Evening Star Newspaper, January 23, 1927, Page 59

The Sundny Star Automobiles ® Part3—12 Pages WASHING TON, . D.. G, SUNDAY ¥ MORNIN( "JANUARY 23, Carthaginian 'Comedy » Apé "French Farce s 00D body !” As dawn breaks on a placid day of rest the morning exercises cannot claim their usual attention Sister Sal will please go to the piano and play some decorous selec- | tions. Since physical culture is not called for, it is an opportunity for | moral_exercises that should be im- | proved by all who have been to the theaters this week. Stand firmly on both feet, drop the | head, chin on chest in an attitude of | reat contrition. Now! One, two. three, four—try to blush—five, six, seven, eight—holding your breath | will help—lift the head smartly, try | to look the world in the face—drop | chin, and repeat exercise as before. | With a little practice you may learn to blush quite properly. ’ * % %k X | morning, every- Players are in large degree at thrj mercy of circumstances, often facing | the alternative of needy unemploy ment or of appearance in a type of | entertainment favored by theatrical | producers who insist on measuring | popular demand on the lowest terms. | o “Cradle Snatchers” offered the as- | surance that we need no longer go | to Paris for French farces from which_to glean material for .rough | fun. For “Cradle Snatchers,” it must be admitted that, unrelatable as the story becomes for private conversa- tion or even for the linotype, works; it accomplishes its purposes and a laugh-hungry population pays without protest for the privilege of | an evening which does not represent spectacular boredom or suggestive- ness so flat that it becomes feeble. * x ok X The opening performance of “The Road to Rome” threatened to recall the ancient and honorable first- nighter again from the lair to which he betook himself soon after the an- nouncement “first production on any stage” lost the thrill of anticipation and new performances were con- temptuously referred to merely as “tryouts.” The theater management evidently knew#it had something good, for it did*not include this presentation in the custom touched upon earlier in the season of selling two admission seats for the price of one. The play had an element of com- pelling interest in the name of Jane Cowl, whose performance of Juliet astonished the public and whose playing has invariably been distin- guished by irresistible personal charm and convincing intellectuality. So strong was the spirit of the first night as the curtain rose again and again in response to hand-clap- ping that the call “Author!” was raised somewhere in the house. But no author.appeared. Miss Cowl, assisted by ‘her highly capable leading man, Philip Merivale, had to run upon the stage, bow and smile and 'run off again until it began to look like an athletic ordeal compar- able to the hand-shaking experiences at a political rall * % x x The only author who appears in responsc to a curtain call now is Mr. Belasco. who, even when he does not write the play, speaks as a graceful proxy for literary genius. In his case “Mr. Author” has become a member of the dramatic personae. The veteran stage director casts himself for the part and so spares the modest writing man_an ordeal entirely antagonistic to his type and temperament. x ok ok ok Applause of a friendly audience is | often as misleading as bouquets on the occasion of a singer’s debut. He often finds prolonged ovation fol- lowed by the cold, gray discove that the production was a great suc- cess for one night only. * ok ok x While selecting a very serious background of thought in depicting the Carthaginian route of conquest as a highway strewn with relics of death and pillage, Mr. Sherwood chooses a method of sarcasm so highly refined that it goes beyond even satire and asserts itself with irresistible merriment as a culmina- tion of travesty on everything per- taining to classic scholarship No liberty is too great to be taken with historie, chronicle. He tears them up as he bids the camp his- torian destroy him. and put the pieces together again as his own generous and hilarious imagination prompts. He shows what a fine and elevating influence the great Cartha- ginian campaign might have been on public policy, if not on private | morals, had history happened his | way. In spite of the foolery which some- times becomes rugged, there are love scenes with as much delicate appeal as those between Parthenia and In- gomar. The pictures of ancient soldiering ignore the lexicon and rest squarely | on the proposition that human nature remains unchanged its reactions under certain circumstances. There | was rough Latin used in the Roman camps, and the English equivalents are more forceful in their hare col loquialism than the language could have been in pedantic translation Classic speech has heen hutchered to make an American holiday! And it is a holiday, indeed; a full relaxation of mind after the dull| grind of perfunctory weekly offense | to good taste. Not at all scrupulous | in matters of traditional propriety, | the wit and humor must in any event | be triumphantly acquitted of any charge of being perfunctory * ok ok ok | Plays emphasizing the authority that women might exert in making | wars impossible have been written | iesh Bty sistrata,” which the | authorities modernly have | banned unceremoniously, if it had not | been given in a language not gener- ally understood, was one of the car- liest. Nazimova's “War Brides"” took up the same theme in more tragical view. The possibilities of power were presented as_arbitrary and relentless tyranny. This new lay abolishes war for the evening fly answering the old question for school debate affirmatively, announc ing-that, in influence, love of rewar | trude | that this | gloomy worst when lonesome. eminine | BY PHILANDER JOHNSON. is greater than the fear of punish- ment. e It is not easy to define the boun- daries of polite restraint which must limit discussions of what is disclosed apparently with great popular ap- proval in the playhouse. A group of puzzled policemen were putting their heads together in front of the the ater during a recent performance of “Vanities.” What do one. “I know what I would have thought 10 years ago,” said another. “But now it looks as if they can do and say what they like, and get away withit.” * ok % % In defving the school books the playwright divests himself early in the proceedings of any responsibility for accurate historic detail in por- traits of personages: however close and satisfactory may be the repro- ductions pertaining to scenic ef- fect. The story makes Hannibal a man of graceful personality, well calculated by the youth-loving gods to entrance the eve of an impetuous Roman girl-wife. The vou think of it,” said | historian who represented Hannibal | | with a shaggy poll, a harsh, heavy | beard, and, at this particular time, with only one eve, goes to the scrap heap. to he burned along with the rest of the historians Pyrefi what a phoenix of fun arises! “The Road to Rome” points to a | source of stage material but little de- veloped in this country, but utilized consistently in England. ~Mr. Sher- ‘wood is the editor of Life. It has ever been the fate of the confirmed | wag to meet with efforts to leave him hoist by his own petard, and it | was cruelly suggested that if Mr. Sherwood has had all this genuine fun in his intellectual system very long, he has been holding out on his magazine. b The relations of humor to print are not always easily adjusted. The spoken word carries a point more convincingly by far than paper and ink can ever do. W. S. Gilbert was once asked if he wrote the clever things that got into Punch. write them,” answered Gilbert, “but they don't get in.” * x % x A number of the men who edited London Punch have been valuable contributors to the theater. It was Tom Taylor who wrote “Our Ameri- can Cousin,” which happened to be playing in this city at the theater in which President Lincoln was assassi- nated.. It was the fashion then for America to assume a literary rivalry with England, expressed very fre- quently in pretty rough buffoonery as well as in caustic innuendo. T: lor’s “lampoons” crumbled into sorry confusion in the presence of the great tragic event, and perhaps his best poem was an apology, in a spirit of humble self-accusation, for some of his writings that seemed intended to apply to Lincoln’s personality as typ- ical of the American described by Punch as “Brother Jonathan.” The shop-made play has come to be wearisome, as it reveals familiar patterns and dialogue, neither nat- ural, on the one hand. nor scholarly, on the other. Mr. Sherwood bids us take cheer and revive the slogan, “While there is life, there is hope!” * ¥ X X Blanche Ring declines to assert herself as an influence of delicate feminine refinement in drama. The actors of the day still strive to please, but some of the actresses are entirely coercive in method. If you want an audience treated rough, leave it to a woman. & Next to the Duncan Sisters, Miss Ring is the leading club-wielder in the romain of farce. When she gets into the principal feminine role of “Cradle Snatchers” she does not care a rap whether people think she is a lady or not, and the