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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
WHY SOME SUCCEED
And Others Fail Is an Unanswered
Question,

Us there such thing as a factor OF
success? Have those men who have tri-
umphed in the world of endeayor done 50
by following some rule that was common
to them all? Does such a rule exist: In
other words is there a common, denomi-
nator upon which rest the nominators Of
success? . Do successful men know
how they succeed? They do. but. for the
life Of them, they cannot tell you how
They will say that they have worried
saved their money, been watchfui OF op-
portunities. and-and-and-weli, that's
about ALL"
Interesting speculation, isn't it? It's the
beginning Of the leading article in our
next Sunday Magazine. entitled The
Factor of Success" written by George
Buchanan Fife. AS he says. nobody can
tell why success comes to some and not
to others. and he cites several actual
cases to prove the uncertainty OF it.
For instance, q floor walker In depart
ment store. on account of his courtesy to
rich customer. the wife of q factory
masnate. was given a position with the
latter and ultimately acquired an interest
In the institution, which he sold out later
for S1SO1.U0. Another one a clothing
wholesaler. the creditor OF small order
house. was persuaded to invest $J9.0D i'm
the latter in the hope of putting the bust
ness on its feet SO ne could recover what
was owing him. and now the clothier is
the head OF an establishment that Is
worth fully S3UWO.OO.
Another, a drug clerk had lent his 5000
of savings to a friend who started a ma
chine shop, and. having to go into that
business to save his money. became a mil
lionaire in It, All these things make a
man wonder: but ne is unable to solve the
problem, TO reduce il TO a definite why.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
Selden Miller's Recital.

An audience as representative as it was
enthusiastic and insistent in The matter OF
applause welcomed the temperance Of
Selden Miller, the pianist and vocalist, a,
The Playhouse yesterday afternoon, when
he gave the second of three exceptional
recitals booked for this city.
It is not only as virtuoso and a singer
Of merit that Mr.. Miller is interesting
to students ana lovers of music. but as a
thinking student. who finds charm in
contrasting the works of the great COM
posers and in presenting their points of
resemblance and of difference.
The subjects of his program yesterday
afternoon were songs and piano compost
tons taken from the works of Mcdowell.
the American composer. and Grieg. the
Norwegian master. illustrating in part
the boldness of the one and the character
istic delicacy of the other. Grieg's Not
turno" was one of the beautiful interpre-
tations and MacDowelIs 1.-The Humming
Bird" another although in each Of the
other numbers, especially the lighter ones,
there was a charm of feeling and SYM
pathetic intelligence that made them ad-
lnirable.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26

Hearty laughter and applause were the
reward of Big Jim, the great shaggy bear
that danced the turkey trot, the grizzly
bear and other freak dances for four big
audiences at the Casino Theater yester-
day. and then capped the climax by prov
ing himself an expert wrestler against a
number of volunteers from the audience
The act comes from the New York AL
hambra and Hammerstein's, where II
created more or less of a sensation
Raeder and Lester opened the show at
each performance yesterday with novel
and thrilling aerial exhibition on the fly
ing rings and trapeze. which is one OF the
best Of its type: Selma Corbett. black
face Coincidence, quickly aroused laugh
ter and applause with her songs and
stories; Coleman and Alexander. in clever
team work. won applause with their SON. $
and rapid-fire efforts Of a jocuiar char
acter: Bob Warren not only had new
monologue full of original jokes and
stories. but he added to the amusement
of them by his inimtable way of telling
them, and Taneau and Claxton. besides
being cornet players of merit. established
fame as entertainers in the light comedy
line nd were heartily applaIded as we'll
as laughed at. New and interesting mo-
ton pictures supplement the bill. which
Is good throughout.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
Academy.

