Evening Star Newspaper, January 31, 1928, Page 10

10 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO D. ©., TUESDAY, JANUARY 31. 1928. e B AMUSEMENTS NATIONAL THEATER—"Honeymoon Lane.” Eddie Dowling in a prologue, two acts and 12 scenes opened last night at the National Theatér before an audience that stuck it out and enjoyed it until the unheard-of hour of 11:30 o'clock. The title of the play “moor Lane.” naturally suggested one of those sweet. tender love things. but the ten- derness was lost somewhere in the versatility that compase! d 1t never qui the last his tales of his family’s The frequent pauses, while the audience had its laughs. no doubt account for the length of the d the proceedings were halted m me to answer the mand that parts of the songs and canaes be repeated A< the play advanced, the speed an 4t ‘must be said. the noise. increas he Mtter ¢ inated in a shou! ogue between an A C of undoubt experiences | and t and is volved in a plot. I lover, in the person o by Was sung and it is regr - | home, | and her “Rifflan Ballet” was one of the | outstanding events of the evening. A quartet of colored porters put on some fast and pleasing steps, and were called back four or five tim Altogether the show was good eve- nmng's entertainment, and certainly had | the enthusiastic applause of a capacity | audience. SHUBERT-BELASC Children. y Can a young married man support his “Saturday's | v blackjack on a salary of | wife and play blackjack on B | Qote ‘s Mrs, Halevy. | 40 a week? | of absorbing interest more than one couple. conclusively in comedy of present-da Maxwell Anderson, W ds at the Shubert-Bela he answer. of course, . but and Bobby O'Neil are subjected to a very disconcerting series of exper ! ences before they find it out Bobby marries Rims because he is on the point of going to South Americ nd she loves him and feels that he may find some other girl more interesting in the sunny clime of Argentine. | Both young people are employed at e same office and each receives a sal [ ary of €40 a week. Rims will not have | his wife do any work except in their e resigns. The young woman chold budget. but this in the lives of nswered American life b 0 this we Rim: pares a_ hou | proves a highly useless expedient when | it develops that she had given Rims edit for earning $60 a week when he | was drawing only $40. At the same time | Bobby learns that Rims has been pla | ing blackiack with the usual results ar | al affairs become wrecked. . Rims gets another job s back to her former em- plovment. _After three weeks the young man finds his wife at her rooming hou e is a reconciliation. the { ending with the suggestion th: | be serene thereafter. but leaving the | method of their renewed companion- ship to the fmagination of the spectator. { Acting honors of the production | should undoubtedly go to Frederick Perry, in the role of Mrs. Halery. Bobby father, a comedy part in which he very well cast. Anne Tonetti, as M Gorlick, Bobby's landlady. ~ suppii many laughs with her quaint manner- highly characteristic makeup. tle opport | Martha Morton as Ruth Adams, Gor- | don Dooler as Matty Pathe and Harry Robinson as Harry Yuke added much to the success of the show. Kate Smith. » Washi on girl, as Tiny Little, stopped the show in the second act with a song and dance. and she was smothered with flowers by local | admirers. Helen Ault. another Wash- ington girl, also took part in the cast Florence O'Denishawn won high ac- for some very excellent da: e (pronounced BenGay)relieves stiffiness by reducing the congestion and soothing the irritated nerves. BAUMEBENGUE ANALGESI This question, which has become one | Children.” a | all will | The principal roles are portrayed by Ruth Gordon, as Bobby, and Humphrey Bogart, as Rims. Each had a rather difficult task. Miss Gordon was very charming as the young wife, hesitating between a rather uncertain happiness with her husband and the definite knowledge of financial independence “on her own.” Other principal characters were Florrie Sands, sister of Bobby, por- trayed by Ruth Hammond, and Willie ds. her husband, a rather namby- pamby part, assigned to Richard Bar- bee. Grace Roth Henderson was ade- The play follows a modern trend in the prevalence of rather frank dia- logue on sex matters. Irkutsk to Become Aerial Port. | IRKUTSK, Siberia, January 31 (#).— | | Preparations for converting of Irkutsk | into a large international acrial port on the projected line, London-Moscow-Pe- king, are in full swing. Vast repair workshops are under construction. Two new lines which are to be opened in the Spring will link Irkutsk with Mongolia and the Aldan gold fields. Just. like HARRISON SEES CHANGE IN FOREIGN SERVICE ACT Senator Predicts Method of Promo- tions Will Be Revised Follow- ing Inquiry. By the Associated Press. Changes in the administration of the Rogers act regulating appointments in the foreign service are predicted by Senator Harrison, Democrat, Mississ- ippi, who is leading an inquiry into the operations of the act A subcommittee of the Senate foreign relations committee has been conducting the investigation behind closed doors, examining State Department officials in regard to the system of making pro- motions and appointments in the dip- lomatic and consular services. Senator Harrison asked for the in- quiry and he the secret hearings | have so far bo | of favoritism on_the par: of the per- sonnel board. He contends diplomatic officers have had the advantage over I those in the consular service. hearings will be heard. N, T arare, rich cameo is this PEERLESS SIX-01 - Jee it at NUARY Jtore~ CLEARANCE Wide Reduction, SALES o Now the Furnishings Section Makes Its Final Reductions A sweeping clearance to make room for the new sea- son’s merchandise now on the way. 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