auditors, espe- ciafly the men, are refluced to a hila- rious hypnotism. They sit in an ecstatic trance as subjects of her cavewoman demonstrations. * g i The entertainment afforded by Balieff, not to mention the genial prominence assumed by the radio an- nouncer, has given rise to the desire amang star comedians to abandon the attitude of “We try to please you, one and all; we hope we don't in- “and "appear in solitary au- thority as master of ceremonies. Collier is a smart, rapid-fire come-} dian, with a gift of making the well- rehearsed repartee of the manuscript | sound like perfectly impromptu wit. On the stage he needs companion- ship. “Ching-a-Ling” left nodoubt favorite plaver is at his Actor and Boxer OT always is the person made fa- mous in other flelds suited to stardom on the stage. But it is de clared that Benny leonard, star of “Mr. Battling Butler.” is the right man in the right place. Benny Leonard has been featured in vaudeville. T too, because he has been starred in films. The art of acting may not bhe s inherently a talent as is boxing with Fenny Leonard, the retired un defeated lightweight champion of the world, but if is sald that he is skill- ful and artistic enough to meet demands of prominent roles. ‘Mr. Battling Butler’ Leonard in a dual light, actor and champion boxer. both as Dfllingham Philosophy HARLES DILLINGHAM for one bit of philosophy. “Give me three good laughs a day he once sald, “and let the other fe low do the worrying.” Mr. Dillingham has never known to worry over anything. But six months before a production e worrles the authors until they deliver s manuscript. He worrled Jerome Kern until he turned over the mu- sical score of “Criss Cross” for Fred is noted been one, and he sent daily cablegrams ! to Frederick Lonsdale to hurry up | the manuscript of “On Approval. | "When he finally secured the Jerome | Kern score and received word that Lonsdale was actually on a ship bound for America with the first act of “On Approval,” he went quietly into Child's restaurant for a cup of coffes, T But from this | He knows the =creen, | the | discloses | IRENE FRANKLIN Palace Strand’s New Director 'HE Strand Theater's musical com- edy presentations are now being di- rected and staged by Leo Stevens, who is well known in theatrical circles throughout the country. Mr. Stevens, it is claimed, was brought up in the theater from “the | hasement to the gridiron.” He has been connected with the American | stage for the past 40 years, as author, |actor, comedian, art director, generai | stage director, musician and producer. He was born in Berlin, Germany, and came to this country when but 16 | years of age. He has been an organ- izer, dealing with temperamental people from the stage crew to the musicians, from the chorus girl to the star. His records in stock revue produc- tion includes three years and seven months’ stay at the State Congress Theater, Chicago, I, where he pro- duced and directed one of the largest stock revue organizations in Amer. ica, including 40 acting artists and chorus. Begins Week Saturday The Strand Theater, which is bring- | |ing New York theatricals down to | Washington and adopting the new idea of making musical comedy presenta- tions from week to week with a per- manent cast, is now going to try the new policy of opening the new week's show on Saturday instead of Sunday. This idea is being carried out in many of the New York Theaters and the Strand patrons have requested it {be adopted here at the Strand. The policy went into effect yesterday. | “The Good Bad Woman.” Helen MacKellar ER controversy with William A Brady over her role in “The Good Bad Woman,” a battle that started a general censorship of Broadway productions, and also, but incident- ally, a serious automobile accident, carried_the clever young star, Helen MacKellar, into Keith-Albee vaude- ville Miss MacKellar’s refusal to play a role which was distasteful to her and which she felt was injurious to her reputation, resulted in the closing of She made up her mind to appear in a clean pro- duction, and so turned to vaudeville Quite recently Miss MacKellar wit- | nessed 3 distressing automobile acct dent, which was cansed by careless driving. She outlined an idea for a based on this accident, to Burke, the playwriter. She wished, she explained, to do two things at once—to appear in a clean, fine drama and to teach a lesson to careless drivers. Mr. Burke wrote for her “The Jay Driver, in which sketch Miss Mac- Kellar made her initlal appearance in the two-a-day. It was such a success that Miss MacKellar is agaln in vaudeville, this time in a condensed version