There is a touch of art kindred TO that
OF David Belasco in THE Call of the
Heart" which was presented for the first
time in Washington at the Academy of
Music last night. 1t is new play, If
a few changes We're made in it and if the
cast were strengthened in at least two
instances there is no reason why it
should not prove a metropolitan success.
The play deals with heredity, although
those who spoke in advance for it chose
to mention as its leading characteristic
the so-called problem Of the international
marriage. No actual problem in interna-
tional marriages is presented. On the
| contrary. the wealthy young American
girl in the play who Is besought by a
| title-hunting aunt to whom she is be-
holden to marry the elder son of an i'm
! poverished English lord simply marries an
other foreigner instead-his half brother
because she loves him and because he
rescues her from the elder son, who
proves to be a villain.
In the story of the unfaithful wife who
is the mother of three sons, one of them
illegitimate and the child of her Ameri-
can lover, another the villainous elder
son of her impoverished husband, and
the third a hopeless wreck from NOR
phine. who finally kills himself that his
mother may have no tie keep her In
England and away from her American
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New National.

A song. a play an opera that gains
a hold upon the popular heart attains
an immortality that becomes more ap-
parent with each revival. Robin Hood.
Reginald de Koven and Harry 3. Smiths
famous opera Of the merry men of Sher-
yood Forest more than twenty years
20 attained such an Immortality, and its
appearance from time to time since
IN has always been hailed with more
ID. .ess de ight as the coming of dear
id friend no matter what the garb or
uw presented
But when the new De Koven Opera
Jmpany brought it to the National The
tte- asst evening Ii was not only resur-
cited. but glorified. Never before, even
IA The halcyOn days of the famous old
iiostonians. have its beauties been so
carly and 30 impressiveiy disclosed. 1t
4Oes not need the testimony that the
ST is drafted from grand opera. for
each singer sang his or her role with
grace and beauty that would have cloth
ed the familiar Songs with new life and
charm II he or she had never been heard
OF before. Not on the art of the singer.
but the best talent of the artist in cos
tune pictures, in stage settings and in
character portrayal have combined to
make the Robin Hood OF today "a
thing of beauty and JOY forever"
Before tN6 week Is CDQeu the OLD songs,
oh. Promise Me- that seemed long
ago TO have tottered to we come grave:
the "ArmOref's Song Brown October
Ale." the Thinkers Song" and others of
the old melodies will be sung in the
homes and whistied on the streets as If
they We're newcomers. And all because
their revival this time has stamped them
with still more beauty and charm than
they ever seemed 10 possess before.
The De kOven opera Company has
justified its creation and stamped the
project OF its incorporators with success
Lovers of light opera may now hope for
more revivals of old favorites with the
same degree Of excellence and perhaps
the presentation of new works OF an
operate character that may more than
justify the hope that English grand opera
is not among the impossibilities.
Standing out cameolike in the noted cast
was the old familiar figure Of George b.
rockingham. .he original F'riar Tuck of
the Bostonians more than twenty years
ago. He was not out OF place, though
the brilliancy OF the cast and of the per-
formance shines as Ii never shone before
His characterization, ruggedly true in the
beginning. still stands in the foreground
as one of the conspicuous elements of the
successful performance. Old friends
heartily greeted him with applause upon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
BEGINS SERVING TERN"
Syrian Boy COMMITTED" to School
for Period of Five Years.

PITTSBURGH, November 2j.-Sen
fenced to five years in the public schools
Nicolas killei Haddad, aged eleven ar
immigrant boy from Syria, who arrived
in Pittsburgh few days ago. went to.
day to the home of his brother in New
Kensington, Pa, to begin serving his
term
The boy was permitted to pass the i'm
migration authorities on Ellis Island on
condition that a bond of $1,000 be posted
to guarantee that he be kept at his
studies In a public school until he was
sixteen years old. Notice of this action
was formally conveyed to Secretary
George w. Gerwig of the Pittsburgh
board of public education by William
Williams. commissioner OF immigration at
New York, and when the boy arrived here
in company with his brother Michael,
who had fed from his native land 10 es-
cape Turkish persecution he was sent to
another brother. John. who is a tin work.
er at New Kensington.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
Lyceum.

