Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1930, Page 29

From the Front Row I Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. *JOURNEY’S END"— Epic of the War. .‘JOVRNEYSM long since has been awarded its place as the epic play that has come out of the World War and the one destined to remain and be remembered long after the list of its predecessors, each of them attempting but falling to tell the whole story, has been for- gotten. And because of the world- ‘wide reputation that has preceded it wherever it has gone, the task of any local reviewer is more or less confined to passing comment on the particular cast chosen to act it, with &;umy a guess hazarded as to Why e play is the masterplece that fame and acclaim have made it. ‘The company that brings “Jour- ney's End” to Poll's this week is fresh from a long and successful run in Boston. It leaves no re- grets with those denied the oppor- tunity of having witnessed the origi- nal cast that has become famous in New York. It gives excellent ac- count of itself without a trace of weakness in any part. Richard Bird as Capt. Stanhope and Henry Steph= enson as Lieut. Osborne are admir- able in their interpretation of the Toles that, by contrast alone, give to the picture one of its strongest ap- als. Dan Booker's Pvt. Mason is mense, and Frederick Catling as Lieut. Raleigh is successful in por- traying the poignant illusions of the youth of all time, a factor that played & greater part in winning the war than all the guns the Krupps could turn out in & generation. Norman Pierce and G. P. Huntley, eyp give creditable reality to the leal characters of Lieut. Trotter and Lieut. Hibbert. After the deluge of snapshots of the World War that followed the armistice, some of which found their ‘Way to the stage, it remained for an Englishman—R. C. Sheriff—who saw the war from a British dugout near Ypres, to paint a picture that, by its inclusion of nearly all the elements, ‘Comes nearest being a real account of what went on in France. The success of “Journey's End” and the universal appeal it contains probably lies in the fact that its 12 characters—some of them merely shadows that flicker in the back- re somehow symbolic of millions of men who for more four years were at each other's %fi. along the western front. man who ever lived in his boots in a dugout for a week may mot have seen Lieut. Osborne and Oapt. Stanhope, Mason Raleigh, ‘Trotter and Hibbert, or known them all. But every man who went to knew one or two of them— and had heard of the others. And seeing 12 men in “Journey's End,” one has come pretty close to seeing them all, including the squat bot- tles that sat on the table in the officers’ mess, whose part in winning the war has never received the stu- dious examination it deserves. As every one knows by now the agtion in “Journey's End” takes place in & dugout. There is only one set- ting for the three acts. The movies, in time, will, of course, remake it 1o suit themselves, and in so dolnl, much of the effect of this treatment will be lost. For Wme Df the most eloguent of the scenes in the play consist merely of the emfity aum with the candles aflic! dark corners lit now and M by the eerie reflection of the very lights from the outside. The shadow of a plot is woven into the play. But most of its lhenflll; ~has no beginning and it has no end; it contents itsélf with showing a few days in the dugout in the days pre- the last big German offensive in 1918, and in those days there was no beginning, no end, ‘With every play dealing with the ‘war, “Journey’s End” shares renown ART COST AMERICANS $250,000,000 IN 1929 Dealers’ Association Estimate Based on Survey Made to Deter- mine Volume of Sales. By the Associated Press. A NEW YORK, March 31.—An estimate that America spent approximately $250,- 000,000 on art during 1929 was an- as being & great sermon ‘against war. It is, of course, but one's guess is that in the course of years it will suffer the common fate of sermons and fall on deaf ears. But no one should fail to see it now. BEN McKELWAY. “BEST SHOW IN TOWN" Pleases the Fans. ALTHOUOH the title “Best Show in Town” is a trifle ambitious when the current attraction at the Gayety has to be compared with such WMhinltonlln aflerlnn as “Jour- ney’s End” and “Holiday,” there is, nevertheless, enough in this Gayety show to warrant its claim of being bright and amusing. Reggle White, the leading lady, fills the gap left by the much-missed Rae Martin with splendid results, Indeed, as some one in yesterday's audience remarked, “she’s a whole show in herself.” Marie Miller, a pungently Springlike soubrette, han- dles here share of the entertainment with a technical finesse that evokes hearty lnd constant applause; the dancing “kid,” Sammy Rice, jr., maneuvers his feet Wflh an Bflllly that makes it difficult for the eye to follow, and Bob Startzman and Cos- tello, with their comic antics, would help any audience weather the dreariest storm. There are others, of course, who help with the beam of musical sun- shine that fills the Gayety this week, Among them is a provocative young lady, Virginia Downs, who manipu- lates voice and ankle muscles with equal ease, and Eva DuBose and Boots Rush, who do things that angels might fear to COpy, hut ‘who so appealed to a greedy audience that there seemed little doubt that the d‘hole show fully met the de- man | | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTO QUEEN MARY ATTENDS CHURCH IN LIMEHOUSE British Monarch’s Visit for Dedi- cation Ceremonies Surprises London’s Dock Area. By the Associated Press. LONDON, March 31.—Queen Mary went into the heart of London's dock- land, down by Limehouse, yesterday, at- tending the dedication of a new church by the Bishop of Chelmsford. Her visit was a surprise to all but a few, but within an hour after it was known she was coming the whole of by hastily placed flags and decora- tions. The Queen entered the church through an honor guard of boys drawn up in two ranks. S S S MISSING FLYERS FOUND Two Attempting Flight to England Forced Down in Wales. SYDNEY, New South Wales, March 31 (/).—David Smith and Lieut. Shiers, aviators, who came down in the wilds of northern territory while attempting a flight to England, were located today by a searching party. Their forced landing occurred Satur- day. They wirelessed that they were the drab area was given a festive airwithout food, but had plenty of water. iiifBoshoosshinndh ottt oo A et s et Loans on D. C. Property ON THE MOST o e Be your own broker. the fees usually such loans, by joining our as- We will loan money on improved D. C, property— investigate our plan NOW, Open daily 9 to 5 Saturday until noom N ATIONAL P ERMANENT Building Association WE PAY o) OR MORE sociation. on your, Savings e ADVANTAGEOUS TERMS Save charged for Organized 1890 949 Ninth Street N.W. Just Below N. Y. Avenue Under Supervision U. S. 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