of “The Mud Turtle,” by Elliott Lester. Lonsdale’s IK)A\'S[:AVLVE. nn; 7an of English play- an adventurous REDERICK the foremost | wrights, has had career. The man who today is one of the { most sought-after dinner guests in London be of his brilliant epi grams and s one of the most g { of London and New York, w an actor, and before that, being out of work and with nothing better to | do, he was bellhop at the Hotel Mar- tinique {n New Yo Twenty vears ago he was flat broke on Broadway. He had come to Amer- ica seeking a positlon of any kind Prior to that he had been an actor of small roles in an glish touring company. But with remarkable nerve and persistenge he ventured a trip | to America, hoping to better himself What little money he had soon dis- | appeared, and engagements for pen- { niless young English actors simply | could not be found. | In this emergency he applied to an ! employment agency and was sent to | the Martinique, where the bell cap- tian wanted a nice, lively young bell- hop to carry ice water to rooms ard bring down the luggage. isdale often laughs when he thinks of the tip received on his first call—a thin dime. Other tips followed, and soon he had saved enough money to walk up Broadway and make the rounds of the theatrical offices. Al Woods gave him a bit in melo. drama, and then ook | the arles Dillingham ‘ W Romance man with Fred Stone. Now, when- ever Mi. Lonsdale comes to America he stays at the Dillingham mansion st Sixty-third street and talks old times—or, rather, Lonsdalé does the talking. The Lonsdale vogue developed past five or six season: many years Lonsdale was a popular young ‘actor in the leading theaters of London. Then he wrote “Spring Cleaning,” and it made a_ sensation He followed this with half a dozen other successes, among them “Aren't The Last of Mrs. Both were Dillingham pro- New York, Cyril Maude playing the former, while Ina Claire appeared in the latter. The ex-bellboy is now the pet of smart London and everywhere by dukes and duchesses, and has a beautiful town house in Park Lane, so it is but natural for him to write plays of smart society life. D He wrote the last act of “On Ap- proval,” his latest play, while the company was rehearsing the first act, and it is now one of the outstanding successes in New York. in For literary is ow,” a play by Markaret McDon- ald, based on a story by Mrs. Frank Craven, went into rehearsal last week under the management of Totton- Hertz, Inc. The same firm will later produce “The Hawk and the Dove," D. Hepenstall and Ralph Culli A invited | WALLACE EDDINGER NATIONAL—"Sweet Lady.” | Next week, beginning Monday, Jan- |uary 31, the National Theater prom- | ises Washington a premiere of an- | other new musical comedy, “‘Sweet | Lady,” sponsored by Thomas Ball. The cast will include Marie Nord- strom, Jeannette fox-Lee, Naomi An- drews, Gus Shy, Dorothy Meadows and Flandyne Filling. KEITH'S—Bert Lytell. Bert Lytell, star of the films, will be starred at B. F. Keith's Theater next week, appearing in the famous Lambs’ Gambol playlet “The Valiant,” written by Holworthy Hall and Rob- ert Middlemas. FEARLE—Jean Acker. Jean Acker, the first Mrs. Rudolph Valentino, is announced as star of next week’s bill at the Earle Theater, appearing in a dramatic playlet en- titled “Smoke.” Beehee and Rubyette, Demarest and Doll, “Visions d'Art,” will be the added attraction, and other acts will be announced later. The screen feature will be “Corporal Kate,” starring Vera Reynolds. STRAND—“Happy Moments.” The Strand musical comedy next wee “Happy Moments,” a whirl of fun and ety produced by Leo Stevens. The Strand Permanent Players are appear- ing in this musical revue headed by the star comedian, Irvin B. Hamp. Other favorites who will offer their specialties will be Kathleen Butler, Paul Rush, Billee La Monte, Florence Drake, Earl Root, Lew Lewis and the “Twelve American Primrose Beau- ties,” who will appear in novel scenes and original numbers. | The screen attraction will ‘'be Rex | Ingram’s production, “The Magician,"” with Alice Terry and Paul Wegener. A beautiful girl, in the strange power of a mad magician with her life at stake, forms the theme of the story. for GAYETY—"Let's Go.” Let's Go,” next week's attraction at the Gayety Theater, is a big revue | headed by Eddie Hall, last season with | Earl Carroll's ‘“Vanities,” and “Red” Marshall as chief funmakers, sup- ported by a cast of Columbia Bur- lesque favorites, including Babe Healy, Bebe Almond and Rae Le can, T4 " BENNIE LEONARD- Gayety , starting Saturday, will be | and VIOLET KEMBLE COOPER -/\la+iona| - N DOT BLAKE- /V\lrfual Coming’ Attractions. |girls. There will be 20 musical num- | bers and 15 scenes with the dialogue put together by Fred Clark, the pro- ducer. MUTUAL~Carrie Finnell. Carrie Finnell, said to be the high- est paid burlesque star of the day, comes to the Mutual Theater next week as the featured attraction. Carry is a singing “shimmy” dancer. What Ails Vaudeville RENE FRANKLIN, “red- head” singing comedienne and the latest star of the two-a-day to join up with the Loew presentation forces, has something to say of vaudeville, via the press agent. Vaudeville has magnificent the- aters, she declares, “the finest of scenery and equipment, hundreds of clever, personable young players, but oh! the dearth of clean, witty songs; clever, timely monologues and good, light material of every kind.” “Our popular songs,” she explains, “are written almost wholly by young men Who know life only as it is lived along Broadway between Forty-second and Forty-eighth streets. Our audi ences are composed mainly of people who never see that neighborhood. The result is a divorce of sympathy be- tween idea and audience that has forced me, for one, to write all my own sketches, monologues and the like, simply because the practitioners of such arts have no witty material that I consider fit to us “In vaudeville time is the great fac- tor. There is ‘only a breath in which to tell our stories, sing our songs, hit ‘em and run. My lyrics are probably the noblest examples of mutilated meter and cumbersome rhyme ever; vet, even at that, they are to be pre: ferred to the more skillful manipu- lation of meter and melody of the idealess young men of Tin Pan Alley. “If ‘you ask me what's the mat- ter with vaudeville, I'd say page Ring Lardner, Irv Cobb and their brethren!” famous - Al Lewis intends to give a Spring tryout«t§ & play called “Storm Cen- ter,” byJessie Hine Ernst and Max Simon. Bt was played with some suc: cess by fhe Bonstello Stock Company . : EARLE and evening. STRAND noon and evening. GAYETY—“Mr. Battling Butler,” evening. MUTUAI NATIONAL—“On Approval.” For Charles Dillingham's latest pro- uction, “On Approval,” which comes | to the National Theater tomorrow eve. | ning, James Reynolds, art director, has provided two elegant sets which during the recent premiere of this play in New York caused much com- ment. As the curtain rose slowly and with | dignity on this Reynolds rhapsody the | audience looked aghast, beholding so | much of refinement at one time that | it burst forth into prolonged ap | plause. As practically the whole so | clal register is present at this very ! amusing play, one may safely as | sume “that 'Mr. Dillingham has achieved much. | Frederick Lonsdale has taken only | four actors, who run wild in an orgy | of good fellowship, the theme of | which is trial marriage, affording the | audience fully one hundred and fifty minutes of continuous laughter. | The cast consists of such distin- | guished players as Wallace Eddinger, | Hugh Wakefield, Violet Kemper { Cooper and Vera Neflson. The pro- | ductlon 1s exceptionally heavy for a dramatic play, fully 20 stage hands | the shifting of | being required for scenery and properties For many years Mr popular young actor he wrote “Spring Cleaning” and it made a sensation. He followed this | up with half a dozen other successes, among them “Aren't We All?" and | “The Last of Mrs. Cheyney.” Both | were Dillingham productions. | KEITH'S—Helen MacKellar. | . For B. F. Keith's Theater this week | Manager Robbins announces a delight- | fully diversified bill, topped by one | of the stage's young dramatic stars, Miss Helen MacKellar, known for her success in “The Storm” and “Bought and Paid For.” In a con- { densed version of Elliott Lester's “The | Mud Turtle,” with a notable cast. | Margaret Romaine also will be fea- | tured. Miss Romaine comes direct from the Metropolitan Opera House {and is heralded as a big hit wherever | she has been heard | Many a laugh is promised for Fred |Allen and Bert Yorke, as a special | comedy feature, and others will in {clude Kramer & Boyle, that “Happy | Go Lucky Pair,”” with fun and song, one n blackface and the other in natural colors; a new act, and a new- comer, in Miss Frances Hart, who has the distinction of being not only the solo dancer from the Metropolitan | Opera Co., but the youngest member | of that dancing aggregation, support. {ed in her act by several talented young girls; Weldano's Sensation. | which combines unusual and me | chanical devices, with_thrills in gym- | nastic daring; Elmer El Cleve, noted xylophonist, in his “A Bit o’ Scotch"’; Mr. Fink and Mr. Smith, “Two Sons of Humorous