Clean and clever are the adjectives that
describe this weeks show at the Lyceum
1.-THE Merry Maidens." company Of the
prettiest. most vivacious and best dressed
young women who have appeared at the
Avenue playhouse in quite while, act as
If they really enjoy their work, of which
there is a whole lot, and the vehicle,
New York in Two Reels" offers plenty
of chances for clean burlesque. with
catchy music, graceful dancing and hui
NOR From the time the curtain goes I'D
until 1t drops on the last scene there isn't
slow moment in the performance
Chinatown Is the setting around which
the FIRST part revolves. Harry Fields as
Ezeriah Slocum. 'deteckitif,' from Pike
vile, Pa. played by William Stewart,
furnishing the comedy. Fields Ia enter
tanning from his opening song to the flnal
curtain. He somehow or other has man
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
Chase's.

a hilarious comedy is 'Who is Brown"
the leading attraction Of the bill, present.
ed by THE Providence Players" at
Chase's this week. 1t is based upon the
farcical comedy Mrs. Temples Tele-
gram" and embodies in its main plot the
principal characters of that play. Those
of the cast are Miss Elinor McEwen.
Ralph Taylor. Walter r. Seymour. Lynne
Overman. Miss Lora Rogers and Frank
Brady. Running the comedy sketch close
for leading honOrs on the bill is Henry
Give. who presents battling act of
from the worlds galleries are painted"
on black canvas by spirit artists in
fifty seconds. The canvas and subjects
for each picture are selected by the au-
dience.
The Boudini Brothers billed as Wizards
OF the Accordion" play in an inimitable
manner practically all the latter-day
popular music as well as Italian sonatas
The bill opens with George. W Cunning
ham and Herman Marion in an acrobatic
talkfest which is a good number Rena
Santos and Fred Watson were pleasing
with their songs and dances, while THE
Wizards of JOY. as Raymond and Caver-
ly are billed. furnished considerable
comedy. Ten small dogs presented by
Karl Emmy perform many tasks and
tricks that are both astonishing and
amusing.
The animated weekly shows pictures Of
The Carlisle VS.. West Point foot ball
game. Memorial to King Edward F1irf-
ing with Death. Great Demonstration.
The Terrible Railroad Wreck at Irving
ton. md: The Edinburg Horse Show,
Corner Stone Laying by Masons at Chi
cago: The Worlds Championship Sculi-
ing Race on the Thames, and Who's Who
in Stageland.
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Belasco.

One Of the unfailing signs which point
toward the merit of "Hanky Panky,"
which was presented at the Belasco The
alter last night. is that when the audi
ence left the theater there was distinctly
audible the humming of some Of the
music of the piece. And going home in
the cars. both street and motor variety
unconscious comedians were rehearsing
with gestures the bits of comedy which
few minutes earlier had been shot
across the footlights with unerring ac-
curacy. Hanky Panky" is a Lew Fields
production, the book is written by I'D
gar smith: the music much to the credit
OF A. Baldwin Sloane, the lyrics are by
r. Ray Goetz. and the name of Gus
Sohlke Is coupled with the staging of the
piece. Considerable care has been given
to everything in ''Hanky Panky" except
the plot. 1t looks as If the author had
and had then forgotten about it. Lucky
for him that he did. The story of the
show was buried in an avalanche of mu-
steal comedy early in the first of the two
acts. and it would have been laborious
to try to extricate 1t.
AS for the name, "Hanky Panky" is
just as good a label as anything. .Hunky
Dory'' would have been just as good too.
Anything that doesn't mean too much
would do
Florence Moore bids fair to take the
laugh hOnOrs of the show. As a Gomez
dienne. she is best described in the YER
nacular of the day as "a scream" Only
a pessimist could fail to laugh when Flor
ence Is slap-dashing around the stage
with William Montgomery or Harry
Cooper. She gives the unfailing impress
sion. too. that she is having the best
time Of her life. Bobby North and Max
Rogers, names indissolubly linked with
the Anglo-German massacre Of the Eng
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
Cosmos.

No more laughable misfortune seems
poss BILE than that which happened to the
comical Englishman who. with his son
and mechanic" that knew everything
but how to start stalled automobile.
makes the ludicrous twenty minutes of
nonsense embodied in Harry Tate's little
farce comedy, Motoring" the big feature
at the Cosmos Theater this week. II is
tale in which the tragic and the conf
cal are inimitably blended and at the
four presentations of it yesterday II
kept capacity audiences i'm a continuous
state of laughter. 1t is the same pro-
duction and company that made King
George V of England laugh heartily at
the royal command performance in Lon
don last July. and it is repeating its sue
cess here.
Another clever little sketch in which
pathOs and humorous comedy are delight.
fully interviewer Is "a Tale Of Texas, e
the Offering Of Pierce Benton and Annette
Gray. An eccentric mixture Of song and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26

