Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1926, Page 30

T30 - BABIES PUT FIRST BYMRS PN Not Interested in Offer of $2,500 2 Week by British Producer, She Says. By the Associated Press LOS ANGELES, December T Grey Chaplin, estranged wife Charles Chaplin. film comedian, vesterday she had turned down offer of $2,500 a week for her apps ance in a London theatrical revue. “My duties first and always will be to my bables. I am not at all inter. ested in the London offer, although it was nice of them to think of me,” added. The offer, c Lita of alling for a 2¢6-week en- gagement was reported to have been cabled by Harry Day,.member of Par- fament and e producer, Mrs. Chaplin appeared at her attor- ney’s office for a conference yesterday afiernoon, accompanied by her uncle, Fred eMurray, a San_Franeisco attorney. Chaplin, who has work, with the domestic troubl put him out of the mood for comedy-making, paid his second visit to the home of the great- ents of his two small son: on his pr “haplin was in the house, but did not see her hus- bund, STATISTICS 6N CRIME IN SPAIN MADE PUBLIC Semi-official Statement Discloses stopped his fllm ation that his Murders. Injuries and Attacks on Property in 1923-26 Period. v Associated Press. MADRID, December An inter- light on the frequency of [ in is thrown in compara- tiv published by the sem official Nacion. With a population of about 000, there were 107,010 crim inst property g 1923-26— since the inception of the Primo de Rivera TH figures compare crimes”ugainst property perpetrated during the three years preceding the advent of the military 22,000, and injuries 1lting from cks were 100 during ame pre-Primo de Rivera rule period and 56,988 for the first three ears of his dictatorship, 'AMUSEMENTS | SHUBERT-BELASCO—“What Never | Dies.” | “Believe Me if All Those Endearing Young Charms,” “Silver Threads | Among the Gold,” “When You and Were Young, Maggie,” in song; and in well beloved drama, “The Professor's | Love Story,” “‘Sir Peter Teazle,” and, {though farcical in spirit, even more |consistent in - parallel, “My Awful Dad,” are among the many rays of ! luminous remembrance focussed on the stage where a brilliant assem- slage of players present the comedy sntitled “What Never Dies.” It did not need the four-line posy >n the program to explain the title to | 1 public long since become expert in \solving puzzles, although its con-| >luding line, “Love Like Ours Can| Never Die,” defines the purpose of the ; in plain terms and puts the ex- pectant audience in a properly re- septive mood. 3 It 1s a pecullar fact that love in literature finds its most idealistic e | pression_from the viewpoint of mi | turity. Possibly an unemotional atti- | tude” "permits ~greater security of | style on the part of those who may discuss love, free from personal bash- fulness and with minds concentrated | | on phraselogical finesse. The play is a beautiful bit of heart- trifling. It gives each character a | well defined motive, sustained in every | case until the plot. fragile enough, | but sparkling with whimsical interest, reaches a comfortable conclusion. To refer in full descriptive effort to the excellent performances by the va- rious members of the cast would be a lengthy undertaking. .One of lh}n greatest elements of charm is the mi nute elaboration of detail which gives to each personage of the play a dis net identity and a claim to rquaint -eship on terms of pleasant recol | they cross the scene n_again endeavors to set, are sketched in delicate allure ments of form and color—Hai Wright, a mistress of her art, as aged maternal ruler of the-house on terms of imperial elegance; BE. H. Sothern, the Alpha in the constella- tion, as her son, whose youth in mind, | heart and physique lingers with in- | domitable persistence; Moffat Joh! | ston, as Pius, his son, ostentatiously d stupidly sedate; Ernest as Benedict, another son. bespectacled and misfittingly : Rosalinde Fuller, dainty and n. The figur that imagina 1| with | vivacious in portrayal of the young | wife put to much pains in convinc- ! ing her husband that their love is se- cure despite disparity of years—and perhaps a dozen others, including clever children, each realizing with smartness, often even with brilliance, the possibilities of their respective | roles. 4 | What might have been done with a | series of conventional interior settings |is managed with a plctorial effect o A R S WASHINGTON'S LEADING FLORIST Poinsettias an for Christmas Lovely floral takens of good Flowers il for the Debutante Three Stores for 1212 F St. N.W. 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That little line, “I am very proud.” has outlasted many a popular song. vociferously delivered. *What Never Dies” is as clean and idealistic | a play as could be required by the most | exacting taste—in shining contrast to | various recent productions under the same sponsor. Perhaps the applause | was an expression of gratitude, going sven s far as to imply the assurance that “all is forgiven.” PH. J. B R JOHN BULL IS PRE-SAXON. s ir Arthur Keith Says Figure Is Early Caucasian. < LONDON, December 7 ().—Joh Bull is not a Saxon at all, as gener- ally supposed. John Bull, it seems, is sort of prehistoric Caucasian. 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