Evening Star Newspaper, March 2, 1933, Page 26

From tfie Front Row Reviews and News of Washington's Theaters. By E. de S. MELCHER Beatrice Lillie At Belasco Sunday. HOSE who remember their first Charlot’s Revue will re- call the world’s best woman’s clown skit which appeared in it. ‘This was entitled “Merch, March, March With Me,” and it ended up “March, March, April, May and June,” and it was sung by & lady dressed in a robe of many colors, with a helmet on her head and a spear in her hard. There were TOWS people spears _behind the lady and when the final “tableau” Wwas struck and the spears W momento launched for- ward there was an “ouch!” as pronounced by the chief player, which was worth most_of the rest of the revue. This was Beatrice Lillle—Ameri- ca’s foremost English comedienne : (she is considered funnier. here than she is at home) who stood with Beatrice Lillle. National Player juvenile), Margaret Lindsay, Frank Lawton and Ursula Jeans. It is rumored that the open- ing night here will be a gay and diplomatic event occasioned by the presence of a host of foreign and local embassy gentry. Extra Performances Start Tomorrow at Theaters. NNOUNCEMENT has been made by the Warner Brothers’ the- aters that in anticipation of the arrival of the “42nd Street” spe cial train from Hollywood on 8: urday, and for the benefit of amuse- ment seekers tomorrow many extra performances- will be staged at the Earle and at the Metropolitan. To- morrow night at 11 p.m. both the stage and the screen presentation will be offered at the Earle and the Metropolitan will also repeat its screen attraction. The Central Theater, on Ninth street, will pre- sent an cxtra screen showing at 10:30 p.m. Loew's Fox, Palace and Colum- bia have inaugurated an extended schedule for the coming week be- ginning tomorrow. Six complete stage shows will be given tomorrow at the Fox (that has the Earle “one up”) and all three theaters will have midnight shows as well. Broadway thinks of it Items Hice and There In the Amusement World. TRE latest Broadway hit seems to o, JDe the new Owen Davis play, ‘A Saturday Night,” in which Peggy Wood returns to the American theater after playing “Bitter Sweet” for & year and more in London... Qwen Davis, jr., gets good notices in it, too (“thank you”)...Fred Keat. ing, here in “Forsaking All Others, will continue his stage career (free trl:m kmuic) v{c};len"!.he Bankhead play over wi in the Lewis Gmmtlen-:va&wgl‘usl- the singing lady of radio morrow and subsequently at the Earle, is & member of the American Society of Composers? That she was the Mnlchtwmentrrhlchdidl solo before the auditorium curtain. Danes Now “Buy English.” COPENHAGEN (#)—As a' result of the Ottawa agreements and other Brit- ish measures, Denmark increased her purchases of British goods in 1932 by $5,000,000, while American imports dropped from $26,600,000 in 1931 to $14,500,000. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1933. annd MEN'S STORE COUNTESS IS GUARDED Precautions for Bafety of Alexan- dra Tolstoy Follow Threats. PHILADELPHIA, March 2 (F)— Countess Alexandra Tolstoy. was guarded by three detectives yesterday while she addressed the students of Drexel Institute. Her audience was unaware of the precautions for her safety. Bacause of recent threats received by the countess, the d ter of the late Count Leo Tolstoy, detectives re- mained concealed throughout her at- gck on the Soviet government of ‘The countess recently broke a long silence in her farm-house home near Newtown Square, Pa., to protest against what she called the “enslavery of 160,- 000,000 Russian peasants.” In yesterday's address she declared it would be “an enormous mistake” for the United States to recognize Russia at this time. Soviet Imports Fertilizer. Soviet Russia still imports fertilizer for its agricultural program. UNION MARKET 5th and Florida Ave. N.E. N SHOP FRIDAY—STORE CLOSED SATURDAY There’s Still Time to Come to This BASEMENT Sale of Spring Suits and Topcoats at that spear and that helmet and that * dress and who since that revue has been tessed high in the clouds of fame. While Miss Lillie has never had a funnier skit (written, it seems to us, by Noel Coward), she has ‘managed to keep audiences laughing - as few other ladies of humor have * during the past decade, and whether = sho has ventured into Manhattan % nizht clubs as Lady Peel or plain Be- rice Lillle (she is never plain) ho »os rol'ed patrons in the aisles. This lady will be part and parcel he Actors’ Fund benefit which Frchman Is presenting Sun- es an inaugural feature Belasco. Although it is not known precisely what she will do, '10.75 Two Garments for $21 —For two days now, men who wouldn’t think of looking at suits or topcoats at a price like this, have been getting the sur- prise of their lives! Of course, such suits and coats couldn’t be sold regularly for FRIDAY UNTIL 9 P.M. AND ALL DAY SATURDAY S Mr. Frohman has promised that $10.75, and that’s why we took the whole . she will do something Cowardish, basement of our Men's store to hold this sale and that Mr. Coward will jour- : in! Better drop in tomorrow! § ney here for this performance, t0o. b e Basement Entrance on 7th Street i WILL BE Get Ready for OPEN Inauguration Visitors Lillie to repeat her “march” num- ber, but since it is one of those things which has not been staged in many a year, it does seem as though we could put in a plea for its ap- pearance. And, if necessary, we will volunteer to collect a whole row of amatecurs to stand at attention be- . hind Miss Lillie during the song, and who will then step forward at ¢ the right moment to provide the necessary “ouch.” i With Miss Lillie doing this—and Mr. Coward doing anything—the show should be a success. Others i to ecppear will be Fanny Ward (still as “young” as ever); Robert Emmett Kean, William Faversham, Cecelia Loftus, Fanny Hurst, Monta- gue Love, Vaughn de Leath, Bill Robincon, Peter Higgins, Harlan Tarbell, Meyer Davis’ Orchestra and those many Hollywoodites who are steaming east on the “Forty-second Street” special. Then, too, local the- atergoers will be entertained in a short skit by a handsome Lady Teasle frem the Clifford Brooke academy of the high arts (Louise Harrison Gwynne), who, assisted by three local lotharics, will offer some- thing way cut of the ordinary. And that reminds us—what has hap- pened to Amos 'n’ Andy—will they appear or will they not? for this 76-inch Folding Cot —They’re light in weight, easily folded and covered with a good jute cloth which makes them very com- fortable. Frames are of wood, braced with metal for strength. Other Cots—$2.49 to $4.95 SHIRTS % 09C = —We've sold thousands of these shirts in our store at a higher price. Every shirt is fresh and new, and made of fine lustrous fast color broadcloth. No skimpi~g—but full cut and well tailored. In Time for the Parade—More Folding Stools 29c and 49c —Good, sturdy stools with striped canvas seat. They stand 1677 inches high and fold compactly. 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