iish language. have a large part in
lana fahky. Ihey present pictures
OF the chin whisker- derby checker
ed-clothes variety of comedians who talk
right down each others threats and oc-
cas1onally sing a tuneful lyric a few
steps in front OF lively chorus Some
or the comedy introduced by this pair
h haI back to the old Weber-Fields days.
and card-playing scene in the second
act has been lifted bodily from a scene
IN which Lillian Russell starred with
David Warfield. Harry Cooper, a Yid-
disher from the whiskers down. helps
make 'Hanky Panky'' true to the regular
type. and Clay Smith. dancer in shiny
tile and London-made clothes together
with Myrtle Gilbert and Flo May, shows
how easy it is to make the feet respond
tune. -'
William Montgomery has but a few mo-
ments In which to make his presence felt
and ne succeeds admirably. His collection
OF college cheers is his principal Offering
AS delicate tribute to his regard for the
audience he took a flying leap last night,
across the footlights. landing half way
up ths aisle The music of "Hanky
Panky' is responsible for much of the
pleasure of the evenings entertainment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26

grotesaue dances made laughter for the
offering OF Laurence and Roberts; FREQ
Primrose got very well acquainted with
his audiences through his clever songs
and nonsensical chatter, and Alma and
Mae gave some fine selections on the
banjo, on which they are very good per
formers. Manager Brylawsid announces
another New York act to ieng:hen the
bill from today. The film features are
led by the Pathe Weekly Review in pic
ture form of big events of recent nap
pening.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
Try This Homemade
Cough Remedy
Costs Little, But Docs the Work
Quickly. or Money Refunded.

Mix one pint of graduated
sugar with u pint of warm
water. and stir for minutes.
Put 2H ounces of Pinex fifty
cents WORTH in a pint bottle;
then add the Sugar Syrup.
You will find that this simple
remedy takes hold OF cough
more quickly than anything else
you ever used. Usually ends a
deep seated cough inside of "a
hours. Splendid. too, for whoop-
ing cough, Group. chest pains,
bronchitis and other throat
troubles. \
This recipe makes more and
better cough syrup than you
could buy ready made for S.. so.
PineX is the most valuable
concentrated compound of Nor
way white pine extract. and is
rich in guaiacoi and all the nat
ural pine elements which gre so
healing to the membranes. OtSer
preparations will not work in
this f. rmula.
This plan OF making cough
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syrup Tor strained honey has
proven SO popular throughout
the United States and Canada
that it is often initiated. But
the old. successful formula has
never been eaualed.
A guaranty OF absolute salts
faction. or money promptly re-
funded. goes with this recipe.
Your druggist has Pinex or will
get il for you. If not, send to
The Pinex Co., Fl. Wayne, Ind.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26

aged to unearth a supply of new stuff. -
whose quality is attested by the numer-
GUS encores to which he was forced to
respond.
Lila Brennan, Blanche Curtiss and
Anna Woods have the principal feminine
parts. singing dancing and wearing pref
ty clothes Several of the songs by Miss
Curtiss, Miss Woods and Miss Brennan
were encored until the supply of extra
choruses was exhausted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-11-26
AMUSEMENTSLAST NIGHT


make UP any deficiency in authorizations
of individual costumes.
But it is to Frank Tinney to whom first
honors must be given for the multitude
of laughs enjoyed by last nights audi
ence. His drOllery is perhaps. monde
script in genus but infectious in it's ge-
MUS. His methods are those of yOre, re-
membered from his vaudeville appear
ances in Washington; but his lines are
new and refreshing. and especially during
the second scene Of act three. which Mr..
Tinney has to himself with the assist
ance Of an accomplice in the orchestra
leaders chair. did he keep the audience
in commissions of laughter.
There is still further comedy and many
laughs furnished by Harry Conor. who
carried around thermometer to take
his temperature at the back of his neck
when Welland Strong. "who enjoys poor
His dying Strong still has the symp-
toms that in a well man would be called
thirst. and his sympathetic sorrow in
the second act is gem of drollery.
Had the audience not insisted upon
numerous encores last night. apparently
1t would have missed many of the fea-
lures Of this Ziegfeld show. Almost
every encore introduces something new
new verse to the song, new figures in
the dance and new costumes for the
chorus. For the music there was much
we'll earned applause While much of it
is of the jingling kind. there are several
good melodies. notably the waltz. Gould
You Love a Girl Like Me-" sung by
Dorothy JardOn and the chorus, and
''PiccolO.' one Of Miss Jardon's solos.
The audience. too, enjoyed again the
singing of BE My Baby Bundle Bee,"
by Mollie King and Artie Mehlinger,
even though the song was a feature of
another entertainment only last week,
and the revival of Reuben. Reuben, -
which was a feature of the Hoyt show
Mile. Mana and NJ. Alexis have a weird
dance number in the last act that won
hearty APPLAUSE.
Ethel AmOrita Kelley presents some
dance numbers that show grace and art
even though she seemed to be handicap
ped by Over-consciousness.
The moupting of "A Winsome Widow
Is as lavish as the costuming.
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Columbia.

