Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-09-29

! to what she should wear, who shall he
her companions and how her time should
| be spent.
| The mother of that type is old-fash-
| ioned." Miss Granville added, but she
, is ideal Such supervision Of daughters
! constitutes real motherhood.
Thu mothers of modern IDEAS said
Miss Granville. have given us gen
Grafton Of flippant. overdressed prema-
| tured girls. who are discontinued with all
simple things and crave only excitement
and adventure.
Il object Strongly to certain things the
modern mother seems to permit. ] OBJ
| iect to the lack Of dignity and the lat
! ter-day familiarity of the average girl
| 1t has been the custom of mothers of
growing families to yield to their chill
! dren. Now, we al know that discipline
must come some time in life There is no
| time for it to begin like childhood. The
greatest kindness a mother can show to
her children is to deny them the things
| they should not have.
| 1T isn't pleasant to hear young girls
! waving aside their elders and advanc-
| ing views of their own. This is not un-
! common in the present day girl. who jus
! titles it because mammals or papas no
lions are old fogyish.' as they express
| Mothers should train their daughters
| to believe that virtue. wOmanliness.
! sweetness of manner and strength OF
character are qualities more important,
| more vital than the art of fine dressing
| They should teach them that dignity
| and good breeding great assets. Tube
! skirts false hair and all the things with
which girls seem fond of adjoining them
| selves to attract attention would have
no place in the wardrobe Of the right
kind of girl. if the old-fashioned mother
| had her way.
| WASHINGTON VAUDEvILLIANS.-
Sig and Edythe Franz, sensational
| unicyclists," are Washington vaudevil-
| lians. "Sig's' name when he was an
! elevator boy in one of the newspaper
| office buildings of the capital six years
| ago was Stewart 1t was during the
F.; heydey of Luna Parks popularity that
Stewart made his first public appearance.
| AT that time he was trick bicycle rider.
| He performed some thrilling tricks at
] the suburban pleasure park. In one of
| these he came near ending his career
suddenly and ingloriously. He attempted
! to ride down the chutes a unicycle.
| He negotiated the inclined plane success
| fully. but in the headlong dive into the
lagoon at the end of the wild ride his
| foot became entagled in the spokes of
| his single wheel and his head barely
missed the concrete edge of the big basin.
! After his successful exploits in Wash
| ington and the publicity which followed
| his narrow escape from death Stewart
! secured an enga gement with travelling
| carnival company which toured Mexico.
| In the capital of the once DiaZ republic
| Stewart was sensational success. Upon
his return to the states he discovered
! that a foreign name is as valuable in
! vaudeville as in grand opera, so he
adopted Franz" Here in Washington,
however. the daring young cyclist is quite
| willing to rely upon his own patrOnymic
| and show all his old acquaintance how
he has made good"
MUST WRITE THEIR OWN FUN
| James T. Powers blames the inability of
musical comedy comedians to write their
own stuff or comedy material, for
| sending most of his contemporaries into
1.-The legitimate Or to vaudeville.
| When 1 first entered the profession
said Mr. Powers. Il was in vaudeville.
At that time a variety artist was FIRST
of all a dancer. Even today, in musical
comedy, a comedian must oance, il only
to show his good will. Most musical COM
edy stars don't want to dance. Dancing.
of course, is hard work, but the fact re-
mains that people like it, and SO, after
all. it's worth the effort it costs. l be-
gan it as a boy and 1 believe in keeping
1t up"
The actor must keep up with the
times. This Is true most of all in musica!
comedy.
| Each time appear in new production
l say to myself. IN never do another
| musical comedy. Now my ambition
doesn't rise above musical comedy. My
oniy aim is to rise to it. The great difri-
| Guilty is to find one that gives a comedian
a living chance to be funny.
Last summer l read no less than fifty
| five books without finding one that Of
| fered the least hope of success. I've
| reached the conclusion that a musical
| comedy star must write his part for him.
| self. If he can't write his own stuff he
might as we'll stop. He cannot hope to
survive unless he Is able to provide him
self with the material that serves to keen
| him alive. 1t is the lack of this ma
terial that has caused so many stars to
step out of the musical comedy ranks
There are, of course. a number of clever
| writer's in the field but there aren't
enough OF them to GO round
WOMAN'S SCENT IS kEEN.-Nina
Morris. formerly Frohman PLAYER and
| lately d stock star, who is now perma-
| nentiy allied with polite vaudeville
cherishes the ambition To rival Valerie
hersere, who continues TO hold the rec
/ ord for vaudeville productions Her first
: really pretentfous effort is The Yellow
J Peril in which her role is that of a
! Woman secret service operative. What
~. iuture heroines will be she does NOT
ssa at this time, but the field must
i-nse from the army amazon to the So
| So. butterfly.
NJ - Norris advises thai she has adopt
81 distinctive policy with regard to her
| prospective plays. She purposes ia bioid
dramas which the little recognized
courage and skill of women in avoca-
tons as hazardous as those of the stern
er sex. are plausibly and plainly ex-
plotted
1T Is not generally known she SAYS,
that the Unted States secret service en-
ploys a number of women in preventing
ana detecting crimes against the gov
eminent Their cases are seldom made
| public news, but it is said that for GER
tain classes of crimes and criminals they
are more effective and successful than
men, showing equal courage, pertinacity
and cunning in pursuit of their prey.
The heads of big department stores
| find them more serviceable than men.
| and in the large cities they are almost
/ exclusively employed against shoplifters.
, I'm handling money they are far
| keener than men. it is said. in detecting
| street railroads employ them as spot
| have been used to decoy Washers who
! have infested regions in which large
| numbers of women are employed or
! traverse. In adventure, in exploration.
| in diplomacy. in war and in other Ma:
tional activities they are frequently sent
| on missions which could not be accom-
plished by men. I'm strong for the wom-
| an detective
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