Parents,” and Sawyer and Eddy in an aerial novelty, with Aesop's Fables, Topics of the Day and Pathe News Pictorial. in London. SARLE—“The Midget Follies of 1927. The Earle Theater announces a pro- gram of vaudeville, screen, orchestral | and pipe organ features for the week | beginning this afternoon, headed by The Midget Follies of 1927,” an 1i- scene revue, presenting 12 of the world’s most gifted and most versatile Lilliputians. The feature photoplay will be a mystery thriller, “Whisper- ing Wires,” starring Anita Stewart “The Midget Follies of 1927" s an- nounced as one of the most gorgeous- | Iv staged vaudeville productions of the vear and brings to the Farle's stage a | group of an even dozen diminutive performers whose talents “are out of | all proportion to their physieal sta | ture.” " Included in this group are | prima. donnas, gymnasts, dramatic actors and actresses, comedians and all manner of entertainers. Each of the 11 scenes comprises an episode complete in itself. The added attraction will be Pletro, the world-famous plano-accordionist, who is known to vaudeville fans in all parts of the world and through his Victor phonograph records. Other offerings will include Norman and Norman, in “Our Toe to Toe | Cateh™; Beatrice Leon and Sybil Dawn | in “Kids Is Kids,” and Jimmy Gildea & Co., with Barney Norton, in “The Great Lover,” a combination of com edy, song and romance. The William Fox photoplay, “Whis- pering Wires,” {s described as a baf. fling, laughing, thrilling mystery, with Anita Stewart as its star, supported by a cast which includes Edmund Burns, Charles Clary, Frank Campeau, Mack Swain, Arthur Hausman, Mayme Kelso, “Heine” Conklin and Cecille Evans. The program will be further aug- mented by house features, {ncluding a comedy *Bathing Sultors,” orchestral overture and pipe organ contributions by Alexander Arons. STRAND—“Broadway Brevities.” The Strand Theater management has adopted the policy of opening thelr new programs on Saturday in- stead of Sunday, this going Into effect yesterday with the new musical com. }edy presentation, “Broadway Brev- ties,” staged by Leo Stevens, with “Tin Hats,” the post-war comedy as the screen attraction. Irvin B. Hamp is still holding down the top honors in the Strand's per- {manent cast and with Lew Lewls and { Earl Root is putting over the comedy | while Kathleen Butler, Billee La | Monte and Florence Drake offer solo | numbers and Rush and Butler take care of the dance specialties. Among the various scenes of this | revue, there will be a Spanish song and dance number and a Colonial scene with appropriate costumes. The “Twelve American Primrose Beauties” will be seen in originalities created for them by Leo Stevens with snappy syncopation, acrobatics and peppy dances. “Tin Hats" stars Conrad Nagel and Claire Windsor, with George Cooper, | Bert Roach and Tom O'Brien in the supporting cast. GAYETY—"Mr. Battling Butler.” The star of “Mr. Battling Butler” at the Gayety Theater this week is Benny Leonard, retired and undefeat- ed lightweight champion of the world. It is not so much as a boxer as it | is as an actor that Benny comes be- fore theatergoers. Heretofore he has been a vaudeville headliner and has also been a screen star, and has thus had considerable experience as an en- tertainer. Battling Butler’ has as its “Broadway Brevities,” musical presentations. “Pretty Babies,” burlesque. | Lonsdala was a | Then | |uled for | week Attractions In Washington Playhouses This Week MUSIC AND DRAMA. NATIONAL—“On Approval,” comedy. BELASCO—“Wild Man of Borneo, POLI'S—"The Student Prince,” operetta. KEITH'S—Helen MacKellar, vaudeville “The Midget Follies of 1927,” Tomorrow evening. comedy. Tomorrow evening. This evening. This afternoon and evening. vaudeville. This afternoon This after- burlesque. This afternoon and This afternoon and evening. be known as a famous pugilist, and the plot provides many comical situa- tions “Mr. comedy. Battling Butler” {s a musical and that means a chorus of girls, youthful and dashing, to people he numbers and musical scenes 'he supporting cast includes Bee Jones, Burt Mathews, Beth Clark, Dorothy Sweet Al Knight, Pa- tricia Caron Clark, Sebastian M Jean Merritt, Charles Leon and k Parry. MUTUAL—"Pretty Bables.” Babe Texas Reede, is featured with Jack Lamont’s “Pretty Bables" sched- the Mutual Theater this beginning this afternoon. show is said to be equipped especially attractive scenery, fant costumes and catchy melo. | dles. Prominently cast are George Rehn, Frank O'Rourke, Al Baker, Dot Blake and Bee More. Russell J The with JANET RICHARDS, Tomorrow. Miss Janet Richards at her