So familiar is the F. Ziegfeld. jr.. recipe
for theatrical entertainments that 1t
seems most fitting to say that Hoyt's "a
Trip to Chinatown has been Ziegfeld-
lied into The Winsome Widow which
pleased large audience at the Columbia
Theater last night. 1t is Of the type of
Ziegfeld offerings that have become IA
miliar TO theatergoers who taboo plays
of problems and plots. 1t is a show
girl show, with the Ziegfeld hurlyburly
or vlvacity and motion that not only
didn't stop. but didn't even hesitate; the
Ziegfeld lavishness and daring in cos
tune and dance, the Ziegfeld disregard
of threads of plot interest and the Zieg-
field multiplicity of vaudeville specialties.
Those who enjoyed "A Trip to China
town a few years ago recognized the
farcical characteristics of that great Hoyt
entertainment in last nights offering, but
there Is so much that is new that 1t
rather than revival of the former
success.
In the programs description of the en-
tertainment as "a farce comedy. with
music there has been a display of mod
esty, for the designation does not sug-
gest the melange of dances nor the ka-
leidoscopic changes of custome, not to
mention other features. Had not SO
much space been used in the program in
hsling the Identities of the widows, mink
ladies'. piccolo boys. pierrots, pierrettes,
Columbines. Purity League girls, etc, the
descriptive introduction might have been
iensthened to "a farce comedy, with mu-
SIC dancing, costumes and Frank Tin
ney Certainly from the standpoint OF
those seeking diversion the words COS
TUNES and Frank Tinney'' need to be
put in capital letters. The number OF
dinerent costumes used by the women
principals and chorls-might be said ia
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lover. the author of the play has painted
large canvas-one whose details are
worthy to be carefully worked out. There
is plain speaking and the play is not for
children. the sanctity of the hearth
which Is a fundamental of American
home life and character, will not permit
an audience of these days to take very
sympathetic view Of Comrade JIM the
OF the woman he loves a check to allow
her to obtain divorce, as If he had done
some heroic thing.
Nevertheless. the play compe.s thought
and its appeal is largely for that reason.
The supreme sacrifice of the morphine
user is an excellent piece of stagecraft.
His knowledge of his uselessness, his &C
cusation that his pitiable condition is due
to the sins of his fathers, and his love for
his mother, who has taught him to for
give her in his prayers for bringing him
into the world. all stand out as the prin-
cipal things in the play. The depravity Of
the elder son and his knowledge that he
comes honestly by his dishonesty" are
parts of the connected whole, bringing all
the more easily into contrast in the pic
ture the Ikableness of the younger son.
who is the illegitimate child of the
American lover and the American-born
man.
The play is by Leta Vance The part Of
Lord Everlow. twenty-first baron of
Wolfson, is well played by John Nichol-
SUI. Inc same tHlnS may De said OF the
part of Mrs. Quackenbush, the American
parvenu aunt, played by Milly Stevens,
who has been seen in Washington SO
often with Ezra Kendall. Clarence Bel
lair. who plays the part of the viIlainous
elder son. is an old Washington favorite,
remembered of the days Of Clara Morris,
Robert Downing and Maud Granger. He
is Washingtonian by birth. as is also
virginia Hadley. who plays the part Of
the wealthy young American girl Most
of the other parts are we'll taken.