to her numerous Washington ~admirers in a play which represents a notable departure | from the style of role with which she | has been most favorably identified. It | is a French farce, with a frivolous lllfit, even for this type of entertain- fiss Taylor interprets the prin- aracter in an emotional vein 'lfll‘l even the bewilderment of underthings in which she flouris does not prevent her work from sug- | zesting serious mentality more than | “elf-abandonment to extravagances of mood. “Her Cardboa : had one of | 1ts earlier perform t Valerle Wyng sented by Charls A. H. Woods st includes, be- sides Miss Tayl leslie Howard, Henry Kendall, Valerie Wyngate, | Hel ckson, Louis Sorin, May A derson, John J. Gordon, Henry Vin- vent and Edward Elkas. The story deals with the lo one Simone soubre, heauty, for Tony Lagorce, who egoist and admits it. These char- acters are plaved by M and Mr. Kendall. Lagorce prefer: his own caresses where he whether it be upon a Span- herwor or an Italian and return to Paris when the spi s him. Such a state may have continued initely had not Andre - by Mr. Howard, f: s y in_love with the distracted Simone. By twist of fate, he “hurls his heart ler feet” outside a baccarat room itz the very might Lagorce rom one of his other amours. countes! > can't pay his gambling debt She employs him for five months, with commutation of the debt as the wage, to he her cretary and pose before Lagorce a her new lover. Andre can't refuse. He carries out his b ain so well that he nearly drives her to a state of neurosi PRESIDENT—"The s in a pid-fire French farce proved dingly happly choice of the lent Theater P the opening 1y, for a warm evening, nothing cond have been lighter or more delightful fare. In every case ihose who ap- peared in both showed a con &picuous versatility in following up the production of “What Price Glory?"” ommendable presentation in a Ta Clifford s adaptation of the French farce aurice Henneguin and Plerre Ve- From the around the T dering Par n banker, bert, and Ginnette, ¢ cafe prop etress, who is momen the object | of his fluttering affections, the authors | have produced more hilarious situa- | tions per minute than is commonly squeezed into three acts of even the swiftest comedy. And, overlooking one or two excusable first-night trip- ups in the swiftly moving line: !hp] President players put it across with | a bang. | As the wayward French banker, | Frank Charlton, ex-Capt. Flagg. Is more than good, and Leona Powers is | convincingly the delightfully wicked little cafe proprietress from the mo- ment she comes on until the curtain As the boob author, who en- s Ginnette in his heart as the ‘lily of the mud’, and pursues her as | the inspiration of his novel, Walter | Gilbert displays an excellent sense of | the ridiculous and adds immensely to | the_complications. | The action builds up to a delight- fully abhsurd climax when Mme. Las bert, the banker's wife, conspicuously well lone by Lorraine Bernard in her complications woven »dicaments of a philan- Leon Lam- first appearance with the players, hearing (erroneously) that Ginnette is | her husband's daughter, decides to | adopt her. With Ginnette, the bank- | er's flame, thus enscounced in his household, things fairly hum. One ha to follow the developments quna' sharply indeed to keep up with them. | As the pure and much-maligned | bookkeeper of Lambert's bank, whom the latier impersonates for safety in his escapades, Francis Fraunie nearly runs away with the last act. Other well done roles are those taken by J. Arthur Young as the banker’s friend and Russell Fillmore as the cafe bar- keep. Betty Utmore is more than | adequate as the bank stenographer, for whom Lambert’s heart also flares momentarily. MUTUAL—Evelyn Cunningham. ' Evelyn Cunningham and her gang | 1 snappy review | Busy housewives like the Ideal ARCOLA. It saves tedious puttering and fire- coaxing. ARCOLA sup- plies clean, dustless, healthful the Mutual this week. The show bounds_with funny situations and ceps the audience roaring. Miss Cunningham _renders several songs re received with much ap- and an able chorus assists The girls can sing and dance, and the costumes are attractive. Miss Cunningham is assisted by Al Allen, Walter Budd, Ida Roberts, Jean Bar- row, Williamr Carlton and Fred Reeb. HAMLINE M. E. CHURCH PLANS ENTERTAINMENT First of Six Programs Will Be Giv- en Friday Evening by Quartet “From Canada. Hamline Methodist Episcopal Church is planning a series of six entertain- giving varied programs of and vaudeville for the coming ~—one program each month. The first of the series will be given | Friday evening by the Adamac Male Quartet'at $:15 o'clock. The group was organized in Canada and has been much praised. H. Ruthven McDonald, basso can- tante, and his associates are known throughout the United States and Canada.as a foremost singing organi- zation. Their repertoire includes num- bers of genuine mu 1 value, rang- ing from grand opera to old Scottish ballads—the latter sung in Scotch ume. The quartet also is said to excel in presentation of songs of hu- | morous character. The second attraction will be pre- sented by musiclans from Jugoslavia and features music and instruments of that land. All six programs will be given in the large recreation hall of the new church, at Sixteenth and Allison streets, DAMAGED SCHOONER IS TOWED TO SAFETY Baltimore-t;Minmi Boat Had Gone Ashore Near Windmill Point, in Bay. By the Associated Press. NORFOLK, Va., October 5.—The four-masted schooner Josiah Chase, which W ashore near Windmill Point, in Chesapeake Bay, has been towed to Newport News by the Coast ard cutter Mascouti The vessel was leaking badly. Part of the schooner’s cargo of pav- ing brick was loaded on the schooner Bradford Jones before the stranded craft could be floated. The Chase was bound from Balti- more for Miami when she stranded. Repalr Parts Heatmg Plants Fries, Beall and Sharp 734 10th St. N.W. Main 1964 PERPETUAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION PAYS 5% Compounded Semi-Annually Assets Over $13,000,000 Surplus, $1,000,000 Cor. 11th & E Sts. N.W. 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