weekly Talk on Public Questions tomorrow morning at 10:50 o'clock, will begin with a general review of recent de- velopments in foreign affairs, touch- ing especlally upon “The Fate of the Hapsburgs" ~ as illustrated by the trage life of the lately deceased “Mad Empress” Charlotte, widow of Maxi- milian of Austria, one-time Emperor of Mexico. A review of affairs British will also be given, followed by matters of greatest moment in home affairs. The talk will be given in the Ma- sonic Temple, 13th street and New York avenue. Newman Traveltalk Today. “Rome, With Ostia, Frascat! and Tivoll," is the third traveltalk on the “Sunny Italy” series to be given by E. M. Newman at the National this afterncon and evening. Mr. Newman brings with him an entirely new group of live motion ple- tures and gorgeous color views of the wonderful city that once ruled the world, with art treasures forming an imposing array from the time of the Cassars to Mussolini. Special permission was obtained to photograph the interfor of the Vati- can, and many intimate glimpses of His Holiness the Pope will be shown. The Santa Scala also is included in the motion picture scenes to be shown. A visit to Tivoli for a glimpse of the waterfalls, the grottoes, statues, cascades and fountains of the Villa D'Este, and to Ostia and the remark- | able mosaics found in a city neglected | for 1,400 vears | Mussolini, the man of the hour, also appears in a group of striking motion pictures, This traveltalk is not an academic story of Rome, but {s presented as a “journey” from its human interest side, with a comprehensive tale of its people, its unlimited storehouse of art, something of its history and much of its charm from the more intimhate point of view, SWAMI YOGANANDA—TONIGHT. Tonight will mark the opening of the third and last week of the series of lectures being delivered in this city by Swami Yogananda, who has achieved such phenomenal success since his arrival here on January 9 to present his theorics of the “Art of Living.” The subject for tonight's will be “The Highest Meditation and Success: Tuning Yourself With the Ccsmic Law of Supply.” Tuesday evening the Swami will discuss * tual Marriage—How to cientificall Aftract Your Ideal Soul Companion,” and Wednesday he will give the final talk of the series on “Highest Sclence of Superconcen- tration and All-Around Success—Yo- goda The serfes of lectures has been cu- mulative in development of philosophe ical thought, combined with practical teaching. At the lecture tonight the Swami announces that he will demonstrats in his own person the fact that thed human body s a dynamo, as he res charges his body through the Yogoda system. lecture Technique of WM. RUFUS SCOTT, Tomorrow. Whether American diplomacy has lost prestige in Latin America and the perplexing situation faced by the United States in China will be among, the foreign questions discussed by Willilam Rufus Scott in his weekly current events lecture at Rauscher's tomorrow morning at 11 o'clock. The Smith senatorial contest, the Army-Navy enlargement issue7and other outstanding problems in Con- gress will be analyzed as well CLARA W. McQUOWY—FRIDAY. Miss Clara W. McQuowy, at_her talk Friday morning, will discuss “Poland’s Relations With Her Neighbors—Ger- many, Lithuania and Russia.” She will also bring up to date the developments in the Nicaraguan, Mex- ican and Chinese ues. These talks are given at 11 o'clock every Friday morning at the Wash. ington Club, Seventeenth and K streets northwest. CHILDREN’S PROGRAM—Saturday. The photoplay programs for chil- dren selected for next Saturday morn- ing at 10:15 include Rex, the wonder horse, in “The Black Cvclone,” at the Tivoli Theater, and Douglas Fairbanks in “The Thief of Bagdad,” at the | Chevy Chase Theater. It has been found that no matter how interesting the picture may be, the children are never satisfled with- out their comedy, so. hereafter there will always be one or two reels of comedy in addition to the feature pic- ture. The attendance contest running be- tween these two theaters in their Sat- urday morning programs shows Chevy Chase leading. Irene Juno, organist at the Chevy Chase, is making the “‘sing-if-you-wish" period very popular with song slides and her ready re- sponse to the children's request for thelr favorites. Violet Kemble Cooper, now appear- ing in “On Approval” came to Amer- ica two years ago to create the lead- ing feminine role in the ill-fated “Hasman,” and when that Oriental fantasy proved a failure Mr, Dilling- ham gave her the role of Mrs. Darling in support of Marilyn Miller in *Pe. ter Par Her I Washington was as